Xia Zhongshi bowed gratitude and said, "Brother Tang is righteous, he doesn't hide it. He does have this idea."

After pausing for a moment, Xia Zhongshi continued, "The Emperor mentioned the salt administration, which obviously attaches great importance to it. I have thought about it and thought that if there is a good law, it may make the Emperor happy."

If you want to see what you like, you will not be embarrassed to the emperor. It is not flattery, but to offer advice to the country.

Tang Mo was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "Old Xia, you have picked up a hot potato! The salt management involves the interests of many powerful and wealthy people. If there are good laws that benefit the country, you will cut off their financial path!"

"Shut down people's wealth is equivalent to killing their parents." Xia Zhongshi smiled, but he sneered sarcastically and said, "I am not afraid of people's words or bad reputations in history. It is time for a great change in the reign of the wise king."

Tang Mo said with a gentle head, "Yes, the change has begun, but some people want to be a car for their own interests. Lao Xia, just do it, and you will help you."

Xia Zhongshi hurriedly bowed and thanked him again, "Brother Tang is kind, I thank you first. In addition, I have a few heartfelt words. I hope Brother Tang is not surprised by his rebelliousness."

Tang Mo waved his hand and said unhappily: "Who do you think of me as if you say this? Since it is a heartfelt word, how can I not listen carefully and keep it in my heart."

Xia Zhongshi smiled and nodded, his expression became solemn, leaned over slightly, lowered his voice and spoke to Tang Mo.

The emperor's plan was not something that ordinary people could figure out, and the profound meaning of each step was unknown. But no one dared to neglect it, as did businessmen and officials.

For example, Sun Yuanhua is now listening to the emperor's story with some confusion, trying to think about the shape and function of this mechanism in his mind.

The cultivation, production, and manufacturing of tobacco have been put on the daily agenda by Zhu Youjiao and have begun to be implemented one after another.

While the Little Ice Age has not yet arrived, there are also gains in planting tobacco in the north. Although the quality is not as good as the warmer south, new things have just emerged. Who would pick on the quality of tobacco leaves and think that Yuxi is easier to smoke than Huangguoshu?

This is a great source of wealth, and Zhu Youxiao can be completely sure.

The wars in Liaodong and southwest, expanding the navy, increasing salaries for officials, and implementing the "official to officials" system, etc., are all tests of the imperial court's finances.

Without abundant finance and sufficient funds, let alone reforms that promote profits and eliminate disadvantages, it is impossible to survive.

Looking at Sun Yuanhua's somewhat stunned expression, Zhu Youxiao was not surprised.

First of all, it is definitely not easy to understand if there is no model or sample display alone; secondly, Sun Yuanhua has no impression of the size and thickness of the cigarette roll, and no one may have seen it in the Ming Dynasty.

Since he was not surprised, Zhu Youxiao was naturally prepared. You should know that in addition to the title of "Emperor", the number one in the world, he may still be the most famous craftsman in the Ming Dynasty - Carpenter Zhu!

Zhu Youxiao took out a flat wooden box from the drawer of the book case, which was the kind of cigarette utensil used by later generations.

"Sun Qing saw it clearly." Zhu Youxiao put paper and cigarettes on it, then pressed it hard, rolled up the belt, and a cigarette roll appeared in front of Sun Yuanhua.

Zhu Youxiao handed the cigarette roll to Sun Yuanhua for a closer look, and said, "This is a cigarette roll. This small device is called a cigarette appliance. Sun Qing wants to build a big machine, so he can use it as a reference."

"Yes, my uncle obeys the order." Sun Yuanhua bowed and took the cigarette roll and cigarette utensils from the palace servants.

Of course, this little trick was not made by Master Sun himself. Zhu Youxiao summoned him to explain it by the way, and his own skilled craftsmen showed their intelligence and talents.

Sun Yuanhua also understood what the emperor wanted to know. Sitting on the embroidery pier, Lao Sun began to report on his work.

The production capacity of the Weapons and Gunpowder Bureau is gradually increasing, and the quality of the product is becoming increasingly stable. In addition to the increasing proficiency of craftsmen, another important factor is the use of machines.

Zhu Youxiao unrealistically formulated some charters, such as standardization and assembly line production, but the result is regrettable. Because the production and manufacturing mainly consist of hand-made construction, it completely fails to meet the conditions!

Human factors are difficult to overcome. To solve problems, you can only rely on machines. This is what Zhu Youxiao understood.

Although according to the current technical conditions, more complex machines are not even a problem. However, some simple ones also have the effect of improving efficiency and ensuring uniform regulation.

For example, some foot-pedal machines that have been a long time ago have been converted from wooden to iron, plus some gears and crankshafts, and are based on more refined scale units as standards, which have already possessed many of the characteristics of modern machine tools.

"The machine needs to be increased, and the water and animal power must be used more." Zhu Youxiao listened to a paragraph and spoke to give instructions, "The ongoing parts casting experiment you just mentioned is a very good idea."

Casting is a one-time molding. If the accuracy is high enough, it can indeed minimize the error between the cast products, and may meet the requirements of standardized and assembly line production.

"For those who can make reasonable suggestions among craftsmen or even create practical machines, they should be given a heavy reward." Zhu Youxiao paused, frowned slightly and thought.

After a while, Zhu Youxiao asked with some uncertainty: "Sun Qing, are you asking too strict? The titles of three civil servants, volunteers, and warriors can be relaxed and the matter of buying horse bones for thousands of dollars."

Sun Yuanhua hurriedly bowed and said, "I understand, and the list has been drawn up. I will submit a memorial tomorrow. Please live and choose the title."

Zhu Youxiao laughed and said, "Let's set a few role models first. I will also ask the military towns to draw up a list on the Warriors. Of course, there must be more Liao Town and the southwest. In addition, Sun Qing's workplace is complete."

Sun Yuanhua bowed and praised: "Long live to pick up talents, no matter how high or low it is, it can be said that only talent is a wise man."

Zhu Youxiao was very helpful, but waved his hand and said, "If we can wipe out the four barbarians and make the Ming Dynasty strong, how could I be reluctant to reward the Duke and the Marquis?"

"By the way." Zhu Youxiao suddenly remembered something again and said, "I have simply selected a Jiangxi Juren, who seems to be a talented person. When he goes to Beijing, you should pay more attention and teach more."

"I don't know the name of the person who is doing this?" Sun Yuanhua asked respectfully.

"His name is Song Yingxing." Zhu Youxiao paused for a moment and said, "I failed to pass the exam many times, and I was not interested in studying, but I liked to study things in a wrong way."

Sun Yuanhua bowed and said, "I have recorded it."

Song Yingxing was famous in history, but he was just a juren. He failed many exams during the Wanli period, so he was defeated by the imperial examination.

The "Caiwu of Heavenly Works", which made Song Yingxing famous in history, would have to be published more than ten years later. Therefore, if Zhu Youxiao had not remembered it, he would have been buried in obscurity.

Zhu Youxiao has always valued scientific and technological talents and spared no effort to attract and guide them so that they can use their talents as soon as possible and go further in the field of science.

But in ancient times there was no major in science, nor a profession of scientists, and only the level of promotion to the imperial examination and official position, and the road to success.

For example, Xu Guangqi was born in a Jinshi and loved natural science. But strictly speaking, the Four Books, Five Classics, Eight Essays are his major, and natural science is just his hobby.

A person's lifespan and energy are limited. If you study less the Four Books and Five Classics, you will naturally have more time and energy in scientific research and can make greater contributions.

However, it is difficult to complete the work to establish a professional school similar to the Academy of Sciences or lower-level schools, or even to only offer professional courses.

The reason is very simple. Who will be a teacher with a school alone? Physics is better, but in chemistry, it is probably only Zhu Youxiao is more reliable and he will not do anything like alchemy.

But who is Zhu Youxiao? He is the emperor. Even if he has a carpenter's hobby, he is unlikely to teach! He doesn't even want to give him a high-end title such as beast.

Therefore, Sun Yuanhua, Li Tianjing, Zhang Tao, Wang Zheng and other talents who are familiar with Western learning, as well as Song Yingxing who was in Beijing, and Zhu Youzhao were treated and trained according to the teaching force.

"Sun Qing finds more people to manage the work of the Weapons and Gunpowder Bureau." Zhu Youxiao thought about the arrangements he had made for Teacher Sun and Professor Sun in the future, and reminded him again: "For a year or as little as half a year, I have another important mission to hand it over to Sun Qing to do it."

Sun Yuanhua was not sure, but he heard the important mission and knew that the emperor had let him escape and had other appointments. The officials in charge were different from technical officials. As long as they were diligent and serious, it was easier to find.

Seeing that the emperor had no more orders, Sun Yuanhua stood up and left.

Looking at Sun Yuanhua's back, Zhu Youxiao shook his head helplessly.

Although Sun Yuanhua, Song Yingxing, Wang Hui and others are the scientific elites of this era, they have to be taught by him to become teachers who meet his standards!

After thinking for a while, Zhu Youxiao put away his thoughts, walked to the sand table, staring at Ningyuan in western Liaoning. His eyes seemed to fly thousands of miles, witnessing the cruel battlefield with the roar of artillery fire and flesh and blood flying.

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The smoke of gunfire was filled with smoke and the sound of gunfire shook the earth, and the fierce battle under Ningyuan city continued.

Strictly speaking, although the battle was fierce, the city was as solid as a rock. The Ming army defended tenaciously, but the Jin army suffered heavy losses and had no hope of breaking the city.

The Ming army gave up the position outside the city and retreated to defend the city, which brought only a brief ecstasy to Jiannu.

When a large number of siege troops rushed to the city and prepared to attack the city in one go.

The Ming army had achieved its goal of retreating, luring the enemy to the city, and began to use fierce and fierce firepower to bring hellish cruelty and misery to Jiannu.

To be honest, just looking at the strange shape of Ningyuan City from a distance, you can roughly guess the intention. Isn’t it just the deformation of the horse’s face, reducing the blind spots of attacks on the city!

But when he truly faced the fierce firepower similar to a battalion, the Jiannu under the city knew its power and realized that attacking such a city was equivalent to falling into the abyss of blood and fire.

Not only were there countless muskets spewing deadly projectiles in the city, but also artillery roaring, splashing hundreds of hoppers and bullets on their heads.

The rain of arrows flew towards the city, and the hanging cards covering the arrows on the city were soon filled with dense. Although they were at a disadvantage with the shooting on the city, this was the only counterattack that Jiannu could do at present.

Boom! A flash of fire, and the projectiles shot from the Francs on the city spread out in the air, forming a considerable coverage, and Jiannu's archers fell down.

The fire flashed even more densely, and the roar of dozens of heavy muskets burst out almost at the same time. The invincible lead bullets stirred up a bloody mist under the city.

"Roar, rush over!" Zuorengzhangguli held the iron shield above his head and shouted loudly.

According to his combat experience, it is also a conventional method of siege, so it is safer to approach the city wall. Because it is difficult for the enemy to poke his head out to attack and is prone to injury.

Whether it is digging a city to poach the corners or laying a ladder to attack, the premise is that it is close to the city wall, and there is nothing wrong with Zhang Guli's command.

He shouted like this and took the lead in doing so. It was just that the shape of the city wall in front made him hesitate for a moment.

Hesitation is only for a moment, not because he is afraid of death, but because Zhang Guli is weighing and choosing. Is it close to the sharp corners protruding from the city wall, or the inclined surface of the sharp corners, or the flat wall between the two sharp corners?

Soldiers rushed over with howling, not only swords and guns, but also tools for digging walls. Zhangguli also made a decision and ran towards the nearest city wall.

The lead bullets were shot down one after another, and soldiers were constantly shot and fell to the ground. Zhangguli also saw the empty lead bullets crashing into small pits on the snowy land.

There are so many muskets! As soon as Zhangguli sighed, a lead bullet hit his iron shield.

Although it did not break through, it broke out into a terrible depression. The huge impact force made Zhangguli pause under his feet, and his arms holding up his shield were almost numb.

A corpse fell heavily next to Zhangguli. Yes, before falling to the ground, Jiannu had already died.

The heavy lead bullet hit Jiannu's shoulder and neck, tore his flesh, shattered his bones, and broke his cervical spine.

His head and body seemed to be connected with only a little flesh. After he fell to the ground, he bent at a very strange angle, and his white eyes were as terrifying as a dead fish.

Zhangguli forced himself to turn his eyes, step forward again, and get closer to the place he is looking for.

A small group of people approached the city wall and began to dig. The defenders on the city were resisting, but they were not poking their heads out of the city wall, or rolling down the wooden stones without looking.

A fierce lead bullet shot from the side, killing and injured the Jiannu team. Then, another musket shot, and many Jiannu fell down.

Zhangguli saw it and hesitated whether he should go to the place he had just watched. When he got distracted, his feet were tripped by the corpse and fell down and rolled in a mess.

Although this dog was embarrassed to eat shit, it saved his life. More than a dozen lead bullets roared and hit the original place. Several soldiers were knocked down, either dead or injured.

After Zhangguli fell, the change in his perspective also surprised him. Fires flashed on the city wall on the oblique side, and muskets were firing rows of volleys, with the targets being soldiers under the city wall diagonally opposite.
Chapter completed!