Not to mention the three palaces and six courtyards, now, if you have six wives, you can’t grow your own melons. Are you worthy of being the emperor?

The emperor smiled more comfortably with two daughters, two sons, and two children in his stomach.

How could the emperor's family be born? When the country destroyed the last days, Chongzhen waved his sword to kill his young daughter and cut off Princess Changping's arm. Because of his incompetence, the disaster caused to his family.

The emperor had pacified Liao and destroyed slaves, and pointed his sword to all directions, traversing all over the world, and the danger of losing the country was eliminated.

Although the royal family has many children and many daughters, there will inevitably be a risk of fighting for the throne in the future, the emperor has his own confidence and can control it well.

If you manage your family, govern the country and pacify the world, you will not even educate your children well. Are you worthy of being the emperor?

Well, the emperor's current confidence is also self-righteous. Throughout the dynasties, there are many emperors who are so angry that they are crying by unworthy children.

"Emperor, Zhao Dabao is here to meet him." After Wang Tigan walked for a while, the palace maid came in and reported.

The apprentice is here, and the carpenter's craftsmanship has been passed on to him. I wonder what new tricks have been created in the Academy of Sciences?

The emperor nodded and ordered the palace maid Xuan Zhao Dabao to enter the palace.

He was fifteen years old and was honest and honest, and had no official position. But in the palace, no one knew that he was the emperor's apprentice and he didn't enter the palace many times, but he had to be summoned by the emperor every time.

"Long live the little people's greetings." Zhao Dabao entered the hall and kowtowed like a ritual.

"Get up!" The emperor smiled and his eyes turned to the objects he brought.

There was a wooden box and a handle, and there were a few villains on the wooden box. The emperor had a guess in his mind, but he didn't say it out loud, waiting for Zhao Dabao to explain.

After Zhao Dabao thanked him, he stood up, showed a silly smile on his face, and said, "Xiaomin has made a new trick to play with the two little princesses."

"Bao Bao is intent!" The emperor stood up and left the imperial throne, walked to the wooden box, and smiled and said, "Express to me."

The palace servant brought a stool, Zhao Dabao put the wooden box on it, shook the handle, and heard a slight sound inside.

Clockwork! The emperor looked at the little man on the wooden box, which had a fixed track, which should be driven by clockwork and could move along the track.

Zhao Dabao stopped and stood back for a while. The sound of ding-dong music had already started. The little wooden man posed and slid along the track, some were spinning around and some were moving left and right, which seemed to be dancing in response to music.

Hahaha, the emperor laughed and nodded repeatedly, "Very good, Ying'er Qin'er will definitely like it."

Zhao Dabao bowed and said, "The Academy of Sciences is studying the clocks and watches of Western Yi. Xiaomin is very rewarding. Next time, he can do something more refined and better."

At that time, clocks and watches were already precision machinery, clockwork, gears, gears, gears, etc., and all kinds of mechanical principles were almost used.

If you can study it thoroughly, not only clock manufacturing, but also large machinery such as bicycles, tricycles, and steam engines will also make great progress on this basis.

In ancient China, this kind of mechanical kinematics was called "mechanical news" and could only be done by skilled craftsmen, but it was not a discipline, but it was a kind of weird technique and tricks.

The Academy of Sciences has already conducted special research and set up special classifications. Simple steam engines have been developed, and of course there is still a long way to go before they are practical.

Bicycles and tricycles like chain transmission, although they do not have rubber tires, have seats with shock absorbing springs, which are practical and are being launched on the market.

Like glass mirrors, the newly launched bicycles and tricycles are also luxury goods for ordinary people.

However, any commodity, from its publication to its popularity, has to go through a similar process as the production process matures, the reduction of manufacturing costs, and the improvement of people's living standards.

In short, the increase in transportation tools and the improvement of road facilities have effectively promoted the development of the logistics and transportation industry in the Ming Empire.

From relatively high-end four-wheeled carriages, human-powered tricycles, two-wheeled bicycles, to creaking wheelbarrows, all sectors of society have their own economic and life-applicable ones.

In order to facilitate the maintenance of the road, the stone trough road specially designed for wheelbarrows is more convenient for the people at the bottom. Whether it is going to market, pulling things, or riding two people, a wheelbarrow can save much effort than carrying a shoulder pole.

The popularity of tools means improving efficiency, and people will have free time to do more work and earn more.

These changes may be small, but accumulated means an increase in social wealth.

Of course, Zhao Dabao and the researchers from the Academy of Sciences may not be able to see these. Whether for interest, for fame, or for promotion, they have increased their enthusiasm for development.

The emperor's love for Zhao Dabao was also sincere. Although this simple device similar to a music box did not shock him.

In order to relax the atmosphere, the emperor continued to talk to Zhao Dabao under the shade of the trees outside the hall.

"The adults of the Academy of Sciences are moving the steam engine to the boat and doing experiments on the Yongding River." Zhao Dabao said, and gestured with his hands, "The steam engine is very big, and it is smoking, and the people are watching."

The emperor smiled and the jaw head. The simplest reciprocating steam engine has been successfully developed, but the control system needs to be improved. If it is applied to ship navigation, it will be unsatisfactory and the effect will definitely not be very good.

But so what? "Fulton's stupidity" was ridiculed by almost everyone, but in just nine years, it became the "Claremont" of the world's steamboat's first voyage.

From sail steam dual-use to all steam power, from wooden boats to iron boats, from steam rowing to propeller propulsion, the right path is in his mind, is it still a fantasy to end the history of manpower or wind craft?

No, in the eyes of the emperor, this is completely possible in his lifetime.

"I will draw a few drawings when I have time to avoid detours in the Academy of Sciences." The emperor said with a gratitude: "The steam-powered ship will definitely succeed, and it will also sail in the rivers and oceans of our Ming Empire."

After pausing, the emperor continued: "The improvement of the steam engine cannot be relaxed. This is the key to application in practice. Well, you can learn mechanical manufacturing well. Watches are considered complicated. Once you learn it thoroughly, the rest will be simple."

Zhao Dabao nodded vigorously and agreed respectfully.

From the hungry orphan, to the Shaoying Academy, who has no worries about food and clothing, to the Academy of Sciences with grades and salary, his experience makes him cherish such an environment even more.

Although he knew that he was not a good student, he showed insight into mechanical manufacturing. A good carpenter may not have great knowledge, and scholars cannot be good carpenters.

The emperor did not underestimate him just because he had difficulty graduating from elementary school. He specialized in his profession and could become a scientist. The cultural level of elementary school graduation was a minority in the Ming Dynasty, and it was enough.

Technology is the primary productive force and is gradually being confirmed by the Ming Empire.
Chapter completed!