Back in the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately made arrangements for the factory.
He asked the Minister of Industry to assign the Arms Bureau to Zhu Xuan. Since Zhu Xuan was still young, he asked Zhu Song, who was also a shareholder of the factory, to assist in management.
Zhu Yuanzhang would also allocate funds to the factory every year. All the profits he made from Daming Bookstore would be put into the R&D and production of the factory.
The power and practicality of the rifle gave him hope of building a strong army.
If the Ming Dynasty wanted to create eternal peace, guns would become the most important factor, and investment in factories was indispensable. Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to these.
"Your Majesty, isn't this... inappropriate?"
Zheng Ci, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, hesitated and said: "The little emperor is still a child, can he manage the Ordnance Bureau and the Gunpowder Department?"
Although he knew that His Majesty loved Zhu Xuan very much, Zheng Ci could not imagine that he could love him to this extent.
It is very inappropriate to put two military-related departments in charge of a child.
This is not playing house!
"Didn't we ask Zhu Song to assist?"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said: "You can just make arrangements. If anything goes wrong, it has nothing to do with you. If you don't want to make arrangements, we will find someone else to make arrangements."
"I don't dare!"
When Zheng Ci heard this, he realized that he was going to be replaced as Minister of the Ministry of Industry. How could this be accomplished? He quickly said, "I will make arrangements later."
After saying that, he was thinking again, if any major incident happens to the little emperor grandson, it really has nothing to do with him.
Your Majesty has made your promise, so you should be able to rest assured.
After all, it’s Old Zhu’s family’s empire, so let their grandfather and grandson do whatever they want!
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When Zhu Xuan returned to his small yard, he first thought about how to develop these two ordnance departments into Ming Dynasty's official arsenal after taking over them.
With Grandpa Huang’s support, it will be much easier to obtain resources such as coal and iron in the future.
The imperial court must have invested funds to support them in developing new weapons or improving weapons. This aspect was temporarily stable, and he taught Hou Xian everything he could.
After the factory was established, Hou Xian gradually taught what he could to the people below. When the craftsmen from the Gunpowder Department and Ordnance Bureau were in place, he also taught them the physics and chemistry theories and worked together to develop them.
Zhu Xuan now wants to make other important things.
First up is the boat!
Next is the steam engine, or internal combustion engine.
The latter may be more difficult to do, but as for the former, as long as he can provide certain principles and have the help of some skilled craftsmen, it should be no problem to do it.
With the steam engine, the ships they went to sea could undergo major changes in terms of power.
"During the Ming Dynasty, it should be possible to make a steam engine."
"Many people say that steam engines need rubber to ensure sealing and pistons, but Watt's steam engine does not need rubber."
"In Watt's time, rubber had not yet begun to be used."
"We built the steam engine and used it on ships. Then we went to America to find rubber. We continued to develop industry, and we also looked for potatoes and other things."
"This is a plan to go to sea, and we can also use trains inland..."
Zhu Xuan first wrote down his thoughts, and then used charcoal to draw various drawings.
Hou Xian watched from the side and did his homework in advance.
Next, he will continue to act as a tool to explain to others how these things come from.
Zhu Xuan didn't know much about the steam engine, so he could only draw a simple picture and explain it to Hou Xian.
During this period of time, Hou Xian has received a lot of physics knowledge.
Whatever you hear about energy conversion, motivation, etc., you can understand and accept it.
In terms of ships, although Zheng He's treasure ship was very powerful, it was made of wood. The ship Zhu Xuan wanted was a steel cruise ship. The power source was a steam engine that drove a propeller.
The treasure ship could no longer meet Zhu Xuan's needs, so he discussed this idea with Hou Xian, including displacement, buoyancy, etc. Hou Xian was confused.
"Studying things to gain knowledge is a source of great knowledge!"
Hou Xian listened and recorded, and finally couldn't help but sigh.
The little emperor's grandson knew so many things. He was wondering if the little emperor's grandson was descended from the stars in the sky, or some kind of Wenqu star, who could use the investigation of things to know so well and understand so much.
"Take notes first, and then think about it carefully!"
Zhu Xuan warned: "I am still young and have plenty of time to develop. You don't have to be too impatient and do it slowly and steadily."
Hou Xian nodded repeatedly.
After teaching Hou Xian all this, Zhu Xuan stretched himself, and seeing that it was getting late, he asked the palace maid to come over and take a bath for him, and then fell asleep.
the next morning.
When Zhu Xuan was going to class in the main hall, Zhu Song came and took him out of the palace.
"My father asked people from the Ministry of Industry to transfer all the Ordnance Bureau and Gunpowder Department to us. They are already waiting outside the factory."
Since Grandpa Huang moved so quickly, Zhu Xuan stopped procrastinating and quickly arrived outside the factory.
"Greetings to your two highnesses!"
Zheng Ci waited for a long time.
Zhu Song said: "Zheng Shangshu doesn't need to be polite, everyone is here?"
Zheng Ci nodded and said: "They are all here. As for how to arrange them, this is a matter for your two highnesses. I have other things to do, so I will go back first."
Zhu Xuan rolled his eyes and could see that the people in the Ministry of Industry would be dissatisfied with him. He had to give them a little shock so that they could do things for him later. He persuaded him: "Zheng Shangshu, please stay. You are here. Why don’t you go in and take a look?”
Zheng Ci had heard of this factory.
Zhu Yuanzhang's order yesterday directly specified that the future location of the Ordnance Bureau and Gunpowder Department would be Zhu Xuan's factory.
Zheng Ci thought to himself that the factory was just a prince, a naughty grandson who was too bored and made random things. He didn't take it to heart and didn't even think about going in to take a look.
He thought that Your Majesty must be too old and confused to hand over such an important department to a child.
"it's not good?"
Zheng Ci waved his hand and refused.
Zhu Xuan gave Uncle Twenty a look and said, "Master Zheng, are you looking down on us?"
Zhu Song understood the meaning and said calmly: "Since you look down on us, please come back, Mr. Zheng. We don't want the Ordnance Bureau and the Gunpowder Department."
"Don't dare!"
Zheng Ci's scalp felt numb.
I can’t even think about it today.
If he dares to refuse again and they go back and say a few bad words in front of His Majesty, he will not only lose his official position, but may also be resented by His Majesty and have no choice but to walk into the factory.
Zhu Xuan found Hou Xian and asked him to take Zheng Ci to visit.
When he saw those biogas stoves that could make fire out of thin air, Zheng Ci finally changed his view on the factory.
When he saw the steel-making technology, a pot of molten steel coming out of the furnace, and generators and other things, his eyes were immediately opened.
Zheng Ci didn't know much about technical issues such as forging, but he was able to serve as Minister of Industry, so he definitely had relevant knowledge. He had indeed underestimated His Highness the King of Han and the young emperor's grandson.
There is something about this factory.
He could really invent and create, not just for fun, Zheng Ci had to put away other thoughts.
Next, Zhu Xuan gathered all the craftsmen outside the arsenal and began to display their rifles.
