Song Yingxing left the Shenyang Palace in a hurry with an order to develop steam engines for two months, and officially started the Daqi Empire's steam journey.
Emperor Wu Ding sat in the Grand Master's chair and read for a while. He felt uneasy. It was not because he had no confidence in making a steam engine. An inexplicable sense of insecurity came to the mind of the traveler.
Beginning in September, the Supreme Emperor and his army will embark on a new journey, going to war with Korea, Japan, Nanming and other forces, in an effort to restore the order that the empire should have in the Eurasian continent.
Order is what Emperor Wu Ding values most now.
For the sake of stable order, he can sacrifice everyone, including himself.
Fortunately, after the Great Purge, order in the empire is being steadily restored.
A large amount of money flowed from the hands of local tyrants and evil gentry to ordinary people's homes. Stimulated by consumption, the empire's commerce experienced unprecedented prosperity.
After hundreds of failed attempts in the workshop, Liu Zhaosun finally understood that the ancient version of cement was probably one of the most unreliable inventions in time travel. It was impossible for modern cement to be produced in ancient times.
Modern cement has complex components. First, limestone and clay must be calcined at high temperatures, which requires a high temperature of more than 1500°, and the temperature needs to be maintained for a sufficient period of time (high cost).
It is difficult for manual blowing equipment to reach 1500°C, and even if it barely reaches it, it will not last long.
In short, it is difficult to do it under the technological conditions of this era.
After repeated exchanges with Jinnige and Francisco, Liu Zhaosun decided to create "ancient Roman mortar" with a simple process and relatively low cost.
Miners mined a large amount of cheap quicklime. The quicklime was fully mixed with volcanic ash transported from Changbai Mountain, Iwo Jima and other places. After adding water, it formed hydrated lime + silicate. This is the "ancient Roman mortar".
This kind of cement has low strength and is slow to make. Its only advantages are high durability and relatively low cost.
In August, as a huge amount of volcanic ash arrived in Kaiyuan, the Ministry of Industry began to use Kaiyuan as a pilot project to reconstruct the old city with cement, pave roads, and build housing fortresses.
A street and houses in the north of Kaiyuan City were replaced with cement and bamboo reinforcements. Workers set up dense scaffolding in the city and were very busy.
Once the reconstruction of the old city is completed, Kaiyuan will no longer have to suffer from the dust, dirt, mud and filth, and the city will have a completely new look.
In early August, the first cement road from Shenyang to Kaiyuan was laid, marking the advent of the Daqi Highway era.
A new type of shock-absorbing carriage was invented by the workshop, and the comfort of riding the carriage was greatly improved.
As for the invention and production of new commodities such as distilled liquor, cement, soap, whalebone skirt perfume, etc., there is no need to go into details.
Along with the swords and artillery of the imperial army, these products will travel across mountains and rivers, becoming invincible and exported to surrounding areas.
More resources were invested in workshops and schools, and new weapons were produced from the workshops.
North Korea and Kuyi Island will be their testing grounds.
The offshore whaling industry is booming, and the fleet participating in whaling has grown from a small ship in the 47th year of Wanli to dozens of fleets now.
Centered on the whaling industry, upstream and downstream industries have developed rapidly.
From whale baleen used to make tutu skirts to whale skin, the core material of hot-air balloons, the whaling industry that traversers started laying out five years ago has caused a qualitative change and begun to burst out with astonishing energy.
With the whaling craze, the popular clothing of Daqi women quickly changed from "horsetail skirt" to whalebone skirt.
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The future of the empire is bright, although the power is firmly in the hands of the time traveler, although he is becoming the absolute controller of this time and space.
However, in the face of unpredictable fate and fate, small individuals can always feel an inexplicable fear.
After the enjoyment of wine and beauty, when he woke up, the tragic scene of the Great Plague in the capital appeared before his eyes, keeping him awake at night.
In order to overcome his fear, he could only keep getting stronger and make himself stronger.
Not only must they crush all opponents, but they must also be able to fight against this weird and unpredictable fate.
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The palace maid Amber stretched her waist and swayed her water snake waist as she stepped forward to urge the Supreme Emperor to go to bed early. Her bright and moving eyes were full of expectation.
Emperor Wu Ding still read under the lamp at night. Reading before going to bed has been a habit that travelers have kept for many years and has never changed.
"Your Majesty, what is painted on this? Could it be Taishang Laojun's alchemy furnace?"
Amber snuggled close to the Supreme Emperor, leaning against the armrest of the Grand Master's chair, trying to get closer to Liu Zhaosun.
Liu Zhaosun smelled a musk smell wafting from all around, and he frowned slightly, because this precious spice was sent all the way from Jakarta by the East India Company, and it was a material specifically used by Francisco to make mummies. one.
I don’t know how it fell into the hands of this Langhozi.
"What is the Bagua furnace? This is the sun, this is Mercury, and this is Mars."
Liu Zhaosun unfolded Copernicus' "On the Movement of Celestial Bodies", pointed to a schematic diagram of the nine planets in the solar system, and patiently explained it to Amber.
Amber heard it as if he were five miles away. In order not to appear too stupid in front of the Supreme Emperor, he pretended to say that he understood.
"I want to be closer to here."
Liu Zhaosun pointed to a small moon next to the earth and said to his beauty casually. Before his eyes, there was a picture of Wan Hu (Note 1), an adventurer from the pre-Ming Dynasty, holding a kite and sitting on a chair full of rockets, ordering his servants to light it and take off.
"Your Majesty, you want to cultivate immortality? I know a god named Ke Zhen'e..."
"It's not about cultivating immortals. There is the moon. I thought I could rise into the sky."
Amber glanced at the Supreme Emperor as if she had seen a ghost, and immediately regained her charming look.
Liu Zhaosun waved his hand impatiently and congratulated Dongfang, who was standing in the distance:
"Let the Queen Mother of the West sleep with you tonight, the Queen Mother of the East will also come over, and everyone else should leave."
Seeing the cold reception, Hu Bo said with a displeased look on her face: "Your Majesty, Queen Jin was pleading for Qiao Yiqi the day before yesterday. There were rumors in the palace that she was colluding with the Kang Party. Why did your Majesty..."
Liu Zhaosun stood up with a puff of his sleeves.
"Qiao Yiqi is certainly guilty, but he is still my minister. How can you call him by his first name?"
Amber's face turned red, knowing that she was in the wrong, she turned and left.
The Supreme Emperor looked at the beauty's retreating figure, and recalled the story of Cao Cao killing Mei Ji in "Shishuoxinyu" (note 2). The lust that had just arisen in his heart disappeared without a trace:
"You are arrogant because of your favor, and your virtue is not worthy of your place. I should be like Cao Mengde and find a more beautiful woman before killing you."
The emperor put away his murderous intention and returned his attention to the book.
The name of the original author, Copernicus, is engraved on the gold-plated cover. It is written in graceful Italian and is full of medieval style.
The traveler's opinion of the book "On the Movement of Celestial Bodies" was brought from Macau by Jin Nige's request. It has been almost a hundred years since the original book was published.
In order to facilitate the emperor's reading, Jin Nige and Xu Guangqi translated the original book into Italian. Liu Zhaosun was not interested in what was happening in the solar system. He was just curious about what level European civilization had reached at the same time. His understanding of European history was limited to high school history knowledge, and he has already forgotten most of it.
"If we can't surpass them, we will nip them in the bud and in the cradle."
Putting down the works of Copernicus more than a hundred years ago, Emperor Wu Ding was very worried, planning to annex North Korea and occupy Jiangnan. Compared with the power of Daqi and European countries, he felt that he did not have much advantage.
Perhaps as the Heshang sect said, Eastern civilization has natural flaws.
Since we cannot lead the West for a long time, let us annex the West.
Maybe it was because tonight he was going to see the Empress Dowager Cisheng, who had not been around for months, or maybe it was the musk from the scheming bitch Amber that aroused his desire.
He felt the heat burning in his heart and his whole body restless. He could no longer sit still and looked towards the palace door again and again.
After a while, Dongfang Zhu's high-pitched and hoarse voice finally sounded at the door:
"The Empress Dowager Cisheng has arrived! The Empress Dowager Yi'an has arrived!"
Liu Zhaosun looked at Jin Yuji and Yang Qing'er standing at the door, and quickly stood up to greet them.
Note:
1. Wan Hu, whose real name is Tao Chengdao, is the head of the Tao Academy in Wucheng, Zhejiang Province. He likes to study alchemy techniques. He repeatedly performed extraordinary feats in previous wars and was awarded the title of "Ten Thousand Households" by Zhu Yuanzhang, and was known as "Ten Thousand Households". In his later years, Tao Chengdao tied 47 homemade rockets to a chair, sat on it, held a big kite with both hands, and asked people to light it and launch it. Imagine using the thrust of a rocket and the power of a kite to fly. Unfortunately, the rocket exploded and he sacrificed his life for it. He is known as the first person in spaceflight in the world.
2. "Shishuo Xinyu·Cao Cao Killed the Singing Prostitute" "There was a prostitute in Wei Wu who had the most noble voice and a cruel nature. If she wanted to kill, she would love her talents, but if she wanted to kill them, she would be unbearable. So he selected a hundred people and taught them for a while. When they were young, the results came. If someone calls him out, he will kill the evil one."
Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Cao, had a singer who had a melodious voice and a beautiful appearance. She was the most popular singer among Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty. Every time there was a banquet, she had to sing. She always attracted everyone's applause, so she often received many rewards. However, he had a bad temper and always made others look down on him. Sometimes even Cao Cao couldn't step down. Cao Cao suddenly became murderous, but because his singing voice was unmatched, he endured it for the time being. Cao Cao selected a singer. After training for a period of time, one person's singing voice surpassed hers. One day, the singer lost her temper again. This time, Cao Cao decided not to humor her and ordered her to be executed.
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