Inspired by Zhu Youxiao's previous work, Xu Guangqi indeed classified wicker and charcoal as wood elements.
Because Xu Guangqi discovered that these materials can be burned.
Now all his spare energy is spent on statistics of the laws of these material properties.
Even all the places where things can be placed in his study are now filled with various objects.
There are iron tools, stone tools, colored glaze, green alum, alum and so on.
Because Xu Guangqi's family was the first powerful person to partner with the emperor to run government-run industries, he, who is now quite wealthy, basically spent all his personal income on this.
Moreover, Xu Guangqi also plans to write a compendium covering all kinds of material laws in the world, just like Li Shizhen, so that the world can refer to it.
Xu Guangqi has even summarized the concepts of iron elements, wood elements, and water elements that can cover the common properties of certain substances.
Of course, Zhu Youxiao will also give people like Xu Guangqi some natural science theories that they can accept and understand at the appropriate time.
However, Zhu Youxiao doesn't want to say anything more about elements now.
After seeing that Daming Steel technology has entered the crucible steelmaking stage, what he now thinks is that Daming Steel's production capacity will be greatly increased, and high steel production capacity means high military production capacity, which undoubtedly laid the foundation for Zhu Youxiao to expand the army.
"Since the crucible steelmaking technology is better than the previous smelting technology, then we will build another government-run ironworks. I plan to locate it in Hanyang, where transportation is convenient, but not too close to the border town and the sea. I have drawn up a decree for Bi Aiqing to use it. In the name of inspecting the world's projects, I went to Hanyang, Huguang, to choose a place where a new iron plant can be built!"
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao said this to Bi Maokang, Xu Guangqi and others at this time.
"According to the order!"
Xu Guangqi replied.
"How's the shipbuilding going?"
At this time, Zhu Youxiao suddenly asked Xu Guangqi about shipbuilding.
Xu Guangqi hurriedly replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, since you ordered the establishment of the Daming Shipping Bureau in Tianjin and appointed Jiang Dejing, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, as the supervisor of the Shipping Bureau, Jiang Dejing has now hired workers to build a shipyard in Tianjin. The construction has been basically completed, and he is currently using Western Craftsmen and old shipwrights recruited from Fujian and Guangdong designed the Ming Dynasty's soft-sailed warships. According to His Majesty's instructions, they renovated the forecastle and stern tower to make the Ming Dynasty's soft-sailed warships faster. In addition, The Nanjing Ministry of War has also collected some information about treasure ships and sent them to Tianjin to prepare for the reconstruction of a large number of treasure ships. However, this is expected to take a lot of effort. Because the treasure ships and navigation information stored in the Ministry of War have been lost, some say It was burned down, so now we can only let the old shipwrights and people from the shipping bureau draw imaginations based on the treasure ship patterns drawn by some private notes provided by Chongwen Temple."
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Well, as far as I know, the treasure ship that Zheng He took when he went to the Western Ocean could carry tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and it could even run horses on the deck. If it can still be made, even if it is not as fast as a Western ship, But warships used to transport troops and provide material support are still very useful."
"Your Majesty is right. It's a pity that no one can build such a huge ship now."
Xu Guangqi also replied.
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After Xiong Tingbi received the imperial court's decree to promote him back to Beijing as Minister of War and let Yuan Keli succeed him as Liaodong's manager, he did not show the slightest hesitation and immediately obeyed the order, departed from Liaoyang and arrived at Lushunkou, and took the The boat is coming to Tianjin.
Because Xiong Tingbi has no doubts about Yuan Keli's ability.
After all, he worked with Yuan Keli when Yuan Keli was the governor of Liaodong.
Therefore, Xiong Tingbi believed that Yuan Keli would continue to manage Liao affairs as safely as he did.
Xiong Tingbi himself had to admit that his Majesty the Emperor was really good at selecting people now. Whether it was Yuan Keli, who was about to serve as the general manager, or Sun Chuanting, the current governor of Liaodong, he felt that these two people were his good successors in Liaodong. .
Of course, Xiong Tingbi was a little reluctant to leave Liaodong. After all, he had always wanted to completely eliminate the Donglu before returning to Liaodong.
But he knew that this was impossible. If he, a feudal official, stayed in Liaodong for too long, he would not reassure the court.
Moreover, Xiong Tingbi also knew His Majesty the Emperor’s thoughts. Even if it was not to prevent him from becoming too arrogant in Liaodong, it was also to allow him to make decisions on the entire Liao affairs at the national level as Minister of War after returning to Beijing. Otherwise, he would not have been directly promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War.
"My long-cherished wish in life is to pacify the Donglu, but now I have to return to the capital early because of the imperial edict. I think you are very sorry about this. Why don't you reject the imperial decree on the grounds that Te Jian is not as good as Ting Tui? It must be due to my merits , Your Majesty will not blame you, and if you directly accept the imperial certificate as Grand Sima without being recommended by the court, those who don’t know will say that you are also a person who is obsessed with power and does not have the character of a civil servant."
Xiong Tingbi's confidant Wen Zhen couldn't help but say something when he saw Xiong Tingbi standing on the deck still looking in the direction of Liaodong.
Xiong Tingbi laughed and said: "Thanks to your Majesty's favor, I am allowed to come to Beijing to take up the post of Grand Sima. How can I resist such a thing? I am loyal to the emperor and the country, but not to the civil servants of the world. Although the court recommendation is fair, I can win the popularity of the world. But it is not a must-have system, it just depends on the holy will. As for what others think, I don’t care. The charges of being impeached by officials over the years are enough to be beheaded ten times or eight times, so why bother what they say! What’s more, with the I see, Your Majesty has a profound intention in letting me come to Beijing to take charge of the military department this time. Otherwise, I would not have been allowed to return to Beijing by sea. Do you still remember the scene of vigorous construction projects in Lushunkou area? Your Majesty is planning to completely annihilate Dongfang in the future. It's a big chess game to strengthen the defense outside the pass! You have to think about it carefully!"
Xiong Tingbi did see the construction of the military port at Lushunkou on his way back to Beijing. When he saw a large number of Han refugees and even many Mongolians building a port at Lushunkou under the supervision of the official army, he knew the imperial court's intentions.
Of course, what surprised Xiong Tingbi even more was that the construction of the military port he saw at Lushunkou did not increase the burden on the people. On the contrary, it also brought life to the originally desolate Jinzhouwei area.
He saw with his own eyes a shop called a "comprehensive store" selling grain and salt to migrant workers, and trading with silver coins. He also saw new households planting a crop called potatoes in the newly reclaimed land, and adding attachments to it. The prey they brought were traded with workers, and they also used silver coins with Taizu's image on them.
Xiong Tingbi had to admit that the current imperial court seemed to have greatly increased its national power, and it actually had such huge financial resources to start colonizing and building ports in Liaodong.
When Xiong Tingbi arrived in Tianjin and saw the more prosperous commercial activities as well as large shipyards and a large number of manufacturing workshops, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "How on earth did the Holy Emperor and the princes in the court do it today? In the past, there were still hungry people everywhere and the vegetation was desolate. , how come it has become so prosperous after just a few years? Hey, there is still the sound of reading! Isn't there a school here?"
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