Chapter 66 Jiang Xinzhou writes a book
After all the previous events, He Xi knew two things. First, it is difficult to change one's mind. It cannot be done overnight. Second, the reform may not be carried out with much fanfare for a long time. This is Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion. This is also the reality He Xi faces.
In this case, he will be dormant for a while.
Since the enemy does not pay attention to it, natural science. He doesn’t have to hold it high and hit it. Spread silently. Develop talents.
It's just natural science matters that can be put aside.
It made He Xi feel extremely uncomfortable. He wanted to prepare teaching materials for the School of Engineering and Science. Those are the teaching materials on mining and metallurgy.
He Xi didn't understand anything about this. But reality forced him to become a geologist and mineralogist. Engineer, materials scientist. Of course, these scientists are all wise. If it were placed six hundred years later, he wouldn't even be able to get started.
But in this era, He Xi was the first person to systematically organize ancient Chinese mineral, mining, and metallurgical technologies. Destined to become the founder of this field.
This is also due to the times. In the early days of scientific development, there were many great scholars who were as big as encyclopedias. This was also the reason.
The two months He Xi spent in Jiang Xinzhou were the most school-like days he lived, even though there was no teacher to urge him to submit his paper. But he knew he didn't have much time. Within these two months, he wrote many books. "Mining Theory", "Metallurgical Principles", "Mining Engineering Theory", "Mineral Encyclopedia", "Blasting Manual", "Scientific Methods and Experimental Guidelines" and so on.
Almost one person supported the courses of the School of Engineering.
Princess Anqing was not idle either.
Princess Anqing has some skills in calligraphy and painting. Therefore, all the illustrations in He Xi's manuscripts were drawn by Princess Anqing, especially various construction drawings and various ore sample drawings. etc.
This period of time is also a sublimation of the relationship between the two.
Many things are very common for He Xi, but not for Princess Anqing.
To He Xi, Princess Anqing is like a female classmate who does all her homework. But for Princess Anqing, this was an experience she had never had before. Princess Anqing sometimes looked at He Xi longingly and thought to herself, "This is probably what Zhao Shicheng and Yi An are doing."
Two people do one thing together. Not only a companion, a friend, a partner, but also a lover. Princess Anqing has never embodied this kind of multiple and complex role.
Princess Anqing also knows that in this world, only He Xi can experience such a role, and other men are determined not to be able to do it. It's impossible.
Princess Anqing was very happy most of the time. She secretly thanked God for sending this man to her.
Changing history or not is not important to Princess Anqing. The most important thing is that this man saved me first.
Princess Anqing has long known his fate in history, as well as the ineffective Ouyang Lun. It's nothing compared to He Xi's hair. Even without He Xi knowing about it, Princess Anqing had already begged Zhu Yuanzhang. Anyway, Ouyang Lun would never appear in front of the two of them in the future.
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"Master He." Jin Yiwei Qianhu Li Ben said: "This is the gunpowder made according to the master's formula." As Li Ben said, he took out a paper bag in his hand. Both hands were given to He Xi.
He Xi took it and opened it, saw some black particles, and pretended to smell it. He still remembers the standard formula of black powder, but what does the gunpowder made from this standard formula look like. He Xi really doesn’t know. I don't even know how powerful black gunpowder is after it is granulated. What does it look like.
However, you always have to pretend to know something.
He Xi said: "Yes, has it been reported to His Majesty?"
Li Ben said: "It has been reported to His Majesty. Your Majesty is very satisfied."
He Xi said: "As long as your Majesty is satisfied." He Xi looked and saw that Li Ben was still there and had not left. Asked: "Is there anything else?"
Li Ben said: "There is something that I think I should tell you."
He Xi said: "What's the matter?"
Li Ben said: "Your Majesty is celebrating his birthday today and has summoned the kings. The kings of Qin and Jin have already come to the capital one after another."
He Xi's heart moved and she knew it was time to return to Beijing. In two months, a lot happened. Although Song Ne's death was sensational, it gradually faded away as time went by.
He Xi said: "I understand. Li Qianhu is interested. You and I are old friends in Hangzhou, and we should get closer to each other in the future."
Li Ben was overjoyed and said: "Being able to work for my prince-in-law is a blessing from a humble position. Please put it down, prince-in-law. If anything happens in the future, I will definitely find a way to ventilate the prince-in-law."
He Xi said: "Then thank you Qianhu."
Li Ben originally came from a hidden background and has no backer among the current Jin Yiwei. Perhaps his only backer was Mao Xiang, but as the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Mao Xiang had no shortage of manpower. I won’t pay too much attention to Li Ben.
Moreover, with Li Ben's merit, even though he had merit in Guo Huan's case, coupled with Li Ben's father and ancestor's contribution to the secret stakes in Hangzhou, it was not enough to make him become a member of the Jinyi Guard Thousand Households. It should be noted that Jinyiwei Qianhu is already considered to be the middle and senior level of Jinyiwei.
Li Ben thought about it and made a guess in his mind, that is, the reason why he suddenly rose to the top was related to the famous consort He. Naturally, I want to join the family.
The two sides hit it off immediately.
From now on, He Xi will not know anything like before. But this also means that He Xi is getting deeper and deeper into the imperial struggle.
After all, there is no peaceful world among the Jinyi Guards. He serves as Li Ben's backer. If something happened to Li Benzhen, how could he not take action?
"When people are in the arena, they can't help themselves. When people are in the officialdom, why not?" He Xi secretly thought: "I can't stay in Taiping Mansion for long. But if this project is not done well, I will always feel uneasy."
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Will He Xi forget the purpose of coming here?
It is to solve the supply problem of Daming iron ore.
How to solve this problem is to find Maanshan Iron Mine. Develop this big mine. I think it will be enough to supply Nanjing.
In fact, this iron ore is not difficult to find.
the reason is simple.
The land of China is too ancient. It is so ancient that almost everywhere there are traces of human activity. Copper mines and iron ores are very important to humans at all times. The veins that are almost exposed to the surface have traces of excavation.
Maanshan Iron Mine is a large mine. There is no need to explore at all, but to go directly to the mines that have already been opened. Or abandoned iron mines. Of course, He Xi also had a map in his hand with an approximate location, and he found it right away.
Found just an old mine. How many reserves are there? Just don’t know.
It's just that this mine is in the mountains and hills, more than ten miles away from the nearest waterway, and more than thirty miles away from the Yangtze River. Development and other things are relatively difficult. This difficulty is for small households.
After all, this mine is said to be far away, but it is so close to Nanjing. It is said that the Yangtze River is also very far away, especially the land route of more than ten miles, which consumes too much. We dare not gather a large number of manpower around Nanjing. The mining policy of the Ming Dynasty was to allow the people to mine freely for their own use. Remember it is for your own use.
In other words, if you are a small blacksmith, you can go to the mountains to pull some iron ore, beat it into steel, and sell it to the people. This is no problem. But if you gather thousands of people in Wuthering Mountains, you mine it on a massive scale. You see what the court will do to you.
Naturally, there will be no problems where the emperor is far away. But near Nanjing. Doing such a thing is simply mindless.
But these problems are not a problem for He Xi.
After He Xi almost confirmed that this was the Ma'anshan Iron Mine, he used the warrant given by Zhu Yuanzhang to mobilize a local guard station with 5,600 people. Come directly here to mine. Before the mining started, He Xi had been here. But opening a large mine is not a simple matter.
Among other things, more than ten miles of mountain roads must be repaired before moving from iron ore to water transportation. Otherwise, there will be no luck in getting out of the iron mines in the future.
More than a month has passed. Before He Xi left, he naturally wanted to see what Ma'anshan Iron Mine was like now. Only then can he leave with peace of mind.
