Chapter 148 Going home soon
He Xi said: "Okay. This thing is my fault. I have good news for you. We are going back to Nanjing."
"Really?" Princess Anqing immediately became happy after hearing this.
In fact, Princess Anqing's life in Liaodong was not comfortable.
Although He Xi has given Princess Anqing the best living conditions in Liaodong. But Liaodong is still too cold. The heating facilities of this era are far from comparable to those of later generations.
And He Xi is certainly very kind to Princess Anqing. But that's all.
He Xi was so busy that his feet never touched the ground, running around here and there, let alone talk about it. Even in Liaodong, we still inspected everywhere. Being away from home for long periods of time has become routine. Even if he is not on a business trip or inspecting. Can it be done at home?
No. It is normal to sleep in the Yamen when you are busy.
It's not that Princess Anqing can't bear such a thing. When He Xi was away, she was in Nanjing, raising her children alone. I actually don’t have any complaints in my heart. But Liaodong and Nanjing are different.
Princess Anqing grew up in Nanjing. Nanjing is her home. Her interpersonal relationships are all in Nanjing. More suitable for Nanjing’s climate. When we arrived in Liaodong, there was no one left to talk to, and all the things at home were settled. Not to mention that Princess Anqing has to shoulder a lot of things. For example, to appease officials and their families.
Madam diplomacy has been around since ancient times.
Princess Anqing actually understands these things very well.
It’s not like I didn’t encounter such occasions when I was in Nanjing. However, her purpose in coming to Liaodong was different. She came to Liaodong to get together with her husband, but now it seems that she came to work instead. This made her feel so comfortable.
Fortunately, there are children around. Only then did the depression in her heart ease.
This is also the reason why Princess Anqing always wants to lose her temper when she sees He Xi.
So I heard that I could return to Nanjing.
How could Princess Anqing not be happy?
He Xi said: "Call your son and Zhu Xiongying. Let's go back to Beijing together."
Princess Anqing said, "Okay."
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At this moment, Zhu Xiongying didn't look like a grandson at all.
He was wearing a short jacket and pushing a farm machine, a perennial seed drill for later generations. Machinery used for sowing seeds. On her feet were a pair of cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles, which were covered with mud.
He was pushing the machine at the moment, and the drill pushed out shallow ravines on the ground. Then the seeds flowed along the iron pipe to the ground, dragging a wooden board behind it to flatten the ground.
In this way, sowing the seeds saves a lot of effort.
"Teacher, how about the things we made?" A group of students crowded together, wearing thin clothes. The clothes could not be said to be neat. They could only be said to be free of oil stains, and there were many patches on their bodies. Each of them held a wooden board with a few pieces of paper sandwiched on it. Everyone held some charcoal strips and stared at Zhu Xiongying's acceptance.
Zhu Xiongying looked at his students? Scratching his head. I didn't know what to say for a while.
He doesn't really understand his position.
He originally helped in the Yingkou University Hall and entered the school as a student. However, although there are many people under He Xi's family, the Liaodong stall is bigger. In fact, not many people are willing to work in Yingkou Academy.
Without him, Liaodong has too many opportunities.
No matter how you look at it, Yingkou Academy is not a place where you can get promoted quickly.
The Imperial College is essentially a preparatory school for bureaucrats, and there are certainly many potential politicians among them. But most people are bureaucrats at heart. Don't expect too much from them either.
Zhu Xiongying didn't think it himself, but in fact, what he received was the most cutting-edge and scientific knowledge system in the entire Ming Dynasty. He quickly stood out among all the students and assumed part of the teaching tasks. Under the guidance of He Xi, Yingkou University attaches great importance to the integration of science and practice.
Many inventions in this era actually do not require any advanced scientific knowledge. Because of this, some inventions are easier for craftsmen to use.
The first industrial revolution was actually driven by craftsmen. It was not until the second industrial revolution that scientists gradually became the leader.
But He Xi still wants to introduce the scientific system to speed up development.
Therefore, these students always have some topics to study.
Zhu Xiongying led these people, and their subject was agricultural machinery.
It is also He Xi's policy to promote education in Liaodong. It gives many middle- and lower-class people the opportunity to study.
You can see it from the clothes of these people.
Everyone's clothes looked dirty. It’s not that these people don’t like tidiness. But, clothes cannot be washed frequently. Many fabrics in later generations will become damaged after being washed a few times. This is the so-called high-end fabric. In fact, this was the normal state in ancient times.
A lot of fabric, a lot of washing. It turned into a piece of tattered cloth.
For the common people, clothes are valuable possessions. When using it, you should naturally take care of it. When someone is working, you should be shirtless. It's not that you don't like to wear clothes, but that you care about clothes, because if a person is injured. Scratch the skin and it will heal. But if the clothes are torn. It won't be easy to deal with.
Even with a patch it doesn't look good.
Many of these people work in the fields at home. Therefore, they wanted to create agricultural machinery that could save labor.
It was just this move that shocked Zhu Xiongying.
Because there are few people in Liaodong. The population is severely lacking. Some labor-saving measures have been vigorously implemented. He Xi actually implemented many agricultural and water conservancy improvements. Zhu Xiongying didn't think it was a big deal. When he was in the palace, he actually did all the farming with Queen Ma.
Know how to farm.
Compared with the hard work of sowing seeds, using this sowing machine now saves a lot of effort.
After all, Zhu Xiongying was his great-grandson, so when He Xi had time, he would call Zhu Xiongying to his side and teach him face to face. So he is very clear about Liaodong's biggest shortcoming. That's food production. The biggest problem in this matter is the lack of manpower. Labor shortage.
For He Xi promotion machinery. Promote machinery. In his heart, Zhu Xiongying was actually not too optimistic about it. After all, there is such an argument that anyone who has a machine must have an idea. Confucianism does not actually hold a positive attitude towards the use of machinery. When Zhu Xiongying was studying, he was certainly exposed to a lot of He Xi's ideas. But when He Xi came over, he was no longer young. The Three Hundred Thousand, Four Books and Five Classics he had read since childhood were the foundation for Zhu Xiongying's reading.
There was no way he wouldn't be affected.
Today, everything formed a closed loop in front of Zhu Xiongying.
Mechanical development can save more manpower, and more manpower can cultivate more land, and more land can feed more people. And the improvement and manufacturing of machinery does not seem to be very difficult.
Yes. At least in Zhu Xiongying's view, there are still many problems that have not been solved when it comes to seeders. He just watched these students do it.
Zhu Xiongying's vision is better than these students. After all, the machines these students may have seen in their entire lives are mostly agricultural machinery. But Zhu Xiongying followed He Xi and ran around. But I have seen the most complicated machine in the world.
Zhu Xiongying coughed twice and said: "There are several problems with your machinery. First, the depth of the furrow created by the plow is the same. But the problem is that the depth required for different seeds is different. Can it be adjusted? Second, It's the manufacturing process. You should have learned several processes of mass production. See for yourselves, how do you produce this thing you made? Yes, you were just test products before, and I have no requirements in this regard. But now It’s different. In this regard, you can ask the relevant teachers for advice. Remember that the first thing is to be light, the second thing is to save materials, and the third thing is to be strong.”
When the students below heard what Zhu Xiongying said, they couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "More teachers."
They knew that Zhu Xiongying said this. In fact, it means recognizing their work. They have passed this lesson.
Zhu Xiongying waved his hand and let them go, and get out of class was over.
He's leaving too. When he looked up, he saw He Xi standing far away, looking at him from a distance. Zhu Xiongying walked over immediately. Said: "Teacher."
He Xi said: "It seems that you are doing well here and have become a teacher."
Zhu Xiongying raised his head, tilted his head, and the sunlight hit his face sideways. He said with a youthful spirit, "It's indeed good."
