"His Majesty?"
"Isn't that the emperor?"
The people in the distance were confused at first, then realized and knelt down in unison.
Seeing this, Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh, and shouted to the surrounding people: "Fellow folks, I just want to talk to Wang Aiqing, please go back!"
At Chongzhen's signal, Du Yinxi and several Wu Jinshi also stepped forward to persuade the people.
Zhou Yuji looked at Wang Zheng and said in a low voice: "Master Wang, your Majesty's safety is important. If you are rude, please forgive me!"
Without waiting for Wang Zheng to speak, dozens of sergeants immediately entered Wang Zheng's home.
Chongzhen looked at Wang Zheng with interest: "How did Wang Aiqing know it was me?"
Wang Zheng looked at Cao Bianjiao and Zhou Yuji who were wearing armor behind Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, to put it bluntly, it's not worth mentioning.
The two commanders were wearing the armor of a first-class military attaché, and the military flag behind them was that of the Forbidden Army. The two commanders were accompanied by personal escorts.
In addition, there are rumors in the past few days that His Majesty dealt with the eight major locust merchants and the King of Jin in Taiyuan City. According to the distance, he has almost reached the nearby counties.
Although you are wearing casual clothes, you still can't hide your nobility. There are no members of your age in the royal family, and even if there are, they are not qualified to be a personal guard.
So I would venture to guess that you are the current His Majesty! "
"Hahaha, he is indeed a master of Neo-Confucianism and has very strong reasoning skills!"
Chongzhen smiled and said, "Don't you invite me to come in and sit down?"
After Chongzhen reminded him, Wang Zheng realized that Chongzhen was still outside the door, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please come in."
After entering the courtyard, the sound of water attracted Chongzhen's attention. He saw several layers of small pools stacked on top of each other in the pool. There is also a rollover-like device next to it, connected to some pipe grooves.
Without human intervention, the water in the pool is circulating and transported from bottom to top.
Du Yinxi and others were stunned by this scene.
"No, this is what I told you, the device that can automatically send water from a low place to a high place!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at Wang Zheng again: "Wang Aiqing, this is the combination of siphon and crane yin recorded in your "Illustrated Notes on Newly Made Various Weapons"!"
"Your Majesty, I named this Kewu. Some of his strange and obscene techniques are beyond the eyes of His Majesty!"
"These things are not automatic and require manual intervention every six hours, otherwise they will stop, and as time goes by, the amount of water sent upward will become smaller and smaller."
"It's already very good. It's difficult to go from zero to one, but it's easy to go from one to 100. Just improve slowly."
After walking around the courtyard, everyone saw several strange things, such as a water leak that rose up and was connected to a time-keeping device of a small bronze bell, a rotating clock, etc. Everyone who saw it was amazed.
However, Chongzhen secretly lamented in his heart that after the Ming Dynasty was destroyed and the slaves took over, many books were banned by the slaves.
Such as Bi Maokang's "Pictures on Military Weapons", Wang Zheng's "Pictures on New Weapons" and so on.
There are also some such as "Cao Haitu Bian", "Artifact Manual", "Weapon Record", etc., which were destroyed or shelved.
Even if the Jiannu could make use of these books by 30%, they would not have been humiliated by the West for so many years.
After the visit, everyone entered the central hall. After sitting down and drinking tea, Chongzhen said: "Wang Aiqing, do you know why I came to you?"
"I know, Brother Chuyang (Sun Yuanhua) wrote a letter a few days ago, asking me to become an official. Now that His Majesty is here in person, it may be the same. He may want to study these strange and obscene techniques!"
"This is not a strange and obscene technique. In my opinion, it is just a question of whether it is used in the right place.
This is like a minister. If he is not good at the household department, he goes to the official department. If he is not good at the official department, he goes to the military department. There will always be a position suitable for him.
The same is true for these devices, as long as they are used well, they can be of great use! "
"When you were in Xi'an, you should have seen that I used the method of relief work to build many low-lying lakes for irrigating the fields, but they needed some equipment, such as the siphons, cranes, etc. in your book to improve them. efficiency."
After Chongzhen finished speaking, there was no response from Wang Zheng, so he continued: "I sometimes wonder if there is something that can produce the same effect as stone slabs when mixed with water!"
"Is there something that can fly hundreds of people into the sky and cover the distance from Beijing to Xi'an in an hour?"
"Is there something that can pull something as heavy as ten thousand stones without any human effort, day and night?"
"Is there a device that can replace manual sowing? Two people can sow a hundred acres a day!"
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Chongzhen put his hands behind his back, looked at the yard, and murmured to himself.
Everyone behind him was dumbfounded, even a technical expert like Wang Zheng was confused.
He thought his whims were outrageous enough, but compared with the majesty in front of him, they were nothing.
Stir it with water and it becomes a slate. How about you do a magic trick?
It can cross two thousand miles in one hour. Apart from immortal magic, can human power do it?
They really want to tell His Majesty that there is a difference between whimsy and wishful thinking.
Seeing the dull expressions of everyone, Chongzhen felt happy. The things he was talking about were cement, airplanes, trains, planters, etc. in later generations.
On the way to Wang Zheng's house, Chongzhen was thinking about how to persuade Wang Zheng.
Benevolence and morality? For the country and the people? Ding You seizes love? Discussing technology... He thought about every strategy, but gave up on them all.
The first three will make people have a rebellious mentality. Even if they become an official, they will not be willing to do so, and the foreign union will delay their plans.
It’s even worse to discuss technology. Simply talking about it won’t attract people. Perhaps Wang Zheng doesn’t understand it yet.
He explained it in a complicated way and Wang Zheng probably couldn't understand it. The important thing is that he didn't understand much.
Only the vision and whimsy of future generations beyond this world are what attract the most talented people like Wang Zheng who are obsessed with technology.
Sure enough, after a while, Wang Zheng came back to his senses with a look of confusion and thought on his face.
He was tempted, this was Chongzhen's judgment.
"Wang Aiqing, Sun Yuanhua should have told you that I established the Daming Firearms Research Institute to study various firearms.
It became the Daming Agricultural Research Institute to study how to increase grain production.
After the opening of the official seal this year, I discussed with the six cabinet ministries and prepared to establish the Daming Industrial Research Institute to study various equipment.
After much thought, you are the most suitable candidate.
As long as you go there, you will be the dean of the Industrial Research Institute, and you will have the final say in the research within the institute, and you will give money to others if you ask others. "
"Wang Aiqing, you are a master of Neo-Confucianism, and what you pay attention to is the science of managing the world and applying it to practical applications.
You are fifty-seven years old this year. How many more years can you live? Are you willing to lose the results of your hard work for most of your life? "
"I raided the Eight Locust Merchants and the Prince of Jin's Mansion. I have a lot of money. How about it? Do you want to come out and help me spend some?"
