"Your Majesty, this is a great thing!"
Chongzhen had just finished planning the route for his continued inspection and was going to the garden to relax, when Du Yinxi came up to him with a happy face.
Looking at Du Yinxi's expression, Chongzhen said with some confusion: "Tell me about it?"
"Your Majesty, Wang Zheng is here!"
"Wang Zheng?"
"Where? Ask him to come in!"
Chongzhen was a little surprised. If Wang Zheng could come here, he would have a choice. This would be a great thing for him, the entire Ming Dynasty, and even the entire world.
What this talented person has researched has really changed the world's industrial system, to put it bluntly.
After a while, Du Yinxi walked in, followed by Wang Zheng, and then four sergeants carrying two large boxes.
"Ding You's minister Wang Zheng is here to see your Majesty!"
"Wang Aiqing, please get up!"
Chongzhen held up his right hand and said, "Wang Aiqing, since you came to Xi'an to find me, do you have a good idea?"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Wang Zheng saluted Chongzhen again: "A few days ago, your Majesty's chariot came to my house in person. I was a little hesitant. Please forgive me!"
"It doesn't matter, just figure it out! Your coming out is a blessing to the people of Ming Dynasty. From now on, you will be the director of Ming Industrial Research Institute.
Remember what I talked to you some time ago, I hope it can come true as soon as possible! "
Wang Zheng immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, don't worry. When it comes to research on equipment, I was ranked second in the Ming Dynasty, and no one dared to be ranked first. This is one of the reasons why I came out.
Instead of asking other people to spend time and money on research, why not do it yourself! "
After saying this, everyone felt that it was so domineering!
But his eyes were full of doubt.
Only Chongzhen knew that this was not an exaggeration. If all the things in that book were found, then the entire Ming Dynasty would be number one.
"Okay, this is what I'm waiting for. You must remember that industry is the foundation of all industries. You have a heavy burden!"
"You get up first!"
Chongzhen helped Wang Zheng up: "The main responsibility of the Industrial Research Institute is to study various types of equipment, regardless of type, as long as it can improve efficiency.
But the temporary focus is to study irrigation and farming equipment first. This is what is most lacking now. I believe you also know it.
The second step is to develop firearm-related equipment, how to improve the movement speed, construction speed, etc. of the Hongyi cannon.
Talk to Xu Guangqi, the director of the Firearms Research Institute, about this after you return to Beijing. "
"I understand!"
After Wang Zheng finished speaking, he immediately added: "Your Majesty, regarding the irrigation equipment you just mentioned, I have made a set of models of the equipment in the past few days and presented it to Your Majesty!"
"It can't be in this box!"
"right!"
Wang Zheng said, opening the box, and the strange parts were displayed in front of everyone.
"Your Majesty, please rest first and give me half an hour to assemble it!"
"It doesn't matter, you go about your business, I'll watch and learn a lot!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at Du Yinxi: "Go and invite Yuan Aiqing, Zheng Chongjian, Yuan Keli, Chen Qiyu and others to come and have a look!"
By the time Yuan Keli and others arrived, Wang Zheng had already taken out the parts from the two large boxes one by one and arranged them in a specific order.
Even though Wang Zheng is already over fifty years old, when it comes to equipment, he seems to be a different person, and his whole person seems to have entered a special state.
The parts jumped in his hands and were assembled at a uniform speed.
Many of them look strange and cannot be reassembled with the assembled modules, but they blend in naturally in Wang Zheng's hands.
Half an hour later, the general shape emerged. It was somewhat similar to a rollover, but much more complicated than a rollover. It seemed to have some structure of a well truck, and everyone who saw it was puzzled.
Chongzhen touched his chin on the side, a trace of fire flashed in his eyes. He somewhat understood what kind of equipment Wang Zheng was making.
If it is feasible, it will really be a big help to agriculture as a whole.
"Your Majesty, you know..."
"Shh!"
Chongzhen waved his hand and motioned for everyone to continue watching.
Another hour later, an object with a main body about half a person's height and a diameter of about five feet appeared.
But connected to the main body of the device, there is also a device with a horizontal fan blade that is one foot high.
Wang Zheng looked around the equipment, turned it around again, and then let out a long breath.
"Your Majesty, can you arrange for someone to send a large bathtub filled with water? And find two ladders one foot high?"
Chongzhen waved his hand to the side, then walked around the equipment and moved again, his eyes full of understanding.
Everyone was considered a well-informed person, and after looking around for a while, they were all amazed.
"Wang Aiqing, let me introduce to you. This is Yuan Keli and Yuan Aiqing of the cabinet. I believe you have heard of it. This is Shaanxi Chief Secretary Zheng Chongjian. This is..."
After Chongzhen introduced Wang Zheng and performed the meeting ceremony, Chongzhen looked at everyone: "This is Wang Zheng. He used to be an official in North Zhili and South Zhili. His father died last year and he came back to Ding You.
Before I came to Xi'an, I went to Wang Aiqing's house with the purpose of asking him to come out as my best candidate to be the first dean of the Daming Industrial Research Institute! "
"I am ashamed!"
When everyone heard Chongzhen's introduction, they were full of surprise.
They knew that the emperor went to Jingyang to find Wang Zheng some time ago, but they didn't dare to ask about Wang Zheng's purpose.
Now that I heard that the king was invited to serve as an official, I couldn't express my surprise in words.
They have never heard of the Industrial Research Institute, but they know that the Ming Dynasty established the Firearms Research Institute and the Agricultural Research Institute.
Although the dean is only a third-grade person, it is a place where even the courtiers cannot reach out. The same may be true of this industrial research institute now.
To be personally invited by the emperor's chariot, Wang Zheng's ability is definitely very impressive.
Thinking about it from another angle, the emperor's emphasis on industry is definitely higher than the sky.
"Dean Wang!"
Yuan Keli actually took the lead and handed over to Wang Zheng, which amazed Wang Zheng.
After some courtesy, Yuan Keli said softly: "Your Majesty, your expression just now seems to guess what this is?"
"There are some clues. It seems to be a device that uses the power of wind to pump water from low places to high places."
Chongzhen smiled: "Wang Zheng is the home court today, I can't overshadow the guest, he will show it to us later!"
After another moment, Zhou Yuji and several sergeants carried a large wooden bucket to the courtyard. Under Wang Zheng's instructions, he placed it under the equipment, and one-fifth of the equipment was immersed in the tub. .
He assembled the two ladders into a herringbone ladder, and when he was about to climb up, he was stopped by Zhou Yuji.
"Dean Wang, tell me what to do, let's do it, don't fall!"
After Wang Zheng explained, Zhou Yuji took an oversized "fan" and climbed up the ladder and fanned the upper part of the equipment.
In everyone's surprised eyes, the upper fan blades rotated, driving the gears to move, and then the lower instruments also started to move slowly.
The water in the bathtub was brought out by small cylinders and poured into the connected funnel at a high altitude.
"Your Majesty, this is an agricultural instrument that combines a rollover truck and a water-to-well truck, and uses wind power to drive the equipment to fetch water. I named it the wind wheel thrust water fetching truck.
Compared with a rollover truck, it can save manpower, and compared with a water-to-well truck, it can solve the disadvantage of being unable to drive the well truck due to smooth water flow! "
After everyone was surprised, Shaanxi Councilor Wang Zhengwei frowned slightly and hesitated: "President Wang, my subordinate is Shaanxi Councilor Wang Zhengwei. He is responsible for supervising farmers and managing water conservancy. He has some knowledge of equipment.
Although your wind power is good, it is not always strong enough to drive equipment, and the direction of the wind is unpredictable. This..."
"Master Wang, don't be anxious!"
