"Hey, water from afar can't quench your thirst from afar!"
After a while, Chongzhen, who had been thinking about it, suddenly sighed.
Another method he thought of was the steam engine.
Using a steam engine to drive a four-wheeled cart, even if the speed of the steam engine is slower at first, it is not too much to travel twenty or thirty miles in an hour.
It’s more than three hundred miles a day and a night, and it consumes several buckets of water. It’s worth it.
According to historical records, Wang Zheng's book records that fire ships set off, fire and thunder exploded, wind wheels rotated, and windmills traveled far. It is hard to say whether they were steam engines or not.
Moreover, after the steam engine was developed, official roads still needed to be repaired.
Although the official road is flat, the steam engine carries several four-wheeled carts carrying two to three thousand kilograms each. Not to mention how fast they go, it is good not to get stuck.
You also have to dig a lot of coal, research cement, pave roads, etc., which are all technical tasks.
When the cement road was built, he overthrew the Jiannu and Mongolian tribes.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen rubbed his swollen temples and said with a final heart: "No, even if it is difficult, it must be put on the schedule. The sooner it is, the better it is!"
The steam engine is the basis of industry. With the steam engine, simple machine tools can be built, mining, etc. will be greatly promoted.
Even if it is not for transporting food, it will also play a huge role in future commercial development, such as transportation, transportation, etc.
Thinking of food, Chongzhen glanced at Wang Chengen and said, "My dear friend, tell Li Ruolian to come see me!"
Wang Chengen responded, and after lighting a stick of incense, Li Ruolian came in a hurry: "Li Aiqing, there are two things to do.
First, send people to Xi'an immediately to get Wang Zheng back! By the way, let's investigate the autumn harvest situation in various prefectures in Shaanxi, especially the two prefectures and eighteen counties that suffered from severe drought last year.
Second, check the autumn harvest and tax situation of each government to see if there are any small tricks! "
After Li Ruolian responded, he hesitated and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, after the Jinyi Guards have been reorganized, there are approximately eight thousand people.
But apart from the bodyguards and ceremonial guards of the two thousand households, the East and West Town Fusi were responsible for intelligence outside the Ming Dynasty, and many people were also spread out.
There are only more than 4,000 people in the Ming Dynasty. Although there are many people, they are somewhat unable to cope with the nearly 1,500 counties and cities in the Ming Dynasty. I sincerely request your majesty to allow me to expand the recruitment... to 2,000 people. "
When Chongzhen heard this, a trace of thought flashed in his eyes.
The main responsibilities of the Jinyiwei are to engage in reconnaissance, arrests, interrogations, gathering military intelligence, instigating rebellion against enemy generals, and monitoring the world, which is somewhat similar to later generations of national security.
It's not that he doesn't trust officials, it's just that this is the feudal era, and information transmission is very slow. A piece of information can take three to five days quickly, but can take two or three months.
If officials are lazy and there is a natural disaster, man-made disaster, etc., Jin Yiwei is the last person to take care of it.
Moreover, Jinyiwei is also responsible for external intelligence collection and other tasks. Mongolian tribes, Jiannu, Fusang, North Korea, etc. all need a large number of manpower.
"I will give you five more quotas for the Thousand Household Office, but you have to remember that it is better to lack than to waste, and loyalty comes first!
Moreover, we must strengthen training and assessment, and be responsible for monitoring the world in peacetime, but during wartime, we must also be able to pull out onto the battlefield to protect my safety and charge on my behalf! "
"I understand!"
"Oh, by the way, do you have any clues about the Shaoxing Japanese pirates?"
"not yet!"
"No?"
Chongzhen frowned. The edict of amnesty to the world was to strike a chord in the grass and scare the snakes, but it was strange that there was no response.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Go to Jiangnan to look for trouble with those wealthy businessmen, find some wealthy businessmen with a bad reputation, and investigate in secret.
If the evidence is conclusive, the house will be searched directly. If there are jujubes but not jujubes, try two shots first! "
"I understand!"
"Go to work and check the autumn harvest first!"
After Li Ruolian left, Chongzhen picked up a cup of tea and took a slow sip.
He suddenly discovered that although the questions reviewed by everyone were complete, the only thing they did not mention was information transmission.
Perhaps in their minds, the six-hundred-mile express is already the fastest. There is no faster delivery method in the world.
But how do they know that they can chat at any time thousands of miles away in the future?
Communication satellites and networks are the top products of the era. He can't do it, but it seems that wired telegraphy can be tried.
"What's going on with the telegraph? Galvanic interval?"
"Alphabetic and numerical coding?"
"Electrical signal conversion?"
"Telegraph? Copper wire? Electric current?"
"Didi, Didi, Didi..."
…
"Fuck it, it's so mind-numbing!"
After a while, Chongzhen let out a long, hard breath, as if he wanted to let out all the depression in his heart.
At this moment, he was depressed about why he would not be a student of science and engineering in future generations, and he simply knew nothing about these things.
Wired telegraphy is more difficult than a steam engine. The problem of power generation must be solved first, and then the telegraph machine, wires, coding, etc. can be solved.
The latter two are easy to say, they are nothing more than the formulation of rules, which does not trouble him.
He really didn't understand the telegraph machine, but he did know that the generator was the law of electromagnetic induction and the law of electromagnetic force, which cut the magnetic field.
But for a stable current, the power of nature is not enough. A steam engine is still needed to achieve stability.
Compared with wired telegraphs, steam engines are much simpler, at least according to historical records, and forty or fifty years later, missionary Nan Huairen used a steam engine to build a steam engine car for Kangxi.
He had seen that thing in the Palace Museum in later generations, but he didn't even know about the wired telegram.
"Come on, go round and round, we still need to get a steam engine!"
Chongzhen was also speechless. After thinking in a circle, he finally returned to the starting point.
"Oh, let's take action first and study slowly. Even if I don't use it in my lifetime, at least it will open up the path to scientific research and provide a scientific research environment. This is enough!"
After thinking about it, Chongzhen relaxed and leaned on the dragon chair with his thoughts wandering.
"With the siege and massacre of Jiannu, Liaodong should be stabilized within two or three years, and Ming Dynasty will have a chance to breathe! But we must not take it lightly.
Although Jiannu will be in chaos for a while, it is probably harmless. It is hard to say whether Jiannu and Fusang will unite, and it is also difficult to say whether they will unite with Chahar Lindan Khan.
Chahar cannot be pushed into a hurry, otherwise it will not be good to unite with Jiannu!
Either don't fight, or if you want to fight, just destroy their vitality and cripple them! "
"But we can't let them live comfortably anymore. It's better to cause trouble for them. Let Cao Bianjiao lead the warrior camp to pinch the weak persimmons and train troops at the same time!"
…
"The most important thing now is to take this opportunity to rectify the military affairs and accumulate food. As long as we have a strong army and food in hand, we can cope with everything!"
"Well, we still need money. We need money to strengthen the army, buy grain, build roads, prepare for war, etc. Although the warehouse still has tens of millions of taels, it cannot withstand such a build.
Commercial taxes are difficult to deal with for the time being, but the cost of returning land to the people can be alleviated! "
…
With his back leaning on the dragon chair, Chongzhen closed his eyes, constantly thinking and summarizing in his mind.
Maybe it was because my mind had been tense since time travel, but now that my worries were gone, my mind relaxed, and with the summer sleepiness, I slowly fell asleep.
