"Boom Boom"

On the outskirts of Nanjing, ten new-style cannons roared together, and a half-hillside two thousand meters away was on fire, and rubble flew into the sky!

After ten rounds of shelling in a row, the dirt mountain can no longer see its original appearance, but is shrouded in dust and smoke in the sky, and when the dust and smoke dissipate, you can clearly see the big craters that have been blown out of it, so powerful, even the world-famous red-coated cannon is inferior to one point, amazing and exciting!

These 10 new cannons were made after the Firearms Bureau made a breakthrough in the anti-recoil device, because the original terrifying recoil was canceled, the new cannon did not have to worry about the position shift after each fire, not only the firing speed has increased a lot, but the power has also increased by one point.

"Good!" Zhu Cihong was overjoyed, after the recoilless device was developed, this new cannon was nearly 200 catties lighter than the original, and the whole cannon weighed only an astonishing more than 400 catties, which was the best configuration for Ying Long's army.

With this kind of cannon, the combat effectiveness of the Ying Long army will be at least double that of the original.

"Your Majesty, the new recoilless cannon has been a complete success, please name this cannon!" Chen Xin, director of the Firearms Bureau, stepped forward and said.

Although Chen Xin and others were the developers of cannons, they did not dare to make their own claims, after all, most of the things that have been done by the emperor have always been the name of cannons.

Zhu Cihong nodded, thought for a while and said: "I see that this cannon is far superior to the red-coated cannon and the Weiyuan cannon, and it will soon sweep the world with my Ying Long army, and it will shock the whole sea, so let's call it Shenwu Cannon!" ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" Chen Xin and the others bowed.

"You and so on day and night to develop this cannon, but also hard, pass on my will, all the craftsmen involved in the research and development are rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, ten pieces of brocade cloth, in order to show appreciation, Wanger and others will work harder in the future to develop a newer cannon, adding more majesty to the Ming army." Zhu Cihong did not hesitate to issue rewards, although the development of new cannons before and after more than 100 people, need a full 100,000 taels of silver, but Zhu Cihong will not be stingy in this aspect anyway, science and technology is the foundation of the future nation in the world, for those scientific and technological research and development, not only need support but also need encouragement.

"Wait for the comrades of the Firearms Bureau, Xie Huangshang Longen!" Chen Xin bowed again.

Zhu Cihong's reward was naturally not verbal, and only on the second day, under Zhu Cihong's instructions, the people of the household department blatantly carried 100,000 taels of silver to the Firearms Bureau to distribute it, and announced Zhu Cihong's dictation.

Zhu Cihong wants to tell everyone in the world that he will not treat any craftsman who develops new technologies badly, as long as it is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, he will be rewarded, not only those who participate in the research and development of new artillery, no matter who makes a breakthrough in any technology, he will be rewarded by the imperial court.

As soon as these words came out, the entire firearms bureau was excited, and the craftsmen in the world were also excited, and the emperor was blatantly improving the status of the craftsmen in the world.

Throughout the ages, the class of Shinong industry and commerce is deep-rooted, although the merchants are at the bottom, in fact, the craftsmen are the most trampled, because most of the craftsmen in the world are for the merchants, carpenters, blacksmiths, tailors, boatmen, etc., they are ranked before the merchants on the surface, but in fact, the merchants control their food and clothing, and whose status is lower.

Now the status of craftsmen is recognized by the emperor, who himself said that they are meritorious to the country.

Indeed, craftsmen are the source of technological development and innovation, the foundation of the ultimate progress of society, and they deserve to be respected, just like a group of scientists engaged in scientific and technological development in later generations.

In order to attract craftsmen from all over the world, and in order to better make the whole society of Daming continue to progress, Zhu Cihong after consideration, ordered the Ministry of Household to allocate 100,000 taels, led by the Ministry of Industry, to establish the first science and technology institute in the history of China, Daming Institute of Science and Technology, specializing in absorbing all kinds of talents, participating in the research and development and innovation of various technologies.

Not long ago, the Daming Daily published the news, Emperor Chrysostom Yuyan, craftsmen in any field can come to the Academy of Science and Technology to register, as long as the competition passes, you can get the corresponding position, and enjoy the worship of the imperial court.

Zhu Cihong plans to establish hundreds of R&D institutes in one go, covering various categories, such as absorbing the best weavers, not weaving, but only to continuously improve the looms related to the people's clothing, and to develop looms with faster weaving speed and better quality fabrics. For example, absorbing some old farmers who have been engaged in arable land cultivation for decades, improving the world's agricultural tools, and even developing hybrid crops. Another example is to absorb some craftsmen who have specialized in burning bricks, tiles and ceramics for decades, developing cement, and so on!

did not disappoint Zhu Cihong, as soon as the news passed through the Daming Daily, all kinds of craftsmen in the world shook again, just because the emperor now looks up to them so much, those top craftsmen in the world, in order to prove themselves, came to Nanjing City to participate in the competition of the Daming Academy of Science and Technology.

Hubei, Hunan, Liangguang and so on, thousands of craftsmen of all kinds dragged their families to come.

On the outskirts of Nanjing, an old farmer who has been farming for nearly 50 years immediately wondered after listening to the storyteller read out the contents of the Daming Daily, could they, the honest old farmers, also participate in the competition of the Daming Institute of Science and Technology?

The old farmer shook his head incredulously, but thinking of what the Daming Daily said, the old farmer who has personally planted the land for at least thirty years, isn't he just qualified, anyway, he is an old man in his sixties, and he can't go to the field to farm in person when he is idle at home, and he is idle when he is idle, anyway, the capital is on the edge, and it doesn't hurt to go and see it when the time comes.

However, although the old farmer didn't care much, what he didn't know was that his departure changed his life, and he participated in the birth of the first wave of hybrid rice in the Ming Dynasty in the future, and finally left his name in history as a seventy-year-old old farmer.

In a small town in Jiangxi, Song Yingxing often buys a copy of Daming Daily to read while compiling Tiangong Kaiwu.

"Your Majesty, the Academy of Science and Technology is right." This later famous science and technology giant in history at the moment with tears in his eyes, excited inexplicably, and finally after pouring a sip of tea, he smashed the tea bowl with a snap, picked up the unfinished writing of the heavenly works and traveled in the direction of the capital, the emperor has personally opened the science and technology institute, he is still here to write what heavenly works, go directly to the science and technology institute to run for election.

In fact, the reason why Song Yingxing wrote Tiangong Kaiwu, the most important thing is to record all kinds of existing science and technology in the Ming Dynasty, so that they will not be lost in the war, and now the Science and Technology Institute is opened, led by the imperial court to inherit and develop all kinds of science and technology, there will be no science and technology will be lost, he can't wait to go to the capital to serve the emperor.

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