"Well, what kind of walkie-talkie is this, let's stay here, if I have anything to do, I don't need to send a message to anyone." Chongzhen glanced at the walkie-talkie in Liu Hongji's hand.

Chongzhen was a little unhappy in his heart, and said that there was such a god against the sky, why did he hide it before taking it out.

"Uh...... Your Majesty, this thing is of little use, the communication distance is only ten miles, and it is ...... Special electricity consumption. Liu Hongjian couldn't see that the uncle was unhappy, so he had to explain.

The transmission distance of the hand station is about three to five kilometers, and he thought it was interesting at the time, so he specially tested it with his roommate Fat Boy, and the distance was more than five kilometers, and there was basically only a murmur of stinging and lala.

"Ten miles? That's pretty awesome, too! What does it cost? Electricity? What is this? Chongzhen's face was full of surprise, if he had this artifact in his hand during the Northern Expedition, wouldn't he have to worry about it when the two armies were fighting?

Wouldn't it be better to report directly when you are worried......

"Uh......" Liu Honggradually was once again stopped by the diligent and inquisitive Chongzhen.

Electricity, a natural phenomenon, refers to the phenomenon caused by the movement of electric charges, and is a property of the repulsive force and attraction generated between subatomic particles such as electrons and protons......

It's just that...... Even if you explain it that way...... It's strange that this uncle can understand!

"Electricity, it's the food of this artifact, and it can only help the emperor talk after eating the food." Liu Hongjian almost explained it head-on, although this analogy is very strange, but it makes sense.

He had to fool Uncle Chongzhen, otherwise it would be a long story, but what Liu Hong gradually didn't expect was that Chongzhen's next question almost made Liu Hong crazy.

"Then where is the electricity, I am rich all over the world, how can I let this god starve?" Chongzhen asked very seriously.

Poof-Liu Hongjian just drank a sip of tea and squirted it out directly.

Yes, you are rich all over the world, but this electricity is not something that can be bought for a few cents in the future, maybe you will have to fill it with your life!

"The emperor must have seen the thunderbolt when it rains." After thinking about it for a while, Liu Hong suddenly remembered lightning.

"Of course I did." Chongzhen answered honestly like an inquiring student.

"That's what it eats!"

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In late March, everything recovered, and the peach blossoms and apricot blossoms in the West Mountain bloomed one after another, embellishing the mountain fragrance to hit people.

The School of Engineering also began to enroll students three days ago, but as Liu Hongchuan expected, before the imperial decree was issued, plus the treatment had not been announced, few people came to the College of Engineering to register.

After all, the craftsman is too hardworking, and if the people have a little way, those who still have acres of land at home will not choose to join the craftsman.

In three days, the engineering college only recruited more than 110 young disciples, and nine out of ten of them were the children of the original craftsmen of the ordnance institute.

The craftsmen of the armory were the first to taste the sweetness, and now most of them have entered the well-off, they are happy that no one will compete with their children for a place, and they treat the people who still despise the craftsmen like fools.

The plaque of the College of Engineering was written by Chongzhen himself, although it was just a folk study, and it was not very valued by the imperial court, but it could not withstand Liu Hongji's big face, Chongzhen was still very happy to order someone to study ink, and wrote down the eight big characters with strong pen strength:

Daming Royal Institute of Technology!

As soon as the signboard printed with Chongzhen's private seal was hung out, the effect was really much better, and hundreds of children from poor people came to sign up on the second day.

In order to carry forward the School of Engineering, Song Yingxing has racked his brains and worked hard these days, supervising the construction of various buildings and the relocation of the ordnance institute during the day.

In the evening, I had to meditate hard and find talented people to teach in the more than a dozen new subjects in the School of Engineering.

It's okay to say that agriculture is his own specialty after all, and his two uncompetitive sons are even more indisputable, and they have won the position of teaching in agriculture.

The civil engineering was undertaken by Fang Jingzi, who invented the spinning machine, and the water conservancy project was presided over by Niu Chun, director of the Shandong Ministry of Industry.

Niu Chun was a little unhappy, after all, although the director of the Ministry of Industry was a small official, he was also an official, and he was only in his early forties, so he was still young.

But he couldn't suppress people's slight words, and was fooled by Liu Honggradually to give three times the salary of the principal's salary, plus Chongzhen spoke, so he had to roll up the cover honestly and roll into Beijing.

Liu Hongjian did not feel sorry for this guy, he firmly believed that in a few years, this old cow would definitely be proud to become a teacher of the College of Engineering.

If you talk about digging talents, it is Song Yingxing's best, after all, it is the industry personnel, and he still knows what science and engineering talents Daming has.

More than a dozen letters were sent out from the ordnance office, and it took only ten days to bring back all kinds of cattle from all over the country to live in their hometowns, among which Xu Ji was the most bullish.

Speaking of this Xu Ji may be a little nasty, but if you talk about him Lao Tzu, it is estimated that everyone in the Ming Dynasty knows about it.

Xu Ji's father is Xu Guangqi, a scientist with the same name as Song Yingxing, but Uncle Xu is better than Uncle Song, and has served as a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, a deputy assistant to the cabinet, a prince Taibao, and a prince Shaobao......

Uncle Xu died of illness in Chongzhen for six years, leaving behind masterpieces such as "Geometric Original", "Taixi Water Law", "The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", and "Explanation of Examination Work".

He can be called an expert in mathematics, astronomy, calendar, water conservancy, military affairs, etc., if there are various names like later generations at this time, the names on the head of Uncle Xu may be these:

Writer, military strategist, politician, Confucian scholar, mathematician, astronomer, hydraulic scientist, civil engineer......

And all of them are outstanding, looking at future generations, if you talk about fame, I'm afraid there is only one big guy surnamed Guo who can be compared, but this old Guo has a lot of names, and I don't know how much ability he really has.

Oh, digression, although Xu Ji does not have his Laozi's attainments in Confucianism, and he is still an old man who has participated in the five imperial examinations, he is still a veteran of the imperial examinations, but in other fields that his father is involved in, he can be regarded as equal.

Xu Ji was about the same age as Song Yingxing, and although he had little contact with him, he had heard of the name of the armory and heard that it was a paradise for craftsmen.

In the twilight years of the martyrs, he was full of strength, and he was invited by Song Yingxing, and without saying a word, he took a boat from his hometown of Shanghai County all the way to the capital.

Liu Hong gradually became so happy that the big guy was naturally too happy, and even held a banquet at the armory to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Uncle Xu.

As soon as the connoisseur opened his mouth, he knew if there was any, and after a simple chat at the banquet, Liu Hong gradually blossomed and picked up a treasure, all of them are good uncles!

On March 29, Chongzhen went down to the early dynasty and drove the West Mountain.

Although he had already received the letter that Uncle Chongzhen was coming to inspect, when Chongzhen came, Liu Hong's face turned green.

Uncle Chongzhen didn't come alone, there were eight or nine thousand people with a team of guards, chamberlains, and honor guards.

This is still Chongzhen has repeatedly streamlined the team, otherwise according to the usual etiquette system, Chongzhen will need at least 20,000 people to go out of the palace gate once.

Since Chongzhen came to the spring outing this time through the reason of the inspection, the few people in the entourage also brought Queen Zhou and the two princesses Kunxing and Zhaoren.

Nearly 10,000 people rushed to the armory at once, and Liu Hong's hands were gradually scrambling.

His fiancée Kun Xing saw Liu Hong gradually giving a deep courtesy, and saw this delicate little sister Liu Hong gradually scratching her head, arranged marriage, the evil old society!

Greeted Sun Xiuxiu and Yang Xue, and led Queen Zhou, the two princesses, and other female dependents up the mountain, while Liu Hongjian himself went to the armory with Chongzhen.

The most excited are the craftsmen of the armory, and when the craftsmen learned that the Son of Heaven was coming, they all came to bow down with tears in their eyes.

The Son of Heaven has come to see them, looking at these hard-working people who are ignored by the court, despised by the literati, and despised by the gentry, who would have thought that they would see the face of heaven in their lifetime?

Chongzhen was also full of emotion when he saw the craftsmen who fell to the ground, it was these craftsmen who had been ignored by the court and him who armed his army, helped the Ming Dynasty drive out the Tartars, and swept away all the Xiaoxiao.

"Wang Erxi, let's make a decree!" Chongzhen sighed and said, belated grace.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said:

The artisan household system of the Ming Dynasty was originally the management of a unified household registration, but it accumulated a lot of disadvantages, causing all the people to be ashamed of the craftsman, and the engineering and learning were declining, which was really my fault.

The ancients had clouds, the destiny of heaven was not enough to fear, the words of people were not compassionate, and the ancestors were not enough to law.

I thought a lot, for the world's craftsmen, for the Ming Dynasty's engineering plan, and ordered the abolition of the craftsman's household.

All the children of craftsmen can engage in business, imperial examinations, farming, etc., and their bodies are free, and their professions are also free.

Abolish the rotation of craftsmen, and all craftsmen in the world can go to the Xishan Ordnance Institute in the capital to participate in the rating and salary fixation.

All craftsmen in the world, whether it is the imperial court or the nobles and officials in various places, all need to hire silver.

I need the people as the base, the craftsmen as the bricks, and the literati as the bones.

Chin this! ”

After Wang Erxi finished reading it, he handed the holy decree to the little yellow door behind him.

This holy decree begins with an edict, the edict, to the world, is the emperor's most formal will, Chongzhen is to inform the world, the Ming Dynasty has changed.

If the law of the ancestors is not conducive to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, then change it, if the disaster of natural disasters poisons the people of the Ming Dynasty, then conquer it, and if someone obstructs the law of changing the evils, then kill it.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor—"

"Long live my emperor—"

Hundreds of craftsmen in the armory shouted that the shackles of three hundred years were once removed, and such fortunate events deserved their shouts, and even more worthy of their heartfelt gratitude.

Liu Honggradually looked at all this and was full of emotion in his heart, if it wasn't for Chongzhen to see the power of the craftsmen, if it wasn't for the craftsmen who made so many guns and grenades, they helped the Ming Dynasty win the protracted national war.

Perhaps, the shackles of craftsmen are not so easy to loosen.

It is conceivable that when the holy decree is issued to all parts of the Ming Dynasty, how crazy the craftsmen in the world will be, at least in the first year, there will definitely be many craftsmen who abandon their work and become farmers.

It's just that Liu Hongjian is not worried about this, the ordnance institute has a high salary and good treatment, as early as half a year ago, Liu Hongjian signed a new employment document - life.

Where a lifetime contract is signed, the salary will be doubled, and it will only increase in the years to come.

The last clause of the document clearly states that anyone who breaks the contract in the middle of the contract shall pay 50% of the total salary paid on the date of signing.

The punishment was not severe, but it was so that almost all the craftsmen in the ordnance station signed for life.

The armory gave them good living conditions, dignity and hope.

Hope is a good thing.

"Youming, your Xishan is really good, and it is much more interesting than Zhizhen's palace." Chongzhen climbed slowly up the steps from the armory on the mountainside.

Although Xishan is not high, Chongzhen is not in good health after all, but he still drank Luan and decided to climb the mountain himself.

The birds and flowers in the mountains are fragrant, the sun is swaying, a gazebo can be set up for a temporary rest every 100 steps, looking down from the pavilion, the whole capital is in full view.

At the mountainside, a clear spring gushes out from the crack in the stone, and under the rushing stream, it flows into the Wuding River at the foot of the mountain, and the Wuding River meanders and flows from the foot to the bottom.

There are two newly built halls in Xishan, the scientific research center of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ordnance Institute, as well as all kinds of workshops, craftsmen, workers and their families, no less than 20,000 people.

It is conceivable that when the two universities open to teach, this place will definitely attract the attention of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Everyone needs food and clothing, and although Xishan is measured in the capital, it is still inconvenient to go back and forth to buy, which means that there are business opportunities, and it will not be long before all kinds of businessmen will definitely aim here.

West Hill will become an up-and-coming town.

"Youming, what is the tower used for over there?" Finally reaching the courtyard at the top of the mountain, Chongzhen was a little out of breath and pointed to a building road on the west side of the courtyard that was higher than the courtyard.

"This is a water storage tank in Chenlong, which is responsible for supplying water to the top of the mountain." Liu Hong gradually explained.

Supplying water to the top of the mountain was the first problem Liu Honggradually encountered, even if there was a spring on the mountainside, it was still not easy to get the spring water to the top of the mountain without a pressure pump.

In the end, Uncle Song thought of a trick and built a large pool of water storage under the mountain spring, built a large windmill in the pool, and made iron pipes of stainless steel to lead directly to the storage pool on the top of the mountain.

When storing water, only a dozen people need to be sent to operate the windmill to send water to the top of the mountain 200 meters above it.

"What kind of masonry is this room, and what is it for?" Walking a hundred steps further, Chongzhen found more strange buildings on the side of the courtyard.

Although the exterior is made of mahogany, the interior is made of cement masonry, and the interior is divided into five or six separate rooms, with a circular pool in the middle, and the whole room is painted with pale blue lacquer.

"Back to the emperor, this is a bathing room built by the minister, which is exclusively for the minister's family." Liu Hong smiled gradually.

To put it bluntly, it is a bathhouse, the water supply is directly connected to the water tower, each single room has a water valve, its water can be heated, and there is coal and stone heating under the house, so you can still take a comfortable hot bath in winter.

Wooden houses are prone to water seepage, and they are also perishable over time, which is not conducive to making bathhouses, while cement masonry does not have this problem, and the reason why the inside is concrete and the outside is wooden, all to make the whole complex look integrated.

In a word, in Xishan, he is the BOSS, and he can rebuild everything he wants as he wants.

"You're going to enjoy it, and you've come up with all sorts of weird ideas." Chongzhen said with a smile.

"Still, I like it here."

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PS: It takes a lot of time to check the information, and the update is late, sorry.