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They brought pocket watches with escapements and hairsprings (in 1675, the Dutchman Huygens invented the spiral balance spring, and the new hairspring was reduced from the previous 45 minutes a day to only a few minutes). ）

Subsequent lathes (in ancient times, there were lathes driven by pedals and animal power), high-efficiency spinning machines (in 1764, the Englishman Hargreaves invented the Jenny machine, which was 8 times more efficient than the old spinning wheel, but still required manpower; in 1768, Cartwright invented the water-powered loom, which increased the efficiency by 40 times; in 1785, the steam engine was used as the power of textile machinery, and Britain entered the era of industrialization. ), the newly developed steam engine (in 1705, the first industrial steam engine was built by the English blacksmith Newcomen. ), data drawings, craftsmen and others all followed Guangjumen, Yin An and other brigades to the north by boat, and they could arrive in another ten days.

Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, and Bi Maokang replied to Chang Wei, expressing their willingness to go to Beijing to take charge of the Machinery Bureau.

"Good, great!" The successful development of the steam engine marked the beginning of the industrial age, which was the foundation of the Machine Bureau. At the same time, the arrival of Ma Yuan and others also alleviated the embarrassing situation that Chang Wei was unavailable.

Chang Wei immediately brought the confessions and pocket watches of Wang Huazhen and others into the palace to face the saint, and this time he finally saw the emperor doing carpentry work.

"Your Majesty, two hundred and five people should be executed, and the remaining thirty people will be exiled, and Wang Huazhen should be the head of the nine sides like Xiong Tingbi!"

The emperor used his saw and said, "It's too scary to kill so many people together." ”

Chang Wei replied: "Then let's kill it in batches, but Wang Huazhen can't be spared." ”

"Then do as you say. The emperor put down the saw, took the handkerchief handed by Wei Zhongxian, wiped his face, and said, "You have lived in the imperial prison for seven days, you are tired." ”

Chang Wei said with a smile: "The emperor is not tired of carpentry, the minister's subordinates brought something new from Jiangnan, and the minister specially sent it to the emperor to see." ”

As he spoke, he snapped open the lid of the pocket watch, and the emperor said happily: "Such a small clock has three hands." ”

"Yes!" Chang Wei explained: "The short one is called the hour hand that goes around once is equivalent to six hours, and the minister calls it the hour, the medium one is called the minute hand one square and one minute, and the one that keeps walking is called the second hand." This pocket watch is more advanced in technology, with an error of only a few minutes a day, which is more accurate than a self-striking clock. Chang Wei, who is accustomed to minutes and seconds, is very uncomfortable with the concept of time.

The emperor played with it happily for a while, pinned the watch chain to the dragon robe and put it in the inner pocket, and asked excitedly: "This pocket watch is also from the Zhenjiang laboratory? ”

Chang Wei said: "Only a few pieces are carefully made, and it will take a while to make them on a large scale and sell them on the market." However, the things needed for the Machinery Bureau have almost arrived, and the craftsmen are on the way, and now only a group of officials, manpower, and places are needed to start work. ”

"Well, Aiqing's efficiency is high. The emperor took a scroll of maps and said, "Where do you think it is appropriate?"

"It's Wang Gong Factory!" After the explosion of Wang Gong Factory, the original place could still be used, but for safety reasons, the royal powder magazine was moved to the northwest corner of the inner city and renamed Anmin Factory.

The old site of Wang Gongchang has placed some artisan households to live, as long as the people are taken away.

The Emperor asked, "What about the personnel?"

Chang Wei replied: "There should be 5,600 people in the Beizhen Fusi, but there are actually 12,000 people, and the ministers are going to select personnel from them to enter the Machinery Bureau; among the officials, there are Xu Guangqi, the former right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Yuanhua, the former governor of Denglai, and Bi Maokang, the right attendant of the Nanjing Military Department, who are proficient in Western studies and technology. The minister wants to call them, I don't know what the emperor wants?"

The emperor said: "Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua are naturally free at home, Bi Maokang is a squire official of the third grade, but he is willing to enter the machine bureau? ”

Chang Wei said with a smile: "Lord Bi, like the minister, is not very interested in being an official, but he is happy to make guns and weapons, in fact, Lord Bi helped a lot when the minister made the flintlock musket." ”

The emperor said happily: "That's good, Lao Wei Cao's edict, transferred the three of them to Beijing, there is no grade, but Yu Lu is issued according to the three officials, and another gun factory is set up by the fearless commander, specializing in the manufacture of flintlock muskets and new artillery." ”

Wei Zhongxian responded, and asked with a smile: "Long live Lord, do you think you want to send someone from Dongchang to mention it?" Although Master Chang is a young talent, after all, when he first arrived in the capital, the old slave is afraid that the people below will be willing to deceive. ”

The emperor groaned and said, "Fearless, what do you see?"

Damn, this old fat man is still not satisfied with Lao Tzu's 200,000 taels of silver?

"What Father-in-law Wei said is that it's okay to send someone to watch. ”

The emperor nodded and said, "Then the two of you can discuss it." ”

Along the way, the two silently walked out of the palace from the Xuanwu Gate in the north, and Chang Wei asked, "Who is my father-in-law going to send to mention the machine bureau?"

Wei Zhongxian asked rhetorically: "Your factory really produces so much in a year?"

Chang Wei took out a pocket watch from his sleeve and handed it to Wei Zhongxian, and said: "Father-in-law, don't underestimate this thing, you can't make it for a hundred years for people who don't know how to do it, and when the time comes, this gadget will be 10,000 taels a piece, and there will be no market!"

"So expensive?" Hearing this kind of black-hearted sky-high price, even Wei Zhongxian's huge greed was taken aback.

Chang Wei said: "This thing costs a lot of manpower and material resources, and besides, it will only make a hundred and eighty yuan a year, which is not fast." ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly put his pocket watch in his pocket and said, "Then let Liang Dong help you." ”

Liang Dong is a middle-aged eunuch with a gloomy face and a treacherous face, and Chang Wei handed over a thousand taels of silver tickets when he left the imperial city.

"Damn, fortunately Lao Tzu is rich, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to do anything. ”

After the two went to Wang Gong's factory to take a closer look, Chang Wei found that it was only ten acres of land, and now there are only 30 craftsmen in Anmin Factory, and how big can there be in the reserve of 5,000 catties of gunpowder.

"Father-in-law Liang, why is that temple in the south so big?"

Liang Dong replied: "I don't know the details when I first came to Beijing, this is the Cheng'en Temple built by the first emperor Zhengde, there are three no's in the temple, one is not incense, two is not a dojo, and three is not open to the temple, and the monk Lu Si Zuo Jueyi presides over the affairs. ”

The Sangha Division belongs to the Ministry of Rites and is an institution that is in charge of the affairs of monks in the world.

Chang Wei really had a big spot in his eyes, so he said, "How about my father-in-law and I go in and have a look?"

Liang Dong said nonchalantly: "What's so difficult about this?

The two knocked on the door of the temple, and when the little novice who answered the door heard that it was Dongchang and Jinyiwei, his expression was a little panicked, Chang Wei thought that they were too famous and didn't care, so he walked and watched all the way. (To be continued.) )