The Nanhai Temple, also known as the Boluo Temple and the East Temple, was built in the 14th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (594). It was a place where Chinese emperors of all dynasties offered sacrifices to the sea. Of course, officials usually offered sacrifices on their behalf. The emperors came to Guangzhou
The number of times is very limited.
It was a place to watch the sunrise over the sea in ancient times. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it was the first of the eight scenic spots in Yangcheng, "Fuxu Bathing Day".
At the same time, the Nanhai Temple also plays an important role in foreign transportation and trade. It is one of the birthplaces of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. The ancient temple is located at the estuary of the Pearl River. Before the sea ban, Chinese and foreign ships entering and leaving Guangzhou routinely went to the temple to worship Nanhai.
God, pray for safe travel and smooth sailing.
The most famous thing in front of the temple is the stone archway with four big characters written on it: "The sea is calm and the waves are calm".
Before the Ming Dynasty, it was made of wood. During the Hongwu period, it was changed to stone to pray for fewer waves on the sea.
The temple enshrines Zhu Rong, the God of the South China Sea. Most people think of Zhu Rong as the God of Fire, but he actually has many roles, including the God of Fire, the God of the South, the God of Nanyue, the God of the South China Sea, the God of Summer, and the God of Kitchen.
As long as you are effective enough, the people will let you take charge of the Heavenly Palace.
Since the sea ban, there has been a lot less incense at the Nanhai Temple. There are fewer merchants worshiping, and only fishermen are left praying for peace.
Along the river from the Nanhai Temple is the Lion Ocean. Zhu Zhanyi plans to build a port on the shore of the Lion Ocean. This can be the first stop for inland waterway shipping from Xiangjiang Port.
Upward from the Nanhai Temple is Cheung Chau Island. Zhu Zhanchen took people on a tour and then looked at the river and said: "This is a good place, and the Guangzhou Prefecture National Military Academy can be built."
Others don't know why Zhu Zhanzhen is so sure. He actually doesn't know anything about Feng Shui. He just knows that this place will be called Whampoa Military Academy from now on.
"Your Highness, the location here is good. I want the shipyard to be built here." Zhang San thought about it. This place is far away from the prosperous place of Guangzhou. It is vast and sparsely populated, and shipping is convenient. Several factories can be built here.
It's really nice to have everything built here.
Zhu Zhanzhen nodded and agreed with his idea: "You go ahead and do it. I will ask the prefect of Guangzhou to cooperate with you to build the factory as soon as possible. I have built it once before and I have experience. I will do a better job this time."
That’s fine, there’s still room for future development on the side.”
"Yes, Your Highness."
Zhu Zhanchen looked at the sky. The blue waves on the sea were slowly becoming clearer now, but there were still thick clouds above the sky.
"Touka."
Zhu Zhanyang called Taoka, and Taoka came over with a bang. He looked much more energetic now after quitting drinking for a long time. He became famous because of the success of Aka 47, but when Zhu Zhanyang was about to come,
When he was the king of Zhujiang County, Tao Ka dropped everything and followed him without saying a word.
Because he said that the sky hanging high above must also be the sky of my Ming Dynasty.
"Has Taoka studied anything about flying recently?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
When it comes to flying to the sky, other people, including the imperial guards, feel from the bottom of their hearts that this is wishful thinking. How can a person go to heaven?
Taoka excitedly took out the drawing, and then said: "Your Highness, I summarized my grandfather's failure experience. Rockets can launch people into the sky, but when they land, my grandfather uses a kite, and it is not made well, and the gunpowder
And it was not well controlled, so something went wrong.”
"I thought of another way, the Kongming Lantern."
Zhu Zhanzhen laughed when he heard the Kongming Lantern. This was the right way to go. Compared to building an airplane or spaceship, a hot air balloon was obviously simpler.
In human history, hot air balloon flight precedes airplanes by more than a hundred years.
The principle of a hot air balloon is much simpler than that of an airplane. The density of heated air or filled with certain special gases such as hydrogen or helium is lower than the density of the air outside the balloon to create buoyant flight.
If you don't have the ability to obtain these special gases now, just use heated air in the same way as the Kongming Lantern.
The principle is not difficult, but it is still very difficult to actually make it. For example, what material should a hot air balloon be made of? Ordinary cloth will definitely not work. How to set up the ignition device, and how to keep it in mid-air so that the flame of the ignition device does not move along with the airflow and cause danger?
How to land?
These are all projects that require a little bit of experimentation.
The experiment requires manpower and material resources, and it is destined to be a huge investment at the beginning. Taoka cannot afford it by himself.
After looking at Tao Ka's drawings and ideas, Zhu Zhanzhen said: "The materials and money needed for your huge Kongming Lantern are all withdrawn from the Prince of Zhujiang County. You try little by little until it can really fly."
until."
Tao Ka did not expect that Zhu Zhanchang could so easily allocate funds for him to do it after just one glance. What level of trust was this.
This is not unreasonable trust, but knowing that this method can work.
Taoka was immersed in excitement and declared on the spot: "Your Highness, I will definitely make it, definitely!"
"Don't be anxious. Nothing can be accomplished overnight. It requires the accumulation of experience and knowledge. Failure is the mother of success. Only practice can lead to success. Don't panic because you are anxious. You must follow your inner plan step by step.
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"Your Highness said that I was too panicked." Taoka smiled happily.
Zhang San and others began to look at the location and plan the land for the factory.
Shipyards, steam engine factories, smelters, telephone factories, etc., there are a lot of places to plan at one time, and they need to recruit people.
"Zhang San, in the name of the Prince's Palace, go to various markets in Guangzhou to recruit skilled craftsmen."
"It's Your Highness. I'm running out of time today. Starting tomorrow, I'll arrange for someone to recruit people. With the name of our county prince's palace, we will definitely be able to recruit people very well."
"Let's put out a notice, six days off, one day off, six days of work, and the craftsmen will have one day of rest. The normal daily working hours are four hours."
At this time, everyone was so surprised that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear. They had never been treated like this before. Workers in this era basically had no rest time. Not to mention workers, officials were the same. They didn't have any rest days except for holidays.
"Your Highness is not fishing for three days and drying nets for two days. What should you do if you have a lazy temperament?" Li Xiaozhu asked puzzledly.
"It's six days of fishing and one day of eating fish. You can't be lazy. If you are lazy, the diligent ones will squeeze in. The better the treatment, the more craftsmen will squeeze their heads to come in. It will be easy for us to recruit people.
Already."
Who doesn't want more rest time? Zhang San followed Zhu Zhanzhen's order with a smile and asked someone to go down and write the notice so that it could be posted tomorrow.
Zhu Zhanzhen looked at the river. He had been in Guangzhou for two days. So far, everything was going smoothly. However, if he wanted to do something drastic, he would definitely offend the interests of some people, and it would definitely be much more troublesome than it is now.
When we encounter mountains and cross mountains, we build bridges when we encounter rivers, we always keep improving productivity as our top priority and slowly transition from an agricultural society to an industrial society.
As for a more important people's livelihood resource, food, Zhu Zhanzhen had other arrangements.
"Xiaosheng, please draft a letter to the British Duke of Cochin, hoping to put an end to the Li Dynasty rebellion in Cochin as soon as possible. Just these few words will do."