Emperor Mingguang looked at the strange thing in front of him that looked like a waterwheel, but was somewhat different from a waterwheel. He looked suspicious: "What is it? It feels... a bit like a waterwheel, but it is somewhat different from a waterwheel...
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"You are pedaling. I didn't build a water wheel for you. The person who made the water wheel is a big guy. If the emperor has anything to say, I will ask some craftsmen from Qing Ling to build one for the emperor. Then, the emperor
Brother, you can enjoy the cool inside..." At this point, Li Wenchong quickly covered his mouth and said, "Oops, I let it slip. Brother Emperor, you are serious, how could you deliberately expose your flaws?"
Seeing Li Wenchong's annoyed look, Emperor Mingguang wanted to laugh.
However, this thing is related to enjoying the coolness...
Emperor Mingguang remembered the fan that Li Wenchong mentioned to him before, and an idea flashed: "This, couldn't be the fan you mentioned before, right?!"
"Hey! I knew that a smart person like Brother Huang would definitely guess it. Yes, this is the pleasure of wind!" As he spoke, Li Wenchong had already installed it, pointed the fan outlet at Emperor Mingguang, and stepped on it.
Go to the switch below.
As soon as the fan turned, a cool breeze blew in my face.
Emperor Mingguang was shocked: "This...it's really windy?!"
He quickly left his position and stepped forward to check.
Li Wenchong was still stepping on it: "Of course, otherwise what would we call a fan? It's just a fan that can blow the wind. Did you see that, as long as one person is arranged to step here, the emperor can blow the icy wind all the time. It just works with the emperor.
It’s very comfortable to use the ice in the room.”
"Let me give it a try." Emperor Mingguang asked Li Wenchong to drive it and step on it himself.
A man is a boy until he dies.
At this moment, Emperor Mingguang's childlike innocence ignited and he was very happy.
He also called Li Guizi, the chief eunuch, to come over and try, which made Li Guizi so nervous that he almost knelt down.
"Master, you can't help it. This slave is just a slave..."
"Hey, why are you talking so much nonsense? Just stand there and don't move. I'm just going to ask you, do you feel cool?"
"It's cool, it's very cool. I can get the cool breeze from His Majesty himself. I tell you to close your eyes now. I will be a nephew for the rest of my life..." Li Guizi, the chief eunuch, had tears in his eyes, feeling grateful.
"You old scoundrel, go away!" His butt was slapped on the horse's leg. Emperor Boming Guang was in a good mood and was too lazy to argue with him.
Li Guizi, the chief eunuch, retired happily.
Just kidding, he is a slave, so he should not let his master serve him, otherwise he thinks his life will be short.
Emperor Mingguang called Li Wenchong over.
Li Wenchong was much more generous than the chief eunuch Li Guizi. He stood directly in front of the fan and "instructed" Emperor Mingguang not to step too fast but in a rhythm.
The ice in the hall was quite cool, but it was very windy if I stepped on it too fast.
Oh, by the way, this fan also has two gears, one slow gear and one fast gear. Just twist it on the front.
Emperor Mingguang, who was having fun playing, felt something was wrong: "That's wrong, you shouldn't be the one stepping on it, and I'm blowing the fan. How come I'm stepping on you and blowing the fan?"
Li Wenchong had an innocent face: "Brother Huang asked me to stand here and blow the air. With such a big fan and such good wind, it would be a pity if no one blows it."
Emperor Mingguang looked at him.
Li Wenchong blinked innocently: Did I say something wrong?
Emperor Mingguang smiled helplessly, changed the subject, and asked about Li Wenchong's previous request for craftsmen from the Royal Manufacturing Office.
This fan was made by those craftsmen?
"Brother Emperor, have you forgotten that the last time I mentioned it to you, the Yao family's workshop had already made a template. If your craftsmen go over, they will only start with it at most." Li Wenchong is not afraid.
He said directly.
"That's not necessarily true. It was just a template before, so there are still defects. Maybe the fan was made only after they went there." Emperor Mingguang would not admit that the craftsmen of his own manufacturing office were not able to make it without arguing.
They can't compare to those folk craftsmen of the Yao family.
"Even if there is a flaw, it is just a small flaw. If it works, if it doesn't work, people won't mention it to me. The biggest flaw is..." Li Wenchong said, "There is no iron. I didn't ask the emperor for it later.
Just a few pieces of iron, people made the iron into gears, and this fan will be fine."
He pointed to the fan in front of him and told Emperor Mingguang that it looked like wood on the outside, but actually the core inside was made of iron.
Especially the gear, that thing is the most important part in the fan. If it weren't for that thing, the fan wouldn't be able to rotate.
Obviously, these "scientific theories" that Li Wenchong talked about were all compiled and sent to him by Gu Qingling. Although Li Wenchong didn't fully understand them, he talked about them one by one, which was quite bluffing.
Emperor Mingguang heard this and found it interesting: "Isn't this the art of mechanism?"
"It doesn't matter, but it's a little different. People call it 'science'." Li Wenchong said, "Qing Ling also piloted the Yao Clan School and set up a talent class, which admitted many children with various specialties.
Your son Ding Chun is inside, saying that talents should be cultivated from an early age to see if they can produce a master as powerful as the ancient Lu Ban. If there is such a master, in the future wooden birds can go to heaven."
"The wooden bird is back in the sky, I'm afraid you're not dreaming." Emperor Mingguang laughed, stopped playing with the fan, and waved to the eunuch chief Li Guizi, asking him to come over and step on it.
He and Li Wenchong sat on the stool next to each other and talked.
The tea was "spiritual tea" sent by Gu Qingling. I brewed a pot and drank tea with Li Wenchong while blowing the fan. It was very pleasant.
"What's wrong with dreaming? You have to dare to dream, and then someone can turn the dream into reality." Li Wenchong was greatly influenced by Gu Qingling, so he opened his mouth and said, "If you don't even dare to think about it, how can you turn your dream into reality in the future?
?No one dares to think, how can social progress come from?"
He gave several examples, such as pencil and paper, movable type printing, and newspapers. Which of them did not start with "dare to think" and then be realized later?
The principle is the same and applies to all walks of life.
Li Wenchong said that he also came to Jinling and saw with his own eyes how important the craftsman's workshop played by Gu Qingling was, and he realized the importance of "scientific creation".
There is knowledge in all walks of life. Some people become leaders in the industry through ignorance, while others have mastered the "knowledge" inside.
Only those who truly master "knowledge" can become a benchmark in this industry.
"Why are those aristocratic families still standing? Isn't it because they have some important technologies in their hands?" Li Wenchong said with disdain, "If we have better technology than them, are we afraid that we can't suppress them? I promise to take care of them.
It has to be done properly.”
When Li Wenchong came in, the people in the hall had already left, leaving Li Guizi, the eunuch in charge, so Li Wenchong spoke more casually and was not afraid of spreading the word.
Emperor Mingguang was somewhat helpless against Li Wenchong, because he also knew that Li Wenchong was right. Just as he was now preparing to suppress the family behind the salt merchants, wasn't it because Gu Qingling provided more advanced "salt refining technology"?
As for iron, it is also being smelted.
When the steel filling method truly matures, it will be time for him to clean up the iron ore family.
