"Yes, I used Archimedes' theory, looked at the pictures of European carriages in the book, and combined it with Zhuge Kongming's wooden ox and flowing horse, and the sidecars that are popular in the Ming Dynasty, and thought about the four-wheel gear structure and the clockwork torque bicycle."
"Yes, but I have an idea, what do you think?"
Wang Hongyu simply drew the structure of a bicycle.
This kind of two-wheeled vehicle looks like it will fall over.
But Wang Zheng already knows mechanics. Although physics has not yet reached the hypothesis and abstracted the concept of centrifugal force, Wang Zheng knows that when a two-wheeled bicycle is in motion, there will be complex and multiple forces acting on it to keep it balanced.
"Liangfu can think more about the mechanics of this kind of bicycle and participate in the manufacturing of the bicycle, but the main manufacturer is someone else."
"Um"
Wang Zheng's expression suddenly became serious.
"There are also three books, "General Theory of Mathematics", "Encyclopedia of Mining and Metallurgy" and "On Various Process Machinery". You can read them. I believe they will be helpful to the development of theory and industry."
Wang Zheng was reading at Jinnige this year. In addition to being familiar with books such as "Elements of Geometry", he especially liked the "General Theory of Mathematics" by the Dutch mathematician and engineer Stephen, which was newly published in Europe at that time. The German mining and metallurgist George Ball's epoch-making masterpiece "Encyclopedia of Mining and Metallurgy". Italian engineering technician Lameli's "On Various Process Machinery".
This is also an important part of the source of his co-creation of "Pictures of Strange Weapons of the Far West".
"Yes, these three books are very interesting, but few literati like them."
"You don't have to rely solely on literati. There will be people in the world who like scholars, peasants, workers, merchants, and soldiers. After reading these books, peasants, workers, merchants, and soldiers will surely achieve higher achievements than scholars!"
Wang Hongyu’s words were shocking.
In addition to Wang Zheng, it also includes Jinni Pavilion.
At that time, Matteo Ricci opened up the communication channel of scholars. Now Wang Hongyu imitates himself and wants to use scholars, farmers, industry, commerce, students, and soldiers to develop and communicate in all directions.
Even if it deviates from the Pope's plan, it can actually bring huge help to Rome, so why be so rigid.
Now that these 7,000 books are in Wang Hongyu's hands, you can imagine how effective they will be.
Wang Hongyu thought so too.
After all, the role of one Wang Zheng is limited, but the leading role is not the role of one Wang Zheng, but the role of ten, hundreds, or even thousands of Wang Zhengs.
Having built a platform for scholars, farmers, industry, commerce, and students, I believe that China’s achievements in science, technology, invention and creation are much higher than those in previous generations.
It will definitely push China to the top of the world’s science and technology!
China will never be allowed to miss the first global scientific and technological revolution.
At the end of the conversation, Wang Hongyu suggested that Wang Zheng and Xu Guangqi work together to translate and write an abbreviated "Introduction to Mechanics" and "Elements of Geometry" of about 10 pages within three days.
I plan to dedicate it to Emperor Tianqi to gain more support.
Everyone was overjoyed and started working on it immediately.
A few days later.
Tianqi summoned 500 elite members of the bloody battle in Hunhe at the Meridian Gate, and listened to Wang Hongyu, Zhang Mingshi, and Zhou Yijie briefly describe the circumstances of the bloody battle.
Although I listened to it again, I was still moved and cried for the heroes.
He also personally paid homage to Zhou Dunji's body and ordered him to return home and bury him in a dignified manner.
Wei Zhongxian announced that he would distribute 300,000 taels of silver from the internal treasury, of which 150,000 taels would be given to the Hunhe Army. The taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue would also be in place within a few days.
After the collective summons, Zhu Youxiao summoned Wang Hongyu individually.
After all, Zhu Youxiao was helpless. He didn't know how he and Wei Zhongxian would face internal and external difficulties in the two years since Wang Hongyu left.
After all, he is still a 16-year-old boy. It is really difficult for a boy to maintain the current situation under the pressure of a group of nobles, foreign courts, ministers and foreign enemies.
Immediately, someone will be far away from him, and he will feel very lonely and helpless.
He summoned the left and right sides separately, directly hoping that Wang Hongyu would develop in Yunyang as soon as possible. Although he did not say it explicitly, he indirectly expressed his expectation that he could support him to curb the civil servants and relatives, put down the She'an Rebellion as soon as possible, and build Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan into the economy of the Ming Dynasty. with military bases.
Of course Wang Hongyu thought so, and explained the basic plan clearly so that Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian could rest assured for the time being.
Then, it was time to guide Zhu Youxiao.
He presented illustrated editions of "Elements of Geometry" and "Fundamentals of Mechanics" to Emperor Tianqi.
"Elements of Geometry" are 10 books selected with the help of Wang Zheng, Xu Guangqi, Jin Nige and other missionaries.
The book initially introduces Chinese terminology such as "parallel lines", "triangle", "opposite angle", "right angle", "acute angle", "obtuse angle", "similarity", etc.
There are also many definitions, theorems, explanations, examples, exercises, and application questions.
Wang Hongyu also inserted application questions that he had prepared for a long time and could be related to real life. For example, calculating indoor area, calculating outdoor irregular terrain area, etc.
Calculate the plane area of circular objects that you can see every day, as well as volume calculations, such as cube, cube, trapezoid area, cone volume calculation, frustum volume calculation, prism volume calculation, etc. The illustrations and formula symbols are listed in detail out.
His content was clearer and easier to understand than what others had produced, which only shocked Zhu Youxiao and Wei Zhongxian.
It turns out that General Wang is not only good at fighting and making money, he is also a master of learning. Although he is a "miscellaneous scholar" in the eyes of Confucians, Tian Qi's eyes lit up when he heard it. He likes craftsmen and finds geometry interesting when he hears it.
Wang Hongyu was not impatient and pushed forward slowly.
I am thinking of working on algebra and analytic geometry at an appropriate time in the future, but there are too many induced formulas in calculus, so I am not planning on this one for the time being.
I just introduced that this book was created by myself, Wang Zheng and Xu Guangqi.
He and Wang Zheng have to travel far, but Xu Guangqi is in the capital.
Wang Hongyu suggested that after the Apocalypse, Xu Guangqi should be appointed as the emperor's teacher, specializing in teaching mathematics and geometry.
Wang Hongyu knew that with Zhu Youxiao's hard-working hands, the degree of combining theory with practice was far beyond what others could compare to.
Not to mention the careful guidance of the teacher Xu Guangqi, he can answer a few questions based on his own hands-on experience and draw inferences. It won't take long for him to be better than his master.
Next up is the bike.
"Your Majesty, I and several enthusiasts have thought about a bicycle. This thing is theoretically feasible, but it cannot be made without ingenious craftsmanship."
"bike!"
Zhu Youxiao sat up excitedly from the dragon chair.
As for craftsmanship, he is confident that he can do it himself.
Wang Hongyu proposed the idea of building a bicycle and dedicated the preliminary structural drawing of the bicycle to Tianqi.
Zhu Youxiao looked at the two wheels and felt that he could not stand upright. However, the "Introduction to Mechanics" introduced just now seemed to say that different forces keep objects stable. So when the car is running, the force can make it stable?
Although I can't figure it out, the idea makes sense.