Hearing what these officials said, Lin Fan couldn't help laughing. If he guessed correctly, these people should be officials who later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
Say they are uneducated, they are the most knowledgeable people in the Ming Dynasty; say they are ignorant, they are the most knowledgeable people in the Ming Dynasty.
"Haha! You can say such words, which makes me very sad. Have you ever thought that if you have been standing still, are others also standing still?"
Lin Fan asked with a sneer.
"Your Highness, what do you mean?"
One official asked doubtfully.
"Let me ask you, did you have gunpowder before?"
Lin Fan asked.
"Of course it didn't exist before. Gunpowder was accidentally created by alchemists during the Tang Dynasty, and was later used in warfare."
An official said proudly.
He felt that he knew this and was very proud. Lin Fan then asked: "So, who was the first to use gunpowder in warfare?"
"this……"
The official was speechless.
"Haha! This is not important. What is important is that someone tried it first. So, what if a more powerful weapon is born in the future, but the enemy makes it first?"
Lin Fan asked with a sneer.
At this time, all the officials were silent. They had always been very proud of the Ming Dynasty, especially after expelling the slaves and thieves.
Lin Fan said coldly: "You people are stuck in your ways and think you are excellent, but you have never thought about a problem. What you are doing now will affect your descendants."
"Let me use an analogy. You now have tens of thousands of wealth. This prince will not rob you, nor will any official. But what if the Ming Dynasty changes and the owner changes?"
"The new king will definitely liquidate you. Therefore, maintaining the Ming Dynasty and making it stronger and stronger is also protecting your descendants."
"Take the case of the intruder as an example. You people are all touching your conscience. Do you really have no money?"
After Lin Fan said this, all the officials looked ashamed. They didn't have any money, they were just reluctant to take it out.
Seeing the shameful expressions on these officials, Lin Fan continued: "If that intruder enters the capital, do you think you can keep your money?"
this!
"We can't keep it! We absolutely can't keep it!"
An official said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan continued: "According to military regulations for intruders, you will enter the city for three days and burn, kill, and loot. Can your wife and daughter be spared from the murderous hands?
Even you yourselves will die!"
"But you people are so ignorant that even at the last minute, you are not willing to take out your own money and donate it to the country for the war!"
"Haha! If I hadn't used some tricks, would you still be able to stand here and go to court?"
this……
The officials were even more ashamed, but Lin Fan held up his sleeves and said coldly: "When I say these things today, I am not angry with you, nor am I complaining about you."
"But I am telling you that the times are moving forward, and our thoughts cannot be imprisoned. We should continue to give full play to our advantages."
"Today, the weapons of our Ming Dynasty are the best in the world, so we must continue to study them and just take advantage of what this prince has recently equipped the army with."
"The fire gun has a single shot and is complicated to load, but the Mao Sui Qian has continuous shots and is easy to load. Of course, it is lacking in power, but this is progress!"
"In the future, I will make firearms the main weapon of our Ming Dynasty. Not only that, you should have seen the big carriage, right?"
After Lin Fan said this, he asked them another question.
"Your Highness, we did see that big car!"
All the officials said.
The drop-in express company founded by Lin Fan now has more than 70 large trucks. According to Lin Fan's request, the arsenal will manufacture 100 large trucks.
He has invested a lot of money in this, but recently, the system has not given any useful rewards for signing in.
Lin Fan plans to open relevant colleges to train talents and let them continue their research. Not only to develop new technologies, but at least to improve the manufacturing process of steam engines.
"The big cart only needs to burn wood to move. So, what if there is a car that can move without burning wood in the future?"
"Moreover, this kind of car can enter the homes of ordinary people. Each of you can drive such a car when traveling. Moreover, I will repair the roads of the Ming Dynasty to be harder than stones!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
hiss!
After Lin Fan said this, all the officials took a deep breath. If there really were such roads and such cars in this world, wouldn't it be much more convenient for them to travel?
"Not only that, but if I tell you that a journey of a thousand miles can be accomplished in the next day, what will you think?"
Lin Fan asked again.
From the heart-to-heart talk just now to the pie painting now, all the officials have been completely immersed in it.
"Your Highness, is this really possible?"
one person asked excitedly.
"why not?
Today's big cars can travel a hundred miles a day, but that's because the engine is too poor and the speed is too slow. As long as we can make a better engine, it will not be difficult to travel a thousand miles a day. After all, the engine will not get tired."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Great! If such a day really comes, then I can go back to my hometown once a month!"
"Yes! My daughter is married far away and I miss her every day. If I can see my daughter often, even if I die, it will be worth it!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu His Majesty, Your Majesty, after hearing your words today, I am filled with emotion!"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, I will definitely be loyal to you. We will do whatever His Highness the Crown Prince asks us to do from now on!"
…
The officials were crying at this time.
Lin Fan said in a deep voice: "Next, the prince will set up a school. The purpose of simplifying Chinese characters is to reduce the threshold for learning characters, so that children can have extra energy to learn other things."
"Then, you must go all out to do this. At the same time, I need you to find talents in arithmetic and compile arithmetic books!"
"You know, an engine can only be developed if you have a strong foundation in arithmetic."
After Lin Fan finished speaking, Ni Yuanlu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said solemnly: "Your Highness, I am willing to serve as a pawn and teach all the students in the world what I have learned!"
"His Royal Highness, I and my ministers are also willing to teach everything they have learned to students all over the world!"
Hundreds of officials came forward to express their opinions one after another, and Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction. With the expressions of these officials, the development of the Ming Dynasty will be very rapid.