Although coal resources are located in the nearby west of Beijing and not far away in Datong, there is a shortage of coal in the plain areas and the vast south.
In later generations, Shanxi's railways were used day and night to transport mined coal to various places. Now there are no railways and steam locomotives. It is too difficult to transport coal from the Taihang Mountains with donkeys and people.
Therefore, we will first develop biogas and steam engines for civilian light industry, and then develop coal mines, steam mining, steam locomotives and railway transportation.
This is the correct and reasonable order of invention application.
Liu Ruoyu glanced at the findings of the "Mo Family" a few more times. It only took three times to familiarize them by heart, and he could add them according to the tone of "Mozi" when he went back.
"My servant has written it down." He handed the content back to the prince. Of course, such important content must be kept strictly confidential.
It’s easy to handle things when the palace is full of people of your own.
Zhu Youxiao is already thinking about the next step: should he patent the steam engine to make some money, keep it as a trade secret, or disclose the principle to encourage private inventions everywhere?
This time I got so much money and land from the raid, I don’t have to worry about making money from it, so I don’t need to get any patents, I might just make it public at the right time and encourage everyone in the Ming Dynasty to build steam engines if they want to.
The more a hundred schools of thought contend, the more exchanges, collisions and eliminations occur, the faster new ideas and technological innovations can be produced. With Zhu Youxiao grasping the direction of thought, science and technology and avoiding the wrong technology tree, why worry about China being unable to overtake?<
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Although biogas and steam may seem insignificant, they can significantly improve people's lives.
When biogas digesters are built in rural areas, the accumulated biogas can first be used for lighting, and then for making fires.
The rural areas of the Ming Dynasty were no better than those of later generations.
There is a shortage of firewood in the rural areas of the north. After the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, the forest resources in the north have been scarce, and the rivers have also been greatly reduced. The richest areas in the Han and Tang dynasties have become loess high slopes. Except for a few areas in Shanxi, most farmers use firewood in their homes.
Very scarce.
Biogas can be used to make fires for cooking and heating, which is the most critical link.
There is a lot more vegetation in rural areas in the south, but most areas are relatively humid. It is okay to make fires for cooking, but there is really not enough charcoal for handicrafts.
The production of biogas in the south is convenient, so it is used first for lighting and steam power.
Just imagine the dark villages at night. Lights are lit in the village squares and workshops. People can do many things at night. Reading under the lights at night is no longer a "privilege" for wealthy noble families.
Energy is the cornerstone of industry.
Just like coal has always been an important strategic material in later generations, so we must first develop energy before we can have machines and industries.
Of course, it is perfectly fine for a place like Nanchang, a good place for prisoners to exercise, to engage in handicrafts first. As for how to improve efficiency in manual production and give them the opportunity to reduce their sentences, that requires them to use their brains and work hard~<
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Zhu Youxiao carefully prepares for the future.
With so much land, money and free labor, it’s really exciting.
"...Oh, I almost forgot about the Donglin Party. I hope Yang Lian can make more preparations for me. It's not nice to have a good show without a villain~"
He was busy with everything at hand, and then went to visit his father, Emperor Zhu Changluo, to clarify his plan to invite Prince Fu back to Beijing tomorrow.
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Yang Lian and other Donglin Party members are also preparing for tomorrow's morning meeting.
A miserable sale.
This was a strategy he came up with to highlight the fact that the civil servants were bullied by the prince. He was just 16 years old and he was pointing fingers like this. He didn’t know what good days awaited the world’s civil servants in the future...
Now that the Beijing camp is eliminating redundancies on a large scale, and the arrests of officials involved in rebellion have affected family members and slaves, there are already some honest remarks saying that he is greedy for money and arrogant.
There is also no news about the fifth son of the emperor Zhu Youjian. According to the news from people who buy food and daily necessities, there is a surge in daily necessities in Meishan.
It seems that the fifth emperor is under house arrest in Meishan...
The elder brother is ruthless to his younger brother. This is another place that shows his lack of kindness.
In short, the officials screamed misfortune, the redundant soldiers were eliminated, the people whose homes were confiscated cried misery, and then the emperor's five sons cried misfortune.
The mission of crying poor and selling miserably has been accomplished, and Zhu Youxiao's ruthless reputation will be spread all over the world.
This time they stopped spreading public opinion in the court, for fear of being reported by some officials who admired the prince's supervision of the country, so they went to Jiangnan instead.
Zhao Nanxing, Gao Panlong and others who were still on the way to the capital also got the news and decided to follow Gu Xiancheng's example and directly build momentum in Jiangnan.
They expected that after the next morning court meeting, Zhu Youxiao would definitely act violently again.
Either expand the family confiscation, force the Mohist family, or punish Zhu Youjian, the fifth son of the emperor.
In response to these, be prepared to incite public opinion.
The big gentry, big businessmen, and salt merchants in Jiangnan who were very close to them did not do anything else, but if they had money and connections, they would immediately spend money and send people to spread rumors all over Jiangnan.
Although senior members of the Donglin Party such as Zhao Nanxing are much more determined politically than the younger generation such as Qian Qianyi, they are very keen on engaging in folk politics and are also very close to Li Sancai and the salt merchants behind him.
The earliest three giants in Donglin were Gu Xiancheng, Zhao Nanxing and Zou Yuanbiao. The first two were the founders of Donglin Academy and leaders in civil politics.
The famous Li Sancai was a member of the Qin Party. After the Qin Party was absorbed by the Donglin Party, Li Sancai had the same status as the three of them and became the Donglin boss.
At that time, Li Sancai served as the governor of water transportation and made the salt merchants of the Grand Canal particularly prosperous. The salt merchants not only sold salt, but also monopolized the canal business and sold a large number of textiles and goods from the north to the south.
The Donglin Party and Jiangnan scholars also received large amounts of financial support.
Now he is repeating his old tricks, waiting for the prince to supervise the country for the second time in the morning, and after punishing the miserable officials, soldiers, implicated persons and the fifth son of the emperor, public opinion in Jiangnan will suddenly explode, and his reputation will be ruined in the entire scholar forest.
It’s over.
Then before the rebellion, didn't Emperor Taichang already promote a group of Donglin Party members such as Zhao Nanxing, Zou Yuanbiao, Gao Panlong, and Ye Xianggao to important positions in Beijing?
After the public opinion in Jiangnan gained momentum, the people in Donglin came to the court and used public opinion to force the prince to make concessions and withdraw his previous orders.
If he doesn't comply, public opinion will explode, and Jiangnan and the Grand Canal will not accept his arrogant and ruthless actions; if he obeys, he will take back his orders, and his prestige will decline, and he will have to carefully discuss with the ministers in future matters.
The most crucial person for good calculation is Yang Lian.
Showing his misery in front of all the officials in the world, he carefully prepared for the future.
"Although the prince's methods are indeed powerful, he is only sixteen years old after all... he is still too young, and he is very sharp in his work~"
Yang Lian is very confident. This time he is not as desperate as Wang Wenyan, but using strategies like Zhuge Kongming.