When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately showed great interest and listened attentively.
"For example, mining, whether it is coal or iron ore, is what you need. Whether it is pulling up these mineral materials from the mine, or pumping water from the mine, if you have a steam engine as power, the efficiency can be improved a lot
…”
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was confused and immediately asked: "Why is water pumped from the mine?"
"..." When Liu Weichao heard this, he was speechless for a moment, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen, "Look, you just don't understand, right? If you make a plan directly on the Jinluan Palace, it would be strange if it is reasonable! You still have to ask about it.
It’s better for experts in this field to know the actual situation, right?”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his old face turned red again, and he quickly said: "Yes, yes, you are right!"
Liu Weichao did not continue to expose Emperor Chongzhen's shortcomings. He just reminded him and then continued to tell Emperor Chongzhen other things.
"If you install a steam engine on a car, it can have two uses. One is the kind of car you have seen, running on ordinary roads; the other is the steam train, which you have never seen, it is like a car.
, but there are many carriages behind..."
At this point, seeing Emperor Chongzhen's surprised expression, Liu Weichao explained: "It is difficult to drive on ordinary roads. We need to build rails to reduce ground friction. Well, this has something to do with physics. In this way,
A steam train can pull a lot of goods at one time, and people can do it too. And the steam train can run day and night. With this, it can greatly increase the scope of human activities, promote the circulation of goods, and thus increase the enthusiasm for commodity production!
"
"When a steam engine is installed on a ship, it becomes a steamship, and it can travel without relying on sails. I guess you don't understand the significance of this, but if you ask the relevant people, you will know how significant it is. Even because of this
With the stable power, the ships can be made of iron armor instead of wood. You can imagine how strong it is!"
"..."
Emperor Chongzhen really never expected that the so-called provision of a stable power could have so many incredible applications. He was stunned when he heard this.
Only then did he truly understand why Liu Weichao called this steam engine an epoch-making machine!
Liu Weichao gave Emperor Chongzhen many examples of the application of steam engines in one breath, and then continued: "After the steam engine is the internal combustion engine, but this is related to petrochemical industry, that is, related to chemistry. Your chemical basis is approximately equal to 0, so
I won’t give it to you yet. When you and your time are familiar with the steam engine, have some basic chemistry, and can carry out petrochemical industry, I will give you the drawing of the internal combustion engine. By then, it will be smaller and more powerful than the steam engine, and it will be
What an earth-shaking change!”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but look forward to it. At the same time, he once again realized that chemistry was so important!
Learn, you must learn, and cultivate chemistry talents as soon as possible!
The chemistry textbook Liu Weichao gave him before was still not copied out and was still on his mobile phone.
It's not that he doesn't want to copy it, but that this chemistry is the most difficult to understand and the efficiency of copying it is the lowest.
Especially after Empress Zhou, Concubine Tian and others began to take turns dictating sentences, chemistry was even further pushed back. Because of the method of dictating sentences, it was often impossible to dictate chemistry that you didn’t understand.
Originally, Emperor Chongzhen was quite satisfied with this copying speed. But at this time, he was anxious but not satisfied. He was thinking about how to increase the copying speed!
Otherwise, no matter how many good things Liu Weichao gives, they will only end up lying in the mobile phone, which is really a waste!
While he was thinking about it, Liu Weichao said to him again: "In order to give you an intuitive impression, I will find a popular science video on the application of steam engines and send it to you so that you can have a better understanding."
"Okay, okay, okay!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he liked watching the video the most and nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Liu Weichao hung up the video communication and went to find a popular science video on steam engines for Emperor Chongzhen. If he couldn't find it, he could send some pictures.
Emperor Chongzhen did not get busy first. Instead, he carefully reviewed the conversation he had just had with Liu Weichao. He had a lot to think about.
First of all, he is extremely dissatisfied with the speed of copying things from his mobile phone and is thinking about how to improve this speed.
Suddenly, something moved in his mind, and he remembered that Concubine Tian had used him to copy music knowledge for later generations while he was sleeping.
After hesitating for a moment and thinking about it, he finally made a decision.
Empress Zhou, Crown Prince Zhu Cixiang, Concubine Tian, Princess Zhu Aina of Kunxing, and Concubine Yuan Guifei were all the people he trusted the most.
In this way, when Empress Zhou is sleeping at night, Empress Zhou and Zhu Cixi can look at their mobile phones in the side hall, read the knowledge on the mobile phones, and let Empress Zhou's close associates take dictation. The number of people can also be larger, so
You can copy more and faster.
The next night, I went to Concubine Tian and asked Concubine Tian and Zhu Aina to read on their mobile phones in the side hall, while Concubine Tian's confidants took dictation.
In this way, the copying speed will be faster!
The reason why the two of them had to stay up all night was because Emperor Chongzhen was a little worried about his mobile phone, because the two of them were allowed to supervise and remind each other, and they could only copy and not do other things.
This has nothing to do with trust, it is probably a common problem among emperors!
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be very happy when he thought of this idea. In this way, the speed of copying could be increased again!
Then, he remembered the second thing.
Who is better to peruse the trip to Shanhaiguan?
After thinking about this issue for a while, he still couldn't make up his mind, so Emperor Chongzhen decided to let it go for a while, and then thought of another thing.
Isn’t it time for reform in things like labor?
It is indeed a bit bad to want the horse to run and not eat grass at the same time!
However, if you want to feed the horses, you must have that money in the treasury!
If you don’t have money, everything is out of the question!
As soon as he thought of this, Emperor Chongzhen exempted him from the labor service, which was impossible for the time being at least.
However, you can consider doing this on a small scale. For example, the glass factory and the Bingzhan Bureau.
In the past, Emperor Chongzhen solved some of their worries, but in the end they were still unpaid and were still a type of labor.
As for hard labor, it has a time limit and must be rotated, so it is impossible to continue to do hard labor forever.
There is another problem here, that is, the glass factory and the war bureau need to be highly confidential, and those craftsmen obviously cannot be let out.
At this time, after Liu Weichao's description of later generations, Emperor Chongzhen naturally thought of changing the labor in the glass factory and the War Bureau to hired workers. While letting them continue to run, he also provided them with grass to eat.
How to do it specifically?
Remuneration? How much is reasonable?
When he thought of this, he thought about the previous announcement that he would increase the salary for his ministers. However, similarly, the issue of how much salary to increase was still under discussion, and there has been no result yet.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel a little headache.
There are so many things!
It all involves money and food!
Rubbing his forehead, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt something in his heart.
He doesn't care about his courtiers. As for the craftsmen, he can ask people to investigate how much money the craftsmen's family needs every month if they want to live in the capital, or live an average life, or a little better.
After having this basis, I set the remuneration for those craftsmen. Is this what Liu Weichao said is reasonable?
By the way, the remuneration for craftsmen with different statuses cannot be the same, but must be separated.
However, I need the craftsmen who are the best at doing things, not the craftsmen with the highest status, so I should let the craftsmen I need get more rewards, right?
…
Following this line of thinking, Emperor Chongzhen kept thinking about it and even started to write down his thoughts with his imperial pen.
Recognizing the importance of science, and under Liu Weichao's emphasis, his understanding of craftsmen has changed greatly.
The same is true. If it were a businessman, Emperor Chongzhen probably wouldn't even consider it.
While he was thinking about these things, there was a sound coming from his mobile phone. He quickly put down the brush in his hand and went to take a look at the mobile phone.
Emperor Chongzhen discovered that what Liu Weichao sent was a video. So, with surprise and some expectations, he quickly opened it and watched it.
This video shows the development of the Industrial Revolution, mainly talking about the application of the steam engine, which brought huge changes to the world.
There are images of trains, ships, and even battleships puffing out thick smoke.
Although the things in the video are much behind the videos Emperor Chongzhen saw during World War II.
However, Emperor Chongzhen knew that what was shown in the video this time was what he could possibly achieve.
Therefore, it goes without saying that his feeling of surprise can be imagined.
After all, although the things in this video were much behind those he had seen before, compared to his time, they were far ahead!
After watching the video, Emperor Chongzhen discovered that Liu Weichao had sent him many pictures. They were all applications of steam engines.
He looked at them one by one, very carefully, as if they were treasures, and he felt like he couldn't put them down.
After reading it, he found a document. When he opened it, he found an introduction and detailed drawings of a steam engine.
At the same time, Liu Weichao had another voice message, and Emperor Chongzhen went to listen to it again: "This is the core component. You build it first, and then use the power linkage device to apply it in different scenarios. As for the rest, I will give it to you later.