Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

"What the hell are they talking about?!"

In the secret room, Zhu Gaochi saw that his father was on the verge of going berserk.

So he quickly used the "Panda Hug the Tree" move to catch his father who was pacing back and forth in front of the wall, and suppressed his emotions.

"Father, don't worry, it may be something that is not taught to the six ears. You just need to go back and ask your second brother or Zheng He to find out."

Zhu Gaochi didn't dare to mention Zhuo Jing. Everyone knew that old Zhuo was as stubborn as a donkey and refused to surrender to Zhu Di, let alone tell Zhu Di what the lecture was about.

But Zhu Gaochi had to admit that the silent silence on the other side of the wall, not to mention the fact that his father was itching to know what Jiang Xinghuo had done, even he himself really wanted to have a pair of clairvoyance and see Jiang Xinghuo. What happened.

But right now, there's really no way to know.

Of course, if these people in the secret room saw Jiang Xinghuo's drawings and understood the contents, they would probably change the inherent impression that "Jiang Xinghuo doesn't understand temples".

Seeing that his father really had the urge to push the wall, Zhu Gaochi, who was distracted for a moment, quickly pulled his father back.

Zhu Gaochi did not doubt that his father, who had just completed four years of Jingnan, had the ability to knock down a newly built wall with his bare hands.

If this was not done well, it would be ridiculous to bury them all.

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Jiang Xinghuo looked up at the sky and remained silent.

If he didn't speak out this method at this juncture, he would definitely not be able to calm the minds of the top leaders of the Ming Empire and promote change.

It is equivalent to a "voting certificate" that must be paid.

Of course Jiang Xinghuo also had countermeasures for this, but there were some words that really couldn't be said clearly.

"understood."

Zhuo Jing was convinced.

Zheng He and Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand, and he didn't intend to talk about it.

Anyway, Jiang Xinghuo just scribbled on the notebook and said nothing.

"This is the entire content of my lesson today, about what is the manufacturing capacity of agricultural countries, what is the manufacturing capacity of industrial countries, the essential differences between the two, how to oppose mergers, etc."

Jiang Xinghuo asked: "Are there any questions? If there is no problem, get out of class is over."

"I have a problem."

Zhu Gaoxu, who no longer dwelled on the previous question and made up his mind to go back and ask Old Man Zhuo what was going on, asked directly without being polite to Mr. Jiang at this time.

"I remember the title of this lesson was about the gap between agricultural countries and industrial countries that is beyond imagination."

"Although I know that the kind of handmade workshops that emerged in Jiangnan during the Southern Song and Yuan Dynasties have indeed greatly improved their manufacturing capabilities compared to the past. If new spinning machines are used, they may be even more powerful. And what Mr. Jiang said Introducing something new sounds irrefutable in theory.”

"but."

Zhu Gaoxu scratched his beard and said: "I didn't see it. There is a gap that is beyond imagination."

This is almost what Jiang Xinghuo meant by making headlines.

Jiang Xinghuo was startled. It seemed that he had an information gap.

Except for the last time he revealed [Iron Horse] and [Thousand Miles Sound Transmission] in advance in order to test the attitude of the top management of the Ming Empire, Jiang Xinghuo did not say anything about technology points after that.

Jiang Xinghuo himself is not a person who likes to click on technology trees.

In Jiang Xinghuo's view, the reason why there is a huge difference between agricultural countries and industrial countries is that the level of manufacturing power between them is very different.

The predecessor of large-scale machine manufacturing in industry is handicraft industry, and the prerequisite for the large-scale emergence of handicraft industry is the separation of agriculture and handicraft industry. In China, it has never been completely separated because of insufficient food production and the lack of support from the imperial court.

And since Jiang Xinghuo pointed out fertilizer, the only technological point since time travel, he also learned from Zheng He that he had found several guano islands from Wanli Shitang, and there must be more in a larger area. Guano island.

Well, the seabirds have been digging it for tens of thousands of years, and they can't finish it in a lifetime.

Under this circumstance, coupled with crop rotation and intercropping, the agricultural grain output of the Ming Dynasty has already met the critical point where civilization has accumulated to the point where agriculture and handicrafts are separated.

In fact, the upgrade of real civilization is sometimes not fundamentally different from the digital progress bar in the game.

Once grain production has accumulated to a certain level, and with a little support, the separation of agriculture and handicrafts will be a matter of course.

It was not even necessary for Zheng He to bring back a three-piece set of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn from South America. It was enough to complete this civilization upgrade.

The information gap between Jiang Xinghuo and Zhu Gaoxu appears here.

Zhu Gaoxu knew what a manual workshop looked like, but he could not imagine what a "factory" full of the roar of machines would look like in the future.

Jiang Xinghuo knew what a "factory" looked like in the era of large-scale machine manufacturing, but he did not describe it to Zhu Gaoxu.

In fact, it is the large-scale manufacturing of large machines that means that in the era of industrial countries, industrial countries can completely crush agricultural countries in all aspects.

Moreover, large-scale machine manufacturing does not just replace traditional handicraft industry.

More importantly, due to the emergence of large-scale machine manufacturing, the required supply of raw materials and product sales methods have undergone great changes. An obvious social division of labor has emerged, and supporting service industries have begun to appear.

And handicraft practitioners began to transform into industrial workers, such as fitters, welders, riveters, lathes, etc., which required supporting vocational and technical standards and specialized schools.

And this process will inevitably be accompanied by the rise of science and the popularization of comprehensive universities.

Jiang Xinghuo came to his senses and began to explain to Zhu Gaoxu.

"It is true that I have omitted something about this and did not explain it clearly to you, which is why you think that the era of industrial countries, although understandable, is just 'just that'."

"In fact, you have to know that industry is the further development of handicraft industry, and the biggest difference lies in the emergence of large machines."

"What is a big machine? A big machine is definitely not the huge spinning machine in your impression. I told you before that the coal-eating [iron horse] is a type of big machine, and it is also the most important one."

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu still looked confused, Jiang Xinghuo sighed inwardly.

I want to describe the scene of the industrial country to the people of the agricultural country.

This is similar to the difficulty for primitive people to understand scenes in the feudal era.

Simply put, it is something that people cannot imagine, that is beyond the boundaries of their imagination, and that is invisible.

After all, when people in Jiang Xinghuo's previous life imagined aliens, they abstracted them according to their own appearance.

Just like the ancient people imagined the world after death and created a whole underground bureaucracy system.

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo knew that he had to find something that Zhu Gaoxu could understand, be interested in, and that existed now as an example.

Otherwise he still couldn't figure out the problem.

A teacher is someone who preaches, learns, and resolves doubts.

It is a shame for a teacher to teach students and explain that they do not understand the problem.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't want to be ashamed of being a teacher, so he easily found examples from the direction that Zhu Gaoxu was most interested in.

As the world's most powerful general, what is Zhu Gaoxu most interested in?

Of course it’s a war!

As long as Zhu Gaoxu understands the unimaginable gap between industrial countries and agricultural countries from the perspective of "war", he will naturally understand how terrifying the concept of "industrial country" is!

After sorting out his thoughts, Jiang Xinghuo continued.

"[Iron horses] can not only be used for mining, pumping water, land transportation, water transportation, but can even be used in war!"

"Um?!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes suddenly lit up.

You said something else, Zhu Gaoxu would indeed reluctantly try to understand in order to listen to the lectures and learn, but this was just an attempt.

But if you talk about war, then Zhu Gaoxu will be excited!

Not only that, Zhu Di, who was next door, held the cracked ceramics and listened with great interest as he was a great person.

The big machines of the industrial nation era can actually be used in war?

Interesting, so interesting!

"Mr. Jiang, tell me quickly, how is this [Iron Horse] used in war?"

"You can easily understand it as an enlarged version of the 'Iron Buddha', except that what's wrapped in the iron sheet is no longer a war horse."

"What is that?" Zhu Gaoxu asked curiously.

Jiang Xinghuo said: "A huge box with four carriage-like wheels underneath, powered by [iron horses], driving them forward."

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned and asked tentatively: "A chariot that doesn't need horses?"

"Well, it's kind of similar."

Before Jiang Xinghuo could speak, Zhu Gaoxu asked impatiently: "Mr. Jiang, what exactly is this chariot used as an attack weapon?"

"artillery."

"What?!"

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes widened with disbelief.

Mr. Jiang actually told him that such a big and heavy artillery could be carried on a tank?

You know, in this era, there were indeed artillery, but they were all made of copper or even stone. They weighed thousands or even thousands of kilograms at every turn, which was extremely heavy.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu could not imagine how big the chariot must be, and how many war horses must have the same power to pull a cannon weighing several kilograms.

Jiang Xinghuo immediately understood Zhu Gaoxu's misunderstanding.

Jiang Xinghuo smiled slightly and said: "In industrial countries, there is another point, that is, with the application of large machines, the forging technology of steel has been significantly improved. It is not difficult for you to understand this. Think about it, if [Iron Horse] can Become a giant hammer that is unparalleled in the world, used to forge steel, what craftsman can compare with it?”

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly realized, and Jiang Xinghuo continued: "At the same time, you also need to know that artillery can be made lighter and made of steel!"

"Why is there no sound?!"

After hearing this, at the most critical juncture, the sound amplifier wall broke again.

Zhu Di in the secret room could not contain his inner excitement.

He stretched out his hand and pressed it against the wall, as if he was pushing out of the wall!