Daming Military Empire

Chapter 577

After Zhu Cijiong explained the hot air balloon in detail, he also drew the glass bottle and the kerosene lamp. Needless to say, the glass bottle is roughly the same as the drip bottle of the later generations. Just put a cork on the mouth Well, it's very simple, but kerosene lamps are a bit more complicated.

However, the complexity also depends on the person. For ordinary people in this era, kerosene lamps are naturally complicated and a bit difficult to understand, but for Song Yingxing, who is well-informed, the problem is not very big. Zhu Cijiong explained a little bit , he fully understands.

So far, the visit has come to a successful conclusion. Song Yingxing gave Zhu Cijiong a big surprise. It can be said that oil refining has entered the edge of industrialization. Zhu Cijiong also gave Song Yingxing a big surprise, 100 million taels, but ordinary people A wealthy man who can never spend his whole life, it can be said that with this 100 million taels, he no longer has to worry about the trivial matters of life in the future.

However, Zhu Cijiong always felt that something was missing. When he went down to the gate of the experimental field and saw the old guards guarding the gate, he finally remembered what was missing.

For a national treasure-level researcher like Song Yingxing, safety is the most important thing. If he makes a mistake, it will be an immeasurable loss to Daming!
Aware of this problem, Zhu Cijiong immediately said to Wang Zhengnan who was on the side: "Lai Xian, send a person from the Jinyiwei Thousand Household Office to wait for Chang Geng's dispatch, and send twelve Jinyiwei masters to protect Chang Geng in turn. There must be no mistakes."

When Wang Zhengnan heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "My minister complies with the order."

Song Yingxing was taken aback when he heard the words. A Jinyiwei from the Thousand Households Office was sent for dispatch, which is the treatment only a prince can have. He quickly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, think twice, this humble minister is just a fifth-rank idle job!"

Zhu Cijiong narrowed his eyes when he heard the words. With his current prestige, he was not afraid that someone would dare to make irresponsible remarks, but Song Yingxing was afraid. He thought about it, and said tactfully: "I sent Jinyiwei not only to protect you, you The research is too important for Daming, and there must be no mistakes. Can the few guards you hired be able to stop the spies of the enemy country? How can such an important thing be guarded by a few guards? After learning from the enemy country, if Da Ming also burns the city with flames, wouldn't that be a big trouble?"

Song Yingxing really liked this. He really didn't think much about his personal safety, but he was sad when it came to Daming's safety. Hearing this, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "My minister understands, don't worry, your majesty, I will definitely keep a close eye on you." , will never disclose the refining method."

With this reason, others dare not gossip anymore. If they want to gossip, don't they want to help the enemy's spies to spy on Daming's secrets!

Only then did Zhu Cijiong nod his head, and Shi Shiran got into the carriage and rushed to the palace.

Along the way, Zhu Cijiong was always thinking about Song Yingxing. For such a talent, I cared too little about him before. It wasn't until he achieved great results in oil refining in such a short period of time that I realized how much he had for Daming. Now that I have sounded the horn of the first industrial revolution in advance, the technology of the European powers is developing rapidly. To keep the advantage of Ming Dynasty, it must stay ahead in technology, and the breakthrough of technology depends on A talent like Song Yingxing!

For such an important talent, a little reward plus a bunch of bodyguards seems not enough.

After returning to the palace, he did not immediately go to the Kunning Palace, but came to the Imperial Study Room, and when Cao Huachun and Wang Zhengnan explained the matter of extracting the dragon coins and summoning the Jinyiwei, he called the two of them to him and asked: " What kind of relatives does Chang Geng have, who among you know?"

Cao Huachun and Wang Zhengnan exchanged eye contact for a while, it seemed that Wang Zhengnan knew a little more, Cao Huachun quickly made a polite gesture, which meant to let Wang Zhengnan speak.

Wang Zhengnan hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Back to the emperor, as far as I know, after Song Yingxing was an official, his great-grandfather used to be an official in Jiajing. He died young, and his father was unlucky and only got the fame of a scholar, but did not become an official. There are four brothers in Song Yingxing's generation, namely Song Yingsheng, Song Yingding, Song Yingxing, and Song Yingjing. Among them, Song Yingding passed away in the second year of Chongzheng. They are still alive. Song Yingxing has two sons named Song Shihui and Song Shiyi. They used to study at home and work in agriculture. Song Yingxing took them to the capital to study after he became the dean of Daming Institute of Technology. Now they are all in Daming Institute of Technology .”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he fainted by mistake. What happened to his cronies? It seemed that they were a bit too upright. It would be fine if they didn't arrange for their descendants to become officials, but they even wanted them to farm!

Xu Guangqi was like this, and Song Yingxing was like this too. If he hadn't asked this time, Song Yingxing's two sons would probably be ordinary researchers at most in the future, and Song Yingxing would definitely not use his connections to send them into officialdom.

This is really a bit too shabby, he doesn't know, it's fine, if he knows, Song Yingxing can't let Song Yingxing go on like this, after all, he is also his confidant, and he has made great contributions to Daming, if there are no brothers and sons Get a little care, how others will see and think.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong continued to ask: "Do they have fame?"

Wang Zhengnan cupped his hands again and said: "Back to the emperor, Song Yingxing and Song Yingsheng participated in the Yimao Provincial Examination in 43 years of Wanli. Among them, Song Yingxing won the third place in the provincial examination, and Song Yingsheng won the sixth place in the provincial examination. However, they took part in the imperial examination many times later, but they failed to win the gold list. Maybe They were disheartened because of this, so Song Yingjing, Song Shihui, and Song Shiyi behind them never took part in the imperial examination and did not get any fame."

Alas, this is caused by factionalism again. It’s no wonder that the third and sixth ranks in a province can’t pass the Jinshi exam. It must be because they didn’t join any cronies that they were brushed down.

Zhu Cijiong's idea of ​​compensating Song Yingxing became more determined. He thought for a while and ordered: "Laixian, you go to the northwest corner of the capital to find a bigger mansion for the Song family, and then send someone to bring all Song Yingxing's family over."

When Wang Zhengnan heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "My minister complies with the order."

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijiong issued an order: "Eunuch Cao, go and tell Erjue that in the future, the Daming Royal Electric Company will be handed over to the Song family, and he will no longer have to take care of it. In addition, he will give Song Yingxing [-]% of the shares of the Daming Royal Electric Company." , the business of kerosene and kerosene lamps will also be assigned to Daming Royal Electric Company in the future.”

When Cao Huachun heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "My minister obeys the order."

Now Song Yingxing might be surprised again. The emperor not only rewarded him with 100 million taels, but also gave him [-]% of the shares of Daming Royal Electric Company. In terms of remuneration, he is really similar to the prince Zhu Youjian. Moreover, their Song family will surely become a famous family in Ming Dynasty!
In fact, there are many such things in reality. Almost every leader or boss is silently watching his subordinates and employees. Some talented and diligent people may not be reused at first, but once If the leader or boss feels that this person is capable enough to take on important responsibilities, then this person will soon rise to the top, and his status and treatment will skyrocket.

(End of this chapter)