My Daming New Empire

"How did you do it?" he asked tremblingly.

Ma Di didn't realize how much impact his invention had, and said: "My nephew found that adding a lens between two lenses can solve the reflection, but also blur the scene. Since the telephoto is refracted by light, then The refraction of a prism is better than both convex and concave lenses, so my nephew polished a prism and put it inside."

Ma Zhicai is also proficient in skills, and Ma Di understood it as soon as he said it. "Okay, okay, okay, Dier is worthy of being the Maxima of my Ma family, you have made a great contribution this time."

If it weren't for the fact that there were two Jinyiwei at home, he would have been impatient to offer this telescope as a tribute.Thinking of the two royal guards, he also calmed down. He still doesn't know what the emperor will do with them. With this telescope in his hand, he is sure that he can save his life.

Therefore, this telescope should not be handed over to the Ministry of Industry for the time being, and it will be taken out when the decree comes down. It can save the lives of the whole family at critical moments.

Compared with Ma Zhicai who was worrying about gain and loss, Ji Gang was in ecstasy.

Last year when he took refuge with the grandson, he was also extremely worried, for fear that the emperor would cut off his head in a fit of anger.

If the emperor wanted to kill him, except for Jin Yiwei, almost no one would sympathize with him, no matter whether it was civil servants or generals, they would probably set off firecrackers to celebrate.

However, as the commander of Jin Yiwei, he was supposed to be a lonely minister. If he dared to make peace with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, he might be finished ten years ago.

He knew very well that he had no way to retreat, so he could only rush forward desperately. There was still a little hope in rushing forward, and if he dared to stop, he would never die.

He has no way out, and Taisun, has become the only hope, and now hope has finally turned into light.

If you want the horse to run, how can the horse not eat grass.

Since you want to use Ji Gang and let him do things with your heart, then you must give him hope.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji took out the trick of fooling Zhu Di, leaked to him his plan to develop the Japanese silver mine, and asked him to start preparing.

Today, Zhu Zhanji also formally promised him that if Japan's Iwami Ginzan is real, he will be sent to Japan to preside over the overall situation, and he will not be held accountable and liquidated by the court ministers.

For a villain like him, let's put it in Japan to harm the Japanese.

With Zhu Zhanji's promise, Ji Gang really felt relieved this time.

For nearly a year, Ji Gang can be said to have devoted most of his energy to doing things for Zhu Zhanji apart from his own work.

From sending envoys to Korea and Japan to learn about the local political environment and war forces, to checking all major commercial households in the Ming Dynasty, to understand the output of various assets, sales channels, and even processing procedures.

As a grandson, Zhu Zhanji only needs to move his mouth, but the entire Jinyiwei system has been busy for more than half a year.

However, the results obtained are also gratifying.Jin Yiwei stepped forward, and now none of the businessmen in Ming Dynasty dared to resist. As for the confidentiality of technology, there was no secret in front of Jin Yiwei.

Because of this, Zhu Zhanji's Xingqing Palace is now filled with information collected from various places, filling a warehouse.

There are several large boxes filled with different firing techniques for just one ceramic, and the ceramic techniques fired in different cave dwellings from all over the world have been collected.

However, there is another biggest problem, that is, there is no specific quantitative standard for this kind of craftsmanship, which is why the entire oriental craftsmanship has not been resolved in the thousands of years of history.

There is no specific time for firing the kiln, it depends on the heat, and there is no specific quantitative standard for the temperature, it also depends on the heat.

Different soil formulas also depend on experience, and even coloring and glazing on ceramics are only based on experience.

Therefore, even if you get these formulas, you still need the master craftsman to study continuously, so that it is possible to make similar porcelain.

It is impossible to be exactly the same, even if different bowls are made by a master, it is impossible to look the same, there are always some differences.

Zhu Zhanji is very clear that it will not be possible to solve these problems in a short while, because the most basic standards have not been determined.

Today's weights and measures are actually rather confusing. There are ternary systems and decimal systems, and the difference between Jin and Liang is hexadecimal.

This leads to difficulties in calculations. If you don't know a little mathematics, you can't even calculate accounts in ancient times.

Zhu Zhanji didn't want to change all the weights and measures, and this is not something he can do now.However, for the convenience of statistics, he still took out the length measurement from millimeters to kilometers.

When he becomes the emperor, he will take out all the statistical methods of weight, volume, and area.

The globe has been made, and Zhu Zhanji and the people of Si Tianjian have divided the earth into 24 time zones. Now, of course, London is not the zero-degree line, but the Nanjing Imperial Palace is the zero-degree line.

The setting of longitude and latitude is actually very easy to infer, because the 24 hours of a day are fixed, and then the 24 solar terms, together with the constellations in the sky, are tested in different locations, and a map that conforms to the scale can be accurately drawn.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji couldn't wait any longer. He had already roughly divided 24 lines on the globe, and he could divide the longitude first.

There is no need to be too anxious about the dimension line, just let the Sitianjian deduce it slowly.

Chapter 73 Promotion

The panic of Ma Zhicai's family did not last too long. At noon the next day, two eunuchs brought a team of Jinyi guards to the Ma's house on Jiashan Street.

As a small official who just entered the ranks, it was the first time for the Ma family to receive an order, and the whole family was terrified.It was only under the guidance of the eunuch with a gentle face that the incense table was set up. Nearly 20 members of the family, old and young, knelt down in the courtyard.

Outside the courtyard, the neighbors on Jiashan Street were also extremely curious, and gathered outside to watch the fun.

This is not Taipingfang, where high-ranking officials and nobles live, but Changanfang. It is all merchants or small officials who live here. There has never been a case where the eunuch personally visited the door to announce the decree for so many years.

"The Ma family has burned incense for eight lifetimes. A small official who has just entered the ranks can have the glory of overwhelming the sky. The eunuch personally came to the door to announce the decree."

"Who says it's not? This Ma Zhi was called into the palace just after the Chinese New Year. I don't know what he did to get such appreciation."

"Yesterday, the Ma's family was still in panic. I heard them crying in the backyard at home, but I didn't expect Ma Zhicai to come back. Now their family has flourished."

And Ma Zhicai was trembling with excitement a long time ago, the first time he saw the eunuch passing the decree, his heart fell in his stomach, and only excitement remained.

Because only when an official is promoted will the edict be issued by the inner eunuch, if he is relegated to confiscate his family, a small official like him will not have an edict issued at all.

Following the instructions of the eunuch in a daze, he set up the incense table and knelt on the ground, still feeling like he was dreaming.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said, I only rule the world with literature, and fight chaos with force. It is the imperial court's book to reward talents. Erma Shi Zhicai is the deputy envoy of the Yuheng Qing Officials Department of the Ministry of Industry. He took the order of the grandson and burned Salary up to the Dan, bowing to do one's best, is really a model of a minister. I have given you the title of deputy of the Ministry of Industry, and I am not ignorant, and I still know the glory. In addition, the Taisun ordered to obey the order, hereby."

From the deputy envoy of the ninth rank to the deputy of the seventh rank, Ma Zhicai seemed to be in a dream for a moment, so that he didn't understand the content of the last sentence at all.

Until the eunuch who issued the decree closed the imperial decree and said: "Deputy Ma Suo, accept the decree."

He just woke up, raised his hands above his head, and received the imperial edict. "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

The eunuch who issued the decree smiled and said: "Congratulations to Deputy Ma, you will be able to work behind Taisun in the future, as long as you do your best, His Highness Taisun will never compromise your talent."

He groaned, not understanding what the other party meant.But the other party obviously issued decrees often, knowing that many people were emotionally agitated when receiving the decree, so they didn't understand the content of the decree at all.

So he didn't think it was strange, and said with a smile: "The emperor means that although the deputy has taken the position of the Ministry of Industry, he only needs to report for it. Serve."

A deputy of the Qipin Institute of the Ministry of Industry, not to mention the grandson, even the adults of the Ministry of Industry, few can remember it.But one is the deputy who can serve in front of the grandson, which is an honor to reach the sky in one step!

Ma Zhicai was even more surprised this time, and was stunned there, not knowing where he got his grandson's appreciation.

The young eunuch with a gentle face smiled and said: "Deputy Ma, our family is Li Liang who works in front of His Royal Highness, Your Highness knows that you have superb skills, and there is a lack of a craftsman like you in front of you, so let our family come and follow you first." Announcement. You will be imprisoned during the New Year. You have also suffered this year, so you went to the Ministry of Industry to report, and you are temporarily recuperating at home. After the Lantern Festival next year, our family will come to find you again. you do."

It's only late October now, and there are still more than two months before the Chinese New Year. Waiting until the fifteenth day to do things is equivalent to having three months off.

Knowing that the eunuch in front of him is a useful eunuch in front of the grandson, Ma Zhicai did not dare to be negligent, knelt down and kowtowed and said: "The humble minister is talented but not talented, to be appreciated by His Highness the grandson, he must devote himself to death."