Domineering Daming

Song Yingxing went on to talk about the teaching, research and achievements of the Political Academy, all in brief.

Zhu Xu listened, the last constraint was still two words: money and food.

With the current situation of Ming Dynasty, there is not much spare energy to fully promote the development of education, even Zhu Xu can't spare enough energy to pay attention.

"We're in a race against time..."

When he came to a building, Zhu Xu stopped and thought for a moment. He looked at Song Yingxing and the others and said, "Now the country is in difficulties, and there are too many difficulties to overcome. There are no extra resources for you. You have to be considerate, grit your teeth, and overcome the current difficulties." Difficulties, you must be prepared, lay a solid foundation, and accumulate a solid foundation. If one day you are given a chance, you must be of great use, and you cannot hold back..."

Chapter 1134 New Developments of the Four Great Inventions

Song Yingxing and others listened to Zhu Xu's words, bowed together and said, "I understand."

Zhu Xu nodded slightly, he still trusted Song Yingxing and the others' abilities, and looked at Zhang Yun calmly.

Standing beside Zhu Xu, looking at Zhu Xu's eyes, Zhang Yun's eyes were slightly bright, he took a step forward, hesitated again, and said: "I will clean up the harem, and it is expected to save 20 taels in two years. Your majesty, can you give it to Song Dynasty?" My lord, after all, what they are doing is for the country and the people, and they cannot delay..."

Zhu Xu didn't wait for Song Yingxing and others to answer, and said directly: "Yes, there are not many people in the palace, so if you can save a little, you can save a little, just poor food and clothing."

Song Yingxing and the others were a little bored. In the past, the palace tried every means to get money from the household department. This is the first time the palace has given it out on its own initiative, right?And it was saved from the harem?

Zhang Rongyu, Zhang Yun's uncle suddenly raised his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty is magnanimous, you have the legacy of the eldest grandson, I will be grateful to you!"

When Zhang Rongyu said this, Song Yingxing and others also reacted, and quickly raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty is magnanimous, there is the legacy of the eldest grandson, and I am grateful to the bottom of my heart!"

The more smiles on Zhang Yun's face, he turned to look at Zhu Xu, and blinked, as if asking for credit.

Zhu Xu smiled calmly, waved his hands, and said, "I've given you the money too, why don't you take us to have a look?"

Song Yingxing immediately said: "Yes, your majesty, empress, please come with me."

As he said that, he stepped into the building, turned left first, and heard a loud noise of looms after walking for a long time, which was quite ear-piercing.

Zhang Yun is very familiar with this kind of voice, and she used to have it at home, so she couldn't help being puzzled and curious.

Song Yingxing and others led Zhu Xu to the door and looked inside through the glass.

Zhu Xu was also very curious, and looked up.

I saw three strange big guys inside, and seven or eight women were busy inside, each wiring, each mechanism, rattling, rattling, banging, if not through the glass, the sound could only be Afraid to be bigger.

Song Yingxing looked at Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, some skilled craftsmen gathered in the Political Yuan and improved the loom. The speed of the improved loom is five times faster. The denser the cloth, the better..."

Zhu Xu's expression moved slightly, and he nodded slightly, as if his heart moved.

Europe is still torn apart, and technology is still in its infancy. If Daming is one step ahead of them, these cloths...maybe sell well all over the world!

How much wealth will such a huge market bring to Daming, and how much impact will it have on all aspects of Daming!

Incredible!

Zhang Yun seemed to understand a little bit, but just looked up at Zhu Xu.

After Song Yingxing finished speaking, he said again: "Your Majesty, this is the printing room. We have combined the ancient methods, studied carefully, and reformed the printing procedures. Now the printed books are fast and good, and they don't need to be so troublesome... "

Zhu Xu walked over, and saw a group of people running around in a huge house, a board fell up and down quickly, making a bang bang bang sound, and then the black and white characters on each piece of paper were quickly erased. Pull out, repeat...

Zhu Xu looked at it and smiled, his money was not in vain.

Song Yingxing then walked forward and said, "Your Majesty, this is the improvement of paper. We are optimizing it to make paper that is better, more practical, and less expensive..."

"This is the pre-research place for gunpowder. They are analyzing the composition of gunpowder, trying to increase the power of gunpowder, and designing more gunpowder applications..."

Zhu Xu understood that this was probably based on the four great inventions.

Zhu Xu remained motionless and did not speak.I have been following Song Yingxing, listening to what he said, watching the busy people and various utensils inside the glass.

"Your Majesty, here is chemical fertilizer. According to the method of an anonymous person, the minister and others have indeed produced real and usable fertilizer. According to the test, the land using chemical fertilizer grows much better than the land without using it, and there is also a lot less withering. , disease, I plan to report it to the cabinet and promote it on a large scale..."

"Your Majesty, there is this. This is the rice we cultivated. It is a large grain discovered by accident. The wild rice is re-cultivated. It can increase the yield by [-]% compared with Champa rice. The minister and others have already carried out ten-acre rice cultivation in the courtyard. Try planting, and we will see the specific situation next year..."

Zhu Xu looked at the glass, which was obviously rice grown in a greenhouse, and frowned imperceptibly.

Although this was his secret suggestion to the Political Yuan, he did not expect Song Yingxing and others to act so soon.

Hybrid rice is not as simple as one thinks. Whether Song Yingxing's "cultivation" is real or some kind of accident is still hard to say.

However, Zhu Xu would not dampen the enthusiasm of Song Yingxing and others, saying: "Well, the people depend on food, and if you do a good job, if you can really increase production, I will ask the cabinet to give you a great credit!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Song Yingxing was still immersed in the excitement, but he didn't care about big and small achievements, the main thing was Zhu Xu's approval.

Talking that it was almost noon, Zhu Xu took Zhang Yun and others to the canteen of the Political Yuan, which was already full of people, but there was a circle in the upper left corner, which was obviously reserved for Zhu Xu, and there were some People lined up at the window waiting for a meal.

Even though Zhu Xu came here in disguise, many people recognized him, their expressions panicked, and they didn't know what to do.

Seeing that there were not many people in line, Zhu Xu felt a sense of familiarity, and his heart jumped a few times. He took two plates, and gave the first one to Zhang Yun, and said, "Let's line up today, don't be special, just like these students. Let’s eat together, come and take the plates.”

Zhang Yun had nothing to do, and took it with a smile.

Song Yingxing frowned, glanced around, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I have already prepared meals..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "I want to taste your food. I'm tired of cooking by the imperial chef. Let's change the taste."

Song Yingxing was startled, then turned to look at Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun smiled and said, "Lord Song, listen to the emperor."

Many people who followed followed each other, and they had never encountered such a situation before, but Zhang Rongju suddenly approached, and said with a low smile: "The emperor has always been approachable, this is to share the joy with the people, I should not stop it."

Immediately, many people echoed, all flattering.

Zhu Xu didn't bother to pay attention to them, they lined up and looked up into the glass.

He was a little hungry, he didn't know what kind of food was served in the cafeteria here, he wanted to eat stewed pork with vermicelli and cabbage.

Zhang Yun looked at Zhu Xu, the corners of his mouth slightly turned up. This was the first time they had eaten outside, so it was very novel.

Not far away, those who didn't know Zhu Xu were curious as to which senior officials their Vice President Song was accompanying this time.

Those who knew each other saw Zhu Xu queuing up, with different expressions, and did not dare to say a word.

"Sister Jing, who are you talking about? Vice President Song is here to accompany you. Is it someone from the cabinet? Is this going to cut our political council's funding again?"

"Maybe it's a nobleman from some family. I heard that Vice President Song often goes out for alms. Maybe this time he wants to cheat other people's money..."

"Keep your voice down, if you are heard, you will be miserable, but I have heard that Vice President Song has donated all his property to the courtyard, several vice presidents, and the heads of various departments have donated a lot... ..."

The girls were obviously not the freshmen of the Political Yuan, but came to eat, with their heads down, clutching their plates, talking in low voices.