The road to the emperor begins with farming

The next day, Luo Yu called the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to come over and help his house build a heated kang, and the top of the kang was smoothed with cement.Because of the simplicity of the project, it took two days to finish everything.

Within two days, the craftsman who fired the tiles in the garden sent someone to tell him that the tiles had been fired.Luo Yu was overjoyed. After looking at it, he found that although there were a few flaws, it was already very good. The patterns on it combined with the current technology, not only show the atmosphere but also have anti-skid function.He simply didn't do anything, and decided to even get the heating at home.

The amount of work to install the heating is relatively large. Fortunately, there are many craftsmen looking for. The four masters moved out first, and several courtyards started construction together. All the floor tiles in the house were removed, pipes were laid one by one, and the boiler was repaired. House and water tank, after several times of debugging, after no problem, tiles are laid on the top.In this way, the heating was installed before the end of the year.

It just so happened that Emperor Hongyou sent someone to solve the problem of resettling the victims, and he slept on the hot kang again. When he was happy, he came to see his own son Luo Yu again.

Luo Changling respectfully invited Emperor Hongyou into the hall, the monarch and his ministers chatted some gossip, but just talking, Emperor Hongyou felt so hot that he couldn't wear the big cloak he was wearing.Yin said: "Why, Changling actually set up a kang in the hall? It's very hot."

Luo Changling smiled and said: "No, the kang on the hall in the hall is finally a little out of shape."

"Oh?" Emperor Hongyou was a little puzzled, looked around, not only was there no kang, but there was no charcoal basin.

"Yu'er said that although the heated kang is good, but the room is too big, but it is not enough. It is better to install a heater." Luo Changling smiled and explained to him. When it radiates out, the room becomes warmer. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Emperor Hongyou really felt the warmth under his feet, presumably it was the heating.He was so angry that he was obviously his son, but now he belonged to the Luo family.Obviously, he, the old man, should enjoy it first, and Luo Changling is cheaper.

Seeing that Emperor Hongyou's expression was not good, Luo Changling said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the heating installed in my house is just to test the water first. Wouldn't it be better to wait for the craftsmen to be skilled before going to the palace to install it for Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongyou snorted, but was inconvenient to attack again.It's almost the end of the year, so there's still no time to pretend.It seems that this year is not going to be enjoyed.

He also called Luo Yu to beat him, probably meaning that if you have good things, you should honor the emperor first, the king and his ministers are father and son, the king is the guide for the ministers, the father is the guide for the son, the king is the first.

Luo Yu giggled and agreed, and then used Luo Changling's rhetoric to fool the emperor.Emperor Hongyou was depressed again, what if his son didn't kiss him?It seems that we still have to recognize him earlier and take him back to live in the palace, then there will be nothing wrong with Luo Changling.

Because there was a heated kang in the palace, other ministers followed suit and asked craftsmen from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to help them build a heated kang.For a while, everyone was beaming, and the greetings became like this:

"Is your house on a kang?"

"What, haven't you set it yet? Oh, I didn't say it, you can really handle it, it's so cold at home without a kang!"

"Your house is also sold, well, speaking of which, this kang is really a good thing."

"That's right, since we built the kang, we saved a lot of charcoal fire, and the house is actually warmer than using charcoal."

"I don't know who came up with such a way to save us from suffering."

"I heard that he is the second son of Mr. Luo's family."

"What nonsense, who doesn't know that the second son of Master Luo's family is a fool."

"Your news is too late, Mr. Luo has already recovered his mind."

"Really? I can recover after ten years of stupidity? I don't believe it."

"If you don't believe me, go to Mr. Luo's house and see."

After another ten days, the people who visited Luofu saw the charm of heating, and the conversation became like this:

"Lord Luo's mansion is equipped with something called 'heating'. Hey, it's so warm in the house that you can't wear thick clothes at all."

"What, is it warmer than a kang?"

"The heated kang is nothing. If the house is small, the heated kang can still be used. It is not as big as the hall. But the heating is different. It is said that it is piped, and no matter how big it is, it is warm. It is really like a fairy. enjoyment."

"It's so miraculous?"

"If you don't believe me, you can go to Lord Luo's mansion to have a look and you will know."

"I heard that this heating is also the idea of ​​Luo Ergong."

"No, it's really unexpected that this second young master has turned from a fool into someone who can come up with such a magical thing."

"Tsk, who said that even if you kill him, you won't believe that the second young master has recovered?"

"..."

Fortunately, many ministers took the annual leave for two days without discussing it.

The annual leave of the Great Yin Dynasty was nearly a month, and Luo Yu's father was absent from the court because he claimed to be sick.On New Year's Eve, Emperor Hongyou also rewarded Luo Mansion with two bowls of Fu Cai, which were actually the emperor's leftovers.This is a reward that only the princes and ministers with a reputation in Beijing can get, and it is also the emperor's wish to celebrate.Luo Changling asked someone to open the ancestral hall and feed the ancestors first.

Luo Changling and his son also gathered around the table to eat the New Year's Eve dinner. This year, the house is warm, and finally the food will not turn into a lump before the food is finished.The family gossips, Luo Zhan drinks with his father, Luo Yu and Luo Yanran also drink a little.

I heard Luo Changling say: "This wine is still not strong enough. I heard that the wine from Heyan's side is very strong. Your Majesty rewarded me with a jar. I don't have much time to drink it."

Luo Yanran said: "Father, let's drink less, your illness is still not cured."

"It's almost recovered." Luo Changling smiled, "I can see your eldest brother and Yu'er come back safely, and I'm already more than half cured from this illness. Besides, Yu'er has regained his mind, and he can still come up with so many new things." What, my illness is all cured, but I just hide and rest at home. It's just that after the New Year, there will be no such leisurely life. "

Luo Yu said: "Father wants to drink strong wine, but my son has a way to brew it. I just have to listen to my sister and don't drink too much."

"Really?" Luo Changling was even more happy when he heard that his son could make wine, and said with a smile, "I really didn't love you for nothing."

Luo Yu was very proud, "My son knows a lot." We are people with golden fingers.

Luo Zhan poked him, "See what you're proud of."

Luo Yu giggled again and said, "Father, if you don't want to go to court, you can stay at home all the time. Anyway, my son can start a business and make money, so he can support you and your brothers and sisters."

Luo Changling heard this, and immediately reprimanded him with a straight face: "Although the families of officials and eunuchs usually run a few shops, they don't take it as their main business. Wouldn't they become merchants in that way? Just stop thinking about doing business and start a business." All the affairs should be handed over to the shopkeeper. Now that you haven't even read the four books, how can I tell you... Mother? After the new year, I will send you to the Imperial College to study, and read some books seriously with the master there. "

Luo Yu was shocked, "Why do you want to study again?" Didn't he come back to be a dandy?

He looked at Luo Zhan, and Luo Zhan also had a serious face, "Listen to daddy, reading is the serious thing."

Luo Yu: "..." It's a serious business, but I don't know that 360 lines can lead to the number one scholar.

He knew it wouldn't make sense, so he drooped his head and stopped talking, but Luo Yanran asked with a smile, "Why is my brother so afraid of studying? If I wasn't from my daughter, I would also like to study and take the number one prize."

"It's really boring to read these four books and five classics." Luo Yu saw that his father was about to stare, and quickly explained, "Father and sister don't know, I also saw schools in that world, oh, schools are colleges, they only live in Some typical articles from these Four Books and Five Classics are selected and included in the language books. They don’t have to understand and extend the entire text as they do now. Even so, they learn more comprehensive things, such as Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography ..."

Luo Yu explained what he had learned in these subjects, and then said: "I have already finished there... er, I have already learned it. It is no exaggeration to say that although I can't take the first prize in the imperial examination, what I know is Absolutely more than anyone here (unless there are people like me who have traveled through time), there is really no need to go to the Imperial College to study."

Luo Changling pondered for a while, then said: "I'll talk to His Majesty about this matter again."

Luo Yu: "...Why did you tell the emperor whether your son wants to study?"

Luo Changling slipped the tongue, and immediately glared, "Your Majesty always asks about you when he comes to our house, so naturally I have to tell him."

Luo Yu: "You can do whatever you want."

Afterwards, Luo Changling really told Emperor Hongyou about Luo Yu.

Emperor Hongyou thought for a while and said: "Since that's the case, let's not ask Yu'er to study for the time being. Let him make some useful things that we don't have here, which can be regarded as benefiting the country and the people." gone."

Luo Changling agreed, and heard Emperor Hongyou say: "I have already summoned capable people and strangers from the people, and opened a special place in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and asked Yu'er to guide those people when he has time, so as to save them all A workshop in his garden."

With the emperor's words, Luo Yu finally got rid of the boring days of reading and writing every day.After the new year, he devoted all his attention to tossing his garden, hoping to open it earlier and make money earlier.

Of course, Luo Yu didn't forget the new things that Emperor Hongyou said, so there would be no delay in the two trips.

After thinking about it, it is better to develop the steam engine as soon as possible, which is a sign of the industrial revolution.He found materials and drawings about steam engines from the library app, sent them to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and asked them to slowly develop them. He would give pointers and talk about his ideas when he had time.

Luo Yu was also helpless, even if he had the materials and blueprints, he couldn't make this thing under the current conditions.So we still have to work together, hoping that these people can develop it based on what he provided.

In order not to delay things, Luo Yu even searched for information on the production methods of firearms in the Qing Dynasty, such as firecrackers and cannons. There is definitely no way to make them like the current pistols and cannons immediately, but it is enough for this era.It's just that this thing is more troublesome to make, so let's study it slowly.

Luo Yu did not forget that he was hunted down twice by King Cheng and almost died.He didn't like repaying grievances with kindness, even if that person ran to Heyan Prairie, he would have to be blasted out with cannons.Moreover, he had heard his brother say that he was going to the border. With these firearms, he believed that his brother would be able to kill He Yan as soon as possible and bring King Cheng back.