Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

"Your Majesty!" The craftsmen knelt on the ground excitedly, with their foreheads pressed against the ground.

Lin Yuan stood by the lake in ordinary clothes, and said to the people around him, "Let's go into the water and try."

A boat is parked next to it. This boat is not big and looks inconspicuous, but the biggest difference of this boat is that it has no oars.

It is a boat that relies on feet.

Lin Yuan just told the craftsmen to stay away. It took these craftsmen two years to make this boat. Fortunately, Lin Yuan had materials for them to toss about. Otherwise, it would be a loss-making business.

Even Song Shizhao didn't understand why he kept spending money on these things.

But Lin Yuan said: "The things they make may hardly achieve any results in ten years, or even a hundred years, and they will not benefit us too much."

"But in the long run, what if one succeeds?"

"If one thing succeeds, there will be an earth-shaking change." Lin Yuan's eyes were shining when he said this, "The first person who sees a horse thinks that the horse can be ridden? Who made the saddle? There is no saddle At that time, the cavalry could not fight on the horse! With the saddle, everything is different. Did this change happen overnight?"

Song Shizhao understood. From then on, he almost tried his best to dig out the money and move it to the Craftsman Bureau.

The boat went into the water quickly, and two crew members could take this boat, and there was a boat with oars next to it. When the two parties compared, the boat with feet was naturally faster, and both sides used their full strength. , rowed back and forth.

Although the craftsmen had expected this result, when they actually saw it, everyone was excited.

They made this ship!

In order to make the gears rotate perfectly, they did not know how much time and materials they spent, how many days and nights they did not sleep well, but the moment they saw the results, they felt that all the previous efforts were not in vain!

Even if it's just a craftsman, they can see how good such a ship can be!

Lin Yuan is also very satisfied. Now that there is no motivation, it is already a great improvement to be able to use the manpower to the extreme.

As for the steam engine - the boiler is now also being made by specialized craftsmen, but after all, the theory is vague, and they have made no progress after several years of tossing.

Compared with the steam engine, Lin Yuan was very satisfied with the result of the gear ship.

Gears existed as early as BC, as did gear ships, but the effect was never so good. Craftsmen used circular gears, which improved the life of such gears and reduced the degree of wear and tear.

The formation of the navy is imminent. Whoever has the right to speak at sea will occupy the most wealth in the world.

The silk, cotton cloth, tea and spices of Ming Dynasty can open the door of other countries along with the maritime trade.

Now that there are only so many people in Daming, it is difficult to pull up the impoverished areas by relying on domestic demand alone.

"Very good." Lin Yuan said with a smile, "Let's start building. You have never seen a huge ship that can withstand huge waves at sea. Every ship must be able to accommodate at least 200 people and have a fort. The place."

"There are places to rest and eat, and to store weapons."

The craftsmen did not dare to breathe.

"The grassroots lead the decree!"

Lin Yuan added: "Everyone involved in the shipbuilding will be rewarded."

Everyone rewarded five taels of gold and a bolt of brocade.

Fifty taels of gold is enough for these craftsmen to eat and drink in the future. If they spend a lot of money, they can spend ten years.

Since the bounty has increased, artisans have created endless inventions.

There are many strange things inside, which even You Ming has never seen.

Although he has to affirm the efforts of these craftsmen, most of them are whimsical. For example, some craftsmen thought they could build flying machines, but in fact they tied super-large artificial wings made of feathers to their arms. When he couldn't get up, he thought it was because birds had tails but humans didn't, so he made a tail again.

Lin Yuan didn't stop it, mainly because he was worried that people would stop trying.

But after fiddled with the tail, it still couldn't fly, so the man put claws on himself again.

Lin Yuan even felt that the man might turn himself into a bird in the end. I heard that he has recently started to learn how birds sing, saying that he wants to eat bugs like birds. If he doesn't talk, he just sings like a bird, maybe he can fly .

This is just one of them, there are others even more absurd.

Probably because there are too many positive examples in the palace. After all, many craftsmen have not only gained money but also gained status because of their successful inventions. Therefore, people who are not very good at reading feel that they have found a ladder to the sky, especially some An unprofessional dude.

These dudes don't like to read the Four Books and Five Classics, but prefer to read some "crooked books".

Many skills have been lost, and they started to tinker by themselves.

There were actually two troublemakers, and the family turned a blind eye to them, thinking that as long as they didn't cause trouble for the family, they would be thankful. Anyway, they don't lack the money to raise a dude. It's better than going out to spend time and drink.

One of them is surnamed Xie, and everyone calls him Xie San. He is the third son. He neither takes responsibility like the eldest son, nor does he need to work hard like the second son. .

Xie San loves to read all kinds of strange books. When he saw the trebuchet in the book, he wondered if he could shrink the trebuchet so that he could not use it to attack cities, but to beat people.

Then Xie San started.

He first found the carpenter, and asked the carpenter to refer to it with himself to find the principle.

Then use charcoal to draw drawings, try again and again.

In the end, he really got it out. It is all wooden structure with some small parts inside.

You can push the small wooden ball out. This thing is a bit heavy, but both men and women can hold it.

Not only children.

After the small wooden ball is pushed out, it will make people feel excruciating pain when it hits people, but it will not cause any damage to the body.

Xie San also gave this thing a name, he said the big one was called the trebuchet, and his small one was called the overlord.

No one else understood the connection between the two names.

Feeling that he was extremely powerful, Xie San took his overlord weapon to beat people everywhere.

Those who beat him were all playboys who had a good relationship with him, and some of them broke up with him because of this.

When his parents heard the news, it was another family who came to make trouble, and they didn't know that their son had invented something new.

Xie's father was about to beat this rebellious son to death, but Xie's mother stopped him firmly and said, "Master! Don't beat him! What our son did is not a bad thing!"

Father Xie had a grim expression on his face: "Isn't it a bad thing?! Then tell me what is a bad thing? Would the imperial court still send him a pennant! Our Xie family has such a good reputation, and this rebellious son has ruined it! What a loving mother! Bai'er! Look at what you pet!"

Mother Xie cried: "What the hell! He is not only my son, but also your son! Now the emperor has set up a crafts bureau? It is to let those craftsmen make new things. Isn't this what our son made a new thing? Maybe Appreciated by the emperor, can you really win a pennant?"

Father Xie's eyes widened: "It's fine if he messes around! Listen to what you're talking about! A craftsman is a lowly servant! Let my son be a craftsman? Shame on me!"

"Mother!" Xie San suddenly opened his eyes and said, "You are right! I should go to the emperor! The emperor will definitely understand me!"

After saying this, Xie San ran away, and Xie's mother tightly hugged her husband's waist, watching her son run out.

Although Xie San is a dandy, he still has a few friends. After listening to his request, his friends introduced him to Zhao Lin. Zhao Lin is now the head of the Craftsman Bureau. He must be reluctant, but the fact is that he has done a good job in the artisan bureau, and it is said that he is quite appreciated by the emperor.

So Xie San went to look for Zhao Lin. He went directly to Zhao's house and waited for Zhao Lin to come back at the door. After the morning court, Zhao Lin still had to work in the palace, and he would not go home until the time for release.

Zhao Lin didn't expect that Xie San would come to find him, so he wondered, "Why did you think of looking for me?"

Xie San hadn't shown Zhao Lin his overlord weapon for a long time, and said seriously: "My father thinks I'm embarrassing for him, saying that what I do is a craftsman's job."

Xie San: "But I don't think I'm a craftsman, and I don't rely on it for a living, I just think it's fun."

"I think, if the emperor can see me seriously and praise me a few words, then my father will not be able to scold me in the future, and maybe I can still honor my ancestors!" Xie San thought beautifully, "Master Zhao, what do you care?" Regarding the matter of the Artisan Bureau, can you help me mention it to the Holy One?"

Zhao Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Then what's the use of your thing?"

Xie San demonstrated it to Zhao Lin.

Zhao Lin couldn't understand even more. This thing hurts at most, but it can't be used on the battlefield, and it can't kill people. What is it used for?

But he still agreed to help Xie San mention it, even if it was to give the Xie family a face.

So when meeting Lin Yuan, Zhao Lin still mentioned this matter.

Lin Yuan: "Can it hurt people?"

Zhao Lin: "It's possible, but it's just pain, not even a skin trauma..."

Then Zhao Lin saw His Majesty's interested expression: "You let him enter the palace, let him bring his...overlord weapon in, I want to see for myself."

Zhao Lin was still in a daze when he brought Xie San into the palace.

This way you can enter the palace?What kind of shit luck did Xie San have?

And the emperor seemed quite interested.

...Maybe he should also read more books, and make something that interests His Majesty?

what to do?

It was the first time for Xie San to enter the palace. It was just like the palace he imagined, magnificent, tall and gorgeous, every inch of the floor tiles seemed noble, elegant and extraordinary.

He followed behind Zhao Lin, and asked in a low voice, "Master Zhao, did the emperor say anything about recruiting me?"

"Did you tell the emperor how powerful my overlord weapon is?"

Zhao Lin had no expression on his face, and thought to himself, your Bawangqi has a very famous name, but it is actually a bastard, so it’s useless.