Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

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

Lin Yuan, dressed in regular clothes, stood by the lake and said to the people around him: "Let's try it out."

A ship is parked beside it. This ship is small and unremarkable, but the biggest difference of this ship is that it has no oars.

It's a boat on foot.

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

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

However, Lin Yuan said: "The things they make may not achieve much in ten years or even a hundred years, and it will not allow us to get too much benefit."

"But take a long-term view, what if one succeeds?"

"If one succeeds, then earth-shaking changes will occur." Lin Yuan said at this time, his eyes were shining. "The first person who saw a horse thought that the horse could be ridden? Who made the saddle? No saddle At the time, the cavalry could not fight on the horse at all! With the saddle, everything is different. Could this change happen overnight?"

Song Shizhao understood. Since then, he has almost tried his best to extract the money and move it to the Craftsman Bureau.

The boat was launched quickly, and two crew members were able to take the boat. There was a boat with oars next to it. The two sides were compared. Naturally, the speed of the boat on foot was faster, and both sides used their full strength. , Drew a back and forth.

Although the craftsmen expected this result, when they really saw it, everyone looked excited.

They made this ship!

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

Even if they are just craftsmen, they can see the benefits of such a boat!

Lin Yuan is also very satisfied. In the absence of motivation now, it is a very big improvement to be able to maximize his manpower.

As for the steam engine—the boiler is now also made by specialized craftsmen, but after all, the theory is vague, and they have been tossing for a few years without making any progress.

Compared with the steam engine, Lin Yuan was very satisfied with the results of the gear boat.

Gears existed as early as BC, as did gear boats, but they never worked so well. The craftsmen used circular gears, which increased the life of the gears and reduced the degree of wear.

The formation of the navy is imminent, and whoever has the right to speak at sea can occupy the world's most wealth.

Daming's silk, cotton cloth, tea spices, etc. can all open the doors of other countries with maritime trade.

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

"Very good." Lin Yuan said with a smile, "Let's start building. You have to build a giant ship that can resist huge waves at sea like you have never seen before. No ship must be able to hold at least two hundred 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.

"Caomin takes the order!"

Lin Yuan also said: "Everyone who participates in shipbuilding will get a reward."

Everyone rewarded five taels of gold and a brocade.

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

Since the bounty increased, artisans have made endless inventions.

There are many strange things in it, even You Ming has never seen it.

Although he has to affirm the efforts of these craftsmen, most of them are whimsical. For example, some craftsmen think that they can make a flying machine, but in fact they have super large artificial wings made of feathers tied to their arms. After several experiments, they found flying If he didn't get up, he thought it was because birds have tails, but people don't, so they made tails again.

Lin Yuan did not stop, mainly because he was worried that people would stop trying.

But after getting his tail, he still didn't fly, so the man put paws on himself again.

Lin Yuan even thinks that the person might completely make himself a bird in the end. I heard that he has started to learn how to be a bird recently, saying that he wants to eat insects like a bird. If he doesn't talk, he just calls and he might be able to fly. .

This is only one of them, and the others are even more absurd.

Probably because there are too many positive examples in the court. After all, there are many craftsmen who have successfully invented things, not only have money, but also status. So people who do not study well feel that they have found the ladder, especially some. A dude who is not doing business.

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

Many skills have been lost, and they started to tinker on their own.

There are actually two people who fiddled with them. The family opened their eyes and closed their eyes to them. They felt that they would be grateful as long as they didn’t trouble the family. Anyway, there is no shortage of money to raise a dude. It's better than spending time outside.

One of them, Xie, is called Xie San from outside. He is the third son. He neither assumes responsibility like the eldest son, nor does he need to forge ahead like the second son. He has a good baby. He can live a life without worry in this life without much hard work. .

Xie San's favorite reading is all kinds of strange books. He saw trebuchets in the books and wondered if he could shrink the trebuchets so that they could not be used to attack cities, but to beat people.

Then Xie San started.

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

Then draw the drawings with charcoal and try again and again.

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

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

Only children will not work.

After the small wooden ball is pushed out, hitting a person will cause painful pain, but it will not cause any damage to the body.

Xie San also named the thing. He said that the big one was called the trebuchet, and the small one was called the Overlord.

No one else understood the connection between the two names.

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

They were hitting dudes who had a good relationship with him, and several of them broke off with him for this reason.

When his father and mother heard the news, they still came to the house, and they knew that their son had made a new thing.

Father Xie was about to kill the rebellious son. Mother Xie stopped her and said: "Master! Don't fight! Our son is not doing bad things!"

Xie's father looked savage: "It's not a bad thing?! Then you tell me what is bad? Will the court still give him a pennant! The reputation of our Xie family is ruined by this rebellious son! Many mothers Defeat! Look at what you spoiled!"

Mother Xie cried: "What is it! He is not only my son, but also your son! Now the emperor has set up a craftsmanship bureau? Just let those craftsmen make new things. Isn't our son making something new? Maybe Being appreciated by the emperor, can you really get a pennant?"

Father Xie's eyes widened: "Just let him mess around! Listen to what you say! A craftsman is a low-handed man! Let my son be a craftsman? Shame!"

"Mother!" Xie San suddenly widened 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, Xie's mother hugged her husband's waist and watched his son ran out.

Although Xie San is a dude, he still has a few friends. After listening to his request, his friend introduced him to Zhao Lin. Zhao Lin is now the chief of the Craftsman Bureau. After all, he is a decent person. Everyone thinks He must be reluctant, but the fact is that he did a good job in the Craftsman's Bureau, and I heard that he was appreciated by the emperor.

So Xie San went to find Zhao Lin. He went directly to Zhao's house and waited at the door for Zhao Lin's return. After the early dynasty, Zhao Lin would still work in the palace and would not go home until the time was up.

Zhao Lin also didn't expect Xie Sanhui to come to him, wondering: "Why do you think of looking for me?"

Xie San hadn't shown his Overlord Tool to Zhao Lin for a long time, and said seriously: "My father thinks I shame him, saying that I did a craftsman's work."

Xie San: "But I don't think I'm a craftsman, and I don't rely on this to eat, I think it's fun."

"I think if the emperor can see me in his eyes and praise me, then my father will not be able to scold me in the future, maybe I can still be my ancestor!" Xie San thought beautifully, "Master Zhao, you care Regarding the Artisan Bureau, can you help me mention it with Sheng Shang?"

Zhao Lin couldn't laugh or cry: "Then what's the use of your stuff?"

Xie San demonstrated to Zhao Lin.

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

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

So when he met Lin Yuan, Zhao Lin still mentioned this matter.

Lin Yuan: "Can hurt people?"

Zhao Lin: "It's okay, but it's just pain, and there is no skin trauma..."

Then Zhao Lin saw His Majesty’s expression with great interest: "You let him into the palace, let him bring in his... Overlord weapon, I want to see it myself."

Zhao Lin still looked dazed when he brought Xie San into the palace.

So you can enter the palace?Xie San, what kind of shit luck is this kid?

And the emperor seemed interested.

... Maybe he should read more books and make something that his Majesty is interested in?

What should I do?

Xie San entered the palace for the first time. It was as magnificent and magnificent as the palace he imagined. Every inch of floor tiles seemed noble and elegant, and extraordinary.

He followed Zhao Lin and asked in a low voice, "Master Zhao, did the emperor say to ask me for anything?"

"Did you tell the emperor, how powerful is my Overlord Tool?"

Zhao Lin had no expression on his face, thinking to himself, your overlord weapon's name is quite loud, but it's actually a king's weapon.