Zhu Qi originally wanted to speed up the printing speed so that he could print more books and sell them for money. You should know that these novels are as good as the words "Journey to the West", which is super easy to sell.

But Zhu Qi never thought about what his hand-crank printing machine meant for scholars all over the world. Books are the medium of civilization. From bamboo slips in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the emergence of paper in the Han Dynasty, to the invention of movable type printing, every invention that can reduce the cost of books can greatly increase the literacy rate of society and increase the number of scholars.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang and the ministers naturally did not understand the importance of literacy rate to a country's strength progress, but if everyone in the world could read books, it would be the lifelong dream of Confucian scholars.

What is the ultimate goal of Confucianism and Taoism? Isn’t it the harmony of the world? How to achieve it? Education! In fact, it is to read the books of sages and learn the principles of the ancestors.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very strict with officials, but he did not hate scholars, and he also hoped that more and more scholars would be able to become more and more useful talents to the Ming Dynasty.

For a moment, there was a lot of laughter and joy at the whole banquet. The hand-crank printing machine invented by His Highness the King of Liao was even more powerful than the Battle of Yunzhongshan!

Let’s not talk about it anymore, let’s blow hard when we look back!

Zhu Yuanzhang also made an order to Zhu Qi on the spot without saying a word, and wanted to manufacture more hand-cranked printing machines as soon as possible. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang did not take it for nothing. He bought a machine at a price of 100 taels!

Zhu Qi was so irritated that he could collect this money? He is really not a shortage of money now. Moreover, the operation of the Royal Entertainment Center depends on Zhu Yuanzhang's care. He immediately stated that as the King of Liao, it is necessary to contribute to the country. How could he still ask the country for money? The hand-cranked printing machine he made is naturally for free to use for the country!

It is of course to keep a guard against me. The main reason is that Zhu Yuanzhang is afraid that he will interfere in his research institute. It is not that he is stingy, but that no one in this world can understand the importance of technology.

The Chinese cultural circle was tied to Confucianism, while the West was in the late Middle Ages, and it was still a dark and ignorant era. Although the Byzantine Empire had greatly reduced its territory and was still fighting a civil war, it had not yet destroyed its country, and the Roman legacy had not yet traveled to Europe. The Renaissance still needed to wait for nearly a hundred years to begin.

It can be said that Zhu Qi is the most advanced person in the world. None of them is the most reliable one. The research institute is still left to manage it in its own hands.

But Zhu Qi was still a little numb when he was overwhelmed with praise. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand immediately to Zhu Qi for his country and people like this, and a lot of gold, silver and jewelry were rewarded. Zhu Qi didn't know how the banquet ended. He went back to the bedroom and fell asleep.

I won’t say anything, I will relieve my worries after sleeping.

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In the following days, civil officials such as Li Shanchang and Song Lian did not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang. Whenever they went outside, whether it was an official occasion or various academic institutions, they would praise His Highness Liao's hand-crank printing machine whenever they had the chance.

The folk rumor is even more outrageous. It is said that the things that His Highness of the Liao King took from the Emperor Taishang Laojun in the Heaven and printed them. They are all called Tianshu. These books are in the Royal Entertainment Center.

With the blessing of public opinion, novels and comics in the Royal Entertainment Center have become more and more sold.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang asked to speed up the production of hand-crank printing machines, Zhu Qi followed the trend and hired more than 100 craftsmen. These craftsmen also got rid of the prince Zhu Biao, selected them from the existing craftsmen, and transferred them to his own side.

If it weren't for Zhu Biao, this matter wouldn't be possible.

Because of the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, handicraftsmen were all incorporated into craftsmen and called official craftsmen. These craftsmen seemed to be supported by the state. They were all civil servants of the country, and there was no additional income and no bright future at all.

Another type is the craftsmen in the households. They were farmers on the surface, but they made some things in private to sell them for money. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the budding of capitalism in the Jiangnan region was basically driven by the workshops opened by these craftsmen in the households.

After all, one or two hundred years have passed, and you expect hereditary craftsmen to have better skills than folk craftsmen? Most folk craftsmen have far better skills than craftsmen. This is also the case when the firearms produced by the Guanfang were all inferior products during the Chongzhen period, while the firearms produced in the Jiangnan region were not inferior to those of the West.

Unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty did not understand these things. He copied the ancestral system and asked those hereditary craftsmen to build firearms instead of going to Jiangnan to purchase firearms.

Needless to say, the Donglin Party that controls the government, it is okay to let them write eight-legged essays, and it is impossible to bring some good strategies to benefit the country and the people. They are all busy eating in Jiangnan, and when they are killed, they turn their heads and become three traitors. The leader of Donglin Qianqianyi's "water is too cold" and "scalp itchy" are still ridiculous.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass and the world was established, both the budding of capitalism and the firearm manufacturing technology in Jiangnan that was not inferior to the times were all strangled in the cradle. The original variety of Ming Dynasty firearms eventually degenerated into the spears and swords of the Eight Banners, and the process of making firearms was completely lost.

Even if Western envoys sent all the extremely leading firearms under the noses of the Qing rulers, they thought that they would never let this thing be controlled by the Han people, and then threw it directly into the warehouse and no longer take a look. Why? They were afraid that the Han people would rebel.

So in the late Qing Dynasty, when we fought against Western imperialism, most of the firearms were actually the ones sealed in the late Ming Dynasty. For more than two hundred years, the technology did not make any progress, but instead took big steps to get back.

In terms of cultural and technological aspects, the contributions of the Qing Dynasty to China were really worse than those of the Mongolian Yuan. At least the Mongolian Yuan didn't care about it, and the senior management just wanted to enjoy it. In less than a hundred years, the technological level of China's land also made great progress. By the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the firearms used in the army had changed from bamboo pole guns in the Southern Song Dynasty to light handguns, medium-shaped handguns, light gun cannons and large gun cannons, which were all kinds of firearms.

Zhu Qi also knew that the rigid Ming Dynasty household registration system was not a good thing, but at present, the household registration system still outweighed the disadvantages, because it could greatly stabilize social production. After experiencing the chaos of the late Yuan Dynasty and a mess, what he needed most was stable rest and recuperation. So at present, Zhu Qi still watched the changes and did not think about reforming anything in the past. He did not feel that he had the ability at present.

Because of this, during the Hongwu period, these officials were still very enthusiastic and each had real skills. After Zhu Qi brought them over, he asked them to learn how to make hand-crank printing machines while giving them another task.

That is the modified musket!

I will be the king of the sui in the future. Now I can't even get rid of my contributions. If I don't go to Liaodong, I will be a vassal. If I change to a fiefdom in Jiangnan, I can't count on being the Prince of Xiaoyao. Even if I regain my Liaodong, Zhu Qi can only pray every day, so I must not be my turn.

If you can't hide, you can only prepare early. Zhu Qi, who has a cross-age consciousness, certainly knows that firearms are eternal gods compared to swords, guns, swords and halberds!

So, Zhu Qi took out his laptop, copied some new drawings and sent them to the research institute...

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Chapter completed!