Chen Xi is not a science and engineering man.

If a science and engineering man travels to ancient times, his first thought is to do various inventions and creations, make steel, and save the country through industry. But a liberal arts man like Chen Xi is nothing more than to change the ********** for the Chinese people, saving people's hearts first and then saving the country.

Only by grasping power can we have greater voice in the Ming Dynasty, a feudal dynasty that has developed to its peak, which means we must first climb to the high-level officials of the court.

Science men value hard work, but Chen Xi is not the kind of person who only talks. He also wants to do something practical, at least he cannot let the Ming Dynasty continue to be poor and weak.

After Xie Qian received two errands, Chen Xi returned home, the first thing he did was to lay the rice paper and then take special drawing tools and special dyes from the tool room...

Chen Xi is preparing to draw a structural diagram of the Folang machine cannon.

This is not Chen Xi's good at. Some things that can be seen on the outside are easy to draw, such as the appearance, and the proportions of each component, but the structure inside is enough for him, a liberal arts man to eat a pot. Fortunately, Shen Xi carefully studied the seized Folang machine cannon when he was in Quanzhou City, and found some Quanzhou craftsmen to analyze the framework structure, and now he can roughly draw the structural diagram based on memory.

The Folang machine cannon is an early rear-loaded smoothbore cannon, which belongs to the "child and child cannon". It consists of a main cannon and five to nine sub cannons, called the mother cannon and the child cannon respectively.

Before firing, fill the sub-gun with ammunition, and take turns to load the sub-gun into the ammunition chamber of the mother gun. After firing, exit the sub-gun and fill it in rotation. This can greatly improve the shooting efficiency.

The advantage of the Folang machine cannon is that it can be used as a city guard cannon suppressed by fire. The direction of the cannon faces is quite wide, equivalent to a shotgun. It can be overwhelmed by one shot. Whether it is a cavalry or infantry, it will definitely be damaged a lot, especially suitable for guarding the city at the northern border pass.

The disadvantage of this kind of cannon is that the gap between the sub-gun and the mother cannon is too large, and a closed gas environment cannot be formed when the cannon is fired, so that the range is not far.

But even so, it is much more advanced than the heavy artillery fired large iron balls in the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Xi thought that before he could not improve the Folang machine cannon, he must first learn this technique. Even if he was to draw a picture of a cat, it would be much better than Yelang's arrogant attitude.

The Ming Dynasty Ordnance was actually capable. With his advanced concepts as support, it is not difficult to catch up with Western artillery technology in a few years, and it can even continue to develop in the future and create cutting-edge weapons that lead the world.

Chen Xiquan did things with his ambition. He knew that he had many shortcomings, because he was just a liberal arts man who didn't know much about physics and chemistry. But he at least knew the huge advantage of installing a breeze firearm over installing a firearm before, understood the importance of rifle of the gun barrel, and understood the direction of scientific and technological progress and development. It was too profound. But it was okay to use what he had in his mind to guide the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty and break through the layer of window paper that hindered the progress of science and technology...

Chen Xi is busy here, while Xie Yuner and Lin Dai are watching strangely! For them, the things Chen Xi painted are too profound and complex. They have never seen ordinary Ming artillery before. Have you ever seen the more complicated Folang machine cannon?

At dinner time, Chen Xi still had no intention of giving up. Xie Yun'er didn't want to disturb Chen Xi, so she asked Zhu Shan to continue to heat up the food on the stove and wait for Chen Xi to finish her work.

After Chen Xi finished everything on hand, Lin Dai could no longer bear it and went back to the room, so only Xie Yuner was silently accompanying him with the light.

"It's dark before I knew it, when will it be?"

Chen Xi looked up at the night outside and felt a little tired.

"It's almost three updates!"

Xie Yuner complained a little, "It's the same for my husband. It's fine to be busy with business outside, but I don't know how to cherish my health when I come back... I'm asking Xiaoshan to warm up your meals in the kitchen."

Chen Xi smiled ashamed and said, "I will pay attention to you next time."

Xie Yuner went out to call Zhu Shan in person. After a while, she brought the meal with Zhu Shan. Zhu Shan stretched and then yawned, "I can finally go back to sleep."

Xie Yuner glanced at her: "I'm not old and haven't learned to be honest yet? It seems that my master has been ruined."

Zhu Shan secretly glanced at Chen Xi and found that Chen Xi was not angry. Then he left the study in disappointment. After the person left, Xie Yuner sat down and had dinner with Chen Xi.

"You have no use either?" Chen Xi looked at Xie Yuner.

Xie Yuner shook her head and said, "There are not so many bad rules in our family. I didn't say that the master would starve if he didn't eat. I and Dai'er had used it, but someone would eat it well with my husband. I would clean up after he had eaten it."

Chen Xi felt a sense of warmth after hearing this.

Xie Yuner is smart and virtuous, and can manage her family. The most important thing is to love others. She can keep her home with the style of a big wife. Such a wife is really hard to find even with a lantern.

While Chen Xi was having dinner, Xie Yuner looked at the structure of the cannon drawn by Chen Xi at the desk. She was careful, afraid that the candle tears would drop on it, so she didn't dare to reach out to touch it. She just felt that the things Chen Xi painted were so magical. After reading the text described above, she realized that it was a cannon and a cannon of Folang Jiren.

"Didn't my husband defeat the Folang Jiren? Why do you still have to draw things from Di Yi?" Xie Yun'er turned around and looked at Chen Xi.

Chen Xi said seriously: "Because they are advanced in artillery, we have to learn from our strengths and weaknesses. After checking, the people from the Ministry of Works found that there was nothing good. I thought it was a pity to give up, so I personally drew the drawings and handed them to Master Xie together with the memorial book, so that he could come to the sky to listen."

Xie Yuner smiled and said, "As a Hanyuan Academy official, are you worried about more things? People are just not concerned about their own affairs, but when they come to their husband, they take the initiative to take care of their work."

Chen Xi couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. Why didn't he want to be relaxed? But as a time traveler, the responsibilities he bears make him unable to feel relaxed.

Take the Folang machine cannon as an example. If history has not changed, it was not until the Jiajing period that it was imitated, which was delayed by more than 30 years. This means that during this period, the weapon manufacturing level of the Ming Dynasty basically stagnated. It was self-confidence, but the outside world has been renewed. The Folang machine cannon was followed by the red-clothed cannon, and then the rifled cannon and howitzer...

The world is progressing. Once the Ming Dynasty stops moving forward, it will not take long to fall behind the world.

Chen Xidao: "This is probably what Yun'er said, "You should work harder for those who are capable."

Hearing Chen Xi call her boudoir name, a blush appeared on Xie Yun'er's pink cheeks, which looked bright and charming under the candlelight. She asked softly: "Is that husband finished his work today?"

"Um."

Chen Xi put down the bowls and chopsticks, smiled and nodded.

Xie Yun'er became more and more embarrassed, even her ears and neck were red. She walked to Chenxi with small steps, as if she wanted to clean up the dishes, but her eyes fell more on her husband, and she whispered softly: "My husband is so busy today, so I shouldn't have been pestering her husband..."

Before she finished speaking, Chen Xi understood that Xie Yun'er was moved. At this time, he was no longer the old-fashioned child. He knew better and better understanding his wife, and he was no longer unable to do so.

At this time, silence is better than sound. He silently stepped forward and picked Xie Yun'er up horizontally.

"Mr...."

Xie Yuner didn't expect Chen Xi to be so domineering, but since it was her own mouth, Chen Xi was stronger, she felt extremely happy, at least she felt less guilty about "the old cow chewed the tender grass", "I'll clean up the bowls and chopsticks..."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "If there is Xiaoshan and the others, it will not be too late to get rid of it tomorrow. Their love for a hundred years with my wife will not be delayed for a moment."

Xie Yuner gave Chen Xi a shy look: "My husband is getting more and more inappropriate. Hush, whisper, don't wake Dai'er and Xiaoshan..."

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August 14th is the "midterm exam" period for Prince Zhu Houzhao. Chen Xi went to Zhan Shi's mansion to stumble on Mao as soon as the assessment was held in the afternoon, and in the morning he had to continue to go to the East Palace to give lectures to the prince.

After entering the Forbidden City, before heading to the Xiefang Hall, he broke into the cabinet and handed over the fruits of his hard work that had been working hard last night to Xie Qian.

After Xie Qian looked at it, his eyebrows and beard squeezed into pieces and asked, "What the hell is this? Since he is going to report the report, he should go to the Tongzheng and Envoy Department. What's the matter with me?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Isn't this asking Mr. Xie to check it out so that you won't submit it, and you will still be called back by you?"

Xie Qian glanced at Chen Xi and snorted softly: "You guy is a little smart... But, wasn't it because I suppressed your memorial that day and joked?"

"I dare not, but I dare not. In fact, the main purpose of showing Master Xie is to ask Master Xie to help correct me. If there is something inappropriate, the students can go back and modify it."

"This is still like a human word..."

Halfway through, Xie Qian stopped and glared at Chen Xi... As a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, I am busy with business and I am just going to make revisions for you on weekdays. Xie Qian turned around and thought: "I will use this kid more in the future. Now it's understandable to help him. The things he drew look pretty, but I can take them back and study them carefully."

Xie Qian said: "Leave the memorial and drawings, you go back first and go to the East Palace to give a lecture, but that will not be delayed for a moment."

Watching Chen Xi walk away, Xie Qian put the memorial and drawings into his arms and murmured in his mouth: "Help you correct it? Then you have to see when I have time..."

There was a meeting of the morning meeting on the afternoon of the day. Since there were still a few memorials on hand that had not prepared a ticket, Xie Qian returned to the cabinet and discussed with Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, and had no time to care about Chen Xi's memorials.

After the discussion was over, the time was almost over. Xie Qian simply packed up and went to the emperor's daily palace to the Qing Palace, and even forgot about having a memorial in his arms.

Originally, the Wu Dynasty was tomorrow, but probably to deal with everything before the festival. The court would have a day off during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Officials usually have a banquet to celebrate the reunion of their families at noon. The palace would also give a banquet to the palace at night, and there would be two delicious meals a day.

The atmosphere of the court meeting before the festival was relatively relaxed. After all, the Ming Dynasty is stable now, and the drought in North China and the Central Plains has been dealt with in a timely manner. The people of Gaoming City have returned to Beijing, and the other Tatars have withdrawn, and the frontier has been settled.

What is still important at the moment is that the people of Polangji and Urianha sent envoys to Beijing, how the imperial court should be received, and how the hunting after the Mid-Autumn Festival should be held, all need to be agreed upon.

The Ming Dynasty has not held a hunting event in the yard for many years. This activity has always been criticized by civil officials. In Confucianism, the emperor should govern the country with virtue, benevolence, etiquette, and filial piety. Hunting is simply a licentious play. However, this year, it has been invaded by foreign enemies, so the voices of opposition from the court are not so strong.

This is also the result of the clear and clear administration of civil servants below. An emperor like Zhu Youzhang is already very good. He always sings opposite to the emperor, thinking that when he becomes an emperor, he will always have a good temper and can tolerate his ministers to act wildly?

Besides, Qiuwei has always been praised by prosperous dynasties. Officials can leave the capital and relax outside. Even if they can't ride horses, they can finally follow the yard to have a few good meals. The autumn air is refreshing and drink some wine. Thinking about it, life seems to be very free.

The officials arrived at the Ganqing Palace with a relaxed attitude, but when the court meeting began, the topic was not so relaxed.

The Minister of War Ma Wensheng came up and asked that the soldiers in Beiguan were outdated and could not fight head-on with the Tatar cavalry during the war. He begged Emperor Hongzhi to increase military expenditure, improve equipment, and increase military salaries.

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ps: The second update is here!
Chapter completed!