Chapter 182 New Science and Technology Policy
He was a little nagging, but it was like the Tianyin Fairy Music in Chen Wanrong's ears. Since he left this time, Chen Wanrong has been thinking about the machine tools and steam engines all the time. When he heard this, he was overjoyed and asked, "Master Kou, have you all done it?"
Kou Yibing couldn't hold his mouth away: "General Chen, we haven't made the steam engine yet, but we are more and more confident in doing it. I believe that it will be almost done in another year and a half. We have already made several of this machine tools."
There were several units at once, which was really a big deal. Chen Wanrong was very happy. Just as he was about to speak, someone complained: "Master Kou, why did you say it to him? At least he had to guess and make him anxious."
It was Ye Tianheng who came forward with a smile, hugged Chen Wanrong with his arms, and kept looking at Chen Wanrong and said with a smile: "My friend, this has changed! I no longer kiss everyone when I met like before, and every move has murderous aura. Fortunately, I understand that my friend is not that kind of bad guy, otherwise, who dares to get close to you?"
Kou Yibing slapped his forehead and said, "Master Ye, you are right. I was just happy just now, but I didn't notice this section. General Chen, why have you changed?"
After the baptism of war, everyone had to change. Chen Wanrong smiled and said, "It's not that I want to change, it's because I have crawled in the pile of dead people a few times and have to change."
"My friend, have you ever killed someone?" Ye Tianheng blinked his eyes and asked in anticipation.
It was a shame to have never killed anyone on the battlefield. Chen Wanrong smiled and said, "Kill some."
Liu Huaide quickly came over, took the conversation and asked, "Tubo dogs are hateful, the more you kill, the better! Have you killed a hundred?"
Chen Wanrong joked: "Master Liu, do you think it's straw, and you're waiting for you to use a knife to harvest it? That's a human! It's not easy to kill a hundred people. It's almost dozens."
"Does? Too few! Our cannons are so powerful, only dozens of them. Sorry, we worked hard to make cannons day and night!" Ye Tianheng couldn't help but shake his head.
Chen Wanrong explained: "I used the saber created by Master Ye to chop dozens of heads, but it doesn't count with cannons."
Ye Tianheng's voice changed immediately: "That's almost the same! If we were to kill such a few people with artillery, I'm so sorry for us! Isn't it?"
"That's it!" A burst of laughter sounded.
Artillery is a masterpiece of military weapon surveillance. If Chen Wanrong had killed such a few people with artillery this time, he would definitely be sorry for these skilled craftsmen.
"Everyone goes into the house and says, don't stand here." Cao Zhixiong reminded, and everyone said yes, surrounded Chen Wanrong and entered the house.
As soon as he entered the room, Zhang Deming hurriedly brought tea to Chen Wanrong and said with a smile: "Master Chen, tell us about your killing of the enemy!"
"Yes, hurry up, we can wait and listen!" Everyone agreed.
Ye Tianheng sat down next to Chen Wanrong, and his crutch kept twitching on the ground: "My friend, we are very happy whenever you win a battle. Especially in the battle of Doma, it was shot down with cannons. We were so excited that we couldn't say it, we couldn't say it!"
Not only was I excited at that time, but now I was also very excited. My face turned red and my eyes were particularly bright.
The artillery condensed the hard work of the military weapon craftsman, and Ye Tianheng had a lot of hard work. When he thought of the power of the artillery, he couldn't help but erupted passion.
Since I came back yesterday, everyone who saw Chen Wanrong asked Chen Wanrong to talk about the war, even the paradise Sima Chengzhen was no exception. Ye Tianheng and the others were curious about Chen Wanrong's expectations. Although it was not surprising, the relationship was completely different. Sima Chengzhen and the others were curious, and Ye Tianheng and the others devoted their efforts to build artillery, and they knew it was natural.
After sorting out the ideas, Chen Wanrong told them about it, especially the use of artillery, and even said it carefully. Tubo's natural dangers all came down one after another when they encountered artillery, and everyone was not surprised at all. What excited them most was that Chen Wanrong used artillery to knock down Jide Zuzan and even lost his helmet. He cleverly applied it to Chen Wanrong and others, dismantling the fighting spirit of the Tubo army and leading to the defeat of the Tubo army.
"That's great! If we didn't have the artillery we made, we wouldn't have had such a big victory!" Ye Tianheng was extremely excited.
Without artillery, it was impossible to knock out the dangerous obstacles of Tubo. Although his words were a self-satisfactory word, they were pertinent. Everyone was echoing again, and everyone was proud and couldn't help but straighten their chests.
After Chen Wanrong finished speaking, he felt his mouth dry and drank three large cups of tea before he stopped his thirst: "I'm done, and you should talk about your affairs."
Kou Yibing laughed and took the conversation and said, "General Chen, fortunately I am here, you can know. If Brother Ye is here, you won't guess for a long time. Do you know how many happy events we have in our military weapon surveillance?"
He said he didn't keep him in a silence, and he sold more of his silence than anyone else. Chen Wanrong couldn't help but laugh: "Master Kou, I'm not a god. I don't have the ability to calculate and calculate. Don't make me anxious. Tell me to know."
Seeing that Chen Wanrong was anxious, Kou Yibing looked at Chen Wanrong with great pleasure and said, "General Chen, after you have left for this period, our military weapon supervisor has done several things: First, we have made a large number of artillery artillery. So far, we have made about two hundred doors. If we fight again in Tubo, your artillery will be more majestic."
"Majesty is majestic, but we will work harder after passing through the mountain of rocks!" Chen Wanrong sighed in his heart.
Liu Huaide was very excited and snatched the conversation and said, "The second thing is that our knives are made better. General Chen, our knives are very easy to use now, not as old as they were at the beginning. Third, the machine tools were not only built, but also several units were built at the same time. We built a workshop on the bank of the Wei River, dug a trench, and brought the water in, and used whatever we wanted."
Ye Tianheng patted Chen Wanrong's shoulder and said, "My friend, we have made progress in the steam engine. In a while, it will take at least one or two years to use it in three or two years. At first, we were confused about this steam engine. Later, when we explored it, we became more and more confident and we could definitely make it!"
Artillery, machine tools and steam engines, everything is a big deal
, with far-reaching influence. Artillery will change the war mode and is a major event in human history. Machine tools will start the era of machining, many machines will be manufactured, and the social foundation of the Tang Dynasty will take a big leap. I won’t talk about steam engines, which was an era of roaring machines. From human power, animal power, wind power, and hydraulic power to steam, the first time humans can control power, which is of epoch-making significance.
Among the three, it is a great thing to make major progress. The military weapon surveillance has made important progress in all three at once. This is not a happy event, but a great event! Chen Wanrong was so excited that he couldn't stop him. He asked: "I am on the order of the emperor to manage the military weapon surveillance. Are you willing to do it with me?"
There was no one in the room talking, just looking at him. After a while, Kou Yibing said: "General Chen, are you driving us away?"
This statement has something to do with teasing, and everyone agreed in unison.
Cao Zhixiong smiled and said, "General Chen, since you came to the military weapon supervision, our military weapon supervision has changed a lot. We can make knives that have not been solved for a hundred years, and we have also found some tricks for the steam engine that we never dared to imagine. We have also found some tricks when we dream of such a beautiful thing, unless you don't want us!"
"That's it!" A burst of laughter sounded.
Chen Wanrong was greatly encouraged and said, "First of all, what I want to say is that the current military weapon surveillance has not changed, and daily affairs are still handled by Master Kou and Master Liu. As for me, I am mainly responsible for the decisions of some important matters. Our military weapon surveillance has a skilled craftsman, but we lack the grasp of the general direction, so I mainly focus on this matter."
Ye Tianheng and other masters of military weapons supervision are skillful and have a deep skill in doing things, which makes people convinced. But there is one thing, due to the gap in the times, they lack theoretical guidance. Chen Wanrong is a graduate of modern universities and has a good understanding of modern technology. He is the director of Chen Wanrong as a theoretical guidance.
If Chen Wanrong's theory is combined with the wisdom of the Tang people, it can be imagined that it will make a splendid appearance and the Tang Dynasty's technology will surely achieve a qualitative leap!
Since he stayed in the military weapon surveillance for so long, Chen Wanrong has always wanted to do this. Now, the military weapon surveillance is under his control. How can he not do this most important thing?
As long as modern scientific and technological theory is taken root in the Tang Dynasty, the era of science and technology will come, and Chen Wanrong will travel through time for a while.
Thinking of the bright future, Chen Wanrong was very excited and said, "This second thing is that you masters are experienced and have only one lack of it. Do you know what it is?"
Those who can enter the military weapon surveillance are all great masters. While Chen Wanrong praised them, he also said that they had shortcomings, and they were all like two-meter-old quartz and were confused.
Chen Wanrong patted Ye Tianheng's shoulder and said, "Master Xiang Ye is a skilled craftsman with a lot of military weapons. But how many disciples are there? Only a few people."
"Is this too little?" Kou Yibing immediately objected: "General Chen, this is quite a lot. Our military weapon supervisor only has the most disciples."
Chen Wanrong quivered lightly and said, "This is the problem. A skilled craftsman like Master Ye, there are only a few disciples. So what about you? How many disciples have you ever received? You won't want to bring your knowledge into the coffin? Our ancestors made knives a hundred years ago, but what about us? There is no way for a whole hundred years. We can imagine that if our ancestors not only made this kind of knives but also found successors, would it take us a hundred years to explore again?"
Ancient Chinese technology is brilliant, but there is a shortcoming, that is, there is a problem in inheritance. Many technologies that are still amazing have been destroyed in the dust of history, which only make future generations sigh.
The reason for this situation is that the master passes on to disciples is word of mouth. There is a very famous word in modern times called "ancestral inheritance". A secret recipe can be passed down for hundreds of years without improvement. Once an accident occurs, such as war, the person who holds the secret suddenly dies, and the ancestors' hard work disappears from then on, which is so regrettable.
When this was the crux of the matter, everyone was stunned. Look at me, I look at you, and I can't answer in words.
Ye Tianheng said: "My friend, what do you think you should do?"
Chen Wanrong had already matured his idea of this: "I want to find you a group of smart people and teach them. It is not that you want you to teach them step by step, but that you want you to teach them why they do this? What are the benefits of doing this? What are the disadvantages?"
Chen Wanrong wanted to run a modern science and technology school. If we really do this, modern technology will take root in the Tang Dynasty, and the era of science and technology is just around the corner. It is not impossible for Chen Wanrong to teach himself. First, a person's energy is limited and it is impossible to teach. Second, Chen Wanrong is proficient in modern science and technology, and those smart children of the Tang people who have no foundation may not understand it. It is better to use Chen Wanrong to teach these masters with rich experience and teach these people, and the effect will be completely different.
Ye Tianheng and others are experienced. If they receive the theoretical guidance of Chen Wanrong, they will achieve a qualitative leap. They will teach these people more suitable for the Tang Dynasty and will not go ahead. Furthermore, if there are more people, there will be more people in the church, which is what Chen Wanrong wants most.
The idea was very good, but it was a bit disagreeable with Ye Tianheng and others' ideas, and they were all stunned. After a while, Kou Yibing hesitated and said, "General Chen, is this suitable? We accept disciples, but we are not very smart people."
The ancients accepted disciples and were similar to those of Buddhists who saved people. Buddhism talked about wisdom and they valued qualifications. Anyone who gave them a favourite was extremely outstanding. When Kou Yibing said this to their hearts, they all agreed.
"I have to break your concept and this idea today!" Chen Wanrong made up his mind and analyzed: "Master Kou is right. It's just that if you don't like someone, you won't accept disciples? Are you going to bring your knowledge into the coffin? Do you have the heart to bear it? If the ancestor who made knives can accept a disciple, it doesn't require too high qualifications. Even if he is a mediocre person, as long as he can pass on his methods, we can save a hundred years. Even if the person I find is not favorable, as long as they can pass on your experience and methods, they will always meet people with extraordinary qualifications to carry forward it."
Ye Tianheng and the others just listened quietly, but still no response.
Chen Wanrong was a little angry and said loudly: "Confucius created Confucianism. Although there were 72 talents, who really promoted Confucianism? It was Mencius! Did Mencius meet Confucius? No! It was Mencius who read Confucius' books and was guided by Confucian scholars. He became a great master of the generation and promoted Confucianism."
Ye Tianheng sighed and said, "My friend, stop talking, I will listen to you. If you find someone, I will teach you and teach you all your money! It took a whole hundred years for knives and military weapons supervisors, and only those ancestors need to leave a piece of paper, we will not spend so much effort!" He felt heartbroken and kept ticking the crutches on the ground.
Knives are a heart-wrenching problem in military weapon surveillance and a painful lesson. Everyone no longer opposed Ye Tianheng's statement. He said it in a verbal way and would definitely do what Chen Wanrong said and teach it.
This matter has a lot to do with it. Chen Wanrong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and clasped his fists and said, "Thank you everyone!"
Liu Huaide was a little confused: "General Chen, it's okay for us to teach, but where are you looking for someone?"
Chen Wanrong was full of confidence: "One is that I went to the Imperial College to pick a group of smart people from the people."
Kou Yibing was a little disbelief: "Will those people from the Imperial College come? They are all looking forward to becoming officials!"
The Imperial College was mainly responsible for cultivating officials for the Tang Dynasty. Most of the students in the Imperial College wanted to be officials, and this was a big deal. However, Chen Wanrong had other ways and smiled and said, "Master Kou, don't worry about this matter. If the students in the Imperial College do not come, I can also write a letter to the emperor and ask the emperor to give us the students of the county library who cannot enter the Imperial College."
Ye Tianheng smiled and said, "My friend, you have a good idea. But there is one thing. Will they come? The students in the county hall cannot join the Imperial College, just as an aide or join the army, so how can they come to the military weapon supervision?"
Chen Wanrong had long been calculating about this and said with a smile: "Master Ye, don't worry. I told the emperor that any student who comes to the military weapon supervision will give them fame and official positions. If it were in the past, the emperor might not agree. Now it is different. The artillery we made will show our skills and will have a great victory in Tubo. If these students can create weapons that are more powerful than artillery in the future, do you think the emperor would disagree?"
There are many more weapons than the bronze cannons made by Chen Wanrong. They only need to replace the black gunpowder with modern solid explosives, which is much more powerful. However, the Tang Dynasty did not have such conditions yet, so they could only postpone it.
The artillery set an example, and Ruizong would definitely agree that this matter would be completed. Everyone was very happy and laughed in unison.
"Everyone agrees? If you agree, I will consider writing a letter to the emperor!" Chen Wanrong glanced at everyone, nodded in praise, and the matter was settled.
Kou Yibing thought happily: "If this is true, we don't have to bring all our knowledge into the coffin, and pass it on to future generations. After decades, hundreds of years, there will be no lost skills. By then, what will we do in China?"
If all the technology created by our ancestors could be passed down, will our technology lag behind the West in modern times? Maybe, but it is certain that we will never lag so much!
Once this matter was made, Chen Wanrong was relieved and then went to see the cannons. In the warehouse, the cannons were docked neatly. Chen Wanrong could see at a glance that the cannons are much better than the thirty-five ones that were pulled to Tubo. He patted Ye Tianheng on the shoulder and joked: "Okay, Master Ye, you are actually hiding your own private parts! This cannon is better than what we use!"
"This is not called hiding your own self, it is called practicing making perfect! I have done so much, if I can't do it better, wouldn't I live in vain?" Ye Tianheng was very happy, and the crutch in his hand kept twitching the ground, making a tick.
Kou Yibing attacked Ye Tianheng and said, "Brother Ye, what's the best of your cannon? Our machine tool is just a good word! General Chen, should you go and take a look? You can't imagine it!"
Chapter completed!