I am the king of the dead

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand, clicked on his blueprint and said, "Xing'an, what's the use of a newborn baby?"

"It is not as powerful as an animal, or even as human, because it is a baby now."

"In the second year of Shaoxing in the early Southern Song Dynasty, Chen Gui was stationed in De'an, and Jin soldiers came to invade. Chen Gui made [-] bamboo pole muskets, with giant bamboo as the tube, and the inner security nest. After ignition, the nest made a sound like a cannon, and it was heard a hundred and five times. For more than ten steps, the first burst of musket was to scare the horses with sound."

"The current hand guns, bird guns, flintlock guns, long guns, carrying guns, general guns, sub-cup guns, black dragon guns, and flower bombs, do they still rely on sound?"

"This thing, Dali Daming."

"Do you still remember the treadmill I saw in Guangzhou Mansion?"

Xing'an hurriedly said: "Remember."

Zhu Qiyu looked at his blueprint. This is the first double-acting piston, which is the well-known improved version of Watt's steam engine. He continued: "Treading the water wheel is a person stepping on the hub, and there is another kind of bullock cart. The cow surrounds the wooden wheel. The stake turns, the stake drives the sprocket, and the sprocket drives the water wheel for watering."

"If this thing is used, can it save manpower and animal power?"

Zhu Qiyu has actually seen an animal-powered waterwheel, which is very useful, but it is useless for cattle. A cow can only work for an hour and a half a day. If it works too much, you have to add beans to the forage, otherwise the cow will never do it.

If they refused to give the beans, they would have to be whipped. A buffalo with a bad temper would have a gastroparesis on the head, but a yellow ox with a good temper would also kick it and lie motionless on the ground.

Unlike people, who draw a cake and are willing to work overtime before their hunger is satisfied, cows must add beans to the forage.

Zhu Qiyu continued to outline his double-action piston steam engine, and asked, "Do you still remember the eighty-spindle spinning wheel?"

"Remember." Xing'an replied again.

Zhu Qiyu drew the blueprint stroke by stroke, and said casually: "Songjiang Prefecture is full of cotton fields, there is no farmland at all, and there are farmers who lost their land everywhere, but the [-]-spindle spinning wheel, except for our Songjiang Prefecture Weaving Bureau, there is no one. People want to use it."

"It stands to reason that with the shuttle, the efficiency of weaving has been greatly improved, and the supply of cotton spinning is in short supply. Is the spinning wheel with [-] spindles faster than the one with a single spindle?"

"Why is no one using it?"

"Because the cost of buying an [-]-spindle spinning wheel to build a workshop is higher than the cost of buying cotton spinning from ordinary people's homes, they naturally don't buy it, and they don't know how to set up a workshop to produce it."

"Until Uncle Huang said that he wanted to set up an official supply and marketing store and go to the countryside to collect cotton spinning, these luxurious and wealthy households finally agreed to use eighty-spindle spinning wheels and set up cotton workshops."

"Da Ming's labor cost is really too low."

Zhu Qiyu was talking about a past. When he visited Songjiang Mansion in the south, Li Binyan talked to His Majesty about the problem of promoting the [-]-spindle spinning wheel.

The cost of setting up a cotton workshop, buying a spinning wheel, and hiring craftsmen is far higher than the price of buying cotton directly from farmers, and it is much higher.

The labor cost is too low, which is the excellent moral character of the Ming people who are often praised by everyone, and they are hard-working.

When I was in school, someone kept saying in Zhu Qiyu's ear that there were several reasons why the industrial revolution happened in central England.

The first reason is that the constitutional monarchy has stabilized the government in England. There has been no war in the past [-] years, and it has provided a stable social environment for the industrial revolution.

However, the stability of the Central Plains Dynasty lasted for hundreds of years.

The second reason is the land enclosure movement. Landlords acquired a large amount of land, which improved production efficiency. Landless peasants moved to cities and towns, which provided conditions for the incubation of the Industrial Revolution.

For more than three hundred years in the Song and Song Dynasties, there was no land system, mergers were not suppressed, and official land was sold.

Is there a qualitative leap in productivity in the Song Dynasty?

On the contrary, in the last years of the Song Dynasty, a large number of land escaped from farming, and the people did not cultivate it, which eventually led to the collapse of the small peasant economy and the failure to establish a commodity economy.

The third reason is that the central part of England has a large amount of coal resources, and the production cost of using machinery is lower than that of human production.

Liaodong Plant, Shijing Plant, Jining Plant, Shengzhou Plant, Liuzhi Plant, Jianghuai Plant, Ma'an Plant, Guangzhou Xingning Plant, and the Guangping Plant under construction, which one is not rich in coal resources?

Zhu Qiyu has been thinking about this matter, and later found out that he wants to really carry out the industrial revolution and transform the small peasant economy into a commodity economy.

It is necessary to find ways to unite craftsmen and farmers, such as farms, such as trade unions, only to organize laborers and increase their bargaining power;

Only then can the labor remuneration of craftsmen be increased from top to bottom and from bottom to top, and craftsmen with money can create demand and create a market in which demand exceeds supply;

With the expansion of market demand, manual production cannot meet market demand, and only then will someone artificially increase productivity on a large scale to meet the market, develop and use advanced production tools, and productivity will increase.

Finally realize Zhu Qiyu's program and goal: to make Daming great again.

Coal, steel, and steam are the foundations of the industrial revolution, but the industrial revolution is not only the replacement of production tools, but also changes in society, ideas, and lifestyles. It is an era of great changes.

Zhu Qiyu is committed to improving the productivity of Ming Dynasty, and then promoting social structural changes.

Among the scholars, His Majesty, the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had an nickname other than Emperor Zhenwu, and his name was Blacksmith.

Zhu Qiyu has been living in seclusion, making a steam engine that can be used to improve Ming's productivity.

The blacksmith emperor is forging iron, but Annan'emperor' Li Yimin, who has been declared war by Ming Dynasty, what is he doing?

"Hahaha!" Li Yimin burst into laughter, tears came out of his laughter, drinking iced sour plum soup, looking at the five strong men in front of him, he laughed wildly, his laughing faces twisted together.

The five strong men in front of Li Yimin are the sergeants of the Thang Long Army and the Imperial Guard. These sergeants are heavy-backed, and they are definitely good fighters on the battlefield, but they all look pained at the moment.

They were playing with Li Yimin.

Play a game of snapping a bowstring.

Everyone has three crossed bowstrings tied on their bodies, paper balls stuffed in their noses, and whistles stuffed in their mouths.

Two people pressed one of them, and the remaining two pulled the bowstring with an iron hook. After the bowstring was fully drawn, they released it forcefully. The bowstring hit the body heavily, leaving a bloody red mark.

If the whistle blows in the mouth of the person who is flicked by the bowstring, he will be punished and flicked again. In order not to be flicked, the person who is held down will be red-faced, gritted his teeth and endured the pain, and dare not let his mouth The whistle sounded.

The places where it can be played include not limited to the tiger's mouth, wrist, back of hand, front chest, back, thighs, calf, instep and other places.

This pain game does not only include bowstrings, willow sticks, acupuncture, etc., and it is not only the strong men of the imperial army, but also the maidservants.

After every scream, Li Yimin burst out laughing, and the maidservants were all pale with fright, in stark contrast to the flushed face of the strong man who was pinned down.

At this time, the maids in the palace often feel that they might as well be sold to Daming.

A eunuch hurried in and said out of breath, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

"Why are you so flustered, what's the proper way?" Li Yimin said dissatisfiedly to the eunuch, he was happy here, but this eunuch disturbed his mood.

"Liu Taiwei has come into the palace and said he has something important to report." The eunuch bowed his head and said hurriedly.

Li Yimin's expression changed instantly, and he waved his arms and said, "Hurry up, get rid of it, get rid of it! Taiwei Liu saw it, and he's going to nag again, get rid of it quickly."

At this time, Liu Pu was climbing up the stairs. When he entered the palace, he naturally had something important to report. As soon as he looked up, he saw the guards in a hurry. When he moved his nose, he immediately smelled the smell of iron rust. Looking at these people With a concealed appearance, he stopped several people.

"I've met Taiwei Liu." The five greeted in a panic.

Liu Pu took out a few taels of silver and ten silver coins from his sleeve and said, "Come on, come on, give some wound medicine money to the brothers. The Holy Lord is still young and his temperament has not yet been determined. You have worked hard."

Several imperial guards held the money in their hands, and they didn't shed any tears when they were struck by the bowstring. They fell to the ground like beans. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Liu, thank you, Mrs. Liu!" Captain!"

This money can be taken, because it was given by Liu Taiwei, Liu Taiwei is their immediate boss, Liu Taiwei gave this money, it means that if Li Yimin blames, Liu Taiwei will resist.

"Get up quickly, get up quickly." Liu Pu stretched out his hand and pulled them up and said, "Go back quickly, you must find a doctor to take a good look at it, go, go."

Liu Pu looked at the backs of several strong men. They should have gone to battle to kill the enemy and make contributions, but they had to suffer this kind of humiliation and torture.

Chapter 777 One Hundred Thousand Mountains and One Road Only Lang Son Can Pass

Liu Pu stood in front of the bedroom of the Shenglong Palace, watching the five strong men, helping each other to leave the hall, Li Yimin was messing around, and the whole city of Shenglong knew about it.

The Ming army has already issued a call to arms and sent a call to Annan, and the entire north of Annan has a tendency to spread the call. People's hearts are unstable, and the army has turned into bandits, burning, killing and looting everywhere, and military disasters have covered the entire north of Annan.

And Li Sicheng, the fourth brother in the south, was in Tsinghua, like a mad dog, crazily pulling a strong man into the pro-military governor's mansion, planning to kill the boss Li Yimin before the Ming army arrived at Shenglong City.

In this situation, Li Yimin is still messing around.

Liu Pu looked back at the main hall of Shenglong Forbidden City, and froze in place for a while.

Like, so similar.

Daming during Zhengtong years and An Nanguo now are too similar.

The monarch is messing around, civil servants are fighting among themselves, generals are trying to get rich, and the people are rebelling, and the world is in turmoil.

Liu Pu really got used to such an environment, as if he had returned home, he waited for his servant to announce the decree to see him before he walked into the bedroom and reported the pond newspaper during this period.

After Liu Pu saw the ceremony, he lowered his head and said, "Aman of the Mo family led 2 people to detour to Shangshixi Prefecture to attack Pingxiang, Guangxi, and confronted the Ming army for three days."

"Being joined by the Ming army, more than [-] people were wiped out, and the remaining [-] surrendered to the Ming army, and were castrated and sent to Liuzhichang to dig coal."

The first thing was that the army went alone. Mo's Aman led more than 2 sergeants to fight Pingxiang, and the whole army was wiped out.

Liu Pu didn't want to understand why, where did he have the courage to attack Pingxiang when the Ming army was on the border with Chen Bing?

When Li Li was alive, Li Li didn't have the guts. After winning a battle, Li Li made a private peace with Wang Tong, and then formed an alliance privately. After declaring independence, he never dared to attack the Ming army again and sent the Ming army out of the country.

Li Yimin already knew about this matter and the result, which was also part of the Ming Army's call to action.

Obviously it was An Nan who was beaten, but Li Yimin didn't even have a reason to refute, because it was An Nan who beat Daming first!

Daming fought back.

If he didn't know that Mo's group of idiots, Daming, didn't look down on him at all, Li Yimin even suspected that Mo's was an inner ghost, who specially cooperated with Daming, giving Daming an excuse and a reason to start the war.

"A detour, can that place be detoured? After detours, there will be no return." Li Yimin complained, walking alone, rushing to die, Shangshi Xizhou, Yuan Guogong Ruan Chi can detour, so can Mo Shi?

Liu Pu put down a Tang newspaper, picked up another one and continued: "The Ming army passed on to Shangsilang Prefecture, and the Shangsilang Army general Zheng Zhai led the city's Chinese military, surrendered to Daming, presented the Yellow Book of Fish Scales, The six counties of Silang Prefecture belong to Daming."

"Surrendered?" Li Yimin asked with a serious face.

Liu Pu confirmed again: "Yes, I surrendered, isn't this something I guessed a long time ago?"

As the commander-in-chief of Guangdong and Guangxi, Liu Pu knew the situation in Shangsilang Prefecture too well.

Because of its geographical location such as mountains and hydrology, Shangsilang Prefecture is more convenient to travel with Longzhou in Daming, and it is impossible to pee in the same pot with Annan.

If Daming doesn't come over, the six counties of Shangsilang Prefecture want to be merged into Daming. When Daming calls, the soldiers and civilians of Shangsilang Prefecture immediately, immediately, without any hesitation, under the leadership of the generals and prefects, hold the yellow books and fish scale books , surrendered joyfully.

"Forget it." Li Yimin waved his hand, although he was a little irritable, but he had to accept this fact.

Liu Pu put down the Tang newspaper in Shangsilang Prefecture, picked up another Tang newspaper, and said: "Guangyuan Prefecture, Qiyuan Prefecture, Shangwen Prefecture, and Lang Son Prefecture have discovered the Daming scout Duntai Yuanhou, five branches of a hundred people The scouts of the team went to encircle and suppress, but they did not return at night, and got the news from Daming that the five hundred-man teams were beheaded by more than a hundred people, and scattered and fled."

"Other places are fine, but Lang Son Mansion, Holy Master, only by guarding Lang Son can we guard Thang Long. If Lang Son is lost, Thang Long will be lost. This place is very important."

One hundred thousand mountains and one road, only Lang Son can pass.

Annan has been going back and forth since the end of the Qin Dynasty. Only by guarding Lang Son can he guard Thang Long; Once Lang Son was captured, Annan was captured.

Lang Son is a mountain city, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and difficult to attack. As long as Lang Son can be defended, it will have the capital to negotiate with Daming, otherwise everything will be empty talk.

Liu Pu said very worriedly: "My lord, this time is different from the six years of Yongle. This time, the Ming army is likely to take the Qinzhou waterway to Luofu, and attack our important coastal town in Annan along the way."

"Furthermore, the Yunnan-Guizhou army of the Ming Dynasty will come down from the Red River, but it should be mainly to harass and attract our troops. After all, the [-]-strong mountain is difficult to pass through."

Daming's offensive is in three directions. The direction of the upper reaches of the Red River is not the main force of the Ming's Yunnan-Guizhou frontier army.

The remaining two roads are played by land and sea.

All the way south from Zhennanguan land road, all the way south from Qinzhou sea road.

Li Yimin said with a painful face: "Whatever is good, what is good, it's all the fourth brother's fault!"

"It's hard to go one way, what should I do if I go two ways?"

"It's not that he's playing these brothers' tricks in Tsinghua, so Gu can still be in such a difficult situation now, regardless of the beginning and the end?"

Liu Pu bowed his head and said: "The minister has three strategies."

"The best strategy is to take both sea and land into consideration. Deploy heavy troops to defend Jing'an area to prevent the Ming army from coming by sea. In Lang Son Prefecture, the walls are clear and the country can't go in or out. With a strong city, when it's hot, the Ming army will naturally retreat. gone."

Li Yimin stood up, looked at Kanyu map and shook his head and said, "No, take care of both sea and land, and then abandon both sea and land. The Ming army has so many weapons, what is indestructible!"

"Hailongwei is nearly a hundred feet high, and there is only one road up the mountain. Isn't it smashed by the Ming army's artillery on the opposite cliff?"

Li Yimin saw with his own eyes how sharp the artillery of Haining and Lujiang was in Daming Songjiang Mansion. The Japanese pirates and the remnants of the Nanya government were torn to pieces under the artillery, and that scene is vivid in his memory.

Liu Pu continued: "I don't care about the waterway, I only care about the land way, and I put all my eggs in one basket. In Langshan, I beat the Ming army back to Zhennan Pass, and wrote to the Ming Dynasty. I, Annan, have the heart of a minister."

"My lord, if you can't get it on the battlefield, you can't get it through negotiation. The middle strategy is to seek peace through war."

Li Yimin pondered for a moment and said, "Go on."

Liu Pu raised his hand and said: "The best strategy is to make peace with the fourth brother Li Sicheng, make him the side-by-side king, appease the Tsinghua rebels, do our best to deal with the Ming's offensive, and recruit civilians to fight against the Ming army in Lang Son every step of the way, fighting for every inch of land! "

"If Langshan is defeated, we will retreat to Wanya Prefecture and Langjiang Prefecture, and if we lose again, we will retreat again!"

"It's a life-and-death fight with Da Ming. Even if you retreat to the Ruan family's Guangnan country or Siam, you have to break it into pieces and join hands with the people in the countryside to resist to the end and fight to the end!"

"The Great Ming Army worked hard to mobilize the masses, aiming to transform Annan into king. In such a bloody battle, I, Annan, suffered heavy casualties. Naturally, the Ming Dynasty was not much better, and the Ming Army retreated."

The best way to fight is to fight against bullying from outside the wall, even if there is a quarrel within the family, when facing the invasion of foreign enemies, you must join hands to resist the enemy.

Liu Pu felt that if this best policy could be implemented, the Ming army would be a heavenly soldier and general, and would fall into the quagmire of the Annan War. The quick victory would turn into a security war, and the security war would turn into a puddle of mud.

"Inappropriate!" Li Yimin's face changed drastically, he pointed at Qinghua Mansion and nodded vigorously, and said angrily: "You let Gu and the fourth child reconcile? Why don't you kill Gu Yi now!"