Two days later, in Huang Daozhou's mansion, an extraordinary experiment began.
The site was chosen in an ordinary meeting room, and there were no special items, but it was here. It was all the well-known figures of the Donglin Party who were present, such as He Kai, Yu Shi Lin Lanyou, etc. Wait, all are there, the lineup is luxurious.
Of course, the most dazzling and busiest person among them is Yang Shanlu. He is the host of this experiment, and at his age, he has to face a group of middle-aged and elderly people. It means.
But at this moment, seeing him busy at a table, making all kinds of preparations, many wise men of the Donglin Party have their eyes widened, watching how he operates!
And what he prepared is not too complicated. It's just a kettle for boiling water, with some water in the pot, plus an iron plate. Such a simple thing can prove how God rained? This makes these Donglin Party members even more curious. "
After some debugging, the preparatory work was completed, but when Yang Shanlu was about to start, there was a small gangbang in the living room... because another guest came outside the door!
This guest is still known to everyone, although he only wore an ordinary cotton robe, but the melancholy color between his brows, and the slightly grey hair on the temples, who else is not Chongzhen, who is not a wise man!
"Ah! I've seen..." Although most of these Donglin Party members have a bad sense of Chongzhen (I think it's because of him, so it doesn't rain), but this one is the ninth-five god, so after seeing him, They all wanted to kneel down. Unexpectedly, Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "This is a private visit by Weifu, so please feel free."
This is what Chongzhen said is also true. The reason why he came this time was to see the experiment done by Yang Shanlu to get rid of the charges for himself. After hearing Chongzhen say this, everyone returned to their seats, but With the arrival of Chongzhen, I feel that the specifications of this experiment are even higher.
As for Yang Shanlu, seeing that even Chongzhen was here, he was even more happy. In fact, he knew very well that the Ming Dynasty had already had the budding of capitalism here, but in general, he had taken a fork in the road and liked to use Confucianism. Govern the country, not by science and technology! But now, if we can change the senses of everyone through such an experiment, and then improve the status of science and technology, it will still be a great success.
At this time, Yang Shanlu is also ready. In fact, the experiment is really simple. That is, Yang Shanlu made people boil a pot of boiling water. After the water boils, he just put the pot on top of the boiling water. At half a meter, an iron plate was placed.
Then he uncovered the lid of the kettle, and boiling steam came out one after another, rushing straight to the iron plate, and after he started the experiment, although Chongzhen and others did not understand, they did not. It prevented them from staring at each other with wide eyes.
Only quickly, they were surprised to find that as more and more water vapor came out, after encountering the cold iron plate, tiny water droplets began to form on it, even with time With the passage of time, the condensed water droplets have become larger and larger. When the adhesion force of the water droplets on the iron plate is not enough to continue to maintain, droplets of droplets begin to drip.
And watching the drops of water dripping from the air to the ground, among them, there is a quick response like Huang Daozhou, which has already seen the clues, and the expression is extremely surprised. Even Chongzhen, who is slightly less qualified, has seen this scene. It seemed that he had understood something, but he hadn't fully understood it yet, so he asked Yang Shanlu quickly: "Zhenguo, please tell me, what is the truth?"
Yang Shanlu saw his appearance, including the urgent appearance of the Donglin Party members, and felt very emotional. In fact, in the later generations of this experiment, elementary school students will know what happened, but in this era, even these The elites of the times still don’t understand, but on the other hand, because of this, this is the first step to unlock the wisdom of the people...
So Yang Shanlu said seriously: "His Royal Highness, what I have just demonstrated is the process of rain. Look, first of all we see that the water is heated, and then it turns into water vapor, but this The steam floats in the air, and when it hits the iron plate whose temperature is lower than it, it will become water droplets and fall down again. This is the process of God's rain.
Of course, some of these things can be replaced. For example, the pot of water we saw can be regarded as a large lake. The heating process is the sun's light, and then the evaporated water vapor floats into the air. After lowering, it condensed into water droplets again, landing on the ground, and this is a complete rainfall process. "
"So that's the case, I understand." Chongzhen's face looked very excited. In his opinion, this experiment is really very simple. Boiling water is also done every day. I didn't expect to evolve a little, but it can express old age. The reason why it rains is really amazing!
And this is still a living example, which effectively explains the raining process, and has nothing to do with him as an emperor.
Including those Donglin Party members, they are also eye-opening and thoughtful. They can be said to be highly talented and rich in learning, and they can memorize the Four Books and Five Classics back and forth! But these are all knowledge of Confucianism. If you really want to be practical, you will be blind.
And now, Yang Shanlu gave them a lively experimental class, which allowed them to see the world from another perspective.
Even among them, Huang Daozhou, the leader of the Donglin Party, couldn’t help but sigh, “Sure enough, I’ve lived to grow old and learnt. I actually understand another truth today, and I will be able to brag to others everywhere in the future. It’s just that. Now that there is a severe drought everywhere in the world, can you make it rain more in Zhenguo?"
"There is no good way to do this, but you can ask for water from the ground." After all, Yang Shanlu is very clear that this kind of little ice age is difficult to meet in a thousand years, so it is very easy to explain this principle, but think It is very difficult to change, and of course it is not impossible.
Yang Shanlu went on to say: “We can ask for water from the ground. Now it doesn’t rain in the sky, but I am still rich in underground water resources. As long as I am willing to dig deep water wells, strengthen farmland facilities, and retain water and moisture, we can still survive natural disasters. of."
"Hey-"
But when I heard him say this, the Donglin Party members present, including Chongzhen, all sighed in unison... After all, they still want money! After all, if you want to drill a deep water well, you will also need to be equipped with large livestock to carry water. This investment is very huge, and with the current economic situation of the imperial court, it is obviously impossible to popularize it.
However, among the people here, there are still a lot of private fields, and these people started to use their brains. Since God is unreliable, you can also consider starting from this aspect. After all, the income of private fields is all Their own...
Looking at the reactions of the people, Yang Shanlu knew even more that this was already a useful attempt to make these Donglin Party members who feel that half of the Analects rule the world, look at the world in a different way. As for Chongzhen, then Needless to say, as the head of a big empire, his thoughts change is even more important.
But now, there are ideological changes from the emperor to the court officials, even if they pay more attention to it, the impact on this country is very far-reaching.
After all, I used to dismiss these as marvellous skills and clever, completely dismissive of them, but now
Even from the perspective of the overall situation, the current court is full of social ills, increasingly serious natural disasters, increasingly corrupt government officials, increasingly fierce courtiers, continuous gangs, and the clearing of soldiers, the treasury is emptied, and the financial accumulation is hard to return. It is the most critical moment.
Including in the original history, it only lasted for another six years. Yu Chongzhen declared annihilation in the seventeenth year. Including this, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the situation was not good, and sinned five times, and it was of no avail. But now, I hope. This kind of change can give this big empire a chance to rise up.
Moreover, this change is still effective. After seeing Yang Shanlu’s experiment, Chongzhen decided on the spot to set up a science and technology department in addition to the Dyeing and Weaving Department under the original Ministry of Industry. Research, this can be said to be a welcome change.
After doing this, Yang Shanlu was going back to the house, ready to spend the New Year quietly-there are still three days.
And this New Year, Yang Fuzhong is still very lively, because Yang Shanlu's mother Sun, including his wife Wuyunna, all took them over and celebrated the New Year together.
Even Liu Hongli, the prospective daughter-in-law of Yang Shanlu, came to the capital with them. Although the troubles are tedious, there are still lovers who eventually become family members. The two of them have been settled. On the sixth day of the first lunar month after the Chinese New Year, the two Good job done! Moreover, Liu Hongli also has a house in Beijing, so it is very convenient to get married.
With Yang Shanlu’s current status in the Yang Mansion, after learning that he was going to marry again, the entire Yang Mansion was immediately busy. Even if it is unhappy, like the Yang Shansong mother and son, they can’t go against this general trend... I didn’t see it. What kind of shit experiment was done this time, did the emperor praise him again? So I can only sulk in the back.
Even among these, even Yang Shanlu's second brother, Yang Shanzi, came to congratulate him, and also euphemistically expressed a wish, that is, whether he can find a position in his army.
When Yang Shanlu heard this, he immediately agreed. When he was in the Yang Mansion before, he had a very good relationship with this second brother, and then this second brother was still quite talented. As a clerk in his army, he will gradually improve after he has given credit.
As for Yang Shanzi, he was very happy to hear that. He was also born as a concubine, so his father Yang Sichang could not arrange a good position for him. In the original history, Yang Sichang had only arranged him a sixth rank of the Ministry of War. The principal, but he was resigned soon after Yang Sichang's death, but now, this is the father-son soldier, the brother-in-law.
After finishing this matter, the next step is to greet the New Year with joy. (End of this chapter)