Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 136

When Zhu Di heard that the land was as vast as that of the Ming Dynasty, he immediately felt envious.

Although this is overseas, once it is occupied, it is equivalent to creating another Ming Dynasty!

In fact, not only Zhu Di was satisfied, but Zhu Yuanzhang was also very satisfied.

Such a good place should of course be left to my son.

How can we allow those uncivilized natives and barbarians to occupy such a rich land?

After asking about the situation in Australia, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately spoke again:

"Third, we heard you transferred a craftsman from the Ministry of Industry who was developing firearms. Do you want to manufacture firearms?"

Wei Wu did not hide anything and immediately said:

"That's right. The firearms of our Ming Dynasty are too backward. The hand cannons and bowl-mouth cannons are not only weak in power, but also inaccurate."

"I plan to develop a more advanced firearm that is not only more powerful and has a longer range, but also does not require you to carry a source of fire with you."

Before the flintlock, both hand cannons and matchlock rifles required a fire source to ignite before firing.

The only difference is that the arquebus only needs to be fired once, but it is still troublesome and wastes a lot of time.

In contrast, a flintlock only requires flint and steel, although it also has the disadvantage of being prone to misfires.

But compared with the previous one, it’s just a matter of pulling the trigger again.

After listening to Wei Wu's description, not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, even Zhu Biao and Zhu Di understood the gap.

However, although he knew it was a good thing, Zhu Yuanzhang was not anxious. Instead, he gave Wei Wu some advice.

"Xiao Wu, will researching firearms delay the progress of steam engines? If so, we should focus on steam engines."

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhu. I won't start with firearms right away. I'll just tell them the basic theory first."

What Wei Wu wants to do is never just to provide technology, but to convey the scientific foundation and methods.

If you only provide technology, even if something is manufactured, you will only know the result but not the reason.

Eventually, technology will stagnate, and what Wei Wu needs to do is to make them understand why.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. As long as the steam engine was not affected, he didn't care about anything else. He believed that Wei Wu would definitely be able to control it.

"In that case, we'll send two more craftsmen to your place, saving you the trouble of teaching them over and over again."

"Okay, please feel free to send it over! We will train talents for the Ming Dynasty. The more the better."

Wei Wu responded with a smile, but as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Biao interrupted.

"Since we're cultivating talents anyway, Xiao Wu, why don't you help me, your big brother, train some Xiongying!"

"what?"

When Wei Wu heard Zhu Biao's words, he was stunned.

What the hell!

I am almost illiterate in this Ming Dynasty. Apart from recognizing words, I only know the names of the Four Books and Five Classics.

Let an illiterate person train the crown prince?

It is undeniable that technology is indeed important, but technology is only important for the development of a country.

Governing a country does not rely on technology, and the emperor only needs to know how to govern the country.

Seeing Wei Wu's expression, Zhu Biao knew that he had misunderstood, so he explained:

"I'm not asking you to teach Xiongying how to read and write. I'm hoping you can guide him and help him understand the importance of technology."

"I hope that Xiongying's vision and understanding of the world will be higher and farther than his father and grandfather."

After hearing what Zhu Biao said, Wei Wu understood in his heart.

Indeed, as long as Zhu Xiongying does not die, he will definitely become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

As an emperor, in addition to political wisdom, vision and cognition are also very important.

Just like Zhu Yuanzhang had little education, but he knew that he had to do his best to cultivate Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao also devoted himself to training Zhu Xiongying.

Knowing this, Wei Wu was not surprised that Zhu Biao made this request.

"Brother Zhu, let's do this! From now on, let Xiongying visit the Science and Technology Research Institute every once in a while."

"No matter how much he talks about it, it's not as profound as what he saw with his own eyes and experienced with his own eyes. What do you think?"