The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 8 Planning for the future
After Zhu Zhonglin finished talking about business with Zhu Jianxuan, he let Zhu Jianxuan continue reading on his own, and he took his wife out to chat.

Zhu Jianxuan failed to make his father pay attention to the impact of the American War.

But he got his father's promise that he would soon have his own scientific laboratory for research in physics, chemistry and mechanics.

Zhu Jianxuan's mood at this time can be said to be mixed.

What worries me is that the future of the Ming Dynasty is still full of uncertainty, and I don’t have the chance to lie down and enjoy life.

The good news is that I have my own laboratory, so I can quickly leverage my advantages as a time traveler and start laying the foundation for future development.

Judging from his parents' attitude towards him, although they don't take his deduction of the situation seriously, they both love this genius child of theirs very much.

As long as he could show more intelligence, talent and loyalty, he would not have to wait until he was ten years old to get his own guard corps.

Then you can go out and develop colonies in advance and build your own territory.

After watching his parents leave, Zhu Jianxuan sat back at his own small table and began to seriously plan his future.

Development direction, strategic goals, organizational structure, tools and weapons, retreat routes...

At the same time, write down as many technologies as possible that come to mind and can quickly improve production and combat capabilities.

People's memories become blurred as time goes by, so you should write down the useful things you still remember as soon as possible.

Then add classification labels such as light, heavy, slow, urgent, difficult, and easy to them, and when the conditions are met, they will be gradually implemented according to the needs.

While Zhu Jianxuan was making life plans in his room, Zhu Zhonglin and his wife were a little worried.

Although they promised Zhu Jianxuan that they would build a laboratory for him.

However, how and where to build it made Zhu Zhonglin and his wife hesitant.

The industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty continued to develop for more than a hundred years, and the land in the inner city of Yingtian Prefecture has long been full.

The good places in the outer city and the areas closer to the inner city are already built-up areas.

To build new houses, especially industrial buildings, they could only be located in the corners of the outer city or even in the suburbs farther away from the city.

But Zhu Jianxuan is only four years old this year, and will be at most five years old after the laboratory is built.

If Zhu Jianxuan wants to do research, he must go to the laboratory often, which means he has to go out of the city often.

This made the emperor and his wife Zhu Zhonglin very worried.

For a child of this age, it is best not to go outside the city, let alone outside the palace.

So after the emperor and his wife discussed it for several days, they finally made a decision that seemed quite outrageous.

Build the laboratory directly in the imperial city.

The Ming Dynasty's Nanjing Yingtianfu City had a total of four city walls from the inside to the outside, forming four levels of urban areas.

The innermost part is the palace city, commonly known as the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City in Beijing later became the Palace Museum.

The three main halls including the Fengtian Hall and palaces such as the Qianqing Palace are all located in the palace city with a very regular layout.

In the imperial city area outside the palace, there are some royal gardens with a more livable environment, as well as various eunuch treasury facilities.

Outside the imperial city is the inner city area, which is also the traditional Nanjing city.

Outside the inner city is the outer city. The outer city wall is also called the outer wall. It was originally just an earth wall, and the city gates were mainly used to collect taxes.

After the Chongzhen Dynasty moved south, the outer city wall was also covered with bricks to form a complete city wall.

Zhu Zhonglin selected a courtyard just west of the palace among the imperial palace warehouses and installed various facilities there to serve as Zhu Jianxuan's laboratory.

When Zhu Jianxuan was having dinner with his mother, he suddenly felt like sweating profusely when he heard his mother talking about these arrangements.

In our own development plan, we must prepare to develop modern primer materials and chemical explosives.

If several tons of picric acid, mercury fulminate or the like were to explode here, not only would the treasury that supplies the Forbidden City's daily expenses be completely wiped out, but the western wall of the Forbidden City might also be directly collapsed.

But this place is indeed convenient. It can be reached directly after leaving the Forbidden City, and there are no distractions from the passing of strangers.

As long as we only do research and development here, don't engage in large-scale production of chemical explosives, and don't use this place as a gunpowder warehouse, it will be fine.

Even if an accident happens in the laboratory, at most a few houses will be blown up, so there is no need to worry too much.

There were many problems in early chemical experiments, especially for scientists who studied acid, who often got really frustrated but didn't know why.

You can formulate comprehensive laboratory regulations, design typical protective equipment, and avoid chemical experiment accidents as much as possible.

When Zhu Jianxuan thought of this, he was stunned and suddenly realized another problem.

Future science and technology are certainly important, but one’s mature experimental methods and production management systems from previous lives are equally important.

The three industrial revolutions in the past two hundred years have not only seen the continuous upgrading of specific production technologies, but also the upgrading of scientific research methods and management systems.

Before the First Industrial Revolution was the handicraft era, most industrial production was workshop-based.

Anything that is a little more complicated has to be made by hand by experienced craftsmen, and can be said to be "hand-kneaded".

Chemistry had just separated from alchemy, and the law of conservation of matter had not yet been truly discovered.

Not to mention the periodic table, chemical nomenclature had not yet been formed, and the understanding of chemical reactions was also very vague. Whether it was the difference between acids, bases, and salts, or the principles of oxidation-reduction, there was no complete understanding.

By adopting modern experimental methods and management systems, we can definitely significantly improve production efficiency while reducing production and experimental accidents.

Many management regulations in factories, construction sites and laboratories are caused by incorrect operations, accidents and even deaths.

Since you have already fed it in the previous life, you can feed it as little as possible now.

So after Zhu Jianxuan returned to his room this time, he began to seriously write his own laboratory management system.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

In the afternoon of September 26, the 28th year of Xianning.

When Zhu Zhonglin came to Kunning Palace to see Zhu Jianxuan again, he mentioned something that happened overseas with a smile:

"Xuan'er, the Western Factory has sent me new news: King Louis XV of France died in April.

"His grandson has ascended the throne and become the new king. He should be called Louis XVI."

Zhu Zhonglin obviously still remembered the conversation between father and son three months ago.

Zhu Zhonglin still wanted to educate his son and make him understand that the world is complex and chaotic.

Many seemingly reasonable speculations may become meaningless due to the occurrence of some unexpected events or the influence of factors unknown to oneself.

Zhu Zhonglin felt that Zhu Jianxuan's speculation that France would participate in the American War of Independence was based on Louis XV's stupidity and impulsiveness.

Now that Louis XV himself is gone, all subsequent speculation and analysis are meaningless.

Zhu Zhonglin wanted to see his son's reaction, and then began to teach him a lesson.

Zhu Zhonglin was indeed right to some extent, and his predictions were indeed made meaningless by the information he did not understand.

Zhu Jianxuan had known for a long time that Louis XV should have died.

Zhu Jianxuan's judgment that France would participate in the American War of Independence was not at all due to Louis XV's stupidity and impulsiveness.

Instead, it is based on very simple and crude historical experience.

Zhu Jianxuan didn't even know that the French had been preparing for ten years to regain their ground against the British after the Seven Years' War.

Before America officially fought with the British, it had already begun private contact with the French.

There was no way the French would pass up the opportunity to go to war with America.

When Zhu Jianxuan heard the news of Louis XV's death, he did not have any special reaction. He just nodded indifferently:

"What about the character of the young king, Louis XVI? Is he more calm and prudent than his grandfather?"

The smile on Zhu Zhonglin's face slowly disappeared:

"This Louis XVI..."

The Western Factory actually introduced the general situation of the new king.

According to their description, Louis XVI was definitely not a wise monarch.

Besides, he is only twenty years old this year, and is even more impulsive than his grandfather, and seems to have some mental illness.

Come to think of it, this guy might not be as good a king as his grandfather.

His grandfather has at least several decades of experience as a king, but this guy is just a complete rookie.

Zhu Jianxuan could roughly guess what his father was thinking by looking at his father's reaction.

In order not to embarrass his father, Zhu Jianxuan skipped this topic and asked about something else:

"By the way, Father, does the West Factory have any news from the British? How did they handle the Tea Party in America?"

When Zhu Zhonglin heard this question, he laughed dryly and said:
"This... is pretty much what we expected. The cliques in the UK unanimously agreed to punish the rioters in the American region.

“Several punitive and coercive decrees were issued in succession, revoking the local autonomy of the Tea Party and closing Boston, the largest local port.

"It was expected that a new governor would be appointed and a comprehensive search and elimination of the rioters hiding in the area would be launched."

Zhu Jianxuan sighed helplessly:

"The British are indeed stubborn and unyielding. Americans should unite to fight against the British government."

Zhu Zhonglin looked at his son's bitter and resentful expression, and an inexplicable thought popped up in his mind:
If the world situation in the future really changes as my son has predicted, what should I do?

But he immediately shook his head in his heart, thinking that it was simply impossible.

Even if the Ming Dynasty participated in the American War, it would not affect the stability of the Ming Dynasty court. The court now has plenty of money.

What's more, he actually had no intention of going to America to join the war. At most, he would go to India to intervene.

The better territories in Southeast Asia have already been enclosed. Although Australia is large, it is not suitable for farming. The key is that the feng shui on the roads is not favorable, making it difficult for large ships to pass through.

The Ming Dynasty should also develop towards India in the future. We cannot let the Shun rebels and the British plunder all of India.

(End of this chapter)