Since the late Ming Dynasty, the entire Ming Dynasty academic community has already set off a frenzy of exchanges with the West, otherwise there would have been no incident of Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi co-translated "The Original of Geometry".

Many scholars and officials with relatively open minds also began to learn to accommodate other ideas and advocated the use of natural science to make up for the shortcomings of Confucianism.

Now, under the proofreading of the hot pillow of "strange skills and erotic skills" by His Majesty Zhu You, this point has been further magnified. The high-ranking officials and nobles in the court also like to discuss the principles based on interesting scientific experimental phenomena in the newspaper.

After reading the traditional Chinese version of Zhu Youxiao's classic physics materials translated by simplified Chinese, an old editor from a Hanlin Academy became interested in Galileo's free fall experiment and was somewhat convinced. He even went to the newspaper to express his views.

As a result, this also caused opposition from a large group of students who disagree with this view, and the two people simply agreed to start this experiment in the highest restaurant in the capital.

According to people from the Dongchang, the capital was empty at that time, and countless people were fond of troubles went there to see it. After learning about it, Zhu Youxiao did not order anyone to stop it, and he also let the people from Shuntian Prefecture and the Bingmasi not stop it and maintain order on the scene.

However, later, Zhu Youxiao heard that the old Hanlin who lost was the one who adhered to Galileo's theory, while the one who won was a young junior supervisor.

The restaurant is said to have a more prosperous business because it is very complicated and always likes to go there to debate.

Nowadays, the speech and control of political affairs in the court is extremely important, but they don’t care about these miscellaneous things, so there are naturally more and more people discussing such topics.

Natural science, which has always been at the end of the world, began to rise, and in the court, the science and technology directly controlled by Zhu Youxiao also began to achieve various new achievements.

Chen Lai Tou bowed to Zhu Youxiao tremblingly: "Caomin, no, the empress Chen has seen Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao shouted flat and asked with a smile: "Chen Shizai, right? Your name is really difficult to read. I'd better call you the way your Song Yuan verdict called you."

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao got up and came behind Chen Laitou, lifting the silver mirror covered with red silk cloth: "Is this the silver mirror you made?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have fully mastered this skill. From sodium hydroxide to silver nitrate, and then to silver ammonia, I have explored for half a month and summarized a complete process. Please check it out."

As he said that, Chen Laitou handed Zhu Youxiao a booklet about one foot long and half a foot wide.

Don’t be surprised that Chen Laitou said these chemical words. After half a year of hard work, Chen Laitou became one of the few academicians of the Engineering Academy and became a reviewer of the Hanlin Academy from an ordinary old craftsman.

Moreover, not only that, the brush calligraphy written by him in the booklet is also beautiful, and his calligraphy skills are no less than that of some Jinshi. Even the flow charts of his paintings are quite well organized and easy to understand.

"Very good, it's finally worth the waste of your hard work for so long. I decided to give you a greater wealth." Zhu Youxiao said that and ordered someone to call the prince-consor Gong Yonggu.

Gong Yonggu was the son-in-law who served Princess Yong'an. The reason why Zhu Youxiao was able to notice this person was that he saw this person's remarks in the newspaper and became interested in his in-laws.

The reason is that Gong Yonggu likes to make friends with literati and scholars, and he likes to make a few shocking words. One day he put forward the view that the decline of the country was not the crime of merchants because the Shang Dynasty was not the court.

It means that all the blame cannot be added to these merchants because they value profit. People are selfish. After some big landlords and big merchants will naturally fight for greater benefits for themselves after they have money and power, and will naturally threaten national interests. However, if the court is allowed to be the biggest merchant, there is no contradiction. After all, the interests of the biggest merchant are national interests, and in this way, the country will enter a state of external expansion.

Once this view of trust was put forward, Zhu Youxiao felt that he was hard to find a confidant, and immediately summoned Gong Yonggu, intending to let Gong Yonggu be his business agent.

After all, in addition to being a Xunqin, Gong Yonggu is also considered his own person, and he is a big grain merchant in the capital, so it is not difficult to take over his business plan.

Although Zhu Youxiao has been suppressing the Jiangnan gentry class that represents the interests of merchants, he also thought about relying on the small peasant economy to save the Ming Dynasty.

The small peasant economy is too dependent on land and thus causing a cyclical phenomenon. The small peasant economy in the Ming Dynasty has reached a dead end for hundreds of years. The ending is either replaced by the Qing Dynasty or other regimes and restored the conflict between people and land to two hundred years ago. The small peasant economy will be newly developed, or it can only seek breakthroughs in this era of capital recovery.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao had to choose the latter in order to maintain his rule. He was unwilling to bury China with this ancient empire.

"My minister Gong Yonggu has seen Your Majesty!"

Gong Yonggu has been living in the palace for the past few days and has exchanged ideas with Zhu Youxiao, which has also allowed Gong Yonggu to have a rare gathering with his wife Princess Yong'an for several days.

In the Ming Dynasty, the role of the prince-consort was very frustrated and could not be compatible with his wife like an ordinary couple. The prince-consort could only meet the princess regularly, and had to be approved by the female official.

Now, Zhu Youxiao has issued a direct order for Gong Yonggu to move into the Yong'an Princess Palace, which is a small favor for Gong Yonggu.

"Get up," Zhu Youxiao said and introduced to Chen Lai Tou: "Chen Lai Tou, this is the prince-in-law Gong Yonggu. From now on, I will establish a Royal Industrial Company. The first factory that this Royal Industrial Company will run is the Royal Glass Factory. I have told you what a company is and what a factory is. It is similar to the workshop you often say, but it is a little more complicated. You also know that my meaning is this new transparent glass. You Chen Lai Tou is responsible for finding artificial glass silver mirrors. You also go to find an apprentice, and Gong Yonggu is responsible for selling it to those rich dignitaries. How to make more money is your responsibility. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Gong Yonggu responded quickly. He couldn't help but smile. With his years of experience, selling this glass of His Majesty will only make a big profit and not a small loss.
Chapter completed!