Gu Bingqian, the shameless chief minister of the cabinet, was scared away, but Taichang still sat there with a frown, thinking.

He snatched the examiner. Question, how do you get the imperial examination questions?

It is difficult to get the imperial examination questions, but it is not difficult.

The imperial examination questions are actually just one sentence, and these words are extracted from the "Four Books and Five Classics".

In other words, you can just draw a copy from the Four Books and Five Classics, read it casually, and find a sentence to be used as a test question.

For example, playing with things loses one's ambition, playing with people loses one's moral character.

For example, rotten wood cannot be carved, and walls of dung cannot be dirty.

For example, when God is about to give a great responsibility, one must first suffer his mind and mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, and lose his body, and act and disturb his actions. Therefore, he will be moved and endure his nature and will be able to do what he cannot do.

And so on, these can be used as test questions.

It is not difficult to get the imperial examination questions, but it is quite difficult.

Because the imperial examination questions often represent the criteria for the ruling to select talents.

In other words, the ruling party will ask for relevant test questions to test the candidates, depending on whether their answers match their own wishes.

For example, in prosperous times, there are usually topics like "If jade is not carved, it will not become a weapon; if people do not learn, it will not know." "If you learn and practice it from time to time, it will be said." They tend to focus on literary talent and world governance.

In troubled times, there will be some topics that tend to be martial arts strategy, such as "Heaven moves forward, gentlemen strive for self-improvement." "Assisted cars depend on each other, and their lips are lost and their teeth are cold."

But at this moment, Taichang came up with some questions that tend to be strange techniques and even how to revitalize economics.

This type of topic is really hard to find. At least, in his impression, there are no similar sentences in the "Four Books and Five Classics".

What to do?

He was staring at the long stack of "Four Books and Five Classics" on the bookshelf, and the eunuch outside suddenly whispered: "Your Majesty, Xu Guangqi, Minister of Works, asked for a meeting."

Xu Guangqi?

This is the sealing ring mold!

Sure enough, Xu Guangqi came in and respectfully performed the ceremony of the king and his ministers and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the molds are all done."

Taichang immediately stood up and said, "Okay, let's go and have a look."

It was still the side hall of Ciqing Palace, but the people gathered in it at this moment were more than those yesterday. Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng and Sun Yuanhua had already arrived after hearing the news. Even Song Yingxing, who was building cars in Nanzhili, has returned, as well as the prince, Xin Wang and Xu Ji, and his talents who are studying under him are all gathering.

As soon as Taichang saw Song Yingxing, he couldn't help asking: "Chang Geng, when did he come back? Has the mine cart been built?"

Song Yingxing hurriedly bowed and said, "Weichen happened to have arrived in the capital last night. Because it was too late, it was difficult to disturb the emperor. The mine cart has been built, and Sheng Huaixuan and the others are all using it, and the effect is very good."

The effect is very good!

The steam engine has not been made yet, and the mine truck still needs manpower or animal power to pull it. Can the effect be good?

Taichang said curiously: "What do they use to pull the cart? It's also very effective!"

Song Yingxing said proudly: "Your Majesty, don't there be a lot of cattle in Jiangnan? Anyway, there is nothing to do during the slack farming period. You will lose weight when you are idle. So, I asked them to pull it with the cow and try it. The effect is really good."

Well, well, there are indeed many cattle in Jiangnan, and there are not many cattle in the mine. It is enough to have four or five cattle in one mine.

In other words, at most, a few dozen cattle are used in an ore.

Of course, it’s no problem to be such a little bit of awesome in the wealthy land of Jiangnan. Just spend some money and walk around the villages next to the ore.

Moreover, the ox has many advantages, such as strong strength, good endurance, gentleness, easy control, etc.

As for the disadvantage, there is only one, that is, the speed is slower.

The mine doesn't need to pull a truck too fast. After all, mining takes time. The cow pulled a truck of ore out of the mine cave. After unloading it, he walked back and probably got off the truck and was not ready.

Taichang nodded and praised: "Well, this method is really good."

Speaking of this cow, he thought of the cultivation of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

The baskets of sweet potatoes and potatoes are still placed here and there without moving!

He walked over and took a closer look. He found that many sweet potatoes and potatoes had already grown small buds, and he could start cultivating seedlings.

Question, why didn’t Xu Ji start cultivating seedlings?

He couldn't help but curiously said, "Qianli, have you learned the method of growing sweet potatoes and potatoes?"

Xu Ji hurriedly bowed and said, "Weichen has learned the general method from farmers in Fujian."

If you have learned it, then hurry up and start!

Taichang nodded repeatedly and said, "Well, then you go and tell Wang Chengen that he would arrange someone to help you transport the things to the nearby imperial village. By the way, all the fertile fields in the imperial village should be sold. You can ask him to find a royal village with a lot of mountains. The effect of planting these two things on the mountain is similar."

When Xu Ji heard this, he was about to bow to leave, but Taichang suddenly waved and said, "By the way, have you ever thought about how to improve the seedlings? Look at these sweet potatoes, the small ones are only thick in their fingers, and the potatoes are small not as big as eggs. This is not possible, at least they must be the size of a fist."

When Xu Ji heard this, he immediately said in a constant way: "Don't worry, this gentle minister has already considered it. There are many ways to improve seedlings, suitable soil quality, types of fertilizers, appropriate amount of fertilization and watering, selection of best breeding, etc. These gentle ministers will try them one by one."

Well, Xu Guangqi is an expert in agriculture, and Xu Ji is even more focused on this area, so there must be a way.

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Well, go ahead and try to get out the good seeds next year. The farming methods must be recorded in detail. The victims in the northwest rely on these two things to save their lives."

Xu Ji quickly bowed and said goodbye.

At this time, Taichang was led by Xu Guangqi to the front of several molds.

When he saw the appearance of several molds, he was a little amused and crying.

Perhaps it was the punching mold that misled Xu Guangqi, and these molds were made like two tiles combined!

He struggled to open a mold and saw it, and he couldn't help but nod.

I have to say that the craftsmanship of the first craftsmen these days is really great. The inside of the mold is like a mirror. Not only is the sealing ring position extremely smooth, but the position of the positioning pin holes around it is the same.

There is no problem with this mold, and the next step is to process the sealing ring.

How to process rubber blocks into sealing rings?

This process is a bit similar to punching the nail plate. It is roughly the method of heating to soften the rubber block and then use a mold to shape it.

However, this rubber block cannot be burned in the fire, because the rubber block will be lit and burned out when it is burned.

Taichang has also roughly considered this issue, and the rubber blocks should be softened by steam heating.

As for how to heat it, he looked at the bucket-shaped boiler and then came up with an idea.

He first ordered people to remove the lid on the beer barrel, cut out a few rubber strips as thick as chopsticks with a knife, and threw the rubber strips directly on the lid of the boiler, and then ordered people to start ignite the fire and burn steam.

There is still no shortage of charcoal in the palace. Under the orange-yellow charcoal fire, half a bucket of water boils in less than a quarter of an hour.

At this time, the temperature on the boiler lid should be about one hundred degrees.

Taichang picked up the iron clip and clamped the rubber strip, which was actually a little hard!

There is no way, so I can only continue to burn.

As the steam in the boiler increases, without the steam pipes connected, the steam inside will continue to heat up due to the increasing pressure.

Taichang tried to hold the iron clip from time to time. In less than half a quarter of an hour, the rubber strip finally began to soften, and it became softer and softer, and it was almost turning into mud!

At this time, he suddenly realized a problem.

Steam engines also use steam!

If the steam temperature in the steam engine rises to such a high level, wouldn’t the sealing ring have melted?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown.

Alas, everything went wrong after the Liaodong victory this time, and there were too many headaches.
Chapter completed!