Xu Zhengming never dreamed that the prefect would say such words. He couldn't react for a moment and was a little stupid.

His wife and children were relatively close, so he heard clearly the prefect and was also stupid.

In fact, the speed car can only fly a little higher or a little far away, and it is really useless. As for flying over the roof, not to mention that Xu Zhengming's wife and children don't believe it at all, even Xu Zhengming himself has no idea.

Therefore, after coming back to his senses, Xu Zhengming felt a lot of pressure and said a little stutteringly: "Big... sir, villain is not sure... if... if... if... fly high..."

After hearing this, the prefect smiled slightly and interrupted his stuttering words: "The Emperor Shengming, when he taught the prince before the New Year, he had the spirit of inquiry that encouraged the people of the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, he also issued an order to set up special rewards in the north and south capitals. I appreciate your spirit of inquiry and knowledge and can help you apply for your special reward. How about it?"

If Xu Zhengming can really get that reward, it means that Xu Zhengming has been recognized by the emperor. In this way, as the local chief and Xu Zhengming's recommender, he will definitely win the favor of the emperor and add confidence to his career.

He was actually sure about this after watching Xu Zhengming's speed performance. At least when the emperor taught the prince, he once gave examples of flying in the sky, and even mentioned the matter of flying in the sky for more than 10,000 households. Xu Zhengming did fly, and the people were fine. The emperor said that if there are difficulties to solve the difficulties and shortcomings, there will definitely be a real flying day in the future.

There is another key point. If the emperor makes such a big move, if he responds first, he will probably have the idea of ​​a rich man, which will be more likely to be accepted by the emperor.

He was thinking about it, but Xu Zhengming was surprised and happy when he heard it, and hurriedly asked, "Sir, this... can this still be rich? How much money does it have?"

In order to improve the speed, he was devoted to this and was willing to work as a carpenter to support his family. In this way, not only did the family run out of wealth, but his wife and children were hungry. To be honest, of course, he did not want to see such a situation. If he could still make money when doing things that he was interested in, not only would his family not have to starve anymore, but it also means that he would not be considered a job in this speed. No matter which aspect, this is very important good news for him.

The prefect looked at Xu Zhengming in front of him. He had a good attitude when he was concerned about his career. He smiled and raised a finger and said, "It should be possible to have ten thousand taels!"

"What?" Xu Zhengming was a little stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but confirm again, "Ten thousand taels?"

Now the Ming Dynasty is prosperous and peaceful. According to purchasing power, 10,000 taels of silver is about five million yuan in later generations. This amount is not too much!

The people who were originally listening to the magistrate and Xu Zhengming were whispering, expressing their surprise at this matter, and some said that they had heard of this matter, at least this matter has been known to everyone in Yingtian Mansion. Suddenly, when the magistrate said that there was a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, the scene suddenly became very quiet.

When they came to their senses, they turned their heads and stared at Carpenter Xu, with envy in their eyes. If they were to do this, they would get a silver reward of 10,000 taels?

Especially Xu Zhengming's wife, who looked at her man and then looked at the speed car that she had hated so much before. Suddenly, she felt very pleasing to her.

After all, if the prefect is the one who is in charge, they will definitely not have any doubts.

"It should be almost the same!" said the prefect to them, "The emperor took one million taels from the inner treasury and deposited them in the north and south banks, respectively, and stated that the interest was used to reward those who explore the laws and principles of nature and can apply it."

Speaking of this, he turned to look at the crowd, raised his voice a little and said, "You all go back and see. If anyone else has something similar, you can report it to me!"

He came to see Xu Zhengming's speeding in person, in addition to his career, but also had the meaning of "a thousand gold and a thousand gold" as well. The prefect came forward in person and was keen on this, so he would definitely spread faster. In the jurisdiction of Suzhou, there were originally many skilled craftsmen, and perhaps more things could be discovered and recommended to the emperor, and the future in the officialdom would be bright.

It’s true that after the Xu Zhengming’s incident spread, the Suzhou Prefecture’s revenge on the emperor’s reward began to spread to everyone. For a moment, the Suzhou Prefecture government office saw craftsmen coming every day, and even scholars, taking their inventions and trying their luck.

In the end, the Suzhou prefect checked and selected seven people, including Xu Zhengming's speed vehicle, and rushed to Yingtian Mansion together.

Such things happened almost everywhere in the Ming Dynasty in the 18th year of Chongzhen. However, in general, there were far more examples of reception in Yingtian Prefecture than in the capital. In the first few months of Chongzhen's 18th year, this reward was the hottest topic in the Ming Dynasty, no doubt about it.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally learned about this situation from many channels. He was pleased and sighed that innovation from top to bottom often has twice the result with half the effort. If he was just an ordinary citizen, even a rank-in-law official, it would be no easy task to promote scientific and technological knowledge and encourage exploration of nature. However, the emperor came to do this, especially the emperor with a high prestige, which is now a grand occasion!

As the prefect of Suzhou thought, Emperor Chongzhen had already made plans. No matter what works he presented in various places, as long as they could meet his original intention, at least they should be included in the north and south capitals. Then, it would be very popular and a "money-golden city bone" was introduced to encourage more people of the Ming Dynasty, including scholars, to participate in this exploration of natural science.

Just like that, it was soon February 16, 18th year of Chongzhen, and all selected works were summarized on the side of Emperor Chongzhen. Xu Zhengming's speed naturally attracted his attention. He immediately clicked on this selected work as Yingtianfu and issued an imperial letter to make an instruction.

The key to this speed car is to provide the power of rotation. If it only depends on human power, there is no room for improvement. No matter how clever the mechanism is, it is impossible to spin faster.

Emperor Chongzhen suggested that the focus of the research can be considered, how to find alternative human power and have more reliable power. To this end, Emperor Chongzhen even introduced steam power tests and electromagnetic induction tests, and roughly explained the principle.

Emperor Chongzhen did not give up hope for whether the people could do it. However, he believed that many people would definitely start to study in this direction.

As for the serious experiments and applications of steam engines and electricity, they still have to rely on military affairs. When encountering problems, Emperor Chongzhen himself can give him guidance.

During this time, the court also announced that North Korea, a homeless land, became part of the territory of the Ming Dynasty under the strong demands of the Korean people. The court even sent a county magistrate to set up counties to resettle the remaining Korean people first.

However, few people in the Ming Dynasty were concerned about this matter.

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In early March of the 18th year of Chongzhen, the weather in Liaodong began to improve and everything began to recover. For Jianlu, the cold winter passed and those who did not starve to death were considered to have survived and could go out to find wild vegetables to eat.

However, at this time, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to Haizhou and began to attack Anshan Yibao.

Although Anshan Yibao is located between the two mountains, east and west, and the east and west are only about one mile away from the two mountains, it is still built on a cliff, and it can be said that one man can pass by ten thousand men. If you want to go to Liaoyang through here, you must get this dangerous pass.

If it were the past, it would be really not easy to capture this Anshan Post Fort. But now, even if Anshan Post Fort is a brick city, the Ming army lined up the red barbarian cannons and did not rush to take down the city, and they would bombard the city every day. In just a few days, there were basically no battlements on the east side of Anshan Post Fort, and a large piece of it had been cut off. The Jianlu on the city was without the cover of the battlements, and they were exposed to the long-range firepower of the Ming army.

Jianlu had no strength to fight back at all. If this continues, it will be a matter of time before Anshan Yibao falls.

So they could only report to Shengjing urgently, and prepare for street fighting while asking for help. In this way, the Ming army's firearm advantages could not be exerted, and they would still have the strength to fight.

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In Shengjing, in Chongzheng Hall, several slave chiefs were there, even the Empress Dowager and the Little Emperor were there.

At this time, the atmosphere in the hall was rarely relaxed. They were all listening to the situation when they rushed back to England and Erdai to report to Japan.

"The Japanese had the intention of temptation at the beginning, and their so-called warriors would always provoke. Later, any Qing warrior took action and knocked down ten of them in one breath, which surprised them..."

Ying'erdai picked up a nice sound and activated the atmosphere. While taking out the alliance letter from his arms, he then delivered it with both hands. At the same time, he continued: "In the end, the slave fulfilled his mission and had signed an alliance with Japan. In the near future, Japan will send troops to North Korea and transport grain to me through the land of the Hokkien..."

Because the Queen Mother was present, the Regent did not take the initiative to ask for it, so the letter of alliance was presented to Bumubutai first.

However, on Dorgon's side, Ying'erdai was a little apologized: "The alliance was signed on the bottom line given by the master, but there was only a little bit..."

When he heard this twist, Haoge and Yuetuo immediately stared at him, and Haoge shouted sternly: "What, should it be sold to the Qing Dynasty?"

"No, no..."

Before Ying'erd's denial was over, Bumubutai, who was reading the book of the alliance, said "ah".

Everyone looked at Dorgon with a strange expression.
Chapter completed!