Emperor Chongzhen knew that scientific research would cost money, but he never expected that he would cost money like this. He had to spend tens of millions of taels of silver into the Royal Academy almost every year, or even more.

Just as the miserables in later generations said, I know life is difficult, but I didn’t expect it to be so difficult...

Fortunately, except for a large part of the money you spend cannot see any reward, there is always a part of the money you spend in that you can see any reward.

Such as thermometers and pressure gauges.

Although these gadgets are inconspicuous, the derivative value brought by these gadgets is immeasurable, especially as the Royal Academy has more and more things tossed out, its importance will be further increased.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the minus thirty degrees above the thermometer and started to have a headache.

The thermometer produced by the Royal Academy is similar to that of later generations, and the human body temperature is also 37 degrees. The temperature below zero should be the same as the temperature in later generations, right?

Without the thermometer, Emperor Chongzhen would not have felt how cold the winter in the capital was, but when Emperor Chongzhen saw the reading of minus twenty-seven degrees, he suddenly felt ache.

Before traveling through time, the coldest time in the capital was only minus 16 or 17 degrees Celsius, but now it is minus 27 degrees Celsius? Why don’t you come to make a living?

What made Emperor Chongzhen even more painful was that from the 13th to the 14th year of Chongzhen, it was not snowing!

What does not snow mean?

If it hadn't snowed before spring, it would have been a foregone conclusion that Chongzhen would either have drought or flooded in the past fourteen years!

The ancients said that grass grows and warblers fly in February, and fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March. However, in February of the 14th year of Chongzhen, there was a heavy snowfall from time to time. The grass grows and warblers fly in the sky?

I can't die of freezing!

This is the situation that Emperor Chongzhen was particularly troubled by.

If there were no such messy things, I would definitely take the army out to promote the education of saints, rather than staying in a cage-like palace, and having nothing to do every day can only create the next generation.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen wondered if he should develop real estate? For example, to develop real estate in Xishan? To create a new city by the way?

After shook his head and threw this boring idea out of his mind, Emperor Chongzhen went to Yunxiu Palace again.

What real estate is there? People with the surname Fang can do it because they are surnamed Fang, just like those with the surname Yun, Ye, and Lin. They are all cheating. How can I compare with others who have no recharge or cheating?

The bored Emperor Chongzhen obviously didn't want to continue to hold it in the palace and became moldy. After taking his wife and children, he slipped out of the palace for a private visit.

But Emperor Chongzhen's luck has never been very good, or something always happens suddenly without him preparing.

Before he could sit down for a long time after returning to the palace, Xu Xianchun hurriedly came with a letter of information: "Your Majesty, Nuergan Dusi is urgent!"

Emperor Chongzhen was a little unresponsive and looked at Xu Xianchun with a confused look on his face: "Where is the urgent report?"

Xu Xianchun bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Nuergan Dusi urgently reported that Dorgon might not be able to hold on!"

Emperor Chongzhen then said, signaling Wang Chengen to take the urgent report and start reading.

The urgent report was sent by the Hundred Houses of the Nurkandusbrundan River. I don’t know how many messy methods were used along the way. In less than three days, I sent them from the Buludan River to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

If we look at it simply from the map, the distance between the Brudan River and the Ming Capital is obviously not very far. If we take a straight line, it would probably be normal for two days.

However, considering that there is no straight line to walk, and the roads are open in winter, so it is much more difficult to deliver messages than in summer and autumn. Under normal circumstances, it is already extremely fast to reach the capital in four or five days.

This time, the information was sent from the Buludan River Guard to the capital in just over two days, which shows how awesome the Jinyiwei was in delivering messages.

The information is very simple. The remaining Jiannu was driven to the north to fight against the Russians. In the face of a large death of tribal population, they may not be able to hold on.

Because no one is good at farming in the remaining Jiannu part, and wants to survive by hunting in the far north, he has to keep opening up with the Russians, so the rate of death of the population will greatly increase.

When the remaining population of Jiannu could not keep up with the speed of death, Liangliang's ending was already destined, even if Liu Xingzuo was ordered to secretly transfusion blood behind Jiannu.

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, it is normal for the little wild badger to hold on. If he can keep on holding on and fight the Russians in the north, that would be a strange thing. In the snowy environment, the Russians' combat power will soar more than several times.

The problem is that Emperor Chongzhen did not expect that the little wild badger would be unable to hold on so quickly.

Just after reading the urgent report from the Jinyiwei, Zhu Chunchen took Zhang Zhiji to the palace to meet the saint.

The emergency report sent by Liu Xingzuo to the Governor's Office of the Five Army was almost the same as the Jinyiwei's Beijing. The emergency report of the Jinyiwei was directly in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen, and Liu Xingzuo's emergency report was sent directly to the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

The contents of the two urgent reports are similar, both the little wild badger can't hold on anymore. The difference is that the Jinyiwei's urgent report is just a simple urgent report, while Liu Xingzuo's urgent report is asking what to do with the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

Emperor Chongzhen knocked on the table and turned his attention to Zhu Chunchen: "What do you think Chengguo Duke thinks?"

Zhu Chunchen bowed and said, "Your Majesty, if these Jiannu can't hold on, then Liu Xingzuo's troops will face those Maozi directly. The climate in Nuergandus was originally harsh, and Maozi was more adaptable to the cold weather than our Ming soldiers.

In this way, the casualties of Nurkandus will inevitably increase greatly. It is hard to say how much land you regain. If the casualties are not proportional to the land, I think it is not worth it."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and turned his eyes to Zhang Zhiji: "What do you think of me?"

Zhang Zhiji bowed and said, "I think the Duke of Chengguo said so well. Compared with Nuergandus, I am afraid that the land I have regained is difficult to be proportional to the ones I think.

It would be better to wait until the summer of the 14th year of Chongzhen, or the summer of the 15th year of Chongzhen, and take advantage of the hot weather and the north of Nuergandus, and then advance to the Maonu when it is not so cold."

Emperor Chongzhen said with a hush, "Where is Jiannu? They may hold on until summer or next summer?"

Zhu Chunchen pondered and said, "Otherwise, would you order Liu Xingzuo to secretly sell a batch of weapons to them?"

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Now it's not just a matter of weapons. Liu Xingzuo has also been selling weapons to them. They lack too many things.

They are short of food and medicinal materials. The most important thing is that they have not yet figured out a way to deal with Maozi. Even if they give them more weapons, it is probably useless."

As Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Zhiji also felt extremely painful.

Jiannu was purely mud and could not support the wall. He thought that the little wild badger relied on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the weapons provided by Liu Xingzuo in secret. Even if he could not confront Maonu, he should have come and go.

Didn’t those Baoyun blew Dorgon and Dodo and listed them as the first choice for traveling through time?

Didn’t those coats blow the little girl Bumubutai into the sky, thinking that she was a great politician or something?

Why are you so scared now that you can't protect yourself?

Because the information reported now makes anyone who sees the information feels very troubled, it is because these Jiannu are doing too much.

These scumbags were rampant after relied on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and at the beginning they made the Maonu a little confused. However, when the Maonu turned around, Jiannu was pressed to the ground to rub against him, and his appearance was extremely miserable.

Who would have thought that the statement that the Jurchens were less than ten thousand had become a reality?

It’s not that the Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand and are invincible, but that the rest of Jiannu all added up to be less than ten thousand.

As for Jiannu's current appearance, although it was a bit beyond Emperor Chongzhen's expectations, he did not feel that he could cede land and pay compensation if he won the game. Isn't it normal for him to do more miserable things when he could not beat people?

It would be fine if the war was not strong, after all, they had not received orthodox military training. These Jiannu relied on the military guide to fight purely on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and had no routine. It was normal for them to be criticized by others when they encountered a ruthless person who could not be criticized.

But after so many years, these Jiannu still did not learn to play better or farm. To the north of Nurkandus, they still rely on fishing and hunting to the north of Nurkandus, and even medical care, they are still in a very primitive state. When they get sick, they rely on shamans to pray.

It was fine when I was in Liaodong before, after all, there were still Han doctors who could rely on it. To the north of Nurkandus and to fight with the Maonu, relying on shamans after they basically meant that they were dead.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Chunchen bowed and said, "Your Majesty, since Jiannu is short of medicine, I will sell it to them secretly, and replace the previous salt, so that Jiannu's strength can be enhanced by one or two points?"

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it and simply said, "Then let me continue to ask Liu Xingzuo to sell them a batch of medicinal materials, and then replace the previous salt with normal salt, so as not to mix those messy things."

Mom, if it weren’t for these dogs Jiannu being really not good, Emperor Chongzhen planned to continue selling poisonous salt and poisonous wine to them. Now, not only poisonous salt will be sold, but Daming also secretly supports these Jiannu’s medicinal materials!

After a long time of pain, Emperor Chongzhen said, "It's up to you, let's not care about those Jiannu. However, the Leshi Grassland and Chahar Grassland and other places in the south and north deserts make me more concerned."

Zhu Chunchen nodded in agreement and said, "What Your Majesty said is that Jiannu is not a problem. However, the land in the south and north of the desert is more worrying than Jiannu."

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Since ancient times, the threat to our Central Plains has come from the grasslands. I want to solve this problem once and for all. I wonder what Duke Cheng and Duke British have to think?"

Zhu Chunchen bowed and said, "In addition to setting up a large number of garrisons on the grassland, we also need to figure out some grains that can be planted in the south and north of the desert, and migrate the people to guard the border in large quantities. After a hundred years, the grassland will completely become a part of our Ming Dynasty, and naturally there will be no trouble."

After seeing the awesomeness of the Royal Academy, Zhu Chunchen was not surprised that Chen Zuqi could produce grain suitable for planting in Mobei, let alone that there were already corn and potatoes to grow before.

Emperor Chongzhen said no, but said, "In addition, I intend to let go of wool textiles so that the people can also participate."

Zhang Zhiji suddenly spoke, "Your Majesty, can the wool I bought before have already achieved results?"

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Not bad, it can be used to make carpets or something, but it can also be used to make clothes for wearing, which has excellent warmth."

After saying that, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head and ordered: "Sort someone to pick up two clothes to give them to the two dukes."

Wang Chengen bowed and immediately ordered someone to pick up two pieces of clothes.

The style of one of the clothes is a bit strange. The collar is similar to that of notes, and the collar is even less. The whole look like a straight tube with several holes.

The other piece of clothing looks much more normal. With the laces and buttons, it can be roughly seen how this thing should be worn on your body.

As soon as he got it, Zhu Chunchen frowned and said, "Your Majesty, is this made of wool?"

Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "This is made of thread spun with cashmere. How does Duke Cheng Guo think it feel?"

Zhu Chunchen said: "If this thing is available, the barbarians in the desert south and north will have more income. As long as I can sell salt and food to them in the Ming Dynasty, they can raise sheep with peace of mind. But Weichen is still a little worried and always feels a little uneasy."

This kind of clothes woven in cashmere is really good. They don’t feel like wool tying their hands when they feel, and they don’t feel uncomfortable like linen cloth. Instead, they feel soft and warm.

It can be predicted that once this thing starts to be worn by the palace, the entire capital will become popular, and then the entire Ming Dynasty will become popular.

But the hidden dangers are also obvious.

Cashmere comes from sheep, and sheep are not only raised on the grassland. Will the people who can raise sheep by themselves change their careers in raising sheep?

Food is not valuable these days. No matter how cheap cashmere is, it cannot be cheaper than food, right?

Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Duke Cheng Guo was worried that the people would start raising sheep in large quantities? He was also worried that the barbarians would be in trouble again in the future?"

Zhu Chunchen nodded and said, "I have thought about the matter of raising sheep in the people just now, but in fact it is not worth worrying.

Only those barbarians, if they obtain the method of cashmere weaving clothes, can go further north, for fear of more chaos."
Chapter completed!