Chapter 335 On the right track

Since the beginning of the new year, Yuan Qi Palace has completed the casting of the first Bafang Pagoda without Ying Yi's intervention. By February, the casting of the first Diji Yi was completed. Until April, Yuan Qi Palace independently cast the Bafang Pagoda. Only when the efficiency of the tower and the Earthly Instrument increased to the same level as that of Ying Yi alone did Ying Yi gradually let go.

At this level, it is probably close to the limit of Yuan Qi Palace. Due to the limitations of its own conditions, Yuanqi Temple currently has twenty-three monks and more than 1,800 master craftsmen, who work together to cast the Octagonal Pagoda and the Diji Yi, and are unable to make any qualitative breakthroughs.

But it was enough to satisfy Ying Yi.

In addition to the Yuan utensils cast by oneself before April of the following year, by mid-July, when the second season of staple food farming generally entered the mature stage, Yuanqi Palace had cast a B-type Octagonal Pagoda and a B-type Diji Yi. Hundreds of seats.

The needs of district administration at the prefectural level were fulfilled, and many counties around the capital also benefited.

The geodesmometer is also type B. Compared with the earlier type A, the biggest difference between the type B geoglyphs is the efficiency in transforming species. The type A geodesic instrument is small and the amount of modification required at one time is not large. The Type B Diji Yi is much larger and requires a larger amount of modifications at one time. At the same time, its own transformation speed has also been improved to a certain extent, with the total efficiency being more than four times that of Type A.

Since February, with the capital and Henan as the center, it has gradually spread to all state capitals. The capital is the center of the north, and Nanyang is the center of the south.

The basic requirement is that every prefecture-level administrative district must have an Octagonal Pagoda and a Diji Yi. The only exceptions are Henan and Shuntianfu, the capital.

Long before Ying Yi's Northern Expedition, Henan had begun to popularize Bafang Pagoda and Diji Yi at the county level. The capital occupied the advantage of its political center.

With the popularization of Bafang Pagoda and Diji Yi into prefecture-level administrative areas, more than half of the areas have become self-sufficient in the second season of staple grain farming starting in mid-May, and there is no need to allocate high-quality seeds from other places.

It is expected that by the end of the year, which is the first season of staple grain farming next year, all regions will fully achieve the goal of self-sufficiency in grain seeds on a prefecture-by-prefecture basis.

As for the management of Dijiyi and Bafang Pagoda, Ying Yi did not establish additional corresponding departments, but was directly under the jurisdiction of the Pastoral Council.

Now, Ying Yi can completely let go of the casting of these two kinds of elements and no longer has to do it himself. Based on the current efficiency, when Ying Yi dominates the world, Yuan Qi Palace's supply of elemental weapons will surely be able to keep up.

What's more, the scale of Yuan Qi Palace is also growing day by day. There is no need to talk about master-level craftsmen, let alone monks. As Ying Yi's rule became more and more stable and prosperous, monks also began to go out of the mountains and forests to accept Ying Yi's recruitment.

There were only twelve at the beginning of the year, but now there are more than twenty. This trend is visible.

As Yuan Qi Temple grows in scale, its efficiency will naturally increase. Ying Yi has already planned to assign more tasks to Yuan Qi Palace - such as the casting of the Jin Yuan alloy production line, or the simplification of Yuan Fu that he has been thinking about for a long time.

Jinyuan Alloy is an important card in Ying Yi's hand. Now only Nanyang Fangchengshan and Capital Wanggong Factory have the ability to smelt it. But this is not enough.

Production is still a bit tight, and there are more plans that have not yet been launched, all of which require a large amount of alloys. Ying Yi plans to establish at least two to five more industrial zones with the core function of producing gold and yuan alloys, initially located in Liaodong, Datong, Shandong, Guanzhong and Huguang. After unifying the world, at least three or four will be established in the Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Jiangnan regions.

As for the simplification of Yuan Fu, that is even more long-term and important. This is a matter of education. For a civilization based on the Yuan Qi Plan, Yuan Fu is the foundation among the foundations and is indispensable. The focus of education must change. The importance of the Four Books and Five Classics in the past will be replaced by Yuan Fu. The Yuan Fu is too profound, so the necessity of simplification is self-evident.

The responsibility of Yuanqi Palace is evident. Of course, for the time being, Ying Yi is using Yuanqi Palace as a factory. This is not a long-term solution. Whether it is the Diji Yi or the Octagonal Pagoda, as the most basic element, it must be popularized whether it is used or cast.

It's just that at this stage, no one except Ying Yi's Yuan Qi Palace has the ability to cast Yuan weapons, so Yuan Qi Palace can only be used as a factory. When the conditions are right, Yuan Qidian will be freed from these complicated and low-level tasks.

Simplifying the Yuan Talisman, studying the casting scheme of higher Yuan weapons, the smelting scheme of more powerful materials, etc., are the real purposes of Ying Yi in establishing the Yuan Qi Palace.

Invent and create, not assembly line factories. It's a research institute, not Foxconn.

Now there are two halls in Yuanqi Hall, Yuanfu Hall is headed by Master Zhang, and Yuanqi Hall is headed by Master Songyun, and they are completely on the right track.

For monks, perhaps these current tasks do seem complicated. But most of them enjoy it. Because this is also a kind of practice - by casting Yuan Qi, their understanding of Yuan Fu becomes deeper and deeper.

As for the craftsmen, there is no need to mention them. The wonders of Yuan Qi were opened in front of them. It was a blessing to have the honor to delve into it with the mysterious monk. But they who entered this door were different from before. The aura attached to Yuanqi Palace made it possible for no one to disrespect them wherever they went.

This is a dream come true.

Putting aside the affairs of Yuanqi Palace, Ying Yi focused more on military and political affairs, and at the same time had more leisure.

Every day, he spends two hours in the minister's room reading the ancient books of the sages, and then deals with some important national affairs that require his nod. He also has time to spend time with his concubine, or to visit Zi Niang, or to walk around the city and take a look. , seems much more relaxed.

Normally, Ying Yi also has many ideas. For example, my thoughts on the layout of the capital, and some thoughts on cleanliness and public security. If it can be implemented immediately, just say something back. Things that cannot be realized for the time being, such as the restructuring of the capital, can only be suppressed.

The capital was many times more prosperous than when Ying Yi first occupied it. The unification of the Jiangbei land made northern commerce no longer hindered by the small geographical area, and all places could flow unimpeded. Although the former ministers of Jiangnan placed great restrictions on merchants in the north, Ying Yi did not impose counter-restrictions on merchants in Jiangnan - as long as they did business according to Ying Yi's rules, the taxes that were due would be paid and no laws would be violated. Law and don’t care about anything else.

Moreover, there are many more Western faces in the capital.

This era was a time when the countries in Europe and the West were setting off a great maritime turmoil. During the Ming Dynasty of the previous dynasty, there were many Westerners in the capital. Either blond or blue-eyed, or red-haired and blue-eyed. These Western barbarians can be roughly divided into two categories. One type is the missionaries, those who seek to spread the light of their Lord throughout the world. The other type has complex ingredients and is probably for money.

Missionaries such as Matteo Ricci, Ai Julius, Tang Ruowang, etc. all came to preach. Those who come for money are either businessmen, gangsters, murderers, or spies.