OBS Chapter 857 Dengzhou University? A fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack!
Chapter 857 Dengzhou University? A fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack!
Yang Shaofeng didn't care what Kikuchi Yoshimasa was thinking. He simply smiled and picked up his teacup, signaling all the envoys from the vassal states to get lost.
After Park Sung-sung and the other envoys from various vassal states had left, Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang emerged from behind the screen.
Li Shanchang stroked his beard and said, "The Prince Consort has indeed trained some good dogs."
Yang Shaofeng immediately felt a sense of kinship.
Look, look! Otherwise, he wouldn't have been the founding Left Chancellor of the Ming Dynasty, or the first Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty and Duke of Han.
Yang Shaofeng returned the greeting with a cupped hand and said with a smile, "Prime Minister Li, you flatter me."
Li Shanchang smiled and nodded, then continued, "When the agricultural college of Dengzhou University comes up with high-yield seeds, Your Highness must remember to give some to these barbarians."
"Also, give them more farm tools such as sickles, hoes, and rakes."
"I will also ask the Ministry of Revenue to raise the purchase price of their grain."
Yang Shaofeng smiled and nodded in agreement, but Zhu Biao immediately curled his lip.
Look, look.
Is there still a good person left in the court of our great Ming Dynasty?
While inwardly cursing, Zhu Biao turned to Yang Shaofeng and asked, "Brother-in-law, when are we going to Ningyang County?"
Yang Shaofeng pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Li Shanchang: "Prime Minister Li, shall we go and take a look at Dengzhou University, Dengzhou Prefectural School, and Penglai County School later, and set off for Ningyang early tomorrow morning?"
Li Shanchang immediately perked up.
Denzhou University.
It is said that the medical school under the University of Denzhou has extensive experience in dissecting people. Through continuous dissecting, they have trained a large number of medical experts who can perform cesarean sections on women and remove intestinal abscesses. They have also discovered that there are more than 30 different types of blood between people, and that blood transfusions can save the lives of people who have lost blood.
It is said that the Department of Metallurgy at the University of Denzhou has developed a new steelmaking method that not only produces better quality steel, but also reduces losses and increases output.
There's also the School of Mechanical Engineering, which I heard has already developed new gadgets like drilling machines and planers powered by animal and water power.
Now, with the steam engine developed in Ningyang County, which breaks free from the constraints of animal and water power, wouldn't drilling machines and planers become even more widespread?
Give the simplest example.
The barrel of a musket.
Even an experienced master craftsman might not dare to guarantee that he can drill one gun barrel a day. Even if he could, he wouldn't be able to guarantee that all the gun barrels would be exactly the same.
But it's different with a drilling machine.
As long as the drill bits are the same, the gun barrels produced will be basically the same.
Even if one drilling machine can't compare to an experienced master craftsman, what about ten drilling machines? Or a hundred drilling machines?
Experienced master craftsmen are hard to train, but drilling machines made of steel can be manufactured in as many as one wants.
Therefore, while the higher-ups were stingy in allocating three million strings of cash to Dengzhou University, I, on the other hand, waved my hand and directly ordered the Ministry of Revenue to add another two million strings of cash.
Well, I've been so generous with the money, if I don't go and see the legendary Dengzhou University for myself, wouldn't I be losing out big time?
Thinking of this, Li Shanchang couldn't contain himself any longer. He grabbed Yang Shaofeng's hand and said with a smile, "Come on, let's go take a look at Dengzhou University."
……
When the words "Dengzhou University" came into Li Shanchang's view, he was completely stunned.
the University.
Since it is called a university, it proves that Dengzhou University is a school, at most a larger one.
But can someone explain to this old man what this city within a city is all about?
Small city wall, small city gate, soldiers guarding the gate, cannons on the city wall.
Is this supposed to be a school?
This is clearly a fortress within a city!
Li Shanchang looked at Zhu Biao and Yang Shaofeng with a completely bewildered expression and asked, "Is this Dengzhou University?"
Yang Shaofeng nodded naturally and replied, "That's right, this is Dengzhou University."
Li Shanchang's lips twitched, and he said with a forced smile, "It really is a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack."
Yang Shaofeng raised his voice and said with a hint of pride, "Of course."
"Dengzhou University possesses the most advanced steel smelting technology, the most advanced medical technology, the most advanced geological exploration technology, the most advanced petroleum refining technology... almost all of its subjects are among the most advanced in the world."
"Even if someone were to steal just one piece of paper from here, it could lead to a major leak."
"Even if only one student is murdered, it would be an extremely significant loss."
Yang Shaofeng took out his official seal and went to the soldiers at the city gate to register. He then said to Li Shanchang and the others, "In just the last two years, there have been as many as three to five hundred spies trying to infiltrate Dengzhou University."
"We can't catch them all, and we can't kill them all."
"To ensure safety, the entire university was housed in a city within a city. The city walls were five zhang high and three zhang thick, with a cannon placed every fifty paces on the walls. The Dengzhou Guard even dispatched an entire thousand-household garrison to Dengzhou University."
“Every soldier stationed here has undergone a rigorous investigation and screening process, and must have a clean record for three generations to be eligible for selection.”
"As for their training, it is exactly the same as that used by the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Ningyang County Farm."
"To put it simply, any one of them could be considered the elite of the elite."
After just one glance at the soldiers guarding the city gate, Li Shanchang no longer doubted Yang Shaofeng's statement.
The soldiers guarding the city gate seemed to have no emotion in their eyes, only indifference and suspicion.
Indifference to human life, suspicion of everyone.
One of those bastards stared at my neck the moment he opened his eyes, as if he were calculating how to break it.
Damn it!
I am, after all, the Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty, and I am followed by the officials of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, I was personally led here by Yang the Madman and His Highness the Crown Prince.
The results of it?
These soldiers are actually figuring out how to kill me?
Li Shanchang gave a slight snort and took out his official seal and document from his pocket to register.
Yang Shaofeng continued, "The soldiers here, on average, have more than fifty lives on their hands."
Li Shanchang shivered involuntarily.
With over fifty lives, even in Xu Da and Chang Yuchun's army, they would be considered elite.
They would be more than qualified even if placed in the palace guards.
Right now, these top-notch elites are being used by Yang Dianfeng to guard Dengzhou University.
This shows just how important Dengzhou University was in Yang Dianfeng's eyes.