In the last years of Qianlong's reign, Lin Yanzhou from modern times possessed a fallen scholar.
When scholars in both the government and the public despised craftsmanship, he established himself in the south of the Yangtze River by improving agricultural tools and iron-smelting equipment. By chance, he went north to meet Qianlong and obtained a valuable experimental workshop.
Steam equipment and new guns were born one after another, and the glimmer of industry lit up the land of Qianjia.
On one side are the Western visitors who are eyeing them eagerly, and on the other side are the Manchu civil and military forces who stick to their traditions. The emperor constantly weighed the pros and cons, made use of technology, and set up defenses everywhere.
He avoided being framed by the court, withstood the siege of conservatives, successfully intimidated the British mission from afar, and eliminated a crisis of national subjugation.
Can be transferred to Jiaxing, the new policy is tightened. The grand revolutionary ideals were forced to shrink, and private industry gradually withered.
Throughout his life, Lin Yanzhou kept the industrial fire alive, but failed to shake the deep-rooted old system.
External forces can stop it, but serious illness is difficult to cure.
