Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

There are quite a few people who come here to seek medical treatment. Zhu Tao has a principle: poor people get medical treatment first and then get money. If they really can’t afford the money, they can do volunteer work in the village to pay off the medical expenses. Those who are really unable to work will be exempted.

Rich people need to pay [-]% for medicine, surgery and medical expenses for medical treatment. If they are too rich, they also need to make some donations and do some public welfare activities.

But this is not compulsory, it is voluntary, but there are still an endless stream of people who come here for fame.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt very relieved when he heard about Zhu Tao's actions. He secretly told the civil and military officials to go to the hospital for consultation, but they must abide by the rules of the hospital there. In addition, they were not allowed to reveal their identities, and could only go as ordinary people. .

After making arrangements for the hospital, Zhu Tao left Zhujiazhuang and came to Jingxin Lake.

Around this lake, he temporarily planned and built many houses, and there was a lot of tinkling inside.

It turns out that here are some blacksmith workshops, no one knows what he is doing here, and on the other side is a carpenter's work area, where ships are being built.

And the boats here are strangely shaped, the oars are not rowed by humans, but are installed on a wheel axle, connected by a beam in the middle, and no one knows what this device is used for?
At this time, many people were waiting on the lake, and everyone wanted to see what Zhu Tao wanted to do. Soon, the strange boat was pushed into the water, and someone said later.

"Tao'er, why don't you use sailors on this ship? Just like that, are you planning to let the ship move forward by itself?"

It turned out that it was none other than his father Zhu Yuanzhang who spoke behind.

Zhu Tao invited Zhu Yuanzhang to enter the wooden boat. This boat is in the nature of a building boat and is about three stories high.

There is no mast or sail on the boat, and his oars are made into round wheels, connected by a transmission shaft, and the other end of the transmission shaft is a piston, and the other end is connected with a large iron pot. There is a gas pipe on the iron pot.

There is a water injection port on the top of the iron pot, and a boiler for placing coal on the bottom, and a bellows next to it. This time, Zhu Yuanzhang came, in addition to Queen Ma, and Zhu Di.

"Tao'er, what is your thing for? It seems a bit strange."

Queen Ma asked very curiously.

Zhu Tao smiled and replied, "Mother, this is a steam engine invented by my child. Later, mother will know what it is for."

Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife were invited to the seats next to them, and Zhu Tao directly directed the masters who were in charge of lighting the fire: "Everything is ready, now we can light the fire."

A large piece of firewood was added to the bottom of the boiler, the coal had been set up, and the bellows was vigorously agitated.

The fire was burning red, and a boiler filled with water suddenly boiled. At this moment, only the sound of bang bang bang was heard.

When people looked at it, they saw that the piston at the joint moved by itself, driving the transmission wheel shaft, and saw that the paddles on both sides of the ship began to rotate with the transmission of the wheel shaft.

The oars below slid continuously on the water surface, and the big boat slowly moved forward. Seeing this scene, the people on the shore were stunned, and the people in the boat opened their mouths wide in shock.

"Tao'er, this boat can go by itself? How did you do it? It's really amazing."

Although he saw a lot of inventions from Zhu Tao and was shocked by this kid many times, but this time did refresh Zhu Yuanzhang's vision.

Zhu Tao looked gracefully at the tea that was cooking on the small stove next to him.

I saw that when the water boiled, the water vapor pushed the lid of the teapot to make a popping sound, and the water vapor was continuously ejected from the inside.

"In fact, power can be generated when the water is heated. Such a large boiler has several air inlets, and the power generated is quite considerable, enough to push the piston and drive the outer blades to automatically row the boat. This is called a self-propelled boat."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it for a while, and suddenly thought of it.

"You said that the sea loach boats of our Daming Navy, if this kind of steam engine is installed, will it save a lot of manpower for rowing? The space saved can be used to place some large offensive and defensive weapons, or place more elite soldiers. .”

My father is really the most qualified royalist. You said it would be great to be a good businessman, and you always care about national affairs.

And recently, it's also very strange that this old man can think of military affairs no matter what he thinks, Zhu Tao is also speechless.

"Father, look at his speed, how much faster than the turtle's speed? Are you sure you want to use it to charge and fight? Isn't this waiting for someone to come up to harvest corn!"

Zhu Yuanzhang also burst into laughter.

"I think that when we fought with Chen Youliang back then, if we had sailed on this kind of boat, we would have been captured by now. However, this is indeed very miraculous."

Who knew that Zhu Tao was at a loss: "Father, you beat Chen Youliang with the emperor in the early years?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he was bald. Fortunately, this silly son had no doubts: "Yes, at that time, Dad was the captain of a small speedboat. It has been many years, and time flies, but after that time I also retired from business.”

The lie was fulfilled, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Can you increase the speed of your ship?"

Zhu Tao nodded, and replied firmly.

"This is just a first-generation experimental product. If we want to increase the speed, we must improve the design. At that time, we can even use petroleum fuel instead of steam."

"Oil, what's that?"

"It's the Yanchuan stone liquid that I asked my cousin Taiping to bring back to me. I don't know when he will be able to return to Beijing? Then Yanchuan stone liquid is the best motivation."

"Oh, soon, Tao'er, by the way, Dad suddenly remembered a digression. Do you think our capital of Ming Dynasty is really good now, Yingtianfu? Would it be better to move the capital to Xi'an?"

Zhu Tao is also a key politician, and this time he became interested.

"Yingtian Mansion is too comfortable. If you stay for a long time, people will neglect the government. Due to the recent soil erosion, low tree coverage, and desertification, Xi'an is often dry, and it is not suitable for building a capital. Even in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty , Tang Gaozong also moved his capital to Luoyang to avoid drought. Therefore, the most ideal place should be the capital of the former Yuan Dynasty, that is, Yandi, where you can control the outside of the pass, the east control the Haijiang, and you can monitor the South Road along the canal. It is the most ideal capital. where."

Zhu Yuanzhang was deep in thought when he suddenly heard Zhu Tao say something desperately again.

"It's just that the current emperor probably doesn't have time to do it. It must be Zhu Di who made... made..."

As soon as I said this, I suddenly saw my fourth cousin glaring at him, so I quickly changed my words: "We must wait for Zhu Di to build the foundation, and then wait for the future monarchs to perfect it."