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Chapter 1047 The Effect of One Sentence

As soon as his words fell, the Chongzheng Hall suddenly became very quiet.These princes and princes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty looked at each other, and everyone's face was very dignified.

They all understood that if Lu Xiangsheng really had to be a water master to respond, then Daqing would really be helpless.There is absolutely no possibility of grabbing those grains back.

After a while, Daishan whispered in an unconfident tone: "This is unlikely. If the navy of the Ming army appeared on the river, Azig would definitely know. In this way, no matter how stupid he is , and will definitely be prepared, how could it be possible to be ambushed by the Ming army!"

Hearing these words seemed to make sense, and many princes Baylor seemed to grasp the last straw, nodding their heads in agreement.

"Yes, even if you are a fool, if you see the Ming army navy appearing on the river, you can definitely expect the Ming army to come!"

"How important is this batch of grain, will Azig not know? Knowing that the Ming army has the idea of ​​buying grain and grass, he will leave Zhenjiang Fort without asking for reinforcements in advance?"

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This time, these princes and princes Baylor inadvertently questioned Huang Taiji's judgment. If it had changed before, Huang Taiji would never tolerate his authority being offended, but at this time, he did not see him lose his temper. Sitting on the throne, with his head down, he didn't know what he was thinking.

After waiting for a while, after the hall became quiet, he slowly raised his head. He seemed to have aged a lot. He glanced at everyone in the hall, and said in a low voice but with absolute certainty: "Fight with Lu Xiangsheng!" After dealing with him for so long, don’t you know his way of using troops? Would he not consider the retreat after looting food? He is good at using cavalry, don’t you know that if you go by land, this batch of food is important to my Qing Dynasty, and it must be He will send cavalry to pursue him, can he escape? Only by walking on the water, my Qing Dynasty will be powerless to pursue! The food that was robbed by him in Jinpu Town in the past was transported by the navy of the Ming Dynasty! Choose just out of Zhenjiang Fort to do it because it is the closest to the Yalu River!"

Speaking of this, Huang Taiji seemed to be very tired. After taking a few breaths, he said slowly: "Azig must not have seen the Ming army navy appear at the meeting. Appeared, this point, I can also be sure. Only in this way can Lu Xiangsheng be sure that this battle can be won!"

"Is this impossible? Could it be that the two armies of the sea and the land just meet at an agreed time? If something unexpected happens in the middle, wouldn't it be very unreliable?" Someone questioned.

Indeed, it is impossible for any war to be carried out completely according to the plan.Just like when the Five Routes of the Ming Dynasty marched and tried to wipe out Hou Jin, who was still Xianhan at that time, because of the inconsistent coordination of the Five Routes Army, there was a deviation from the plan, and finally the Five Routes Ming Army was defeated by Xian Khan on four routes, scaring them back all the way.

However, this time the battle seemed to be different. At least the Ming navy didn't care about the time. It had been waiting on the river for the Ming army to appear on the shore, and nothing happened.Thinking about it this way, most people acquiesced to Huang Taiji's analysis, and suddenly, many people's faces were very ugly.They understand that nine times out of ten, that batch of food is gone!

Thinking back to the fight over this batch of food just now, some people even started fighting like shrews in front of the imperial court. The princes and princes of the Qing dynasty in the Chongzheng Palace felt very uncomfortable!
In the end, Shenyang did not send reinforcements, because everyone basically agreed with Huang Taiji's analysis.In addition, there is another very important reason. If you send cavalry to Zhenjiang Fort, it will also consume a lot of food.As for the Manchus, what they lacked was food!

After Hauge finished the court meeting, he seemed to be depressed and returned to his mansion. He couldn't hold back any longer, sneered non-stop, and named Dorgon as the emperor's younger brother. Well, this emperor's younger brother is actually It's useless!The Qing Dynasty is still short of food, these stupid pigs will starve to death!
After a lot of venting, Hauge called Qian Fugui, retreated from everyone, and ordered in a low voice: "Contact over there, I have made such a great contribution this time, should I be rewarded?"

When Qian Fugui heard this, he knew that the Ming army must have robbed the food. He was very happy, but he didn't dare to show it. He just nodded and entered the chat group, chatting privately with Emperor Chongzhen, and told Hauge's request.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen already knew that Lu Xiangsheng's grain-robbing army was on its way back safely, and now that Hauge came to ask for credit, he didn't ignore it.After all, the information provided by Hauge is indeed not something that Qian Fugui can get.For this reason, he dealt with Hauge so that Hauge could continue to provide information.

After quitting the chat group, Emperor Chongzhen thought happily that there was another batch of food in Liaodong. In this way, the logistical pressure on himself to conquer Liaodong this year would be much less.As for Huang Taiji, he is probably about to die of worry, right?It's best to be really worried. Anyway, before the autumn harvest, the blockade of grain imports from the Qing Dynasty will never be relaxed.

After thinking about happy things for a while, Emperor Chongzhen shifted his attention and began to think about things that made him more worried.

The seaport of the steam engine has been boasted, but the mass-produced steam engine has not been finalized.Nowadays, the steam engines of Bingzhan Bureau are all handmade.Of course, hand-built steam engines are not impossible, but to realize the industrialization of Daming, mass production is a must.The reason why industrialization is industrialization is because the products can be operated in an assembly line, which greatly improves the production efficiency. This is the fundamental reason that really promotes the leap of human society.

Today's Emperor Chongzhen is dissatisfied with the steam engine, mainly focusing on two points.One point is that the steam engine is too huge, as big as a small room, otherwise, the kinetic energy generated is too small.But such a big steam engine is really inconvenient to use!At least in Emperor Chongzhen's impression, no practical steam engine could be so huge.

The second point is that the efficiency of converting heat energy into kinetic energy in the current steam engine is too low.In other words, today's steam engine is a steel monster that eats coal, and it eats a lot.In terms of economic cost, it is a bit uneconomical!According to Emperor Chongzhen, this should be the reason why there is no rubber seal.

He thought about it for a long time, and felt that he still had no idea, so he decided to go to the Bingzhan Bureau and stay with the craftsmen there for a while, to see if he could find a good way!
Unexpectedly, before he left, the servants outside the hall entered the hall and reported that the eunuch Liu Chengzhi, who was in charge of the Bingzhan Bureau, asked for an audience.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but feel agitated. Could it be that he let them study it himself? Did they really research something?

Thinking of this, he immediately delivered an order to Liu Chengzhi to have an audience.

Before the ceremony was over, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Liu Chengzhi below with a trace of expectation and asked, "Is there any good news?"

"Returning to His Majesty, there is one thing. This servant thinks that it is possible to improve the steam engine, but this servant is not very knowledgeable and not sure, so I have to follow His Majesty's order and come to report to His Majesty." Liu Chengzhi said so, but he had a look on his face His smiling face showed that he was probably being modest.

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy to see him, and hurriedly asked: "Very well, let me explain in detail!"

After hearing this, Liu Chengzhi quickly replied: "Your Majesty, today a carpenter heard the servants discussing the steam engine with others, and told other craftsmen privately that when they saw wood, they always saw someone pulling and pushing at both ends. It saves a lot of effort. If the piston of this steam engine can be pushed at both ends, wouldn’t it also save a lot of effort. After hearing this, the slave girl felt that it made sense, so she came to explain to His Majesty!"

At any rate, he saw that the emperor cared so much about steam engines. Although he was an eunuch in charge of the military bureau, he was still active in the front line of steam engine manufacturing. He knew no less about steam engines than those craftsmen.Therefore, after hearing the carpenter's remarks, he contacted the structure of the steam engine and the distance, and he has already confirmed that this is indeed possible.

The reason why Liu Chengzhi didn't dare to say that he thought of this matter was because Emperor Chongzhen often went to the military bureau to stay with craftsmen. He must be punished severely.Liu Chengzhi was not sure that he would be able to cover the sky with one hand in a military battle. The risk was too great, so he might as well tell the truth.

Besides, after hearing what Liu Chengzhi said, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a while, and was immediately overjoyed.He has also been focusing on the manufacture of steam engines, and he has a clear understanding of steam engines in his mind. After thinking about it for a while, he knows that the two cylinders push each other to make piston movements, which will definitely greatly improve the heat conversion efficiency.

In the past, the main reason why the steam engine was so large was that if the steam engine was small, the heat conversion efficiency would be low, which would lead to insufficient kinetic energy. It was really impossible to make the steam engine bigger.But now it’s all right, set up two cylinders, after pushing each other, under the same thermal energy, the kinetic energy will definitely be greatly improved.In this way, the steam engine must be able to reduce a lot of volume.That is to say, one of the difficulties of the previous steam engine was solved.

Emperor Chongzhen got excited about the idea, and immediately set up a military battle. Based on this idea, he improved the design of the steam engine, and then immediately asked Liu Chengzhi to dispatch skilled craftsmen to start building it immediately.

The results of the experiment really proved that Emperor Chongzhen's idea was correct.The new steam engine is indeed much better than the previous steam engine.This made Emperor Chongzhen feel that it might be possible to use this as a prototype to mass-produce steam engines.

When he was happy, he gathered all the personnel including all kinds of craftsmen in the military battle bureau, and the reward for Liu Chengzhi was inevitable.What many people didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen asked with a smile on the steps: "Who is the carpenter Sun Erniu?"

"Grassman Sun Erniu, long live, long live, long live!" A strong young man in his twenties came out in full view, knelt down in front of Emperor Chongzhen and responded loudly.

Kneeling there, he was very excited, and he knew that something good must happen.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and nodded in his heart. Only young people would have fewer scruples, and would blurt out any thoughts in their minds.

After Sun Erniu finished seeing the ceremony, everyone was dumbfounded that Emperor Chongzhen actually stepped down the steps, went up to help Sun Erniu himself, and at the same time said with a smile: "That's right, get up quickly!"

Sun Erniu never thought about having this kind of courtesy, you know, this is the day today!His arms were supported by the emperor, and his hands were shaking a little under the excitement.Of course, when he said it afterwards, he didn't admit it.

Looking at Sun Erniu who had stood up, Emperor Chongzhen stood in front of him and said with a smile: "Your idea is very good, not only that, but you can also express your thoughts, and finally make the improvement of the steam engine a success. I am very happy." Appreciate young people like you. Dare to think and speak, regardless of status, not bad, not bad!"

After he said a few good things in a row, he suddenly said in a more solemn tone: "Sun Erniu, the carpenter, accepts the order!"

Sun Erniu was excited, when he heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and immediately knelt down again.

"You will be rewarded for your merits. I have decided to give you one percent of the profits of the steam engines sold in the next ten years, and enjoy the courtesy of a master." Emperor Chongzhen added, "I hope your skills will continue to improve, and more Further, reach the master standard, so I will be very happy to give you the title of master, understand?"

What he said is that Sun Erniu is not yet a "master" at present, but he will be awarded the title of master only after he has been treated as a master and has improved his skills and reached the standard of a master.But even so, it also means that his status has been greatly improved, and it can be said that he has reached the sky in one step.What's more, he can still share [-]% of the profits from the sale of steam engines within ten years, what a fortune this is!
Sun Erniu gained both fame and fortune because of an association, a single sentence, so to speak.This made him so excited that he could only kowtow and shout long live.

And those people in the courtyard, not only the officials of the Military Bureau, but also all kinds of craftsmen, were all very jealous. With just a word, the steam engine has been improved, and the emperor has received such a courtesy and generous reward, the ancestral grave is smoking, right?
After the Emperor Chongzhen finished appreciating Sun Erniu, he looked at the steam engine on display, then turned around, and looked at the people in the courtyard again. When he saw their expressions, he knew that his golden horse bones this time seemed to be rising. When it comes to effect, it should greatly intensify the enthusiasm of these people.

The Han people have never lacked smart people since ancient times. I hope that these craftsmen, who are among the best in the world, can use their minds to improve more things in their future work.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen prepared to drive back to the palace.

But who knows, at this moment, one of the crowd in the courtyard was suddenly heard shouting loudly: "Your Majesty, the grassroots have an idea about this steam engine!"

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