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Chapter 1048 Just Keep Pretending

The sound was loud and sudden, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard and looked at the sound, the people below had consciously moved out of the way, or in other words, all the people below had turned their heads to pay attention to one person, and the person who had just shouted was exposed in the crowd.

This person is only in his 20s. Seeing everyone looking at him at this time, he seems a little timid and shrinks back.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "What do you think about the steam engine?"

After asking, after thinking about it, he added: "Say it out for me to hear, even if it's useless, it's okay!"

Hearing this, the man regained his courage, hurriedly walked to the front of the crowd, knelt down and played, "Your Majesty, Cao Min is a gunsmith, responsible for the boring machine operation of the artillery barrel. Cao Min saw that the new cylinder is not too serious. So I thought, if this cylinder is bored with a boring machine like a gun bore, its inner wall must be extremely smooth, maybe... maybe it will be useful for this steam engine!"

In the past, because a single cylinder was used, the cylinder had to be very large and could only be made by hand.But in this way, the gap between the piston and the cylinder cannot be made very small, so felt, paper, oilcloth and similar substitutes can only be used to plug the gap tightly as much as possible.In any case, the air leakage of this approach is relatively serious.In other words, this approach actually wastes a lot of heat energy.

But now that the cylinder has been reduced, the diameter of the cylinder and the large-caliber gun barrel are actually not much different.If you make a large-bore boring machine that can bore cylinders for smooth inner walls...

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he immediately became excited, because if he thought about it with his brain, he knew that the steam engine would definitely be improved, but the effect of the improvement had yet to be tested.

Therefore, he immediately affirmed the gunsmith's approach, and ordered the eunuch in charge of the Military Bureau to record this matter in public. Once the test is completed, if it proves that the steam engine can be greatly improved, he will definitely reward him!
After seeing the gunsmith retreating excitedly into the crowd, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to the people below: "I am here, who else has any ideas on the improvement of this steam engine, no matter right or wrong, feel free to tell me." Listen, the speaker is innocent, and if it is useful, reward it!"

What happened to Sun Erniu before had already irritated the people below, and it was also because of this that the gunsmith just now mustered up the courage to take a gamble. Unexpectedly, he was really right.It's just that the amount of reward depends on the results of the experiment.But no matter what, he also changed his fate because of one sentence.

These two things made all the people below, especially the craftsmen, jealous. They racked their brains to think about it, wondering whether they could have such good luck.Encouraged by Emperor Chongzhen, one craftsman after another plucked up the courage to speak out their ideas.

To Emperor Chongzhen's disappointment, most of the people who made suggestions later had no practical use, and only a few people mentioned it, which seemed to be of little use.However, he was very happy about this enthusiastic situation.

So when the voices one after another gradually disappeared and the courtyard returned to silence, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to them: "Very well, you can speak out what you think in the future, maybe something good will come from you." I will also set up a special official position in the Military Warfare Bureau to let people record your ideas. This idea is not limited to steam engines, or even artillery. If you think it is feasible, I will allocate funds to let you realize your ideas!"

After finishing speaking, it was already a bit late.After the Emperor Chongzhen gained another wave of achievement points by the way, he ordered Liu Chengzhi, the eunuch in charge of the Military War Bureau, to say something before he drove back.

The emperor attached great importance to it, and the military bureau had enough manpower and material resources. A special boring machine was quickly manufactured and operated by the gunsmith himself. The new steam engine was rebuilt. After the official experiment, a piece of good news came to Emperor Chongzhen's desk: This new type of steam engine has four to five times the energy of the original steam engine. This is definitely a huge improvement, and Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be extremely happy. He immediately made a decision to mass-produce it according to this new steam engine model.

He didn't know that in the original history, this two-way cylinder, and the steam engine whose cylinder body was operated by a boring machine, was actually a steam engine that Watt had improved many times, that is, the Watt Type III machine.This improvement took more than seven years from Watt's first improvement, but more than 100 years earlier than Watt's improved steam engine, under the leadership of Emperor Chongzhen, a traveler, there were the most skilled craftsmen in Ming Dynasty, With the support of enough wealth and the higher efficiency than Watt's single-handedly made steam engine, an improved version of the steam engine that can really be used for practical purposes was developed in a short period of time.

This kind of steam engine doesn't need any rubber at all.In fact, in the original history, even during the Opium War, British steam engine warships did not use a little bit of rubber.

The steam engine on this plane, under the leadership of Emperor Chongzhen, finally has an improved steam engine for energy production. It is expected that in the near future, due to the reduction in cost and coal consumption, this steam engine will be able to use water power in Daming. local application.Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being very excited when he thought about all this.

The driving force behind the industrialization of Ming Dynasty is finally here!

When Emperor Chongzhen watched the assembly of the first mass-produced steam engine and put it in front of him to verify its efficacy, he couldn't help but get excited. He entered the chat group and took pictures with the camera function of the chat group. This is this plane. In human history, the first truly practical steam engine!
After taking the photos, he found out that King Tang had sent a message: "Your Majesty, Prince Fu's son is about to enter the city."

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he was in a good mood, so he replied: "Then show your Tang Kingdom as it is to Prince Fu."

Tang Wang received it and immediately agreed.For him, there are more vassal princes who are feudal overseas, and he will not have the potential danger of Mu Xiuyu Lin.Therefore, for King Fu, he is very happy to show the benefits of the new vassal state, so that King Fu can follow up with envy.This just happened to satisfy the show-off mood possessed by Tang Wang, a young man.Of course, this kind of thing is human nature, the so-called return home, is the truth, but it is hard to say anything about Tang Wang.

So, the king of Tang immediately led all the civil and military officials of the Tang state to the gate of the city to greet him.

Zhu Yousong, the son of King Fu, was escorted by Jin Yiwei. When he arrived outside the city of Ava, he saw King Tang there, surrounded by many civil servants and generals. Wang's as low-key pomp as possible is comparable.Just looking at it like this, the envy in his heart was involuntarily revealed.

Speaking of which, the vassal kings in the late Ming Dynasty were actually really pitiful.Although he is a vassal king in name and one of the most noble titles in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court has placed many restrictions on him.Even if the feudal king goes out of the city to visit the tomb, he must obtain the approval of the local government before he can leave the feudal prince's mansion.To put it bluntly, these vassal kings are actually just pigs raised by the imperial court. The only difference between them and pigs is that pigs will eventually be slaughtered, while vassal kings will not, they just die of old age in the mansion.

For this kind of day, the older vassal king is better, his blood has long been extinguished, and any water chestnut has been obliterated in the long days; but the son of King Fu is a young man, a passionate guy in his twenties.Who would be willing to die in such a small palace for the rest of his life.The world is so big, and the world is so beautiful, who can be willing if he doesn't go out for a walk, and doesn't know a little bit about it?

In the past, there was no way to do it. Once you have this kind of thought, it is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be punished as treason.But now?It was the emperor who gave such an opportunity. With the opportunity to establish a feudal state, he could control the military and political power in the feudal state, keep his promises, and no longer be restricted by others, let alone be held until death like a pig.Just thinking about it made Prince Fu excited.

As soon as he got close, he hurriedly got off his horse, bowed to the king of Tang and said, "Your Majesty, please go out of the city to meet him, you've broken my nephew!"

"Hahaha..." King Tang burst out laughing immediately, and he could tell that he was in a good mood. He strode forward and grabbed Zhu Yousong's hand before he stopped laughing and said, "If we changed before, I guess we I can't see you until I die. Now I have a chance, although this Tang country is a remote and small country with a lot of troubles, and I can't be busy every day, but no matter what, I have to take time out for a trip, isn't it..."

Don't say that King Tang and King Fu, who have been separated for many generations, are the kind of kings who are brothers. Once they are in the domain, they basically have no chance to meet again, and they will just die of old age in their own palace.It is for this reason that King Tang said this.

Zhu Yousong was also a little emotional when he heard this.Now that the national policy of the imperial court has changed, this is a good thing for the vassal king, and he should seize this opportunity!
Then, he heard that King Tang seemed to be complaining about the Tang Kingdom and about being busy, but looking at his expression, he didn't seem to be complaining at all!
"Pretend, just pretend!" Zhu Yousong couldn't help saying silently from the bottom of his heart.

Tang Wang was actually about the same age as Zhu Yousong, but he was in charge of the scene at this time, holding Zhu Yousong's hand and walking forward, pointing at the civil and military officials and saying: "The natives in Dongwu have ulterior motives and are lonely. It is basically useless. These are our own scholars and military backgrounds in Ming Dynasty, but they are not Jinshi and generals at all levels, at most they are recruits and guards. With the emperor's permission, they were dug here by an orphan. Hehe, let the nephew see it What a joke..."

Speaking of this, without waiting for Zhu Yousong's reaction, the King of Tang shouted at the civil and military officials: "Why are you all standing there, why don't you come and see the Prince Fu soon?"

When the civil and military officials heard this, they hurriedly bowed to each other, clasped their fists together, and saluted Prince Fu's son.

Zhu Yousong looked very envious. When he was in Luoyang, although he was in his own territory, how many officials would care about him, the son of Prince Fu?If he meets those officials when he goes out, he, the prince of Fu, has to accompany him with a smile on his face. Otherwise, if he wants to go out of the city, even if he walks on his own field, he will not be able to go if he is made things difficult by those officials.

But looking at King Tang at this time, he must have been the same as himself before, but now, so many civil and military officials, shouting and drinking casually, all bowed their heads and obeyed, only King Tang followed suit, how majestic!

Just as he was thinking, Tang Wang had already held his hand, got on the frame of Tang Wang's car, and sat on the car with the hood open, with a good view.

On the way back to the palace, the king of Tang pointed to the rows of soldiers under martial law, and the people watching the excitement behind the soldiers, and said: "These are mostly people from our Ming Dynasty. After hearing that Dongwu became the Tang Dynasty, they came here one after another. Asking for a living. Although the Tang Kingdom was established at the beginning, it was really a bit poor. But there is a lot of land. Gu gave them all the fields, and they also kept them. The emperor has a decree, as long as Gu can keep these people, it will be our Tang Kingdom in the future. the people."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Those Dongwu natives are very lazy and have wasted so many good grain fields for nothing. But we Daming people are different. Here three crops are grown here a year. It won't take long for the grain to be harvested." There is no need to worry. The emperor also explained, don’t be afraid that if there is too much food, it will rot, the imperial court will pay for the food, and collect as much as it has, so that Gu Neng can vigorously grasp the people’s livelihood and produce more food.”

As he said that, Tang Wang pointed to the buildings in Awa City and said, "It really made my nephew laugh. The capital I chose alone can't be compared with our cities in Daming. Look, this house is so short, how can you Look, that house doesn't even have a yard, and that..."

Zhu Yousong didn't have a chance to speak at all. He listened to Tang Wang's eloquent introduction along the way, saying that his Tang country was not very good from time to time, and now he heard Tang Wang "complaining" about his shabby capital. I couldn't help but said silently again in my heart: "Then you don't need to stay here, just change to Fuguo! Just pretend, keep pretending!"

Tang Wang was the first feudal prince to entrust overseas, in other words, he was the first feudal prince to hold military and political power by himself.He is a young man again, and when Zhu Yousong came this time, he happened to have the best person to narrate his achievements.He said he was very busy, but he just spent a lot of time, going around the road and introducing various situations to Zhu Yousong. Seeing the envious expression on Zhu Yousong's face, he became more motivated and turned around many places , After there is really no introduction, it is considered to step into the palace gate of the palace.

Tang Wang's voice was a little hoarse, and he still held Zhu Yousong's hand, and said with emotion: "My nephew, Gu is really too busy, and I have to deal with a lot of things every day, and the memorials are piled up like a mountain." That's it, I'm still too busy. You don't know, it's really tiring! Sometimes, I even miss the days in Nanyang, how relaxing it is..."

Hearing this, Zhu Yousong really couldn't stand it any longer, so pretend again?How about I go back and report to Your Majesty and let me replace you?
But this is impossible, Zhu Yousong hastily decided to change the subject, he really didn't want to listen to him pretending again: "My nephew heard that the White Pole Army helped His Highness a lot, where are they?"

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