Iron Dynasty

According to this order, you will keep your eyes on me one by one, and you mustn't be negligent.

In the imperial study, Xiao Ming handed a black booklet to Pang Yukun, on which he asked Pang Yukun and Fiji to establish some industries.

Pang Yukun took the booklet and just glanced at it, and couldn't help but be very excited. This is Xiao Ming's list of the industries that are currently lacking in the Great Yu Kingdom and the industries that need to be improved.

In addition to industry, aquaculture is highlighted.

Your Majesty, with this minister, you can follow the script. Pang Yukun said happily.

Xiao Ming nodded, and he said what he should have said. At this time, he asked the two of them to go back separately and strictly follow the industry plan he provided to realize Da Yuguo's own industry system.

After sending the two away, Xiao Ming relaxed. Although Pang Yukun and Fiji handled a lot of government affairs for him during this time, he was more worried than before.

As all walks of life blossomed in the Great Yu Country, he had to personally go into battle to give more knowledge to the students of Qingzhou University.

Although the technology library is in his mind, he can't be expected to achieve the rise of civilization alone. Only by cultivating more and more talents like Lin Wentao and Lu Tong can a complete industrial system be realized in the Great Yu Kingdom.

While he was thinking about it, Qian Dafu walked over unwillingly, and complained, The emperor is already very tired, why does the emperor have to personally ask the trivial matters of the Great Yu Kingdom.

Xiao Ming suddenly laughed, this Qian Dafu really felt sorry for his emperor, after all, strictly speaking, the owner of his body was brought up by him.

Speaking of which, who is asking to see you outside the door? Every time Qian Dafu complained like this, it must be something big or small.

With a sigh, Qian Dafu said, It was Zhang Liang's father and daughter who asked to see him, and he was talking about the steam engine ship. From the old slave's point of view, why should he come to the emperor for such a trivial matter.

If it was before, Xiao Ming might not have seen the two of them, but now he is hands-on in technology, so that the Great Yu Kingdom can catch up with Europe as soon as possible.

After all, he is improving, and European technology is also improving, and Europe in this era is obviously more open than contemporary Europe.

In the same historical period, the technical level of Europe at this time has surpassed that of contemporary Europe for half a century or more, and the most important thing is that such Europe has already extended its tentacles to Asia.

Therefore, he needs a weapon to defeat them at sea even more, and this is the steam battleship.

It's not a trivial matter, let them in. Qian Dafu complained, but he still didn't dare to let them go.

In response, Qian Dafu turned around and left, and soon led Zhang Liang and his daughter to the imperial study.

Xiaguan, people's daughter, see the emperor. Zhang Liang and Zhang Qiyun said in unison.

No gift. Xiao Ming looked at the two of them, Did you encounter difficulties on the steamboat?

Zhang Qiyun is a boring gourd and doesn't like to talk on weekdays. Zhang Liang knew his daughter, so he took the initiative to say: Your Majesty, the old minister and his daughter tried to build a steamship in the Qingzhou Shipyard after returning from Dengzhou. Motivation is worrying, so now I specially come to ask the Pope.

Tell me about it. Xiao Ming's face was serious. Every time he discussed technical issues, he acted like a technician.

Zhang Liang cleared his throat, organized the language and said, After the old minister's experiment, now the steam engine plus the propeller can indeed make a warship sail, but the old minister is not very relieved about the steam engine. If the coal on the warship runs out, or the steam engine If it is damaged, this steam-engine steamship will become a dead ship, so the old minister thought that we should not only use steam power, but also keep the mast of the sailing warship.

After a pause, Zhang Liang said: But this is just the old minister's idea, and the old minister's daughter insisted on completely changing the structure of the battleship. For this matter, this girl fought the old minister with the emperor's will for several days, and the old minister had to come here. find the emperor.

As soon as Zhang Liang's voice fell, Zhang Qiyun said, Your Majesty, steam-engine warships have their own suitable hull structure. To build a steam-engine warship now, it is natural to abandon all the previous hulls.

But how many cannons are on your hull? Zhang Liang shook his head, You're just dissatisfied with one bottle, and half a bottle is banging.

Xiao Ming smiled, Zhang Liang was saying that Zhang Qiyun didn't study thoroughly, he looked at Zhang Qiyun and said, The main purpose of warships is to fight wars, so many times sailing warships would rather give up speed but also guarantee firepower, you Now that the positions of my artillery have been built, how can my warships fight?

Zhang Qiyun frowned and was stunned for a while, but she really didn't think about it.

Zhang Liang showed a triumphant smile at this time, very proud of his old age. I have to say that when his daughter proposed steam power, he was so shocked that his eyes almost fell.

For this purpose, he deliberately returned to Qingzhou from Dengzhou to try to produce a steam engine-powered boat. Now, under the preliminary test, he and Zhang Qiyun have completed the experiment of the steam engine driving the propeller to move the boat forward. Construction of ships.

Your Majesty, the old minister's suggestion is to temporarily use hybrid power, keep the power of the sailing warship, and use the steam engine as the auxiliary power. After all, in the old minister's opinion, it is very difficult for the current steam engine to propel a large warship to voyage, and without the supply of coal, the warship will be finished. . Zhang Liang finally said.

Xiao Ming nodded. What Zhang Liang said was indeed the truth. The steam engine was being improved all the time. The steam engine in this battleship was no longer an ordinary steam engine, but a high-temperature and high-pressure steam engine.

Compared with ordinary steam engines, this steam engine is more efficient and more powerful.

It is with this steam engine as a guarantee that Lin Wentao dared to start producing steam locomotives, and now this steam engine is used on warships.

Just as Zhang Liang was worried, his warships will go far in the future. For this reason, pure steam-powered warships need to replenish coal and fresh water at each supply point.

Now there is no problem in the waters of the Great Yu Kingdom, but he can't do anything outside this range. Therefore, at this time, sails are needed to ensure that the battleship can still move.

Zhang Qiyun was originally very stubborn, but now that Zhang Liang and Xiao Ming analyzed it like this, she gradually came back to it, but she was still a little unwilling, Isn't it a joke to say that steam-engine battleships?

That's not the case. After the artillery problem of the steam battleship is solved, the ironclad battleship can be officially built, at least it can be used in the surrounding area. Xiao Ming said with a smile, he is currently unable to manufacture the rotating turret of the steam battleship.