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"The emperor has already fallen asleep, can't we talk about it tomorrow?" This was the voice of the little eunuch next to Zhu Youjian.

"It's a good thing, I have to tell the emperor. I'm also happy, and I can't wait until dawn." Zhu Youjian heard that it was Bi Xiangdong's voice.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Youjian opened the door and put on a coat.

"Report to the emperor, Mr. Bi is seeking an audience outside, saying that he has something important to report." The little eunuch didn't dare to hide anything, so he had no choice but to reply.

"Your Majesty, it's done. What you asked for has been done." Bi Xiangdong yelled into the courtyard.

"Oh, my Mr. Bi, you can't shout here." The little eunuch hurriedly wanted to stop Bi Xiangdong, because the emperor and Concubine Yang lived in this courtyard.

When Zhu Youjian heard this, he ran to the gate of the yard without even wearing his pants, grabbed Bi Xiangdong's arm and asked nervously, "Is that done?"

"Well! Yes. I have been in touch for an hour, and there is nothing wrong." Bi Xiangdong was very excited and kept nodding.

"Take me to have a look."

"Your Majesty, you still..." The little eunuch pointed at Zhu Youjian's slippery legs.

"Oh, hurry up and prepare your car." After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he hurried into the room to find his pants.After searching for a long time, I finally found it under Yang Jing's body.

"In the middle of the night, what happened?" Yang Jing opened her sleepy eyelids, a little dissatisfied.

"You go to bed first, I'll go outside and have a look, and I'll be back later." Zhu Youjian didn't care to look at the picture of the beauties on the bed, turned his head and left.Poor Yang Jing could only twist her thigh a few times, and glanced at the door resentfully.

In a hidden workshop in Jiangjun Mountain, a large group of people are staring at a huge rotating wheel. Everyone looks like they are looking at gold, and their eyes rotate with the rotation of the wheel.As if entering a dream.

"The emperor is here, give way quickly." Someone shouted at the door, and everyone woke up.

"How long has it been?" Zhu Youjian looked at the thing in front of him, it seemed to be different from what he imagined.

"It has been spinning for more than an hour, and there is no problem." The leader looked at the hourglass carefully.

"Always at a constant speed?" Zhu Youjian was most concerned about this.

"Consistent speed all the time, the governor is working fine."

In fact, the principle of the steam engine is not complicated. The prototype of the steam engine has been made long ago, but it cannot be used normally.It would be good if the earliest prototype could run continuously for a stick of incense, but if it stopped, it would have to be overhauled.

In addition to sealing problems, there are also excessive pressure on the boiler and uneven power output.People have died from steam leaks and boiler explosions, and there is still one person with no skin intact.

After a whole year, this Ming Dynasty's first practical steam engine was finally built.

"How many prototypes have you built?" Zhu Youjian knew how difficult it is to develop technology.

"A total of more than 30 units have been built, and now there are less than five units left." The project leader is Cheng Xingyao, a 28-year-old young craftsman.He was quite handsome when he got the schematic drawing, but now his face is distorted and ugly, and there are burn scars all over his body.

"I will give you one month's vacation, and the project team will reward you with an extra 1 silver dollars."

Zhu Youjian, who returned to the small courtyard, was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep, resting his head on his palms, thinking about the upcoming changes.

Daming has made progress in various undertakings, just like a steam engine, it has finally started to run smoothly.

"Where did you go just now?" Yang Jing stared at Zhu Youjian curiously with a pair of big eyes.

"I just went to see Pistons for half a day."

"What is piston motion?"

"Come, I will teach you myself."

Chapter 236: Marriage Grant

This year's Chongyang Family Banquet was arranged at Jiangjun Mountain, and the number of royals suddenly increased and it became lively.It actually filled the not-so-small yard of Jiangjun Mountain with laughter.

First of all, A Ke, who is more than three months old, has already started to laugh. When Jiu Er teases her, A Ke is very happy, which is very fun.Coupled with the addition of Yang Jing this year, seven or eight people can fill a table.

This year's dishes are not prepared by Zhu Youjian himself, but by the royal chef arranged by Wang Chengen.Zhu Youjian has been really busy recently. Although the steam engine has been successfully developed, it will enter the production stage after the real operation test.This is the time when money really needs to be spent. It is equivalent to building a complete production line. The mechanical department has a lot of new plans waiting for his approval.Daming did not have a mature engineering team to complete such work, and Zhu Youjian had to do it himself.

Zhu Youjian looked at Jiu'er who was in high spirits, and suddenly remembered something.

"Girl! I heard that you've been wandering around the Zhengyangmen area recently. What's going on?"

When Jiu'er heard this, she was so ashamed that she almost buried her head in the table and lowered herself.Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly used cover and said, "She is very busy now, with so many things on her hands."

"Oh? You sold all those soaps and perfumes?"

The so-called money-making weapon for ordinary traversers to climb the technology tree is just a by-product of the process of technological progress.For example, daily chemical products such as soap and perfume are produced by the material department of the chemical industry group.

Before soda ash could not be produced industrially on a large scale, it was a joke for travelers to use soap to make money. Many travel books wrote about using plant ash to extract potassium carbonate.In fact, making a small cart of soap is estimated to be able to use up all the ash in Nanjing.In the absence of soda ash ore, count on burning plant ash to make it?It's okay for one person to take a bath.Forget about making money, that thing will be more expensive than perfume.Otherwise, there would be nothing wrong with Hou Debang, and he would not have to engage in Hou's soda production method.

At present, Zhu Youjian can't do the Hou's soda-making method, but can only use the Lubrand's soda-making method. This method is better than plant ash extraction, and it can barely lower the price of soap to the point where the rich can afford it. .To put it bluntly, the Lublin method of alkali production is to deal with the stage of calcination of ore. With the current industrial technology of Daming, it can only do calcination and simple synthesis reactions.Before the machinery industry exploded, even the Solvay soda process could not be done.

Do you really think that the ancients didn't know that plant ash can be used for washing?It's just that it can't be used on a large scale at all.

"The price is a bit expensive, and it's not easy to sell." Jiu'er was a little discouraged. The product she has now is the best-selling carriage. Other things can only be said to be average, and the price is too expensive.

"Well, so, go to Zhengyangmen for a walk when you have time?" Zhu Youjian pretended to be serious, like a strict father.

"Father is eccentric, the elder brother of the prince also likes to go out, why don't you talk about him." Jiu'er was not happy, and directly brought the prince out to talk about the matter.

"Where is the prince going out?" Zhu Youjian pretended not to know about the prince and Shi Xiangyun.

"I'm going to ask Lord Shi for advice on the government." The prince looked very flustered, for such a thing was revealed, he quickly avoided it, for fear that everyone would find out.First love!Always like to sneak around, that's the fun.

"I think the crown prince is already seventeen years old. Shouldn't it be time to make a marriage? According to the ancestral system of my Ming Dynasty, we should find a good family son from the people's family to be a good match."

"My son is still young, it's not yet time to talk about marriage." Upon hearing this, the prince hurriedly stopped him.If this is married to another woman, it will be unsatisfactory.

"Oh! You are all young, and other people's children have grown up. I heard that the adopted daughter of Shi Kefa's family has grown up, and Zhang Tongchang is a good-looking talent. I intend to match!"

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he lowered his head and secretly laughed. He really wanted to see how exaggerated the expressions of the prince and Jiu'er were, but unfortunately he didn't dare to look.He was afraid that he would not be able to hold back his laughter when he saw it. In terms of psychological age, Zhu Youjian was actually not a few years older. It was purely like a big brother making a joke on a child.

The prince's face was flushed, and he was already anxious.Jiu'er knew that Zhu Youjian was joking, but he didn't care.

"Do you think it's a good match?" Zhu Youjian finally raised his head and looked at the people on the table.Probably only Wang Chengen seemed to have nothing to do with him, the others were laughing, even the little one, the Third Prince, was laughing.

"Father, my son, my son wants to marry Shi Xiangyun." The prince held back for a long time, and finally vomited it out.

"You are still young, you can wait another two years, that's what you just said."

"My son went to Mr. Shi's house, and he already has his own heart." The prince's performance was not bad, and Zhu Youjian felt relieved to be able to stand up and admit it.

"Since I admit it, I will grant you a marriage. I will grant you both a marriage. But, I said before that you must get married. Do you agree?"

After September [-], the court was full of joy.The emperor of the current dynasty directly married the prince and princess, and the future princess was actually Shi Kefa's adopted daughter. This was a big news that caused a sensation in the entire officialdom.

It stands to reason that the concubine of the Ming Dynasty should not have been chosen from the family of important ministers, but because Shi Xiangyun is only the adopted daughter of Shi Kefa, Shi Kefa has no children, and he is a Donglin person in everyone's heart, so no one is concerned about this matter. be opposed to.