The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

"Of all the ships in Guangdong, Macao is the most powerful. Foreign countries frequently provoke, and the West has been fighting for a long time. Soldiers are worried about barbaric weapons, but food-seeking ghosts are empty. The elbows and armpits teach nothing, and the front mountain is a general." This is written by the poet Qu Dajun in Kangxi 28 years of poetry, but with the arrival of Yinzuo, Macau at this moment is no longer what it is in the poem.

Originally the place where the Portuguese lived here was like a small town, with forts, firearms workshops, shipyards, and ports. With Kangxi waving his hand, these all became the things of Yinzuo. Now here, it is just It has become Yinzuo's best laboratory.

He was very lucky, and the person he found was very capable, and he got back a lot of the things he asked for: rubber, the first steam engine that was actually used as power, and its inventor Thomas.

He said he was here to ban smoking, but in fact, after arriving in Guangdong, Yin Zuo went directly to Macau and began to live a life of staying at home. Yu Chenglong made a special trip to meet him a few times, but he was driven away impatiently.As for Prince Zhiyin, he was ordered around by him - looking for people, looking for things, building a house, building a factory, preparing to build a nursery... It seemed that he became his big housekeeper, oh yes, and planted trees.

In the name of the Ministry of State Affairs, Yin Zuo "bought" several barren hills and hired people to plant rubber trees on the hills. These things were naturally handed over to Yin Zuo, who offered to send him to his door for slavery.

Yinzuo also transferred a group of familiar "researchers" from the capital, those who had worked on alloys, and specially recruited chemists of this era - Taoist priests proficient in alchemy, who were responsible for researching the properties of rubber And uses, and most importantly, find ways to find out how to fight aging.

After arranging the rest of the matter properly, Yin Zuo led the rest of the people to study the steam engine with all his heart.

Yin Zuo, standing on the shoulders of giants, is a cheating existence in this era.Often a small improvement or invention that only occurred in decades or hundreds of years in history existed like common sense in his time, and any high school student or college student who learned better at random also knew about steam engines. , internal combustion engine, generator, etc., not to mention Yinzuo, who has an amazing memory and has put a lot of effort into translating related papers and books?

He waited for the steam engine and Watt to arrive before he started to do related research, not because he couldn't do it, but because he really didn't have much time, and second, he didn't want to be too monstrous—such as the ability to make guns and cannons, he was serious and What Nan Huairen and Dai Zi learned before, push them on them, and add another Qing Yulan who is better than Lan, everyone only thinks that he is amazingly talented, and has never suspected that he is possessed by a monster.

In comparison, the transformation of the textile machine is even less thought-provoking - if he has the heart, even Kangxi himself can do it, let alone Yin Zuo, who is more talented than him?

But the steam engine is different. The impact of this kind of cross-age thing is too great to take it out at once. He needs a cover, just like the formula of glass and cement, which he planted on Liu Shi.

Now that Thomas and his prototype are finally here, everything is settled—all the credit, please credit Thomas, he just discovered the Bole of Maxima.

Thomas, who can't speak Chinese, didn't even have a chance to be humble.

The servants only saw Yinzuo and Thomas, nestling together every day, chatting, arguing, and drawing drawings they couldn't understand in a language they didn't understand. Instigated around, one strange thing after another was created.

Under the guise of Thomas, Yin Zuo, who had no time and no patience, used the fastest speed to "research" the best form that the steam engine could achieve with the materials and technology of this era.Although he cheated, it took more than two months to manufacture and experiment with various models.

Finally finished, Yin Zuo dragged his cheeks, looking at the big guy in motion with some fascination - this is called a machine...

"What should I do with this thing?"

Let's build a textile machine. I feel that the water power is enough now. Using this will cause a lot of pollution. In fact, the most important thing is that I am tired of repairing textile factories!Nothing new.

The cement factory is full of heavy physical labor. Using this thing to build a conveyor belt can save the boss's energy. Make a note, and get one later!

Then what?car?It's better not to, the tires haven't come out yet, and the roads are mostly difficult to walk. What's the point of getting a car that is bumpier than a horse-drawn carriage?

"shipbuilding."

A clear and cold voice said from behind.

"Ah?" Yinzuo was startled by the sudden voice, and after seeing the person clearly, he was even more frightened: "Fourth, fourth brother?"

Where did this guy come from?

As soon as Yin Zhen flicked his sleeves, he was about to kneel down to say hello, but Yin Zuo hurriedly waved his hands to stop him, saying: "Fourth brother, you know I don't like this, so don't do it when there is no one else, it's awkward."

He asked again, "Fourth Brother, why are you here?"

Yinzhen glanced at him indifferently: "Huang Ama has returned to Beijing."

Kangxi had just left in the morning, but he slipped away at night!Now that Kangxi has returned to Beijing, he is still fooling around outside!

It’s fine if it’s any other time, but it’s when Kangxi asked him to be the prime minister to govern the government—you need to know that when Kangxi used to go out for tours in the south or outside the Great Wall, the court was set up wherever others went, and the cabinet ministers carried it with them. The papers were sent to his place for personal review.

The thing that made the prince prime minister govern the government happened only two years ago when the royal driver personally went to the court. At that time, the prince Yinfeng was conscientious and diligent, and he was afraid of making any mistakes. Fortunately, this one just slipped away!

If it wasn't for helping him stare upward, he would have chased him over and arrested him himself.

Yinzuo would feel guilty for Kangxi and Yinhu, but not for Yinzhen, and said with a cold snort: "Who said that he would help me do everything I don't like?"

Yinzhen didn't have time to pay attention to him, and walked around the roaring big guy, his voice trembling, said: "Is this a steam engine?"

His fingers slid across the vibrating surface of the machine, trembling so much that he didn't even know if it was the machine vibrating or he was trembling.

He used to know that his younger brother was powerful, but he didn't know that he was so powerful - Mrs. Liu said that he could be compared to an era by himself, so it turned out to be true...

Yin Zuo hummed, and said: "This is roughly the case. Of course, it can be slightly modified when used in different places, and the body size does not have to be so big."

"Let's build a boat!" Yinzhen slid his hand over the constantly vibrating machine, and said again: "Use it to build a boat."

A bit of coldness and cruelty flashed in his eyes: In this world, the best ships, best guns, and best cannons are all in the Qing Dynasty—in the future, no matter how corrupt the politics will be, as long as these things Still, it will always be Daqing who bullies others!

"Shipbuilding..." Yinzuo lacks interest. Shipbuilding is useless to improve people's livelihood, and it doesn't improve his own quality of life—he would rather take a sailboat, which is environmentally friendly and quiet.

"Well, shipbuilding."

Seeing Yinzhen's persistence in this matter, Yinzuo nodded: "Then let's build the ship... Fourth brother help me find some people who can build ships, as well as blueprints. By the way, find a translator for Thomas. "

Anyway, he didn't think of what to do with it for the time being.

Xu Zuo calculated: If you want to build a ship, you need to build a propeller and a liquid-sealed tank. Although the project is not small, it is not something difficult to understand.

Yin Zuo locked himself in the room for ten days, and after ten days, he went out, gathered Thomas and a bunch of his assistants, first played with a bamboo dragonfly, and then showed the blueprint, saying: "The next task is Building a steam engine ship. I have drawn the general direction on paper, but the angle, size, and position of the propeller need to be tested to be finally determined. Also, I only drew a rough outline of the steam engine linkage and control device, because it needs to be compared. The specific structure of the hull should be adjusted, especially the liquid-sealed tank..."

This is a long-term big project, but it is not like a steam engine without him.Yinzuo set a heavy reward and divided up the various projects. The chief engineer was naturally Thomas, who respected him like a god now, and finally found someone who was in charge of money and logistics, and finally got away.

It's been nearly three months, and finally saw the light of day again, Yinzuo was a little top-heavy, and his feet were shaking.

Yinzhen supported him and said, "I'm thinner again."

More than just losing weight, that face, exposed to the sun, looked as white as paper.

Yinzuo simply put his focus on Yinzhen: "Don't worry, fourth brother, when I go back to take a bath, drink a bowl of fragrant rice porridge, and sleep for three days, I will be alive again."

Although he was a little tired, it was not as good as the aftereffects he had after riding in a carriage for more than ten days.

Yinzhen let him lean on him, supported him to go to the residence, and laughed at himself: If you ask him if he loves this younger brother, he naturally does, but every time he only knows how much he loves after he has used it up...

"Fourth brother, what did Huang Ama say when you came?"

Such a big matter as the crown prince’s escapism, of course, cannot be hidden from Kangxi. In the past two months, facing Kangxi’s autographed letters, he has used all kinds of methods to fool him. What Huang Ama gave him Macau, he has not yet I have time to take a look, what is the time for drug control, what is the method of destroying opium that needs to be studied carefully, why is his Prince's Mansion being renovated and there is no place to live...

"Tell me to see if you are wild enough."

"No."

He hasn't even had time to play yet!

"Then play for a few more days." Yinzhen is especially talkative at the moment: "I'll talk to Huang Ama."

With the counterexample of Yinzuo, he and the princes in front of Kangxi are no longer as trembling and cautious as they were in the previous life. Instead, they really have a sense of father and son. Although they dare not lose their temper like Yinzuo, they are also relaxed and casual. a lot.

Yin Zuo didn't sleep for three days and three nights, only slept for ten hours, and he was full of energy again. The first thing he did when he woke up was to pack up his things and move from this small place to the bustling Guangzhou mansion.

The story of the prince's arrival in Guangdong has been rumored a few months ago, but it's just a rumor, and no one has seen the real Buddha.At this moment, Yinzuo, Yinxuan, and Yinzhen appeared in Guangzhou City with a brigade of guards, making it difficult for people to pay attention.

Yin Zuo didn't hide their identities, how did the local officials react when they saw the prince?It's nothing more than all kinds of flattery.Delicious and fun ones are served quickly, and antique calligraphy and paintings, beautiful jade and gold are served quickly, and then accompanied all day long, playing around during the day, drinking and listening to theaters at night.

The officials in Guangzhou have long heard that the crown prince is the most inactive, and he ascended to the position of crown prince only because of the favor of the Lord Long Live. The first dude in the Qing Dynasty.When I came into close contact with it this time, I found that it really lived up to its reputation-you can eat and play!

He doesn't care much about the cost of food and clothing, but even if he has never used the imported items, if there are slight flaws in the heat and materials, people can taste them in one bite, and don't touch them for a second time; Not to mention, the entire city of Guangzhou can't find satisfactory materials. In the words of Prince Zhi, the clothes worn by this young master are all made by the most skilled people found by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Single-spun and single-woven, God There is no second item underneath...

As for things to play, it doesn't matter whether it's antique calligraphy and paintings or Western gadgets, there really is no one who doesn't understand them.

Originally, with a bit of arrogance, I thought he was from the capital of the capital, and the nobles in Guangzhou who were not as well-informed and rich as they were, all of a sudden convinced him——if it wasn’t for the royal family, how could such a gentleman be raised? Yo!

After seeing officials of all sizes in Guangzhou, Yinzuo sent everyone back. The prefect of Guangzhou knew about it and found more than a dozen of them who were about the same age as Yinzuo, had witty words, and were quite talented. Well-informed young people specially accompany them to play.

After playing together for a few days, these gifted scholars found that, except for His Royal Highness Prince Yong, who was not easy to get in touch with, the Crown Prince and Prince Zhi were both playful and quarrelsome.

As a result, the level of the banquet gradually deepened, from simple eating and drinking to playing, singing and storytelling. On the third day, they found a few stunning young men to accompany the wine.

It is said to be stunning, but it is really stunning. Even Yinzuo, who is used to seeing beauties, is a little surprised. The three girls all have snowy skin, picturesque eyebrows, and Chunlanqiuju, each of them is good at winning.

One laughs before saying anything, cute and cute.Smiling shyly and mischievously at Yinfei, Yinfeng beckoned, the girl gave a coquettish smile, moved to sit on the stool next to him in small steps, lowered her head to play with the tassels on her waist, and peeked at Yinfei from time to time.Yinfei laughed, and touched her face, causing her to give her a reproachful stare, suddenly showing her charm.

A man with long eyebrows and beautiful eyes, affectionate and graceful, with a supple and elegant body, bowed down to Yinzhen, walked up to Yinzhen's side, and said softly: "The servant waits on the lord."

Yinzhen hummed lightly, and the girl bowed her head and sat down.

The remaining one is reserved for Yinzuo, whose natural complexion is the best, with crescent head, bright eyes and white teeth, and even more delicate and charming demeanor.

The girl Yingying blessed, Yinzuo looked up and down, asked a few words in a warm voice, the girl answered one by one, Yinzuo said with a smile: "Sure enough, she is a rare beauty, reward."

The girl raised her head in astonishment, and someone immediately brought up a plate of silver. The girl's body was on the verge of falling, she gave Yin Zuo a resentful look, covered her face with her sleeves, and went away with tears in her eyes.

All the talented people around were a little stunned, Yinfeng smiled and said: "Sixth brother, your vision is a little too high, right? Last year when you went to Jiangnan, there were so many beauties, but you didn't like any of them. Now this one is considered stunning. I didn't even notice..."

Yinzuo shook his head and smiled wryly: "Brother, it's not that my younger brother has too high a vision, but that the woman these people found is too unsightly, even if my younger brother wants to do it, he can't do it!"

This time, not only these talents were stunned, but even Yin Yin was stunned: "You say they... are unsightly?"

Yinzuo raised his glass, took a sip, and sighed: "Sometimes I really don't understand the Han people, and while shouting 'the body and skin, the parents', I can't bear even a hair on weekdays, but at the same time I pursue women's footbinding. The beauty of foot binding, which causes muscle atrophy, broken tendons and fractures, and joint deformation, this kind of thing is ugly and disgusting, what beauty is there? Especially this kind of scholar, it is even more hypocritical. vomit."

Playing together for several days, it was the first time these people heard Yin Zuo utter such unkind words, almost scolding everyone, and after a long silence, someone smiled and said: "The prince is not yet One of the interesting things is to know the lotus feet of the beautiful woman, which is truly indescribable..."

Yin Zuo shook his head and laughed, and said: "I have never seen what their feet look like, and I will never wrong myself to see them. You are also quite knowledgeable people, most of them can write poems and paintings. Don't you know that no matter how beautiful things are, if they Losing the balance and harmony, I can't stand it at all. What are you talking about about beauty? The girl just now is indeed a rare beauty. If she didn't have such unsightly feet, she really wanted to take her back to Beijing. . . . what a pity."

"Such a pair of feet, growing on a beauty, is like a baby's arms growing on an adult. No matter how tender and lovely it is, it is only mutilated and deformed. It is really disgusting. Moreover, it is also difficult for the person to move. It sounds nice. She is delicate, but in fact she is clumsy. Where is the lightness of a young girl? How can people like it?" Yin Zuo sighed, and said: "The girls from the Banner family are rough, and the girls from the Han family are beautiful and gentle, right? But...it seems that I will never find someone I like in my life! Come, drink and drink!"

"Drink...drink!"

Because of this incident, the atmosphere suddenly became a little restless, and after eating and drinking for a while, they all dispersed.Yin Zuo looked at Yin Yin who was empty beside him, and said with a smile: "Brother, isn't he very satisfied with that beauty just now? Why..."

"Don't mention it," Yinxuan sighed: "That little girl has small feet too! I thought the three-inch golden lotus was pretty good, but after listening to you say that, it looks awkward: the baby's arms that grow on adults— —Sixth brother, you are too wicked, how can I spoil those men and women in the future?"

Yinzuo smiled wryly and said, "My younger brother is just telling the truth—you know, elder brother, I have studied western painting, which pays attention to proportion and coordination, so when I see the so-called three-inch golden lotus, it is like seeing something dirty." . . . it's really unappetizing."

Big brother, it's right if you don't pamper him.

What is good at the top must be bad at the bottom, so the king of Chu has a thin waist, and many people starved to death in the palace.

It is said that foot binding arose because Empress Li loved the lotus feet of women.

Empress Li loves lotus feet, so all the women in the world bind them. What if he, the current prince, hates footbinding?

When they returned to their residence, someone was waiting for them. Yinzuo smiled and said, "Master Yu, aren't you busy banning smoking? Why do you have time to come and play?"

Yu Chenglong said with a wry smile: "It is precisely because of the ban on smoking that I came to ask for help."