Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 478 Bloodshed and Sacrifice
"The converts are fanatical?" Zhu Cihong was thoughtful, "Wu Sangui, Jiang Yu and the others are also like this?"

"No, Wu Sangui and Jiang Yu's situation is different." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "These warlords may not have converts who are fanatical about establishing slaves, but they also dare not return to Ming Dynasty. Simple, because Father has already blocked their way back to Daming."

"Father is referring to the lifting of the military power of Xia Guogong and other generals and ministers?"

"That's right, the emperor's removal of the military power of the generals and ministers has blocked the way for Wu Sangui, Jiang Yu and the others to return to Daming, but it doesn't matter whether these subordinate generals return to Daming or not."

After finishing speaking, Chongzhen raised his head and looked at Qingliang Mountain not far in front of him.

Daming's handicraft industry is booming, and the country's situation can be said to be changing with each passing day.

Among them, the fastest growing industry is still the textile industry. In less than two years, all kinds of manual machinery have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, greatly improving the efficiency of spinning, reeling and weaving. promote.

Of course, no matter how big the increase is, before the steam engine can provide mechanical capabilities, there will always be a bottleneck in the productivity of the handicraft industry. Efficiency also has a ceiling.

In addition, a number of hydraulic workshops have emerged in mountainous areas with abundant water resources such as She County.

It's just that these hydraulic workshops have too many limitations. First, they are limited by seasons, and second, they are limited by transportation. Therefore, they can only provide seasonal power to local handicraft industries such as papermaking and oil extraction.

However, the foundation for industrial development has already been laid. As long as the steam engine is solved, leapfrog development will be ushered in. At that time, the Ming Dynasty will be able to form a crushing blow to neighboring countries and even the world. Therefore, Wu Sangui and Jiang Yu , Northern gentry, and even the support of the people in the northern provinces are no longer important.

Of course, the hearts of the people must be won as much as possible.

However, it is still too early to say these things, and the most urgent thing is to build a steam engine first.

When he left Nanjing last time, Fang Yizhi said that it could be completed in about four months.

Now it is mid-April, counting the time, the first industrial steam engine has almost been built.

A group of people soon came to the gate of the Gewuke workshop. Because Chongzhen did not wear a dragon robe, but wore the same mountain armor as the eight hundred Yiding, with a face mask on his face, so the Jingying soldiers guarding the gate did not wear a dragon robe. Didn't recognize it.

"Stop!" The captain of the Jingying soldiers stopped shouting, and the dozen or so Jingying soldiers behind him immediately lowered their spears.

"Blind your dog's eyes." Gao Qiqian took a step forward and shouted in a sharp voice, "Don't you even look at who our family is?"

"I don't care who you are." The captain of the Beijing camp snorted coldly and said murderously, "Jin Junmen said that Gewuke is an important place for military aircraft, unless the Holy Majesty comes personally or Gewuke Fang gives admonishment, and Song gives admonishment to issue a pass. Otherwise, even the crown prince, King Ding or King Yong are not allowed to enter, and anyone who dares to trespass will be killed!"

"Jin Xuan?" Gao Qiqian said angrily, "Is he trying to rebel?"

"Shut up!" The captain of the Beijing camp sternly said, "If you dare to make any noise again, you will be punished severely!"

Gao Qiqian looked back at Chongzhen, and found that Chongzhen didn't mean to reprimand him, so he immediately shouted: "Zhu Zi'an dares to be so rude, our family is the eunuch Gao Qiqian, the supervisor of etiquette and Bingbi!"

"High dive?" The captain of the Beijing camp looked blank, "I've never heard of it!"

"Ah?" Gao Qiqian had no choice but Chongzhen and Zhu Cihuang couldn't help laughing.

Only then did Chongzhen take a step forward and pulled the mask away, and asked with a smile: "I am here, can I enter now?"

"Holy Majesty?!" The captain of the Jingying recognized Chongzhen, and hurriedly turned over and bowed down. "The villain didn't know that the holy car was coming, so he bumped into the holy car unintentionally. He will be sentenced to death."

"You also said that you accidentally collided with the holy driver, what's the crime?" Chongzhen waved his hand, and said with a smile, "Besides, you can be so loyal to your duty and defy the power, I can only praise you."

After a pause, Chongzhen asked again: "By the way, what's your name?"

"Go back to the Holy One, villain Zhang Tao." The captain of the Beijing camp replied with a look of reverence.

"Zhang Tao? I remember you." Chongzhen nodded and walked inside.

However, just as he approached the middle gate, he heard a sudden bang from the inner courtyard.

The next moment, the originally closed middle door was violently blown open by a wave of air, and while the door was flying out, several new troops guarding the door were also staggered.

Wu Batan, Mengketu and other barbarian generals rushed forward to block Chongzhen.

Chongzhen only felt a gust of wind blowing across his face, which was still a little hot, and his heart couldn't help sinking. Seems like there was an accident?

The loud noise just now almost shattered his eardrums. Could it be that the cylinder exploded?

Thinking of this, Chongzhen raised his legs and wanted to go to the inner courtyard again, but Wu Batan and Meng Ketu blocked him firmly behind him.

"Your Majesty, the situation inside is unknown and dangerous, so you can't go in." Wu Batan and the two refused to give way.

"Oh, hurry up and save people, there must be an accident inside." Chongzhen stomped his feet violently, then turned around and told Zhu Cijiong, "Jiong'er, go to the medical school and call Fu Shan!"

Regardless of whether there is an accident inside, call Fu Shan over first.

While speaking, Ba Keyong had already checked inside and let Chongzhen enter after making sure that there was no danger.

As soon as he entered the door, Chongzhen saw a huge machine lying in the yard, a steam engine.

It has been more than three years since I traveled to Daming, and I finally saw a real mechanical device. Although it still looks very primitive and crude, at least it looks like a machine.

Unfortunately, this is a "damaged" machine.

The large boiler on the left, which is almost two feet high and one foot in diameter, has been split from the middle.

In the burst gap, there are still strands of hot steam coming out of it, and you can feel the scorching heat from such a long distance. Good guy, it's not the explosion of the cylinder, but the explosion of the boiler.

Then he looked around the steam engine, but he saw people lying all over the ground.

The nearest one was cut in two directly from the waist, and the internal organs blood flowed all over the ground. Looking forward along the corpse, one saw a huge piece of iron. Obviously, it was this piece of iron that cut the man into pieces. into two pieces.

"Saving people, what are you still doing?" Chongzhen growled with a dark face, "Hurry up and save people."

Chongzhen came to the corpse at the first time, it was an old man, he should be a craftsman who participated in the production of steam engine, Chongzhen heaved a sigh of relief in spite of his heartache.

The sacrifice of the old craftsman is certainly heartbreaking,
But at least it will not affect the development of steam engines.

At this time, the scientific researchers who were stunned by the explosion shock wave woke up one after another.

When Fang Yizhi was helped over, his head was still dizzy, and his face was also blistered. It was probably caused by the steam, but it should only have been smoked to a certain extent, otherwise it would not be just blisters.

Pascal was also supported by two Yidings.

Neither Fang Yizhi nor the others noticed Chongzhen's arrival.

Seeing the boiler being blown up like this, Fang Yizhi was heartbroken.

Pascal spread his hands, and said in French: "Oh, God, I told you not to rush to test the car. You can't test the car before the thermometer is installed. If you don't listen, it's over."

After listening to the translator's translation, Chongzhen frowned and asked, "Fang Yizhi, what's going on?"

"Your Majesty?" Fang Yizhi discovered Chongzhen at this time, and hurriedly bowed to the ground in salute.

Pascal also extended his greetings to Chongzhen with his right hand on his chest: "Your Majesty the Emperor, it is an honor to see you again, but it is a pity to meet you on such an occasion."

Chongzhen was too lazy to talk nonsense, and said again: "What's the situation?"

"Your Majesty, I blame my carelessness." Fang Yizhi smiled wryly, "Pascal actually dissuaded me, saying that if there is no thermometer, it may cause the boiler pressure to be too high and cause an explosion, but I didn't accept it, so there is such a disaster."

After a pause, Fang Yizhi said sadly: "Please the Holy One punish the crimes of ministers, and remove Gewu Kedu and give them the post in the matter."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Chongzhen said with a dark face, "Scientific exploration has never been smooth sailing. Although bloodshed and sacrifice are painful, it is inevitable. If I dismiss you as a Gewuke because of this accident, it will be a matter of course. Could it be that he gave up eating because of choking?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Fang Yizhi was both moved and ashamed, he was choked up and unable to make a sound, this accident could have been avoided.

Chongzhen said again: "Accidents are not terrible, what is terrible is losing confidence because of an accident. Fang Yizhi, tell me now, will you lose confidence because of an accident?"

"This is definitely not the case." Fang Yizhi said solemnly, "This mistake will only strengthen my determination to dedicate myself to Gewu Ke."

"Okay, as long as you don't lose your confidence." Chongzhen nodded happily, and said, "Then hurry up and find out the exact cause of the explosion, whether it's because of a blocked pipe, mismatched cylinder piston, or other reasons. Then solve the problem as soon as possible, eliminate hidden dangers, and strive to create a steam engine in the shortest possible time.”

"Yes." Fang Yizhi said, "I must find out the reason as soon as possible."

Chongzhen also told Fang Yizhi: "The craftsman who died pays attention to compensation. If there is a nephew in the family, he can send a nephew to the Gewuke workshop to take over from him."

"And we must be more careful in the future."

"Try to avoid similar accidents."

"Don't get too close during the test drive."

"Yes, I have made a note." Fang Yizhi looked serious.

Chongzhen comforted Song Yingxing, Boyle and others, and then left the factory.

This time, I really came here in high spirits, and came back disappointed. I originally thought that I could finally see the world's first real mechanical power, but I didn't expect to witness an accident.

Fortunately, the accident did not cause too many casualties.

(End of this chapter)