The daily life of the science master's book-wearing group

Chapter 269 Ghost Worker and the Big Sister of the Underworld
While Song Qingyue was concentrating on researching explosives in the capital, the craftsmen on Xiaoliuqiu Island in the south had been concentrating on how to install steam engines on ships.

After Song Qingyue drew the drawings of the ball bearings, she drew some parts such as flywheels and crankshafts for reference by craftsmen.

With those things, Song Qingyue artificially accelerated the development of the steam engine dozens of times.

At the end of June, the first steamship was successfully completed in a small seaport in the south of Xiaoliuqiu.

Fu Chengfeng took a sledgehammer and smashed the wooden stakes stuck to the hull, and the big boat slowly slid towards the sea along the oiled wooden guide rails, and finally with a crash, it completely derailed and fell into the deep water dug out by the shore Bay, splashing huge waves.

The boat shook a few times in the sea before slowly coming to a stop.

The craftsmen in the entire small harbor cheered, and the sailors on the ship hurriedly built wooden boards towards the shore, allowing His Royal Highness to board the ship with his personal guards.

Li Zhao, the captain of the first steam battleship, did his part.

This is definitely a picture that will be recorded in history!
There was also a painter specially invited by Li Zhao on the shore to record this exciting moment.

Lin Wanfu held up a radio microphone shaped like a morning glory and handed it to Li Zhao, while Eunuch Qin was hard at work turning the handle of the hand generator.

"Stab ~ stab ~"

The noise problem was the same as when Song Qingyue first got it out, without any improvement.

Cough!

Li Zhao didn't care either, neither did the craftsmen in the audience and the officers and soldiers of the naval battalion.

"Weigh the anchor and sail the boat!" Li Zhao shouted into the radio microphone.

"Yi Anchor, let me go!!—Stab, stab!!"

A completely distorted shout of Li Zhao came out from the loudspeaker.

"Boom!" Wan Quan blew the whistle vigorously on the side.

A team of crew members below deck heard the long sound of the siren and worked hard to shovel coal into the furnace. Another team of crew members turned on the blower, and the fire became more and more intense. The hot boiler soon boiled, and the steam engine made a huge roar The sound, the propeller chugs and churns under the surface of the water.

The ship was full and left the shore. The old shipbuilder surnamed An on the shore was also the person in charge of the construction of the warship. His eyes were full of tears, and he started to cry excitedly.

Although the size of this ship is not particularly huge, it is covered with iron armor, which is extremely powerful and domineering.

All the old sailors on board were the old sailors who had followed King Su long ago, and they were all excited beyond words. His Royal Highness, it is really a star descending from the earth, a talent descended from heaven!

They did not follow the wrong person!
Their future will be bright!
Cheers and shouts echoed in the small harbor.

There are no traditional masts and white sails, not even the big wheels driving on both sides, but there is a thick chimney, which keeps spewing black smoke out. This heavy ship, covered in iron, cut through the waves at an astonishing speed and sailed forward.

Lord Ou, governor of Fujian, Lord Shen, governor of Guangdong, Lord Liang, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Lord Cheng, the county magistrate of Kinmen County, stood on the shore of Kinmen, looking at this ship with neither sail nor water wheel as it passed away like a ghost. Driving from the other side, there was fear and excitement in his eyes.

Standing on the bow deck of the ship, Li Zhao was feeling ups and downs. He remembered what Song Qingyue said to him when he was in Northwest: "Science is the primary productive force in the world. If you want your Li family to last a little longer, you must develop Science is a national policy."

He didn't quite understand it then.

But now he understands.

Isn't this steam engine science?
It is simple to say, this is the principle that when the water is boiled, the lid of the pot will be lifted. With such a simple principle, such a powerful and exquisite machine can be built, which makes him feel a lot of emotion.

However, he didn't want to reveal the secrets of the steam engine for the time being, so he only named the ship "Ghost Worker Boat", which is mysterious and can scare people.

Li Zhao was even more smug when he saw the old guys with white beards on the bank who were so surprised that they could not close their mouths from ear to ear.

"What, this son of a bitch, does the Ghost Worker look domineering?" Li Zhao asked with his hips akimbo.

Mr. Liang, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, loves flattering and loyal. He stroked his beard and praised: "His Royal Highness King Su and his son are indeed the chosen ones! We are willing to follow King Su and His Royal Highness to achieve great things!"

Li Zhao snorted triumphantly, then looked at the other adults.

Governor Shen also clasped his fists and said with a smile: "This old man is also willing to follow His Royal Highness, and please don't dislike the old and incompetent officials."

Lord Ou, governor of Fujian, looked at Li Zhao's tanned but still handsome face, stroked his beard, and smiled inscrutablely: "Your Majesty has prepared a banquet for His Highness, Your Highness, please!"

The banquet was held on another wooden sea boat, and suddenly a beautiful and graceful woman came to offer wine with a jade pot.

While pouring wine for Li Zhao, she secretly glanced at Li Zhao with a pair of soft and shy red phoenix eyes, as if she was winking at him, but she was still a bit reserved.

He is really very juicy, with just the right measure.

Li Zhao looked sideways at the woman, smiled, didn't say anything, just picked up the wine and drank it.

Seeing that Li Zhao had noticed the woman, Mr. Ou stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Your Highness, this is the granddaughter of the official. She is virtuous, generous, and smart. I would like to dedicate it to Your Highness and take care of her daily life."

As soon as these words came out, the other bosses gritted their teeth in anger!

Seeing that Su Wang's mansion has sharp weapons like rifled guns and rifled cannons, and now there are ghost craft boats, with such sharp weapons in hand, why not worry about winning the world?

What orthodoxy, what popular expectations, under the gun, are all cannon fodder!
The old thief Ou, the governor of Fujian, was not warm to the prince at first, and he seemed to have nothing to do with Su Wang's mansion on the surface, but now he rushed forward to give his granddaughter to someone to warm the bed.

What about the strength of character of the literati?

What about the integrity of Confucian scholars?

What a thief!
Li Zhao sighed in his heart, saying that the greedy faces of these old guys are still so annoying!
But he can't refuse the current situation. Counting the logistics and food transport soldiers, and tens of thousands of craftsmen, the consumption of rations alone is huge, and the arsenal with tens of thousands of craftsmen is full of horsepower to build new firecrackers. Cannon bullets and shells also cost a lot of raw materials.

It's true that Su Wang's mansion is rich, but the whole family might be implicated in the rebellion to seize the throne. If he has money, he needs someone to sell him grain, iron ore, saltpeter and sulfur.

Without the support of the dignitaries in the south, he can't accomplish anything. His father and Yue'er are still in the capital, so he can't make mistakes here.

Li Zhao needs these people in South China to go all out to support him and Su Wangfu, so he must show enough attitude and give enough benefits.There is no agreement in this era that is more reassuring than marriage.It's just a woman, Li Zhao can't do it according to his own mind whether he accepts it or not, and those old men can't really control their bed if they are favored or not?
A few days later, when Li Zhao returned to Xiaoliuqiu by boat, there were three more beauties with their own characteristics, one surnamed Ou, one surnamed Shen, and the other surnamed Liang.

That Governor Liang is not afraid to ask Jingzhong's daughter to complain, he is the grandfather in name of the concubine, but for the benefit of the Liang family, he still wants to put people around Li Zhao, really disregarding all decency.

It's not that the county magistrate of Kinmen doesn't want to send his daughter to His Royal Highness, but the first two governors, a governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, almost pinched each other over this matter. He, a little magistrate, dares to stick his neck in to join in the fun.

He could only stare helplessly at the big chimney of the Ghost Worker Boat emitting black smoke and sigh, hoping that His Royal Highness would remember him as a little county magistrate in the future, and he had done his best for him in the past.

When Eunuch Little Qin saw the three great ladies coming off the Ghost Worker Boat with their maids and servants, he hurriedly entertained them warmly.

Li Zhao's gaze didn't rest on them for a moment, and he only told Qin Jifu: "The conditions on the island are difficult, don't wrong the girls." He left them aside and continued to practice guns and cannons with others. up.

The latest sniper rifle sent from the north is more than three feet long and can hit the target at a distance of more than 250 steps.

He was lying on the ground, holding this sniper rifle made of fine steel, and there was a scope made of a small thousand miles on the barrel of the gun. Through this scope, he aimed at the seagulls floating up and down on the sea in the distance against the sea wind, and with a bang, Pull the trigger.

The tapered copper-clad lead warhead grazed the gull's wing, and the gull flew away flapping its wings in fright.

Du Xiaoyong, the governor of the Nanyang Navy, was also one of the most powerful subordinates of King Su in the past. He held the binoculars, looked at it for a long time, and said: "Today the wind blows to the left. Your Highness, when you fight, you have to turn to the right."

With a grunt, Li Zhao pushed the gunpowder and bullets into the bottom of the grab tube with the push rod, and aimed again.

There was another bang, white gunpowder smoke came out from the muzzle of the gun, and the seagulls fell from the sky in response. Li Zhao grinned and showed his big white teeth. With a shrill smile, he handed the gun to Lin Wanfu and said, "You come here!" .”

Eunuch Lin groaned, lay down impatiently, closed one eye, and tried hard to aim while holding his breath.

Ji Quanfu, Wan Quan, Fu Chengfeng, and the little general Mu Lei who followed him to the south, and a group of generals lined up beside them, stretching their necks and waiting eagerly, gearing up anxiously, wanting to Hurry up and try this "Strongest Gun King".

However, there is only one such gun at present, and only two bullets are fired per person.In order to prevent the lead from melting to fill up the rifling in the barrel, the bullets are specially made, with a layer of brass skin wrapped around the lead, which is much more expensive than ordinary bullets.

Those who have tried the gun are in awe of the imperial concubine who is thousands of miles away.

Who would have thought, who would have thought?

Such a beautiful woman who looks like a jade bottle that shatters at the touch can make such a terrifying weapon!
Lin Wanfu felt even more confused.

Can a woman like Shi Zidi, who is as delicate and soft as a lamb, make this thing?

But His Royal Highness said that this gun was drawn by the imperial concubine. From the flint trigger mechanism, to the rifling, to the shape of the bullet, it was all the imperial concubine's idea.

Lin Wanfu's scalp tingles when he thinks about it now.

He didn't dare to serve the three new ladies enthusiastically.

This gun is something that can make people's brains bloom instantly at a distance of 250 paces.

If that person in Jingli got angry, wouldn't it make people die without knowing how to die?

He suddenly sympathized with his eldest son.

No wonder his master always said that he didn't understand Shi Zifei's abilities.

No wonder His Royal Highness only dares to accept other women but dare not favor them.

Who would dare!

The concubine Shizi can make the boat move without sails or oars, and can double the range of the firecracker. This is the ability to overthrow the whole world!

Could it be that Miss Song San really came down from the stars, and it wasn't His Royal Highness who chose her, but she chose His Royal Highness?
But my family has offended the imperial concubine severely before, so what should I do?
After trying the gun that day, excitement and fear intertwined in his heart, keeping Lin Wanfu awake for several nights.

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Song Qingyue, who was thousands of miles away, didn't know that her dead husband had taken another three concubines.

I don't know what happened recently, as long as she goes down the mountain, she can always "encounter" with the fourth son of the Feng family who almost became the second brother-in-law.

Of course she wouldn't naively think that it was just a chance encounter, she felt that she must have been targeted by this Jin Yiwei, she was so scared that she couldn't sleep for several nights, and she didn't dare to go to the cave.

But she can't just stay in the temple and not go down the mountain. She still has to go down the mountain from time to time to visit the five small courtyards in the south of the city like before.

Recently her nursing home has run into a little trouble.

A few days ago, a ragged little girl ran to the door of their nursing home, begging Yujing Yuxiang and the others to take her in. Yuxiang asked her where she came from, and the little girl said that her family was going to sell her to a brothel. Reluctant to go, escaped.

Seeing that the little girl was only about ten years old, Yuxiang took her in.

Unexpectedly, three days later, the old bustard of Hongxiu Zhao came to the door with a group of young men, claiming that the girl had been bought by her, and asked Yuxiang and the others to hand over the girl.

Yuxiang Yujing hesitated, but Feng Jiu was outraged. Before Feng Qi stopped her sister in time, she told her to rush out the door, and beat the old bustard and the dozen or so green hands she brought along with her. Looking for teeth all over the place.

The old bustard fled in desperation, but the next day she went to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion to sue the nursing home.

Feng Qi took her younger sister to the mountain to find Song Qingyue to confess her mistake, saying that she caused trouble.

Song Qingyue found out this was the case when she asked.

"Master Zeng, what's the background of that red sleeve trick?" She immediately asked Zeng Maozhi.

Song Qingyue herself also despises herself a little bit. If she doesn't talk about justice or injustice, her first reaction is to ask whether the enemy can be defeated by herself.

This damn society!
Zeng Maozhi said: "It is the property of the old Dai Wang. The fiefdom of the Dai Wang is in Datong. The first Dai Wang was the No. 13 son of the Taizu, and the current Dai Wang is the great-grandson of the Taizu. For a lifetime."

"Datong!" Song Qingyue's eyes lit up, it's a good place to produce coal!
She is very interested!So he muttered: "Why didn't the first emperor cut that one when he cut down the vassal, tsk tsk tsk. Is he powerful?"

Zeng Maozhi frowned slightly, as if he didn't know how to evaluate this matter.

"Don't frown, just say something!"

"Dai Wang, he looks like a man who doesn't show the mountains and doesn't show water, and stays in Shanxi honestly, but as far as my subordinates know, he is like an emperor in Shanxi. Shanxi merchants often send their daughters to Dai Wang's mansion. She is a concubine, and has been running the palace for several generations. In terms of financial resources, I am afraid that it is not much better than ours. Although my subordinates know little about it, I am afraid that all the ministers in the court have received benefits from him."

"So we've hit a snag?"

Zeng Maozhi nodded not wanting to admit it.

"Yeah!" Song Qingyue pouted, propped her chin, thought for a while, let's go head-to-head, she is afraid of causing trouble, so she pays, but she doesn't want to, so she turns her head and asks Feng Qi: "If I redeem someone, it will cost money." How much?"

Feng Qi said: "I heard from the bustard that she bought the girl with 200 taels of silver."

Song Qingyue took out the money reluctantly and said, "Go and redeem the child."

Feng Qi went there in the afternoon, and returned to the mountain at night, and replied: "The old bustard said that 200 taels is not enough, and she will only sell it for 1000 taels."

"Huh?" Song Qingyue rolled her eyes, this is Chi Guoguo's blackmail!
"Does she know that I am the concubine of King Su?" Song Qingyue was so angry that she began to use her status to bully others.

"I'm afraid I know." Feng Qi said.

"This is catching me and slaughtering me hard!" Song Qingyue gritted her teeth. If she hadn't been inconvenient to cause trouble now, she would definitely beat the old bustard who dared to steal her money all over the floor!Sullenly, she took out the 1000 tael bank note and patted it on the table again: "1000 tael is 1000 tael, go and redeem that girl's deed of prostitution."

After Feng Qi left, Zeng Maozhi saw the concubine's sullen look, and said in a low voice: "Concubine Shi, why don't you go down and beat the old bustard in a sack to vent your anger?"

Song Qingyue snorted: "What's the use of beating up? It's better to set that red sleeve on fire!"

Zeng Maozhi shook his head, and said solemnly: "Arson is a capital crime, and this is not allowed. If it harms a nearby business, Zeng will be doing evil."

Song Qingyue clicked her tongue, and gave Zeng Maozhi a speechless look: "I'll just talk casually!"

Then she walked back and forth in the yard several times with her hands behind her back, finally took a deep breath, waved her small fists and said bitterly: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge! In the future, we will be connected to the Datong Palace in Shanxi!"

In the middle of the night, the moon climbed up the treetops, and Song Qingyue tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, the more she endured the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and the more she took a step back, the more she suffered.

The next day, he still called Zeng Maozhi, and asked him to put a sack on the money-poor old bustard and give him a sap!
Fortunately, she beat up the old bustard, because since then, girls who were sold to the brothel have fled to her nursing home to seek asylum, but no one dared to make random quotations with Song Qingyue. .

In fact, seven or eight-year-old girls don’t sell themselves for much money. The average-looking ones are around 30 taels, and the more beautiful ones are around 50 taels.As for those who were demoted to official prostitutes because of family crimes, even if Song Qingyue wanted to spend money, she would not be able to do so.

The old bustards in the brothel are not stupid, and no one thinks that the red-sleeved mother Gan was beaten by accident.

The princess concubine who is a widow in Su Wang's mansion is not easy to bully. Don't look at her face-saving money, but she can fight to death. Mama Gan lost one leg and one arm. I also lost two front teeth, and now I'm lying on the bed, it's so painful that it's leaking, it's pitiful!

Mama Gan was furious, but the little widow's subordinates were elusive, and there was nothing wrong with her. Even if Mama Gan sued the government, the government would definitely not want to take care of it, and could only swallow the bitter fruit aggrieved.

Although she is a widow, she is still the daughter-in-law of the palace, the daughter of Song Ge's hometown!Mom Gan burst into tears and regretted why she couldn't think about coveting those hundreds of taels of silver!
Since Mama Gan's accident happened, the other family did not dare to ask Song Qingyue for a high price.

But it's not a big deal that the concubine Shizi always ransomed the girls picked by other brothels like this.

Is this still in business?

The brothels in the capital are all headed by Yichunlou, and the shopkeepers ran to Yichunlou to complain, and the shopkeepers of Yichunlou could only laugh dryly.

What can he say?That is the concubine, no matter how poor she is, she is still the concubine of the prince's mansion, what can he say as a shopkeeper of a brothel?
Song Qingyue on the mountain has been living a very happy life recently.After Zeng Maozhi beat Mama Gan, she felt comfortable all over, slept well at night, and ate well.I can't help but sigh: Li Zhao's people are so easy to use!The hands are crisp and clean without leaving a trace.

She currently has the feeling of being a big sister of the underworld, whoever is disobedient will be beaten up, which is really cool.

Living in the evil old age, you really can't be too kind, sometimes you have to let people know how hard your fists are!

(End of this chapter)