open sea

Chapter 435 Steam
'The four seas connect the world. In the sixth and seventh years of Longqing, the Nanyang military government transported 12 jin of gold, 120 jin of silver, 170 million jin of iron, 170 million jin of copper, and [-] million jin of lead. . '

In six years, he entered Luzon, built the island and Chen Lai, expelled Xiyi, and the king of Luzon and the king of Ryukyu paid tribute.In the seventh year, the king of Sulu and Borneo was accepted as a tribute, and his wife and brother Zhaolong led [-] households to sail into the sea. From Guangdong to the south, through Luzon, Sulu, and Borneo, he was attacked in Manzhaboyi and went to the sea for thousands of miles. Finally arrived at the uninhabited island, the port was named Yanglai, and the name was Xinmingzhou. '

Five thousand miles east of Luzon, there is an island named Guan, and the western barbarians have tens of thousands of troops. The banner troops fought bloody battles and defeated their troops. There was a general of the Ming Dynasty, General Lin Manjue, who marched on Guam with three hundred soldiers. More than half of the generals were killed and injured, and they defeated the enemy three times. Thousands of years later, the island was named Linlai. '

"The enemies we fought in Nanyang were all small but strong, and many but weak. This is the reason why our ancestors used gunpowder as weapons.However, the firearms of the past are no longer useful today. Ten years ago, if we wanted to defeat the Portuguese, we still needed a large number of enemies. It is my Chinese long skill. '

"My gunpowder is spread to the west, and the westerners get its strength, and then spread it back to the Central Plains. Some people say that stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade, and my craftsmen can also improve their skills. Innovation, innovation, needs the encouragement of the emperor, and the court rewards Up and down. '

Zhang Juzheng pushed the carefully bound books aside and looked at the objects placed on the table that looked like a small kiln. A few pieces of small charcoal were burning vigorously. , even another thing that can’t be named, and looking at the side, there are two crank connecting rods. This Zhang Ju is common in the fields, and finally connected to the shaft, and the shaft is connected to the belt.

The other end of the belt is a small iron block, the center of the small iron block is connected with a line, and the line is connected with a transparent glass cover.

The glazed cover is made by Seiko, the workmanship is very beautiful, if it can be sold at a high price in the inner city of the capital, the fly in the ointment is that the bottom of the cover is covered with a circle of tung oil lacquer or something, the black lacquer is not very smooth, and the grade of the whole utensil A piece suddenly fell off.

Zhang Juzheng couldn't understand this, so he simply pointed to the books he could understand, and smiled at Zhao Shizhen, who was carrying a wooden box on the side: "Chen Shuai has improved in his books, and the old man can already understand them." Its handwriting is really not easy, and it must be a lot of hard work to write official documents in Nanyang."

After saying this, he seemed to point to the 'small kiln' inadvertently, and said, "Chen Shuai called it a steam engine. The old steamer understands it, and the old machine understands it too, but it... works?"

As Zhang Juzheng said, the crank and connecting rod used in the hydraulic farm tools moved a bit, and the things in the small glass cover lighted up, which surprised Zhang Juzheng and looked at Zhao Shizhen in puzzlement.

He thought it was a steamer, but now it doesn't look like it is.

Zhao Shizhen watched the steam in the miniature version of the Nanyang Military Weapons Bureau move, with an indescribable smile on his face. He nodded and said: "Chen Shuai said that fire and water produce steam, and steam generates power, just like gunpowder setting off anger. Nanyang Wei is useful." A loom powered by a steam engine is much larger than this one, a steam engine the size of a room."

"It can drive sixteen of the best looms in the world, and only four people are required to connect them, and it can spin more than [-] looms per day."

Zhao Shizhen said, pointing to the iron box connected to the glass cover: "Chen Shuai called it a motor. The copper coil rotates fast enough between the magnets to generate electricity. The steam engine rotates the coil to generate electricity. The copper wire enters the lampshade. Burnt bamboo shreds are hot and glowing, but there must be no gas, otherwise they will burn, this is like a cupping pot, after the inside is burned out, the eucommia rubber pad is covered, and the outside is sealed with fish glue."

"With electricity, the lampshade can stay on for hundreds of hours without breaking. Made by the Ministry of Industry, it is easy to break. However, Chen Shuai said that this is the trend of lighting in the future. In ten or a hundred years, there will be a day when the lights will be bright without open flames."

Zhao Shizhen explained that the flywheel of the steam engine was getting faster and faster, and the frequency of the glass cover was shining more and more frequently. He turned the valve on the steam engine to make the air pressure grow faster, pointed to Chen Mu's book and said to Zhang Juzheng: "These That's why Chen Shuai asked the officials of the Ministry of Industry to compile it, and after polishing it, it was written in the book."

"Oh……"

Facing something he had never seen before, Zhang Juzheng was amazed, but not too exaggerated. Perhaps he did not understand the key points, but he already understood the general working principle of the steam engine. He asked, "How much does this thing cost? use?"

"The cost is extremely high. Only large silk weaving factories employing hundreds of workers in Guangdong can use this to not lose money, and it needs to be more refined to be popularized all over the world. For now, its only function is to weave silk. Besides, Chen Shuai I want to use it to send a message."

"Signaling?"

This was beyond Zhang Juzheng's comprehension. He nodded calmly on his face, as if he agreed with this statement, but he was waiting to see how this thing would scream.

The glass cover was emitting a faint light at this time, Zhao Shizhen unplugged the wire, connected it to another iron box, let go of the coiled leather glue wire, released it one step away, and connected it to the iron box in front of Zhang Ju.

Somewhat rudely, he took Chen Mu's book from Zhang Juzheng's desk, turned to the end, pointed to two irregular ink lines and said one after another: "Mr. Ge, Chen Shuai said, this line is called 'see', and this line is called 'Ge Lao', these two lines are combined, it is called seeing Ge Lao."

Zhang Ju stared blankly at the two lines, which were basically the same but with different lengths, and looked at Zhao Shizhen blankly.

The iron box has ink and two metal rods. When Zhao Shizhen pressed the two metal rods on the other end, the two metal rods in front of Zhang Ju’s front would also fall down, writing the stained ink on the paper. Zhao Shizhen didn’t speak, just He bowed to Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng was amazed to see the iron box moving by itself, and then saw the two ink lines on the paper that Zhao Shizhen had just pointed out to him.

Impressively—see Mr. Ge!
This is a mechanism, a magical mechanism.

Zhang Juzheng walked around to the side of the table and pressed the metal rod, and the metal rod on the other side also fell down. He looked at Zhao Shizhen and then at the metal rod, and said: "This side falls, that side falls, because of this line? Is this line enough?" If you grow up, you can send a message from the capital to Nanyang, and it will be there in an instant?"

"Old Huige, that's true."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Shizhen smiled awkwardly again, and said: "But at present, the largest steam engine can only connect three to five hundred wires. The officials of the Ministry of Industry said that the problem is not with the steam engine, but with the motor, but I don't know yet. How to solve."

"From the capital to Guangdong, Chen Shuai didn't dare to think about it. He just wanted to be able to send messages for three to five miles, and to make the steam engine small and fine, and the electric motor also small and fine, so that it could be carried with the army, which would double the combat power of our Ming soldiers. "

"Three years and five years?"

Zhang Juzheng shook his head, "It's been too long, two years, two years, the Ministry of Industry wants to make the steam machine and motor bigger and able to send messages ten miles away. I am an urgent delivery shop in ten miles in Ming Dynasty. Given time, I can spread the news from the capital to the north and south in an instant!"

When the steam engine first appeared in Ming Dynasty, the chief minister of the empire only saw the huge benefits brought by the telegram. At this time, Zhang Juzheng could not predict how the steam engine would change the world in the future.

(End of this chapter)