The emperor could understand Liu Yu's extraneous voice, but the rest of the people who didn't know couldn't.

It sounds like Liu Yu is saying that the Celestial Empire still has the potential to continue to squeeze and wage war with foreign countries, which is far from the oppression of the people in the Han Wu era.

Sang Hongyang is a Legalist system, and the court suddenly exploded.

Or it is said that Wang Anshi changed the law, that is also the art of Shen Shang and his name, and now Liu Yu keeps saying that Sang Hongyang's set is purely to cause trouble in the world.

At this time, there seems to be no foreign enemy around, and when you recuperate, you must not do anything drastic.

What's more, he was worried that the emperor would make some goods for export official.

In the past, you could only find examples from the history books, but now Liu Yu has said a lot of systems in Western countries, and even Rakshasa is a rhubarb official camp, and many people are afraid that the emperor's head will be hot, and he will really engage in some official camp.

Those who are loyal to the country know that they are afraid that they will do it like the Song Dynasty, although they will overcollect money, but the cost is too high, and the world will be chaotic.

For the sake of the interests behind them, they are worried that the emperor will completely control the trade with the West, which will make them lose a lot.

Others, either out of laziness or out of the fear of banning religion in case the Ming religion is defeated by God, feel that they should simply close the customs and leave an opening, which will not only facilitate the collection of taxes but also facilitate the investigation of smuggling, and also save a lot of trouble for the coastal envoys.

In the chaos, Liu Yu turned into that stunned expression again.

Listening to the various speeches in the court, he stood there with his eyes half-closed, brewing sleepiness in the midst of a bustle.

Until the dynasty was dispersed, there was no fight for a meridian, and many words were completely empty output, making something out of nothing.

As soon as the court dispersed, Liu Yu hurriedly slipped away when he went out, because he was afraid that some "out of anger" people would beat him. Many people who were born in the imperial examination have also studied archery, and they still have some strength.

When I returned to my accommodation, my buttocks were still hot, and someone came to say goodbye.

"My lord, someone is here in Weihai. There is an urgent matter to see. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing that someone from Weihai was in a hurry, Liu Yu panicked, and hurriedly called someone in before he put on his shoes.

What can happen to Weihai at this time?

The first battleship with sixty-four guns sank when it was launched?

What did Japan perceive and ban trade?

Or is there a fight in the Tunliang Castle on the Hokkaido side?

I arranged it well before I left, and if something happened during this time period, it would definitely be a bad thing.

Soon, a confidant came in, handed a letter, and stood aside.

glanced at the letter, it was a sign of Kang Buslack, and Liu Yu was even more panicked.

However, when I opened the letter, there were only four words on it.

"The boring machine is ready"

Syllable......

The teacup on the table fell to the ground, and Liu Yu jumped up like a thorn growing out of the chair, slamming into the table and shaking.

His hands trembled as if he had a stroke, and he circled the room several times.

The confidant who sent the letter didn't know the content of the letter, but he had followed Liu Yu for many years, and knew that although Liu Yu didn't say that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face did not change, he was also a person who had fought Rakshasa and attacked the commander of the Western Regions, what could make him so excited?

The person who sent the letter didn't know, and Kang Buxi probably didn't know how important this boring machine was.

But there is one thing, but he knows that this thing is the one with the highest price from Liu Yu.

At the beginning, the reward of tens of thousands of taels of silver was directly opened, and it was said that it was higher than the British sailing clock. The amount of money needed each month is withdrawn directly within a certain amount.

Kang Buxian doesn't understand technology, but he can count, and according to the size of the number, it is very clear which ones Liu Yu values.

If it's expensive, it's definitely good.

Liu Yu, who had suffered a stroke, turned around the room seven or eight times before stopping.

After a burst of laughter, his mouth involuntarily spewed out all the grievances of the in the court.

"Fuck the intrigues! I don't have to play with you! Hahaha......"

He knew that there was nothing difficult about this thing, as long as he explained the principle and solved the deflection and precession problems with a different way of thinking, he could completely do it with the current technical level.

Now there are a lot of steam engines in Europe, but they have not been improved to Watt's, and the law of conservation of energy is not considered, resulting in a lot of energy being wasted, so it is like the kind of steam engine in Weihai dry dock, which can only be used to lift water.

This was the age of craftsmen, not scientists.

Science is useful at this time, but on the steam engine, it is not very useful.

The steam engine that exists now, just like the Newcodoor machine that Weihai has been using, from a scientific point of view, is the lack of a "latent heat" science - steam becomes water to release heat, and water turns into steam to absorb heat.

But before this thing became a scientific theorem, many people actually had a vague intuitive perception.

As Engels commented on Watt: Watt's improvement added a separate condenser to it, which brought the steam engine to its current level in principle.

Watt figured out the idea of separating the condenser, which was not a problem for Liu Yu.

With ideas, there were two hurdles in front of Watt back then.

One is the accuracy of the cylinder, and the emergence of the hydraulic boring machine for drilling the cannon solves this task that is difficult to complete by hand.

The other is the British patent system, the crank transmission mechanism, which has long been patented, for which Watt has engaged in a set of planetary sun gear structure, until the patent for crank transmission expires, the steam engine is finalized.

In front of Liu Yu, these two problems do not exist.

Hydraulic boring machine solved.

And patents ......

The concept of patents does not exist in Dashun at all.

It can be said that the first watt-type steam engine that appeared in Dashun should only be about four or five years away, plus an investment of tens of thousands of taels of silver.

The boring machine is the mother of the steam age.

There may still be such and such problems, but since Kang Buxian wrote a letter to himself, it is enough to prove that he has achieved the level he demanded at that time.

Although I have long thought that I have spent my real money to get a scientific and technological research plan, I will definitely break through within a few years.

Even with such psychological preparation, when the words "boring machine has been completed" were really handed to him, the huge impact made him understand that he was not actually ready to accept all this so quickly.

Mini bullets, it's nothing. Battleships, nothing.

And this "mother of the steam age" is what can really change the world.

Lifting the pen with a trembling hand, Long Feifeng replied to Kang Buxian with a letter, which was also very brief.

"Deliver on promises. Don't make a statement. Wait until I get back. ”

After writing it, it was sealed, handed it to the confidant, and instructed: "Go back quickly." ”

The messenger didn't know what it was, but he knew that it must be extremely important, and he didn't care about staying in the capital to rest, so he hurriedly rode away on a fast horse.

Liu Yu, who stayed in the room, drove away the rest of the people, and after leaving himself, he took out the four-word letterhead, and couldn't help but smile on his face.

After laughing for a while, his face gradually became ugly again.

The emergence of the boring machine is only the last step away from the Watt steam engine.

This last step is still easy to take, but after taking it, it is the hardest part of the road.

Considering that Dashun has its own national conditions here, Liu Yu said in his heart, yes, the process of burning money has just begun.

You have to use the money to burn out a bottom choice.

After being excited, Liu Yu knew very well what the steam engine meant in the eyes of the courtiers and the emperor.

If they came up to engage in the textile industry, in the eyes of the emperor and courtiers, they saw not the great progress in the productive forces, but the tens of millions of small peasant weavers who could not make a living; What was seen was that the power of the merchants could grow uncontrolled by the imperial court.

The British had cut off the king's head in advance, but Dashun had not yet gone through this step, and Dashun was an orthodox classical Chinese empire, and the stability of small peasants was the basis of dynastic rule, and they would inevitably consider the problem from the perspective of stability above everything else.

At least, the emerging bourgeoisie at this time can only be regarded as just in its initial form.

It is not the same as having the internal suppression of large-scale small-scale peasant bankruptcy uprisings; cut off the emperor's head to set an example, so that no one dared to sit on the dragon chair; It is still far from the "abundant martial virtues" of seizing markets and raw material bases from abroad.

In Dashun, if you want to get things done, you have to think about the bottom line, and you have to put it another way.

The steam engine can be shown to the emperor, but what is shown to the emperor cannot be a textile machine driven by a steam engine, but should be "a road that can lead to the northeast and northwest without the need for river water and slender men; The Grand Canal that Connects the North and the South": a model steam train.

For the sake of the stability of the country, for the internal suppression, and for the stability of the frontier, the emperor and the courtiers will support this.

Anyway, they don't understand that this thing has any other use, as long as they don't expose it in advance before they are ready, it is enough to fool around for a while and make a fallback option.

For the sake of this bottom option, we must continue to spend money and throw 8 million taels in the direction of the railway.

This money can't be obtained from the textile industry, and this time the "primitive accumulation" can only be obtained from overseas trade.

However, after thinking about it, the problem of the northeast of the heart path has been completely solved.

In any case, the railway from Beijing to Heilongjiang will definitely be completed earlier than the Trans-Siberian Railway.

The Outer Northeast and Siberia are already in the bag, and it is only a matter of time.

There are two sides to everything, as long as the emperor sees what the emperor likes, and don't let the emperor see what the emperor is alert, you can continue to fool.

Before the ability to ensure that the emperor will not be banned because of the stability of the country, the "right path of the industrial revolution" of mechanical textiles, should not be taken, and the sword should be taken sideways.

When he was thinking about the follow-up plan, someone called outside, and Liu Yu shouted: "Didn't you say let me be alone for a while?" ”

"My lord, someone from the palace, please go to the palace quickly. Summoned by His Majesty. ”

I didn't know what was going on with the emperor, so I hurriedly changed my clothes and hurriedly entered the palace, and the eunuch led me to the vicinity of the Tianyou Palace.

After staying inside, Liu Yu was a little surprised.

There were only the emperor and a few important ministers in the room, and there was not even a record of those present.

Jiang Chen, who was robbed of the first credit by Liu Yu in the northwest, and now has relinquished his military power to serve as the newly established Privy Council, which is actually the Dashun General Staff, is also among them.

On the table in front of the few people, there were a few maps, but after a glance at the outline, they already recognized that it was Japan.