On the side of King Rui's Mansion, it was not easy for him to take out the money.

Although Zhang Mingwei led the army to Hanzhong Mansion, the thieves are now in Sichuan, and there is no thieves here in Hanzhong Mansion.

In this way, if you want to follow the original holy decree, in case of thieves, the local squires and even the vassal kings will have to give money and food to prevent thieves, and it will not work.

Ruiwang Zhu Changhao really wants to give money, Zhang Mingwei actually has nothing to do. Therefore, if he wants to make wool, he can only improvise.

But unexpectedly, Zhu Changhao actually handed a comb to Zhang Mingwei, so he could only push the boat down the river and pick up more wool.

At this time, at least the money and food for the army to enter Sichuan to suppress the thieves are available. And the New Year is coming soon, so how to reward these soldiers who are still fighting for the country, there is no need to worry about them.

He was thinking about this, and Zhu Yujiao, who was accompanying him, suddenly asked him, "Mr. really plans to attack Tianzhu?" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingwei listened, turned his head to look at him, and nodded as a matter of course.

When Zhu Yujiao heard this, she immediately reminded: "Didn't Mr. say that now Tianzhu is ruled by the Mughal Empire, and it is the time to be strong?" ”

Zhang Mingwei listened, showed a little reminiscence, and replied to her: "If I remember correctly, the current Mughal Empire, it should be during this period of time, there is a prince who killed other brothers, forced his father to abdicate and imprisoned, and the strength of the Mughal Empire will collapse rapidly after reaching its peak in the hands of this prince, a bit similar to the time of Tang Xuanzong." ”

Seeing Zhu Yujiao's very surprised look, he knew that Zhu Yujiao was stunned by the royal turmoil in the Mughal Empire. This was simply unthinkable in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, ignore the Ming Chengzu.

But even if it is Ming Chengzu, if Ming Taizu is still there, it is impossible to give him 10,000 guts.

However, this kind of thing is a tradition in the Mughal Empire, and there are even cases of fathers and sons falling in love and killing each other. If he succeeds, he takes the throne; If you fail, then you will be killed by Lao Tzu, don't be too common.

"By the time our Ming Dynasty has quelled the civil strife and has the strength to expand its territory, I believe that the Mughal Empire is on the verge of collapse." Zhang Mingwei continued to say to Zhu Yujiao, "At that time, if we attack the Mughal Empire again, I believe there will not be much difficulty. This point is also written on the recital. ”

When he said this, he suddenly showed that confident look and said, "Actually, even if the Mughal Empire is still strong, so what? Just descendants of Mongolian Tatars! They bullied and bullied the original inhabitants of Tianzhu, even if they dared to fight with my Daming, they had to let them taste the taste of their ancestors being expelled from the grassland. ”

"Sir is right, we will stand on top of the world in the future!" When Zhu Yujiao heard this, she also replied proudly.

After finishing speaking, he and Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

With that, the group returned to the camp laughing.

Back in the Zhongjun account, Zhang Mingwei learned that Huang Zongxi and Fang Yizhi, two students, had already replied.

Seeing this, Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but be very happy, so he immediately asked for a reply and asked Zhu Yujiao to read it to him.

In the letter, Huang Zongxi and Fang Yizhi explained why they did not take the initiative to write to Xingguogong. It's not that they don't have doubts, but because they feel that Xingguo Gong led the troops to fight for the country and should put state affairs first, so [Doudou] didn't dare to write a letter to disturb, so as not to distract Xingguo Gong and delay state affairs.

When he heard this, Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Look at these two students, I really underestimate their teacher." Are they still afraid that I will be distracted, do they still need me to rack my brains and spend many days to solve their doubts? ”

When Zhu Yujiao heard this, she immediately pursed her lips and smiled: "Of course Sir, there is no problem, but for us, why did the fan fall to the ground instead of falling to the sky?" It is estimated that if you can think about it for a lifetime, you may not be able to know the reason. ”

Zhang Mingwei also smiled when he heard it, and just said that just now, so he asked Zhu Yujiao to continue reading.

Next, Huang Zongxi and Fang Yizhi gave a detailed account of the process of studying the steam engine and the various problems they encountered.

Zhang Mingwei can hear that many of them seem to understand vacuum, pressure, friction, force arm, torque, etc. There are also many difficulties in the conversion of power and the use of gears. It wasn't until Song Yingxing and Tu Shaoxuan arrived in Beijing and also participated in it that it was much smoother.

Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but smile.

Relatively speaking, Huang Zongxi and Fang Yizhi belong to that kind of theoretical school, and most of what they learn is theoretical research. But Zhang Mingwei doesn't understand Tu Shaoxuan, but Song Yingxing does.

Song Yingxing went to Beijing several times to catch the exam, although he never got admitted to the Jinshi, but he traveled thousands of miles, what he saw and heard along the way, recorded in a book, and finally had "Tiangong Kaiwu", which made his insight can be said to be the first person in the late Ming Dynasty.

Although Song Yingxing may not be able to fully explain many of the problems encountered by Huang Zongxi and Fang Yizhi, he can often give suggestions on how to do it.

When they get together, they can be regarded as complementary kinds, and it is not difficult to understand that the progress is smoother under the cooperation.

"That Tu Shaoxuan, do you know who it is?" Zhang Mingwei thought about it, so he asked Zhu Yujiao.

Shaking her head, Zhu Yujiao replied: "I only know that he and Song Yingxing are friends, and they funded Song Yingxing to publish a book." ”

This, of course, is also stated in the Epistle.

Zhang Mingwei listened to it and felt that things gather like others, and he should be regarded as a good talent.

Thinking about it like this, he had an idea, and said to Zhu Yujiao: "Go back and write to Huang Zongxi and Fang Yizhi, by the way, and Song Yingxing too, let them recommend their friends!" If it's good, you can use it regardless of your background! ”

"Okay, I've got it!" Zhu Yujiao listened, nodded in response, and then saw that Zhang Mingwei had no other instructions, so she continued to read the letter.

Listening to it, Zhang Mingwei heard it again, and they still have a lot of understanding problems about the conversion of gears in force. As soon as my heart moved, I grabbed the brush and drew it on the paper.

When Zhu Yujiao saw it, she was curious, so she stopped reading the letter and stretched out her head curiously to look over.

Seeing that the gentleman was drawing, one circle, another circle, she was very curious, and finally couldn't help asking, "Sir, what is this?" ”

Zhang Mingwei didn't explain immediately, but continued to paint, waited until he finished painting, held the pen, stood up straight and looked at it, and finally showed a wry smile, not particularly similar. However, the basic building blocks are drawn.

So, he explained to Zhu Yujiao: "This is called a bicycle." Driven by manpower, people sit on this and start walking like a carriage. ”

Same as a horse-drawn carriage? A series of question marks flashed in Zhu Yujiao's mind, to be honest, this thing drawn by Mr. really can't be connected with the carriage.

But she had an idea, so she took the brush she was using, imitated the bicycle on another piece of paper, and then drew a carriage backwards, in short, the horse in place of the bicycle.

After finishing the painting, Zhu Yujiao asked Zhang Mingwei: "Mr. is going to paint this thing in the end?" ”

"Huh!" Zhang Mingwei smiled a little embarrassedly, this painting skill is really incomparable, "You are a tricycle, you can also have it." ”

After finishing speaking, he felt that he couldn't handle his paintings, and if the two erudite students saw them, he was afraid that it would damage the image, so he said to Zhu Yujiao: "Come, you come and draw the components of this bicycle, one by one, and then paint a whole." ”

The original construction of the bike was actually very simple, with no brakes, only a manual drive on the basic two wheels and gears. But even so, under the guidance of Zhang Mingwei, Zhu Yujiao took a long time to complete the painting.

After finishing the painting, Zhu Yujiao already knew the bicycle well, so she hurriedly asked, "Sir, is this really okay?" ”

"Absolutely!" When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he said to her, "Send it to the two of them, let them build this first, so as to study the transformation of power, the most important thing is to understand the usefulness of gears, which can be regarded as opening their eyes first, which will be beneficial for them to study the steam engine." ”

Anyone is curious about new things. In fact, at this time, Zhu Yujiao really wanted to build one and try it herself.

But she finally understood that she was leading the troops to fight with her husband, and she didn't have this idle time.

So, she had an idea and decided to send her father a drawing, as well as a drawing of the bicycle-powered carriage, which resembled a tricycle.

Zhu Yujiao felt that after she dedicated this thing to her father, her father must also be very interested, and maybe people will create it and take a look.

Thinking like this, a scene flashed in her mind: Emperor Chongzhen rode this wooden bicycle, and in front of him was Jinyiwei to open the way, going to the Wenhua Hall to discuss state affairs.

Then, the second picture jumped out again: Emperor Chongzhen rode a bicycle-style dragon chariot, and the brocade guards and palace maids on the side were all traveling on bicycles!

Then, those civil officials also rode this new type of bicycle......

……

Thinking about it, Zhu Yujiao burst out laughing.

Zhang Mingwei looked at her in a daze first, then smirked, and then even laughed out loud, feeling a little inexplicable. However, he didn't think much about it, so he said to Zhu Yujiao: "I said, you write, I have to teach them some more basic theoretical knowledge, so that they can go further." ”

Hearing what he said, Zhu Yujiao didn't answer and asked, "Sir, can this be patented?" ”