In the eighth year of Tianwu, with the joint efforts of the Royal Academy of Sciences, the second-generation steam engine was improved again, and the power continued to increase, becoming a real power engine, and the first steam locomotive was developed.

The first steam locomotive was able to pull 30 tons of coal at a speed of six kilometers per hour, which aroused the excitement of the academicians.

However, in the process of trial, many problems were also exposed, such as the vibration of the steam locomotive was too strong, and the road could not bear it, not to mention the people on it, who could be reversed to the skeleton hash.

And as the steam locomotive moved forward, smoke billowed from the chimney, scorching the nearby trees, and becoming a veritable "train".

After more than half a year of continuous testing and improvement, Bo Jue, a scientific giant and mechanical genius, once again opened his mind and invented the steam blast.

This creates a negative pressure in the boiler combustion chamber inside the steam engine, which improves ventilation conditions and also increases combustion efficiency, ultimately tripling the locomotive's speed!

The Royal Academy of Sciences was overjoyed, and the President Sun Heding was ready to present the research results of the Royal Academy of Sciences on the Holy Day of the ninth year of Tianwu, so that the Son of Heaven would be happy!

Today, Bo Jue personally drove the "Yuma" steam locomotive he built himself, taking the emperor for a ride on the newly paved railway.

The steam locomotive was built and ran for two hours a day, in the morning and in the afternoon, and has now been in continuous operation for a month without incident.

Under the escort of the Imperial Forest Army, Zhu Cihong slowly entered the iron box behind the "Imperial Horse" steam locomotive.

There is a lot of space in the box, and the environment is not bad, not only with tables and chairs, but also with wall lamps and murals, which are obviously specially decorated.

Zhu Cihong sat comfortably on the soft seat covered in leather and cotton, looking at the tea table and fruits in front of him, and felt like he had returned to the twentieth century.

Next, the Mima was put into operation.

Feeling the train of this era, Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, the effect was not bad, and the vibration was far lighter than imagined.

Although the noise is loud, fortunately, the royal room he is in is a little far away from the front of the car, and the impact is not great.

Zhu Cihong was full of praise for this steam locomotive, and did not hesitate to reward Bojue as an earl, and the rest of the academicians who participated in the research and development were rewarded.

The invention of the steam locomotive will promote the unprecedented progress of transportation, and also sound the clarion call for the Ming Dynasty to move towards industrialization.

Zhu Cihong knows that within ten years, railway transportation will completely replace horsepower transportation!

When he left the Royal Academy of Sciences, Zhu Cihong only left one request: research and development, for me to continue research and development! Power up! Speed up! Yield up!

Back in the palace, Yang Tinglin, the first assistant of the cabinet, asked to build a Beijing-Haihai railway from Nanjing to Shanghai.

Zhu Cihong didn't say a word, quasi-play!

He didn't just want to build a railway, he had to build thousands!

Historically, after the advent of trains, it took less than 30 years to build a railway network with a total length of 13,000 kilometers, and the Industrial Revolution was in full swing.

In order to seize the opportunity of the industrialization era, Zhu Cihong can be said to be ruthless.

He issued an order to provincial officials that the performance evaluation indicators for the next three years should no longer be based on grain production and the number of official roads built, but should be dominated by local industrial and commercial development and railway chiefs.

In the past, the imperial court mainly inspected the local officials to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people under its jurisdiction, but now it has been changed to an economic index.

In addition, Zhu Cihong also issued an order to the Royal Group to set up a railway locomotive manufacturing company and a transportation company, specializing in trains!

Industries such as textile mills under the Royal Group have also begun to implement steam engines, giving a good start to various industries, so that businessmen can feel the production capacity and huge profits brought by technology!

It is conceivable that Bo Jue's improvement of the steam engine will lead to a series of technological revolutions, which will lead to the transformation of handicraft labor into machine production, and will also promote the industrial revolution of the Ming Dynasty.

However, although the emergence and improvement of the steam engine has promoted social and economic development, in the same way, on the contrary, economic development will put forward higher requirements for the steam engine.

For example, the steam engine has high power, high efficiency, light weight, small size, etc.

The necessity of triggering the industrial revolution is the market, and if there is no broad market, no matter how good the development of the steam engine is, it will not be able to bring it away.

Without a market, it will only lead to the accumulation of more and more goods, the phenomenon of overcapacity, and the economic crisis.

Therefore, it is imperative to bring goods to the West, and it must be frequent!

Just like the city bus, you have to be prepared to arrange the next bus when you come back!

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On June 15, the ninth year of Tianwu, the first activity of the Tianwu Dynasty to bring goods to the West was officially held.

Wu Zhong, the main envoy, and Zhu Chenggong, the deputy envoy, led more than 28,000 officers and soldiers, businessmen, and more than 200 ships to set sail from Shanghai Prefecture!

This is the first large-scale navigation activity organized by the government in the Ming Dynasty after Zheng He's seventh voyage to the Western Ocean for more than 200 years after the fifth year of Xuande (1430) and Zheng He's seventh voyage to the Western Ocean.

At the same time, it is also the first time in the history of China to take the initiative to send a fleet to visit Europe, which is of great significance.

It is recorded in the history books of later generations that this feat of going to the West is a sign of the Ming Dynasty's formal participation in the competition in the Age of Discovery.

This time to the Western Ocean, Wu Zhong's fleet will first visit several small countries on the Indochina Peninsula such as Annam, and re-promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty to these small countries, so that they can know that there is no one else in the king, and Huaiyuan will be virtuous, and the subjects will attach themselves to the Ming Dynasty!

The next stop is the Nanyang countries, while bringing the goods, Wu Zhong wants to let the aborigines of the European colonies feel the power of the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Zhong's task was not only to diplomacy and bring goods, he went with the "Tianwu Grand Canon", and every time he went to a place, he would distribute a few copies to the local king and other leaders.

The content not only includes scriptures, history, sub-collections, but also astronomy and geography, yin and yang medicine, divination, interpretation of Tibetan Taoist scriptures, drama, crafts, and agriculture, covering the intellectual wealth of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.

In addition, there are some introduction and manufacturing methods of firearms and artillery that can help the indigenous people fight against Western colonizers. (The latest core technology has not been entered)

These are all brainwashing things, as long as you are interested, it is equivalent to identifying with Han culture.

And with in-depth reading and research, you will find that this "Tianwu Canon" is simply a divine book! Too much content is so good!

The more you understand, the more you can feel the strength of the Ming Dynasty, which is the real Heavenly Empire!

Some backward national tribes can develop their own countries with the help of the Tianwu Canon.

After resting for a few days in the Ming Territories of Luzon, Wu Zhong's fleet followed Zheng He's old path from the Strait of Malacca to the Mughal Empire and the Persian Gulf in Central Asia.

Then, head south along the African continent, take the Cape of Good Hope and turn into the Atlantic Ocean, all the way north to Europe.

On this voyage, Daming made a detailed plan, what reference points on the way, where to avoid the wind and waves, where to moor the ship to rest, where to get fresh water and food supplements, etc., are clearly marked on the navigation route map.