This is naturally the task of assembling a steam engine for experiments.

The best way to counter the rumors of braggart in the streets is to speak with facts.

Although microscopes are also possible, there are too few people who have them, and there are only a handful of people who can see the microscopic world through microscopes. After all, these things can't be popularized now.

There are also telescopes, although they can serve a certain degree of clairvoyance proof. However, even this, ordinary people can't touch it. Because the telescopes polished by the glass factory had to be distributed to the army first. This is also the reason why the generals of the imperial court can try their best to do one.

If the steam engine can be assembled successfully, the effect will definitely be different. Placed there and moving, it can be watched by countless people, and this is the most powerful counterattack to those rumors that attack Xinxue.

Moreover, the steam engine that Zhang Mingwei wants to assemble, of course, cannot be made from scratch one by one according to the development order of the original steam engine, of course, it is necessary to select mature ones to do it.

In later generations, he wrote that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, without exception, he had to climb science and technology. When I first checked the information, I naturally went to find the most mature information.

At present, the parts of these steam engines that Zhang Mingwei asked people to build are the high-pressure steam engines invented by Trevisick in Britain in 1804.

When he first invented this high-pressure steam engine, the famous Watt spread a rumor that the high-pressure steam engine was prone to explosion, so his steam engine was not marketable at all.

In fact, Trivisick's boiler is fitted with safety plugs, or lead rivets, that melt when the temperature is too high to allow the steam to escape, thus avoiding damage.

Later, he built a circular track in Cardiff, on which his steam locomotive operated, and he hired people who liked novelty to ride and charge them. As a result, his steam locomotive won the honor of being the world's first locomotive to use tracks, and is remembered by history.

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On this day, the laboratory of the Daming Jingshi Academy was put under martial law by Jinyiwei. No one can enter unless the Duke of Xingguo agrees or has the will of Emperor Chongzhen.

Zhang Mingwei took Fang Yizhi, Song Yingxing and others to officially begin assembling steam engines, or to be precise, steam locomotives.

There are three sets of parts, although Zhang Mingwei also gave vernier calipers, as well as the specific size of the parts. However, after all, he has not assembled it, and he does not know whether the information he checked in his previous life is complete or not, and he does not know if he has not tested it.

Therefore, it can only be touched.

According to Zhang Mingwei's instructions, based on the cylindrical boiler, the big gear, flywheel, chimney, crank, piston rod, crosshead rod, etc., began to try to assemble.

When I really started to do it, I found a lot of problems. Mismatch between parts, unscrewing, inability to install, etc.

If none of the three sets of parts are suitable, then there are skilled craftsmen waiting on the side to start processing on site.

Some of them are processed quickly, and they can be installed after simple processing, which is mainly the kind of parts that are too large. For parts that are too small, there is no way but to recast, and then manually polish and so on.

As Zhang Mingwei said to Emperor Chongzhen at the beginning, to assemble the experiment to complete the steam engine, 500,000 is just the beginning.

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When Zhang Mingwei and others were busy with this steam locomotive, the abnormality here naturally attracted the attention of people with a heart.

After all, there is Jinyi Wei under martial law, and you can know that something is going on at a glance.

Zhang Mingwei didn't actually want to hide these gossips, and even took the initiative to reveal the news.

As a result, there was a sensation on the Jingshi side.

Xingguo Gong is making things, can he really travel thousands of miles a day? Is Xinxue really that powerful?

In this regard, as far as the public opinion of Jingshi is concerned, based on the past miracles of Xingguo Gong, at least half of the people believe that Xingguo Guild will do what it says.

And when this range expands further, the number of people who believe in Xingguo Gong decreases dramatically.

Whether they believe it or not, they all pay attention to the Daming Jingshi Academy, waiting to see the results.

Even Emperor Chongzhen couldn't bear it at first, but after waiting for some days without movement, he also sent Wang Erbiao over to watch the scene, and then reported it every day.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, Zhang Mingwei has expectations for this, and patience is exhausted, in short, the progress of assembly is moving towards success little by little.

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At the same time, in the Chongzheng Hall of Shengjing in Liaodong, the prince of the Manchu Dynasty, Baylor, etc., as long as the identity is enough, are all there, making the Chongzheng Hall a little small.

With so many people on the table, it's clear that this is a very important matter.

Behind the bead curtain, it was no longer Huang Taiji, but Bumu Butai was sitting with her son Fulin. By the way, at this time, Fulin has ascended the throne and called the emperor, just like in the original history, the year name Shunzhi.

Bumu Butai was also listening to the movement outside the bead curtain, but she basically couldn't understand it, how could this be? Can't figure it out!

Outside the beaded curtain, the two regents, Daishan and Dolgon, were in charge. The two of them, with their backs to the beaded curtain, sat there on the left and right.

Seeing Dolgon looking at the group of people in front of him, he asked in a deep voice: "This king thinks that the Qing Dynasty should guard Jinzhou well, and Ning Yuan, give up when it is time to give up!" ”

When he heard this, he immediately shouted: "When my father was alive, how could he have lost the city and land? This is a good way to ......"

Before he finished speaking, Dai Shan snorted heavily and interrupted him: "If you don't give up Ning Yuan, how many troops should you send?" Can you guarantee that the Ming army will attack again and not lose it? How many troops do I have in the Qing Dynasty? Have you thought about these? ”

Hauge was not afraid of any of the two regents, and immediately looked at Dai Shan and said, "Before, the troops were scattered and defenseless, so they were picked up by Minggou. Speaking of which, it is also the incompetence of Turg with a white flag! If the 30,000 troops were stationed in Ningyuan City, would Ming Gou still be able to defeat it? ”

At this time, Jianyu's side had basically understood the entire Ningyuan battle. Knowing that the troops distributed in the three acropolises were basically broken by the Ming army in the end, they did not play a little use. On Ningyuan's side, Turg led his troops out of the city and lost 10,000 troops outside the city.

Hauge is right, if these 30,000 troops are in Ningyuan City, the Ming army will attack only 30,000 people, even if they attack the city? If that were the case, the outcome of the war would probably be rewritten.

When Duoduo heard Hauge attacking the white flag, he sneered and said, "Since you are so powerful, how about you lead the men and horses of your headquarters to garrison Ningyuan?" ”

"......" Hauge was stunned when he heard it.

His headquarters is full of troops, and it is impossible to pull them all away to Ningyuan. Although he didn't believe that he would be defeated by the Ming army, who would be stupid to take such a big risk?

Dolgon watched Haug remain silent, a little annoyed, wishing that Haug was in a different place. But at this time, he still knows that the overall situation is the most important.

Therefore, he opened his mouth and said again: "Give up Ning Yuan, I don't have much to lose in the Qing Dynasty. Who still disagrees? ”

This time, Hauge didn't speak. Because if he insists, it will really be as Duoduo said, let him go to garrison Ningyuan!

Everyone else had similar thoughts, so they became turtles with shrunken heads one by one.

The Ming State withdrew all the soldiers and civilians of Liaodong to Guannei, and Ningyuan was equivalent to an empty city, with no oil and water, and there was still the risk of being raided by the Ming army!

How many people are willing to do things that are not beneficial?

Seeing that no one objected, Dolgon turned his head to look at Dai Shan and said, "Then this matter is decided?" ”

Dai Shan listened, and nodded.

Then, the two of them stood up and looked courtetously behind the beaded curtain.

When Bumu Butai saw it, he hurriedly stabbed his son's waist with his hand.

Shunzhi was bored, and as soon as he was reminded by his mother, he hurriedly said: "Quasi-play!" ”

He had to be reminded in advance that he only had to say these two words, which was very boring.

When Dorgon and Daizen heard this, they sat down again and went on with their deliberations.

Listening to Dolgon's continued speech, "Judging from all indications, the situation on the side of the Ming Kingdom has changed a lot, but we don't know anything, what can you do to find out the news of the Ming Kingdom?" ”

In fact, Jianyu has been trying to figure out a way to do this, but it is quite tricky.

Liaodong is located in a remote place, blocked by the Shanhai Pass, detouring through the Mongolian steppe, and blockaded along the Great Wall. What made them feel even more powerless was that the Ming State withdrew all the soldiers and civilians outside the pass to the pass, and it was very difficult, if not impossible, to send people to infiltrate the pass.

Moreover, Liaodong and Guannai are thousands of miles away, even if they enter the customs, it is very difficult to transmit the news back to Liaodong.

It was precisely because of this difficulty that although Jianyu felt that he didn't know that the news in the customs was inappropriate, he didn't make much action.

However, after being raided by the Ming army this time, these Jianyu leaders felt that they would suffer too much if they didn't know the news from the Ming army, so they raised this matter in this Chongzheng Hall to see if there was any way to solve it.

However, after Dolgon finished speaking, the Chongzheng Hall was very quiet, and no one spoke.

Since the Ming army raided Ning Yuan's return, it is rare that he does not collect it overnight, but just guards the city. This made Jianyu's side feel even more helpless.

Seeing this, Dolgon couldn't help but turn his head to look at the next generation of goodness, and found that the modern goodness also happened to look at him, and there was helplessness on each other's faces.

At this time, they miss the old days very much.

In desperation, this meeting had to be dismissed after discussing the strengthening of coastal defense.

However, Dolgon did not leave, but sent someone to send Hong Chengchou. first cordially greeted him, and then asked this question, expecting Hong Chengchou, a former high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, to give him an idea.