No matter what happens, the sun always rises on time, and the people of Tokyo also start a busy day with the sun rising.

But today's Tokyo city is a little different, with countless craftsmen and materials being sent into the Imperial Palace of the Great Song Dynasty, and the streets are crowded with people watching the excitement.

Zhao Xiaowu is a young carpenter, and now he is slowly passing through the tall palace wall behind the master, and he is absent-minded all the way, even if he is about to reach the palace wall, he is in a trance.

Boss Zhao is his own uncle and his master, and he stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Xiaowu: "Xiaowu, you are hysterical today, what's wrong?" The good end is always panicked, didn't I tell you that we would never dare to slack off when we go to work? ”

Zhao Xiaowu swallowed dryly and said, "Uncle, let's enter the palace!" ”

Boss Zhao sighed: "Yes! Let's build a yamen for the official grandfather! The grandfather of the official family is notoriously lenient, and he is also very good to us lowly servants, look at our current life, where is it like a lowly craftsman? It's comparable to those who read books! ”

After Zhao Boss finished speaking, he walked to the front checkpoint with the land, handed over the documents of himself and his apprentice, and the forbidden army carefully looked at the two to determine the characteristics of the description and nodded slightly, and the two passed through the thick palace wall, all the way like a dream.

Zhao Xiaowu seemed to be walking on cotton, all the way lightly, all this in front of him gave him too much shock, but also inspired the dream in his heart, the wide yamen was demolished, and this was originally the place where the two governments worked.

Zhongshu Province, the plaque of the Privy Council passed in front of him, these places were originally impossible for Zhao Xiaowu to reach, but now they are close at hand, and he even has to participate in the construction of them with his master, so close to the center of power makes his blood swell.

Touching the piece of paper in his arms, he restrained the urge in his heart to wait until someone important came before he could present this drawing.

Boss Zhao noticed the apprentice's distraction, and drank slightly angrily: "You kid put away the hysteria in my brain for me, don't bump into the officials, especially the officials who will be the prisoners, we are dispatched by others, if we offend, I don't know if we will be kicked out!" ”

Zhao Xiaowu nodded in disappointment: "I know ......"

Uncle Zhao is the top authority in the family, Zhao Xiaowu is used to listening to him, he doesn't dare to be disobedient, and honestly follows Zhao Boss to the instrument station to get his tools, but after he saw the official in a public uniform and wearing a long-winged hat, the restlessness in his heart began to tempt him wildly.

After the clan uncle turned around, he hurriedly stepped forward with his hands raised high, his body almost bent to the ground, and said with anticipation: "Official...... Official, this is my drawing, can you take a look?! ”

Sun Qiu looked at the young man in front of him with disdain, he had been stopped several times during this time, all of them were such young offspring who wanted to squeeze into the grid together, the young man was not good at being down-to-earth, he had to take a whimsical step to the sky, there must be some unreliable design drawings, no, this is not even a design drawing, a few simple lines, representing the lines of the flame, and the messy arrows supplemented by words, this thing can be regarded as a grid drawing?

"What are you drawing?! I can't even understand the text, and there are typos in it, and this kind of study dares to say that it is a grid drawing? It's just a fool's dream, do your work honestly, if you don't want to do it, get out of the palace early, so as not to delay the construction of the official family! ”

Sun Qiu's scolding made Zhao Xiaowu extremely aggrieved, his drawings took two years to complete, during which he also did a lot of experiments, he didn't go to much school, but this can't deny his own things!

Boss Zhao rushed over in a panic and kicked Zhao Xiaowu is face: "You are going to smash our jobs, why don't you quickly apologize to the officials?" Official, this doll is not sensible, she thinks about things all day long, and she has hysteria......"

"Phew! He also deserves to be Gewu? And look at your pickled appearance, whole filthy people! Just what you have to do? Gewu is a study opened by the officials, and you are blaspheming! ”

Sun Qiu's words stimulated the craftsmen around him like sharp knives, although they are craftsmen, they also have dreams, and Gewu is their highest pursuit, especially after many craftsmen have become Gewu officials after obtaining the approval of the general supervisor through their own invention and design drawings, the self-esteem of craftsmen has long been lower than before.

The other craftsmen were not convinced and said, "What's wrong with the craftsman?" Aren't you a craftsman, and I don't know how your master taught you......"

Sun Qiu smiled contemptuously and said, "Craftsman? This official is not a lowly servant like a craftsman, this official is a literati through and through, but a graduate of the academy, and there are seals and documents of the Gewu Academy, what kind of thing are you! ”

These words stimulated the heart of the craftsman, and for a while the crowd was excited, Boss Zhao originally cursed the apprentice, but after listening to Sun Qiu's words, he became angry: "What nonsense are you talking about?" What's wrong with the craftsman, even the official family has issued an official document, saying that our craftsmen are people who eat by their craft, and they are no longer allowed to be called lowly servants, you dare to resist the decree! ”

"The official family is for you to be decent! Don't take this decency for face! ”

Overturning a boatload of people with a pole is the most irrational choice Sun Qiu s lofty form Many people were angry, and the noise and shouting continued to sound, causing Zhao Zhen to be curious when he was checking the construction progress under the leadership of Zeng Gongliang.

Zhao Zhen is very concerned about this initiative to recruit private craftsmen to build official offices, which is a new measure that is different from the labor system, and will set a precedent for future generations to avoid the loss of people's manpower.

Zhao Zhen ignored Zeng Gongliang's dissuasion, insisted on walking down the paved road, and built the road first before building a house, which was the most economical way, after all, a large number of materials had to be transported into the palace through the road.

Dressed in a bright red gown, Zhao Zhen with a winged hat on his head walked in the crowd like a god parting the tide, this unique official uniform can only be worn by officials, and the red color represents the fire virtue of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen walked to the center of the noise, and everyone was surrounded by a Gewu official wearing a five-grade official uniform, needless to say that the contradiction must have been provoked by him.

At this time, Sun Qiu was so frightened that he couldn't speak, although he didn't care just now, but once the official family came to him, he was still trembling with fear.

Stretching out his hand and pointing at Sun Qiu, Zhao Zhen opened his mouth and asked, "What position do you occupy and why are you arguing?" ”

"Weichen Sun Qiu, Ren Gewuyuan's five-grade object, is responsible for the distribution of craftsmen. These two people have no respect and humility to delay the construction of the matter! Sun Qiu immediately pointed to the two old masters and apprentices of Zhao, and buckled a big hat.

Boss Zhao and Zhao Xiaowu hurriedly knelt down and said: "Wronged, the official family and I are wronged!" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, turned to Boss Zhao, who had already bowed down, and asked, "Then why do you say you were wronged?" ”

Boss Zhao told what had just happened, and there was a person on the side to corroborate it, Zhao Zhen waved his hand to interrupt his words, stretched out his hand and smiled at Zhao Xiaowu: "Show me your drawings." ”

Zhao Xiaowu's heart was about to jump out, he never thought that he could dedicate his drawings to the official family!

With trembling hands, he presented his drawings: "Official...... Official...... Home, this is what I found out when I heard your words in the market......"

The drawing shows a huge teapot, or rather boiler, with one end plugged and the other connected to something resembling a gas valve, below which is a ripple representing a flame, and the gas valve is attached to a pole with an up and down arrow representing the direction of operation......

This is obviously made according to the principle of the kettle that Zhao Zhen once said.

Sun Qiu said disdainfully: "Official, this drawing is vulgar, and the typos cannot be read through, this is not delaying the creation of ......."

"Shut up!"

Zhao Zhen's angry words surprised everyone, and he quietly looked at the official family, only to see the corners of his mouth rise and show a smile before he slowly breathed a sigh of relief, the Son of Heaven was angry and bleeding was not a joke.

This is the simplest prototype of the steam engine! Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Xiaowu with some incredulity, he didn't expect to be discovered by such a young child, and he still heard the truth from the hard message, this observation and thinking alone is much stronger than that of ordinary prison officials!

With a kind expression, Zhao Zhen smiled and said to the two people on the ground: "You two get up, what's your name?" ”

"My name is Boss Zhao, this is my nephew and apprentice Zhao Xiaowu."

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly: "Yes, Zhao Xiaowu is now the Gewulang of the Gewu Academy, instead of Sun Qiu's dispatch, responsible for dispatching craftsmen, Yu Lu is twice as many as Sun Qiu, but how about you improve this drawing and cooperate with the Ordnance Department to make it?" ”

Zhao Xiaowuyi, who had just gotten up, was stunned by Zhao Zhen's words, opened his mouth wide and didn't say a word, but Zeng Gongliang on the side reacted first and coughed again and again.

Boss Zhao hurriedly kicked at the crook of his nephew's leg, and Zhao Xiaowu fell to the ground before he reflected: "The grass people thank the official family, long live my emperor, long live!" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Pingshen, you are also an official now, you don't have to kneel at every turn, I want to thank you, do you know what your drawings are?" ”

Zhao Xiaowu said: "It's a device, a device that can turn water into power with fire!" ”

"That's right! Once this drawing of yours becomes a reality, it will become the bell and tripod of my Great Song Dynasty! But it takes a lot of experimentation and improvement, and you have to work hard and not slack off on my ardent expectations. ”

Ambassador Zhao nodded vigorously and said: "Don't worry, once this doll fiddles with the object, the whole person is like a hysteria, and the magic barrier can't be dragged out!" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, he was another person who was obsessed with Gewu, he didn't expect that he could have such an unexpected gain from checking the construction of the foreign dynasty this time.

"I gave this device a name, and it was called the steam engine."

"Steam engines? Steam engine! ”

Zeng Gongliang understood after a little thought, and said with glowing eyes: "Official Shengming, isn't this a machine with steam as force!" ”

He is a smart person and soon understands the value of this kind of thing, and his eyes towards Zhao Xiaowu have become more and more appreciative, Sun Qiu, who was born as a literati on the side, has read the sage books for so many years in vain, and his brain is rotten, and he only knows that he puts himself above these craftsmen, and he simply has eyes and does not know gold and jade!