Before airplanes, people didn't know that the internal combustion engine could make iron birds fly.

Before the car, people didn't know that the steam engine could make the tin box run.

There are many people who try to move forward, but only a few people can find a way forward, whether it is walking or jumping, or even climbing, there is never a wrong answer.

There was a steam engine in Zhang Juzheng's study, and on the other side of the bookcase was the "Chen's Tao Te Ching", which made the imperial first assistant feel the stubbornness of Chen Shuai in Nanyang.

Because the book also has a name—at least in Zhao Shizhen's introduction, it has another name, the full name of which is "Chen's Principle of All Things", or Chen's Physics for short.

Whenever Zhang Gelao, who approved the letter and planned a good way to govern the country, had his spare time, his eyes were on the book that was engraved throughout, and only the book 'Chen's Tao Te Ching' was written in Chen Shuai's scribbled handwriting on the cover crown, he would always think of the Tao Te Ching that he had privately gifted to General Zhenshuo a few years ago.

When the title of the ancient book, which was based on self-cultivation as the highest purpose of governance, was named this book, Zhang Juzheng opened the book and did not see the slightest shadow of the inner and outer kings, but only saw Chen Mu's impulse to destroy everything.

At the beginning of the discovery of a thing, many times it was a pearl secretly dropped, which was unavoidable, such as gunpowder that failed to teach people immortality but killed countless people.

It takes years, decades, decades, or even hundreds of years for people to find the right way to use it.

But in Chen Mu's book, there are all of them.

The first chapter of Chen's Tao Te Ching introduces the forging and casting methods of gunpowder, sectional birds, and artillery, the principle of ignition and explosion, and the shortcomings, prospects, and development trends of each object.

The second chapter introduces the influence and principle of the warship and the section wind, hydraulic, sail and warship shape on the speed and load of the warship.

Chapter 3 focuses on the steam engine, covering its principles, current shortcomings and future trends.

There is no electricity in the book, because Chen Mu doesn't understand this very well, but he also wrote it, as long as he reads this book and writes down the way the first three chapters are summarized, someone will soon be able to complete the compilation of electricity in the future.

Because of this Tao Te Ching, which was sent along with Chen Mu's book of Nanyang affairs, Zhang Juzheng has kept Zhao Shizhen in Beijing for three months.

Whenever he encountered something he didn't understand, he would arrest him and ask him, after all, Zhang Ge didn't plan to let this book circulate before he thoroughly understood Chen's physics, he had to teach the emperor first, and then compile it as appropriate, for example, things like birds and cannons should be compiled into a book independently, and others should also be circulated as appropriate.

Just like the most important thing said in Chen Mushu, the most important thing is this way of summarizing and expressing, and other things are not important to the people.

"Tsuneyoshi is here, seat."

"The elder of the pavilion called, and the students hurried over." Zhao Shizhen has lived in Zhang Juzheng's mansion for a long time, and is more familiar with Zhang Juzheng, so he sat down, saw that Zhang Juzheng had the Tao Te Ching in front of him, and arched his hand and said: "The student explains on his behalf, and he knows everything." ”

Zhao Changji's residence in the Shoufu Mansion is not comfortable, sometimes happy and sometimes sad, Zhang Juzheng's style of acting is sometimes not upright, and it is not uncommon to play power tricks for political advantages, this kind of thing is usually not easy to accept in the eyes of Zhao Shizhen, a preparatory official who has studied too much or a person who has already entered the court.

In comparison, Zhao Shizhen prefers Gao Gong, although Gao Gong has a bad temper, but his style of acting is very traditional, he doesn't like you, he will scold you, and he will directly dismiss you, but he never makes you feel like a spring breeze, and he has already sentenced your political career to death in his heart.

Zhao Shizhen alone has seen too much in the past few months in Beijing.

However, with Chen Mu's edification, Zhao Shizhen is already very accustomed to it, as long as he accepts that bully, everything else is easy to say.

"Chen Shuai said that this is called a unit, just like a stone, whether it is steam, water or wind, the unit is Lang, and Yilang has 50 catties." Zhang Juzheng flipped through the book, pointed and said: "The book says that the current steamer power has reached the extreme, and in the future, it is necessary to improve the methods of condensation, reduce heat dissipation and structure." ”

"If the force of a steamer is Shilang now, after improving the condensation, there will be thirteen Lang, which can be more productive and more, and can even carry people like a horse, he said that the force will even reach a pond, the unit of the pond is very strange, and there are Baiji Yilang, Bailang Yitang, Chen Shuai, how did these units come out?"

Zhao Shizhen's face turned red when he heard Zhang Juzheng mention the unit of 'Ji', which was absolutely annoyed and angry, and said, "Chen Shuai's start." ”

Zhang Juzheng looked at the Ji on the book, and then looked at Zhao Shizhen, thinking of his words, he couldn't help but smile, and said to Zhao Shizhen.

"The elder doesn't know that Chen Shuai is old, but his mind is still naïve, and on the day he compiled the book, he suddenly asked the students to wrestle with him, saying that he was useful in compiling books." Zhao Shizhen turned his head to look out of the door, took a deep breath and turned his head and said, "Although the student often dances with birds, he can compare his strength, where is his opponent to fight the fierce generals?" ”

Zhao Shizhen slapped the palm of his hand on the back of his hand one after another, and said with a bitter face: "There is no shame in not winning, but Chen Shuai actually said that the student is not as strong as Hachiro, that is, General Chen Bazhi, Chen Shuai's adopted son in Japan, so there is Baiji Ichiro." ”

Zhang Juzheng couldn't hold back his laughter, and after laughing, he then asked, "What about Bailang Yitang?" ”

"One hundred Chen Bazhi is worthy of one Qi Nantang."

Qi Nantang is Qi Jiguang, Zhang Juzheng, who is in power in the court, naturally knows how powerful Qi Jiguang is, and when he heard this, he restrained his smile and nodded: "This is more pertinent, even if there are only a few people in the world who can compare Qi Shuai's achievements in the town." ”

Alas!

Zhao Shizhen sighed silently in his heart.

He's dissatisfied because it's more pertinent! If Chen Shuai writes something Baiji, he will admit it with a smile, anyway, it is not true at all, even if this thing is passed down for centuries, people will think that it is nothing more than a joke.

But now that it's really, future generations will think about it, a hundred Chen Bazhi is worthy of one Qi Jiguang, take out Qi Jiguang's biography and take a look, yo! Qi Shuai is powerful, it's not too much to be a hundred Chen Bazhi!

Look at him Zhao Shizhen again, this person has not done anything, a hundred is comparable to a little Chen Shuai, and it is true to think about it.

Hmph, the lucky person who came to Chen Shuai's side by flattery!

How embarrassing, how embarrassing, huh?

"It's not bad, after more than two years in Nanyang, Chen Shuai is a lot more introverted, didn't add self here - he added it?" Zhang Juzheng said that when he saw Zhao Shizhen's eyes widened and he looked like he had seen a ghost, he didn't go back to flip through the book, but just closed his eyes and remembered the page of the unit that introduced the power with his eyes and unforgettable, and said in surprise: "It wasn't written in the book." ”

"Chen Shuai said that now the steamer or the water power is not too big, Jilangtang is enough, and it will be used again if it is not enough in the future."

Zhao Shizhen rolled his eyes as he spoke, and said angrily: "Baitang Yimu." ”