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Ma Cheng knew that in addition to the chief official Shangshu, the six departments of the Ming Dynasty also had left and right attendants and vice-ministers. Chen Zilong is in the military department, although the establishment is the establishment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but because he works in the military department, the relationship with his colleagues in the military department is not bad, and now the first deputy minister of the military department is going out, and it is understandable that Chen Zilong will send it as a colleague.

But it depends on who this squire is, the secretary of the Ministry of War is now concurrently served by Ma Shiying, so everything in the Ministry of War must be managed by this first deputy minister, and this deputy minister is the sworn enemy of the Donglin Party and the Fushe, Ruan Dacheng.

Ma Cheng knew that Chen Zilong and Ruan Dacheng did not have a big holiday, but after all, they belonged to two different factions, and this kind of sending political enemies in broad daylight really made Ma Cheng not expect.

"Brother Chen, why does Ruan Shilang want to go out?"

Chen Zilong was stunned at first when he heard Ma Cheng's question, and then immediately understood that Ma Cheng had misunderstood, Chen Zilong smiled and said: "Brother Xian, you are wrong, the Zuo Shilang that the foolish brother said is not an official position, but Zuo Maodi's Zuo Shilang!" As for Ruan Dacheng, hum, now that his scenery is tight, where is he willing to leave Nandu? ”

Ma Cheng didn't care about Chen Zilong's sarcasm of Ruan Dacheng, after hearing Chen Zilong say the name Zuo Maodi, Ma Cheng suddenly felt that this name was so familiar, and he seemed to be a loyal minister.

"Brother Chen, who is this Zuo Shilang? Why hasn't the little brother heard of it? ”

Chen Zilong sighed when he heard Ma Cheng ask, and said: "Zuo Maodi's character Zhongji, is Chongzhen's third year Shandong Township test Yayuan, in the eighth year of Chongzhen, he was elected as the commander of Hancheng County, Shaanxi, and in Hancheng, Zuo Zhong and Zhiren are good at their posts, and they took the lead in repelling the siege of Liukou many times. Later, Zuo Zhong and served as the transfer of the Department of Affairs, the right of the Imperial History, the governor of Jiangnan and other positions, the current position is the right squire of the Ministry of War, this time the imperial court set the North and Manchu, the selection of the envoy is Zuo Mao Di Zuo Zhonghe. ”

Ma Cheng heard Chen Zilong say this and remembered who this Zuo Maodi was, that is, Zuo Maodi, who had been imprisoned by Dolgon for more than a year and repeatedly refused to surrender to Dolgon, this person was compared to Wen Tianxiang at the end of the Ming Dynasty by later generations, and it was a few positive examples that Ma Cheng could remember in addition to Chen Zilong.

This Zuo Maodi, who will never betray the Ming Dynasty, must make good use of it, Ma Cheng arched his hand and asked: "Brother Chen, when you say this, the younger brother also admires this Zuo Shilang very much, I don't know when Zuo Shilang will go north, and then the younger brother will also go to see him off, okay?" ”

Although Chen Zilong disdains Ma Shiying's party as a person who is attached to the eunuch party, he and Ma Shiying's two sons are very good. Needless to say, Ma Luan, when he was studying in Nanzhili in his early years, he had a good friendship with everyone in the Fushe Society. Although this Ma Cheng doesn't read now, he is very disgusted with Ruan Dacheng in his daily speech, and he also has a good impression of the Donglin Party, so Chen Zilong is still good to the Ma brothers.

Chen Zilong didn't know that Ma Cheng didn't really have a good impression of the Donglin Party, but an illusion made in order to get close to Chen Zilong. Ma Cheng worked as a salesman in later generations, and he was the best at echoing and figuring out people's hearts, so it was not a problem to say good things along the way.

"Okay, Brother Zhong and Brother are scheduled to set off on the tenth day of the seventh month in five days, and then Brother Xian can see him off at Jinchuanmen Wharf!" After Chen Zilong finished speaking, he patted Ma Cheng's shoulder and said: "Hey, the foolish brother is going to see off Zhong and Brother Zhong and return to Songjiang's hometown, and Brother Zhong and Xian can come to Huating to find Brother Yu when they have the opportunity in the future!" ”

In the past month or so, Chen Zilong has solved many problems for Ma Cheng, especially in expanding the steelmaking furnace and simplifying the production process of muskets, which has saved a lot of time for military production. But the steam engine project that Ma Cheng was most worried about had not progressed at all, the steam engine had exceeded Chen Zilong's cognition, and Chen Zilong was also a monk halfway, so it was okay to engage in simple projects, but the high-end equipment of the steam engine was not good.

Ma Cheng heard that Chen Zilong was also leaving, and couldn't help but ask in embarrassment: "Brother Chen, what should you do if you leave the steam engine?" ”

Chen Zilong smiled when he heard Ma Cheng say this: "Brother Xian, this steam engine is cleverly designed, but Brother Fool's intelligence is limited, so he really can't help Brother Zhonghe!" ”

Ma Cheng couldn't help but turn dark when he heard Chen Zilong say this, he didn't expect that Xu Guangqi's students couldn't help him develop a steam engine, it seems that the products that are ahead of the times are still not good! Ma Cheng couldn't help but be very discouraged when he thought of this.

Chen Zilong looked at Ma Cheng's demeanor and smiled: "Brother Xian, although Brother Fool can't help you, Brother Fool can recommend someone to you, this person is more than a hundred times stronger than Brother Fool, it must be helpful to Brother Xian!" ”

Ma Cheng thought that Chen Zilong was perfunctory, who else was a great scientist in the late Ming Dynasty besides Xu Guangqi? Now Chen Zilong, you can't be Xu Guangqi's second disciple, so who else is more powerful than Xu Guangqi?

"Brother Xian, this person is not worse than Master Xu, it's just that this person's fame is a person, and his official position is only the Zhizhou of the fifth grade, so he is not as famous as Master Xu in the officialdom, but in terms of machinery and Western studies, he is not inferior to Master Xu!" Chen Zilong saw that Ma Cheng didn't believe what he said, so he explained. 652 Literature Network

Ma Cheng listened to what Chen Zilong said seriously, and had a little hope in his heart: "Brother Chen, who is this person?" ”

"Brother Xian, this person is Song Yingxing, the governor of Bozhou, Fengyang!"

Ma Cheng heard Chen Zilong talk about Song Yingxing before he remembered how he forgot about this science and technology master, this Song Yingxing is much more than Xu Guangqi. Xu Guangqi's book on agricultural administration focuses on agriculture, with a slight mention of machinery manufacturing. But Song Yingxing's heavenly creations are the Encyclopedia Britannica at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Tiangong Kaiwu includes agriculture and handicrafts, such as machinery, bricks, ceramics, sulfur, candles, paper, weapons, gunpowder, textiles, dyeing, salt making, coal mining, oil extraction and other production techniques. In particular, the mechanical chapter describes in detail mechanical tools such as vertical shaft windmills, sugar carts, ox rope wheels, etc., which are of high scientific value. At the same time, Song Yingxing has a deep understanding of biology, physics, and chemistry, and was the first scientist to propose that brass is a copper-zinc alloy.

Song Yingxing's reputation in later generations was much greater than that of Xu Guangqi, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Song Yingxing was born as a noble person and his official position was only the fifth grade, so his reputation was much worse than that of Xu Guangqi, who was born as a jinshi and was an old cabinet minister. Even the book Tiangong Kaiwu was printed by Song Yingxing at his own expense, and I have to say that this is a sadness in the history of Chinese science and technology.

Of course, Ma Cheng knows that Song Yingxing is a big bull figure, but Ma Cheng has traveled to this era There are too many things, and Song Yingxing is not famous, so Ma Cheng ignored this big bull, and now listening to Chen Zilong's recommendation of Song Yingxing, Ma Cheng quickly took Chen Zilong's hand and said: "Brother Chen, then Lord Song will please you!" ”

Chen Zilong couldn't help but sigh when he saw Ma Cheng's happy appearance, he had a general relationship with Song Yingxing, plus Song Yingxing looked down on Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng very much, and Song Yingxing had already appointed Song Yingxing as the Chuzhou soldier at the beginning of the imperial court in May, but Song Yingxing pushed it off on the grounds of illness, as for whether he was really sick Chen Zilong didn't know, it is estimated that he lost confidence in the court when he saw the chaos in the court, so he found a reason to stop being an official.

"Song Changgeng has deep qualifications, it is estimated that he will not give the face of the foolish brother, but the foolish brother has a way, send him the original picture of your steam engine and the letter of the foolish brother, and Song Changgeng will definitely come to Nandu to see you!"

Chen Zilong couldn't say that Song Yingxing didn't come because he thought that Ma Cheng, your old son was too human, so he said it euphemistically. Ma Cheng was in charge of those, and he was overjoyed to hear Chen Zilong say this: "Okay! Good! Then Song Yingxing will ask Brother Chen there! ”

Hearing Ma Cheng say this, Chen Zilong was still a little uneasy, Chen Zilong knew that the Ma Cheng in front of him was a bit of a two-pole, and his temper had to be touched smoothly, that Song Yingxing was also a well-known stubborn donkey temper, if the two of them didn't get out, don't fight.

Chen Zilong thought for a while, in order to avoid any incident, he said again: "Brother Xian, this Song Changgeng is very hard, you must treat each other with a teacher when you arrive in Nandu, and you must not say that Lord Yuanfu asked him to come, you know?" ”

Ma Cheng heard Chen Zilong say this, and knew that he was afraid that his old son would stink, and he was afraid that Song Yingxing would not come. But Ma Cheng really lacked technical talents here, so Ma Cheng had no choice but to swear to promise that as long as this Song Yingxing came, he would not say that he would be worshipped as a teacher, or that he would be worshipped as an ancestor.

Chen Zilong sighed when he heard Ma Cheng say this, he didn't know whether it was right or wrong for Song Yingxing to do this, Chen Zilong thought about it and took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter to Song Yingxing in the tone of a junior, explaining that the Nanjing Ministry of Industry had encountered a problem in the development of the steam engine, and asked Song Yingxing to solve the problem, and at the same time Chen Zilong attached the original map of Ma Cheng's steam engine to the letter to strengthen the persuasiveness.

After Ma Cheng received the letter, he immediately found An Zhennan, the captain of his own army, and solemnly handed over Chen Zilong's letter to An Zhennan and said: "Lao An, you take a hundred people to Fengxin, Jiangxi, and invite a person named Song Yingxing!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he was afraid that An Zhennan was a rough person and didn't know how to offend Song Yingxing, so he emphasized at this time: "Remember, you must be invited well, you know?" ”

Ma Cheng's mistake is a mistake in this emphasis, An Zhennan is a Yi person, although he can understand Chinese, but he misinterprets Ma Cheng's "please" as a catch, after all, Ma Cheng used to like to play this kind of word game, and it is clear that please is actually directly caught.

An Zhennan thought that he understood what Ma Cheng meant, and said angrily: "Please rest assured, Lord Zongzhen, the last general will definitely complete the task!" ”

Ma Cheng also thought that An Zhennan understood what he meant, so he took out the talisman and handed it to An Zhennan, and asked him to go with a hundred personal soldiers.

Chen Zilong saw that he had finished explaining, stood up and arched his hand and said, "Brother Zhonghe, the matter here is over, then I'll see you outside Jinchuan Gate in five days!" ”

Seeing that Chen Zilong was leaving, Ma Cheng hurriedly sent Chen Zilong out of the gate of the Weapons Bureau, and at the same time asked his subordinates to bring two handcuffs that had just left the factory.

Ma Cheng held the two handcuffs in front of Chen Zilong with both hands and said: "Brother Chen, the younger brother knows that your family is rich, and the little brother can't afford to give away the gold and silver, these two handguns are the latest production of the Ordnance Bureau, and they are also the result of Brother Chen's hard work for more than a month, and now the younger brother has given it to Brother Chen for self-defense!" ”

Chen Zilong took the two handcuffs, patted Ma Cheng's shoulder with a smile, and then got into the sedan chair and left.