Ma Cheng poured bitter water, but suddenly found that his father was a little distracted and didn't listen to it at all, Ma Cheng asked, "Dad, what's wrong with the court?" ”

Ma Shiying was thinking about what was on her mind just now, and after being interrupted by Ma Cheng, she hurriedly said: "It's nothing, Cheng'er, you said yours!" ”

Ma Cheng saw that Ma Shiying was full of worries, and at this time, he could still talk about his own bad things. Ma Cheng knew that now that the party between the DPRK and China was fierce, Ma Shiying must have encountered something difficult, or he would definitely not be like this.

Ma Shiying is Ma Cheng's backstage, if Ma Shiying has any mistakes, Ma Cheng can't escape, so Ma Cheng hurriedly asked: "Dad, if you have anything to say, my son will help you analyze it!" ”

Ma Shiying looked at Ma Cheng's concerned gaze and felt a warmth in his heart, and his son also knew that he cared about him.

Ma Shiying smiled: "It's nothing, it's just that a few ministers in the DPRK and China don't deal with their father!" ”

Ma Shiying said it lightly, but Ma Cheng knew that the party struggle has always been life-and-death, and Ma Shiying must have encountered some difficult situation in the DPRK.

"Dad, aren't there still two uncles? Can't they solve their father's problems? "Ma Cheng is right, Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong are both black-hearted and rotten bureaucrats, what problems can't they solve?

Hearing Ma Cheng say this, Ma Shiying sighed with a wry smile: "Son, you are young and don't understand the situation in officialdom, your two uncles are very smart, and they have also come up with a lot of ideas for their father, but the two of them are soft-spoken, and they don't help their father much in the court!" ”

Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say this and knew what was going on, but Ma Shiying was worried that he was alone and had no one to deal with in the court. This is also a problem, now is the era of party struggle, everyone in the court is fighting in groups, needless to say, those righteous people in the Donglin Party are all masters of group fighting. Although Ma Shiying is not inferior to the Donglin Party by half a point in terms of personal quality, it is difficult for two fists to reach four hands, and there is nothing you can do if you have more people.

Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong showed their disadvantages at this time, these two people didn't even have the qualifications to go to the court, and they couldn't help Ma Shiying even if they were powerful.

Ma Cheng lowered his head and thought about the solution after listening to Ma Shiying, remembering the history of later generations Ma Shiying introduced Ruan Dacheng soon after becoming the first assistant, that is an expert in fighting with sticks and fighting in the nest, why hasn't Ma Shiying recommended Ruan Dacheng yet?

Ma Cheng thought of this and asked: "Dad, my son heard that Ruan Dacheng has an old relationship with you, and what you said back then when you reinstated the Fengyang Inspector or Ruan Dacheng, can you invite Ruan Dacheng out of the mountain?" ”

Ma Cheng originally thought that after he finished speaking, Ma Shiying would definitely be able to agree, these two people were the iron triangle that harmed the political situation in Nanming, but Ma Cheng didn't expect Ma Shiying to shake his head after hearing this opinion.

"Ruan Jizhi was kind to the old man back then, but did Cheng'er think he was really good for the old man?" Ma Shiying sneered after speaking: "This Ruan Jizhi, think the old man doesn't know? Back then, he gave Zhou Yanru three thousand taels of gold, originally wanting to reunite with the Donglin Party. But knowing that Zhou Yanru took the money and didn't do anything, and his reputation as Ruan Ji was too stinky, the first emperor did not agree with his Ruan Jizhi's recovery, so he died of this thought. In the end, he didn't want to spend the money in vain, so he recommended the old man. This Ruan Jizhi's abacus is to use the old man to go out of the mountain again, does he think the old man doesn't know? ”

Ma Shiying looked at Ma Cheng after speaking: "Cheng'er, do you think you are the first to intercede for him?" Yang Longyou recommended Ruan Jizhi in front of the old man two days ago, Yang Longyou and Ruan Jizhi had a good relationship, and this time he probably also received Ruan Jizhi's silver, so he spoke for him! ”

Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say this and quickly explained: "Dad, my son didn't accept Ruan Dacheng's money!" ”

Ma Shiying laughed when he heard Ma Cheng say this: "Hehe, although Ruan Jizhi is shameless, he still has self-esteem, and he still doesn't look down on you as a little second ancestor!" ”

Ma Cheng listened to Ma Shiying talk about his previous absurd things, and explained with a blushing face: "Dad, that was before, and my son has learned it now!" ”

Ma Shiying is very satisfied with Ma Cheng's performance in the past few days, all Lao Tzu hopes that his son will get ahead, although Ma Cheng has not made progress in reading, but the formation of the new army in the past few days has really impressed Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying nodded and said, "Your kid has been good these days, but don't be proud to keep it up, do you still need any help?" ”

Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say this, and hurriedly hit the snake on the pole, and hurriedly said: "Dad, my son still needs money!" The musket made by the Weapons Bureau is not good, and the son has to make it himself! ”

Although Ma Shiying is the first assistant of the cabinet, but now the head of the household is Gao Hongtu, Ma Shiying can not control Gao Hongtu, but it is still no problem to have some small money without big money.

"Okay, my father promised to allocate 10,000 taels of silver to you, it should be enough!"

10,000 taels is 10 million, this is a lot of money, Ma Cheng quickly stood up and thanked Ma Shiying after hearing this.

Seeing that his son was happy, Ma Shiying was also very happy, and waved his hand to let Ma Cheng go down to rest.

When Ma Cheng left, Ma Shiying fell into thinking again, what Ma Cheng said just now Ma Shiying didn't think about it seriously, Ruan Dacheng was a suitable helper for himself. But what kind of person Ruan Dacheng is Ma Shiying knows too well, Ruan Dacheng is extremely clever and uses top means, as long as he goes out of the mountain, he will definitely be able to suppress the Donglin Party. But the Donglin Party is not a fuel-efficient lamp, as long as he introduces Ruan Dacheng out of the mountain, there will be no chance of easing with the Donglin Party, and in the end it will definitely be a never-ending ending.

Now that the country has become like this, Ma Shiying originally wanted to extend an olive branch to the Donglin Party when he became the first assistant, and wanted to unite with the Donglin Party to do a good job in the country, so when Zhang Shenyan recommended Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duo to join the cabinet, Ma Shiying did not oppose it at all, in order to form a good relationship with the Donglin Party.

But Ma Shiying thinks so that the Donglin Party doesn't think so, you Ma Shiying supports King Lifu not to say, but also squeezes away Shi Kefa, the first and auxiliary candidate of our Donglin Party, and now wants to get along with us, this kind of thing Uncle can endure and aunt can't bear it, so what you Ma Shiying proposes in our Donglin Party is not good.

Of course, the most fundamental contradiction between Ma Shiying and the Donglin Party is the issue of power distribution, and both of these two families want to be the boss, and everyone wants to have the final say, so naturally they can't talk about it at all.

Ma Shiying thought about it for a long time, and finally it was the pressure of the court that made him succumb, although Ruan Dacheng is not a thing, but after all, he is his old classmate, and he is lonely and really needs help. So Ma Shiying wrote a letter to Ruan Dacheng after thinking about it, asking Ruan Dacheng to go to Nanjing for a talk.

Ma Cheng didn't know what he had released by himself, so Ma Cheng first returned to the back house to meet his mother Gu, and then returned to his small courtyard to rest.

This is not Fengyang, and the Ma family does not have the crampedness of the front and back houses, so Ma Cheng himself has an independent courtyard, three courtyards before and after, and a small independent garden is very elegant.

Now the hostess of this small courtyard is Gu Xiying, Ma Cheng has not come back in the past few days, and Gu Xiying has no girlfriends to chat with at home, and now she is very happy to see Ma Cheng go home.

Gu Xiying and Yahuan stepped forward to salute the old man Ma Cheng, Ma Cheng saw that Gu Xiying was more and more delicate, and said with a smile: "What? The master hasn't come back in the past few days, is it missing the master? ”

Gu Xiying blushed and nodded: "Yes, can the master take the slave family when he goes out in the future?" ”

Hearing Gu Xiying say this, Ma Cheng scratched his head: "It's not impossible to bring you, but you know that my mother is strict, and this is not Fengyang, in case my relatives and friends of the Ma family see it, they will say that my family has no tutor!" ”

"Master, if the slave family is still like Fengyang, just wear men's clothes! Anyway, the slave family is tall, and outsiders can't see it! ”

Ma Cheng heard Gu Xiying say this, which was not bad, and nodded in agreement.

Gu Xiying was overjoyed when she heard Ma Cheng's promise, and quickly got up to prepare for Ma Cheng's bed.

Ma Cheng hadn't been home for a few days, and the young man was naturally looking forward to that kind of thing, and now seeing Gu Xiying change into light gauze clothes, coupled with the delicate figure inside, made Ma Cheng's heart move.

But Ma Cheng still has something to do tonight, he didn't come back with Gu Xiying, he wanted to design a steam engine suitable for the industrial capacity of the Ming Dynasty at night. So Ma Cheng saw Gu Xiying dressed like this and forcibly resisted his desires, touched Gu Xiying's body and turned around and went to the study.

When he arrived at the study, Ma Cheng calmed down, asked Yahuan to pour a cup of herbal tea to remove the fire, and then picked up the dipping pen he made and began to draw the design drawing.

The principle of the steam engine is actually not complicated, that is, it uses steam to drive the transmission device and turn steam energy into mechanical energy. As early as the first century AD, the steam spinning ball was invented by the ancient Greek mathematician Hero, which was the prototype of the steam engine.

The official steam engine was invented by the French physicist Denis Barpen in 1679, and the industrial strength of the Ming Dynasty was not much worse than that of Europe, so it was not difficult to tinker with the rudimentary steam engine.

However, the steam engine that Ma Cheng wants to design today is not the kind of reciprocating steam engine that Watt improved, the reason is very simple, the reciprocating steam engine needs to push the lever for piston movement, and the Ming Dynasty now lacks rubber and cannot be sealed at the piston at all. So what Ma Cheng wants to do this time is an upgraded version of the steam engine, the steam turbine.

The principle of a steam turbine is simpler than that of a steam engine, which is to use boiling water vapor to drive the fan blades to rotate, thereby driving other mechanical movements. Although the principle of the steam turbine is simple, it is difficult to maintain high pressure and high temperature water vapor, but Ma Cheng already has an idea of how to make steel, so there is no problem in terms of materials, and this steam turbine has great hope of being made.

The principle of the steam turbine is simple, Ma Cheng and later generations have watched a lot of military programs, and they understand the principle of marine steam turbines very well, so they quickly drew a steam turbine drawing with a single fan. Of course, Ma Cheng designed a single fan, and now the process of the Ming Dynasty can not make the multi-fan axle of more than ten layers in later generations, but because of the lack of transmission loss of connecting rods, the thermal efficiency of the steam turbine is far higher than that of the reciprocating steam engine.

When Ma Cheng finished drawing the drawings, Ma Cheng let out a sigh of relief, after the work was done, the next step was to have fun, Ma Cheng cleaned up and went to Gu Xiying's room.