We will conquer the sea!

Finally conquer the world in the future!

When returning to the palace in the carriage, looking out of the car window, Zhu Mingzhong silently thought that at this time, outside the window, fine snowflakes were falling, and winter had come.

In the Ming Dynasty in 1670, winter still came very early.

Although the weather was a little cold, Zhu Mingzhong's mood was very comfortable, looking at the snowflakes outside the window, he even opened the car window and stretched out his hand to feel the snowflakes.

The snowflakes fell on his hands with a slight hint of coldness, feeling the cold wind, and listening to the sound of the horseshoe stepping on the asphalt gravel road, Zhu Mingzhong couldn't help but think of the car.

Perhaps, consider looking at the internal combustion engine and then building a car......

This thought flashed in his mind, not because it was unrealistic, after all, as an engineering student, he has long been familiar with the principle and structure of the internal combustion engine, and even this is the content of the middle school textbook, as long as he invests a certain amount of energy, manpower and financial resources, Zhu Mingzhong believes that a breakthrough can be made within ten years.

But now, in the seven years of Xingqian, the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly more important than automobiles, and the improvement of trains and railways is undoubtedly more important. After all, the capacity of a train is far beyond that of a car.

Although the railway of the Ming Dynasty has been built for thousands of miles, the railway of the Ming Dynasty is the reason, the original steam engine, the original track, everything, must be improved, and now more energy should be put into improving the train.

"Your Majesty, Jiangnan Iron Works, recently worked with Nanjing Guozijian to jointly study a kind of equipment that can directly roll rails, and the wrought iron rails rolled out by the rolling mill are each 5 fathoms (meters) long, this kind of rails have the advantages of fewer joints, good toughness, and are not easy to break under heavy pressure, and in contrast, even the rails cast by Liguoyi Iron Works are only 2 fathoms ...... longest"

Zhu Mingzhong's mind thought of Zhang Ying's request when he met with Zhang Ying of the railway company at the academy earlier, and he hoped to use better wrought iron rails instead of cast iron rails on the Guanwai Railway from Xinxiang to Changchun. Of course, the former costs much more in comparison. After all, the price of wrought iron is much higher than that of cast iron.

"What if you use rails?"

Thinking of steel, Zhu Mingzhong naturally thought of the converter steelmaking invented by Bessemer in another time and space, compared with the crucible steelmaking method commonly used in the iron factory of Daming Dynasty, the acid bottom blowing converter steelmaking method invented by Bessemer solved the problem of large-scale production of liquid steel for the first time, and laid the foundation of modern steelmaking technology.

Due to the direct interaction between air and molten iron, the Bessemer steelmaking method had a very fast smelting speed and became the main steelmaking method at that time. However, the acidic lining used in the Bessemer process cannot produce alkaline slag, so dephosphorization and desulfurization cannot be carried out. It was not until more than 20 years later that Thomas invented the alkaline air bottom blowing converter steelmaking method, which successfully solved the problem of smelting high-phosphorus pig iron.

"It seems that this technique is not difficult, and it should be something to consider."

Zhu Mingzhong said to himself, after all, the life of rails is short, while the life of rails is longer, and now the price of steel is too high, one ton of steel can buy ten tons of iron, which is ten times the price difference.

"Well, there is room for experimentation, but we can consider setting up a steel research institute to specialize in metallurgical technology."

Although Zhu Mingzhong, as a traveler and a student of engineering himself, has far more knowledge of industrial machinery than anyone in this era, he is also not the kind of omniscient and omnipotent all-rounder. There may be knowledge hundreds of years ahead of the times in science, but a lot of knowledge is only scratching the surface.

It is precisely because he knows his own limitations, so he hopes to tell the people of this era what he knows, after all, there are many extremely intelligent talents in this era, just like Zhang Ying, in history he is a master of science, but now his intelligence has been transferred from science to railroad, to engineering machinery, and for more than ten years, Zhu Mingzhong believes that for Zhang Ying and many people in this era, he will surpass himself in the attainments of mechanics in the future.

After all, those who can make a name for themselves in history, even if they are seemingly mediocre and conservative scholars, once they put their talents into science, must have achieved amazing achievements, and sometimes, their IQ is indeed a hard injury.

Therefore, now compared with doing it himself, Zhu Mingzhong is often more willing to act as a "guide", pointing out a path for the wise men of this era to study, even if it is slower, even if it takes several years, or even more than ten years, it doesn't matter.

For the Ming Dynasty in 1670, the most important thing was time. Daming has enough time to develop science and technology, and enough time to carry out this industrial revolution.

After all, compared to Britain in another time and space, the industrial revolution of the Ming Dynasty was a hundred years earlier!

Maybe it was like reminding Zhu Mingzhong, when this thought came to his heart, there was a sudden whistle over there, and then the sound of the train "clanging" could be heard from far and near.

If you look at the sound, you can see a steam locomotive that looks a little primitive, and is more like a toy than a locomotive compared to the steam locomotives of later generations, dragging more than a dozen carriages, and is coming from far and near.

As the train approached, many passengers in the carriage could be seen opening their windows and poking their heads out of the window, despite the snow falling outside.

They were feeling the wind coming from their faces, feeling the speed, of course, Zhu Mingzhong believed that they were avoiding motion sickness!

Zhu Mingzhong has been on the train hundreds of years later, and he has also taken the train of this era, and by the standards of future generations, the train of the Ming Dynasty is not comfortable at all, after all, the longest track is more than two meters, if it is a short track cast by a small iron factory, it is even only one meter, and the interface is naturally bumpy. Many people who take the train for the first time can't stand the swaying along the way, so soon after the opening of the railway, there began to be pharmacies and drug dealers who began to launch a variety of anti-sickness drugs to sell to train passengers.

I have to admire the business vision of people in this era, as soon as new things appear, they see opportunities to make money. However, the people of the Ming Dynasty in this era accepted the train very quickly, and unlike the Manchu Qing Dynasty in another time and space, who regarded the railway train as a flood beast, they not only accepted the train immediately. The advantages of the railway were even discovered - high speed. It only takes a few days for people from the hinterland of the Central Plains to arrive in Haizhou, where they can see the sea and see sailboats traveling far away. Then they didn't delay to have a meal at the "Imperial Restaurant" in Zhongdu.

"Look, Dad, look, it's the Guards."

In the "clanging" carriage, a young man who was only seven or eight years old pointed to a group of cavalry on the official road outside the window, and shouted with some excitement.

"Pu Chi, be steady!"

Pu Songling, who was looking at the book, frowned and reprimanded, but he also set his eyes on the official road outside the car. In fact, most of the people in the carriage were like this, they knew that this was already the boundary of Zhongdu, but they didn't expect to see the Imperial Forest Army here.

In the center of the official road, dozens of cavalry guarded a carriage in front and behind, and were rushing in the opposite direction to them, that is, in the direction of Zhongdu. It doesn't look any different from a normal team of chariots and horses.

"Little boy, how did you know that the cavalry on the official road was the Imperial Forest Army."

Although the Imperial Guards also wore red uniforms, their hats, helmets, and banners were different from those of ordinary soldiers, and even their uniforms were more colorful, which is why Pu Chi was able to distinguish between the two.

"The flag they flew was the dragon flag with a red background, which was the royal flag, and ......"

Pu Chi explained them one by one, and couldn't help but say in the end.

"Maybe it's the emperor sitting in that carriage!"

This sentence immediately caused a burst of laughter in the carriage.

"I said little boy, you really know how to say, if the emperor leaves the palace, it must be protected by the inner guards, and it will be like now, but it is just a few dozen people following, isn't it nonsense?"

"That's it, in my opinion, it may be the dignitary......"

"That's, who is the Emperor? True Dragon Prince, the emperor must have a full set of honor guards when traveling, and there must be at least a few thousand people......"

Anyway, no one believed Pu Chi's words, it seemed that in their opinion, the emperor traveled, not to mention anything else, first of all, there must be pomp, otherwise, how could he be called the emperor.

Listening to the passengers around him talking about the emperor's golden hoe, Pu Songling just smiled slightly, but didn't say anything, just glanced out of the car again.

"Brother Tai thinks it's His Majesty sitting in that carriage?"

A young man dressed as a businessman sitting in front of him tried to ask when he saw Pu Songling's somewhat disdainful smile.

"Everybody says no."

Pu Songling didn't answer his question.

"They all think that the emperor's pomp and circumstance should be bigger, so it is not the emperor's pomp."

Qian Wuzhi replied.

Moreover, it is indeed too small, in the past, it was the county governor's travel, and there were also officials in front of the "avoidance" brand, and there was also a set of honor guards. ”

"Today, the people are prosperous, advocating not to disturb the people, so when it is not a ceremony, all officials are not allowed to travel without authorization, and today is also to lead by example, out of the palace is not a ceremony, all are in a simple line, like this dozens of horse guards, I am afraid they are all forced to do so, didn't the newspaper say that today has been patrolling various places in micro-clothes many times, and, in addition to Your Majesty, how can anyone else need so many guards of the Imperial Forest Army?"

Pu Songling put down the book and talked about the differences he knew about the Xingqian Dynasty one by one.

"Oh, look at my memory, these are all written in the newspaper, this, how is this a good, we should go down just now, kowtow, get a little royal spirit, and bless us with peace and prosperity, isn't it ......"

Hearing Pu Songling say this, Qian Wuzhi patted his head fiercely, and regretted it, the reason why he was like this can be understood, after all, ordinary people may not be able to be so close to the emperor in their lives, and they can blow for a lifetime.

Pu Chi looked at the annoyed Qian Wuzhi and said with a smile.

"Hey, uncle, look at what you said, this train is not a carriage, if you say stop, it will stop, and if you don't reach the station, it will definitely not stop!"

"It's not, it's not, it's just a pity, it's a pity......"

Qian Wuzhi still shouted pity, but after a while, he returned to normal, looked at Pu Songling in front of him, looked at Pu Chi again, and then asked tentatively.

"Ling Gongzi's age should be the time to go to school? Will traveling at this time delay my studies? ”

Pu Songling, who knew that the other party was talking, replied with a smile.

"I was invited by a friend to go to the Qin State, so I took my young son with me, after all, there is still the eldest son in the family, and the young son is young, and he can also find a career in the Qin State in the future."

Father's love is like a mountain, if it weren't for thinking of his son's future, Pu Songling would not have gone to Nanyang to accept the invitation of his friends anyway. The plot is just to find a foothold for his son in the Qin State.

"Oh, speaking of which, I'm envious of the little boy."

Qian Wuzhi looked at Pu Songling and sighed.

"There is an elder brother below, no, five years ago, I left home, and at that time I took the deed of three bad rooms and fifty taels of silver, but fortunately, I have been running around for the past few years, and I can barely make ends meet......"

Qian Wuzhi's sigh made a young man next to him also nod and said.

"The eldest brother is also the second son in the family?"

"There are six brothers in the family, and I am the fifth. You also have a brother? ”

"Who isn't?"

Tian Liang sighed, his eyes looked left and right, many of the passengers in this car were very young.

"Look inside this car, I dare say half of the people are like us."

Looking at the people in the carriage, Tian Liang continued.

"No, I guess, they all want to make a living in Haizhou, and they may also go to Nanyang, after all, there are more opportunities in Nanyang, and when you get there, even if you don't have a good time, you can get a piece, and then marry a daughter-in-law, that's like here, this time if you want to say goodbye, it's not so easy."

There are also parents of that family who are willing to marry their daughter to a second son who only has a house and a few dozen taels of silver, even if they have a house and a little silver, what can they do? If you can't find a job to make ends meet, your daughter will marry her, and she will definitely suffer with it. As is the case, unless they find a job, often those second sons who leave home will encounter some problems if they want to marry.

Actually, it's nothing, after all, most of them can settle down in two years, but they get married two years later.

"Hey, Xingqianchao is all good, but this is not good......"

A man on the side hung his head and muttered.

"The third child of my family, I went to sea three years ago, until now, I still don't know whether I live or die, I guess I can't see him in this life, my mother can dream of him all day long, you are a scholar, you talk, you talk, this has such a truth from ancient times to the present, and there is such a disregard for family affection......"

The man's words made Pu Songling fall silent. This may be the most unbearable part of the Xingqian Dynasty......