Chapter Seventy-Two: There Are Many Strange Women in the World

Built by Shaw Brown and Obama, it was later known as the Newcomen steam engine.

This thing could not be compared with the steam engine made by Watt, strictly speaking, it only used the vacuum created by the condensation of steam to drive the machine to move, and in later generations, its most widespread use was to replace mules and horses in mines to drain stagnant water, and it had to be watched by a person, and the valve had to be adjusted every seven or eight minutes. It also has a very low fuel utilization, but it is precisely for this reason that its technical requirements are not very high.

However, after Zhao and Ju went to see it, they found that the things that Xiao Bolang and Ou Bama made were even worse than the Newcomen steam engine because the sealing performance was not very good. It's not a technical problem, it's a process problem, and the only way to reverse it is with a lathe.

It is not easy to build a lathe, Zhao Heju muttered to that thing for a long time, and he had to invite Ou Laogen'er and his son into Zhuangzi again, forge good steel, and then use a water wheel as the power to drive the lathe.

Then there's steelmaking......

No sector of the modern industrial industry exists independently, and almost all of the inventions and creations he has made so far are things that existed before the emergence of the modern industrial industry, in order to accumulate technology for the modern industrial revolution. Now he has in his hands a group of skilled craftsmen led by Ou Laogen, Fei Fei, Hu Ke, etc., who have mastered some of the skills necessary to start the modern industrial revolution, but what they lack is only the impetus for technological innovation.

In the past, he was always hesitant to wait for history to develop according to the original development, and then promote this technological innovation after he became emperor, or start now. If you start now, will it affect the future and make it impossible for you to ascend to the throne as you wish? Now it is not the case, he has Liuqiu as a base far overseas, he can let go of the development of Liuqiu, and only need to firmly control Liuqiu in terms of personnel, the stronger Liuqiu is, the stronger he is.

This will also be a powerful arm for him to compete with Shi Miyuan for the authority of the Great Song Dynasty and Temujin for the hegemony of the world in the future.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Zhao Youju's face, and some people had to slowly move towards freshwater.

"This thing is very useful, if it is made big, even if there is no water flow, you can also use this steam to drive the machinery, we Zhuangzi, there is no need to stop the water to build a dam." Xiao Bolang has been inspired by Zhao and Ju over the years, and the first thing he thinks about when he creates something is whether it is useful.

"It needs to be more practical." Zhao and Ju remembered a book he had seen in his later life, "Walking with the Song Dynasty" (Note 1), which had a very detailed description of how to build a machine tool with his bare hands, and he only had to follow the instructions step by step. Although he is not like those people in the book who are generally born in machinery, what is stronger than them is that he has now accumulated a lot of material conditions, and there is no shortage of people, money, materials, and land.

"Can this thing really drive the reeling cart in Zhuangzi?" Yang Miaozhen followed them and watched for a long time, and finally came up and asked.

"It's a steam engine." Zhao Youju smiled: "In the future, it will be of great use, not only to drive the reeling car, but also to drive the ......."

Speaking of this, Zhao Youju stopped his voice and smiled again: "Fourth lady, why did you come to see it?" ”

Yang Miaozhen's face was slightly red, she glared at him, pouted and was about to leave, but Zhao Youju called her: "Fourth lady, go to my grandfather's house tomorrow, I will go to Shaoxing Mansion, what do you want to buy?" ”

Yang Miaozhen was stunned, not knowing why he suddenly mentioned this. Zhao Youju pointed to Xiao Bolang and Ou Bama, and then pointed to himself: "We all have monthly money, and you are average, but I have never seen you go to the account to collect it, I only said that you want to save it up and buy some valuables." ”

Knowing that he was making fun of himself again, Yang Miaozhen was ashamed and annoyed, and gave him a blank look: "I stay in Zhuangzi, I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and I still need any money!" ”

"Hehe......" everyone laughed.

When she went out the next day, Yang Miaozhen hesitated to appear in front of Zhao Youju, and Zhao Youju found that she was wearing the clothes of a maid at home, no longer the red power suit she wore all year round, and her eyes couldn't help but straighten up.

"What do you see, I've never seen me wear this kind of clothes?" Yang Miaozhen said with some shame.

She didn't want to be so rude to Zhao Heju all the time, but when she saw Zhao Youju's expression, she couldn't help but want to stab him. Zhao Youju smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Fourth lady, this dress is not suitable for you, you are still wearing the original clothes, so you look like a person." ”

Yang Miaozhen's face turned red, and she fled back as if flying, the reason why she changed into this dress was nothing more than to see Han Yu dressed pitifully. Deep in her heart, she also hoped that Zhao and Ju could praise her for two sentences, but what she was waiting for was such a sentence. After returning to the house, she gritted her teeth while changing her clothes: "Okay, you Zhao and Ju, Hugh will fall into my hands, otherwise I will definitely want you to look good!" ”

Shaoxing Mansion is as prosperous as in the past, although the countryside is getting tired day by day, but this is close to the capital city, it is still bustling with traffic. When Yang Miaozhen was in Dajin, he had almost never seen such a prosperous mansion, so he looked around, and his eyes hardly stopped for a moment.

"If it's Lin'an, I'm afraid you will see it in your eyes." Zhao Heju couldn't help but tease when he saw her appearance.

Yang Miaozhen now knows that this young man not only has a lot of eyes, but also has a thick skin, and arguing with him is like Dragon Twelve and they are fighting with themselves, and they are not of the same grade at all. Therefore, no matter what Zhao and Ju said, she twisted her neck and kept silent, just pretending not to hear anything.

"Stop." When passing through the intersection, Zhao and Ju suddenly screamed, and then quickly jumped out of the cart and walked into a shop on the side of the road. Yang Miaozhen looked up at the signboard of the shop, although she was not very literate, she also knew that this was a gold shop. This made Yang Miaozhen very strange, when Zhao and Ju became interested in the jewelry and utensils in the gold shop.

She got off the horse, looked at the gold shop a little bored, and noticed that Zhao Youju was doing something with the gold shopkeeper, and when she saw her, she pointed to her, and seemed to laugh out loud. Yang Miaozhen pursed her lips, a little curious in her heart, but she didn't want to be ridiculed by Zhao Heju, so she snorted, turned around and returned to the horse.

At this moment, there was a commotion from the side of the crossroads, Yang Miao really liked to be lively, raised his eyes to look over there, only to see that the crowd on the street avoided one after another, and someone was shouting "frightened, frightened, frightened".

Two horses pulled the car and rushed towards this place frantically, Yang Miaozhen was taken aback, this is on the street, how this horse gallops, if it hits people, it will be okay.

She was thinking about how to stop the carriage, and Zhao Heju happened to come out of the gold shop with his fists clenched, and he was also stunned when he saw the carriage. For some reason, the two startled horses rushed towards the gold shop, Zhao Youju was so frightened that he scurried to the side, tripped under his feet again, and was about to fall to the ground, but he smelled a fragrance, and then, he was caught by a soft body.

Sandwiching Zhao and Ju under his ribs, Yang Miaozhen picked up the bamboo pole pulled from a shop on the side of the road, and snorted, the bamboo pole stretched out, and stabbed the leg of the horse on the left like lightning. The horse next to it dragged the injured horse and the carriage forward for more than ten feet, and then slowed down because of the excessive exertion of strength.

The bamboo pole had broken after piercing the horse's leg, so Yang Miaozhen only had half of it left in his hand. She put down Zhao Youju and threw the bamboo pole, quickly chased after it, and after the horse slowed down, she grabbed the reins of the horse, turned over and rode on the horse's neck, and covered the horse's eyes with her hands. The horse that had not fallen was restlessly trodden on the spot, but she held it firmly, and for a long time it finally fell silent.

"Amazing!"

"The heroine of the women!"

The onlookers applauded, Yang Miaozhen's face was also slightly red, she wiped the sweat from her forehead, and ran back to see Zhao Heju.

At this time, Zhao Youju had already been surrounded by Qin Dashi and others, Zhao Youju had nothing at home, Qin Dashi and Long Twelve were pale, and when they looked at Yang Miaozhen, their faces were full of gratitude and admiration. Yang Miaozhen stuck out her tongue: "It's so dangerous, hey, have you ever been injured?" ”

Zhao Youju stared at her for a long time, and this look was naturally classified as "lustful" by her, so she was a little annoyed: "Hey! ”

"Let's go, if you don't leave, I'm afraid that everyone will snatch you away." Zhao Youju retracted his eyes and said lightly.

Yang Miaozhen looked around, sure enough, the people all over the street pointed at her, she was used to being heroic, but she didn't feel shy, the man generally hugged a group around, and got on his own horse, everyone saw her heroic posture, and they all praised her loudly.

Someone went to check if there was anyone in the carriage, and after a moment shouted, "A child, there's a child in the carriage!" ”

Zhao Youju frowned and ordered, "Let's go quickly!" ”

But the crowd was too crowded, and Yang Miaozhen was the focus of everyone's attention, and before they could get out of the ten zhang, they heard someone calling: "Heroine, heroine!" ”

Yang Miaozhen glanced back, Zhao Youju only had a wry smile in his heart, and trouble still came to the door.

It was a person dressed as a handmaid who caught up, she panted and grabbed Yang Miaozhen's horse reins, patted her chest and said, "Slave...... The slave has finally caught up! Heroine, the slave master invited the heroine to stay, she wants to come and thank you......"

Yang Miaozhen looked at Zhao Youju, and Zhao Youju looked noncommittal, which made her feel a little panicked. I don't know why, the longer she has been by Zhao Youju's side, the more she is in awe of this young man, and she always feels that he is calculating something in his heart all the time.

"Dalang, I'm ...... I ......" She called Zhao Heju expectantly, but immediately widened her eyes: "I'm not your slave Yahuan, why do I have to ask you everything, hum, I'll go to meet her master for a while!" ”

"I'll wait for you in front and give you ...... A quarter of an hour. Zhao Youju didn't want to be stared at by so many people, so he said lightly,

After a while, the child who was rescued from the car was led by a woman and came to Yang Miaozhen's horse. Yang Miaozhen's eyes lit up, this woman is about twenty, she looks a little plump, but she never makes people feel fat, with long eyebrows and big eyes, bright eyes, she still looks calm under the gaze of many people, obviously she is used to seeing the world, but it is different from the rest of the Jiangnan women that Yang Miaozhen has seen.

"Sister's surname?" As soon as the woman spoke, she was a little abrupt: "The slave has thanked my sister for saving her life, Ah Qi, and I don't thank this sister yet!" ”

The child called Ah Qi was still pale and bloodless because of his frightening, and when he heard the woman's words, he knelt down for Yang Miaozhen and thanked him while kowtowing. Yang Miaozhen jumped off the horse, helped him up, shook his head and said, "I'm just a gesture, but I don't deserve such a big gift." ”

"My sister is from the Northlands?" Listening to her accent, the woman was shocked, and she even spoke with some tone of Shandong East Road. Yang Miaozhen listened kindly, and nodded with a smile: "Exactly, so is my sister?" ”

"My ancestors once served in Michigan." Seeing that Yang Miaozhen never said her name, and the woman didn't ask, the people from the Northland ran to the Great Song Dynasty, and they had their own last resort, otherwise why would they leave their hometown. She is a smart person, but she introduced herself first: "The slave's surname is Su, the small character is a spike character, and now she lives in Lin'an, if her sister arrives in Lin'an, she might as well go to Sanyuanlou to find a slave." ”

Sanyuanlou is one of the most famous restaurants in Lin'an, that is, Zhao and Ju, who have also heard Huo Chongcheng say that compared with Sanyuanlou, Huo Chongcheng's "Qunying Club" is simply a small omnivorous shop (Note 2). The building is not only sweet with wine and food, all kinds of entertainment are available, and even the drinking vessels are all silverware, which is extremely luxurious. Almost everyone knows something, but Yang Miaozhen came to the Great Song Dynasty from the Jin Kingdom, and he was either stuffed in Yuzhang Villa or floating on the sea, so he had never heard of it, and there was nothing unusual on his face.

Seeing her expression, Su Sui secretly admired in her heart, and said with a light smile: "My sister's life-saving grace, the slave has nothing to repay, and she will give ten golden collars to talk about her heart." ”

As she spoke, a servant behind her took out a red-lacquered wooden plate, and ten ingots of gold were neatly placed on the plate, and passers-by gasped when they saw it.

At this time, although gold could not be used as currency, its value was extremely high, and many people exchanged copper coins for gold to facilitate hiding. Yang Miaozhen didn't look at the gold, shook her head with a smile and said, "I said it, it's just a gesture, and I can't thank you." If my sister recognizes me as a friend, please forgive such mundane things! ”

Su Sui looked up to Yang Miaozhen a little more in her heart, she was not a hypocritical person, so she ordered her entourage to put away the gold ingot, untie a jade ring from her waist, and hand it over to Yang Miaozhen: "That is the case, the slave will give this to his sister, it is not worth a few dollars, it is just a gift to make friends with a heroine like my sister!" ”

Yang Miaozhen is not polite, she likes Su Sui's cheerful temperament very much, she put away the jade ring at the moment, touched it around her body, and only found a dagger for self-defense. She didn't think about whether this dagger was suitable for girls, so she handed it to Su Sui: "This dagger was left to me by my brother, and I will give it to Sister Su today." ”

The two held hands and were about to speak, Qin Dashi shouted from afar, "A quarter of an hour is here", others didn't know what they meant, but Yang Miaozhen knew, she hurriedly waved her hand to Su Sui: "I have something important, I have to go first, Sister Su will meet again." ”

Note 1: One of the strange books at the starting point, a must-read through farming, here I pay great tribute to the author's strand, and I will directly copy his achievements in many technical aspects in the future.

Note 2: Sanyuanlou is indeed a famous restaurant in Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty, which can be seen in "Wulin Old Things", its wine vessels and food are all from historical facts, but the owner's surname Su is just made up, and it is not true.