With Xu Guangqi's words, some people began to add water, some people began to fill coal, some people began to blow wind, and everything went in an orderly manner.

The water was constantly heated, and the steam began to appear, Xu Guangqi immediately made a look at the person in one direction, and the person directly pressed the gate, and the steam began to enter the cylinder and began to push the cylinder to run, accompanied by a loud sound, the cylinder was slowly pushed up.

Seeing this scene, Xu Guangqi's eyes were a little red, he moved, finally moved, and he succeeded!

Cheers resounded through the Armament Division.

The Imperial Palace, the Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Whale, who walked in eagerly, with a hint of hesitation on his face, and then put down the fold in his hand and asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the East Factory is secret, and the steam plan of the Armed Forces Division has succeeded." Zhang Whale hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Zhu Yijun stood up directly from the dragon chair, and the expression on his face instantly became excited. This news is too important to Zhu Yijun, Zhu Yijun calmed down for a long time, and then he regained his composure, but he couldn't stand it.

"Swing, I'm going to Kunning Palace." Zhu Yijun thought about it and said.

For Daming, the meaning of the steam engine is different, maybe it has a lot of problems, but Zhu Yijun still hopes that it can be born. Once the problem of a stable power source is solved, the Ming Dynasty will be able to make some things, such as mortars, and the birth of metal fixed-rotation shells will be able to make the Ming artillery go to a big level.

This big step is leapfrogging, enough to crush the whole world now, once the rear loading cannon is built, the Ming cannon will be invincible in the world.

The Italian cannon that Zhu Yijun wanted very much, that is, the French Type 1897 75mm field gun known as Miss France, would also become something that could be seen. On the gun, metal fixed bullets and rear-loading guns became possible, as well as revolvers.

Even if you can't build a train or a ship, the significance of the steam engine is epoch-making.

What's more, Zhu Yijun doesn't believe that it can't be improved after it is built, once the improvement is completed, then it will be a neat battleship with rear-loading guns, a modern warship in the whole sense, crushing the existence of the times. What Netherlands, France, what England, Spain, all of them are ashes-eating existences.

Maybe this approach is a bit of a sprout, or maybe the foundation of this approach is insufficient, but Zhu Yijun doesn't want to wait.

The epoch-making things opened the foreign colonization of the Ming Dynasty, and the rest of the things can be slowly digested, and the colonization has money, and a complete education system from primary school to high school can be built, specialized schools can be built, scholars can be trained, and anything can be cultivated. Even if Daming's technology has not advanced for decades, even if they can only revolve around the steam engine, that is enough.

Once the cultivation and inheritance of basic education comes up, it will be possible to develop greatly on the basis of the steam engine.

Zhu Yijun didn't know how much he had waited for this day, if he could do it before the Ming Dynasty made a move on Southeast Asia, then the benefits would undoubtedly be huge.

The role of mortars in mountain and jungle warfare, Zhu Yijun deeply understands that when artillery cannot be transported, mortars become the best weapons. With accurate range, coupled with enough power, the Ming Dynasty could even fight from land to Southeast Asia, and if it was equipped with a rear-loading musket, it would be a massacre.

Zhu Yijun has no pressure in his heart, and he also believes that the military of Daming has no pressure in his heart.

Zhu Yijun was very happy that night, and under the slightly worried gaze of Queen Wang, Zhu Yijun was drunk.

Early the next morning, Xu Guangqi entered the palace.

Looking at Xu Guangqi with red circles under his eyes in front of him, Zhu Yijun had a smile on his face, waiting to hear him report to him.

"Your Majesty, the steam engine has been built!" The first time he saw Zhu Yijun, Xu Guangqi knelt directly on the ground and said loudly. When he said this, Xu Guangqi's whole person was very excited, kneeling on the ground and trembling, this was his long-cherished wish for many years.

Cultivated by Zhu Yijun since childhood, from mathematics to physics to chemistry, Xu Guangqi has studied for more than ten years, and today, what he has learned is finally used. When the table clock was invented, Xu Guangqi was not so excited, but now Xu Guangqi is not excited, because he really did it.

Xu Guangqi remembered very well that when the emperor mentioned the steam engine to himself, the fascination in his eyes was that he finally lived up to His Majesty's expectations and did it.

Zhu Yijun walked down from the dragon chair, came straight to Xu Guangqi, reached out and patted Xu Guangqi's shoulder, looked at Xu Guangqi with tears in his face, Zhu Yijun's eyes were also a little red, and patted Xu Guangqi's shoulder with a smile, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Okay, it's good!" ”

When Xu Guangqi calmed down, the two gentlemen and ministers began to speak, and Xu Guangqi also officially introduced the steam engine he invented to Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun listened very seriously, Xu Guangqi also said very seriously, and the entire hall was filled with Xu Guangqi's voice.

"Your Majesty, there are still many shortcomings of the current steam engine, give the minister a little time, and the minister will definitely let the steam engine enter the use stage. Chen has already begun to study, once it enters the stage of use, the manufacture of metal shells will not be a problem, and then the mortar will be able to enter mass production. ”

"There has also been progress in the research on the rear loading gun, and I believe that it will soon be possible for His Majesty."

"The research on the gun side is also continuing, and the research on metal fixed ammunition has also progressed, and the minister is striving to develop metal fixed ammunition when the steam engine can be used."

Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Guangqi, who was talking eloquently, and was very relieved in his heart, he really didn't misunderstand him back then. Xu Guangqi at this time, let alone five divisions, this is a priceless treasure, and he will not change anything. Listening to Xu Guangqi's words, a smile gradually appeared on Zhu Yijun's face.

Although there has been a big breakthrough in research here, there are few people in the Ming Dynasty who know about this matter.

Even if they knew, they only knew that the Armament Division had a new invention, but they didn't know anything about what they had invented and what they were used for. You must know that the secrecy level of the Armament Division is very high, and the garrison is even more than that of the palace, and it is strictly guarded against leakage.

The research over there is in full swing, and here Zhu Yijun is preparing for his trip to the south of the Yangtze River.

After more than half a month of quarrels, Zhu Yijun set a trip to Jiangnan, on the one hand, the opposition is weak, and on the other hand, Zhu Yijun doesn't want them to go on anymore. The progress of the Armament Division is very fast, which makes Zhu Yijun also have a sense of urgency, and he needs to go down Jiangnan as soon as possible.