Liu Yuliang then stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this time the martial champion Qin Yiming led the soldiers of Huguang to defeat the thieves many times, it is the emperor's discerning eyes and exceptional employment, this time Jianghuai broke the thieves and relieved the siege of Nanyang, the first credit should go to the emperor!" ”

Liu Yuliang's words made Chongzhen very useful, this horse made everyone feel disgusting, and they all despised Liu Yuliang, but Chongzhen heard it in his heart, and a smiling face hung on it.

"However, Lord Qin is also loyal to his life, and the minister suggested that Lord Qin be promoted to the governor of the former military capital, and at the same time give the earl and transfer the capital to the capital!"

Get that evil star to Jingshi? That's it! Zhang Zhifa, Kong Yunzhen and the others' faces changed drastically, and they looked at Liu Yuliang angrily.

"Hmph, just want to get a knighthood? Ministers are against! Zhang Zhifa knelt down and said angrily.

"The minister is also against it!" Yang Sichang followed and said.

Everyone was surprised, and Yang Sichang also jumped out to oppose it!

Chongzhen felt that this proposal was very good, he was feeling that there was no one available at his disposal, but Yang Sichang was against it, and he wanted to listen to it.

"Yang Aiqing, why are you opposed?"

It's not just Chongzhen who doesn't understand, everyone doesn't understand, the most incomprehensible thing is Zhang Zhifa and a group of people, in their opinion, Qin Yiming and Yang Sichang should have a better relationship, and they once strongly supported Yang Sichang to enter the cabinet, but today Yang Sichang did not return the favor and fulfill Qin Yiming, which surprised them.

Yang Sichang continued in the strange eyes of everyone: "Your Majesty, before the emperor wanted to transfer the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, to Beijing, the minister objected, today he opposed Qin Yiming to Beijing, the minister's reason is the same, now Shaanxi has Li Zicheng, Jianghuai has Zhang Xianzhong Luo Rucai, but my court also has Sun Chuanting Hong Chengchou and other generals in Shaanxi to suppress, so Shaanxi and Shanxi are generally fine, and the same is true for Jianghuai, if the Qin general army is transferred to Beijing, then Jianghuai suppresses the bandits, who can use?" Once the bandits sit big, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

Zhang Zhifa rarely agreed with Yang Sichang, and immediately shouted: "Yes, Your Majesty, Jianghuai is more important than Shaanxi, Jianghuai is a place where the imperial court pays taxes, and it must not be chaotic, otherwise it will ......"

Zhang Zhifa's reason is also very appropriate, everyone understands that Jianghuai is the granary of the imperial court and the source of tax burden, if Jianghuai is lost, the imperial court will be finished sooner or later.

Chongzhen was embarrassed, but he couldn't help but appreciate it, so he asked Liu Yuliang: "Lord Liu, what do you think this should be?" ”

Liu Yuliang also had an embarrassed expression, in fact, everyone felt like a mirror in their hearts, what Liu Yuliang mentioned today was actually what Qin Yiming asked the court for through Liu Yuliang's mouth.

Although Qin Yiming is far less important than Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting in Chongzhen's heart, Qin Yiming can also be compared with Zu Dashou, and now Qin Yiming can be regarded as a general of the town, as long as he is in this place, Chongzhen can rest assured! Just like Zu Dashou in Jinzhou, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi.

Yang Sichang opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the minister proposed to make Lord Qin the governor of Huguang, which will be managed by the former military governor's office, and at the same time be named De Anbo, and concurrently serve as the chief soldier of Huguang. ”

In fact, Zhang Zhifa and others have a common purpose with Yang Sichang, that is, Qin Yiming can not leave Huguang, although their reasons are different, everyone does not value the title of the governor, since the Ming Dynasty has a military department, the five military governors have become a cold yamen, just manage some daily small things in the guard, especially these literati, but also despise the five military governors, literati have always had a sense of superiority in front of the generals, even if the generals have a higher official position than them, but they are still controlled by these literati.

Chongzhen nodded, thinking that this proposal was okay, although the governor was not a real power position, but in terms of rank, he was also a second-grade local official! However, even if it is the former military palm seal of the Metropolitan Governor, I am afraid that no one cares about this civil official of the Manchu Dynasty, so there is no objection, and now everyone is waiting for Liu Yuliang's reply.

"The minister agrees!" Liu Yuliang said.

In fact, Liu Yuliang didn't expect that it would be so smooth to fight for Qin Yiming's Huguang Governor's meeting, it may be that Kang Shengnan's strategy of asking for a price worked, plus Yang Sichang explained that he was very good, and he also added weight to Chongzhen, but the most important thing is that everyone despises this Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies too much, even Liu Yuliang himself also feels that this false title is useless.

"Okay, very good, Qin Aiqing is my minister of humerus, and he has not lived up to my high hopes, he should be rewarded, and immediately issue an edict to promote Qin Aiqing to the governor of Huguang and be crowned De Amber!" Chongzhen ordered happily.

After half a month of contemplation and hard work, with the joint efforts of everyone in Pinglibao, Qin Yiming finally came up with a simple prototype of a steam engine.

The conditions are limited, Qin Yiming can only go so far, fortunately, the principle of the steam engine is very simple, so he tried to make one himself. Moreover, Qin Yiming also brought Master Tian, Master Shan, Old Man Zhao and others over, thinking that after letting them understand the working principle, let them slowly improve and improve in the future.

Steward Hu looked at the machine in front of him, and he was very curious about the shape of the stove connected to the stove of an ordinary farmer.

"Lord Qin, this is the machine that can be used to make that huge iron wheel turn? How can there be a stove, can this thing work? ”

Qin Yiming didn't know if it was okay, and he didn't know if it would work, "I don't know if it will work, I won't know if it's okay, I'll talk about it after I try it, Steward Hu, let people pour water into this iron bucket, and then seal it!" ”

"Yes, my lord, you two, go and get some buckets of water!" Steward Hu stood up.

"Add some wood to this place, make the fire hot, and let the water boil sooner." Qin Yiming also began to command.

The fire was soon ignited, but the machine remained motionless, much to the dismay of those watching.

"Qin Mangfu, can you do this method, the old man has seen the waterwheel rotate when he runs across the rivers and lakes, and you can make this iron wheel turn if you boil the water?" Song Xiance mocked on the side, smoking a dry cigarette.

"Mr. Song, don't be impatient!" Chen Daquan said.

"It's been half an hour, if I could turn it, I would have turned it a long time ago! Go, go, go! ”

"You!" Chen Daquan saw that Song Xiance's temper was so bad, and he didn't have the heart to continue talking, seeing that the Zhao family father and son beside him were really silently paying attention, he asked: "Master Zhao, you are an expert, can you look at things?" ”

Looking for the old man, I didn't know if it was okay, shook his head and said, "Unheard of." ”

"Father, I think it's possible."

"Joke, how strong can this water be when it is boiled, and it is still possible to open a pot lid, but this iron wheel weighs at least 100 catties......"

Click!

Just when everyone was not optimistic, the balance rod connecting the flywheel and the cylinder moved!

"It's moving!"

"Moved? Nope! I'm dazzled? Steward Hu muttered to himself.

Click!

"It's moving, it's moving!"

Everyone watched, the cylinder was moving up and down, and the balance bar was moving up and down like a springboard, with the huge flywheel constantly spinning in circles.

Qin Yiming was very happy and ordered: "Add more wood and make the fire a little stronger, hey, it would be better if there was coal!" ”

"You see, the water in this iron pass boils, and the water vapor flows into the cylinder with this small pipe, and when the water vapor reaches a certain point, it pushes up the objects in it, so that it moves with the balance bar, and finally the big flywheel also rotates, the reason is as simple as that!" Qin Yiming was in front of the steam engine, pointing to each part while explaining.

Master Tian and Master Shan were all nodding, Old Man Zhao had a light in his eyes, he thought he was the most professional, but he didn't expect that what he thought was impossible would happen in front of him.

"Lord Qin is really intelligent, such a machine can be manufactured, and in the future, the machine tools of our arsenal will be connected to this machine, so wouldn't the speed of our weapons be greatly improved?! It's amazing! Those engineering masters gave a thumbs up one by one, looking at the big flywheel that was spinning faster and faster, and they were so impressed that they fell to the ground.

After listening to Qin Yiming's explanation, Song Xiance still didn't believe that the facts in front of him were true, this water vapor actually had such strength, more than the strength of Hercules, he got closer to observe, looked at the pipe that walked the hot water vapor, and couldn't help but touch it.

"Ah, it's hot, it's hot, my hands!" Song Xiance shouted, and his entire palm was instantly burned red.

"Mr. Song, be careful, the temperature of this water vapor is very high! Look at this pipe......"

Qin Yiming looked at it, only to see that the flywheel was spinning faster and faster, so fast that he was afraid, and the cylinder began to turn red!

"It's not good, it's time to relieve pressure, it's over, there's no pressure relief valve!"

Everyone didn't understand what Qin Yiming was talking about, looking at Song Xiance's red palm, everyone felt that the machine was very dangerous and should not be approached, and such a big iron wheel, now that it was spinning, I am afraid that even ten big men would not be able to do it.

"Oh no, this thing is going to explode, everyone run!" Qin Yiming saw that the cylinder was getting redder and redder, and he felt more and more uneasy, so he shouted.

Anyone else doesn't know if it's okay, this cylinder is made of iron, and it explodes? Impossible. However, seeing that Qin Yiming had already run out, they also ran behind their butts.

Bang!

Not long after running out, the steam engine exploded! The boiling water squeaked on the ground, and the red-hot iron shards fell all over the ground, and they were in shambles.

The loud explosion alarmed many people in Pinglibao, but not everyone could enter this arsenal, and many people gathered outside the door to watch the excitement.

"Has anyone been hurt? Everyone is alright! Qin Yiming asked worriedly.

The expressions of the crowd were different, some were afraid, some were excited, and some were painful.

"Qin Mangfu, what kind of thing you invented is so dangerous, who dares to use it!" Song Xiance's hands were in pain and he was in shock.

"Lord Qin, it's amazing, this thing is really powerful, if you improve it well, it will definitely be reused in the future!" Old man Zhao said excitedly, although this semi-finished product seems dangerous, there is a lot of room for improvement, and he is very interested.

"The responsibility of this improvement is entrusted to you!"