The second Yamen of the City Department entered the compound, and Wang Zheng sat in the huge chief officer's study, holding two books and books and was seriously schooling.

He felt that the affairs of the city's shipping department were simply too simple, so he sent a ship guide at the beginning of the year, and then sent someone to check the list of goods when the merchant ship went to sea, and collected the corresponding taxes according to the list.

Now that it's almost the end of the year, the matter of issuing the ship guide has naturally been done a long time ago, and the matter of checking the list of goods and collecting commercial taxes has been taken by the officials to do it, and he doesn't have to look at it at all, and all he has to sign and seal is left for a day's leisure, so he is busy with his own affairs again.

His school team was not the current accounts of the city shipping department, nor the accounts of the collection and payment of merchant taxes, but two strange books with pictures, one of which seemed to be in foreign language!

He was bowing his head and proofreading carefully, when a sudden chant came from outside: "The governor has arrived." ”

Wang Zheng heard the sound, and hurriedly stood up and walked out, this governor is his own Bole, without himself is still a seven-grade pusher, he knew that he was coming, he had to go to the gate to greet him, at this time everyone has entered the yamen, can only go to the door of the study to greet to show respect.

As soon as he reached the door, the young governor walked over with his hands in his hand and said with a smile: "Liangfu, you are still used to here, there are not many things to do in the city, right?" ”

Wang Zheng hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Thank you for your concern, this place is very good, and there are not many things to do in the city, and the lower officials feel that they are a little too idle." ”

Zhang Bin said with a smile as he walked inside: "I feel too idle, it just so happens that the official has something very important and wants to ask you for help." ”

Wang Zheng respectfully welcomed Zhang Bin into the study and let him sit in the main seat, and then he stood aside and arched his hand: "If your lord has anything to order, the lower officials will definitely serve." ”

Zhang Bin didn't speak at this time, because he was attracted by the two books on the desk, the patterns on the books were obviously some kind of complex machinery, one of them was a sectional view, the other was an exterior drawing, and the book with a sectional view turned out to be a foreign text, and it was a kind of text that he had never seen before.

He was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but point to the book with the cutaway view and ask, "What script is this?" ”

When Wang Zheng saw Zhang Bin's expression, he thought that the governor was angry, so he hurriedly explained: "Your Excellency forgives your sins, the lower officials are idle, so they are looking for something to do, not to do their jobs." This is the Roman script, which is rumored to have been used as far back as the Holy Roman Empire in Europa. ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he was shocked: "You still know Europa, you still know the Holy Roman Empire!" ”

Wang Zheng said with a little trepidation: "Xiaguan just heard what people said, and he hasn't been there." ”

Seeing his expression, Zhang Bin hurriedly suppressed his excitement, and said with relief: "Don't be so alarmed, this official is not blaming you, just a little surprised, do you know this roman?" ”

When Wang Zheng heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, nodded again and again, and said: "Yes, my lord, Xiaguan once studied Roman with two priests, Jinnige and Deng Yuhan, and this book was also given to Xiaguan by the two priests. ”

It turned out to be a book from Europe, no wonder it was a cutaway view, Zhang Bin looked at the cover curiously, very embarrassed, he didn't know a single letter.

He looked at the cover of the Hanzi book, fortunately, the cover was also in Chinese characters, with six big characters written on it.

He pointed to the Roman book again and asked, "Isn't this book called "The Illustration of Strange Artifacts in the Far West?" ”

Wang Zheng arched his hand again and again: "My lord is wise, this foreigner's book is called "On All Kinds of Craft Machinery", and the lower officials are afraid that people don't understand what machinery and craftsmanship mean, so it is called "Diagram of Strange Instruments in the Far West". ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised again: "You still know machinery and technology?" ”

Wang Zheng hurriedly said modestly: "It's just a little understanding, a little understanding." ”

Zhang Bin knows that this is a modest statement, which means that he understands it very well, how much does this Wang Zheng understand?

This question can be known as long as you look at the books he translated, and Zhang Bin couldn't help but take the "Diagram of the Strange Instruments of the Far West" and read it.

Center of gravity, specific gravity, levers, pulleys, axles, gears, plane traction, wheel principle, hydraulic applications, tillage machinery, high-pressure water guns, etc.

Just by looking at the title of each chapter, he knew that this was a treasure, and this Wang Zheng not only understood machinery, but was proficient!

So, to what extent is this Wang Zheng proficient in machinery?

Zhang Bin couldn't help but say tentatively: "Liangfu, have you ever designed any machinery yourself?" ”

When Wang Zheng heard this, he hurriedly turned around and took out a book from the shelf, and then handed it to Zhang Bin as if offering a treasure, and said excitedly: "This is the clumsy work of the lower officials, please take a look at it." ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly took it and looked at it carefully, this book has no title, which proves that he has not finished compiling, and the patterns in it are relatively scribbled, proving that he is still in the design stage, but the names of these machines really make Zhang Bin excited.

What celestial sphere rotates, and the graben collects itself;

What water wheel draws from itself, and water leaks from itself;

What fireships go by themselves, and fire and thunder bombard;

What windmills turn heavy and windmills go far;

What ladders go straight up, and ladders fly obliquely;

What rotation is always grinding, self-propelled troop vehicles;

What is full of courage and live cannons;

What kind of live pincers catch the bell, and the divine power shocks the enemy;

There are also automatic opening and closing of the live gate, up and down transfer of the normal gate, screw ladder and so on.

This Wang Zheng is simply a mechanical genius, he has designed more than 20 kinds of machinery, from these machines can be seen, he is already thinking of ways to replace human power with other power, gravity, water power, firepower, wind power, elastic power, animal power and so on He has tried.

Unfortunately, he just didn't find a stable, durable and powerful power source, so the machines he designed were only improved on the basis of existing machines, and there was no qualitative leap.

Zhang Bin came to him this time to tell him the principle of the steam engine, let him make the steam piston, and then tell him how to use steam power on the manual drilling machine to make the original drilling machine, and then guide him to research and develop in other directions, and design the original lathe, milling machine, boring machine, grinding machine and other machine tools!

Originally, Zhang Bin thought that this was a long process, and it would be good for Wang Zheng to make the original drilling machine within a few months.

Now, he found that he was completely wrong, this Wang Zheng is a mechanical genius, he already has the foundation of the mechanical design profession in later generations, he just lacks a stable and reliable power source, as long as he tells him the principle of steam power, I believe that it will not be long before he can design all kinds of primitive machine tools!

Picking up a treasure, really picking up a treasure, Zhang Bin couldn't help but say excitedly: "Liangfu, have you ever thought about replacing manpower with a stable and powerful power or unstable power such as water, fire, and wind?" ”

When Wang Zheng heard this, he couldn't help sighing: "Xiaguan has been thinking about it, but unfortunately I can't find it!" ”