After Zhu Zhanji left, Huang Yuan was still speculating in his heart about his intentions to come today.

It is a serious matter to explain the affairs of Nanzhou immigrants to myself, but this matter is not so urgent. Now that the navy is continuing to go west to explore Dongzhou, most of the men and horses have just returned, and even if the people can stand it, the ships will have to be overhauled.

The Europa fleet has just been formed, and most of the steam galleons have been requisitioned, and it will take two or three months at the earliest for the Nanzhou side to start drawing troops.

So this matter is not in a hurry, not to mention, he only needs to ask the chamberlain to pass on a message.

For his two younger brothers, this is even more impossible, if it weren't for the relationship between himself and his father, the two of them would have been cleaned up a long time ago.

The reason that can make him come in a hurry today and leave in a hurry seems to be the only reason for the Huang family and the Chen family to marry.

However, Huang Yuan's heart was still a little puzzled, with Taisun's vision, it seemed that he shouldn't care about this trivial matter!

Huang Fu went out of the yamen, and Huang Qi asked the horseman to drive the carriage to Huang Fu, and while Huang Fu got into the car, the four guards didn't care, he said softly: "Master, His Royal Highness Taisun just went to the mansion." ”

"Do you know what's going on?"

Huang Qi shook his head and said, "After His Highness left, the eldest young master locked himself in the study and hasn't come out yet. ”

Huang Fu was slightly gloomy in his heart, and said with a deep groan: "Go home,...... You asked someone to send a post to the general government envoy, saying that the old man could not go to the banquet today, and would make amends in person tomorrow. ”

Huang Fu now has great trust in his eldest son's ability, and he can manage the logistics of more than 100,000 Ming troops and more than 100,000 Indian troops in an orderly manner, and he is afraid that he is not even a little inferior to himself.

I'm afraid it's not a trivial thing to make him feel troublesome.

Now that the Huang family is in the limelight, they can't keep a low profile if they want to, and they should be prepared for danger in times of peace.

The Ming Dynasty officials traveled by themselves, and Huang Fu, as a second-grade scholar, was able to take a sedan chair with the law of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Zhanji's remark a few years ago that "people are animals, and people are not as good as animals" made all officials dare not take a sedan chair anymore.

Nowadays, in addition to the sick and the bride, there are also people who ride in sedan chairs, and most of the officials travel in horse-drawn carriages, horsebacks, or rickshaws.

After the invention of bearings, not only horse-drawn carriages became more and more useful, but also more and more plate carriages. The rickshaw that sprouted from the board car, similar to the rickshaw of later generations, has now become a common tool for ordinary people to travel short distances.

As for the long distance, in Yingtianfu, now both the common people and low-level officials are used to taking the train. Not only cheap, but also fast.

There is no shortage of horses in Daming now, not to mention other places, Chuzhou Horse Farm alone can produce 20,000 military horses and more than 30,000 horses every year.

30,000 horses, although the supply of the entire southeast region is slightly insufficient, but not much.

What's more, when Zhu Zhanji went out to sea and returned from Europa, he carried thousands of Europa's tall horses, and at present, all major horse farms are improving horse breeds, and in the future, even if the number of ploughing cattle is insufficient, there will be no shortage of horses that are extremely powerful and can plough the land.

Of course, there will be no shortage of cattle, because now every year, tens of thousands of Indian cattle are transported to Daming.

Of course, they are all in a carriage, but Huang Fu's carriage regulations, the color can directly represent his identity, plus the Qingjie officials arranged by the imperial court, the Jingwei guard, the Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi, and his own long-term entourage, dozens of people.

Back in the house, Huang Fu came to the study of the West Courtyard non-stop. At this time, Huang Yuan was shirtless, alone under the eaves at the door of the study, practicing big characters.

Seeing Huang Fu returning, Huang Yuanleng paused, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to get him a piece of clothing to wear.

Huang Fu waved his hand and said, "I don't care about those false courtesies, it's so hot this day that I even want to be shirtless for my father." Today's word can't catch up with you six years ago. ”

Huang Yuan sent the people away, and stood under the eaves with his father. "In the past few years, I have practiced less and become more rusty, so I will definitely take a little more time to practice calligraphy in the future."

Huang Fu shook his head and said: "Words are like character, but they are far-fetched, but if the handwriting is above the level, there is no need to be too demanding." That Cai Jing and Qin Hui's words are all unique in the world, but the things they do have been left behind for thousands of years. Now that you have worked hard for the family for many years, it is ten thousand times stronger than practicing several big characters. ”

Although he was anxious and wanted to know what his grandson was doing at home, he had to maintain a calm mind in front of his son.

The father is the son, if he, the father, can't lead by example, how good can he teach the son?

Taking the brush from Huang Yuan's hand, he dipped it in ink, muttered for a while, and wrote the four big characters "Make great efforts" on the white paper that Huang Yuan had re-unfolded.

Now there is no strong enemy around the Ming Dynasty, the country and the people, although he is the secretary of the military department, but he thinks that now the Ming Dynasty, more needs to be carefully governed.

Huang Yuan looked at the words "An Guoning's family" written by himself, and then looked at the words written by his father, bowed down and said: "The child is ashamed, he can't compare to his father's mentality. ”

An Guoning's family, although the slogan is loud, is extremely empty. And making great efforts, in the realm, is a lot higher.

"You are in a mess of mind, why did Your Highness come here today?"

"His Highness mentioned three things......"

After Huang Yuan brought Zhu Zhanji here, he mentioned the three things in turn, Huang Fu sighed and was silent for a long time.

These three things, in addition to letting Huang Yuan prepare for the migration of Nanzhou, have little to do with him, and the other two things are related to the fate of the Huang family.

There are rebels in the family, and the family style is corrupted, at least their one can't be counted on in the future.

As for marrying the Chen family, Huang Fu was originally opposed, but it was only because Huang Yuan was willing that he decided to settle down.

But if this incident caused His Royal Highness's displeasure, it would have a greater impact on the Huang family.

After a while, Huang Fucai sighed: "Your two younger brothers are not successful, and the old man is also negligent in discipline." Since His Royal Highness has given the old man some face, this time Nanzhou immigrated and let the two families go too. ”

Huang Yuan nodded, Nanzhou has a vast territory, and he, the marquis, if he applies, he can at least share a territory of thousands of miles.

When he arrived in Nanzhou, he just wanted him to toss, and if he could toss something out, he would be worthy of them, if he couldn't toss, they would be left to fend for themselves.

"What does my father think about the relationship with the Chen family? His Highness is obviously dissatisfied now, and the child doesn't know what is wrong. Is it really going to push off this marriage? ”

"No." Huang Fudao: "Your Highness has already nodded from where Chen Xuan knows about this, and he has said it in person, obviously not just to block this marriage." What's more, since he has already promised the Chen family, wouldn't he offend the Chen family by going back on his word? Where is my Huang family's reputation?

I originally thought that now my Huang family and Chen family are both very prosperous, and the marriage is too public, so I oppose it. Now it seems that His Highness obviously does not think so in his heart. ”

Huang Fu pondered for a while before saying, "Thinking about it, I'm afraid it's not just one reason. ”

Huang Yuan hurriedly asked, "What is the reason?" ”

Huang Fu looked at his son and analyzed: "Chen Xuan is now in charge of the bank, and half of the gold and silver of the whole Ming Dynasty are controlled in his hands. A person like him, but because he can't leave Beijing, His Highness is not worried about trouble. And how can a person like him cause taboos? ”

Huang Yuan understood a little, looked at his father in disbelief, and asked in surprise, "Could it be that Your Highness will really hand over the navy to me?" ”

Chen Xuan is in charge of money, and in order to avoid hundreds of officials, he wants to be a lonely minister. It is natural to seek a future for the family, but you can't marry someone else, and you can't marry a family that really controls military power.

The collusion between money and power, especially military power, is what the superior is most worried about.

Even if Chen Xuan is married to the Jian family now, and the two families have no military power in their hands, His Royal Highness will not object.

Now Huang Fu is the secretary of the Ministry of War, but he, the seal officer, cannot leave Beijing, and Chen Xuan cannot leave Beijing, so it has no impact.

There is obviously only one reason why His Highness can be taboo, that is, he was originally going to arrange for Huang Yuan to take over the navy, and now he understands that marrying is tantamount to ruining his plan.

Huang Fu saw that Huang Yuan understood, and said with a smile: "Your Highness always does things unexpectedly, a few years ago, who would have thought that he would let Zheng He, a eunuch, take over as the governor of the navy!" ”

"But the child is only thirty-three years old this year, whether in the court or in the army, he belongs to the backward generation."

Huang Yuan still couldn't believe it, no matter how he thought about it, he didn't dare to hope that His Highness had the heart to let him take over the navy. Even the rumors outside only said that he would wait until Zheng He grew old before he could take over Zheng He's position.

Zheng He is 50 years old this year, and he will have to wait at least 10 years to take over, and at that time, he is only 43 years old.

At that time, Chen Xuan was sixty-six years old, and of course it was impossible for him to stay in the position of bank governor with heavy responsibilities.

So Huang Yuan didn't think much about it at first, and when he saw that Chen Zuo had the intention to get married, he directly agreed.

But now because of his marriage with the Chen family, it may affect his direct succession as the governor of the navy, which makes him feel a ridiculous sense of loss in his heart.

Huang Fu looked at his son and comforted him gently: "It's yours, it's yours after all, you still have a long time...... Now the key is to figure out what kind of reply Taisun needs. ”

Huang Yuan came to his senses, but his brain had not yet regained his clarity, and he looked drowsy. Thinking that he might take over the behemoth of the navy, how calmed down in his heart!

In the palace, in front of Zhu Zhanji was the excited Zhu Di. Two days ago, he went to Xinjiangkou Shuizhai to see the huge sea ship of 50,000 materials.

With the ship going on its first sea trials, it only came back today. When he returned, he was amazed at the advanced and huge size of the ship, which was not completely built.

The bearing capacity of a material is about 360 catties to 400 catties, and 50,000 catties is almost a carrying capacity of 20 million catties.

It sounds like a lot, but in fact, in later generations, it is equivalent to a 10,000-ton sea ship. It is not uncommon for future ships of 200,000 or 300,000 tons, or even more than 400,000 tons, but today's 10,000-ton sea ships are absolutely shocking.

In fact, the size of this ship is not much larger than the original treasure ship.

However, the treasure ship is all wood, and in order to be strong, the structure of the whole ship is very tight, and there are wooden connections everywhere, and the space for people to move around and load is not large.

This is equivalent to an all-wooden structure of wooden lumps in the water, and people's activity space is only a gap inside.

But with this huge steel keel cast by wrought iron, around this keel, steel is formed into a structure, and then inlaid with wood.

In this way, a lot of space is saved, the dead weight is reduced, and of course more goods can be loaded.

And this ship, because it is an experimental product, is not for loading, but to create a huge sea palace for Zhu Di.

So in addition to being sturdy, it's not about how much cargo to load, it's about sailing ability and luxury.

This ship is equipped with the most advanced technology of today's Ming Dynasty. Eight huge steam engines were not mounted on the deck this time, but directly under the cabin.

The two steam engines in the middle of the ship are responsible for the ro-ro wheels, and the two steam engines in the stern are responsible for the ro-ro wheels, one is responsible for controlling the rudder and steering the direction, and two are on standby.

In addition, what shocked Zhu Di the most was that there was also a steam turbine, which drove a heavy propeller.

He didn't understand the truth of the steam turbine, but he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the huge machinery of human industrial civilization.

In contrast, the hundreds of boilermen, dressed in only a pair of crotch pants and showing their dark, toned muscles, methodically filling coal in a steaming steam chamber were a different kind of spectacle.

This giant ship has a huge three levels below deck, and the bottom layer is a pressurized water tank, which can store fresh water, but more for ballast.

The second level is the operation compartment, a small half of which is underwater, and the window above is less than two meters from the waterline. Such a height is obviously not enough in the sea, and large waves of three or four meters are just a common thing in the sea.

But now there is glass, which is equipped with four layers of thick glass, and although the light transmission is not good, it can barely withstand the wind and waves.

The third floor is the warehouse and the crew's rest cabin, separated from the front and back, and the crew cannot pass their range of activities.

Above deck, there are five floors, the first floor is the rest area of the palace maids and eunuchs, including the musicians of the Jiaofang Division, who also live here.

The second floor is the main hall, which has a large hall that can accommodate 800 people, and this hall occupies three floors high and more than half of the active area.

But this is necessary, even if Zhu Di passes away in the future, Zhu Zhanji needs such a big hall when he takes this ship.

Zhu Di's main cabin is also on the second floor, located at the back of the main hall, except for this side of the main hall, the other three sides are transparent, and there is a circle of balconies.

Because of the width spanning the ship, the total area is more than eight hundred square meters, and a dozen rooms are enough for close people to live together.

A few floors above, there are also cabins of different sizes, for those concubines to live in.

On the boat, Zhu Di did not require that he must be high and not let others live on his head. He's been on a boat, too, and knows that it's only the stern, and that it's the least wobble here near the bottom of the shaft.

Above the hull deck, the previous floors of the main hall were all for the crew to move, and they basically did not affect the lives of the people on board.

The draft of this ship reached six meters, and the Yangtze River could only barely sail, and it had to be in the wet season.

Autumn is approaching now, and after October, the river water will drop and boats may not be able to leave the Yangtze River.

Therefore, the decoration and layout of the back of this ship will be installed downstream.

It was also for this reason that Zhu Di couldn't wait to visit, and when he came back, he was amazed, hoping that the ship would be built soon, and he would be able to enjoy it.

The emergence of steam turbines is, of course, also the credit of Zhu Zhanji. Don't think that steam turbines are complicated, in fact, a simple single-stage reciprocating steam turbine is easier to build than a steam engine, regardless of the material.

Because the most difficult thing for a steam engine to make is not a boiler, but a cylinder that converts heat energy into power.

Today's cylinders are simply alloy blocks, and the pistons are also alloy steel, because they are closed, only four piston rings can be installed to avoid air leakage and increase horsepower.

The steam turbine only needs to know the principle and pass the manufacturing materials, and the power can be directly applied to the propeller.

Zhu Zhanji served as a captain for more than ten years and repaired steam turbines countless times, and his familiarity with steam turbines far exceeded that of steam engines.

In the past, he did not directly launch the steam turbine because the materials were not up to standard, but now that the alloy steel is rich in variety, he let people build several steam turbines according to his "design".

In terms of thermal energy conversion, the steam turbine is far superior to the steam engine, and the ship is also the most suitable for installing a steam turbine, which can directly use a shaft to extend out of the hull to drive the propeller.

Compared to building a steam turbine, the propeller is the real painstaking.

The complexity of a steam turbine is to know how it works, and then to make a qualified part that is not easily damaged.

But everyone knows how the propeller works, everyone knows the style, but it is not easy to make the right one.

Leaving aside the sturdiness of the blade for the time being, it is a big deal to increase and thicken, and consume part of the kinetic energy.

However, the number and angle of blades are closely related to the size and speed of the ship.

Propellers that look the same play a completely different role because of the slight difference in the twisting angle.

Moreover, today's Daming does not have the process of directly manufacturing propellers, and now the propellers are made of mud film at the beginning, and then cast separately, and then let the craftsmen polish the blades little by little, and then assemble them on the central shaft, which is very labor-intensive and material-intensive.

In the past two years, Zhu Zhanji has cast more than 500 sets of propellers, tested them on wheels, and only then did he select a propeller suitable for huge sea ships, and let people build a few more.

However, at present, due to the shortage of propeller technology, although the steam turbine can barely be used, it is far from the point of mass production, and can only be used as a test product.

Opposite him, Zhu Di was still talking excitedly. "Who would have thought that such a huge ship would rely on just one steam ...... The engine, one propeller, can run and is no slower than four rollers. It's just that, along the way, it was less than a thousand miles, and it broke four or five times. ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "New technology is always like this, not to mention, with such a large blade, our technology is not up to par, and it is normal to be bad." ”

Zhu Di asked again: "I asked Liu Chang today, and he said that this new machine was built after listening to your prompts?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "My grandson has always had some wonderful ideas in his head, and he has been smarter than others since he was a child. If it weren't for the delicate and expensive grandson, maybe he would have built a glider that could carry people in the sky by now. ”

Zhu Di glanced at him and scolded with a smile: "Don't even think about it, don't fight this idea in the future, think about the consequences before you go to heaven." ”

showed off in front of Zhu Zhanji, and Zhu Di was also satisfied. said: "Let Ying Tianfu's train stop tomorrow, and I will take the train to look around." ”

On the day Zhu Di came back and the day the fleet returned, the trains were suspended, and special arrangements were made to pick up people.

When there were no trains before, the people of Ying Tianfu did not feel inconvenienced. But now that there is a train, as soon as the train stops, it complains for days.

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said with a smile: "Grandpa Huang has Yaxing to go out to have a look, and there is no need to stop other trains, I will arrange it." ”

Zhu Di's purpose was to play by train, and it was not to prevent others from going out, after listening to Zhu Zhanji's arrangement, he nodded, and walked out of the main hall of Xingqing Palace with his hands behind his back.

Nowadays, there are only twelve trains running on the three lines of Yingtianfu, and it is really difficult to dispatch them.

Because these lines have many intersections, and then there are trains running in the opposite direction, when there is no electronic equipment to monitor, all rely on human power to monitor the time and pull the lane.

As long as there is a slight mistake, there will be a car accident.

The train has been running for two years, and not counting the kind of car accidents that killed the people, there have been three large car accidents in which they collided.

Fortunately, the horsepower of the current steam engine is not too large, and even if there is a car accident, it will only hit each other, and it will only damage the railway, and it has not been derailed, and the damage caused is not too great.

As soon as Zhu Di left, Hou Chenghui appeared at the door with his sixteenth son Zhu Qifeng.

Zhu Qifeng was born in July of the 19th year, and is now one year old, and he is not very good at walking, but he doesn't like to be hugged and likes to crawl on the ground.

It's his birthday today, so their mother and son also got preferential treatment, and they appeared at the door without notification.

"Your Highness, the concubine just asked Young Eunuch Liu, and there is no arrangement today."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Bring your son over......"

Hou Chenghui saw Zhu Zhanji smiling, and with some joy picked up Zhu Qifeng who was lying on the threshold, and walked small steps to Zhu Zhanji's side.

Zhu Zhanji picked up his son and put his beard up. When the little guy saw that his beard was tied up, he hurriedly pushed Zhu Zhanji's face, giggled and called his mother.

This is also the only name he can shout, but he has a good personality, likes to laugh, and is still quite likable.

Hou Chenghui was very happy when he saw the father and son amused, and just wanted to speak, but saw Tao Kan come to the door. "Your Highness, there is information from Huang Shangshu Mansion."

"Bring it." Zhu Zhanji handed the child to Hou Chenghui and said, "You go outside and wait for a while, I'll come out in a moment." ”

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji had something to do, Hou Chenghui didn't dare to disturb, and hurriedly took the child out of the palace.

The conversation between the Huang father and son, the Jinyi Wei spy in charge of monitoring did not hear it, but the father and son discussed at the door of Huang Yuan, and many people knew.

Then Huang Fu directly ordered his two sons to be beaten with 20 boards each, locked up in the house to recuperate from their injuries, and declared that when the migration from Nanzhou began, the first batch would send them to Nanzhou.

There was no news worth paying attention to, so Zhu Zhanji waited to see Huang Yuan's attitude before he could determine whether he wanted to pull out the seedlings and help him grow, and now arrange him to the position of the governor of the navy.

(Add more 6,000 words of big chapters, the alliance leader also has to add two more, and I still owe you a few chapters, I will try to pay it off this month)