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After the sample of the banknotes was finalized, Guo Shijun arranged for people to start printing, and the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Office in Lanzhou used all its strength to begin propaganda among the people in the city.

The main roads, main streets, market squares, residential areas, etc., all have people from the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Office to publicize, Liang Wencheng and Shen Dao are touring various propaganda points, tirelessly explaining the effect of paper money to the onlookers.

Li Zicheng took his own soldiers, put up banners, and also put up slogans in the main streets and markets in the city, emphasizing that paper money and silver money have the same value and effect, all personnel must not discriminate against paper money, and the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Office will also ensure that paper money will not depreciate.

The entire Lanzhou Mansion was boiling for a while, as if it had exploded, and in the streets and alleys, paper money became the only topic of discussion.

However, for such a fresh thing as paper money, most of the people will be suspicious, a blank piece of paper, is not as good as the money in the hand.

The people had a wait-and-see attitude, and in Li Zicheng's expectation, time, only time, could dispel the doubts in their hearts.

When Li Zicheng returned to the Governor's Mansion, it was already evening, and he had just picked up the teacup, ready to moisten his throat, but another soldier chased after him from behind, "Governor, the message of the Han Qing Bureau!" ”

Li Zicheng took a look at it, and unconsciously smiled, "This Huang Taiji, I really don't understand, I went back so soon?" But he quickly withdrew his smile, Huang Taiji would never meet empty-handed, he must have achieved his goal!

Maybe he is not ready to enter the Central Plains, but when he knocks on the gate and enters, there will be no shortage of property, money, strong men, and women, if he does not satisfy his appetite, he has already broken Datong and approached the Beijing Division, and he will never withdraw his troops so quickly!

It is the people who suffer......

Li Zicheng's brows wrinkled into the word "Sichuan", and said lightly: "Continue to pay attention, if there is information from the Han Qing Bureau, report it immediately!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

Li Zicheng did not go to the study, but went directly back to Houya's home, today in the city for a day, originally still quite excited, but seeing the message of the Tartar, he was unhappy, so he prepared to have dinner and rest early.

However, just after dinner, He Xiaomi came to summon the news, "Metropolitan Governor, I just received a message from Xining, do you want to take a look?" ”

Li Zicheng felt a little strange, and went to the study at noon to read, why did so much information come this evening? He took the message, tore open the seal, shook off the white paper, and only read two lines, but his face was overjoyed.

Wang Zheng!

It was this Wang Zheng that he specially got from Jingyang County, who originally stayed in Xining Science and Technology High School to give him the time and conditions to conduct scientific research, but he didn't expect it to produce results so quickly, and it was a shocking achievement.

Last time in Xining, Li Zicheng just told him a simple sketch of the bicycle, but he didn't expect him to actually design it and produce a sample.

Along with the message, there was also a detailed drawing, looking at the complex balls, bearings, chains, etc. on the drawings, Li Zicheng had a headache, if it wasn't for Wang Zheng saying that samples had been produced, he must have doubted that such a complex process, with the current industrial level of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, could be produced.

Now that Wang Zheng has produced samples, there should be no problem in the process, do you want to mass-produce bicycles?

There are many factories in Xining, but all the products produced are consumer goods, and at that time, in order to exchange silver from Jingshi and Jiangnan, they were basically high-end luxury goods, and if society and the country wanted to achieve development, they still had to produce machinery and develop heavy industry.

Bicycles are a means of transportation, which belongs to the simplest machinery, and once introduced to the market, it is likely to promote the great development of the machinery industry.

Li Zicheng has decided that since Lanzhou is the center of future development, the bicycle manufacturer is better in Xining, and when it is necessary to expand the scale of production in the future, he will go to Xining to establish a factory.

The bicycle is a new type of transportation, much faster than a horse-drawn carriage, although it is not known its exact speed, according to the calculation of thirty miles per hour in later generations, it can now reach at least half, fifteen miles per hour, and eight hours a day, it can run one hundred and twenty miles, and if it is a long journey, it is worthy of the speed of a war horse.

This is a normal speed, and if there is an emergency, it can definitely be faster, and in the summer, you can travel at least ten hours a day......

Bicycles can not only carry people, but also small amounts of cargo, whether it is military or commercial, can be used!

No, bicycles can only be sold on the territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army for the time being, and they don't sell it no matter how much they give, this is also the place where the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion leads the imperial court, who made them not use Wang Zheng well?

It seems that Wang Zheng alone is not enough......

Li Zicheng originally wanted Wang Zheng to teach the technology to others, and then they came to Lanzhou to be responsible for the production of bicycles, but it felt wrong when he thought about it, Xining Science and Technology High School has already cultivated two batches of graduates, and the third batch of students enrolled in five years will graduate next year, and these talents are active on all fronts of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion.

But with only one school, the speed of cultivating talents is obviously too slow, and the population of Lanzhou City is more than that of Xining City, there is no reason to rely entirely on Xining, the risk must be shared, and the eggs cannot be put in the same basket!

Li Zicheng thought about it and immediately summoned Wang Zheng to ask him to select three students who graduated from Xining Science and Technology High School, one of whom was the factory director, and two of them were his assistants in production.

He clearly told Wang Zheng that after he came to Lanzhou, he was not only responsible for teaching bicycle production technology, but also undertook the important task of establishing Lanzhou Science and Technology College, so he also had to bring the necessary teachers from Xining!

After dinner, Li Zicheng was more excited, so he came to his bedroom and secretly opened the stack of blank paper brought from the afterlife, wanting to see what other machinery could be used from it.

After looking at it for a long time, he finally chose a hydroelectric engine and a steam engine, both of which are a bit complicated in structure, and Li Zicheng himself doesn't understand it very well.

However, in the introduction of the efficacy of the two, Li Zicheng found that although the hydroelectric car can be called a machine, its effectiveness is actually very limited, and it can only be regarded as the prototype of a machine.

And the effectiveness of the steam engine, even if it is not introduced, Li Zicheng also knows, once the technology of the steam engine matures, it can not only be used in the factory to produce goods, but also used in ships, trains, even ships and trains can be driven, which shows that the power of the steam engine is very powerful!

It seems that the industrial revolution of the British Empire began with the steam engine......

Li Zicheng couldn't resist the temptation of the steam engine, but he was a little worried, the steam engine has high power and high mechanical efficiency, but with the current level of industry and casting, can it produce a steam engine?

Although the efficiency of the hydroelectric vehicle is not high, it is the foundation of the machinery industry, and the development of science cannot take shortcuts, and must be taken step by step......

The effectiveness of the hydroelectric engine is not high, and it does not have much practical value, at most it is only to lay the foundation for the steam engine, the real machine, or the steam engine......

Li Zicheng hesitated, his mind seemed to be two villains fighting, groggy, and unconsciously fell asleep on the square table.

Until the time of the war, Tian Fen saw Li Zicheng locked himself in the bedroom, so he went to inform Gao Guiying, Gao Guiying estimated that Li Zicheng must be thinking about something, and he didn't dare to knock on the door, thought about it, and cooked a bowl of mutton dumplings and let Xiaomei bring them in.

Xiaomei held the mutton dumplings on a tray, carefully came to the door of Li Zicheng's bedroom, and knocked lightly on the door, "Metropolitan Governor!" ”

"Huh?" When Li Zicheng dreamed, he was still thinking about the water engine and the steam engine, and he happened to dream that he went to school when he was a child, and learned the story of "Watt and Steam Engine" in the textbook, and was shocked by Xiaomei, forgetting most of it, and only the words "Watt and Steam Engine" were in his mind.

"Dadu Governor," Xiaomei heard a slight "Xixi" sound in the room, and didn't know that Li Zicheng was dreaming, so her voice was raised, "Dadu Governor, Madame asked the slave maid to send a bowl of mutton dumplings!" ”

Li Zicheng put away the white paper, stuffed it into the drawer, and said, "Then you come in!" ”

Xiaomei gently pushed open the door, saw Li Zicheng rubbing his somewhat reddened eyes, and hurriedly said, "How did the Metropolitan Governor sleep here...... The maid didn't bother......"

"No, no," Li Zicheng only remembered the steam engine in his mind, so he decided to let Wang Zheng study the steam engine, he is an expert in machinery, in this era, such talents are rare, besides, even if the research is not successful, well, future generations can continue to study, and now they are not in a hurry to use it, "Xiaomei, you have helped me a lot......"

"Ah......" Xiaomei didn't know what to do, and when she saw Li Zicheng's calm face, she thought she was talking back, and she was so scared that she was scared "poof", ......

Li Zicheng's thoughts, except for Guo Shijun, no one dared to say it, so he diverted the topic, "Xiaomei is bothered...... Oh, so much? I can't eat it alone, come, Xiaomei, let's eat together! ”

"Dadu Governor ......" Xiaomei blushed half of her face in an instant, "This is specially made by Madame for Dadudu, how dare the maid enjoy it...... If you let the lady know, you won't pick the skin of the servant......"

"What are you afraid of, I won't say it, if you don't say it, who will know?" Li Zicheng said in his heart, even if they knew, they should pretend not to know, "This is the reward of Bendu, come, open your mouth!" ”

Xiaomei's whole cheeks were flushed, if this was an ordinary person, she would definitely be moved to tears...... However, on the other side was the Grand Duke, who was her master, how could she accept it......

At this time, Li Zicheng had already sent it over with a spoon of mutton dumplings, and the fragrant taste was ...... But it seemed disrespectful, and she couldn't stop the temptation of mutton dumplings, so Xiaomei had to close her eyes and open her mouth slightly.

"That's right!" Li Zicheng took back the spoon, scooped a dumpling for himself, and put it in his mouth.

One of the two, one for me, and after a while, only half of a large plate of mutton dumplings remained.

Xiaomei took the wooden chair and leaned on Li Zicheng's side, "Governor, let the slave come!" ”

"Hmm!" Li Zicheng handed the plate to Xiaomei.

Xiaomei scooped up a dumpling with a spoon and put it into Li Zicheng's mouth, "Governor, let the maid come and serve!" ”

Li Zicheng refused to open his mouth, but pointed to Xiaomei's fresh mouth with a finger, with a smile on his face, and did not speak.

"The Metropolitan Governor will eat first, and the maid will eat later," Xiaomei put the spoon into Li Zicheng's mouth again, "The Metropolitan Governor has always worked hard, so the Metropolitan Governor should eat more." ”

"Xiaomei, have you ever heard of coriander dumplings?" Li Zicheng gently pushed Xiaomei's hand away and said, "This dumpling has meat filling, mutton fat, chopped green onions, pepper, and spicy seeds, but it lacks a coriander!" ”

"Cilantro?" Xiaomei said: "Mrs. Xu is in a hurry and forgot to put coriander, so the maid will take some over......"

"Why bother?" Li Zicheng pointed to Xiaomei's ruddy mouth with his hand and said with a smile: "Isn't there a ready-made one here?" ”

Xiaomei was stunned for a moment, only to understand that the red on her face suddenly extended to her neck, and she said coquettishly: "The metropolitan governor will bully the servant......"

Although she had a skin-to-skin relationship with Li Zicheng, it was also sneaky, and now she is holding the lamp......

"Xiaomei, what are you afraid of, this is my bedroom, no one dares to come in without my consent!"

Xiaomei was ashamed, and she was scared in her heart, so she hesitated for a while, but the Metropolitan Governor was waiting there...... She had no choice but to throw the spoonful of dumplings into her mouth, close her eyes slightly, and send the small mouth to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng opened his mouth to take it, chewed a few bites, swallowed it, and said with a smile: "That's right, this dumpling is not only spicy, but also fragrant......"