The sound was a little loud and a little sudden, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he saw that everyone below had consciously moved out of the way, or everyone below turned their heads to look at a person, so that the person who had just shouted was exposed in the crowd.

This man was only in his twenties, and when he saw everyone looking at him, he seemed a little timid and a little cringe.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "What do you think about the steam engine?" ”

After asking, he thought about it, and then added: "Say it to me, even if it's useless, it's okay!" ”

When the man heard this, he immediately gained courage again, hurried to the front of the crowd, knelt on the ground and played: "Your Majesty, the grass people are gunsmiths, and they are responsible for the boring operation of the artillery breech. Seeing that the new cylinder was not too thick, the grass people thought that if the cylinder was bored with a boring machine like a cannon chamber, its inner wall would be unusually smooth, perhaps...... Maybe it will work for this steam engine! ”

In the past, because of the use of a single cylinder, the cylinder had to be made very large and had to be made by hand. However, the gap between the piston and the cylinder block cannot be kept small, and the gap can only be tightened with felt, paper, tarpaulin and similar substitutes as much as possible. In any case, the air leakage of this practice is relatively serious. In other words, this practice actually wastes a lot of heat energy.

But now that the cylinder has been reduced, the diameter of this cylinder and the large-caliber barrel is actually not much different. If you want to make a boring machine with a large diameter and a boring cylinder for this purpose, it will be used to smooth the inner wall......

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he immediately became excited, because if he thought about it with his brain, he knew that he would definitely be able to improve the steam engine, but the effect of the improvement remained to be tested.

Therefore, he immediately affirmed the gunsmith's approach, and publicly instructed the eunuch of the War Bureau to write down the matter, and once the test was completed and proved to be able to greatly improve the steam engine, he would definitely not hesitate to reward him!

After seeing the gunsmith excitedly retreat into the crowd, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to the people below: "I am here, who else has any ideas about the improvement of this steam engine, whether it is right or wrong, you can say it and listen to it, the one who speaks is not guilty, and the useful one is rewarded!" ”

Sun Erniu's incident before had already stimulated these people below, and the gunsmith just now mustered up the courage to gamble because of this, but he didn't expect to be right. But the amount of the reward depends on the results of the test. But no matter what, he also changed his fate because of one sentence.

These two things made everyone below, especially those craftsmen, blush, and they hollowed out their minds one by one, thinking about whether they could also have such good luck. Under the encouragement of Emperor Chongzhen, one craftsman after another mustered up the courage to speak their minds.

To Emperor Chongzhen's disappointment, most of these people who made suggestions later had no practical use, and only a few people's mentions seemed to be a little small. However, he is still very happy about this enthusiastic situation.

Therefore, when the voices slowly disappeared one after another, and the courtyard was quiet again, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to them: "Very good, if you have any ideas in the future, you can say it, maybe something good will come out of your hands." I will also set up a special official position in the War Bureau, so that people can record your ideas, not limited to steam engines, or even artillery, and if you think it is feasible, I will allocate funds for you to realize your ideas! ”

After saying that, it was already a little late. After Emperor Chongzhen gained another wave of achievement points by the way, he instructed Liu Chengzhi, the eunuch of the Palm Seal of the War Bureau, to say something before driving back.

The emperor attaches great importance to the war bureau and has enough manpower and material resources, the special boring machine was quickly manufactured, and operated by the gunsmith himself, the new steam engine transformation was completed, after the formal experiment, a good news was placed on the desk of Emperor Chongzhen: this new steam engine has increased the energy by four to five times compared with the original steam engine, which is definitely a huge improvement, so that Emperor Chongzhen can't help but be extremely happy, and immediately make a decision, according to this new steam engine model for mass production.

He didn't know that in the original history, this two-way cylinder, and the steam engine whose cylinder was operated by a boring machine, was actually a steam engine after many improvements by Watt, that is, the Watt Type 3 engine. This improvement took more than seven years from Watt's first improvement, but more than 100 years earlier than Watt's improved steam engine, under the leadership of Emperor Chongzhen, the traverser, with the most skilled craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, and enough wealth support, with Watt single-handedly made a steam engine with higher efficiency, in a short period of time developed an improved version of the steam engine that can really come in practical use.

This kind of steam engine doesn't need any rubber at all. In fact, in the original history, even during the Opium War, the British steam engine warships did not use a little rubber.

The steam engine on this plane, under the leadership of Emperor Chongzhen, finally has an improved version of the steam engine with energy production, and it is expected that in the near future, this kind of steam engine will be applied in places where the Ming Dynasty cannot use water power because of the reduction of cost and coal consumption. Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be very excited when he thought about all this.

The driving force behind the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty is finally there!

When Emperor Chongzhen watched the assembly of the first mass-produced steam engine and put it in front of him to verify its efficacy, he couldn't help but be excited, entered the chat group, and took pictures with the photo function of the chat group, which was the first real practical steam engine in the human history of this plane!

After taking the photo, he found that King Tang had a message sent by: "Your Majesty, the prince of King Fu is about to enter the city." ”

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he was in a good mood, so he replied to him: "Then show your Tang Kingdom truthfully to the prince of Fuwang." ”

When Tang Wang received it, he immediately agreed. For him, there are more feudal kings overseas, and he will not have the potential danger of Mu Xiu Yu Lin. Therefore, for King Fu's side, he is very happy to show the benefits of the new domain, which can make King Fu also blush. This is just enough to satisfy the show-off mood that Tang Wang, a young man, has. Of course, this is human nature, the so-called return to the hometown, this is the truth, but it is not easy to say anything about the Tang King.

So, the king of Tang immediately led the civil and military officials of the Tang State to the gate of the city to greet him.

Zhu Yousong, the son of King Fu, was escorted by Jinyi Guard, and when he arrived outside Ava City, he saw King Tang there, surrounded by many civil and military generals, and the pomp and circumstance of the vassal king was very full, far from being comparable to the low-key pomp and circumstance of the vassal king in the mainland. Just glanced at it, and the envy in his heart involuntarily revealed.

Speaking of which, the vassal kings of the late Ming Dynasty were actually really pitiful. Although nominally a vassal king, he was one of the most noble titles of the Ming Dynasty, but the imperial court had many restrictions on him. Even when a vassal king went out of the city to visit the tomb, he had to get permission from the local government before he could leave the vassal palace. To put it mildly, these vassal kings are actually pigs raised in captivity by the imperial court, and the only difference between them and pigs is that the pigs will eventually be slaughtered, while the vassal kings will not, just die of old age in the mansion.

For such days, the older vassal kings are better, and their blood has long been extinguished, and any water chestnut has been worn out in the long days; But the prince of Fu Wang is a young man, a hot-blooded guy in his twenties. Who would be willing to die in such a small palace for the rest of their lives. The world is so big, the world is so beautiful, if you don't go out for a walk and don't see it, who can be willing?

In the past, there was no way, once there was such a thought, it was very dangerous, and if one was not careful, he would deal with it as a rebellion. But now? It was the emperor who gave such an opportunity, with the opportunity to establish a vassal state, to be able to grasp the military and political power in the vassal country, to be able to speak up, no longer subject to human constraints, and not to be held to death like a pig. Just thinking about it makes King Fu excited.

As soon as he arrived, he hurriedly dismounted and saluted King Tang and said, "How can His Highness go out of the city to greet him, and he has tormented his nephew!" ”

"Hahaha......" Tang Wang immediately laughed, he could hear it, he was in a very good mood, and after striding forward and grabbing Zhu Yousong's hand, he smiled and said, "If it was changed before, it is estimated that we will not see each other in old age." Now there is a chance, although the lonely Tang country is a small and remote country, with a lot of broken things, and it can't be busy every day, but no matter what, I have to take the time to ......come out for a trip."

Don't say that the vassal kings like King Tang and King Fu, who have been separated by many generations, are the kind of vassal kings who are brothers, once they become vassals, they basically have no chance to meet again, and they will only die of old age in their own palaces. It is for this reason that Tang Wang said this.

Zhu Yousong listened to it, and he was also a little emotional. Now that the national policy of the imperial court has changed, this is a good thing for the vassal king, and it is good to seize this opportunity!

Then, he heard that Tang Wang seemed to be complaining about Tang Guo and complaining about being busy, but looking at his expression, he could see that he was half complaining!

"Pretend, you pretend!" Zhu Yousong was in his heart and couldn't help but say silently.

Tang Wang is actually about the same age as Zhu Yousong, but at this time he is dominating the scene, grabbing Zhu Yousong's hand and walking forward, pointing at those civil and military officials and saying: "Those natives in Dongwu are all suspicious, and it is basically useless to be alone. These are our own scholars and military backgrounds, but they are not Jinshi and generals at all levels, at most they are just lifting people and garrisons, and they were dug up by the emperor with the permission of the emperor. Hehe, let the virtuous nephew see the joke......"

Speaking of this, without waiting for Zhu Yousong to react, King Tang shouted at those civil and military officials: "Why are you stunned, why don't you come and see the prince of Fuwang?" ”

When those civil and military officials heard this, they hurriedly made a gesture, hugged their fists, and saluted the prince of Fuwang.

Zhu Yousong looked very envious, when he was in Luoyang, although he was in his own territory, but he, the son of the blessed king, how many officials would care? If you go out and meet those officials, it is he, the prince of the blessed king, who has to accompany the smiling face, otherwise once he wants to go out of the city, even if he walks around his fields and is made difficult by those officials, he will not be able to go.

But at this time, look at King Tang, he must have been the same as himself before, but now, so many civil and military officials, shouting casually, all bow their heads to their ears, only King Tang is looking forward, how majestic!

He was thinking that Tang Wang had already taken his hand, got on Tang Wang's frame, opened the canopy, and sat on the car, with a good view.

On the way back to the palace, King Tang pointed to the rows of martial law soldiers, and the people who were watching the excitement behind the soldiers and said: "Most of these are our people in the Ming Dynasty, and after hearing that Dongwu became the Tang Kingdom, they came to beg for a living. Although the Tang Dynasty was built at the beginning, it was really a bit poor. But there is a lot of land. Lone gave them all the fields, and they all stayed. The emperor has a decree, as long as Lone can keep these people, he will be the people of my Tang Kingdom in the future. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Those Dongwu natives are very lazy, and they have wasted so many good grain fields in vain. But our people in the Ming Dynasty are different, there are three crops a year here, or it won't be long before the food doesn't have to worry. The emperor also explained, don't be afraid that if there is too much food, it will rot, and the imperial court will pay for the purchase of grain, and collect as much as you want, so that Gu Neng can vigorously grasp the people's livelihood and produce more grain. ”

As he spoke, King Tang pointed to the buildings in Ava City and said, "It really makes the virtuous nephew smile, this capital city that has been selected by the orphan cannot be compared with the cities in our Ming Dynasty." Look, this house is so low, you see, that house doesn't even have a yard, and that ......."

Zhu Yousong didn't have a chance to open his mouth at all, and listened to King Tang talking about it along the way, and from time to time he said that his Tang Kingdom was not very good, and now he heard King Tang "complaining" about the simplicity of his capital, he couldn't help but say silently in his heart again: "Then you don't want it here, it's better to change it to a blessed country!" You just pretend, keep pretending! ”

The Tang Dynasty was the first vassal king to divide overseas, in other words, the first vassal king to control the military and political power himself. He is a young man again, and this time Zhu Yousong came, and the achievements he made happened to have the best person to talk to. The mouth said that he was busy, but he spent a lot of time introducing various situations to Zhu Yousong around the road, looking at the envious expression on Zhu Yousong's face, the more energetic he became, and he turned a lot of places, and after there was really nothing to introduce, he could be regarded as stepping into the palace gate.

Tang Wang's voice was a little hoarse, and he still held Zhu Yousong's hand, and said with emotion: "Virtuous nephew, Lone is really too busy, I have to deal with a lot of things every day, and the music is piled up, just like this, I still can't be busy." You don't know, it's really tiring! Sometimes, I miss the days in Nanyang, how easy it is......"

Hearing this, Zhu Yousong really couldn't listen to it anymore, are you pretending again? Why don't I go back and tell Your Majesty and let me do it for you?

But this is impossible, Zhu Yousong hurriedly decided to divert the topic, and really didn't want to hear him pretend anymore: "My nephew heard that the White Pole Army helped His Highness a lot, what about them?" ”