Of course, these situations only happened in the vicinity of Jingshi, near Tianjin, in some areas of Denglai. Because of the limitation of transportation capacity, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places cannot get enough whale products. At this time, the steam ships of the Ordnance Bureau were finally ready for use.

The speed of the steam flat-headed ship using the propeller in the flat water had reached eleven miles, and Zhu Zhiyu believed that if the ship was built with iron or the bow part of the ship was made of iron, as the emperor said, the speed should be increased. Sun Yuanhua specially selected two students for him as assistants, handed him a group of shipbuilders, and asked him to study new steam iron ships.

And the speed of the ship in Eleven miles has made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied, but this is the no-load speed, so it is obviously unrealistic for this flat-headed ship to be used to transport goods, and the durability of the steam engine on the ship must be tested, so he asked the Ordnance Bureau to open a route between the Zhangjiawan Wharf and the Wharf of the Ordnance Bureau, which is specially used for testing and carrying people by the way.

Such a fresh thing naturally attracted a lot of rich and idle sons, especially after the emperor personally sat for the first time, everyone flocked to try this new ship that could move without sails. The steward of the Ordnance Bureau shouted on the Zhangjiawan wharf: "Come one by one, line up, don't you understand the queue?" Don't get too close to the two, be prepared for money, thirty yuan for one way and fifty yuan for two trips. ”

Joke, how to go one way, ordinary people can't go up to the dock of the Ordnance Bureau, can they throw you directly into the river when they get there? Everyone obediently paid fifty dollars, fifty dollars an hour, which was much faster than robbing money. One trip per hour, one trip with a hundred people, one round trip, five thousand yuan in hand. It's a pity that there are too few wrongdoers in the capital, but within five days, the Ordnance Bureau also received more than 80,000 yuan in boat money. Although it is no longer as popular as at the beginning, there is still an income of about 5,000 yuan every day, and some people rushed to the capital after seeing in the newspaper that the steamship in Beijing began to sea trials, wanting to try what the steamship that the emperor had ridden tasted like.

The trial voyage of the steamship for a fee made the Ordnance Bureau discover that some inventions can really make money quickly, and the fee for the steamship can already build a new ship. This has made the Ordnance Bureau pay more attention to some research that has not yet shown its effect, and ensure funding and manpower, regardless of whether it can be effective now.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and before long, the steamship could no longer sail because the river was frozen. This also caused many machines that used water as the energy source to stop production, and the normal use of steam-powered machines caused more machines to turn power to steam engines.

The fifth year of the apocalypse is coming. This year is the year of Dabi, and the entrance examination of Beijing Normal University has been added to the examination of the law school and the examination of martial arts, so a large number of students have come to the capital before the New Year.

The hall of Beijing Normal University has been expanded, and there are many places anyway, so Zhu Youxiao asked them to build a few teaching buildings and dormitory buildings. It is just right to provide accommodation for students who do not have a place to live.

Students from all over the world tasted the kun meat that they couldn't eat in their hometown in the capital, saw the glass that was brighter and stronger than the window paper, and used the flush toilet that they didn't know how to use.

The first to be conducted was the martial arts examination, which was held once every six years, and there was no such thing as a palace examination. Zhu Youxiao decided to follow the liberal arts department and also hold the martial arts palace examination (in the original history, there was no martial arts palace examination until the fourth year of Chongzhen), and later changed it to a triennial examination.

According to the regulations of the sixth year of Hongzhi, the content of the martial arts examination is to answer the strategy first, and then try archery. However, you are not allowed to participate in the riding and archery event in the strategy test. After passing the strategy exam, more than 800 people were held, and after the preliminary examination, the number was controlled to 300 people to participate in the martial arts examination.

The examination was held in the school field of Gongji City, and Zhu Youxiao also came to participate in person, the examiner was the instructor of the lecture hall, and the students of the lecture hall were all come to watch, Zhu Youxiao even found that even the students of the research institute had come to watch, such as Zhu Zhiyu, who studied steam ships, was inside.

He asked Zhu Zhiyu to come and said, "I'm interested in coming to see the martial arts exam today, how is the steamship?" ”

Zhu Zhiyu replied: "Your Majesty, the iron ship is being built, and we are using two plans to build the ship separately at the same time, preparing to test its speed. Today's Weapons Bureau is closed, so the minister came to take a look. ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be interested in martial arts, but you are an all-round talent in civil and military affairs." ”

Zhu Zhiyu said: "It's just a little interesting, I just practiced at home for a few days." ”

The first test is archery, compared to the preliminary examination, the distance of the arrow target has been pushed from fifty steps to seventy steps, and the foot shooting requires nine out of ten shots, so that more than 100 people have been brushed off.

Then there is mounted archery, each person shoots three arrows, this is used as a certificate of selection, only useful in the temple examination, and does not affect the results of the examination. Some people even hit the red heart, and some people missed the target with three arrows, causing applause and boos from the onlookers, and Zhu Zhiyu's palms were about to be red, and he seemed to like it more than he even liked the red heart.

After archery, the remaining nearly 200 people participated in the second event: weapons drills. The scene provided a large knife, an iron mace, and a halberd weighing more than 50 catties, and the candidates could choose one of them to conduct routine drills.

This is very powerful, because it is too heavy, some people can only barely pick it up, and they can't play a routine anyway. In the end, only ninety-eight people passed.

Sun Chuanting whispered beside him: "Your Majesty, the minister has checked, the number of people who passed this item was smaller in the past, and it was already good to be able to pass fifty people, and a hundred-pound big knife should be used during the palace test, so that the top three can be determined." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "The Shaoxing Mansion candidate just now, I can see that he is at ease, and I am afraid that there will be no problem with a hundred catties." ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Zhu Qiming, a candidate from Shaoxing Mansion, the son of Zhu Zheng, a doctor of Guanglu, also did very well in the strategy test, and he was the strongest in this group of people. ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Zhu Zhiyu, this person is our family." ”

Zhu Zhiyu made a gesture and said, "Your Majesty, that's the student's eldest brother." ”

Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "No wonder you are an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, it turns out that there is such an eldest brother, okay, okay, our Zhu family has a talent." ”

After lunch, continue to take the martial arts hall test, first take the literary test, the topic is "I see the use of firearms", although not many people have used firearms, but they have also learned about it in books, and there have been introductions in newspapers, so most of them can write something. It may not be very deep, but at least no one has said that firearms are far inferior to bows and arrows.

Then there's the highlight, the hundred-pound weapon routine. That Zhu Qiming is really good, he danced the big knife with a knife light, and there is another young man named Zuo Liangyu who is comparable to him, but this person's strategy can only be regarded as barely passing, which is far from Zhu Qiming.

So in the end, Zhu Youxiao named Zhu Qiming as the champion of martial arts, Zuo Liangyu as the leader, and Yao Wanxian as the tanhua. A total of 98 martial artists were admitted this time, and all of them will enter the lecture hall to study, and after graduation, they will be assigned to the army.

Zhu Youxiao called Zhu Qiming to his side and said: "You two brothers are one scholar and one martial arts, and they are both national surnames, I hope you can contribute to the country in the future, so that everyone knows that our surname Zhu is also a hero." ”

The two Zhu Qiming brothers knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Dare not die for Your Majesty!" ”