Zhu Youxiao said: "Factory minister, you send someone to Longhu Mountain to pass the decree, and let Zhengyi Zhenren send two people who are powerful in alchemy to the Weapons Bureau." You can try to make this match first, and then tell me when you succeed. Be careful not to spread the production method, this will also be a big industry. ”

The three of them hurriedly agreed. By this time the steam engine had begun to start, and water was coming out of an iron pipe. Everyone cheered together, and Zhu Youxiao took a look, the river was about five feet away from the ground, and it was already very good to be able to beat the water so high.

He thought for a moment and asked, "What did you use to seal the inside?" ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "In Eucommia, a kind of glue can be extracted, which is soft and hard, and it is very suitable for sealing the inside and becoming the vacuum that His Majesty said." ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "That's good, by the way, in the far east, there is a kind of tree, I call it a rubber tree, after cutting, it will flow out soft things, which can be made into gelatinous substance, I want to get their seeds, but unfortunately there is no such condition now." ”

Xu Guangqi said: "It's not impossible, now the Portuguese are willing to provide us with nautical charts, and we can sail there to find them." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Really? How could they be willing to provide charts? Didn't you want to before? ”

Xu Guangqi said: "The Dutch also have nautical charts, which have been provided to us, together with astrology, there is not much difference between Portugal and not, but the comparison between the two is always good, the Portuguese are very good, knowing that the Dutch gave us nautical charts, they are naturally happy to send a favor." ”

Zhu Youxiao asked, "Where did we go with the Dutchman's charts?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Sun Gebu wrote that they had sailed to Malacca to the west for 3,000 miles, and to the east had passed Batavia for 3,000 miles, and they did not dare to continue to advance, and now they have returned to Taiwan. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Haven't you already sent them the map of Wanguo? Can I go to South America according to the map? ”

Xu Guangqi said: "It should be possible, does Your Majesty want them to find rubber tree seeds?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Rubber is a very important material, send a message to Sun Gebu, let him choose someone to go to South America to find rubber tree species, if you encounter a species that we don't have here, also bring it back." ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Do you want to bring the students of the research institute with you to explore the geography along the way and prepare for the future occupation?" ”

Zhu Youxiao asked strangely, "Why do you want to occupy these places?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Jiannu is not enough to trouble, and Haiyi in the south will be my enemy of China and Japan." If you want to fight them, you must learn their colonial methods and spread the seeds of China all over the world. ”

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his thumb and said: "Mr. is really the first person in China to open his eyes to the world. I have a gentleman, which is a blessing to invite heaven. ”

Xu Guangqi bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is a saint, and the ministers are just attached to the tail." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Use the Dafu boat, bring the students, bring more soldiers and firearms, go all the way, find out the geographical situation, and we will grab South America with Western countries." In addition, I looked at the map of the world, and there is a large area that is not marked, and it should be that Westerners have not found it. Send a few ships to the southeast from Srivijaya, there is a huge island, the territory is equivalent to the land of China, occupy this place, immigrate to the past, and create a prosperous land of China in this place. And it's hotter here, so it's more suitable for crops. ”

Looking at Xu Guangqi's puzzled look, Zhu Youxiao added: "These are all what Taizu told me in my dream, and Taizu said that this will be the land that China must occupy." ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Then the minister will wait to arrange someone to sail to South America as His Majesty said, let's take a look at the steam engine first." ”

Sun Yuanhua glanced at the teacher gratefully, and asked Mao Yuanyi to step forward to introduce the basic situation of the pumping machine. After listening to this, Zhu Youxiao said: "Since there is already a rotating shaft, it can be used to push the car to move on the rails." ”

Mao Yuanyi said: "There is no problem with pumping, the machine on the railroad track is still testing, and it will not be reported to His Majesty until it is completely successful." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "The steam locomotive will be studied within a year, and the railway will be repaired by then, it will be much better than a horse-drawn car." Passed the decree, promoted Sun Yuanhua, Bi Maokang, and Mao Yuanyi as guests of the prince, and each rewarded a set of villas in the capital and 10,000 silver coins. Those who have made meritorious contributions under it will be rewarded separately after the book is made. ”

The prince's guests are the third grade, and the three of them are finally among the high-ranking officials, so they are naturally overjoyed and bow down to thank them. Zhu Youxiao said: "There are meritorious rewards, there are punishments, and my principle is very simple. You should pay attention to several aspects in the later stage, one is the miniaturization and large-scale of the steam engine, the second is that the development of the flowering bomb cannot be stopped, and the third is that you can try to use the steam engine on the ship. Don't use firewood as fuel, it should be more efficient to burn coal. ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "The previous guest mentioned the use of coal instead of firewood, and the ministers have already asked people to look for suitable coal everywhere. The flowering bomb that Master Bi is responsible for has basically succeeded, but there are still some problems in controlling the time, and it will not be reported to His Majesty until it is fully mastered. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "There is no trick in mechanical manufacturing. I have shown you the way, as long as you think and try, you will naturally get something. Last time, I said that there was a sage who said that success has been tried since ancient times, and Lu Lobby said that there has been no success in trying since ancient times, and I felt that the former was saying that you must try to succeed, and the latter was saying that you should not think about trying once to succeed. A hundred times not enough, try a thousand times, of course, but also discuss with each other to find out the reasons for failure, sometimes, the inspiration is just a thought, maybe it will flash when you discuss. ”

Mao Yuanyi said: "Your Majesty will give us and other team guidance, which is much stronger than we have discussed for a month." ”

Bi Maokang also said: "The direction pointed by His Majesty has always proved to be correct. Your Majesty's wisdom is as deep as the sea, and the ministers are ashamed of themselves. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "I only know some principles, and I have to bother Zhuqing about the experiment." I only hope that when I am dying, I can see electric lights, telephones, cars and ships, and my Chinese sons and daughters are all over the world, and no one dares to bully us. Then it is not in vain that I came to this world. ”

Sun Yuanhua hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, what is this electric light telephone, car and ship?" Tell the ministers and let them do their best for His Majesty. ”

Zhu Youxiao laughed and said: "You don't need candles at night, but they are brighter than candles, and they are for electric lights." Thousands of miles away, you can hear you talking, it's for the phone. As for the car steamer, it's similar to the steam locomotive you're working on, but it's smaller and faster, and it can be used on ships. Cars, ships, and ships, you should study them now, and I will retrain people to study them. ”

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