Placed in the courtyard outside the city of Biandu, a group of craftsmen are surrounding a strange thing made of iron, looking at it non-stop, their eyes are both good and nervous.

Take the best iron ore of the Great Song Dynasty, recruit the most skilled blacksmiths and craftsmen in the surrounding states and counties of Biandu, and have been busy for nearly four months, at first they have been smelting the most high-quality iron in the Great Song Dynasty, and according to the various strange-shaped accessories given by Le Hou Ye, they have been hammered and forged repeatedly to make the accessories that Le Hou Ye needs, until the last part is completed, and finally it took a little half a month to assemble this heavy and heavy, and strange thing in front of him.

The accessories that Lotte wants to forge, in the eyes of a group of blacksmiths, one by one is not only strange, but also unheard of, unseen, the difficulty of processing is also unprecedentedly difficult, it took more than four months before and after, the effort is not ordinarily large, often up to at least to the requirements of Lotte, was required to rework and rework, a group of people were tossed is not a tragic word.

I have been busy a lot, and today I am looking at the strange thing that I have spent countless efforts to assemble and form, and is called a steam engine by Lord Le Hou, and the hearts of many people are getting better and better.

After looking down and down the steam engine for a while, a craftsman cautiously asked Lotte Shi Li: "Master Hou, can this thing really be as you said, Master Hou, you only need to fill this furnace with coal and ignite it, which can make its water boil, and then drive this wheel to turn?" ”

Listening to the craftsman's words, everyone turned their eyes to Lotte.

It doesn't require manpower, animal power, wind power, and water power, and it is impossible to drive a thing in the eyes of a group of craftsmen

"It should ...... Yes! Hearing the question, Lotte answered very well...... Hesitate.

Lotte's words made a group of craftsmen have the urge to roll their eyes, the best blacksmiths in the states and counties around Biandu City have been invited to gather in your Le Hou Ye's courtyard, under the command of your Le Hou Ye, almost worked hard before and after nearly half a year of busy situation, originally thought it was a sure success, but I didn't expect to get only a sentence from your Le Hou Ye "should...... If you can", you can imagine that you are depressed.

However, a group of craftsmen were soon relieved again, there is nothing in the world that can succeed at once, and besides, the family Le Hou Ye destroyed the famous handsome of the Western Xia and raised the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty, just because the emperor lost his future, and at home he made some wonderful ideas to do some tricks and relieve boredom to entertain, but it was nothing.

Besides, it's not that you don't give yourself these labor money, and the wages are still very rich, and the Hou Ye is not in a hurry, so why are these people in a hurry.

Thinking about it again, Le Hou Ye was able to avoid creating Le Hou Jing with his wonderful ideas, and it benefited thousands of people in the Great Song Dynasty, and because Le Hou Jing made a lot of money for the other courtyard, there is a precedent for success, and the hope of the heart is also a lot, hoping that the strange thing called the steam engine by Le Hou Ye can really succeed today.

Lotte is very clear, in front of this is only a steam prototype used to verify the principle of steam power, there is still a long way to go from the point of practicality, and the overall appearance is not large, as for the practical can push how much load of the boat, Lotte did not count in his heart, after all, Lotte was not originally learning this profession, everything has to be explored little by little.

In order to make the success rate higher, before making this steam prototype for verifying the principle of the steam engine, Lotte specially asked several carpenters to make a wooden structure steam engine model according to the design drawings one by one, which was used to verify the feasibility, until all the parts fit reasonably and accurately, and then officially built.

For the machine to work, precision is very important.

In the meantime, many of the components of the validation steam engine needed to be accurate to a fraction of the size of a human hair in order to achieve a perfect fit between them. To this end, Lotte has almost completely copied and copied the vernier calipers, compasses, and protractors used in later generations, the most basic tools used for surveying and mapping.

There are many things that have been lost in later generations, which make Lotte breathtaking, but the advanced and accurate of later generations is enough to amaze the craftsmen of this era of the Great Song Dynasty......

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"Lubricated!"

"Boiler water!"

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Following Rakuten's instructions, a craftsman began to grease the moving parts of the piston cylinder to facilitate lubrication. At this time, castor had not yet reached the Great Song Dynasty, so there was no castor oil that could be used as a lubricant for high-grade machines, so it had to be replaced by edible oil.

The operation of the steam engine is inseparable from the water in the boiler, so in order to keep the water in the boiler, Lotte specially set up an automatic water dispenser.

Everything was prepared, and Lotte's mood became more and more excited, suppressing some excitement and nervousness, and ordered: "Ignition!" ”

At Lotte's orders, a junior apprentice began to light a fire in the furnace of a steam engine boiler.

Soon the fire in the furnace was lit, and Lotte and the craftsmen stared intently at the boiler, and saw that white steam was gradually spewing out from the boiler's exhaust hole.

At the same time, Lotte's mood became more and more nervous.

The fire in the furnace was burning brightly, and the steam coming out of the exhaust hole gradually increased, and Lotte's eyes were getting wider and wider.

The crankshaft is connected to the cylinder and the runner, and under the watchful eye of Rakuten, the cylinder is connected to the piston, and the crankshaft that moves because of the piston finally moves, and because of the connection of the crankshaft, the runner also moves......

As time passed, the fire in the furnace became more and more vigorous, the sound of boiling water in the boiler became louder and louder, the sound of excess steam spewing out from the outlet valve became louder and louder, and the rhythm became faster and faster.

"Succeeded......"

Seeing such a scene, the craftsmen's eyes widened, and when they showed a look of disbelief, they shouted even louder.

The craftsmen present, whether they were young apprentices, or in the prime of life in their thirties and forties, or old men in their fifties and sixties with gray hair, everyone was excited at the moment.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Luban cut wooden birds for three days and three nights without falling to the ground, Zhuge Wuhou in the late Han Dynasty made wooden oxen and horses to transport military rations, and the Southern Dynasty Zu Chong's system did not require manpower for thousands of miles of ships, although it was known to craftsmen, but they all existed only in rumors, but the steam engine made by Le Hou Ye that could rotate by itself was really unheard of, and it was not rumored that Luban, Zhuge Wuhou and others were poor, and even more victorious.

Naturally, the craftsmen knew the purpose of the steam engine, and in the future, it could be used for weaving, rice milling, and flour.

"Charcoal!"

After experiencing the joy of success, Lotte decided to see how fast the steam engine could run and how much power it could emit.

Of course, this is only the first version of the steam engine, and Lotte believes that as long as he teaches all the principles to the students in the Quest Academy, when these children grow up and have the thinking of future generations, it will not be long before more and better steam engines will be transformed.

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"Master Hou, something big happened on Liangzhejiang Road!"

When Lotte was indulging in the joy of steaming success, Tu Si rushed to the courtyard with a few notes in his hand, and said anxiously.

"What happened?" Lotte asked, squinting.

When Lotte approached, Tu Si whispered a few words beside Lotte and gave the note to Lotte.

didn't speak, didn't open the note handed by Tu Si, Lotte just walked towards the main hall with a solemn face, and Tu Si and Shakuchi who were with Lotte hurriedly followed.

After taking two steps, Lotte suddenly stopped and instructed: "Shakuinchi, today at noon, I ordered the kitchen to add wine and food, and the wine pipe was enough to drink, to celebrate the successful operation of the steam engine, and to pay more than the usual reward with each of the craftsmen and craftsmen as an encouragement." ”

"Lord Xie ......"

Listening to Lotte's instructions, without waiting for the ruler to reply, a group of craftsmen thanked them again and again.

Lotte entered the main hall, Tu Si followed, Wu Song and Yang Zhi stayed outside, and Shakuchi did things according to Lotte's instructions.

There were no outsiders, Lotte opened the paper handed by Tu Si, and only met and wrote in small letters: On the ninth day of October in the second year of Xuanhe, Fang La gathered more than 100 Manichaean congregations to feast and drink, and during the banquet, he led the peasants to kill the owner of the lacquer garden, Fang Youchang, who had a vendetta and reported to the county government.

After the news of the Fangla uprising spread, the peasants in Qingxi County responded one after another, and the uprising team quickly grew to tens of thousands. At the beginning of November, Fang La established his own imperial court, called himself "Shenggong", Jianyuan "Yongle", and placed officials and generals, and the ranks were divided into six grades, with various colors of scarves such as red on the head.

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After reading the note, Lotte burned the note to ashes and sighed: "The previous dynasty was regarded as an illegal abolition, and now the Manichaean people, who are hidden among the people, have finally made a noise. ”

Tu Si hurriedly said: "Master Hou really had the foresight, when he was the eldest master in the fish pond, he would have expected that these Manichaeans would have the heart of rebellion. ”

"Since it is a cult, how can it be willing to be willing to sink into mediocrity, as long as it encounters an opportunity, it will make a disturbance." Lotte shook his head and asked, "Does the imperial court know about the changes in Qingxi in eastern Zhejiang?" ”

"Back to Master Hou's words!" Tu Si hurriedly replied: "Our spies are much more useful, there has just been a civil unrest in Qingxi, our spies will go to investigate, and when the investigation is real, we will immediately return to the Hangzhou stronghold, we will use the flying pigeon to pass the news, and pass the news according to the secret language formulated by Hou Ye, and the news of Hangzhou can be transmitted to Biandu in three days."

Over the years, the court has been lazy in the government, the courtiers have been effective, and the local government is corrupt, as for the Liangzhejiang Road, it is the emperor who is far away, and now I am afraid that the Liangzhejiang Road system envoy has just gotten the news of Fang La's rebellion, at most to send someone to check whether the matter is true, and after it is determined, the news of Fang La's rebellion will be transmitted from Hangzhou to Biandu, and the road will be carried day and night with a hurry, and it will take seven days at the earliest, and the efficiency can be much slower. ”

Although Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, controls the Imperial City Division, but the intensity in recent years has not been as good as in previous years, at first some ambitions to make the Imperial City Division bigger and stronger, Shi Goudang has been abolished by Lotte before, as for Wang Goudang and Xu Jiang, they only have a passable mentality, because of Shi Goudang's departure, the Imperial City Division has terminated the pace of expansion.

Secondly, Zhao Kai also understands very well, the Imperial City Division is bigger and stronger, which may not be a good thing for his father Zhao Ji, in order to win the heir, Zhao Kai is suspected of abandoning his martial arts.

Sighing softly, Lotte said: "The efficiency is so low, the imperial court sent troops to quell the rebellion, I am afraid that Fang La has already occupied half of the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Seeing Lotte's face of worrying about the country and the people, Tu Si patted the horse and said: "Hou Ye has no worldly handsome talent, this southeast chaos, and the Western Army is busy pacifying the small bandits in Western Xia, the court wants to quell the rebellion, and it will definitely make Hou Ye rise again and take command ......"

Waving his hand to signal Tu Si not to continue, Lotte shook his head and said: "Now I am still the emperor's son-in-law, and I have nothing to do with the court, not to mention that the sky is falling and there is a tall man, everything is decided by His Majesty, Le only needs to be his own idle marquis." ”

"What Master Hou said is true!" Tu Si said busily.

Lotte continued: "Always pay attention to the movements of the rebel Fang La, and send the news from time to time!" ”

"The little one has been ordered to go down, if there is any movement on Liangzhejiang Road, report to Hou Ye immediately!" Tu Si hurriedly replied.

"Well done!" Nodding his head Lotte expressed his approval, and then instructed: "In addition to the flying pigeon and the king who stayed in Hangzhou, there are also people who have business dealings with Le, remind them to quickly transfer their industries, so as not to be copied by thieves and ruin their lives!" ”

Tu Si nodded busily, and then did as Lotte instructed.

The Fang La Incident finally broke out......

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