There was a loud bang, shaking the entire Hengqu Academy.

"Here we go again."

Wang Xiang grunted, rolled over, and put the quilt on his head.

But his nap was immediately gone, and Han Zhong pushed open the door and shouted loudly, "Ruilin, the steam engine has exploded again!" ”

"It's my business." Wang Xiang said sullenly under the quilt.

Han Zhongyi sat down on the poun in front of the bed and patted the quilt, "Ruilin, your family and my family have paid for it, and it's none of your business?" ”

Wang Xiang couldn't continue to sleep anymore, turned over, lifted the quilt, and said unhappily, "What does it matter to me as a dead person?!" The steam engine is a matter of the world, once it is implemented in the world, it will be a change that has not been encountered in a thousand years, how can it be made within three or two months?! ”

was rushed by Wang Xiang's getting up, and the person who came was still smiling, not angry at all, "Ruilin is right. ”

In his opinion, during this period of time, many people who were interested in steam engines were indeed too eager for quick success.

Yelu Yixin's reward for the prince was already dumbfounded, and the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce took out a total of 200,000 yuan of goods for the steam engine, which made the entire Guanzhong boil.

The county king of Liao is thousands of miles away. But the 100,000 yuan of the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce is real cash. Moreover, the statement of the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce also said that the practical steam engine cannot be achieved overnight, as long as it can complete one step, there will be a bounty for one step.

The most basic steam engine only requires the function of pumping water, as long as it can replace the windmill and pump water from the deep well, it is considered successful.

And the 30,000 guan as the first step of the bounty has been placed in the Hengqu Academy, and as long as the verification of the Hengqu Academy is passed, it will be sent out immediately.

Originally, some people thought that Hengqu Academy was too involved in the activities of businessmen, which was really unreasonable, but Su Xin had a seizure and delivered a speech in front of all the teachers and students.

It is said that the Confucian scriptures are the great way, and the craftsman's business is the technique and the technique. Compared with the Tao, it is a matter of waiting! But what is the Way? Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, this is the way. The purpose of the sage's outline and rituals is to be a benevolent character. Benevolence, benevolence, and finally the realization of benevolence. It is not a book of scriptures that talk about righteousness.

What is benevolence? From food and clothing to a well-off, from a well-off to Datong, let all the people in the world get such a life step by step, this is benevolence. If a qiē violates this, it is against the holy way. Although the steam engine is only a utensil, it can bring good health to the people. If this kind of benevolent weapon does not lose the avenue, but it loses Sven, then Sven is wrong and should be abandoned! ’

There is the endorsement of Su Xun, the highly respected mountain chief in Guanxi, and in the Hengqu Academy, there are thousands of scholars as witnesses, and who does not believe in the sincerity of the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce in Guanzhong? It's up to whoever gets the bounty.

Emperor Taizu once said, 'If you give 100,000 yuan, you will break the house.' 'That's not bad at all.

This reward, even for those who have the heart to enter the scholar, they can't help but be moved.

The legitimate income of an ordinary civil servant in a year, including the gifts of the same year, is only two or three hundred. 30,000 yuan, you have to earn a hundred years.

What's more, there is no one in ten officials who can be promoted to court officials. The civil officials in the selection stage are only about 100 times, and at most 200 times. Coupled with some income that cannot be seen, it is great news to have 500 yuan.

Compared with the initial reward of 30,000 guan, the benefits of a total of 200,000 guan are many big measures, and they really break the eyeholes and the house.

The students taught by Hengqu Academy all have a deep understanding of the principle of the steam engine, and even the useful parts designed by their predecessors can be found in the past "Nature".

So for a while, the study of steam engines became popular in the academy, and one person worked behind closed doors, and many people joined forces to sign an agreement to win the 30,000 yuan bounty together.

But correspondingly, the test site inside Hengqu Academy, as well as the students' residences, often had the sound of loud explosions.

The boilers and cylinders of each family were blown up over and over again, and last time, in the small courtyard where Han Zhong and Wang Xiang lived, an iron crankshaft flew and smashed into the yard, but fortunately no one was injured.

Wang Xiang got up, yawned and changed his clothes, and said, "There are only people injured now, and after a while, people will die." ”

Han Zhong said, "It's not all bad, that is, it didn't invent a usable steam engine, maybe something else could be invented in between." ”

"Well, if no one had studied the boiler, they wouldn't have built a pressure cooker."

The pressure cooker is a new gadget that is becoming popular in Guanzhong today. It is made of pure cast iron, whether it is the body of the pot or the lid, it is cast iron. The top and bottom of the pot body and lid are designed with bayonets, and as long as you turn a small angle after the lid is closed, the lid will be firmly stuck on the pot body. In the center of the lid, there is a small short rod less than an inch long, with small holes that connect the inside and outside, and a movable plug that can be covered on the small short rod.

If there is water in the pot, after boiling, the water vapor cannot be dissipated, and the pressure in the pot will increase until the small plug is pushed up.

This kind of pressure cooker is extremely economical in firewood, and when the lid on the top of the cooking rice is steaming, you can take it off the stove, put it for a while, and it will be cooked by itself. Meat, on the other hand, can be stewed quickly, and if you put it on the stove and forget the time, even the bones can be cooked and melted in your mouth.

This kind of pressure cooker, although expensive, can be such a thick cast iron, can be used for decades, and save firewood, if it is combined with the small coal stove on the market, the daily diet can save about half of the charcoal money.

So it was only two months after it appeared on the market, and it immediately spread in Guanzhong.

"It's just too heavy, which woman can afford to lift it?" Han Zhong said.

Wang Xiang had already packed up at this time, got up and walked towards the academy with Han Zhong.

"Can't afford it?" Wang Xiang arched his hand to a classmate, turned his head to Han Zhongdao, "Don't underestimate the women's family." Carrying hundreds of pounds of burdens, walking on dozens of miles of mountain roads, walking like flying, there are many here in Kansai. And also...... You don't remember which one in the cafeteria. It has big shoulders and a round waist, can sail in the belly, and can run a horse on two arms. ”

“…… Is it the one who has been wrestling in women's sumo wrestling in Kyozhao Mansion for two years? ”

"Is there anyone else, that block, you and I are only worth it combined. That's known as Sai Zhangfei! ”

During the time of Renzong, female sumo wrestling was popular, and there were women's sumo competitions staged every day in the major tiles, and there were hundreds of women who relied on sumo wrestling to eat, and later Emperor Renzong heard about this excitement, so he summoned a few female sumo wrestlers to come in and compete in front of the emperor. But after Sima Guang heard about it, a letter of advice crackled Emperor Renzong's face, not only could the Son of Heaven not be able to watch tricks in the imperial city, but even the female sumo wrestling in the Jingshi Wazi was also closed.

However, the women's sumo wrestling in Kyoshi has been banned, and there is no one in the local area. Kansai fights every year, and the martial arts are very hot, and the most popular is sumo. At that time, the company guarded Qingjian City, and the temple outside the city was halfway off, and suddenly found that the girder was too heavy to resist. As soon as Chong Shiheng's eyes rolled, he said that he was going to compete in sumo, and when he landed, the people of the whole city poured in, and they just fell into his plan. When Chong Shiheng said that the performance would start on the beams of the house, the old and young rushed up, and they didn't want a penny to help him carry a beam to the top of the mountain.

Therefore, in Kyosho Fuchu, before the advent of the Keju League, sumo wrestling was the most popular competition. And the popularity of women's sumo is no worse than that of men's sumo. Shirtless or wearing only a short dress that doesn't cover anything, and wearing only a crotch cloth underneath like a man, where can it not be welcome?

But it's a bad thing for Sima Guang, after he was driven out of Beijing by Wang Anshi in Jingshi and came to Jingzhao Mansion as the prefect, the first thing was to continue to get along with the new party, and the new law couldn't be implemented at all in Jingzhao Mansion.

Sai Zhangfei, a widow who cooks in the kitchen of Hengqu Academy, is one of the victims.

Wang Xiang sighed, "Last time, several senior brothers in the third grade drank and made trouble, and she came up directly and slapped a senior brother away. The next day, I finally got up, and I was carried to the instructor again, how miserable it was! ”

Han Zhong imagined that scene for a moment, and shuddered and shook his body, it was indeed terrifying, not to mention that a pressure cooker could be lifted with one hand.

The two were talking, and slowly walked to the halfway up the mountain. With the mountain gate in sight, Wang Xiang looked at the soaring white gas not far away, and sighed, "It's too chaotic after all." ”

"There are pros and cons to everything, and it is still a good thing overall, and it is better than reading the Bible and reading it to be stupid. So the mountain chief just channeled, but did not object. ”

"It's just that the restraints are not strict, and it will be better if my father-in-law comes."

Han Zhong shook his head disagreeably, "The strict constraints of the family have never been strict." ”

During the Chinese New Year, Han Zhong went to Gongzhou Township to meet his grandparents. After a long journey, he grew a lot.

On the surface, Han Gang's governance was harsh, even begging was strictly prohibited, and he came up with a relief method to distribute all beggars to the frontier. But Han Gang knew that his father's methods in the court were actually not ruthless.

The world only saw his decisiveness to smash Cai Qu to death with a hammer, but did not see Zeng, Xue, Su and other traitors, but he was not even sentenced to death for the ten heinous crimes, but only sent to Lingnan. Others thought they would soon die of illness – for various reasons – but they are still alive and well.

However, if Han Gang personally directed, the steam engine should appear soon, although there was no reason for this idea, but Han Zhong was so sure.