At noon the next day, without three feet of reminder, Shen Mo walked into the baking room, opened the baking drawer baked with a slight fire, and saw that the persimmons inside were already slightly white. He went to the next door and found the master of the kitchen and said, "Uncle Zhou, the persimmons have turned white, what should I do next?" ”

That Zhou Bo is a native of Shandong, cooking a good dish, and will also make all kinds of dim sum preserves, naturally not a problem with persimmons, Wen Yan said with a smile: "If you want persimmons to be chewy, three pinching and three covering are indispensable." Adult, you have to pinch it once a day, then put it back in the grill and cover it, and after three times, it's done. ”

"I can't think of making a persimmon," Shen Mo smiled, "It's quite troublesome." ”

"Is this still troublesome? Adults have a baking drawer, and it will be made in three or five days. Master Zhou shook his head and said: "The common people don't have this condition at home, they are all put outside to dry, and it will take a month to complete." ”

"Then my quick fix," Shen Mo asked with concern, "Will it affect the taste?" ”

"No, it won't." Master Zhou shook his head and said: "The persimmons made by this method are yellow, bright and sweet, and the fragrance is strong and frosty, which is much stronger than air-dried." ”

Shen Mo was relieved, so he went next door and began to pinch it for the first time according to the tips taught by Master Zhou. The first time pay attention to gently pinching, and one and one, but not to pinch the outer layer of dry skin. Rao is that he has writing skills in his right hand, and he has good weight, and he also has stamina, but when he finishes pinching the last one, he is still too tired to lift his arm.

I didn't stop at noon the next day, and I had to pinch it again. Fortunately, this time pay attention to 'evenness', that is, to pinch the persimmon all over the body, pinch it softly, what you want is strength, do not need to grasp the proportion; and then pinch it again on the third day, this time pay attention to the pinching book, and set the persimmon, which is particularly fulfilling.

Shen Mo was cool there, and the three feet outside reported: "My lord, Ouyang Butang is here." ”

Shen Mo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and with a lot of effort in his hand, he kneaded and flattened it back into a ball, and quickly kneaded and flattened it back to the baking drawer, not forgetting to instruct: "Don't move for me, I'll pinch it when I come back." "That's how it went.

Looking at the back of the adult, Sanchi couldn't help but smile, after so many years of silence, it was the first time he saw an adult do his own work, and he was so dedicated, I am afraid that in addition to wanting to cook some food for his distant family, there is a big reason, it is to use this method to relieve pressure.

Shen Mo came to the front hall, and was just about to say hello, but he was startled by Ouyang Bijin's image, only to see that Lao Shangshu's eyes were black, his face was tired, but his eyes were red, and his energetic appearance was very weird.

Without waiting for Shen Mo to speak, Ouyang Bijin asked eagerly, "What the book says is true?" Is there really such a magical steam engine? ”

"I've never seen the real thing, but I believe it's real." Shen Mo nodded and said, "Because I think it makes sense." "I'm ashamed, Shen Mo is a liberal arts student, he only knows the story of Watt and the teapot, and the basic principles of the steam engine, and even the future is a good prospect, but he doesn't know how to make this thing, not even a simple model, he really hates his physics teacher, why didn't he teach me how to do it?

So at this time, he could only hope for Ouyang Bijin's understanding and imagination. But what is surprising is that Mr. Ouyang is indeed much more enlightened than silent in this regard, and he only heard him excitedly say: "Isn't it just reasonable? I think it will definitely work! As he spoke, he dragged out a wooden box from under his feet as if offering a treasure, and said, "I pondered for a long time and made the simplest model, you can see if this is the reason." ”

"Oh? Already made? Shen Mo was surprised: "So fast." ”

"Because it's all ready-made." Ouyang Bijin smiled: "Look! As he spoke, he opened the box and took out two things as if offering a treasure.

One of them, with a huge body and a slender spout, is a large copper kettle used to make a large bowl of tea. The other is more strange, like a wooden palace lamp, with only a small round hole on one side.

"Do you have a stove?" Ouyang Bijin asked.

Of course, Shen Mo knew his intentions, and ordered, "Quickly bring a charcoal stove." "Sanchi hurry out.

Taking advantage of this emptiness, Ouyang Bijin filled half a pot of water into the copper kettle, sat on the stove, picked up the lid of the kettle, and preached: "I added a circle of skin to the lower edge of the lid of the kettle, and buckled it up like this, the mouth of the pot was sealed, and all the gas rushed out from the spout." Seeing Shen Mo nodding in understanding, he put the lid of the pot on the spout of the pot, and it took a lot of effort to fasten it tightly.

At this time, Sanchi brought a small red clay charcoal stove for making tea, and it was already lit with fine smokeless charcoal.

"It's really rich...... Ouyang Bijin sighed casually, and sat the copper kettle on the charcoal stove.

Waiting for the water to boil, Shen Mo pointed to the wooden box like a palace lamp and said, "What is this?" ”

"There's a windmill in there." Ouyang Bijin removed a piece of the wooden board that was also trimmed with leather and said: "This thing is not unusual, you have a lot of them in Zhejiang, this is the toy I made back then." ”

Shen Mo knew that the windmill was an ancient tool that had been used for at least a thousand years. There are many salt farms in San'in Prefecture, which are used to pump out the brine from the salt pans. The height is about more than two zhang, and the diameter is more than two zhang five. Take the solid wood as the dry, the dry top is flat and inserted eight horizontal axes, the lower end is the same as the top end, also like the axle, and the eight sails are hung around to be affected by the wind from eight sides. In the middle is a thick wooden shaft, and on the horizontal axis above the wooden shaft, a total of eight leaves of cloth sails are hung, which can be affected by the wind from all directions.

At the bottom end of the main beam, a huge parallel gear is attached, which is in contact with the vertical gear of one or two waterwheels. When the wind blows on the sail, the windmill rotates, the big gear naturally rotates, and fights with the vertical gear to make it rotate, then the belly of the waterwheel rotates around and leads the water up, which achieves the effect of turning the wind energy into its own use.

The model in front of me is like a work of art, although the sparrow is small and has all kinds of organs, the structure is the same as that of the huge windmill, and the reason is naturally the same...... The only difference is that the sail is made of tarpaulin, apparently to avoid damage to the canvas by steam.

I heard Ouyang Bijin say: "I put this windmill into this box, there is a hole under the box, which can stretch out the dry shaft of the windmill," and said Shen Mo looked at the bottom of the box and said: "I twisted a gear on the shaft from the outside of the box again." Then he showed Shen Mo the small hole on the side of the box and said: "Then insert the spout through this small hole, and the steam can blow directly on the sail surface, if you can make the gear exposed at the bottom of the box rotate, it means that the 'steam' can be used," and then inserted the wooden box on the spout, and looked at Shen Mo and said, "Do you understand?" ”

Silent said in his heart, okay, in a blink of an eye, I became the one who was educated. Smiled and nodded, "I see." ”

"Good." Ouyang Bijin nodded and said, "You'll see the effect right away." ”

With the continuous heating, the water in the pot finally boiled, because the lid of the pot was tightly suffocated, and the steam could only be sprayed into the wooden box from the slender spout, Ouyang Bijin didn't dare to take it lightly anymore, grabbed the handle on the wooden box, and carefully held it: "This box is not tight, there are many places where the steam leaks, and it will hurt for a long time if you let it spray." "Looks like you've learned the power of steam.

Shen Mo couldn't bear it a little and said, "Why haven't you turned yet?" ”

"You flick that gear." Ouyang Bijin said without thinking, obviously expecting this situation.

Shen Mo looked at the bottom of the box where the steam continued to spew, and he didn't want to do anything, but under the urging of Ouyang Bijin, he still quickly stretched out his hand and quickly plucked the gear, and the gear turned, and his hand was also kissed by the steam that spewed out, so painful that he bared his teeth and cracked his mouth, and he kept shaking it.

But the fast-moving gears quickly attracted his attention, and he saw that its speed was getting faster and faster, and there was no sign of stopping at all, and it was obvious that it was no longer his strength that was supporting it.

Although he had already seen the gears spinning constantly, Ouyang Bijin still admired and said: "This is the power of steam, as long as the water in the pot is still boiling, it will keep turning." ”

Although Shen Mo is illiterate in science, he also feels that this one that Ouyang Bijin has made up should be the most primitive steam turbine, and it doesn't seem to be the same concept as the steam engine that Watt studied. But it doesn't matter, anyway, everything is a prototype, as long as there is this idea, I believe that the smart Ming people, will be able to work through it, continue to understand its principles, improve it, develop it, and let the technology continue to progress.

The steam engine, even if it is a quiet person from the liberal arts, knows its significance, and with it there will be a precision lathe that runs at a constant speed for a long time. With precision lathes, there will be precision bearings, and with precision bearings, there will be shuttles, Jenny machines, and steamships...... Just thinking about a bright future, Shen Mo suddenly heard a loud bang on the ground, which frightened him into almost sitting on the ground, and then there was a thunderclap crackling, and there was a mess in front of him.

It took a long time of silence to come back to his senses, and he looked at Ouyang Bijin, who was sitting on the ground holding his head, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Blood oozed from Ouyang Bijin's fingers, and he was a little dizzy: "The lid of the pot collapsed, hit the handle of the pot, and finally bounced on my head," he said and looked at the pile of broken wood on the ground regretfully and said: "I broke the box by mistake, and then spilled half a pot of boiling water." Finally, you said: "Most of the boiling water has been spilled on your feet, don't you feel it?" ”

"Ah......h ”

"The boss is not a small person, why do you still play such a childish game?" Li Shizhen, who was called by Sanchi, shook his head and sighed while smearing scalding medicine on Shen Mo's feet: "I hurt myself and delayed other people's time." ”

Ouyang Bijin, who had a circle of gauze wrapped around his head, said with a disagreeing face: "You are Mr. Li who has seen the emperor sick, right?" ”

"What if?" Li Shizhen glanced at him and said.

"I heard that you are writing a "Compendium of Materia Medica"," Ouyang Bijin said: "You want to record all the medicinal materials in the world, but is there such a thing?" ”

"So what?" Li Shizhen rolled her eyes and said.

"All boring?" Ouyang Bijin pouted.

"Of course...... Don't get bored anymore! Li Shizhen said angrily: "Once my thing is done, it will benefit my people in the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Me too." Ouyang Bijin blew his beard and glared: "Once it is done, it will make earth-shaking changes in this world!" You can row without pulp, plough without oxen, and weave without people! ”

"Bragging." Li Shizhen had only one answer to his words.

"You ......" Ouyang Bi said in a breath: "Take ignorance as self-confidence!" ”

"Okay, okay......" Shen Mo endured the pain and interrupted the two: "Although the two of you are both experts, they are like mountains apart, and they can't understand each other, so don't quarrel." ”

The two of them ignored each other, Li Shizhen continued to medicate Shen Mo, and Shen Mo said to Ouyang Bijin: "How is it, boss, do you think this thing is worth doing?" ”

"Didn't you knowingly ask?" Ouyang Bijin grinned and said, "I can't wait, I can't wait to go to Suzhou tomorrow." Saying that, he glanced at Li Shizhen, who was busy with his head down, and said with a somewhat complicated expression: "I will write to Your Majesty when I go back, and ask for my resignation in advance......"

Shen Mo nodded, wanting to make a deep expression, but was helplessly touched by Li Shizhen, so he had to grit his teeth and smile: "Believe me, your choice is extremely correct, your name is destined to be recorded in history forever and forever." ”

Ouyang Bijin shook his head and said, "I don't expect anything to be famous, I just want to really make this thing out in my lifetime." He said with a long sigh and said: "As for the struggle for power and profit in the court, I will not get involved, I just hope that you will think of the common people in the world, less tossing, and do more practical things for the people." ”

Shen Mo nodded and said softly: "Boss, please believe that although we are also fighting for power and profit, there is still a difference between us and the Yan Party...... Their ultimate purpose is to be powerful and blessed, and we are here to help the world and the people. ”

"I hope so......" Ouyang Bijin nodded, got up and put on his hat, covered the bandaging place and said: "I'll go back, you have arranged it in Suzhou, and I will be there before the year." ”

"Stay, Boss." Shen Mo was inconvenient to get out of bed, and said to Sanchi: "Take out my set of books." ”

Sanchi nodded, went to the study, and after a while, came back with a box. Shen Mo pointed to it and said: "There are six books here, divided into six volumes of "Geometry", "Algebra", "Physics", "Chemistry", "Astronomy", and "Geography", which are ......" is the textbook that Shen Mo recalled when he was studying, and spent many years racking his brains to write it silently. Of course, he couldn't say that, so he paused and said: "It's the notes I learned from Jing Chuangong, and they all start from the most superficial point, which is not without benefit to your research." Said with a smile: "You might as well take it back and see, if there is any problem, we can contact us at any time." ”

"Okay." Ouyang Bijin took the six books, hugged them in his arms and said, "I'm leaving." ”

"Take care, boss, forgive me for not being able to send it far." A wry smile hung on the corner of Shen Mo's mouth, he really couldn't even get out of bed.

Silence asked people to go to the yamen to tell the truth and tell the truth, so they stayed at home honestly, anyway, they were really burned, and they were not afraid of others coming to see. The subordinates came in an endless stream for one day, and the next day it was much quieter. Sitting silently on the bed and reading a book, he was still thinking about his persimmons in his heart, and asked Sanchi to go to the baking room to see how it was.

After a while, Sanchi went back and forth, and brought back a plate of persimmons, at first glance a large piece of white flowers, white and soft, like a pile of snow. After walking in, it appeared, one by one like a round moon, with thick hoarfrost on it, and said with a smile: "Master Zhou said, the fire is ready, and the adult's persimmon is finished." ”

Shen Moxin picked one up and put it to his lips to taste it, the sweet feeling went straight to the bottom of his heart, and he put the persimmon in his mouth, like honey, and it disappeared without biting, and he couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart: "I'm really amazing." ”

"It's Master Zhou's fire control, okay......" Sanchi couldn't help but laugh secretly.

After tasting one, Shen Mo was reluctant to eat any more, so he made ten of these persimmons into a tube, tied them with palm leaves, counted them, a total of twelve tubes, and gave three feet and two tubes: "Take it back and give it to my niece to eat, and let people send the rest back to the south." ”

Sanchi excused himself and smiled: "Let's send them all back to the young masters, Master Zhou has made hundreds of cylinders there, I'll go to him to get them." ”

Shen Mo smiled: "Okay, I really can't do it like this......"

The two were talking with a smile, Xu Wei broke in in and panted: "Oh no, Ouyang Bijin resigned, Your Majesty has approved... Approved ......"

"That's a good thing, isn't it?" Silent laughter.

"Yan Shifan already knows that you did it," Xu Wei gasped and said, "Threaten to pick your skin!" ”

"I'm so scared......" Shen Mo pouted, "Go, send it out quickly." But he said this to Sanchi.

Sanchi nodded and went out with the basket.

Seeing that he was still unhurried, Xu Wei jumped to his feet and said, "Don't you know how powerful he is?" Hurry up tomorrow, and the excerpt of impeachment will be full of His Majesty's imperial case! ”

"Really?" Shen Mo scratched his head and said, "Then we will impeach him too." ”

(To be continued)