Luo Jian was very busy in Yangzhou, but at this time, in the Wuying Hall of the Imperial City of Nanjing, the court officials were arguing.

The source of the quarrel came from the opening of the canal in the Manchu Qing's demand for peace talks, which involved Yangzhou, and Ma Shiying felt that he could not call the shots.

Li Zhan and a group of imperial historians believed that Yangzhou was the place of the Ming Dynasty, and they should obey the arrangements of the imperial court, and the imperial court directly called the shots.

But Ruan Dacheng and a group of officials disagreed, and made it clear that if Luo Jian, the governor of Huaiyang, did not agree, it would be useless for your court to make a decision.

Ruan Dacheng also pointed out that in the matter of peace talks with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is necessary to invite the governor of Huaiyang to return to the DPRK to participate, because this peace was brought by the Yangzhou army, and without the consent of the Yangzhou army, people can fight if they want, and the peace talks are just empty words.

Ma Shiying felt that Ruan Dacheng was reasonable, but he was worried that Luo Jian's return to the DPRK would disrupt the peace talks, and everyone knew that Luo Jian was a resolute main battle faction.

The two parties argued endlessly in the court, but Zhu Youxiang did not doze off and listened very carefully. Whether or not the peace talks can be successful is what he is most concerned about, and he can't do it if he doesn't care.

Thinking of the domineering appearance of the Manchu envoy in the palace a few days ago, Zhu Youxiang was a little angry, and the ministers of the court and the central government were all soft, afraid of the Manchurians, and only by inviting the Duke of Wei Guo back could the Manchus be suppressed.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiang interrupted everyone's quarrel, made a comeback to the master, and said: "Don't quarrel with the Qing family, I have decided, and immediately ask Wei Guogong to return to the court." ”

The messenger sent by Zhu Youxiang had not yet arrived in Yangzhou, and Luo Jian from Guazhou had already received the news.

The construction of the shipyard has progressed very quickly with the full support of Shi Kefa, the shelves of the factory have been erected, the raw materials such as wood needed for shipbuilding have begun to be purchased, and the silver is called much faster than the government's own order.

Luo Jian specially met with the shipbuilders from Huai'an, these craftsmen have a lot better on their faces, they are obviously living well in Guazhou, and everyone is full of longing for the future life.

After coming out of the shipyard, the two went to Liu Weimin's research institute again, where Luo Jian finally met Fang Yizhi.

Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing were working on the steam engine, and a large table was filled with various wooden models, surrounded by a large group of young people.

"Old Song and Mr. Fang, are they busy?" Luo Jian took the initiative to say hello.

"Xinghua, Inspector, are you here? Find your own seat. Song Yingxing fiddled with the wooden model, looked up at Luo Jian and Shi Kefa, lowered his head and picked up the ruler and kept gesturing, and wrote and scratched on the paper.

"Fang Yizhi has seen the Governor and the Governor, thank the Governor for his rescue." Fang Yizhi put down the work in his hand, got up and bowed to Luo Jian and Shi Kefa, and a group of young people next to him also bowed.

"Mr. Mizhi (Fang Yizhizi) doesn't have to be polite, can you still get used to it in Yangzhou?" Luo Jian asked.

"Governor, everything is fine, I learned a lot from Mr. Song and Xiao Liu, and when I got here, I realized that I was really a frog at the bottom of the well before, and there are too many things to learn, I wrote a letter to a group of friends a few days ago, asking them to come to Yangzhou, this is the place to really do practical things." Fang Yizhi said with a sigh.

"Well, Mizhi is very good, he learns things quickly, and with his help, the development of the steam engine is much faster. When the old man is old, it will depend on you young people in the future. The way of science is as vast as a sea of smoke and prosperity, you must seize the time to cultivate talents. When the steam engine came out, I would go back to school to teach. Song Yingxing raised his head and said.

"Yes, talent is the most scarce in the development of Yangzhou, ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, basic education can not be relaxed." Luo Jian also sighed and said.

Shi Kefa became interested in the steam engine, and pulled a young man next to him and kept asking.

The young man obviously didn't understand anything about this, and he didn't know why.

"Brother Xian, if the steam engine comes out, it will be a big deal. Our machine tools can be driven by steam engines, our ships can be propelled by steam engines, and we can also build steam trains that run on land, and it is not a problem to transport hundreds of thousands of stones at a time. Luo Jian explained to Shi Kefa with a smile.

"Xinghua, our biggest difficulty now is the output power, oh yes, the problem of insufficient power has not been fundamentally solved, to get enough output power, we have to build a very large steam engine, there is no practicability." Song Yingxing said beside him.

"Song Lao, the output power is not enough, is it because the sealing problem is not solved well? If it's because of this, I suggest you go to the craftsmen to find a way, sometimes the masters are among the people. ”

Luo Jian knew that the development of the steam engine in history was because it could not solve the sealing problem, resulting in low power, and later the emergence of rubber basically solved this problem.

"Why didn't I think of that? Xinghua, you've helped us a lot. Song Yingxing said as he stood up and led the two young men to run outside.

"This old Song is really an urgent child." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"The Metropolitan is also an expert in steam engines?" Fang Yizhi looked at Luo Jian in surprise.

"Mizhi, I've been in contact with Xinghua for so long, as if there is nothing he doesn't know." Shi Kefa said with a smile.

"Hehe, I'm half a bucket of water, I know a little bit of everything, I'm not good at anything, if you really want me to build a steam engine, I can't build it." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Mr. Mizhi, if you have any difficulties in Yangzhou, you can tell Xiao Liu directly, you can also tell me, Xiao Liu still has a lot of books there, you can find it first, you have this foundation, and you can learn faster than others." Luo Jian had high hopes for the other party.

"Metropolitan Governor, I have already found a lot from Mr. Song, and I am studying, and when I finish studying these books, I will go and ask Mr. Liu for advice. Wisdom is very happy here, there is no difficulty, thank you Dadu. Fang Yizhi said.

"Then you guys are busy first, let's go to Xiao Liu's to have a look." After Luo Jian finished speaking, he and Shi Kefa went to Liu Weimin's separate small courtyard.

There were five or six guards standing outside the small courtyard, and some people were patrolling around the courtyard, which seemed extremely strict.

The guards reported that Luo Jian and the others were coming, and Liu Weimin came out of it wearing a white coat, and the mask was pulled under the dismount.

"Chief, Inspector, you're here, I'm doing an experiment." Liu Weimin said.

"What are you doing?" Luo Jian asked.

"Chief, what else, ammonia, anyway, I'm going to spend it with it during this time, I don't believe I can't get it." Liu Weimin said with a smile.

"Let's go, go in and have a look?" Luo Jian said.

"It smells terrible, chief, won't you go in?" Liu Weimin said with a smile.

"Poisonous?" Luo Jian asked with a smile.

"There is definitely no poison, and it is definitely harmful to the human body if you smell too much, and we all wear two layers of masks." Liu Weimin said.

"How much time do you estimate you can get it out?" Luo Jian was a little expectant.

"Chief, this is not easy to say, a small amount is no longer a problem, but it is difficult to industrialize production, I am still waiting for Song Lao to get the steam engine there, so that I can get the compressor, he can't do it there, I can't do it here." Xiao Liu said embarrassedly.

"What happened to the production of artillery and rifles?"

"It's all handed over to Brother Mao, and he is also very busy now, but he has found a few dozen young scholars, all of whom are very good, and they can already help him a lot."

"Where are you? You don't bring a bunch of people? ”

"Yes, there are dozens of them in this courtyard, and they are all busy, so they don't let them out. By the way, chief, Liu Jun of Division Commander Liu's family is also here, this kid is particularly interested in chemistry, and he doesn't want to go back after coming once. Xiao Liu said.

"Oh? I'm afraid Lao Liu doesn't know yet, right? Lao Tzu is a soldier, and his son may become a chemist in the future. Interest is the best teacher, you have to teach this kid well. Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Chief, the kid from Master Li's family is no longer making trouble as a soldier, and now he is learning machinery from Song Lao, this kid is really a little talented in this regard." Xiao Liu continued.

Luo Jian came over from there just now, but he didn't pay attention, Song Yingxing, if you don't ask him, he won't take the initiative to say it.

"Xinghua, these two young masters have become craftsmen, I'm afraid the two masters are a little unwilling, right?" Shi Kefa asked with some concern.

"Craftsman? Brother Xian, any academic research to the extreme, will become famous and famous, hundreds of years later, history will not remember us, those scientists who have made significant contributions to mankind, will be truly remembered. "Luo Jian's concept of Shi Kefa has not completely changed, and he is really a little depressed.

"I didn't think that way when I said how you two looked at me like that, I was just worried that the two of them would think so." Shi Kefa saw that both of them were looking at him with strange eyes, and said depressedly.

"Brother Xian, these technical research and ordinary craftsmen are fundamentally different, they are the real creators, if these people have no social status, the country and the nation are hopeless, when these technical research talents, their status is higher than our officials, our country will have hope." Luo Jian said.

A few people walked towards the gunsmith as they spoke, and they had already asked someone to ask, and Chen Zilong was there.

The large building of the gunsmith's factory was bustling with the sound of clanging everywhere.

Chen Zilong was discussing something with a group of craftsmen, and when he saw Luo Jian and a few people coming in, he was afraid that he would walk outside the factory, it was too noisy inside, and he couldn't hear clearly.

"Governor, Governor, are you here? We're trying to figure out how to get your rifle cartridge casings, but it's still difficult, it's too expensive to use copper, and we can't afford it. Chen Zilong said.

"Oh, you're already working on a breech-loading rifle?" Luo Jian asked happily.

"What is the research, Xiao Liu gave us all the drawings, but it is still a lot of difficulty to do now, I heard Xiao Liu say, your kind of bullet shell is stamped, but we don't have this equipment." Chen Zilong said depressedly.

"I said Brother Mao, there is a saying that is not called 'sharpening knives and not cutting wood', without equipment, can't you develop equipment first? The equipment has been developed, and there are still many uses, and all kinds of equipment in the future are inseparable from stamping equipment, so you can start here. Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Xiao Liu, you go back to find information in this area, these and some machine tools are basic equipment, we used to grab time, now the time is not so urgent, some industrial foundation must be laid." Luo Jian said.

"Xinghua, why didn't you come earlier? We've had a lot of detours. Chen Zilong said depressedly.

"Maozhong, Xinghua only came back from Xuzhou yesterday, and this morning had a morning meeting, and he rushed over in the afternoon." Shi Kefa said with a smile.

"Yes, Brother Mao, now that the situation has changed, our thinking must also be adjusted, we can't just count things out without regard for quality as before, now we have to consider some basic things. Why don't we have a meeting in the evening and discuss it? Xiao Liu said beside him.

"Yes, my brain is turning slowly, and if I have a meeting at night, I will immediately ask people to notify the factory managers and Mr. Song." Chen Zilong said anxiously.