"What deal?" Bai Ziyun asked.

Huai Fang said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, I want to go back to the desert." ”

"I know." Bai Ziyun said with a smile.

Huai Fang said humbly: "If you are willing to put it in the lower place, you will be honored as the Lord in the lower wish, and worship it every year." ”

Bai Ziyun mocked: "After you go back, I'm afraid that you won't be able to protect yourself, how can you worship this seat every year?" ”

Huai Fang froze slightly, his expression was a little depressed, and he said after a while: "What Your Majesty said is that I am no longer popular in the desert, and after I go back, my father will definitely dispose of me, but I also have some forces in the desert, but it is not so easy to obey." The Venerable has locked me up here, it is useless, why not release me back into the desert and let me do something for the Venerable. ”

"You're impressed." Bai Ziyun looked at Huai Fang for a while, his eyes condensed slightly, "But I'm not at ease with you." ”

Huai Fang raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "The Venerable Divine Power is vast, will there be no way to restrain it?" ”

"Naturally." Bai Ziyun smiled lightly, and in a moment, there was a small ice cube on his left hand, and with a wave of his hand, the ice cube was submerged into Huai Fir's body.

Huai Fang was startled for a moment, and suddenly felt a tingling itch in his chest, and a pinprick pain, like a thousand ants biting and biting. Suddenly he screamed and rolled around on the ground, in extreme pain.

After a long time, Bai Ziyun slapped the Huai Fir Void, and the tingling sensation suddenly disappeared without a trace. After Huai Fang returned to normal, he was sweating all over his body, still having palpitations, and looked at Bai Ziyun with hidden fear in his eyes.

Bai Ziyun said with a smile: "I have already given you a life and death talisman, and it will have an attack once in half a year, you have already felt the feeling just now." The taste of ten thousand ants biting is not something that ordinary people can bear. Even the big heroes can't stand it. ”

Huai Fang's body shook slightly, and he leaned down. Panic said: "The superior is unpredictable, and he is afraid in his heart, but he will have a life in the future, and he will obey everything below." ”

"Good." Bai Ziyun was very satisfied with his performance, and suddenly chuckled, "With your current situation, after you go back, I'm afraid you won't live long." In this way, I will have someone pass on a set of martial arts to you. You can cultivate here for a few months, and when you have achieved something, you can go back to the desert. ”

"Thank you for your great grace, you will never forget it." Huai Fang leaned over to thank him, slightly excited in his heart.

After completing it at this time, Bai Ziyun returned to Baijiazhuang, and it didn't take long for the next person to report. Zhao Yu, the manager of the arsenal, asked to see him.

As soon as Bai Ziyun arrived in the hall, he heard Zhao Yu shouting excitedly: "Your Excellency, great news, the steam engine has been prepared." ”

"Oh?" Bai Ziyun suddenly smiled. "You can make a steam engine after I expected, but what about the precision of the steam engine? Will there be air leaks? ”

Zhao Yu smiled: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, although the precision is not very high now. But according to His Holiness's instructions, I have found a plant that can be used as a sealing ring. Now there is no leakage in the steam engine. ”

"Good. You've worked hard during this time, take me to see it. ”

Bai Ziyun came to the arsenal again. As soon as he arrived at the door of a room, he heard the roar of a machine, the noise of which he had not heard much in modern times, and he could not help but feel slightly excited when he heard it again. The invention of the steam engine meant the beginning of a new era, and the industrial revolution was about to begin.

Thinking of this, Bai Ziyun quickly entered the room, and when he saw it, he was stunned, only to see a large machine in the center of the room, four or five meters high, constantly erupting hot gas, the huge flywheel was spinning rapidly, the cylinder made a bumping sound, and the ground kept vibrating. Two laborers wielded shovels and kept filling the boiler with coal, sweating profusely.

Bai Ziyun looked at the iron lump for a while, and smiled with satisfaction; "It's good, it's just too big, and the cost will be much higher." In the noisy sound of the machine, Bai Ziyun's words were clearly audible.

Zhao Yu didn't have the ability of him, but said loudly: "Your Excellency, this is our first machine, it is for experiments, and it will be slowly improved in the future, and the steam engine will gradually become smaller." ”

"Hmm," Bai Ziyun nodded, and asked again, "How about the horsepower of this machine?" Have you tested it? ”

"There are five horsepower, probably the power of five horses."

"Oh? That's good, you can easily drag the wagon. Bai Ziyun was very satisfied, looked at the huge volume of the steam engine again, and said with a smile: "But this kind of thing can't make a carriage, the sound is too loud, and the vibration is too big." ”

"Yes, reducing noise and vibration is the next step for us to solve."

"Overall, you're doing a good job." After all, it is the first machine, and Bai Ziyun will not be too harsh.

Zhao Yu said: "But Your Excellency, there is still a very big problem. ”

"What's the problem?" Bai Ziyun withdrew his gaze from the steam engine and looked at Zhao Yu.

"Reducing noise and vibration, as well as air leakage, is inseparable from precision, because of the problem of machine tools, we are not very precise now, which is why we make such a large steam engine. Especially for the problem of air leakage, we are not precise enough, and rely too much on the sealing ring, and the plants we now make the sealing ring are tough, but they are not as good as rubber in terms of heat resistance, and they will soften after a long time. ”

"I know where rubber is, but it's too far away to be able to get there with our current capabilities. That can only be done on precision. Bai Ziyun looked at Zhao Yu, "Your main course below will be on the research and development of machine tools, and I will sort out some relevant information for you." ”

"No!"

"Now with the steam engine, the kinetic energy of the machine tool is much stronger, and it is much easier to improve the precision of the machine tool, which is a virtuous circle."

Although this steam engine is not very satisfactory now, this is the first steam engine, and after the machine tool is renovated, it will soon be able to build a steam engine that meets the requirements.

Bai Ziyun returned to Baijiazhuang in a happy mood, and not long after he sat on his buttocks, Liu Ji, the Taishou of Zhuojun, asked to see him. When Liu Ji entered the hall, Bai Ziyun asked with a smile: "Liu Taishou, why do you have time to come to this seat today." ”

"There is something to discuss with the Venerable." Liu Ji said with a smile.

"Oh? What's up? Bai Ziyun asked, the things that can find Bai Ziyun are generally not trivial.

"Zun, since the Zun Shang made the god of cement, now the cement has been widely used, the wealthy businessmen like to use this thing to pave the ground, the construction of new houses also use this thing, now the ground in Zhuo County is basically cement floor, the cement floor is smooth as a mirror, neat and durable, it is indeed a good thing. Therefore, other county magistrates sent letters to the subordinates, hoping that the local people could also use this material, and use it to pave roads and build bridges for the benefit of the people. ”

"That's right, this seat is ready." Bai Ziyun groaned slightly, and said: "I want to sell the cement formula and use it to attract investment, what do you think, Liu Taishou?" ”

"This," Liu Ji hesitated slightly, "cement manufacturing is cumbersome, and the workers are extremely hard, if cement is prevalent in the world, I am afraid that some families will let domestic slaves manufacture in large quantities, and then it will be a waste of labor and money, and I feel inappropriate." ”

Bai Ziyun nodded, knowing what Liu Ji meant, Liu Ji's words were very vague, what he meant was that after the secret recipe was sold, it would definitely fall into the hands of the imperial court, this kind of good thing, the imperial court would not not use it, with the emperor's urine, there would definitely be large-scale forced labor, and at that time it was really a waste of labor and money.

Bai Ziyun frowned and said: "This seat knows that there was no investment in the past, and it was also because of this problem. Is there a solution for Liu Taishou? ”

Liu Ji said: "The secret method of not selling cement is that the cement factory can be built all over the land of the Han Dynasty, and no one dares to pay attention to the secret recipe with the prestige of the honorable." ”

Bai Ziyun shook his head and smiled: "The family doesn't dare, but the emperor has no scruples, my cement factory has been patronized by thieves many times in the past year, and it was all sent by the emperor." ”

Liu Ji was slightly stunned, and mocked: "The dignified emperor, even doing such a thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs, is not afraid of people's jokes." ”

Then he asked with concern: "Your Excellency, is this secret recipe lost?" ”

"Probably not." Bai Ziyun said helplessly, "It's hard to say in the future, as the saying goes, there are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves, so why the emperor is so persistent in the cement secret recipe is really incomprehensible." ”

It is said that recently he was inspired by the "Records of the Immortal Immortal World" to develop water pipes in the harem, and now the water pipes have been laid throughout the harem, and threatened that such sacred objects should not be enjoyed by me alone, but should be shared with all subjects. So, Luoyang in a lot of construction, began to lay the water pipes, the superintendent of the small officials from the force, the entire Luoyang City into a miasma, people panicked, rumored that many subjects could not bear it, escaped from the imperial capital. Liu Ji's words were quite mocking of the emperor, obviously disappointed in the emperor.

"There is such a thing." Bai Ziyun was suddenly surprised, and after thinking about it slightly, he remembered that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had invented tap water in the original history, but the scale was not as large, and it seemed that he was influenced by himself.

Bai Ziyun said solemnly: "This guy is so messy, I'm really afraid of what he will do after he gets the cement secret recipe." ”

"It is precisely for this reason that the Venerable One should keep the secret recipe and not leak it." After speaking, Liu Ji looked at Bai Ziyun with a look of wanting to speak and stopping.

Bai Ziyun frowned and said, "Liu Taishou, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

"No!" Liu Ji thought about the wording slightly, and said: "Your Excellency, now the emperor is mediocre, which makes people and gods angry, and the heavens are angry and resentful. ”

Bai Ziyun frowned slightly, and said, "What does Liu Taishou mean to let this seat go to the imperial capital?" ”

Liu Ji bowed and said: "Exactly, I implore you to plan for the world and for the small people." ”

"Hmm." Bai Ziyun shook his head and said, "Go to Luoyang, it's not the time yet, let's go for a while." (To be continued......)