On March 24, the 18th year of Chunxi, on this day, the huge fleet of the Southern Tour of the Great Song Dynasty finally arrived in the Special Administrative Region, and when the fleet docked, it was already approaching dusk.

The spring weather in the SAR is pleasant, the sunset in the west dyes the clouds in the sky red, and the arrival of the fleet makes the port of the SAR suddenly stir up, but the flags are hunting, and the drums are playing in unison. It's just that this enthusiastic scene didn't continue, and after a while, the scene became a little hectic.

After a long period of confusion, a carriage under strict escort drove straight to the Guogong line.

Mao Geng waited at the dock for a whole afternoon, and finally waited for the emperor's boat, but Zhao Yan, who had been tossing for a long time at sea, was obviously extremely unwell, so he got into the carriage and left. Think about it, Zhao Yan is old after all, he is fifty years old at the time, and even if it is the latest royal ship, it is not a luxurious Titanic, so even if the elderly Zhao Yan has the help of the shock absorption system, he is still not lightly affected by the bumpy pit at sea, and it seems that he will have to rest for at least two days to recover.

6 You is two years older than Zhao Yan, and his body is quite healthy, but after all, he is not forgiving, and like the old emperor, 6 You can't stand the bumps on the sea, but I'm afraid that I have to take care of it for a day or two before I can move.

And Xin Qiji, who was just over fifty years old, was a military general when he was young, and his body was naturally outstanding, and his reaction to taking a sea boat was not strong. In fact, there were no stormy seas at sea, and it was generally stable.

Xin Qiji is not the kind of person who can endure loneliness, but following the emperor's southern tour, he can only follow the same steps, until he follows Zhao Tuan's brigade to parade around, and then settles down in the guest house, Xin Qiji has the opportunity to move freely.

However, it was said that Chen Liang arrived in the Special Administrative Region two days ago, and Chen Liang was accompanied by "returnee" Long Jiu. Chen Liang naturally has his own ambitions when he goes to the Special Economic Zone this time, and Mao Geng certainly understands this. In fact, not only Chen Liang wants to operate the establishment of a special zone on the Kra Isthmus, but also the group of traversers on the Kra Isthmus, including Long Jiu, also want to test it, these people think that while the emperor is on his southern tour, by the way, he will engage in public relations or something, and it is good to set up a special zone on the Kra Isthmus, if not, at least let the imperial court support the "New Silk Road" across the Kra Isthmus, from this point of view, Chen Liang and Long Jiu came to the Special Zone together, and the goal is roughly the same.

Chen Liang had correspondence with 6 Jiuyuan and Zhu Xi, so as soon as Chen Liang arrived in the Special Economic Zone, it was like an old friend meeting, and the three of them had to make peace. However, almost all of Zhu Xi's interests at these times were focused on Gewu, but 6 Jiuyuan took off some. Xin Qiji met with Chen in Goose Lake two years ago, drinking and talking about major events in the world, and this time he had the opportunity to get together with Xin Qiji, so today Chen Liang pulled 6 Jiuyuan as a companion, and couldn't wait to come to his old friend Xin Qiji, and he had to drink again.

Chen Liang is already wealthy, and in the past two years, he has followed Mao Geng, and he has been making money every day, and he has already bought a villa in the Special Economic Zone, although it is not the top one, a villa of more than 800 square meters with three floors is enough to make people envious. Lian 6 Jiuyuan has been in the Special Administrative Region for so long, that is, he lives in a small building of more than 400 square meters with two floors.

Today's reception banquet is in Chen Liang's house.

6 Jiuyuan and Xin Qiji met for the first time, but they had already exchanged letters, and they could be said to have been friends for a long time.

After a while, the Chen family's own wine and food began to be served, and just now there were only two dishes on the table, Chen Liang couldn't wait to pick up the wine glass and persuade the wine:

"Jiaxuan, I haven't seen you for two years in a blink of an eye, and Jiaxuan's demeanor is still the same! Jiaxuan, you are really enviable, Minmetals Holdings is also mining copper, zinc and lead, and manganese and coal, with 30,000 or 40,000 people, and countless treasure mines have been mined. Come, come, I and Xiangshan will toast you three cups. ”

Xin Qiji laughed:

"I'm ashamed! The virtuous brother is admired by the foolish brother overseas. Whether it is Annan or Zhancheng, you Chen Tongfu can walk sideways, and those local princes worship you Chen Tongfu like a god, it's not simple! Speaking of digging coal, the amount of coal mined by your Chen Tongfu is sky-high, and compared to it, the coal that Brother Yu dug in Pingxiang is simply not worth mentioning. You also have a concession there, and you also occupy a great place on the so-called 'New Silk Road'. To take a fashionable phrase, the virtuous brother can definitely be called 'tall' now, what a jealous foolish brother! Brother Xiangshan, look, do you have to let Chen Tongfu drink three cups first? ”

6 Jiuyuan smiled when he heard this, and said in his heart, the two people in front of him are both hot people today, so he smiled and said:

"The two virtuous brothers have made a great achievement, which is gratifying. If you want me to say, Tongfu still has one thing to be proud of, that is, he is ingenious in vernacular novels and opens up a new style in the literary world, and the influence in the market is not insignificant. Come on, I'll have a drink with the two virtuous brothers. ”

As soon as the three of them touched their glasses, the three glasses of wine were emptied.

Chen Liang saw that 6 Jiuyuan deliberately mentioned his vernacular novels, but this is not a compliment, his novels have been popular in the past two years, and Chen Liang is naturally proud. Speaking of today's vernacular literary novels, Wen Yuan is a precedent, but he has a tendency to catch up, not only affecting the literary world, but also affecting the daily language communication of the people. Nowadays, there are many new words and expressions on the market, and many of them are from their own novels.

Chen Liang is still very proud of being a vernacular novelist of the Great Song Dynasty, and while he is happy, he also remembers Mao Geng's instructions, so he said:

"Brother Xiangshan, drinking today, only me and Brother Jiaxuan are drinking. You're still recuperating, and it's good that you drink alcohol. ”

After speaking, he said:

"It's a pity that the old master Zhu Xi is not idle today, if Brother Yuan Hui can come, it will be even more complete."

Xin Qiji was also a little strange, it seemed that Zhu Xi didn't even go to the dock to greet the emperor, Zhu Xi's style seemed a little inappropriate.

Xin Qiji couldn't help but ask:

"After Brother Yuan Hui became the dean of Gewu, it is said that he is very busy, but he is not so busy! Brother Xiangshan, I don't know what Mr. Yuan Hui has been busy with recently, I think you should know it. ”

Xin Qiji and Zhu Xi had correspondence, which can be regarded as a gentleman's friend, and 6 Jiuyuan and Zhu Xi met at Goose Lake in the past and left a good story, which can be described as a great friendship. Hearing Xin Qiji ask about Zhu Xi, he explained:

"Jiaxuan doesn't know, Mr. Yuan Hui is really busy these days, this matter he is busy with should be said to be quite important, although it is an absolute secret, but Jiaxuan, you are not an outsider, it doesn't matter if you know it today, Gewuyuan is opening gas generation technology, once this gas generation technology is successful, it is said to be amazing."

Seeing the mysterious appearance of 6 Jiuyuan, Xin Qi's curiosity immediately aroused, and he asked:

"Gas-based technology? Is it godly? ”

Chen Liang went to the Special Economic Zone two days ago, and he already knew about this matter, and then after Mao Geng and Long Jiu's popular science, he understood some of the ways, and immediately solved the confusion for Xin Qiji:

"Jia Xuan, the gas technology that Mr. Yuan Hui is developing is said to be really a great technology. This gas, as the name suggests, is a gas produced by coal that is used as fuel, just like the combustible gas coming out of a fire well in Sichuan. The use of gas is said to be quite wide, and one can be used for lighting, which is slightly inferior to that of electric lamps, but certainly better than whale oil lamps; Second, gas can be used for cooking, and according to Ryujiu, what kind of gas stove that uses gas will definitely be popular in the future; However, neither of the first two points is important, the most important thing is that gas can be used as what kind of power fuel, it is said that because gas can be compressed and lightweight, the range of a steam-powered ship can be increased by three or four times compared with the same weight of coal. It's very godly! ”

Gas lighting, gas stove or something, Xin Qiji can't imagine the way, but Xin Qiji followed Zhao Tuan's southern tour this time is to take a steam-powered ship, steam-powered ships are fueled by coal, as the CEO of Minmetals Corporation, which is ready to vigorously mine coal, occupying the thermal coal market has long been in his plan, and when he heard Chen Liang's statement, Xin Qiji couldn't help but have a strong interest in gas.

Seeing Xin Qi's jaw, the two of them clinked their wine glasses and toasted the great gas.

Chen Liang was still unfinished, and continued to pose:

"However, this is not the most godly, the most divine thing is that this gas will be used in a power engine that is more magical than a steam engine, and that magic power engine is called an internal combustion engine. I might as well reveal to you that this magical internal combustion engine has almost been successfully driven, well, that is, it can be turned up, I saw it with my own eyes two days ago, Mao Geng said, it is a burning ball internal combustion engine. ”

When Chen Liang talked about the burned-ball internal combustion engine, he was actually half-. For the "internal combustion engine", Chen Liang was told that it means that the fuel is burned directly in the cylinder, and Chen Liang roughly understands such a concept, but why it is called a burning ball type is not something that Chen Liang can understand.

In fact, the burnt-ball internal combustion engine is also called the hot-ball internal combustion engine, which is a two-stroke internal combustion engine that relies on the ignition of the red iron ball in the cylinder in advance.

Basically, there are three ways to ignite internal combustion engines in the world. One is the ignition of electric sparks, which will be known to the earthlings of later generations; The second is diesel compression ignition ignition (the gas is compressed, the pressure increases, the gas temperature rises, and when the diesel spontaneous ignition ignition point is passed, the diesel fuel is injected into the ignition and combustion); The third is to preset a red-hot iron ball on the opposite side of the fuel injection inlet of the cylinder, each time the fuel is injected into the fuel, the fuel is sprayed with the red-hot iron ball, which is ignited immediately, and then burns to do work, and each combustion makes the hot iron ball maintain high temperature, and ignites again when the fuel is injected in the next time, so that the cycle repeats to ensure that the fuel is injected without stopping, and the continuous cycle can be maintained.

Chen Liang's revelation is a bit mysterious, what is the "burning ball type", and what is the "internal combustion engine", for the liberal arts student Xin Qiji, it is indeed too difficult to understand, Xin Qiji frowned, and drank a glass of wine with Chen Liang. Xin Qiqi said in his heart, who called Chen Liang to write science fiction novels, anyway, he is used to nonsense, let's not see him in general.

Chen Liang didn't care how much Xin Qiji understood, and continued to blow the sea:

"However, the fly in the ointment is that the prototype of the internal combustion engine uses alcohol as fuel. Jiaxuan should know about alcohol, that is, the wine we drink is distilled and purified repeatedly, and the final wine that does not contain a little water is alcohol. The problem is that alcohol is brewed from grain, so you can't use alcohol as fuel, you can't afford it! This gas is to replace alcohol, since coal can be used to produce gas, well, charcoal can also produce gas, so there is no need to worry. Whether it is coal or charcoal, the gas produced can be used to power the internal combustion engine. With the advent of the gas age, ships can go faster and farther, and airplanes can take to the skies. ”

Xin Qijian understood this paragraph, so he didn't need to say it! Of course, alcohol can't be burned, and there is too much coal in the ground to dig up, so if the miraculous internal combustion engine can use the gas produced by coal, it will be much more cost-effective.

As for what an airplane is, as long as you read Chen Liang's science fiction novels, you will understand what it is. Imagine that one day there is a kind of machine that can fly freely in the sky, like a big bird, that must be very hilarious.

"Alas! Jiaxuan, it's easy to say, but it doesn't seem to be easy to really use coal to produce gas. Hehe, if you see Zhu Xi another day, you will definitely be surprised. The hands are black, the nostrils are black, and the face is a lot darker! It's not easy to do this kind of gas! ”

After listening to 6 Jiuyuan's words, at this point, Xin Qiji knew that Zhu Xi was really busy, and he was busy with a big thing that seemed to be related to "governing the country and leveling the world".

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