Chapter 706: Summer Solstice

Smart people tend to think too much, and Hong Chengchou is a model. But this guy is really powerful, and he can endure it very much for the position of the first assistant. In front of Zhou Yanru, he can also put himself in a low position and listen to the lesson. Is there a person in this world who is born to know, Hong Chengchou will guess one for the time being, and more importantly, he has calculated Zhou Yanru's thoughts, in order to keep the position of the first assistant, he is ready to compromise with Chen Xie, how could Bufan mention those words before. It's nothing more than a hint, just let Chen Xie make trouble outside, we in Beijing can just be invisible, and don't make trouble for him, just get through this hurdle first.

At this time, Zhou Yanru's mind was seen through by Hong Chengchou, and this old guy still wanted to seek re-election. With a sneer in his heart, Hong Chengchou got up quietly to say goodbye, and returned to the signing room and was silent. If you want to be the first assistant, you must first be in the emperor's heart, otherwise it is all nonsense. In contrast, because he is good at hiding his intentions, among the existing cabinet ministers, Hong Chengchou is the one with the least disgust from the emperor. It can be said that it is unlikely that Zhou Yanru wants to be re-elected, and he may not even be able to pass Tingtui, the reason is very simple, the emperor does not like it.

Zhou Yanru in history hung up at the age of 50, and his fate was changed in this time and space, and he lived to be 60 and still alive. At this age, there is actually no problem at all to be the first assistant again, the problem is that as the boss of the Wenchen Group, he has to safeguard the interests of the group on many issues, and after holding power for a long time, there is no emperor! I would like Shoufu to work continuously for more than ten years.

Let's put it this way, let Zhou Yanru live to be seventy years old, and the first assistant of the cabinet will continue to work, who knows if there will be another minister.

Smart people will definitely ask for bones at this time, and if they continue to do it, they will definitely attract the emperor's suspicion. Zhou Yanru is a smart person, but being smart makes people sometimes confused. The head of the civil service. Who wants to go on like this? Especially on the premise that it can be pushed to produce, it is human nature to fight for life and death. People who are accustomed to holding authority will often have no taste in life without the taste of power.

Therefore, Zhou Yanru has already lost before he starts. Very simple. Because the quota for Tingtui is ten. In the results of the emperor's selection, there will definitely be no name for him. Do the best of people, once you come down, you can only go home, otherwise what do you want? Staying in the court, how to settle you? And it is certain that in the current situation of Daming, once Zhou Yanru goes down, it will be difficult to think about it again.

Summer in Gangnam is not only hot. It's still stuffy. Wait for a few days to come, and it is common to not see a sunny day for ten days and half a month.

In the governor of Songjiang Mansion, the entourage picked up all the fans, and Chen Zilong was still sweating hot, and kept wiping them with towels. When working at work, it is no better than at home, this is still a new style of clothing, and if it is the kind of caftan in the past, it can kill people. Chen Xie, who was holding a folding fan, came in. glanced at Chen Zilong and said, "It's really hot and stuffy this day." ”

Between words. The maid behind him followed, holding the iced sour plum soup, and the entourage hurriedly took it, Chen Zilong stepped forward and arched his hand: "Where are you going to the cabinet?" Chen Xie smiled: "You are sharp-eyed, you can see that I am going out." ”

Chen Zilong saw him standing at the door and didn't move, so he hurriedly came out and said, "Let's go together next." Chen Xie nodded and said, "Go and change into casual clothes." I'm waiting for you. Although Chen Zilong didn't know what he meant, he hurriedly took a sip of ice drink, went back and changed into casual clothes, and the two of them came out with two entourages. Boarding the carriage, all the way to Tata Tower, Chen Zilong only said when he found that he was out of the city: "Out of the city? ”

Chen Xie nodded and said, "Yes, it's too hot this day, it's a precursor to heavy rain." In recent years, Songjiang Prefecture has invested a lot of money in repairing water conservancy and dredging ditches, and I am not worried. Chen Zilong was strange and asked casually: "What are the cabinets worried about?" ”

Chen Xie said: "I don't have to worry about anything, I just went to the shipyard to have a look." "Said that he was not worried, but in fact, Chen Zilong still saw it, and Chen Xie must have something in his heart. I didn't break it at the moment, but said: "The rainy day is coming, and the ground is stuffy." ”

Nodding, Chen Xie glanced out the car window and sighed: "You and I are worried that it is too hot this day, do you know what the old farmers in the field are worried about?" They were worried that if there would be too much rain on this day, the fields would be flooded, and they were even more afraid that the rainy days would be too long and the rice would not grow well if there was no sunshine. ”

Chen Zilong said: "The cabinet has the people in its heart, and Zilong is impressed. Chen Xie shook his head and said: "It's useless to worry, I'm just a person, there are more people in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are more people in the world." It's just a matter of worrying, and if you really sit in this position, even if you know a lot of things, you may not be able to change much. You can only do it little by little. ”

Chen Zilong was deeply touched, he was also an official, and in the position of the county commander, he must look at the problem from the perspective of the whole county, and there are personal gains and losses mixed in, such as states, governments, and provinces. It's nothing more than how much Cheng dù is, and no one can be perfect. The shipyard was by the river, and when the carriage of Tata Tata arrived, the guard at the door, an old man with a missing arm, opened the door when he saw the carriage, greeted him with a smile, and saluted with the remaining left hand.

Chen Xie stopped the carriage, opened the door, and raised his hand to return the salute. The old man stood straight, looking a little excited: "Why is the master here, just bring this person?" As soon as he opened his mouth, he knew that he was a veteran of Dengzhou. Chen Xie said with a smile: "It's just to see how the steamboat is built, the family can suffocate people in this weather, and you can blow some river breeze when you go out for a walk." ”

There was a phone in the shipyard, and after the old man called to inform him, a few heads came after a while, and when they saw Chen Xie, they all stepped forward to make a gesture, and Chen Xie refused to let him kowtow. Replacing Chen Zilong with the previous one, he must be unaccustomed to it, but now he can face it calmly. I used to think that craftsmen were inferior, but now I don't see it that way. In Chen Xie's industry, the most respected are those masters. For example, a report from Liaodong that I read recently mentioned that the mother-in-law of a craftsman's household, in her thirties, used glass powder, copper wire and other materials to make a hair quotation and letter.

Chen Xie specially emphasized in this report that in the future, for every citation and letter produced, this woman will be able to get a penny of silver for the patent fee. And a special reward of 200 silver dollars for the woman as a token of encouragement. In this matter, Chen Zilong deduced from the side that in that place in Liaodong, in Chen Xie's industry, not only are craftsmen not discriminated against, but the status of women is also different.

Walking along the cement road, a craftsman who led the way along the way kept introducing, and the word "horsepower" was mentioned the most. Chen Zilong knew that this was a unit, and listened quietly with his ears, and it was not unusual for something new to happen on Chen Xie's territory.

"The paddle wheel is easy to do, and the propeller propulsion mentioned by the difficult old man. We waited for the diesel engine that the old man brought to be used as the power, and it was installed in a small boat, but it could be driven. But on a big ship, it's still hard to achieve this. Smaller propellers are easier to process, larger ones are more difficult. What's more difficult is the gear, even if you know the principle, there are many problems in the design, and they are solved one by one, and the processing problem has to be solved. Chen Zilong was like listening to a book from heaven, and followed him to the river in a daze.

A ship appeared in front of me, and there were two sets of huge paddle wheels on the outside, and at first glance they were iron guys, and I don't know how to make them like this.

"The rivet technology is relatively mature, if the problem of transmission and propulsion can be solved, even if the iron ship is built in the future, it is not a luxury. What were the results of the ship's sea trials? Chen Xie approached and took a closer look, and came to this sentence. Chen Zilong's frightened legs were weak, iron boat? Cabinet, this joke is not funny. But look at the others, and take it for granted.

"Back to the master, you can run eight knots along the water and six knots against the water. We wondered if to add sails when we turned back to the sea trials. The leading craftsman's tone was a little hesitant, obviously asking for Chen Xie's opinion. Chen Xie shook his head and said, "No need, this is a crooked path." The future development direction is steam turbines, and what you have to do is to follow the steps I set step by step and complete the accumulation of technology. Wooden ships are built now, and iron ships will be built in the future. Don't be in a hurry, complete the accumulation of technology little by little, cultivate talents, and ensure the inheritance in the future. Science is a thing that you can't do at all, and if you cheat now, you will be punished in the future. ”

Saying Chen Xie's tone, he said these words countless times, and everyone's ears heard the calluses coming, but every time Chen Xie appeared, he would still mention it. The red flag on the shore swayed, and the black smoke of the paddle steamer on the ship billowed out, and suddenly there was a whining and whining, and the huge iron anchor was slowly raised.

Looking at this scene, Chen Zilong really didn't know what to say, but he felt very excited. These things have been seen in the past, and they can only be counted on the power of ghosts and gods. Even if you are a reader, you will think like this, what is the "strange force and chaos", there are clear things that cannot be explained at all, how can you pass the hurdle in your heart if you don't blame the power and confusion?

Now Chen Zilong knows that there is no power of ghosts and gods, this is what Chen Xie said, the power of science. Or rather, the power of Gewu. Mmmm, Gewu is what it says to other people, and what it says internally is science. This Chen Zilong can't be mistaken.

The huge paddle wheel began to turn, and Chen Xie watched without squinting. It's actually not necessary to build a paddle steamer, but if you don't do it, Chen Xie is worried about the problem of technology accumulation, so he still stubbornly follows the rhythm of history to climb the science and technology tree. Unexpectedly, after this paddle steamer came out, the technical accumulation of rivets was completed. Otherwise, the huge paddle wheel, what do you use to fix those iron guys, there is no electric welding!

This can be regarded as the completion of a technical accumulation of rivet technology in shipbuilding, and we will talk about it in the future with the emergence of electric welding. In fact, Chen Xie is most worried about this technology tree, after climbing to a certain level, even if there is information cheating, it has begun to slow down in recent years. The reason is very simple, it takes a certain amount of time to accumulate, and only after a quantitative change is formed will there be a qualitative change. (To be continued......) R1292