Chapter 167: The First Self-Produced Steam Engine

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At this time, Cui Shaozheng and his wife Lu were talking about interesting stories in the court, as well as the changes in the direction of officialdom in recent days.

"According to Fujun, Li Su's influence in Datang has not only not decreased, but is rising." Lu said.

"That's right, although the emperor announced the cement steelmaking technology to several Dashi clans, but the limestone for refining cement is only one in Yizhou, which means that it is useless to take the cement firing technology, and although the steel made by the steelmaking technology is better, it is still not as good as the steel produced in Yizhou." Cui Shaodao said that Cui's family also obtained steel-making skills, but the quality of the steel produced was obviously not as good as the steel used in agricultural tools sold from Yizhou.

"So, is Li Su hiding something?" Lu speculated.

"Now many people are speculating like this, but they can't be sure, after all, the steel refined by this skill is obviously much stronger than before, and several have already joined forces once, and it is impossible to jointly put pressure on Li Su again, not to mention the emperor, now Li Su is in charge of the army and has become a real vassal king, who would dare to pull out his teeth." Cui Shao said with his beard curled.

Lu Shi chuckled, "So they changed their strategy and went to meet the tymes. ”

"This is indeed the case with some small scholars, but other big scholars can't pull this face for the time being, but they don't dare to offend Li Su too much, after all, Li Su made them suffer a secret loss in a monopoly auction." Cui Shao smiled: "This Li Su really has a character of revenge." ”

While the two were talking, the butler hurried over. said: "Master, His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness sent someone to send a gift. ”

Lu Shi and Cui Shao were overjoyed when they heard this. "Let him in!" ”

After the briefing, Rongda asked the accompanying family members to take down all the gifts and enter Cui's mansion together.

"Rongda has seen Cui Shizhong, I have seen Mrs. Lu, the cheap slave is specially ordered by His Royal Highness and the princess to send the gifts, this is a gift list, please Cui Shizhong take a look!" After seeing Cui Shao, Rongda bowed and said.

Cui Shao took the gift list and didn't look at it. Instead, he said, "Excuse me!" ”

And Lu asked: "How are Your Highness and the princess now?" When he said this, his eyes turned red, they only had a daughter like Cui Yingying, how could there be any reason not to miss it.

Rong Da bowed down and replied: "Mrs. Hui, now that His Royal Highness and the princess are fine, the princess specially asked the cheap slave to speak." Let Mrs. and Cui Shizhong not worry. ”

Cui Shao saw that the Lu family looked like he was about to cry, and comforted: "Don't worry, now Your Majesty has allowed the six princes to come to Chang'an at will, and they can come in and out of Chang'an at will when they are homesick in the future." ”

Cui Shao hadn't told Lu about this yet, and Lu was surprised when he heard this: "Seriously! ”

Cui Shao smiled and nodded.

After checking that the gift list was correct, Rong Da said: "Cui Shizhong." The cheap slaves are still waiting to rush back to Yizhou, so they won't stay long! ”

Cui Shao didn't dare to slack off, this Rongda could be sent to Chang'an by Li Su, presumably a person that Li Su trusted very much, although he was just a slave. But as far as this eunuch beside Li Shimin is similar, no one dares to offend. So he said, "Go slowly!" ”

Rong Da bowed, left Cui's Mansion with his family, and went all the way out of Chang'an City in the direction of Yizhou.

At this time in Yizhou, Li Su was watching the first self-produced steam engine in Taoyuan, which was designed for steam ships, Du Pingzhi watched the construction of China's first steam ship after some enlightenment, and after going back, after transformation, the steamship steam engine was successfully built.

China's first steamship was built in the early 19th century, at a time when Western science and technology were being studied, and the steamship named the Yellow Bird was officially launched in the Anqing Ordnance Institute.

After watching it more than a dozen times in a row, combined with the equipment provided by Li Su, the design and construction were finally successfully completed.

"Not bad!"

The steam engine in front of Li Su was working, the connecting rods were constantly moving back and forth, and at the same time, the turbines on both sides were constantly rotating, the materials used in this steam engine were all modern, and the design structure was the most advanced steam engine structure, and he had reason to believe that his first steam ship would definitely come faster than the Yellow Bird.

The successful development of the steam engine made the craftsmen of Taoyuan in high spirits, Du Zhiping was full of tears, and in nearly a year, he finally studied the steamship steam engine.

"Zhiping, you have made a great contribution!" Li Su patted Du Zhiping on the shoulder, these kinds of steam engines in the Ming Dynasty are undoubtedly the most difficult, and Li Su directly asked him to develop a special steam steamship steam engine installed on the ship, which is not easy for the Tang Dynasty, which is poor and white, and lacks scientific knowledge, "Say, what reward do you want!" ”

Du Zhiping said: "Your Highness, I don't want any reward, I just ask Your Highness to fully support my research project in the future." ”

This request will be done even if Du Zhiping does not mention Li Su, and in the face of this scientific madman, Li Su said: "Don't worry, this king will definitely fully support you." ”

But even if Du Zhiping didn't want anything, Li Su still rewarded him with five hundred taels of gold, after all, he still had a wife, and Li Su had to let him not worry about material problems and be able to devote himself to research.

With the number of shipyards now, Li Su can start the construction of 20 steamships at the same time, these steamships are built in the style of treasure ships, which belong to large hulls, and it will take at least half a year to build the first batch of ships.

Li Su planned to use ten of these ships as cargo ships to transport the goods of the Tang Chamber of Commerce in the Tang Dynasty, while the other ten were to use combat ships, and the artillery that Tong Yu was developing on both sides of these warships would be installed.

The construction of steamships was put on the agenda, and Li Su asked Tong Nian to increase investment in shipyards, and there are now ten large docks in the Yangtze River basin in Yizhou. Li Su's request was to triple the expansion, and he couldn't wait to mine the wealth that was still buried in the ground and in the ocean.

Tong Nian got Li Su's order to act quickly. Li Su was not idle, he brought a large number of steamship materials and design drawings from modern times for craftsmen to study, and at the same time brought a lot of nautical knowledge and some equipment, such as compasses, monoculars, etc.

Of course, in order to speed up the construction of the ship, Li Su did not forget to buy some modern equipment to provide to the shipyard, after all, this tool is also a very important part.

Scientific research, education. After a year of hard work, agriculture and business are finally on the right track, but Li Su has not relaxed, because growth will come with labor pains, and he believes that there will only be more and more troubles in the future.

On the 10th of the day, Rongda returned to the palace and saw the familiar building. He suddenly felt like he was home.

"Butler Gold!" As soon as Rong Da entered the door, he was meeting Jin Daqian, who was in a hurry, and the 20,000 mu of rice planted by Li Su was being harvested, and he was going to go to the field to see how the work was doing.

Seeing that it was Rongda, Jin Daqian smiled and said, "I'm back, go and meet His Highness." Tell Your Highness about Chang'an, your kid is lucky, Your Highness admires you very much, and says that you should be the deputy manager! ”

"Really?" This month, Rongda was stimulated too much, and he didn't say anything when he saw Li Shimin. When he came back like this, he was promoted, and he said, "Steward Jin." Thank you for your support! ”

Jin Daqian waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me, it's you who fights for your own energy, you learn things the fastest among these people, go quickly, I still have something to do, let's drink some wine when we come back in the evening and celebrate for you." ”

"Yes, Butler Kim!" Rongda was moved.

In the southern courtyard, Li Su was holding a horizontal knife, and said in his mouth: "Look at my 9981-style demon sealing knife." ”

Cui Yingying and Xiaocui were standing by the pavilion in the garden, looking at Li Su with adoration on their faces, their eyes full of little stars.

Li Su's one-handed luck, lifting the knife, slashing horizontally, slashing vertically, jumping, retreating in one go, smooth movements, Tang people are still martial, Li Su's foundation is good, and he has not given up the exercise of martial arts, and now he is practicing with the guys from the Military Academy, this knife technique is not a 9981-style magic sealing knife, but Yuan Tiangang taught Li Su.

At that time, Li Su was very excited and thought it was some secret peerless knife technique, but later Yuan Tiangang said slowly that this was just a knife technique he practiced when he was young, and he didn't even have a name, Li Chunfeng would too, and he played it again in front of Li Su.

In this era, what kind of knife and marksmanship is secret and not transmitted, Li Su was also a prodigal before, and he did not learn a trick and a half from a teacher, since Yuan Tiangang was willing to hand it over to him, he would learn it, anyway, he was not pressed by many skills.

These days, the more Li Su and these two Taoists come into contact, the more he feels that the two of them are talking about nothing, and they are not as mysterious as he imagined, but they know more about physiognomy and astronomy, and the prediction he said is just according to the normal deduction of "Zhou Yi", although Li Su can't understand it, but he also feels that it is just about the same as those fortune tellers, and he can't help but be a little confused, what is going on with those accurate deductions?

He was playing with a big knife, and a maidservant girl came in and said a few words in Cui Yingying's ear, Cui Yingying said: "Your Highness, Rongda is back." ”

"Really? Let him in! Li Su stopped the magic sealing knife method and drew the knife into the sheath, Rongda's affairs in Chang'an, long before he came back, he had listened to Su Moer's report, and he was very satisfied with Rongda's efficiency.

"Cheap slave Rongda greets His Highness!" Rong Da entered the southern courtyard and bowed.

Li Su said: "Excuse me, tell me about the situation in Chang'an!" Su Mo'er's information is general, it won't be so detailed, he asked again.

So Rongda told him about the big and small things from entering Chang'an to leaving Chang'an, and also said about Li Shimin's reward for gold.

Li Su nodded, this Rongda is very honest, he can completely hide this one hundred taels of gold and not say it, but he didn't expect him to say it in 1510.

Cui Yingying is most concerned about her parents, Rongda said that Cui Shao and Lu are in good health, but when they miss Cui Yingying, Cui Yingying sobbed quietly, and it was not until Li Su promised her to return to Chang'an for the New Year this year that she stopped crying and burst into laughter.