"Isn't it a great advance that steam can generate power, if it can replace human power?"

Zhao Lin looked at everyone in the hall with a smile.

This sentence is thought-provoking.

Replace manpower with the power of steam!

What a great revolution it would be if it succeeded?

Definitely a sea change like never before!

Because of today's Great Song Dynasty, the most used is manpower and animal power.

Then there's hydraulics.

However, the limitations of water power are very large, and the dependence on the environment is very serious, and it is impossible to apply it widely.

But "steam" is different.

As long as there is fuel, it can be produced anytime, anywhere.

At this moment, Liu Ji's heart was surging and excited.

He thought that the hot air balloon was already the greatest invention in the world.

There will be nothing more clever and creative than a hot air balloon.

Liu Ji found out that he was wrong!

Compared to "steam", hot air ballooning is a great invention, but it is obviously dwarfed!

Because the power of "steam" is almost omnipotent.

It is not impossible to apply it to hot air balloons in the future!

If we can really succeed in using the power of "steam" on a wide scale, it will have a terrible impact on the whole society!

"Your Majesty is so clever that he has the incredible idea of using 'steam' as a power......"

Liu Ji took a deep breath, and his admiration for Zhao Lin reached a point of incomprehensibility.

"Steam" is a very common phenomenon.

Ordinary people, basically everyone knows.

But who can discover the mystery of "steam"?

No one has thought about this for thousands of years.

But His Majesty thought of it.

Only the legendary saints can discover such shocking things from this ordinary phenomenon!

"I have told you how it works, but it will take you to make a concrete machine. ”

Zhao Lin only told the officials that the power of "steam" could be used.

But if you want to use this power, is it as simple as a few words?

Even Zhao Lin couldn't say clearly.

He only provided a guiding direction, and specific inventions and creations still need to be completed by the people of the Academy of Sciences.

"I hereby announce today that whoever can take the lead in developing this steam-powered machine in the Academy of Sciences will be promoted to the rank of Squire of the Academy of Sciences and will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"

Zhao Lin's voice spread in the entire hall of the Academy of Sciences.

Suddenly, the ministers of the Academy of Sciences were boiling.

Their eyes all became fanatical.

Directly promoted to the squire of the Academy of Sciences, and rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!

This reward is terrifying!

However, it can also be seen from this that His Majesty attaches great importance to the study of this steam power.

Whoever develops it first will definitely win His Majesty's favor!

From then on, you can get glory and wealth, not to mention great fame!

"Your Majesty, will this reward be too heavy?"

Li Mufeng asked cautiously beside him.

"Is it heavy? I think it's lighter. ”

Zhao Lin shook his head.

These people were originally just craftsmen.

Now, can you directly seal the waiter?

Is this still light?

When Li Mufeng heard this, he immediately stopped talking.

He knows His Majesty's temperament.

Once you have decided something, you can't change it.

In Zhao Lin's opinion, as long as someone can really invent a steam engine, it is not too much to give a big reward.

You know, in his memory, the steam engine changed an entire era and caused the great industrial revolution in human history!

It has directly changed the course of human development!

Suffice it to say, before the Industrial Revolution, mankind was still in the age of ignorance!

But after the Industrial Revolution, mankind entered the era of rapid development of science!

Since then, in just two or three hundred years, it has rapidly entered modern civilization!

Now, it's just a squire, a thousand taels of gold.

It's just that for the officials of the Academy of Sciences in front of them, it is already very high.

Zhao Lin's gaze swept over the officials of the Academy of Sciences below, and then a glimmer of light flashed.

I hope that one of these people will be able to realize his idea......

The Great Song Dynasty, the western border pass.

It was on the westernmost border of the Great Song Dynasty.

Here, the city was built in an oasis.

Further west, there is a vast desert.

Above the city pass, several defenders of the Great Song Dynasty were listless and did not have any sense of crisis.

Although the imperial court sent a decree to them to strengthen their vigilance and beware of the attack of the enemy of the West.

But they didn't take the will of the court too seriously.

With the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty now, what thing that is not long-sighted dares to attack their kingdom?

How strong are the two countries of Mongolia and Tibet?

Just because he offended them to the Great Song Dynasty, he ended up destroying the country.

Those small countries in the West, how can they still have the courage to invade their Great Song Dynasty?

In their opinion, His Majesty is overthinking.

The court was too worried.

Thundered!

However, just when the defenders on the city gate were sleeping one by one, the entire city wall suddenly shook violently.

It was as if there was an earthquake.

Wake up the defenders of the city.

A border soldier of the Great Song Dynasty stood up and looked to the west of the city.

There, there seems to be a dense black dot, surging in the direction of Chengguan!

"It's ......"

This border soldier suddenly had a frightened look in his eyes, and immediately came to his senses completely, and exclaimed loudly: "A large army is coming!!"

"Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack!"

"What, enemy attack?"

All the defenders on the city pass were suddenly awakened.

They hurriedly got up and looked out of the city.

I saw that in the desert, there was already an overwhelming army of foreign lands, rushing towards them!

"It's the army of the Persian Empire!"

"And the army of Da Shi and Tianzhu! Oh my God, they're all here!"

The faces of the border guards of the Great Song Dynasty all appeared with despair.

"Quickly light the beacon tower!

The defenders hurriedly lit the beacon.

Sonorous!

Above the city pass, a Great Song Dynasty guard drew his waist knife and shouted: "Everyone take up arms and fight for the country!"

However, his voice, along with the entire city, was soon swallowed up by the terrifying army......

......

The Great Song Dynasty Jingshi.

The Imperial Palace, on the Golden Luang Palace.

Zhao Lin sat on the throne of the dragon chair.

It had just begun the early dynasty, and the secretary of the military department immediately handed over an urgent report from the military department: "Your Majesty, according to the border emergency report, the combined forces of Persia, Dashi and Tianzhu have conquered the western border pass of our Great Song Dynasty yesterday and entered the territory of our Great Song Dynasty. ”

"According to the description of the front-line reconnaissance, the enemy's army is very large, overwhelming, and there is no end in sight, and I am afraid that the size of its army is really 2.5 million people......