In the face of Lu Zhuyu's question, Zhu Bajie said the name of the steam engine, a cross-era mechanical product.

In his description, the steam engine became a miraculous device that could produce great power with very little manpower, and even that little manpower was spent only on operating this miraculous machine.

Zhu Bajie's description was vivid, as if he had really seen the so-called steam engine, and the scene he described was indeed extremely similar to the steam engine in Su Lin's memory, so that Su Lin really believed for a moment that his fellow had made a steam engine in front of this pig.

But soon, doubt triumphed over conviction, and after a brief moment of excitement, the brilliant brain once again took over the high ground.

Su Lin knew very well what a terrifying, complex and powerful machine the so-called steam engine was, it was the most glorious mechanical representative of the industrial revolution in human history, and the scientific and technological content it showed was far more complex than the principle it carried.

Su Lin also knew the principle of the steam engine, and he believed that Zhu Jiuqin must also know that compared to the Gale Crossbow of the Shenji Battalion, if a steam engine could be made, then history would be pushed forward for an unknown number of years.

In the face of the invasion of the Eastern Ying thieves, Daxia will easily expel them as Columbus did when he reduced the dimension to fight the Indians.

However, the steam engine did not appear, not even the inter-epochal products with other very simple principles.

Because the foundation required for the birth of the steam engine was far more difficult to obtain than a few lines of principle, it is still difficult for the Great Xia Kingdom to produce steel that can carry steam pressure, and the so-called hundred steels have no power to carry huge pressure.

Su Lin guessed that Zhu Jiuqin must have thought of many methods, such as thickening the steel wall, but he must have encountered new difficulties, and with the thickening of the container, the conduction of heat energy will also become a problem.

The steam engine must have enough firepower to turn a large amount of water into steam in a short period of time, so that the lid can move with a pop, and any modification of the container will increase the hidden danger and change the efficiency.

In short, Su Lin understood very early, almost not long after the crossing, that the steam engine was a thing like a hot air balloon, which seemed to be simple in principle and could be easily manufactured, but it was extremely complex and difficult to reproduce in ancient times.

The only technical barrier is that there is no balloon material that is thin enough, good elasticity and good sealing, and the pre-technology required by the steam engine is far more troublesome than that of a hot air balloon.

In contrast, in the end, Zhu Jiuqin chose to study cement, which is undoubtedly an absolutely correct decision, once the research and development is successful, it will be able to establish a strong position of the Great Xia Kingdom in the war, and the replication of cement is much simpler than others.

Su Lin found it hard to believe that a pig had mastered such a technique.

But...... The materials used to make the 38 big cover can be so close to modern technology, maybe that fellow has indeed mastered extremely terrifying industrial technology, that is to say, the other party may really be a fierce man who can climb the technology tree alone!

"That's hard work, how long do you think it will take to produce a lot of cement?" Lu Zhuyu asked Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie: "It is definitely not possible to produce a large number of products, and you have also heard that it takes a lot of effort to make cement, and many people need to contribute."

Su Lin waited quietly on the side for the end of the exchange between the two, and finally Lu Zhuyu planned to hand over part of the Shenji Battalion to Zhu Bajie for management, and let the Inspector's Mansion report to the imperial court to find a suitable position for him.

In addition, Lu Zhuyu also arranged several personal assistants for Zhu Bajie, and Su Lin knew that those assistants were nominally to assist the other party in completing the large-scale production of cement, but in fact they were monitoring and stealing from school.

After all, Zhu Bajie, a special case of turning from a livestock into a human, must be more dangerous than ordinary monks in the eyes of Zhu Xian Si, Su Lin has no doubt that if it weren't for Zhu Bajie's current use value, Lu Zhuyu would immediately perform the inherent functions of Zhu Xian Si.

After sending Zhu Bajie away, Lu Zhuyu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Su Lin: "It's not been peaceful recently, it's really bad."

"I saw it, the war is like this, have you ever heard of the True Martial Arts?" Su Lin asked.

"True Martial Arts? Of course I know, but the real martial arts are not

Counting the Great Gate Sect, it is more like a branch of the Great Luo Heavenly Sect, almost all the small sects that believe in the True Martial Daluo Heavenly Monarch will give themselves this name, what's wrong?"

"Something suspicious happened."

Su Lin told Lu Zhuyu all about what he encountered in Zhang's mansion and told Lu Zhuyu about the existence of the Mo family's Zhuxian Division, and of course he also mentioned the suspicious feng shui maze and the suspicious location of the residence.

After hearing this, Lu Zhuyu's expression became even more solemn.

She rubbed her eyebrows, slightly irritated: "I have long known that there would be problems with those people back then, even if the people who joined the Zhu Xian Division have set up a spell to enter the division, but as long as those people are there, the existence of the Zhu Xian Division will be known by other immortal sects sooner or later.

There are more and more things, and the court is in chaos, you should also see that the government is pulling strong people everywhere.

But this is not what Your Majesty meant, Your Majesty does not want to use this method to force the people to go to the battlefield, but the insufficient number of soldiers is a real problem, and if the officials want to complete the tasks assigned by the military department, they can only forcibly pull the strong Ding.

But in this way, Great Xia will become a beam again, which is what His Majesty said personally when he went to court."

Lu Zhuyu stared at the twists and turns in front of him, looking confused and helpless.

"And Your Majesty doesn't know the existence of the Zhu Immortal Division, let alone the matter of cultivating immortals, just those wars have forced the imperial court to repeat the mistakes of the past, so let alone stick to Emperor Gaozu's original ideals, whether Great Xia can survive is a question.

It has nothing to do with whether the belief is degenerate or not, but if you don't choose to fall, you can only be destroyed by the enemy.

Unless we can repel the Dongying army again, it will be impossible for Great Xia to go back to the way it was."

Su Lin frowned, pondered for a moment, and then replied, "It's really high."

"Huh? What do you say?" Lu Zhuyu was startled and looked up at Suning in surprise.

"I said that the imperial court is really high, and if it goes on like this, it will perish sooner or later, and Zhu Min is still too tender." Su Lin said coldly.

Lu Zhuyu frowned: "You can't say that, the emperor is still very young, he has determination and talent, if it weren't for this war, Great Xia would definitely get better and better, and the current situation can only be attributed to luck...... It's just bad luck."

"Talent? Does personal talent matter? It doesn't matter at all, the problem of the court now is that it is high up and does not regard the people as human beings, and what ideals, what "people-oriented" and "people-oriented" have become a kind of slogan and criterion, and they have lost their understanding of these words."

Lu Zhuyu was shocked by Su Lin's rebellion, but she knew very well what kind of person Su Lin was.

So she asked, "What do you mean?"

"Let me ask you, what do the people think of the court now?"

Lu Zhuyu fell into silence for a long time, and finally said, "It's all back. Listening to the people under him, everyone misses Emperor Gaozu very much, and feels that the current court is as corrupt as Daliang."

"What is the truth? Is the court corrupt?"