When Yan Peiwei heard Yu Ren's words, his heart settled, so he hurriedly surrendered his hand to Yu Ren to make amends. "That's not what the villain meant. I thought that the little minister was going to kill me, so he had to run. ”

Yu Ren was even more strange. "Why should I kill you?"

When Yan Peiwei spoke, his eyes were fixed on Yu Ren's expression, and when he saw the sincerity he said, he said, "I misunderstood, I think something is wrong." ”

Yu Ren didn't let it go, "You explain to me, why do you think I'm going to kill you?" ”

Yan Peiwei's face turned red again. "Yes, it's me who lives the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain! It was my fault. ”

Yu Ren waved his hand at him, "It's okay, I'm not angry with you." But you have to explain to me why you think I'm going to kill you. ”

"Yes, I was told by someone else." Yan Peiwei said.

"Who? Who told you I'm going to kill you, besides, do you know who I am? ”

Yan Peiwei shook his head, "I don't know!" ”

"So be it! You tell me the ins and outs of the matter. When I have made it clear, I will give you another twenty taels of silver. I can't tell you if I can't let you go. ”

Yan Peiwei listened to this, calmed down, picked up a cup of herbal tea on the table, and drank it in one gulp. Only then did he say, "Actually, this matter has to start with my hometown."

My family is in Jiujiang Mansion, Jiangxi, and I have been a weaver for generations. By the time my father was born, the family had some savings. I learned to weave from my father when I was a child, but I wasn't interested in that. So, I was lazy. I thought all day that it would be nice if this loom could turn on its own. So, I worked hard to improve the loom, and later invented the loom that was propelled by the flow of water. However, this kind of loom is not very practical due to the limitation of the water flow environment.

So I continued my research. Once, I saw the lid of the cauldron of boiling water at home being pushed open by steam. I thought, since the steam can push open even such a heavy elm lid, can it push the loom?

Then I started researching. After more than six years of hard work, I finally made a loom that could be propelled by steam.

At this time, my father had passed away for several years, and because I had been working on steam looms for several years, my family's fortune was gradually deteriorating. I was expecting to make a fortune with this steam loom, but I didn't expect that as soon as I showed it to one of my weaver friends, he gave me a ladle of cold water.

He said, 'If you get this thing, won't you have to use us weavers from now on.' Aren't we, the weavers, going to starve to death? ’

I was speechless. Unexpectedly, the next day, a large group of weavers came into my house and asked me to smash the loom. I was reluctant to smash it, so I lied to them that there was no such thing, I was joking with my friends, and there was a loom that could be turned by myself without being pushed! I'm not a god. But these people did not believe.

Eventually, they forced their way into my backyard and smashed the loom.

The next day, my friend came to me quietly. They said they were deliberating and were going to kill me too. Because I smashed the loom, I can rebuild it. If the owner of the weaving house had seen it, they would have lost their jobs and would have starved to death.

I was so frightened that I packed up my things overnight and escaped with my wife.

As a result, he fled to Suzhou Mansion. When I got here, my wife fell ill, and I had to settle down here for a while. But my wife's illness has spent all the few taels of silver we have. I heard that Mr. Wang was a philanthropic person, so I tried it with a straight face.

The little minister suddenly asked me to draw a picture, and asked me to explain, I thought you were just like them, and you were going to kill me. So, I ran away in fright. ”

When Yu Ren heard this, he couldn't help but want to laugh, but he lamented the fate of this Yan Peiwei. What a world it is! A person with an earth-shattering invention gets a social reward of being uprooted from his homeland and wandering in a foreign land. How can this not make people sigh.

Hearing this, Yu Ren finally believed Yan Peiwei's words and believed that he had really built a steam engine. Now that I think about it, it is still very possible that the Chinese made steam during this period. First of all, at the same time, Song Yingxing's Tiangong Kaiwu already had many non-human looms and other machines propelled by water flow.

In other words, during this period, due to the rapid development of the handicraft industry, people began to gradually realize the need for a power to replace people or mules and horses.

Secondly, a simple steam engine is not so difficult to build, and the technical difficulty is not very great.

However, it was not popularized by people, probably because of the overall historical situation of that period. Because the late Ming and early Qing dynasties experienced the entry of Manchus, and experienced decades of war before and after. Although the southeastern half of the country was less damaged than Liaodong, Shandong, and Hebei, it also lost at least two-thirds of its population, and the rest of the people, because of the threat of war, they were just saving their lives, and as for what kind of development, it was naturally impossible to talk about it. As a result, China's economy and technology have gone back hundreds of years. This is probably the fundamental reason why China has always lagged behind the West in modern times.

Yu Ren pulled his thoughts to his eyes, and after Yan Peiwei finished speaking, he looked at Yu Ren with a little uneasiness.

Yu Ren sighed lightly, "Mr. Yan, I really wronged you." Your invention will be of great use to our world. They treat you like this, it's really undeserved, it's too undeserved. ”

After speaking, Yu Ren said to Zhao Rui, "Rui Rui." I will entrust Mr. Yan's affairs to you. You draw up a plan for me, I want to promote this steam loom developed by Mr. Yan to everyone. In addition, you allocate another sum of money to Mr. Gan's discretion so that Mr. Yan can continue to study the steam car. I have less, and this amount cannot be less than five hundred taels. And I have to prepare a place and an assistant for Mr. Yan.

I believe that this thing can not only push the loom, but it can also push more things. In the near future, it will completely change our lives. ”

Zhao Rui nodded hurriedly, took out a small fold from his arms, and then took out a delicate little pen and wrote on it.

This pen was specially designed by Yu Ren for Zhao Rui, that is, similar to a modern fountain pen, in order to make Zhao Rui's writing convenient.

Yan Peiwei didn't expect Yu Ren to attach so much importance to him. He was also so excited that even tears rolled in his eyes. But he still tried his best to control the emotion.

He bowed to Yu Renshen. "Sir's kindness to me for re-creation, I Yan Peiwei will never forget. I just don't know what Mr. wants me to put this steam engine on? ”

"Carriage." Yu Ren replied very succinctly. I'm going to put it on a wagon so that it can be used instead of mules and horses. ”

"If you do this, then the value we create will be far more than 500 taels, even 5,000 or 50,000 taels."

Yan Peiwei patted his chest and promised, "I remember what Mr. said." As long as I, Yan Peiwei, still have a breath of air, I will go all out to achieve Mr. 's wish. ”

Yu Ren nodded and said to Zhao Rui, "Mr. Yan's affairs here, Rui Rui will ask you to arrange it." You first give one hundred taels of silver to Mr. Yan. This is what I just promised Mr. Yan. You must arrange the rest for me. I'll go in and see if there's anything else going on with your cousin. ”

After speaking, Yu Ren nodded to Yan Peiwei and went into the back room. In fact, he also wanted to know if there were any new movements in the imperial court earlier. But when he suddenly met Yan Peiwei, a talent who built his own steam car, he didn't want to let it go easily.

Wang Wenyan is explaining something to his wife. When he saw Yu Ren coming in, he hurriedly gave him a seat. In Wang Wenyan's eyes, Yu Ren is just like his own family, so he is not taboo.

"You're finally here, hurry up and get ready, and follow me into Beijing immediately."

Yu Ren was taken aback. "What?"

[Fulfill the promise of the Storm Week, and add a new chapter today.] 】