Next to the school, Yu Ren asked people to build a few more houses and enclose a large courtyard. This courtyard is specially prepared for Yan Peiwei. For his steam engine project, Yu Ren has always given great hope.

So, just after the small courtyard was completed, Yu Ren immediately sent someone to Songjiang to take Yan Peiwei's family over.

For this new home, Yan Peiwei is still very satisfied.

"How's that, it's not bad, right?" Yu Ren accompanied Yan Peiwei around the courtyard and asked.

"It's good, with this place, it's much easier for me to do things in the future. Otherwise, in the city, I always have something to worry about, for fear that sometimes I will make too much noise and cause trouble. Yan Peiwei said, taking Yu Ren to a car he brought.

"I'll show the little minister something."

Yu Ren followed Yan Peiwei to the carriage, which seemed to be a little different from ordinary carriages. There seemed to be a pile of things piled up on the seat in front of him, and he covered it with a gray cloth.

Yan Peiwei walked to the carriage and gently uncovered the cloth, "Little minister, please take a look." ”

"What is this?" Zhao Rui, who was following behind Yu Ren, saw a pile of strange-looking iron pieces piled up on the seat of the carriage, and couldn't help asking.

When Yu Ren saw this, his eyes lit up.

"You loaded it into the wagon?"

Yan Peiwei nodded.

"Can you pull it?" Yu Ren asked cautiously.

"Yes, it's just slow, just a little faster than walking, but it can pull heavy things."

Yu Ren was overjoyed, "It's okay, it's okay." Try to show me. If it succeeds, I will immediately give you another 5,000 taels of funds, and then we will study and produce a better steam engine. ”

Yan Peiwei knew that the stakes were very high, but he did not dare to be careless. And he first untied his horse from the cart, and then took out some dry wood from the cart, and set the coal on light with it.

Soon, the steam engine that had been placed on the carriage began to steam. Then, the wheels of the carriage began to move slowly.

"Wow! It's amazing that this car can go by itself without a horse. Zhao Rui saw the carriage moving forward, and couldn't help but exclaim.

Yu Ren followed closely behind the car, and his mood was indescribably excited. This is the first time he has seen something representative of science and technology since he came to Daming. And this thing was not done under the guidance of him, a futuristic man. It was a little hard for him to believe.

Yu Ren walked and inspected the structure of Yan Peiwei's car. The design of the car is very simple, this car has an additional front wheel on the original four wheels for steering, and the steam engine is attached to the two wheels in the front.

The carriage came to a stop five or six miles on a newly built road connecting to the official road.

"What's wrong?"

Yu Ren saw that the car had stopped, and asked hurriedly.

"There's no water." Yan Peiwei jumped out of the car.

"Can't you walk without water? It seems that this thing is still not as convenient as a carriage! Zhao Rui, who followed behind Yu Ren, said.

When Yan Peiwei heard this, his face turned red.

Yu Ren hurriedly cheered him up. "This is the first steam engine you built for a car! It's normal. It's not very practical now, but with this start, I'm sure you'll be able to build a more practical machine and eventually replace the carriage. ”

Yan Peiwei listened to Yu Ren's words, his eyes slowly became firm, and finally nodded heavily. "Yu Xianggong rest assured, I, Yan Peiwei, swear to heaven that I must build a car that is more practical than a carriage in this life."

Yu Ren nodded heavily, "I'm sure you can do it." You have taken a big step on the road of your dreams, as long as we keep moving forward, one day we will see the results we want. ”

After speaking, Yu Ren came to the carriage and carefully inspected the steam engine.

"It's a thing that works on a boat than it does in a car. If you want to tow a car, it is always not convenient to use this steam engine. It is more suitable for a gasoline-burning engine on the car. Yu Ren remembered that all modern cars use internal combustion engines, not steam engines, so he wanted to give Yan Peiwei a hint.

Yan Peiwei didn't understand Yu Ren's words. "May I ask Yu Xianggong, what is gasoline?"

Yu Ren was stunned for a moment by Yan Peiwei's question, and then remembered that there should be no word gasoline in this era. So he explained to him, "Gasoline is a black liquid that can be burned with a little fire, and it is better than coal." ”

After Yu Ren finished speaking, he didn't know if Yan Peiwei understood, because he hadn't seen gasoline since he arrived here.

"You're talking about kerosene?"

"I don't know what this thing should be called, it's something like that anyway."

Yan Peiwei nodded. "Did you say you would use this thing to replace the coal on our steam engine?"

Yu Ren shook his head. "No, it's instead of water. What I'm saying is that if you light this thing in a small sealed space, it will create a lot of expansion. This power is then used to drive leverage. ”

Yan Peiwei still didn't understand it, "Can you explain it to me in more detail?" ”

Yu Ren shook his head. "I've done too little research on this to know that. I don't know how specific it is. With our current conditions, it is estimated that we will not be able to get this thing for a while. At present, our most important and valuable work is how to install the steam engine that has been studied on the ship and give the ship a driving force. If our ship is equipped with this kind of power, then we don't have to worry about the southeast and northwest winds.

However, the power of the steam engine installed on the ship must be large. What is too small can only be used on a small boat, and it doesn't mean much. If you can do this, I reward you with five thousand taels. ”

"I'll do my best." Yan Peiwei didn't seem to have as much interest in the boat as the car, but he still took over Yu Ren's task.

"Good. I'll get you a few more helpers when I'm free. It's really hard for you to do this alone. When Yu Ren said this, the first thing that came to mind was his little grandson Menghu and Tian Jia in Nanjing. Aren't they shipbuilders?

But I don't know if I invite them to come, whether they want to come or not. But Yu Ren is not a hesitant person, and when he thinks of it, he immediately does it. He first wrote a letter to Sun Menghu, Tian Jia, and Liu Xi, telling them that he wanted to build a ship that could do without wind and manpower, and said that he had found a wizard and had solved some key problems, but he still needed their help.

I hope they can help him complete this world-changing invention together. After writing this letter, Yu Ren sent someone to send it out.

But he was not very confident that Sun Menghu and the three of them could come.

Just when Yu Ren was planning his future in his newly built Juhe Village, a big accident happened.

On this day, Yu Ren was teaching a group of children in the house. Suddenly, I saw Xu Qian hurriedly barging in.

When Yu Ren saw Xu Qian suddenly appear here, he knew that something must have happened. You must know that he came here to do this Juhe Village, but he didn't tell Xu Xinsu about them, and Xu Qian shouldn't know either. And now that she can find here, something must have happened to the Xu family.

"What's wrong?" As soon as Yu Ren saw Xu Qian, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Sister, brother-in-law." When Xu Qian said this, she couldn't go on, and her tears kept rolling down like pearls with broken threads.

Yu Ren hurriedly held her up and gestured behind her. The Ruolan sisters, who were helping in the school, immediately understood the meaning and quickly took the children outside to play.

"What the hell is going on?" Yu Ren saw that the children were gone, so he asked again.

"I, my father, was killed!" When Xu Qian said this, she burst into tears again.

Yu Ren was also stunned all of a sudden. The news came so suddenly. Xu Xinsu is in the prime of life, and they have accepted the court's recruitment. And if it weren't for the hands of the imperial court, there would have been no force in the rivers and lakes that could compete with the Xu family. So who can kill Xu Xinsu? Yu Ren couldn't figure it out for a while.

These days, Yu Ren can be so chic, here to engage in this experiment of the Datong world of Juhe Village, in the final analysis, it is also because Xu Xinsu is carrying the banner of the Xu family, and his thousands of brothers live under the banner of the Xu family, so they can leave him alone for the time being.

At this moment, as soon as Xu Xinsu died, it was equivalent to saying that he had to return to Nansha immediately.

Xu's Group has developed rapidly in the past two years, and now it has reached the scale of business covering the southeast coast and the number of people is not less than 10,000. Xu Xinsu has always been the spiritual leader and de facto helmsman of this group. Now that he is dead, where will the newly developed maritime group go, Yu Ren's heart is suddenly bottomless.