Zhu Youzhen naturally didn't know that his queen was going to give him a concubine.

He got out of bed early in the morning.

He doesn't plan to go back to school today, these days Zhu Kezhen and Wang Lai's two class leaders can already lead the classmates in their respective classes to do some simple training, and his pressure is much less.

It's time to check the job again.

He called Wang Zheng.

Since the last time he threw him a model of a steam engine, Zhu Youzhen hadn't seen him again.

"The minister and the king are asking to see Your Majesty!"

When Zhu Youzhen saw Wang Zheng, he was surprised.

Why is this little old man frowning, with deep dark circles under his eyes, and looking overindulgent?

"Wang Qing, what are you? Sick? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is in good health. It's just that I can't sleep well these days. ”

"Oh? Why is that? Zhu Youzhen asked curiously.

Why? You're too embarrassed to ask!

Wang Zheng listened to Zhu Youzhen's question, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Ever since His Majesty had given him a steam engine a few months ago, he had been obsessed with it, and he had been obsessed with it every day as soon as he opened his eyes. I studied day and night, and I didn't want to think about it.

After all, he is also a great scientist who wrote "The Illustration of Strange Instruments in the Far West". Slowly, he roughly figured out the principle. So I was full of confidence and began to try to make it. The result is that you will see it at a glance, and you will be discarded as soon as you do it.

In the past few months, he has made one part after another, cylinders, expansion rings, main tie rods, etc., which can be used, but the spindle will break as soon as it is used. So he told Zhu Youzhen about his troubles.

"The material doesn't work, right?"

"That's what the minister thinks, but this is already my masterful skill."

The spindle is one of the main parts of the machine, and the manufacturing requirements are relatively strict, and pig iron is definitely not good, so carbon steel must be used. After thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen said to Wang Zheng:

"You wait a minute."

With that, he went to the inner room.

After a while, he walked out with a wad of papers.

"Can Wang Qing make steel?"

"It's... The minister understands a little, but he has not operated it. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and groaned.

"Wang Banban, order someone to call Song Yingxing over."

He thought of this all-science tyrant Dean Song again. Conventional forging steel is to train raw iron first, and then decarburize after forging, which is called forging steel method. Or use wrought iron into the furnace to heat carburizing and make steel, which is called steel filling method.

However, the production efficiency of both methods is very low, and the standards are difficult to grasp.

According to Song Yingxing's record in "Heavenly Creation", there was already an iron furnace at this time, that is, a churning furnace invented by Europeans in the eighteenth century. It's just that the European churning furnace is stirred with wrought iron rods or steel rods, while the Ming Dynasty used willow rods at this time.

This technology is the most advanced in the world, but in the nearly 200 years after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, not only did not progress, but regressed. It wasn't until more than a hundred years later that the advent of the European crucible steelmaking method completely reversed the technological gap. Even so, this crucible has been around in China for a long time, but by another name: square furnace. However, due to the use of manpower or animal power, the temperature cannot be reached, and there is no way to turn it into molten steel, so it has always been used to make iron.

Zhu Youzhen was very angry when he watched this paragraph at that time, and thousands of words were gathered into one sentence.

Mom sells batches!

Wang Zheng saw that Zhu Youzhen was in a daze, and he didn't dare to bother, so he stood there quietly looking at his toes.

The two of them were thinking about their own thoughts, and suddenly heard the eunuch outside.

Song Yingxing arrived.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen reacted and looked at the little old man in front of him.

it, I forgot to give him a seat.

"Give the king a seat!"

Wang Zheng thanked him, sat down lightly in his chair, and stretched his feet imperceptibly.

It's all numb!

"Dean Song, do you know how to make steel?" As soon as Song Yingxing entered the house, Zhu Youzhen asked straight to the point.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister knows a thing or two."

I haven't figured out this cement yet, and I want to make steel?

Song Yingxing has been tinkering with cement during this time, from the mining of raw materials, to the firing of clay, to crushing and grinding, and finally to the selection and mixing, he has to personally supervise, and he is busy with dizziness. It is only in the last two days that the workers' church has been a little more relaxed. But the output is still not high, because the large brick kiln can burn more than 10,000 catties of clay at a time, and the efficiency of crushing with stone is very low. What's more, after crushing, it must be screened and mixed with a sieve.

"Look at this, then."

Song Yingxing opened it suspiciously.

Crucible steelmaking method

After reading it, Song Yingxing was shocked again. He just couldn't understand why His Majesty could come up with such awesome things every time.

"Can you refine it?"

"Yes, yes."

"Yes, I will give you a reminder, the province is a detour. Manpower bellows do not work, water-powered blowers. ”

"Yes! Your Majesty. ”

"Is there anything else? Just go back if you're okay. ”

"There's one more thing." Song Yingxing said. "The process of making cement is completely clear, but the current output is very low, mainly because the crushing and grinding of clay is very troublesome. Your Majesty said that double mill, can you give the drawings to the minister to see? ”

"Didn't I give it to you last time?"

"Nope."

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?"

Song Yingxing was silent, who am I talking to, have you ever been back to the palace? Did you go to the pilgrimage too early?

Zhu Youzhen went in again and took out the drawings of Shuangqian and gave them to Song Yingxing.

"Alright, you all go back. Wang Qing, if you have any questions, you can communicate with Song Qing more, and let him make the parts needed for the steam engine according to your requirements. Strive to make the steam engine as soon as possible. ”

"The ministers are leaving."

After the two left, Zhu Youzhen rubbed his temples.

Cement, steel, steam engines.

These are all things that can change the world.

The steam engine and steel are matched, and the train is not far away.

With the combination of cement and steel, the speed of infrastructure construction will increase rapidly.

These will represent the development of an industrial system.

There's a long way to go, and nothing can be created overnight. A wide variety of human resources are needed.

Silver can be earned, and grain can be produced. However, the cultivation of talents must be put on the agenda as early as possible.

Thinking that the Manchu Dynasty was all scholars cultivated by Confucianism, Zhu Youzhen had a headache. They are self-contained, and their rejection of new disciplines is too strong. Even if he is the emperor, he does not dare to casually overthrow all the past and reform drastically. It can only be slowly penetrated by boiling the frog in warm water.

He met with Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua again and learned about the production of muskets and artillery.

Due to the abundance of silver taels and the recruitment of many craftsmen, at a normal rate, more than 4,000 new muskets could be made per month, and even more if they were to work overtime. As for the research of breech guns, there is still no breakthrough, but Bi Maokang's enthusiasm has not diminished in the slightest. This is his hobby, Zhu Youzhen has found the right direction for him, and he will run on this road for the rest of his life.

Sun Yuanhua and Xu Guangqi's nephew Chen Yujie was even more struggling, staying with a group of foreigners all day long, and his hometown dialect was immediately bad, and still no progress was made.

The eighth day of August

Global Bank opened