Chapter 349 – The Unparalleled Scholar of the State

When Zhu Di saw Zhang Anshi’s appearance, his face sank and his lips pursed into a straight line.

After a pause, Zhu said, “If you have something to say, say it.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty, this Thirteen Taobao, no, this Xu so-and-so and so on, are indeed not fooling around. I can take a head as a guarantee.”

Zhang Anshi’s heart is in the right place.

After all, there are some things that are impossible to tell in detail if you are a layman.

Since this Xu Jingchang had spoken out the details, the only possibility was one, that is, there were really results.

It’s good to have results.

But Zhu Di didn’t know ah, he frowned at this time and said, “What, you want to cover up for them too?”

Zhang Anshi said in a serious manner, “Of course I don’t dare to cover up for them, I am only speaking out for justice.”

Chu: “……”

The four words of righteousness, from Zhang Anshi’s mouth, are really fresh.

However, he saw Zhang Anshi with a look of certainty and calmness.

Zhu Di said, “Good, I will listen to your righteous words.”

So Zhang Anshi said, “This righteousness of mine does not depend on mere words, I implore your majesty, go with me to see the real thing.”

“In kind?”

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi’s calm appearance, at this time also began to ponder in his heart, he did not show his face, only said, “Come all the way, then take a look.”

At that moment, the group set off, heading deeper into this high wall.

The place covers a large area, and the circled field takes some time to run even a horse.

But see …… some places where tracks have been laid.

When Zhang Anshi saw this track, he understood in his heart and became more certain.

So he pointed at Xu Jingchang and asked him, “How did you solve it?”

Xu Jingchang scratched his head and said: “There are many problems, this thing as early as three or four years ago, craftsmen have begun to figure out, but know that it is easy to know the principle, and since then the finished product, but they are not satisfied, because many materials and things are not pass. Later …… everyone found the rubber sealing the best, and directly and steel workshop craftsmen cooperation, special production of many components, but the problem is still quite a lot, not to mention the other, alone this spring, enough to let dozens of craftsmen, pondered for months, but also difficult to overcome. Good in Meng Wen that guy, thought of a solution …… But later, we all found that the exhaust of the cylinder, the ventilation of the boiler problem, and very troublesome.”

He looked at Zhang Anshi, then said: “Brother-in-law, you write that program, the reason is there, the principle is there, the general structure is also correct. But the problem is, really want to do it, only to find that there are too many difficulties. Not to mention the other …… on the ventilation of the boiler, it will cost a lot of manpower and material resources, many craftsmen are at their wits’ end. But later, I suddenly thought of a way, that is, simply use two of the cylinders to solve the problem, in addition to …… then improve the chimney ……”

“But this cylinder problem solved, but this thing is too bulky, we follow the method, but laid the track, and this track …… is a big trouble, fortunately …… we read my brother-in-law’s book, which explains in detail the The principle of friction, and thus …… think of ways to do work on the wheels and tracks. Only by making them smoother and smoother can the problem of power be solved. In this regard, it is this kid Xu Zhengye who is in charge of this, he has an interest in steel and machinery, and thus experiments daily with a group of people, in a special steel workshop.”

“As for me, hey ……” he laughed and continued, “Meng Wen and I, these few, only think about how to strengthen the power. But to strengthen the power, where is it so easy? Our boilers and cylinders the larger, the heavier the car body, the heavier the car body, the power is big, but the increase in their own weight, the power does not rise but fall. At last …… we are determined to do something about the cylinders and boilers.”

He spoke eloquently, “The cylinder problem …… was solved later, is rubber, rubber this thing, sealing is too good, used to do the piston and airtight cylinder tool, is simply unique, alone changed to rubber after this cylinder brought power, at least seven or eight percent growth. ”

“Of course, the boiler is a big problem, and hasn’t my brother-in-law always emphasized boiling water in his general outline? The more this water is boiled, the more steam there is, and the more steam there is, the more power there is. But how can we boil more water? Then you have to make the fire burn hotter.”

“Later, we found two places that could be improved, one is the fuel, once upon a time, we picked unusual coal, that kind of coal has many impurities and does not burn adequately, there will be a large amount of heat loss, thus we looked for a lot of coal, and even specialize in heavy money to the major coal’s workshop, so that they can think of a way to improve it, and ultimately, chose a kind of coal, and found that it is hot and burns more fully, and thus, in that regard, added a few more pounds of power.”

After a pause, Xu Jingchang finally said: “In short, this year, we encountered no less than forty problems. Some of the problems are big, some of the problems are not bad, so we split up and progress, divided into many groups, each advancing, we thirteen too much, as well as the Institute of hundreds of skilled craftsmen, if they can not be solved, they will try to find ways to go outside to seek advice from the machinery workshop, steel workshop, and coal workshop. They there, there are a lot of people are knowledgeable, also know that if we send people to ask for advice, once they can be solved, they will be willing to give silver, and therefore …… each workshop, but also happy to help, brother-in-law, you do not underestimate the workshops, which are also capable of each workshop, sometimes we can not think through the head of the things that can not be solved, they may be just a look, they will know what the problem is. A look, will know where the problem lies.”

Zhang Anshi, after listening to this guy’s well-spoken words, couldn’t help but sigh, “You guys …… really ……”

Xu Jingchang looked straight at Zhang Anshi, “What?”

Zhang Anshi s face twitched, and he thought in his heart, Sure enough, …… there is certainly no problem with intelligence, just not used in the right place.

The most important thing is that people are locked up inside, all of a sudden isolated from the world, and the only thing that can pass them off every day is all kinds of weird and wonderful things in the workshop.

Once you develop an interest, it’s hard not to be distracted.

Furthermore, they are fundamentally different from other craftsmen in terms of mentality, and many craftsmen are more just making a living, and there are always all kinds of annoyances at home.

And this group of guys, originally heartless, not to mention …… the home pressure does not need them to worry, to be honest, only other people to worry about their share.

Other people doing research may still be thinking about budgets and money, after all …… no one would dare to break the bank and run off to take a big gamble on something that may not pay off at all.

This is why …… Although Zhang Anshi has long been in the library, trying to write down as many science books as he can remember, there are many people who will go to check it out, but at best they are just solving some small problems in production or life.

And like Xu Jingchang these guys …… once I think this thing I like, I want to try, as for how much silver to spend and so on, they are not in the heart of the number of things, but also simply will not care too much about this aspect on the matter.

Even these craftsmen at the Military Industrial Research Institute, who conduct research, tend to be more sensitive to funding. It’s not that Zhang Anshi doesn’t want to part with his money, but as soon as a normal person thinks of a certain project costing such a huge amount of money, they can’t help but start to subconsciously worry about how it will be if the research goes wrong or ends up being futile.

But Xu Jingchang and these people …… they don t bother.

There’s a big wronged seed paying for it anyway.

Even if that great evil seed didn’t give it, it didn’t matter, if it was not possible, he would take action himself.

So Zhang Anshi looked straight at him and said, “It didn’t cost much to get this going, did it?”

“It didn’t cost much, brother-in-law ……” Xu Jingchang grinned, “Someone calculated it, but it cost more than 400,000 taels of silver …… ”

Zhang Anshi immediately turned green and red.

Although he knows that he is the big wrong seed, visible Xu Jingchang a look of full of concern, but still let Zhang Anshi a little broken defense.

Zhang Anshi silently exhaled a mouthful of muddy air, gave a dry laugh, and touched his head, “Well …… take a good look at it later, hopefully this thing …… it really works.”

The implication is that if it doesn’t work, you’re dead.

A railroad track, like a long dragon, spared several large circles in this large field, winding like a long snake, seven or eight miles long.

Zhang Anshi and Xu Jingchang led the way, while Zhu Di rode behind them as if they were guarding a criminal.

He naturally also heard Zhang Anshi and Xu Jingchang say some rare words, but …… he didn t understand.

At the end of that railroad track was a huge workhouse.

The vast number of civil servants and military generals at the back, looking at this place, only felt strange, and one looked around curiously.

This place, how can I say it …… gives an …… uncomfortable feeling.

That Marquis of Baoding, Meng Shan, grabbed Meng Wen’s ear all the way, almost carrying this ear and lifting Meng Wen up.

Meng Wen ate the pain, then had to all the way to the head tilted, mouth said: “Aiya, father, lighter, father …… grievances when it is over …… father …… future I can not give you old age to send to death ……”

Finally got into the huge shed.

Immediately …… you see the depth of this railroad track, a huge steel beast lying on the railroad track.

This thing, as tall as a man, is an iron lump, and a chimney protrudes from it.

Zhu looked away and couldn’t help but be speechless.

Xu Jingchang face shows a few points of complacency, cheerfully said: “Do not look at it like an iron lump, in fact, in order to reduce the weight, can use hardwood places are used hardwood, can hollow out places are hollowed out, in fact, it is not too heavy, only two thousand nine hundred pounds.”

“Two thousand nine hundred pounds ……”

Do you have some misunderstanding of the word heavy? It’s not heavy?

Zhang Anshi’s eyes lit up a few times when he looked at this thing, feeling very affectionate.

He couldn’t help but smile, walking up, looking at this, touching this.

It’s a steam locomotive, and it looks …… like a bit of a looker.

This thing …… actually manufacturing principle is not difficult at all, and even a random person who has studied middle school physics in the latter part of the world can know it by and large.

But to actually build it is unthinkable in this day and age.

Without hundreds and thousands of skilled craftsmen working together, without Zhang Anshi proposing a correct direction from the beginning, reducing the cost of almost all trial and error, and without hundreds of thousands of taels of silver slammed into it regardless of the cost, it would have been almost unthinkable to build this thing.

Technology itself has evolved in leaps and bounds, but of course, for the ancients who, for thousands of years, had almost no substantial advancement in technology, perhaps this was unimaginable.

But in fact, once something began to be opened, and then …… the potential of many intelligent people on this basis, began to be developed, and now …… the emergence of this thing, but also is considered to be in the Daming, opened a completely new era.

Zhang Anshi looked at Xu Jingchang with interest and said, “Can you run?”

“Can, just too slow.” Xu Jingchang was very dissatisfied said, “That’s why …… we want to head on gunpowder and kerosene.”

Zhang Anshi hated to kick him off, so he couldn’t help but glare at him, “Don’t think you can run if you haven’t learned how to walk yet, spoiling my silver …… like this.”

Zhu Di’s face sank when he heard about spoiling the silver.

If his own perceptions are not mistaken, it seems that the institute …… is spending money from the merchant bank, which ……

Xu Jingchang hurriedly said, “Yes, yes ……”

Zhang Anshi was more concerned about another issue, so he asked, “How much cargo can be loaded?”

Xu Jingchang then said, “Not much, just five trailers. Any more than that and it might not run ……”

Five ……

Less is a little less, but ……

Zhang Anshi said, “Five trailers full?”

“Yes.”

Zhang Anshi then couldn’t wait to say, “Go ahead and try it.”

“Oh.”

Xu Jingchang rubbed his hands, jumped to try, and then …… shouted toward the back of the head: “The crowd of Taipao …… brothers …… give me. ”

A command, a group of young people, they swarmed forward, even that Meng Wen also took advantage of Meng Shan is not prepared, fiercely break away, a smoke first ran away.

Zhu Di had already dismounted, and Zhang Anshi smiled and walked to Zhu Di’s front, saying with a smile in his eyes, “Your Majesty …… is not to be missed, not to be missed ……”

Zhu Di doesn’t know what Zhang Anshi is happy about, he is in a somewhat less beautiful mood at this time.

He pressed his hand, and said very truthfully, “You don t talk to me, you say those, I can not understand, I only want to know, this thing …… cost me how much silver?”

Zhang Anshi’s face stiffened, and finally said honestly, “This …… this …… is actually not much, that is …… several hundred thousand taels ……”

Chu: “……”

Zhang Anshi then added: “But …… Your Majesty …… you just watch, soon Your Majesty will know how powerful this thing is.”

Saying that, Zhang Anshi forced himself to stop looking at Zhu Di’s face that clearly had displeasure written all over it, turned back to greet the people, brought tables and chairs for the monarchs and ministers, and taught the people to pour tea.

Only the smell in this workhouse was not so good, and it was filthy everywhere, especially a smell of tung oil, which made it harder to bear.

Everyone was holding tea in their hands, but none of them were in the mood to drink it.

A few moments later, that boiler began to fire up.

In the front of this car, there is only one person, since it is Xu Jingchang.

As for the others, they could only start connecting the trailer at the back. And then, at Zhang Anshi’s command, loaded the goods on the top of this trailer.

Zhu looked confused, but it was unobtrusive.

He was more and more a little confused …… Just in the face of his own complete lack of understanding, he was too embarrassed to ask more, especially in the face of so many people, so …… he showed his calm color since, just wanting to know what these guys are going to get up to.

As for Yang Rong, Jin Zhongren, etc., the same is largely true.

What are they people, is the world s smartest readers, Wen Yuange Daoshi not to mention, these people …… are theoretically the emperor s secretary, knowledgeable, anyway, belongs to, as long as his majesty asked what, they can have a response to the strategy.

Jin Zhong is even more different, he is not only the Secretary of the Ministry of War, but also from the character measurement, the persona is to know five hundred years from above and five hundred years from below.

But now that he was looking at this thing, he was only confused.

So the more this time, on the contrary, the more to show a few calm look, just hate spandex feather fan, show the wisdom of the pearl in the face.

The monarchs were surprisingly quiet.

Immediately afterward, the crowd saw that smoke began to be discharged from the chimney.

Slowly, the body began to shake.

The crowd was first bluffed, and then, it was Hu Guang who laughed: “Haha …… this I understand, isn t this …… not a fireplace? When I was reading …… I saw Mma making fire in the back kitchen to cook, it was the same, the stove burned fire, and the chimney produced cooking smoke.”

The crowd nodded, showing a look of finally understanding, and many then relaxed with it.

It seems …… largely so, this thing …… is simple, look bluff, the essence …… seems to be the same thing.

Zhang Anshi’s face went black, but he was not in a position to snap.

Finally ……

Click ……

The smoke suddenly came out of the head of the steamer, and the smoke rolled even more thickly.

Click here …… click here ……

That drive belt, but it seems …… like something is starting to move.

The locomotive began to hiss hysterically.

And then ……

The ground seemed to tremble.

At this moment, everyone’s faces were shocked.

Just when everyone was amazed ……

That front end …… was actually moving with five long strings of trailers …… behind it.

At first …… it was slow, but it moved so much that it seemed like the ground was shaking.

At this time …… Zhu Di couldn t help but stand up, his eyes showed a shocked color, and then unconsciously sat back.

Jin Zhong even couldn t help but say, “Wooden ox flowing horse, this …… is this Zhuge reincarnated?”

Of course, no one paid any attention to his words.

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It didn’t walk fast, and it was even possible that Zhang Anshi could barely catch up with it just by sprinting.

It barely picked up speed until it was out of the huge shed.

By and large, that’s about the speed of a human trot.

The crowd saw that the action of the steel behemoth to go far away, Zhu was the first to sit down, and then busy is to stand up, and then quickly step out of the shed.

Just see that the rolling smoke place, that as a long dragon like a steam train, on the track …… continue to run, the speed seems to have no signs of speeding up again, barely only a little faster than the party.

But victoriously, it seemed to show no signs of stopping, just kept puffing out smoke and continued to keep traveling down the tracks.

The more the people look …… at it, the more they find it unbelievable.

This thing …… it really runs on its own.

Zhu Di is jaw-dropping, only to feel that his life is also considered knowledgeable, but absolutely can not imagine, the world has this strange thing.

Hu Guang is even more confused, a pair of eyes unconsciously opened, this stove and chimney burning …… how it ran up.

Just as everyone was in a state of disbelief, Zhang Anshi immediately called out to the people around him, “Quickly …… quickly …… calculate the time and see how far we can run in an hour.”

In that locomotive, there is only Xu Jingchang a big injustice in shoveling coal, and then more people not only can not stand, the most important thing is …… also increase the weight of the train.

So the thirteen men who had loaded the trailer had long since come down.

At this time that Meng Wen said, “Once upon a time even after, an hour …… if it is fully loaded, roughly can run thirty miles.”

Thirty Miles ……

An hour is two hours, which means fifteen miles per hour, and a mile is roughly five hundred meters up or down.

And the normal speed at which an adult walks is roughly six or seven to thirteen or fourteen miles per hour.

That’s a speed that should just be double the speed of a normal person walking.

Zhang Anshi couldn’t help but spit it out: the speed of this thing wasn’t even as good as a bicycle.

But …… Zhang Anshi consoled himself.

What’s the point of being fast?

Lasting is king!

It was just Zhu and the others, but they were still stunned.

One by one, the crowd stood up unconsciously, staring in disbelief at the steam train that kept continuing along the tracks.

No one made a sound.

This thing is so psychologically shocking to people who have never seen anything like it before, even big enough to make it seem unreal.

It didn t take long to turn a full circle, and this railroad track its nature is a big circle, finally, this steam train …… appeared in the back of the shed, and then slowly drove into the shed again.

Xu Jingchang obviously has long mastered the skills of this thing, early began to consciously turn off the fire, and finally ……… this steam train, slowly gliding in, and then rumbled to a stop, the whole shed once again thick smoke rolled.

In the midst of the smoke, Xu Jingchang jumped down with a leap of faith, cheerfully exclaiming, “What is it, what is it ……”

The monarchs and ministers continued to stare blankly at the scene before them without uttering a word.

It wasn’t until Xu Jingchang walked up from the smoke that Zhu suddenly came to his senses.

After all, Zhu Di is a person with vision, is the kind of emperor who dares to decree to go to the West, is by no means the kind of people who stick to the rules.

After a short period of surprise, soon, he will be violently realized what, and then care also ignore Xu Jingchang, but the finger of the steam train, shouted: “Come to the people …… come to the people …… hurry up to the goods in that car, all to I unloaded, let people take the scale …… take the scale …… I want to know …… this car loaded with how much cargo, fast …… Quickly go.”

With this call, he simultaneously snapped those who had been frozen in shock for a long time to their senses.

So the shed was a mess.

Zhu Di then added: “I want the exact number, a catty or two can not be wrong, into the heck, I am also considered to hit the ghost today.”

Xu Jingchang: “……”

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A little uncomfortable, but not sure if I’m positive or not, and I’m afraid to go to the hospital to test, but it’s okay, I’m a little better after taking the pills, and there’s still one more chapter to go, so keep up the good work, tiger.