Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 141

Donglin has completely collapsed. As long as the eunuchs are cleaned up again, the disaster of party struggle that plagued the Ming Dynasty will be completely over.

It's a bit of a hidden danger for the eunuchs to be in power at this moment, and it shouldn't have much to do with it, after all, they won't be jumping around for a few months.

After Taichang dealt with the government affairs, he was dragged to the side of the Chengguang Hall, because the transformation of the carts had been completely completed at this moment.

On the pier, Wang Zheng looked at the ten remodeled wheels in front of him, and couldn't help being very excited.

He couldn't help showing off, "Your Majesty, why don't you sit on it and try it. His Royal Highness has tried it several times. There is no problem with this new ship."

This kid, tell him not to sit on the boat, he has sat on it a few times!

He smiled and shook his head, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, I will go up and try, let's go."

After finishing speaking, he stepped forward without hesitation, and boarded a cart that was parked at the very side.

Seeing this, Wang Zheng, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, Gu Cheng, Cao Huachun, Liu Shiyou and others quickly followed after them. A dozen or so Jinyiwei with excellent water skills also flew onto the decks on both sides.

In fact, the volume of this wheel is not small.

The length of the wheel boat is about 15 meters, and the width is about five meters. The cabin alone is about ten meters long, and it is not a problem for twenty people to sit in it.

Taichang looked at the simple tables and long benches in the cabin, and at the brand-new guard panels on both sides, then sat down and waved: "Everyone is seated, ready to sail."

When everyone heard this, they quickly sat down carefully, and the two sailors from the Beijing camp at the stern also quickly opened the iron cover under the boiler, pushed aside the coal fire covered inside, and then skillfully closed the iron cover.

After a while, the hot water in the boiler boiled.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" a whistle sounded, and the steam was sprayed out from the special whistle pipes on both sides.

This ship is actually two small boilers driving two steam engines, because the whole ship needs to maintain the center of gravity. If a large one is placed in the middle of the stern, it will block the passage between the cabin and the stern, and the stern controls the direction. There is no place for people to stand.

There is no way, Taichang can only ask people to make two small ones on both sides.

In this way, some pipes can also be saved, that is, two people are required to burn the boiler.

The sound of the whistle proved that the boat could be sailed. Wang Zheng hurriedly told everyone to sit down, and then waved his hand to order the two sailors to open an air supply valve on both sides at the same time.

"Puff, puff." A rhythmic rhythm sounded, and the ship began to slowly leave the dock.

This is the lowest speed, slower than a human walking, almost like a turtle's speed.

After the ship completely left the pier, Wang Zheng waved impatiently: "Go at full speed!"

The two sailors opened another valve on both sides at the same time. At this moment, the rhythm of the steam engine immediately became more urgent, and the ship rushed forward at high speed.

This speed, at least thirty yards, right?
Taichang didn't know why, but such a number suddenly popped up in his mind.

Unfortunately, there is no speedometer at the moment, and he doesn't know the exact speed.

In short, the speed of the ship is fast, faster than a sailboat with a smooth wind.

Taichang looked at the flying scenery outside, and then asked: "Liangfu, have you ever thought about the problem of turning when the gunboat is built to participate in naval battles in the future? It is definitely not possible to turn at the lowest speed on the battlefield, but turning at such a high speed It's a bit dangerous, I'm afraid there must be one or two medium speeds in the middle!"

Wang Zheng nodded repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty, this humble minister has already thought about it. At that time, a large ship with a thousand materials will definitely need four sets of water wheels, and a large ship with two thousand materials will need eight sets. As long as we open a few sets less, or add one more With the out-of-gassing valve, the speed in the middle can be changed in many ways.”

Uh, you just superimpose it so simply?
A centipede-like building gunboat could not help appearing in Taichang's mind. If that guy had five thousand materials, there would be no more than twenty sets of water wheels on both sides of the ship!
However, this is not impossible.

This superposition method is the simplest. If the water wheel is enlarged, the steam engine must also be enlarged. If the steam engine is enlarged, the boilers, pipes, and valves must also be enlarged accordingly. It is troublesome.

Okay, if you can't eat a fat man in one bite, it's impossible to make such an advanced ship in the future. It's better to use this simplest method to build the building boat and gunboat first.

As for increasing the steam engine and water wheel, take your time, there is no need to rush, after all, Europe has not yet built the steam engine and the ship, and they still have a lot of time to develop it.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said earnestly: "Liangfu, you have a heavy burden. Not only do you have to develop buildings, ships, gunboats, but also steam machine tools. Have you ever thought about how many students you will bring?"

Wang Zheng nodded without hesitation and said: "Your Majesty, this minister has already thought about it. When the exam is over, I will find a way to find a few smart-minded students who are willing to learn this."

Will the students who fail the exam?
These people are very useful.

You know, except for a few students from the Guozijian who can participate in the examination, the rest are all candidates.

Juren can already be an official, below the sixth rank, or even an official of the sixth rank.

Well, the students who failed the exam this time must be carefully screened and selected to select a group of talents.

Taichang thought about it carefully, then nodded and said: "Okay, let's go back after a turn. We have to discuss how to select and arrange the failed candidates."

Hearing this, Wang Zheng quickly ordered a few sailors to drive the ship around in a big circle, and it didn't take long for the ship to return to the pier.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Gu Bingqian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was standing on the pier waiting with a letter in his hands!

What is this useless waste doing?

Didn't this guy ask Wei Zhongxian for instructions?
Taichang was curious, but Gu Bingqian had already stepped forward to greet him, raised the memorial above his head with both hands, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the disaster victims in Shangzhou gathered a crowd to rebel, and thousands of rebels are besieging Luonan County."

Ah!
Hearing this, Taichang almost staggered and fell into the pool of Taiye.

Shangzhou is in Shaanxi to announce the political envoy!
The disaster victims in Shangzhou gathered a crowd to rebel. Does this mean that the largest peasant uprising in Northwest China in history is about to start?
impossible!

What time is it now?
Historically, the peasant uprising in Northwest China took place in the last years of the apocalypse, and there are still four or five years before now!
He just felt his scalp tingling.

The peasant uprising in the Northwest is no joke. Once it breaks out, it will be endless.

I don’t know how many there are in the 72nd Battalion of thirteen families. Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong alone have tens of thousands of people or even millions of people under them.

Moreover, these people are still inexhaustible with wildfires, and they are born again in the spring breeze, endlessly, and they reappear after being suppressed for a long time, and they reappear after being suppressed for a long time.

Jiannu and these rebels seem to have made an appointment. After you sing, I will appear on the stage, and I will come on stage after you just finished making trouble. I will take turns and keep coming. Daming was killed in this way!

Could it be that this troubled world is really unstoppable?
Could it be that the Ming Dynasty is really doomed to perish!
He was stunned for a while, and then he grabbed the memorial and looked at it carefully.

Trouble, it's really Shangzhou disaster victims rebellion, Yunyang Fuzhi Xue Zhen urgently reported that thousands of Shangzhou disaster victims are attacking Luonan County like crazy, this guy has mobilized two thousand elite guards to encircle and suppress the rebels went.

What exactly is going on?

He roared angrily, "What does Mrs. Wu Chun do to eat? Didn't the household department allocate money and food for disaster relief? Liaodong and Southwest don't need his household department to bear the burden, so he can't even squeeze out money and food for disaster relief in the northwest?"

Gu Bingqian trembled in fright and said: "The emperor calm down, the relief money and grain households in the northwest have all been allocated, and this humble official has already checked."

Will you still check Wu Chunfu?

When Taichang heard the words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

This Gu Bingqian is a worthless snack. The disaster victims in the northwest rebelled. Would he think of checking the account of the account department?
Why is this so weird?

Could it be because Wei Zhongxian was afraid that I would check the account of the account department, so Gu Bingqian lied about checking it!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help snorting coldly: "Go, ask Wu Chunfu to send the ledger of the disaster relief money and food in the Northwest to the Imperial Study Room immediately."

These bastards have only been in power for how long, and they caused the victims of the disaster in the northwest to rebel!
(End of this chapter)