Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 211 Really?Made it?
Song Lian's voice rang and echoed in Fengtian Hall.

All civil and military officials in the court looked surprised.

There is no airtight wall in the world, even the palace walls of the imperial city are no exception. Everyone present has heard about the incident of the twelfth prince Zhu Bai.

What shocked them was that it was not the Huaixi party that fired at Yang Xian first, but Song Lian.

You must know that Song Lian is a good friend of Yang Xian’s teacher Liu Bowen.

As for what Zhu Bai was studying in the War Bureau, no one believed it at all.

They had the same idea as Song Lian. Unless it was a legendary magical method, how could it be possible to replace production without human or animal power.

Now that someone has taken the lead in the charge, the Huaixi Party members no longer have any scruples.

Hu Weiyong also followed the example and bowed: "I also heard that the War Bureau spent a lot of money and wasted a lot of iron ingots to make this thing. In recent years, the imperial court has been on successive campaigns, and the treasury is already tight. I am afraid that it cannot afford to continue to waste like this. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Song Lian, then at Hu Weiyong, and finally his eyes fell on Zhu Biao and said, "Prince, tell me what is going on?"

Zhu Biao didn't know where to start. Finally, an idea flashed in his mind and he said, "Father, do you know how to boil water?"

"Boil water?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then asked. "Lao Twelve, does this matter have anything to do with boiling water?"

He has been studying naval warfare these days, and he really doesn't know much about Zhu Bai.But since the matter involved Yang Xian, he naturally chose to believe him.

Zhu Biao nodded, and then said: "I wonder if my father has noticed that when boiling water, the steam sometimes lifts the lid of the kettle."

"Yang Guogong then came up with the idea. Since this water vapor can push the lid of the kettle open, can it also push other things."

"Based on this principle, Yang Guogong proposed the idea of ​​a steam engine, which is to create a facility that can use steam to propel all things. I support my twelfth brother's research on steam engines. All expenditures do not come from the treasury, but directly It will be paid from the internal funds of my East Palace, so there is no such thing as a waste of the imperial court’s money.”

As soon as this word comes out.

The entire hall immediately fell silent.

No one who can stand in this hall is stupid.

After they thought about Zhu Biao's words, they soon felt that they made sense.

Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and others thought more deeply and discovered the problem.

Hu Weiyong asked: "May I ask Your Highness, the water vapor produced by boiling a pot of water can only push such a small lid. How much water must be boiled at the same time to push a kilogram of goods, not to mention Can it be done in the end? How much firewood and charcoal must be wasted in order to push this kilogram of goods."

"And we people only need to raise our hands so lightly, and we can do it."

One word that hit the mark is worthy of Hu Weiyong.

In the main hall, the other ministers also nodded.

Zhu Biao was busy with government affairs and did not participate in the research of steam engines. Naturally, he could not answer Hu Weiyong's questions.

And just when he was thinking about how to speak.

Outside the main hall, a voice suddenly sounded.

"The Twelve Princes are asking for an audience outside the palace!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the expressions on the faces of His Highness's ministers and waved his hand.

The chamberlain beside him immediately shouted loudly: "Xuan!"

After the words fell, I saw Zhu Biao walking up to the main hall in a red python robe. Step by step, he passed the ministers on both sides and walked to the front. He first gave Zhu Biao a reassuring look, then knelt down and saluted: "I have seen my father. Emperor."

"Get up." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Zhu Bai and said. "The ministers were talking about you just now."

"My son Zhu Bai, I have developed a steam engine according to the prince's order, and I have fulfilled my mission!" Zhu Bai's voice, which was still somewhat childish, echoed throughout the Fengtian Palace.

All the civil and military officials present were completely dumbfounded after hearing Zhu Bai's words.

Have you actually made this thing?
There was a dead silence in this hall, and everyone looked at the twelfth prince Zhu Bai standing in the center of the hall in disbelief.

Song Lian looked at Zhu Bai and felt extremely sad in his heart. A good prince only indulged in studying these strange skills all day long, and now he even started to lie.

In his opinion, Yang Xian was really guilty.

Obviously he still didn't believe that Zhu Bai could create something that only existed in myths and legends.

Hu Weiyong on the side said: "Your Majesty, since His Royal Highness the Twelfth Prince has developed a steam engine, and the ministers are also very interested in it, I wonder if we can witness its elegance together. In this way, we can also block those leisurely people outside. mouth."

It was obvious that the person who had just presented the memorial was himself. Hu Weiyong was so thick-skinned that no one could match him.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Bai and responded with an extremely confident look.

Seeing this look, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

Each of my sons has become successful, and they are worthy of being our Zhu Yuanzhang's children.

"If that's the case, let's start a battle!"

A group of people came to the open space outside the Bingzhan Bureau, where the huge steam engine developed by Zhu Bai was placed.

I saw an upright iron bucket connected to a round mill.

That iron barrel is the boiler.

A steam engine is actually a boiler that uses steam to generate power.

Zhu Bai's design is also very simple, just like a large teapot with a base, except that it has one more water inlet pipe, one more water outlet pipe, one gas storage tank, and one more air outlet pipe than the teapot.

In front of the air outlet pipe, there is a linked gear combination that can be used to drive the circular grinder next to it.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the huge guy in front of him and said, "Is this a steam engine?"

Zhu Bai said: "Yes, father."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Let's get started and let our ministers have a good experience."

"Yes!"

Zhu Bai walked to the boiler, and the craftsmen on the side handed the torch that had been prepared into Zhu Bai's hands.

Zhu Bai opened the door of the boiler chamber and threw the torch in his hand.

The boiler has long been filled with fuel for burning, coal.

"Boom!" sounded, and flames suddenly burst into flames inside the steam engine.

Then at the other end of the boiler, thick black smoke rose.

Coal burns very powerfully.

Within a few moments, the entire boiler was burning red.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang and all the ministers also heard the sound of boiling water.

And almost at the same time as the water started to boil, in everyone's shocked eyes, the circular mill connected to the steam engine gear set also started to rotate slowly!

(End of this chapter)