Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 49, Boiling water? Is it the future of the world?

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly shifted his gaze over, and his eyes, which were originally full of madness and anxiety, now turned into tension and uneasiness.

He could feel Xia Zhibai's unyielding and life-or-death determination, and he could also sense the firmness and stubbornness in Xia Zhibai's words.

Xia Zhibai simply disdains to lie!
He can indeed come up with some things, some magical objects that are difficult for people to calm down.

Whether it is potatoes that produce 1,000 kilograms per mu or high-yield rice seedlings, if they are truly promoted throughout the world, they will truly benefit all people.

Xia Zhibai was not just talking empty words, he was really carrying out what he firmly believed in.

Consider the people.

There were some white sweat on Zhu Yuanzhang's forehead, which was rare to see. As a man who had experienced many storms and many life and death situations, this situation rarely occurred to him.

now.

He felt a heavy pressure.

Xia Zhibai had indeed been challenging his sensitive nerves step by step in the past, and he had wanted to kill Xia Zhibai to vent his anger time and time again, but he finally held back.

It would be too easy for Xia Zhibai to kill him directly!
For a literati or a scholar, the greatest revenge is to completely destroy his beliefs and dignity, so he chose to "indulge".

Let Xia Zhibai escape.

Then they captured him again, and gradually broke down Xia Zhibai's psychological defenses, trampled on his dignity, insulted his character, and made him completely collapse.

but now.

Xia Zhibai walked towards him step by step.

But it seemed to tell myself more firmly that I was wrong, and very wrong.

How wrong it is.

What made Zhu Yuanzhang even more terrified was that he was actually secretly moved in his heart. This was an extremely terrifying thing.

He is an emperor!

He is the emperor! He is the ruler of all the people in the world!
How could he be wrong?
But if he was right, then what about the potatoes and high-yield rice seedlings that Xia Zhibai brought out? And what about the other ox cart of things?
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head violently.

Clear out the messy and uneasy thoughts in your mind and reaffirm your faith and confidence.

It is impossible for Xia Zhibai to take out such a magical object.

It must be impossible!
Wow!
The straw mat was lifted.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was in his throat.

But when he really saw what was on the second ox cart, he was surprised because he had seen the things on it before.

Very sparse and ordinary.

very common.

There's nothing surprising about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang's stiff and pale face showed a hint of blood, and he finally smiled and said, "Xia Zhibai, is this the other magical object you showed us?"

"We can't see anything else."

"But we recognize this thing."

"Stoves, we have as many of these as we need in our palace, and they are more exquisite and more practical than yours."

Xia Zhibai nodded, without stopping what he was doing, and while lighting the fire, he said, "A stove is indeed very common, but it's not a stove that I want to show Your Majesty."

"Boil the water instead!"

“And that is the future of the world.”

"Boil water?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xia Zhibai in confusion, not understanding what boiling water had to do with the future?
Hasn’t it been burning since ancient times?

How did it become the future?
Could it be that the water boiled by Xia Zhibai was different from the water boiled by ordinary people? But even if it was different, it was still boiling water, and could it produce flowers?

Xia Zhibai didn't explain.

He just sat on the ground, took out a piece of hemp paper, and started folding it. Finally, he folded out a paper windmill, which he fixed with a small stick.

Then wait for the water to boil.

At this time.

Zhu Biao noticed something was wrong, Xia Zhibai sealed the lid of the kettle, covered it with a stone, leaving only a spout for air to vent. Xia Zhibai did not stop.

He took out a copper tube from his body and inserted it into the spout of the pot. At the other end, he placed a gear with a windmill tied to it.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion and incomprehension. They didn't know what Xia Zhibai was doing, but they still watched him intently.

The water is not boiling yet.

But a stream of white gas was already coming out of the copper pipe.

Gradually.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao saw that, pushed by the white gas, the gears began to turn, but not very fast, and then the paper windmill on top also started to turn.

As the water temperature continues to rise.

The gears turned faster and faster, and the speed of the paper windmill also became faster and faster, and finally a rustling sound of wind was heard.

"This is what I want Your Majesty to see." Xia Zhibai turned around with a smile on his face, and said, "And this is also the application of boiling water in the future."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it suspiciously for a few seconds and asked, "Why don't we see anything strange about boiling water to make this paper windmill turn?"

"What's so difficult about this?"

"If we want, we can let the palace servants and eunuchs run with this paper windmill, and it will turn faster than yours."

"This is too much trouble."

“A waste of firewood.”

Zhu Yuanzhang's complexion has returned to normal, with a look of relief and disdain. Xia Zhibai had put a lot of pressure on him before, but now he can finally get some face back.

Xia Zhibai looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, pointed at the spinning windmill, and said, "What if this is not a paper windmill, but a wheel?"

"If there's more than one wheel."

"It's four."

"What if it's not wood burning, but coal? What if it's not just one pot of water burning, but a lot of water?"

“What if the gears are not connected to windmills, but to the hammers used by craftsmen to beat their weapons, the oars used to propel ships forward, or the plows used by farmers?”

"Your Majesty could have imagined that scene?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly changed, and for the first time, he showed shock on his face. If what Xia Zhibai said was true, this "boiling water" would be too scary.

But can this little "boiling water" really turn into so many scary things? And how much water and firewood and coal would be wasted?
Again.

Can you really compare with others?

Zhu Yuanzhang was full of doubts.

Moreover, if there were really such things, wouldn't the people of the Ming Dynasty be idle all day long, which would also be a great danger to the stability of the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, "Even if you talk nonsense, it doesn't prove that these things can really be made."

"Besides, we in the Ming Dynasty can't use it either."

"If we really have so many things, wouldn't it be better to just distribute them to the people? Why bother with all this? You have a good idea."

"But we don't need it."

Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude was very firm.

Xia Zhibai looked calm. He had actually expected that the practical application of "boiling water" would involve too many variables for the monarch.

They will feel disgust and resistance from the bottom of their hearts.

They don't want change.

However, Xia Zhibai didn't care and was not in a hurry. He just came to tell Zhu Yuanzhang that these things would exist in the world.

He returned to the ox cart again.

He picked up a cylindrical object from above and placed it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then he took out a fire starter.

(End of this chapter)