open sea

Chapter 1069
South of Beijing, Steam Bureau.

A copy of the emperor's telegram was copied, and Zhou Sijing, the chief executive, was watching with glasses on the bridge of his nose.

His myopia existed before taking the imperial examination. Later, Li Tao, a friend of his fellow subject, gave him a pair of glasses bought from a Portuguese. They slept in the same bed in the capital.

In the twelfth lunar month of that year, it was very cold, and the boarding house for two people did not have thick quilts, and there was only one thin bed, so they had no choice but to sleep on one bed.

It's not about money. There are too many students coming to Beijing to rush for the exam, and even if they have money, they can't live in a good room.

It was still cold under the quilt, but finally the fur robe given to Li Tao by Chen Mu, the general of Dongyang, was useful, keeping the two of them warm for the whole night.

These days there is no such thing as glasses, not to mention the relationship between people, which is not very clear.

Since he worked in the Ministry of Industry, his vision has become more and more blurred recently.

Originally, the Steam Power Experimental Branch of the Ministry of Industry was just a big foreman, relying on the Nanyang Military Government's annual funding to maintain the craftsman's livelihood. Who knows that today's people like these things, and the middle officials in the palace come here every now and then.

The Huode Xingjun locked in the imperial prison was saved from here, and the later modifications were all boiled directly from here, and he, the master, personally brought it into the palace.

At the beginning, it was necessary to add water and coal twice when it was brought from outside the city to the city. Later, after the finalization in the sixth year of Wanli, there was no need to add water or coal in the middle. Zhou Sijing watched Huode Xingjun grow up.

It is also because of the merits of making Huode Xingjun that the emperor said that the steam division is much easier to use than the Qin Tianjian. The gods here are invited to descend to the earth, and there is even a solar eclipse that is not accurate. The official is directly promoted to two levels , the establishment of Zhengqipin was promoted to Zhengwupin.

Of course, he is still not as good as Li Tao of the same discipline. He became the magistrate of Hengzhou three years ago and passed the examination. After three years, the gates of the government were not closed, and the road did not pick up lost things. Now he is the third-rank Huguang inspector.

But... this telegram from the emperor should be taken out by Zhou Sijing. Note that it is to "take out" a guy who can drag a [-]-jin cart at a speed of four miles per hour and walk four hundred miles continuously. Passed the exam.

Take it out within six months and give it to the assistant minister of the processing department—don't care about the left and right, it will be the third grade.

Seeing the letter, Zhou Sijing was overjoyed, this matter, this matter is too easy!
His Steam Bureau is full of small fires and Dexingjun are running, the small ones can't be carried and replaced with big ones?A few days ago, the newcomer to the bureau, Xiao Young, said that he had changed a Type-B Huode Xingjun, and he wanted to take the other one to run on the road, so that he could deliver goods to others in the future.

Before he had time to be happy, he suddenly heard the chaos outside. As soon as the chief, Zhou Sijing, put the telegram in his sleeve, he heard someone shouting outside the door: "Boss Zhou, something big is not right!"

"Come in, talk slowly if you have something to say, how can you be in a hurry." Zhou Sijing didn't even move his body, raised his hand on the table and asked the craftsman at the door: "Have we not seen any accidents in the Steam Bureau? Even the Military Weapons Bureau It’s not as loud as ours, and the boiler has blown up countless times, so don’t be afraid, drink your saliva, is there anyone dead?”

Zhou Sijing felt that the bureaucrats and craftsmen in his bureau were all people who had seen big storms, so they shouldn't be so flustered.

The resistance is too high and the house is set on fire. They have seen it three or four times a year; the boiler exploded, knocked down the factory building, and the steam turbine failed to control and cut the gate. He has seen them all, although he has not been out in the past six months. Such an accident, but Zhou Sijing felt that he had practiced the magic skill of calmly facing accidents.

For example, in the corner of the Yamen of the Steam Bureau, there is a small machine half the height of a person fixed on a four-wheeled scooter. Little man, with four hands wielding a knife left and right, and a spear in front.

Fanatic Zhou Sijing named it 'Black and White Impermanence' last year, but that strange thing that can't boil hot water, has a spear in the front, four long blades fixed on the left and right, and several thick pipes on the buttocks is just a failure now. souvenir.

Because the power of this chariot does not come from steam, but gunpowder.

A fixed amount of gunpowder packs, through four pistons and mechanical parts, transmits power to the wheels, allowing the chariot to charge forward and automatically pull off the follow-up packs wrapped with igniting powder.

Zhou Sijing's original intention was to make a chariot that can hit the infantry phalanx on flat terrain or downhill. It can also be used as a gate knife cart for defending the city. In this way, the chariot can be sent out without being pushed, and the city gate can be easily closed. .

For this reason, he made many designs, many calculations, and many experiments. He blew up many pistons and left a deep and shallow scar on his thigh. Finally, he really made this idea come true.

Hei Wuchang in the front swings his arms holding two steel knives back and forth in a semicircle when he advances, and Bai Wuchang in the back holds two long spears alternately thrusting out and retracting. The two bowl-mouth cannons of the gun will also spray two hundred pieces of lead forward one after another-you can even choose to bury gunpowder under the buttocks and explode at the end.

Such a new type of weapon with comprehensive functions and powerful power, which can be mass-produced and used to cause a devastating blow to the infantry phalanx, should not stay here. It should go to Ye Mengxiong.

In the hands of Ye Mengxiong, Qi Jiguang has already used them to attack the Mongols.

But black and white impermanence also has disadvantages.

It has only one shortcoming - at the furthest point, it took seven steps.

Gunpowder is too difficult to control as power!

Zhou Sijing glanced at the glory of the past, and the dusty black and white impermanence proved that he was not afraid of any blows.

Then he saw the old craftsman shaking his head quickly: "Not dead, not dead."

The slightly suspended heart immediately fell back, and Zhou Sijing waved his hand: "It's good that no one is dead. If there is no death, there will be no major events in this world."

The old craftsman was still bowing his waist with his fists in his hands, his head slightly lowered but he raised his eyes to look at him with panic in his eyes. Obviously, he was not convinced, and he said: "Master Zhou, there is no death, and there are big things."

This finally attracted Zhou Sijing's attention. He frowned and stood up, "What happened?"

"The city wall, Xu Suo is driving Huode Xingjun out, smashing the city wall."

At first, Zhou Sijing didn't seem to understand what the old craftsman was talking about. Frowning, he asked first, "The city wall? The steam engine is broken...Which city wall are you talking about, Yangou City in Liangxiang, or Beijing City?" "

"In the outer city, at the left corner of You'an Gate, Xu Suozheng was dragging a large cart by Huode Xingjun, and it seemed that something was changed on the cart, so that he couldn't turn, and hit the corner of the city gate...Mr. Zhou, you still Go quickly, a part of the city wall has collapsed, and the soldiers of the five city soldiers and Ma Si are all surrounding them."

"The outer city was originally repaired with jerry-built materials. If you want to hit the inner city, even a Type A can't break it... This Xu Xiucai, alas!"

Zhou Sijing rubbed his forehead fiercely with the jaw of a tiger, then got up and said: "Go, pay some money from the account of the bureau. After repairing bridges and paving roads, my steam bureau went to the capital."

The Xu Xiucai that Zhou Sijing spoke of was a young scholar from Shanghai County named Xu Guangqi.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)