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Chapter 1269 Steam Yamen
Disappointed, Zhou Sijing once again returned to the Yamen of the Steam Bureau in the south of the capital, and shook his head bitterly at the officials who approached him.

"The problem has not been solved. Your Majesty sent the Huode Xingjun who shoveled the snow to Bo Jinghaibo's family as a servant. I was allowed to see it, but your majesty said that that one can't walk on the land, the only one that can walk on the land. This is the first Huode Xingjun to be placed in orbit."

Like a general, Zhou Sijing lifted up the hem of the official robe and stuffed it into the belt decorated with gold and jade. The two sleeves were rolled up on the arms and wrapped with the arm guards, quickly completing the transformation from the official robe of the regiment leader to the overalls .

Rolling up his sleeves, he asked angrily, "Has the Ministry of Rites not responded to the request for reforming the official robes of the Steam Yamen?"

"Return to the adults, there is a reply, saying that they are discussing."

"It's just such a trivial matter, what's there to talk about." Zhou Sijing buttoned the leather buckle of his armguard, his eyes fixed, and his mouth was fragrant: "Discuss, discuss, fuck."

Zhou Sijing felt that instead of making suggestions to the Ministry of Rites, it would be better for the emperor to send the officials of the Ministry of Rites to Beiyang to deal with the machines for two days and then he would know what was going on.

It is really dangerous to wear official robes to deal with steam engines and machines.

Once the sleeves or the hem of the official robe are pulled in, the end is terrible.

Because of this, he submitted a request to the Ministry of Rites last year for the reformation of the official robes of the Steam Yamen. He planned to use the Beiyang military uniforms as a model and change the shape of the official robes with the same fabric. Anyway, the most important thing on the official robes is the jade belt. As long as this is still there, the official uniform is still the official uniform.

Beiyang's little clothes are so good, the military breeches with a wide top and narrow bottom, and the right lapel gown with a stand-up collar that covers the buttocks at the bottom.

No way, people's aesthetics change according to the environment. Traditional officials don't have to consider practicality in clothing, as long as they are loose and comfortable; but officials like steam yamen need to work. They not only have to write, but also It is their job to operate the steam engine, operate the machine to drive the train, how can they bear it.

In their eyes, the most beautiful costumes are the ones worn by farmers working in the fields, but the imperial court does not allow them to wear them.

"However, Your Majesty mentioned a few solutions, and I wrote them down. One is to install tracks in the fields, but this one can only be used for farming, so it should only be a solution."

Zhou Sijing started to work as soon as he spoke, and the officials in the yamen also surrounded him. Those who took banknotes took banknotes, and those who handed tools handed over tools. They all heard him say: "First of all, we know that the greater the contact between the wheel and the ground, the greater the impact on the ground. The smaller the damage, do you think this data should we do the experiment by ourselves or give the wallet to the Jiangwu Hall to let them do it?"

"If we let them do it, I suggest to go to Guangdong Jiangwu Hall. There is a lot of experience in doing experiments there, but there may be data that the government does not need; if we do it ourselves, the cost may be higher than letting them do it. The experimental materials can be ordered from Beiyang , but it will help improve the research capabilities of the Yamen, the key depends on whether we can free up manpower."

"If it doesn't work, recruit a few people from Beiyang to set up a new research department?"

Driver Zhou tapped his forehead with a charcoal pen, and said to the left and right: "How much money is left in the account? Excluding our two new assembly workshops, is there still 10 taels left?"

Their workshop is a real workshop.

At first, the steam yamen only set up barracks in an open space and assembled them in the open air. At that time, their main business was not producing and assembling steam engines, but researching various steam engines.

But after going through multiple stages such as technological progress and design finalization, the yamen has undergone great changes. The open space in Daying in the past has been built into a yamen for business. The main business is to accept orders from all over the world. The industrial basalt steam engines ordered were also accepted by local governments to order agricultural black cow steam engines through telegrams.

As for the two models of Kunpeng and Qinglong used by Hailu, only Beiyang can order them, both of which belong to the apportionment of official documents, and of course they have to pay, but the means of payment is appropriation, which is not open to the outside world.

Behind it are four major warehouses, eight major workshops, and nine factories, all of which have independent barracks. Although the total number of factory workshops is not large, the area covered is almost as large as half of the Beiyang Industrial Zone. It is like an independent town where 37 officials live. , 140 officials in charge, more than [-] craftsmen and their families.

Since warehouses, workshops, factories, and barracks are all connected by tracks, the various tracks are even more comprehensive than Beiyang.

There is a railway from Steam Yamen to Tongzhou. On the 110-mile railway, there are three large-scale green dragons belonging to Steam Yamen, a coal car, a grain car, and a freight car; behind the Yamen, there are two surrounding factories and warehouses. The medium-sized Qinglong operates endlessly in a circle, going back and forth between the warehouse and the factory every day.

Factories and factories, factories and barracks are small monorails, and the steam office even promoted the iron horse manufacturing industry in Beiyang.

The earliest person who supported the research and development of Beiyang Iron Horse was Xu Jue. This chubby governor in Jinyi took a fancy to the novelty of Iron Horse at a glance. I support it, but the effect of giving it away is not very good. Father Feng knocked off half of his front teeth while riding his beloved car in the Royal Garden, and later replaced it with an ivory one.

However, other people's riding effect is not bad, especially Master Fengluan, who is the ninth rank of the teaching imitation department, rides to work all day long. If it breaks down, he asks Jin Yiwei to find Xu Dudu to replace the parts. Xu Dudu is very happy to replace it.

The second supporter Wanli, because Ye Mengxiong submitted a letter to the old cavalry general Ma Fang's research report on iron horses, the emperor allocated 3 taels from the inner treasury to the iron stables.

But it was Zhou Sijing from the Steam Yamen who really put the iron horses into use in large quantities. He ordered [-] iron horses without chains from the Beiyang Iron Stables. The reduction was greatly reduced, and the craftsmen who sent them to the Steam Yamen transformed them into single-track tandem bicycles, all of which were placed on the monorail of the factory building for shared use by workers, and went back and forth between the factory and the barracks.

In addition to this, there are four-wheel track carts drawn by donkeys, mules, and horses. There are eight seats on the cart, and it is also used for workers to commute to and from get off work—basically, only the tracks and poles are left in the open space of the steam yamen factory room.

There are tracks on the ground, wires overhead, and glass-covered electric lights that connect each factory building. The craftsmen work in three shifts and the machines do not stop. When it gets dark, all the lights are turned on, making the factory buildings look like day.

If the Beiyang Industrial Zone is full of iron horses and golden weapons, then the workshop of the steam office is a little quieter. There is no gunfire or flying fish flying into the air, only the incomparable dedication and huge rewards under sweat.

(End of this chapter)