Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Xu..."

At this moment, Sun Kangwang had already approached the group of people first, dismounted from his horse and shouted loudly to the people.

"His Majesty has arrived, why don't you kneel to greet him?"

Zhu Youxiao, who was behind him, couldn't help but frown when he heard this.

"No need!"

After stopping Sun Kangwang, he also jumped off the horse and threw the reins to the Jinyiwei next to him.

But before he could go forward, he saw two people coming out of the crowd, one was a man with his upper body naked, and the other was a Taoist priest!

"Liu Saner, the director of the Ministry of Works, kowtows to Your Majesty!"

"I, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory's Li Daowei, am here to see Your Majesty!"

One of them knelt down and kowtowed, while the other saluted with his fists clasped.

The people did not react until then, and they all knelt down, kowtowed, and shouted "Long live the king".

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to them and said, "Everyone, please stand up. No need to be polite."

After saying that, he walked towards the well in the crowd.

"How's it going? Did you find any water?"

He asked casually before he even reached the well.

Wei Liyan, the official in charge of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, quickly stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, we have only confirmed that there is water here. We will dig the wellhead today and then we can start digging the well tomorrow."

Zhu Youxiao was a little curious: "Tell me, how did you find water?"

Daowei bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty."

"Finding water is actually both difficult and easy."

"Look at the surrounding environment. There is a big mountain on the east and west sides."

"There is a ravine between two mountains, and water flows in the ravine. This is the terrain."

"And I have verified it by means of a test."

Zhu Youxiao continued to ask: "What is the method of testing?"

Dao Wei continued, "The so-called pan test method is to dig a pit about three feet deep at the selected location, then place the tin plate in the pit, cover it with hay, and seal it with soil."

"The next day, if there is moisture at the bottom of the dish, it proves there is water underneath."

"In addition to this, there are other methods of finding water, such as the Qi test method and the Qi observation method."

Then, he gave a brief explanation of these methods.

For example, the air test method is easier than the plate test method. It only requires turning a bowl upside down on the ground. If water droplets appear the next day, it can also prove that there is water underground.

However, this method only works when the groundwater level is close to the ground.

As for those methods of observing qi, it is to stand on a high place and look around in the early morning or evening. If you find fog gathering in a certain place, it also means that there is water underground.

However, this method is the same as the gas test method. If the groundwater level is deep, it will not be very effective.

In addition, there are some tips for finding water.

There are two mountain mouths facing each other, and there is good water under the mouths.

There are convex mountains opposite concave mountains, and good water is in the concave areas.

There is a lonely mountain between two mountains, and the water never dries up.

..........

When talking about these professional knowledge about Feng Shui, Daowei seemed to have opened a chatterbox and talked nonstop.

However, after listening to these formulas, Zhu Youxiao inexplicably felt that there was something wrong with them!

Although it sounds reasonable, the terrain in these formulas is indeed conducive to groundwater storage.

But this little Taoist priest...

Are you sure you're not driving?

Chapter 333: Fire Bull Generation II

Only when he got closer did Zhu Youxiao see the appearance of the well clearly.

The diameter of the well mouth is about 1.5 meters and the depth is less than 3 meters.

There was also a pile of blue bricks placed next to it, which seemed to be used to build the well wall.

He pointed at the well mouth and asked Liu Saner, the director of the Ministry of Works, "How long will it take to dig this well?"

Liu Saner bowed and replied with a smile: "I will reply to your Majesty's words."

"If it were in the past, digging a well like this would take at least ten days."

"But now, two days at most will do!"

"Oh? What's going on?" Zhu Youxiao looked at him in confusion.

"Your Majesty, we used to do it manually, so it was naturally much slower to dig."

"But for this well digging, the Shangshu ordered people to make some changes to the fire ox."

"Although it is much smaller than before, it is enough for digging wells."

Having said that, he pointed in the direction of Shengchuan City.

"Your Majesty, the fire bull is in the city now, and we can start digging the well tomorrow!"

Fire Bull?

Steam engine?

This answer was beyond Zhu Youxiao's expectations!

He really didn't expect that Wu Chunfu would actually bring this thing over!

Reward!

As a big reward!

"Hahahaha!"

He suddenly burst into laughter, and his mood suddenly became extremely good!

This is the best news he has heard in the past six months!

Sure enough, once the Ministry of Revenue had money, everything started to get better!

If I'm not mistaken, Wu Chunfu must have taken a lot of money from Guo Laokou!

"Then let's go into the city! I want to see what Wu Chunfu has done to the Fire Bull!"

With the anticipation for the Fire Bull, he immediately became impatient.

He immediately turned around and returned to the team with Sun Kangwang and others.

The magistrate of Shunshengchuan, who had been waiting on the roadside for most of the day, finally saw the emperor, but Zhu Youxiao just said lightly, "No need to be polite," and headed straight for the city gate.

Shunshengchuan County Magistrate looked at the team passing by with a confused look on his face, thinking that he had done something wrong.

After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth, took out two pieces of silver from his sleeve, and shamelessly walked up to a Jinyiwei and stuffed the silver into his hand.

"Little brother, can you tell me why His Majesty is so eager to enter the city?"

The Jinyiwei weighed the silver in his hand, then his face turned cold and he pushed the silver back to him.

"What is the magistrate doing?"

"Your Majesty is just ahead. Are you trying to harm someone?"

A thousand horses were running through the mind of Shunshengchuan County Magistrate.

Your uncle!

If you think the money is too little, just say so!

But the next moment, he saw the Jinyiwei smiling and saying to him.

"Don't worry, magistrate. This has nothing to do with you."

"Also, I advise you to change your habit of giving money away in the future!"

"No one around here dares to take your money!"

Shun Shengchuan County Magistrate cleared his cough twice in embarrassment, clasped his fists in salute, then ran to the sedan chair with his back bent to accompany the emperor.

The city is small and shabby!

This place was originally one of the horse-breeding areas of the Ming Dynasty, but due to drought, the vegetation withered and the soil was exposed. When the wind blew occasionally, the sky was filled with yellow sand.

The so-called clean water sprinkling on the streets and yellow earth paving the roads are completely redundant here.

Because even if there is no padding, there is a thick layer of loess on the road!

Amid the cheers of the people in the city, Zhu Youxiao got off his sedan chair at the gate of the county government office.

After entering the county government office, he waved to a middle-aged man standing beside Shunshengchuan County Magistrate.

"Are you the Deputy Director of the Water Conservancy Department of the Ministry of Works?"

"Your subordinate Miao Xuan!"

The man quickly gave his name.

While paying respect outside the city, Zhu Youxiao took note of his official position and then asked him about the Ministry of Works sending people to dig a well.

After receiving reports on drought from officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi, Guo Yunhou and Wu Chunfu have been busy with this matter.

Guo Yunhou was anxious to find money and food.

Wu Chunfu put a lot of effort into finding water.

For this matter, he went to the Imperial Observatory.

After all, when it comes to things like Feng Shui, Taoist priests are the most professional.

Since the Imperial Observatory was short of staff, he also approached the Shanshi Temple and recruited Taoist priests who were proficient in feng shui from all over the place in their name.

In just half a month, he sent fifty groups of people out of Beijing.

Each group consisted of three officials from the Ministry of Works and ten Taoists.

The Taoist priests were responsible for finding water, and the officials from the Ministry of Works were responsible for mobilizing laborers to dig wells.

However, due to time constraints, only three fire bulls were produced. The subsequent ones will be sent to Shanxi and Shaanxi as soon as they are produced.

And this one owned by Shun Shengchuan is one of them.

After learning all this, Zhu Youxiao asked Miao Xuan to take him to a house next to the county government office.

This house is no longer inhabited. The gate has been removed and a group of yamen runners are guarding the door intently. The fire bull is placed inside the yard.

When he entered the yard, Zhu Youxiao was stunned.

The steam engine he had seen in the Ministry of Industry before was much larger than the locomotives of later generations!

The size is almost comparable to the complete form of Optimus Prime from Transformers!

But the improved fire bull in front of him was about two meters tall and wide, and only five meters long. It was much smaller than the original big guy!

And it is visible to the naked eye that the workmanship is much more refined than the previous one.

In addition, there is a columnar protrusion on the top of the boiler, and there is also a pressure gauge on the protrusion, which is encapsulated in glass!

Zhu Youxiao still remembers that when he was testing the boiler at the Ministry of Industry, the pressure inside the boiler had to be determined entirely by the old craftsmen using their ears. In just half a year, they actually developed a pressure gauge!

In this regard, I didn't help at all!

Because he knew very little about pressure gauges, he couldn't explain clearly what to do.

There are also nine characters written in small regular script inside the table:

Normal, walking, workmanship, overpressure, explosion!

Pointing at these eight words, he asked Miao Xuan: "What is the principle of this thing?"