Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 274 Chapter 274, the steam engine appears for the first time, and a new engine will be built within three years

Three days later, one hundred craftsmen stood in a workshop with some anxiety.

This workshop was originally used by the Ministry of Industry to manufacture armor, but it has been abandoned for several years due to the lack of armaments of the Ming Dynasty, and traces of being raided can be seen everywhere.

The craftsmen whispered to each other and whispered.

"You say, what are we going to repair for His Royal Highness this time?"

"I don't know. Does His Highness want to build a secret room?"

"Impossible, most of us are blacksmiths."

Twenty officials stood in front of these blacksmiths, also discussing secretly.

"My lords, why do you think Your Highness called us and these craftsmen?"

"Is it possible to make a new cannon?"

"Cannons are so easy to make. You are thinking too much."

"It may also be to make some new weapons. His Highness is a famous general of our Ming Dynasty."

"That makes sense."

Suddenly, Fang Gongqian's male duck voice came: "His Royal Highness is here!"

Everyone fell silent immediately, and stood in awe, staring ahead, and after saluting, they said in unison: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zhu Cixiang looked at the 120 people in front of him and was quite satisfied.

The only thing that makes Zhu Cihong a little bit dissatisfied is how about the line in the TV series "His Royal Highness is a thousand years old"?
Forget it, you can't expect every dynasty to like to cultivate slavery like the dynasty that built slaves.

Zhu Cixiang coughed and said, "Everyone, I came to see you today mainly for something that will allow you to make a lot of money."

After hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, everyone present was stunned.

Of course they had imagined and discussed many possibilities, but they never expected that Zhu Cihong would actually mention such a possibility.

Get rich?

This scene was indeed what Zhu Cixi expected. He smiled and glanced at Fang Gongqian, who immediately understood and said: "Bring them all up!"

A dozen large boxes were carried up immediately, and then opened.

The next moment, a burst of cold light unique to silver was reflected under the sunlight, which immediately caused a low sound of exclamation and inhalation.

Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "Everyone should know that Daming actually doesn't have much money now, so you can't make much money doing things for Daming."

This sentence immediately gained the approval of many people in their hearts.

The Ming Dynasty in history was financially bankrupt, unable to collect taxes, and died of poverty. Compared with the Ming Dynasty in history, the current Ming Dynasty is a bit more limited, and it is still ringing.

Working for the government in other dynasties, at least you have a stable salary and no worries about food and drink. When you work for Daming at this time, you can be thankful that you can have enough food. Salary is a bit like a castle in the air.

Zhu Cihong continued: "However, it's different to do things for the palace. Everyone will receive a sum of money first, and then—well, receive your half-year salary!"

When everyone heard this, they became even more commotion.

A one-time payment of half a year's salary?This is too arrogant!
Suddenly, everyone's favorability towards Zhu Cixiang skyrocketed.

This His Royal Highness is really a good person!
Suddenly, Zhu Cihong's expression became serious.

"Everyone, I will send the money to you right away. However, I have a dirty word to say beforehand. The money is for work. After the work is done, I will naturally have more rewards. But if Bengong finds out that someone is deliberately delaying and not working hard, then this person will definitely be severely punished by Bengong, understand?"

Everyone responded one after another, expressing their understanding.

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, and said: "Then, all of you come with me."

With that said, Zhu Cixi turned around and walked towards the factory behind him.

Everyone was puzzled, but they still followed Zhu Cihong's footsteps and walked into the factory building.

As soon as he entered the factory building, someone uttered a shocked voice: "What is this?" "It's so huge." "It looks so beautiful."

A huge steam engine was placed there, touched by everyone's shocked eyes.

Zhu Cixiang opened his hands and smiled at everyone: "Welcome to the new era, everyone."

Then, there was a cold scene.

The leading official from the Ministry of Industry asked in confusion, "His Royal Highness, can you explain what exactly do you need the officials and others to do?"

Zhu Cixiang clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I'm just so excited. Let's do this. I'll give you a demonstration. Come on, start the machine!"

Why is the steam engine a great invention across the ages?Because the steam engine is actually a "power generating device", the "force" it emits can be used in any industry that requires power.

In other words, the steam engine is almost omnipotent. Whether it is transportation, textiles, water conservancy, smelting and casting... etc., steam engines can be used to improve efficiency.

Soon, the huge steam engine was started, making a deafening sound.

Many craftsmen were immediately shocked.

"It's moving!"

"How can such a huge structure move so smoothly?"

"It's a divine thing, it's a divine thing. I've been casting it all my life, and I've never seen such a divine thing!"

The craftsmen have all worked with steel all their lives. Their knowledge of steel machinery may not be worth mentioning from a historical perspective, but they are already the most peak group of people in Ming Dynasty in this era.

Undoubtedly, the steam engine has aroused their strong interest.

Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "You can take a look here."

Following Zhu Cixiang's fingers, everyone saw that there was actually a machine placed next to the steam engine. However, everyone had subconsciously thought that it was part of the steam engine, so they had ignored it.

That is a spinning machine.

The steam engine gave power, driving the textile machine, and began to weave lines, which soon formed the prototype of cloth.

Everyone was shocked.

"The machine can weave?"

"This speed is not much different from the speed of humans."

"That's still slower than humans."

"What do you know? Humans have to eat and sleep, but machines can work twelve hours a day. It seems that machines are slower than humans, but the output of this machine is much better than humans in a day."

"...It seems that this is the truth."

"If this product can be promoted and manufactured on a large scale, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty's textile output be..."

Having said that, everyone was excited.

They seemed to see a whole new future!

The next moment, everyone's eyes were on Zhu Cihong.

They knew very well that Zhu Cihong would be the leader of this future.

Zhu Cilang laughed, and said seriously: "Everyone, your task is very simple, that is, try to understand all the principles of this machine within one year, and build a new one of this machine for me within three years!"

The system only provided a prototype machine. If we really want to make the steam engine come out in Daming 200 years earlier, we still have to rely on the group of technical officials and craftsmen in front of us.

(End of this chapter)