My Daming New Empire

In the afternoon of the same day, Xie Kuang took the imperial decree and boarded the cargo ship of the inner prison to Ningbo.At the same time, a messenger ship of the First Fleet also carried more than 100 people from the Jinyiwei, the Internal Prison, the Criminal Department, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Jiaozhou by water.

Xie Kuang is not only responsible for delivering the order, but will also take over the post of Ma Qi's transshipment envoy, responsible for the transfer of grain from the south to the north.

The investigation cannot stop. The people in Shandong have not seen food for more than half a year. Now that the Spring Festival has passed, it will soon enter the season of lean and yellow crops. If there is no more food, there will be big troubles.

This afternoon, Zhu Zhanji postponed his inspection trip to various research institutes and arranged for the investigation team to leave the capital. He arranged for Jin Kuo to start investigating Ma Qi's business in the capital. Of course, such a fat job is reserved for himself. people.

And in the cabin heading to Shandong, Lin San held a map of Central Continent, taking advantage of the still dark sky, carefully watching the rivers and mountains everywhere.

Although there are two roads marked on it, they all pass through the control area of ​​the Oirats. He still doesn't know whether the Oirats will allow them to pass through their control area, so he must make various preparations.

Beside him, Tang Sai'er was holding a handwritten copy of the Northland Outline, and was looking at it with relish,

Bin Hong and Dong Yangao sat on the floor, holding 25 neat rolls of cylindrical silver coins, obsessively watching the silver light reflected from the silver coins.

This is a "huge sum" that they have never seen before, and it is a good time to save two silver coins all year round by counting on planing food in the fields.

In the event of natural disasters and man-made disasters, it would be nice to be able to fill your stomach.

The four of them lived in the capital for a month, and only spent three silver coins, but now there are a total of five hundred silver coins in front of them.

"Master, you said that there is no one in this northern land, so why can't you settle down? Why did His Highness ask us to go so far to build Tanglin City?"

Lin San sighed, turned his eyes to the neatly stacked silver coins by Bin Hong, and said: "This is the money that His Highness gave us for our lives. The closer we are to Daming, everything can only be done according to Daming's rules. But Going to the far west, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, His Highness wants to count on us to work hard, so he is willing to give us so many benefits."

Bin Hong said indifferently: "Surrendering one's life to someone is not doing one's life. It is also our honor to be able to do one's life for His Highness. When we build Tanglin City, brother-in-law, you will be the city lord, the earl, and you will also be named a general for one of your brothers. "

Lin San shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not that easy! It's not so easy to make contributions, and you will die. Besides, I can't be the city lord. When His Highness sends his father-in-law back, he will still be highly respected. Only then can he be qualified for this dragon head."

Lin San is very clear that his advantage is that he has studied for several years, other than that, he has no advantage over others.

Even his own daughter-in-law is more convincing than himself.Qingzhou territory, that thieves camp, and the big cottages will give some face to the master, and some face to his wife. If he hadn't married this good wife, who would know who Lin San is.

When Dong Yangao heard what Lin San said, he also nodded and said: "When I return to Shandong, I will contact Ding Gugang, Liu Xin, Liu Jun, Wang Xuan, Hao Yunzhong, Bai Baier, Gao Yanger, Wang Zhuer, and Yang San Waiting for others, they are thieves, bandits, how can they make contributions and have a future."

Some of the people Dong Yangao mentioned were once Tang's father's apprentices, but most of them were friends of friends, and they were somewhat connected with each other, not close.

Lin San used to treat these people with respect and distance, but now that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful all over the world, and the power of the imperial court is getting stronger and stronger, there is no future for being a bandit.

But I didn't expect Jin Yiwei to be so powerful that he knew that they were connected with each other, and let His Highness know about it.

It is only because of this relationship that His Highness will appreciate them, let them connect with each other, and pull these people to the far west of the North to expand the territory.

Who wants to go barefoot when there are shoes to wear?

Even the Liangshan hero in the Water Margin is so powerful, isn't he going to recruit in the end?

Now it is His Highness who recruits them personally, and promises to give them weapons, give them food, and help them settle their families so that they can go in without any worries. Naturally, Lin San does not want to give up this opportunity.

No matter how difficult it is, His Highness has given a bright road to walk!

Tang Sai'er said calmly: "It's fine to contact, but don't talk too much. I plan to wait for my father to come back, so I will go to Beiming Mountain first, and I will see that one. If the things promised by His Highness can be fulfilled Get it, and we'll do a good job."

Although Tang Sai'er has a nickname, because she married Lin San, her older brothers called her Third Sister.

Both Dong Yangao and Binhong watched her grow up. Tang Saier was very skilled in martial arts. Over the years, they had more victories than they lost, so both Binhong and Dong Yangao admired her very much.

Dong Yangao said: "Third Sister, your reputation is more useful than mine in Shandong. I should be the one to go to Beiming Mountain. You are responsible for eating and drinking at home, and you can visit relatives and friends everywhere."

Lin San was also reluctant to let his wife go so far, and said, "It's better for you to come forward to resettle the old and young women and children at home. I, a useless scholar, should go to Beiming Mountain."

Tang Sai'er sighed: "It's too early to say these things, I only hope that His Highness can do what he said. As long as the imperial court gives us weapons and horses, even if we fight to the end of the sky and die to the last person, we will have no regrets in this life. "

At this time, a strong man in his 40s appeared at the door of the cabin and said: "Your Highness has the world in mind, why bother to lie to you who are ignorant.

If you haven't been to sea, you don't know how big this world is!Outside of Daming, there are countless fertile fields and mines. His Highness’s wish is to let all the common people live a good life, so that my Han people in Daming can go to every corner of the world.

As long as you can put your foot down in the extreme west, His Highness will only support you, so why would he hold you back! "

Several people recognized this person as Feng Xiaonian, the leader of Jin Yiwei this time. It is said that this person accompanied His Highness to conquer Dongying and also went to the Western Regions, and was highly valued by His Highness.

The four of them didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly saluted, and asked Feng Xiaonian to sit down on the only chair at the entrance of the cabin. The four of them squeezed on the bed, and the two of them sat on the floor.

After Feng Xiaonian sat down, he said again: "Your Highness is also afraid of your worries, so I specially asked me to go to Beiming Mountain this time to help you get in touch. This time, the more people you pull, the more horses His Highness will give you. many.

In addition to swords and spears, short bows and long bows, His Highness also specially ordered to provide you with ten barrels of gunpowder and ten barrels of lead bullets.Although it is only matchlock guns that have been eliminated from the army, your weapons are already advanced compared to the Mongols and the Xiyi people.

The northern region is extremely cold, and the yield of wheat is low, but there are many animals in the mountains and forests, and you will not be able to go hungry if you are hungry.After this year, you have lost your heels. After next year, you can eat delicious food and drink spicy food, and enjoy yourself. "

Tang Sai'er asked: "Master Zhen Fushi, it's easy to say, if you want to lose your footing, I'm afraid you will have to pay for it with your life!"

Feng Xiaonian asked rhetorically: "In this world, people are afraid of death and enjoy happiness. Most of you don't even know the words. Can you stand out?"

Thank you for a catty of sugar, bamboo sticks, I spit you out, I see people's rewards when the lights are on, thank you for your support

Chapter 27 Surprise

From the 13th year of Yongle, Ma Zhicai was promoted by Zhu Zhanji and was responsible for assembling the first simple lathe. Ma Zhicai became one of the most famous mechanical experts in Ming Dynasty.

As an expert, he went from the ninth rank to the sixth rank, bringing not only glory, but also tremendous pressure.

In order to maintain his own advantages and for the glory of the Ma family, he dare not slack off, and has been at the forefront of various mechanical improvements for the past few years.

From the first lathe, the first grinding machine, the first ganged lathe, the first heavy-duty die-casting machine, he has been involved.

During the three years when Zhu Zhanji went to the West, he and a group of craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, through the improvement of the steam engine, have been able to make the steam engine exert a smoother power than the water wheel.

It's just that without Zhu Zhanji's permission, today's steam engine technology still stays in the research institute, and even the die-casting factory of the internal supervisor has only installed an experimental steam engine.

The principle of the steam engine is actually very simple. It uses the power generated by the steam discharge after the water is boiled to drive the operation of the machine. Knowing the principle, it is not difficult to design a linkage device.

The difficulty is to seal the steam pipeline and establish a reliable linkage device that can utilize the power of the steam engine.

When the water wheel linkage mechanism is gradually perfected, the linkage mechanism is actually not difficult.

However, it took dozens of craftsmen three years of painstaking research just to use copper pipes to perfect the delivery of steam pressure.

They used copper pipes, gaskets condensed with sawdust on copper leather clips for sealing, and screws and nuts, which have been widely used today, finally allowed the kinetic energy of the steam engine to be fully utilized.

When Zhu Zhanji entered the large warehouse of the research institute, the heating had been going on for a while, the pressure was gradually rising, and several pressure reducing valves above the steam engine tank began to jump up one by one.

Although there is a reminder from Zhu Zhanji, but now the craftsmen have made a mercury thermometer at room temperature according to Zhu Zhanji's reminder, but they have not been able to make a high-voltage tester.

But the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated because of this. Although they could not make precise pressure gauges, they could test the pressure through different pressure reducing valves.

On the top of the tank, there are five pressure reducing valves with different weights. After the fourth pressure reducing valve jumps up, it means that the pressure is enough to maintain the firepower.

If the fifth jumps up, it is necessary to start extinguishing the fire, reduce the firepower, and not let the pressure chamber become too high.