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As the prince of Zhou, how can he really win the right to control the border generals?

Your Majesty's decree will shake the foundation of the country!

Military power cannot be left alone, especially not in the hands of feudal princes!

Many people of insight saw the pros and cons behind this decree, and they went to Shushu to persuade them. By the way, they impeached Lu and Zhang. Send this decree to Hanzhong.

The bullets sent up, the Holy One read it, but he had no intention of accepting advice.

Instead, he threw the papers to the cabinet, complaining that the impeachers didn't know how to be considerate: the vassal king is not allowed to command troops, but is the king of Zhou a vassal king?He was acting on behalf of the emperor to govern the military affairs, and he was afraid that he would be young and vigorous, and he would go out of the customs and take risks, so he refused to give him too much power.Now that three years have passed, it can be seen that Zhou Wang's calmness is commendable, so what's wrong with giving him a little more power?

Now that he is getting older and suffering from chronic illness day by day, how many more years will he have to train his children?

There is no legitimate son in the court, and the king of Zhou is the leader of all kings.Even if he has a legitimate son in the future, the son, the young and the mother are strong, and there are several grown-up elder brothers on top, it is not a sign of the stability of the country.

Emperor Xintai suppressed the bullets, and found the wrong place to punish several censors who pointed at the king of Zhou. By the way, the two younger sons were named King Qin and King Jin, and beat the two kings of Qi and Wei. Only then did he return to calm.However, the turmoil in Beijing was separated by a distance of two thousand miles, and it dissipated before reaching Hanzhong.

Song Fuzun was backed by the old teacher of the pavilion, and had the right to be willful. During the inspection period, he assumed that he had stayed in the post, saving the empty words of saying goodbye to the government, the rich households in the mansion, and the elderly.If a censor from Beijing came to Hanzhong for an unannounced visit at this time, he would find that all the officials and people in the city were not crying and shouting to persuade the magistrate to stay, he had not written a blood letter of ten thousand people, and he had not even made a ten thousand people umbrella.

Not only did he rule the people, but he saw the government officials whom he and Huan Ling had a deep affection for each other every day, and even the officials of the counties below thought for some reason that he should follow the King of Zhou—the eldest brother-in-law—to advance and retreat together, As a matter of course, no one gave gifts to congratulate the prefect on his promotion.

Master Song then handled official duties as usual, judged the case files handed over by Touzhou County, arranged farming work according to the temperature and rain conditions, led the students, and worked with Huan Ling and the construction craftsmen of the Economic Park to design a larger oil refining tower... …

Design for the oil industry that Governor Yang is developing.

Governor Yang inspected the areas in Yansui where there is a lot of water gushing out of the ground, and has delineated a place where there are few people, the ground is solid, and there are wells to draw water for oil refining.Now that the oil well is erected, the average daily oil production can be about [-] catties. The refining tower he took away from Hanzhong is too small, and a large tower that can refine so much oil needs to be built.

This kind of tower can’t be scaled up in equal proportions. From the combustion chamber to the cooling water pipes, to the load-bearing structure, to the refractory layer of the inner wall... all have to be redesigned.Fortunately, Mr. Yang has transported away a few small towers, so he can produce less oil for the time being, and use several small towers to refine at the same time, and he can produce more than ten catties of gasoline and more than thirty catties of diesel oil a day.

These oils are stored in large barrels and hidden deep in a cool cellar, in case the summer sun is so hot that it burns itself.There was no place to pile up the asphalt left over from oil refining, so Governor Yang wrote to Hanzhong to ask for road builders, and then collected corvee from the local area to build a flat road that could accommodate two gun carriages side by side.

This road is built from Yulin to the old town of Yansui, and then from Yansui to Hanzhong through Xi'an.

The road surface is flat and hard, not afraid of rain and snow, and can withstand the rolling of large carts that can transport hundreds of kilograms of stones and iron hoop wheels. After rolling, no deep pits are left, only two shallow car marks remain.Once this road is built, it will be faster to deploy soldiers and horses from the pass; the food, clothes, and ordnance transported to the border towns from Hanzhong and Guanzhong granaries can be provided in time; Kou can also be sent back to the pass earlier...

This road is only slightly more cumbersome to build, but it does not require much more manpower than the road made of loess, and it is not easy to break after it is repaired. He likes walking on it himself.It's a pity that some asphalt can't be supplied, and the repairs will stop for a while. From spring to summer, the repairs have just reached Yan'an Mansion.

He was worrying about the lack of asphalt supply, and he just received a letter from Song Shi——

It was he who decided to stay in Hanzhong and wrote a letter of good news and thanks.Attached with the letter is a carload of fresh peaches, apricots, watermelons, etc., a box of glass jars of lychees in syrup, white peaches, bayberry, etc. from Fujian or Guangxi, and a few small baskets printed with color. Fried rice candy, corn candy, and milk candy wrapped beautifully in cartons.

Yang Shilang is a middle-aged man who is alone in the army, where can he eat candy?Looking at these things, he guessed that they were prepared for the little emperor's grandson in the Prince Zhou's mansion, and Huan Ling, the uncle, handed them over to Song Shi, and Song Shi decided to give him some as a gift.

Although he didn't eat such things, he couldn't distribute them to others, so he asked someone to wrap them up and take them home.

He tasted some of the fresh fruits, but they all tasted good: watermelon is crunchy and sandy, sweet and relieves heat;

But he was not willing to eat more, and after he tasted a few, he asked someone to take it down and distribute it to the army.

The climate in Yulin is arid, and it is even more difficult in the army. Apart from growing some watermelons on the sand, there are not many fresh fruits and vegetables to eat.He can taste it again when he goes to Hanzhong Mansion by himself, so let's use it to comfort the soldiers for defending the frontier.

Governor Yang ordered people to bring down the melons and fruits, packed their luggage for others, and packed up the documents in the government office.He wants to go to Hanzhong to see the progress of their oil refining tower in Song Dynasty. Even if the big ones can't be made, at least a few small ones should be made.

Yulin is more than a thousand miles away from Hanzhong, but although Mr. Yang is a few years older, he can still be called a "martial figure and heroic", he can ride a horse for a long distance, and he arrived in Hanzhong more than ten days later.

He came suddenly, without prior notice, and did not send a message to the Zhou Palace and the Hanzhong Government Office until the group disembarked.

At this time, the King of Zhou did not dare to live up to the holy grace because the emperor gave him more power, so he took Huan Ling on another tour. Only Song Shi hurried out of the city with the Manchu officials to meet him.Because King Zhou was not in the mansion, Governor Yang didn't have to take a bath and change clothes outside before meeting him, but he went directly to Hanzhong Mansion to inspect the recent achievements of Song Zhifu...

First check whether the refining tower is completed.

Song Shi is a person who has been tested for a long time and has been trained in the officialdom. Even if he does not do his own work, he must do the tasks assigned by the leader, so he smiled and said: "My lord came at the right time. Before leaving, Mr. Huan Fearing that this matter would be delayed, I led many students to calculate day and night, and finally came up with the blueprint. However, there is no oil in the territory of Hanzhong, and even if the tower is built, it will not work. My lord already has students and craftsmen there, so I brought the blueprint with me. Go back and try to build it."

For the sake of safety, this big tower is only about one foot high, which is about the same as the ash kiln where they smelt lime.Both the combustion chamber and the tower body have been reinforced with steel bars, and the inner refractory layer is also much thicker. It is built with refractory cement mixed with dolomite, and thick steel pipes are used to make cooling water pipes and drainage pipes...

Although Song Zhifu didn't like to calculate these materials, he did his best for the tasks assigned by Mr. Yang, and he thought of making a metal box barometer to monitor the pressure in the furnace at any time to ensure safety.

He has talked about the principle of atmospheric pressure in his lectures over the years. Governor Yang has never heard it with his own eyes, but he has read his articles on air pressure and meteorology, and he is deeply moved by the theory of atmospheric circulation written in it.Now when I hear him talk about the barometer, I can't help but arouse my curiosity in the past, and my eyes suddenly shine:

"I have seen people imitate Song Zhifu to make mercury barometers before. What is the shape of this gold box barometer? Could it be made of a gold box filled with mercury?"

But if the gold box is filled with mercury, the box will be melted into gold amalgam, so how can the air pressure be measured?

Song Shi smiled and replied: "This does not use mercury, but a small hollow copper box, and the air inside is released. The air pressure outside crushes the box, and the air pressure recorded at this time is the air pressure of the sky. You can use a steel plate to connect the pointer, and then take a mercury barometer and measure it from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, measure the slight changes, and write down the numbers. Based on these variables, you can calculate where the pointer turns, and how much higher or lower the air pressure should be than the air pressure on the flat ground. .”

He has a ready-made barometer on hand, which is being trial-produced.Although the technology is limited and the metal box cannot achieve absolute vacuum, there is a mercury barometer for comparison, and the pressure difference can be accurately remembered. This barometer is still reliable.

Song Shi asked his lord to sit down and eat the new snacks made by their government office. He dragged in from outside a black protruding pig iron short barrel-like guy.

If you look closely, there is a cover on the mouth, thick poles on the front and back, and an iron frame underneath...

Mr. Yang has lived for more than 50 years, and he has never seen such a weird thing, so he couldn't help but go up to take a closer look.Song Shi covered it with something like a small clock and showed him——

"This box has to be counted one by one, and there is not much done right now. After it is made, it can't be seen if it is placed in the air. As an official, first ask someone to put it on the pot to observe its changes..."

The heated air in the pot will expand and the pressure will increase, and you can intuitively see the pressure gauge turning.

In fact, after he made this instrument, he also got a few pressure cookers for the government office and Zhou Wangfu, and then this popcorn machine.But now that the king of Zhou is not here, they can't go to the palace to ask for pots. In the pots on the side of the mansion, one is stewing beef, the other is stewing pig's trotters, and the other is steaming canned white peaches...

A gentleman like Mr. Yang would have to stay away from the kitchen, so he had no choice but to bring the popcorn machine to his boss to taste.

Governor Yang said the word "ke", and Song Shi asked the cook to set up a popcorn machine in the court, light it up and slowly shake it.Mr. Yang is thirsty for knowledge now, regardless of whether it is for popcorn or for cooking, he walked up to him and watched the changes in the numbers on the barometer, his face full of surprise and joy that could not be concealed.

It is the joy of learning new knowledge that could not be learned by studying classics, history and lectures.

It wasn't until the heat was almost ready, that it was time to start the stove and pour the rice, that he helped Song Shi's hand to stand up and sit back in the hall.

Song Shi told him that there would be a bang when the popcorn boiled, and advised him to plug his ears, and he also covered his ears obediently, but he couldn't stop the loud noise that was louder than the explosion of a cannonball.

He couldn't help shaking his hands slightly, staring straight at the rice flower machine, and asked in amazement: "Why is this thing so loud?"

The air pressure is too high, and the deflation is too fast, and the gas inside is almost blown out.

This is because the popcorn pot is cast thickly and is not easy to explode. If the pressure cooker is blocked, it will fry the pot.In the era when he had the Internet in his previous life, he could search for "pressure cooker explosion" on the Internet, and he could find all kinds of tragic pictures of pot lids and food cooked in the pot embedded on the ceiling.

After searching, he never boiled porridge in a pressure cooker.

Master Yang's heart fluttered when he heard it, and his eyes were bright: "So, if you burn such a device on the battlefield, it will explode if it is extremely hot? We have kerosene..."

No, the efficiency is too low, it is more convenient to use normal shells.

Song Shi persuaded: "It is not necessary to use fire from the outside. You can put gunpowder inside the extremely thin iron or lead shell. As long as it is well sealed and the pressure in a small space is strong, the momentum when it explodes will be great. And If the metal shell wrapped around the explosives is too thick, it won’t be easy to explode; if it’s too thin, it’s easy to break, and the blasting power isn’t great..."

The more Governor Yang listened to his analysis, the more he frowned, his eyes wandered in the air, carefully recalling and imagining the suitable devices.

The cook in the courtyard has brought up a bowl of finely picked snow-white rice crackers, and asked the governor to taste it.Master Yang didn't even have the mind to eat, so he casually picked up the rice and twirled it, touched the crispy popcorn, looked at the rice flower machine in front of the court, which was so strong that it seemed to be able to be fried a million times more, his heart suddenly moved, and he remembered something Thin Objects: "Are those tin cans you made useful?"