"General, Beiyang is ready, but the reply asks us to wait, and we have to report to the Forbidden City."

Hu Liangpeng and Ye Xianggao were waiting on the dock of the ship's coal station, and when they heard the report of the flag army, they smiled at each other and bowed slightly.

Shi Yinchang and his students have gone back, and Hu Liangpeng didn't tell the students about the steamship in the end, so Hu Liangpeng felt that it was not interesting to talk about it like this.

The steamship is not other warships, even if it is a Liujia ship, in essence, there are no secrets in the ship, and the ships in all parts of the world are similar to them, except for the steamship, which embodies the most cutting-edge technology of the empire, not to mention the power of the civilian Huo De Xingjun, and the structure is also several generations advanced.

Of course, the difference between this generation is not so big, it is nothing more than the difference between arquebuses and flintlock pistols, which are more labor-saving, more efficient, and safer.

The most important thing is that the emperor issued an edict that all military and civilians who came into contact with the steamship must be kept secret.

Just like Wanli said to Xu Guangqi, the steamship is his, and the ship's coal station is also his.

This thing is the emperor's trade secret.

The telegram spread quickly from Huai'an to Tianjin, and the only difficulty in the middle was still the Yellow River.

The only bridge over the Yellow River is in Lanzhou in northwest China, where there is a seasonal pontoon bridge named Zhenyuan, which is erected every spring and removed before freezing in winter; There are several bridges on the Yellow River in history, the earliest can be traced back to the first year of the Zhao Dynasty, Qin Gongzi Xianben Jin, its car is thousands of times, build a boat in the river, and build the earliest pontoon bridge in history - Pujin Bridge.

Later, in the fiftieth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the pontoon bridge was repaired; In the era of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the wooden piles were changed to iron oxen, and the easy rope was changed to iron chains, and the Pujin Bridge was rebuilt on a large scale with national strength, so that the bridge lasted for more than 1,000 years, until the end of the Yuan Dynasty was burned down by war.

There is also a Dayang Bridge on the Yellow River, Sanmenxia City has a Dayang Pass in ancient times, Zhenguan built a pontoon bridge in 11 years, and was washed away by the Yellow River in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty 3.

Mengjin has a Mengjin bridge, which is the first ten years of Emperor Tai of the Jin Dynasty, the general of the Western Jin Dynasty Du pre-out [5200 www.bqg5200.xyz] to build smoothly, the Yellow River in the Song and Yuan dynasties was diverted, Mengjin swung north and south, and the pontoon bridge no longer exists.

Today, only the Zhenyuan Bridge appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang to be built by Deng Yu, Duke of Weiguo, and named after Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, still exists.

Except for that side, all other places that want to cross the river have to be ferried.

People are used to ferrying, and no one thinks there's anything wrong with that.

Except for Wanli.

If he crosses the Yellow River, he will have to wait for half a day.

Hu Liangpeng's telegram was sent to Wanli in the Forbidden City, not only did he approve this, but also asked him to escort the supplies and then go back, the Wanli new primary schools all over the way talked about it, these children are the future of the empire.

But right now, Wanli plans to learn from his ancestors in the Yellow River and build a bridge.

This matter fell to the Criminal Department.

Why the Criminal Department?

Because of the matter related to the river, the Wanli Dynasty first recommended Pan Jitao, from the 44th year of Jiajing to the present three times to govern the Yellow River, the Huai River, and the canal, has more than ten years of profound experience, is the leading river control expert in the DPRK.

If you want to build a river bridge, you must also use him.

However, Pan Jitao does not recommend repairing the bridge, the Yellow River is turbid, and the bridge must be built in Henan and Shandong, where the river water impact is large, and the river sand is also more, and the bridge is not only easy to be washed away, but also makes the sand pile at the bottom of the river silt up, causing greater flooding.

He suggested that if the emperor wanted to telegraph, he should lay 100 iron pillars in the river and use them to support the wires and hang them on the river, which was the most time-saving, labor-saving and cost-saving method.

And with this, it will also be easier to build pontoon bridges in the future.

But the emperor was not very satisfied with this, he didn't even want to build a pontoon bridge, he just wanted to build a permanent bridge.

If it is not permanent, how can you run the Qinglong military column?

But if you want to build the Yonggu Bridge, you have to dig out the sand in the middle and upper reaches.

The amount of engineering is different.

No matter what the emperor thought, Hu Liangpeng's most worried thing was solved, and he contacted the professor of Huai'an Mansion as soon as he received the reply, and asked him to gather all the little children who were interested in the new ship to the Huai'an Ship Coal Institute, and spent two days on the ship and down the deck in batches to popularize the knowledge of the new ship.

Whether it is Hu Liangpeng or Ye Xianggao, in fact, this lecture not only has a profound impact on the students of Huai'an Mansion, but they themselves have a better understanding of the emperor's newly built school...... These little dolls will be amazing in the future.

Children of a few years old, who know more than teenagers, are literate, numeracy, can run, jump, and the teacher casually says that they themselves line up in line, and are obviously trained in the military.

Later, Hu Liangpeng really tried it, he stuffed the scabbard to the child and asked him to dance for himself.

To his disappointment, the child did not know how to wield a knife.

Shi Yinchang was a little embarrassed, and hung his head and said: "The textbook says that the students should learn the stabbing technique, and the old man will not do any stabbing technique, so he can only drag it for the time being, teach moral conduct first, and invite the head of the Fuzhong battalion to teach the soldiers, and in the future, the retired veterans from Beiyang will be assigned by the imperial court, and then learn those martial arts techniques." ”

"It's pretty much the same everywhere."

Hu Liangpeng also waved his hand and said: "This is not in a hurry, old man, teach the children to be human beings first, and they can learn again in the future, as long as this person is skilled, there will be no shortage of places to learn crafts in the future, if there are 300,000 primary school students in the future, why worry about the Heavenly Empire?" ”

In fact, basic education has no other purpose, that is, literacy, numeracy, and common sense, to ensure that no matter where they go, they can learn faster than others, and they will not be bullied wherever they go.

Hu Liangpeng can assert that when these children grow up, if they go to Beiyang for training, they will be able to reorganize into an army in three or five months; If there is a bandit in the place, hundreds of bandits and robbers, as long as the magistrate county sends armor to the school, these students will go out with helmets and armor, and they will be guarded by the city to eliminate the bandits.

They see more, see more, understand more, and when the imperial court is employing people, there will be no shortage of space for them to show their talents in the future.

"You still say that Mr. Shi suspects that he can't teach students well? He's going to have fun. ”

On the way to departure, the chimney of the steamship spewed out white clouds, and Hu Liangpeng said to Ye Xianggao: "Who knows what kind of achievements these students he teaches will do in the future, what are you looking at?" ”

Ye Xianggao handed over the book in his hand and said with a smile: "The "Epidemic Codex" published by Wanli Book Company will take this exam this year, but it will not affect the ranking, and it will leave a good impression if you answer it, and it doesn't matter if you can't answer it." ”

"Wanli Bookstore, printed by His Majesty? Five coins of silver per book. Hu Liangpeng took the book and looked at it over and over, found a line of small characters on the last page, and was happy: "Your Majesty has a way to make money, and the shipyard is also a royal property." ”