The four seas are connected to the world, in the sixth and seventh years of Longqing, the Nanyang military government lost 25,000 catties of gold, 125,000 catties of silver, 1.2 million catties of iron, 1.7 million catties of copper, 1.7 million catties of lead, and the remaining pearls and jade gems are strange. ’

'In six years, he entered Luzon, built an island and came to Chenlai, expelled Xiyi, and the king of Luzon and the king of Ryukyu paid tribute. In seven years, he received tribute from the kings of Sulu and Borneo, and sent his wife and brother Zhaolong to lead 500 ships into the sea, from the south of Guangdong through Luzon, Sulu, and Borneo, and was attacked in Majapahit, and went to the sea for thousands of miles, and finally arrived at the uninhabited island, and set up a port named Yanglai, called Xinmingzhou. ’

'There is an island name pass in the east of Luzon for 5,000 miles, the west Yi Chen division 10,000 troops, the banner army fought bloodily, and the army was broken by chase, and there was the Ming Dynasty who was full of Lin Manjue, with 300 soldiers and soldiers to step into Guam, more than half of the generals were killed and wounded, and 3,000 enemies were defeated, and the island was named Lin. ’

'The enemies fought in the South Seas are all small and strong, and the enemies are many and weak, because the ancestors used gunpowder as weapons. Ten years ago, if you want to win the Portuguese, you still need to be outnumbered by our enemies, and you need to win from afar, and then you have to imitate the birds, so there are birds and guns, and now they are the words of my Chinese long skills. ’

'My gunpowder is transmitted to the West, and the Westerners get its strength, and then it is transmitted back to the Central Plains, some people say that the stones of other mountains can attack jade, and my craftsmen can also innovate and innovate, and innovation, which needs the encouragement of the Son of Heaven and the reward of the imperial court, will go up and down. ’

Zhang Juzheng pushed the carefully bound books aside, looking at the objects placed on the table that looked like a small kiln, a few pieces of small charcoal were burning vigorously, there was a small iron bucket with copper pipes inserted in the kiln, the copper pipes had valves, and there was another thing that could not be named, and then there were two crank connecting rods, which were common in the field, and finally connected with shafts, and the shaft side was connected with belts.

At the other end of the belt is a small iron block, the center of the small iron block is connected, and the line is connected to the transparent glass cover.

The glass cover is made by Seiko, the process is very beautiful, if it can be sold at a high price in the inner market of Beijing, the fly in the ointment is that the bottom of the cover is pasted around I don't know whether the tung oil lacquer or something, the black paint is not very smooth, so that the grade of the whole utensil suddenly fell off.

There are small things in the center of the cover, Zhang Juzheng can't understand this, so he simply pointed to the books he can understand, and smiled at Zhao Shizhen, who was carrying a wooden box on the side: "Chen Shuai has made progress in books, and the old man can already understand his handwriting, which is really not easy. ”

After saying this, he seemed to inadvertently point to the 'small kiln' and said: "Chen Shuai called this a steam engine, and the old man of the steam understands it, and the old man of the machine also understands, but this ...... Moved? ”

Zhang Juzheng said, the crank connecting rod used on the hydraulic farm tool in the past moved, and the things in the small glass cover lit up, which made Zhang Juzheng surprised and looked at Zhao Shizhen in puzzlement.

He thought it was a steamer, but now it doesn't seem like that's the case.

Zhao Shizhen watched the miniature version of the steam of the Nanyang Wei Weapons Bureau maneuver, with an indescribable smile on his face, he nodded and said: "Chen Shuai said that fire and water produce steam, and steam generates power, just like gunpowder is ignited to generate energy, Nanyang Wei has a loom powered by a steam engine, which is much larger than this, a steam engine as big as a room." ”

"It can drive 16 of the best looms in the world, only four people need to wiring, and more than 30 horses can be spun every day."

Zhao Shizhen said and pointed to the iron box connected to the glass cover: "Chen Shuai called this a motor, the copper coil rotates fast enough between the magnets to generate electricity, the steam engine makes the coil rotate, and the electricity is connected to the copper wire into the lampshade, and there is a burned bamboo wire in the cover to heat and glow, but there must be no gas, otherwise it will burn up, this is like cupping to burn the inside before covering the eucommia rubber pad, and the outside is sealed with fish glue." ”

"With electricity, the lampshade can be lit for hundreds of hours without breaking, and it is easy to break if the Ministry of Industry does, but Chen Shuai said that this is the trend of shining in the future, ten years and a hundred years, there will always be a day when the lights can be bright without an open flame."

Zhao Shizhen explained that the flywheel of the steam engine has become faster and faster, and the frequency of the glass cover is getting higher and higher, and he activated the valve on the steam engine to make the air pressure faster, pointing to Chen Mu's book and arching his hand to Zhang Juzheng: "For these reasons, Chen Shuai asked the officials of the Ministry of Industry to compile it, polish it, and write it in the book." ”

"Oh......"

Zhang Ju was facing something he had never seen before, although he was surprised, but it was not too exaggerated, maybe he didn't know much about it, but the general working principle of the steam engine had been understood, and asked: "How much does this thing cost, what is its use?" ”

"The cost is extremely high, and only the large silk mills in Guangdong that employ hundreds of workers use this to not lose money, and they have to do more fine to popularize the world. For now, its only role is to weave silk, and in addition, Chen Shuai wants to use it to send messages. ”

"Messenger?"

This is beyond Zhang Juzheng's comprehension, nodding calmly and calmly on his face, as if he agrees with this statement, but he is waiting to see how this thing screams.

The glass cover was emitting a faint light at this time, Zhao Shizhen pulled out the wire, connected it to another iron box, let go of the rolled up leather rubber wire in a circle, and released a step far away to the iron box in front of Zhang Ju.

He took Chen Mu's book on Zhang Juzheng's desk a little rudely, flipped to the end, pointed to two irregular ink lines and said successively: "Ge Lao, Chen Shuai said, this line is called 'See', this line is called 'Ge Lao', these two lines together are called See Ge Lao." ”

Zhang Ju looked at the two lines expressionlessly, the ink lines that looked basically the same but were of different lengths, and looked at Zhao Shizhen blankly.

When Zhao Shizhen pressed the two metal rods at the other end, the two metal rods in front of Zhang Juzheng would also fall, and the stained ink was written on the paper, and Zhao Shizhen did not speak, only arched his hand towards Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng was amazed when he saw the iron box move by itself, and then saw the two ink lines that Zhao Shizhen pointed out to him just now on the paper.

It's - see the elder of the pavilion!

It's a kind of mechanism, a magical mechanism.

Zhang Juzheng went around to the side of the table, pressed the metal rod, and the metal rod on the other side also fell, he looked at Zhao Shizhen and then at the metal rod, and said: "This side falls, that side falls, because of this line?" Is this line long enough to be able to transmit a message from Jingshi to Nanyang in an instant? ”

"Hui Ge Lao, it is true."

After speaking, Zhao Shizhen smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "But at present, the largest steam engine can only generate electricity, and it can only connect three or five hundred steps of wires, and the Ministry of Industry officials said that the problem is not in the steam engine, but in the motor, but I don't know how to solve it for the time being." ”

"From Beijing to Guangdong, Chen Shuai didn't dare to think about it, he just wanted to be able to send a message for three or five miles, make the steam engine small and fine, and the motor also small and fine, which can be carried with the army, and will double the combat power of my Ming sergeant."

"Three years and five years?"

Zhang Juzheng shook his head, "It's been too long, two years, two years for the Ministry of Industry to make the steamer motor bigger, can transmit the message ten miles, I will send the news from the Beijing division to the north and south of the river in an instant!" ”

When the steam engine first appeared in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial first assistant only saw the huge benefits brought by the telegram, and Zhang Juzheng could not expect it at this time, ://./14_14088/