"These drawings are the way to go...... A gentleman's word! "Think about the famous scientist in history who was kicked into the bottomless abyss by himself, and Hong Taoxiao's eyes can't see. Reaching out and taking out a roll of things from the box under the desk, he hadn't forgotten the chicken thief once, and forced Shen Kuo to high-five and swear.

"Smack...... Horses are hard to chase! This is...... What is a steam engine? Shen Kuo didn't hesitate for half a second, stretched out his left hand and slapped it on Hong Tao's palm, and at the same time grabbed the roll of paper with his right hand, opened it while saying the oath, and then was dumbfounded, he didn't understand what it was.

"Water vapour, another form of water...... I have a model here, Brother Shen will see it by himself, and he will know what a steam engine is! This is the meeting gift that Hong Tao prepared for Shen Kuo, an almost never-ending road of research and development.

There are new sailing ships, horse-drawn carriages, woollen mills, cotton mills, sugar mills, printing houses, shipyards, machine processing factories, and even simple machine tools, but there is one thing missing, which is semi-waste, that is, a completely controllable, endless, relatively small power source!

Water and animal power alone are not enough to make industrialization a reality, and if we want to move from quantitative to qualitative change, the quantity must be large enough. If you want to achieve such a large volume, you must have efficient and controllable power. The steam engine can't be escaped, and you have to get it early and late.

Hong Tao thinks so, instead of waiting for himself to be old and dead, leaving a lot of drawings for future generations to guess the head and not get the accurate meaning, it is better to get out this black technology that is enough to change the development process of all mankind while he is alive, even if it is only a prototype, it is of great significance. The most difficult thing in everything is to take the first step, and it will be much less difficult to lead by yourself.

But the steam engine couldn't be made on its own, it lacked perseverance, and it didn't have that much time. What to do? Find a stand-in. Wang Datou will definitely not succeed, his starting point is too low, he is a qualified senior technician but not an engineer, and he cannot translate knowledge into application.

Huang Huai'an had these conditions, but the burden on his shoulders was too heavy, he had to develop both artillery and muskets, and he had to continue to improve machine tools in his spare time. If you hand over the steam engine to him, you will die of exhaustion in less than three years.

Originally, this plan was planned to be launched in a few years, but I didn't expect Shen Kuo to send it to the door by himself. Let you show off the plane, now that the plane has been built, let's go ahead and build the steam engine.

After building the steam engine, the plane still can't fly, and then hand over the internal combustion engine to him! Don't talk about this life, if you can't even keep your son and grandson on your own thief ship, don't think about going down forever.

As soon as he arrived in Yangzhou to take office, he was busy coming over to say hello to King Liang before he finished moving. On the one hand, the friendship is deep, and on the other hand, I also want to show off my plane. They are all engaged in scientific research, and the works that can be obtained are the most convincing.

As a result, not only did he fail to achieve his goal, but he was also severely degraded, and then saw that a steam engine model the size of a teapot could really rely on the heat of an alcohol lamp to push a book-sized textile machine model to work back and forth, Shen Kuo immediately entered a state of forgetfulness. He didn't go back home, and the study that occupied Hong Tao spent days and nights sketching the structure of the steam engine he understood on paper.

Seven days later, Shen Kuo came out of the study with a disheveled beard, the first structural drawing was completed, and the freshness just passed, and he was afraid that he didn't dare to stay for lunch, so he had to rush home immediately.

Why is he in such a hurry, Hong Tao figured out a little taste. Lao Shen has tracheitis again, and he has not been home for several days, and it is difficult to explain when he goes back, and he will be beaten if he doesn't do well.

"These are brought to my sister-in-law...... Don't shirk, it's not a gift, but to let Brother Shen get out of trivial matters. With these things, Mrs. Shen will no longer be embarrassed by Brother Shen. ”

What to do? It was very easy to do, and the eldest princess took out the gold brocade left by Fu Ji, and then put it with three delicate small glass bottles of red, yellow and white, and put them in a bag woven with various colored wool.

Needless to say, Jin Jin has no place to buy it if he has money, and he thinks that Shen Kuo's wife is also from an official family, so she will not be ignorant.

The three vials themselves are rare and fine, and at present, only transparent glass vessels can be bought on the market, and there are no glass products like this kind of evenly dyed and dark flowers.

They are all new products developed by Gao Yu, this guy has a soft spot for firing glass, no matter how busy he is at work, he does not forget to tinker with the glass kiln, in the eyes of others this is a hard job, in his eyes it is simply rest.

But the point is not on the tinted glass bottle, but on what's in the bottle. Open the cork sealed by paraffin, you don't need to get close to smell the aroma, if you don't close the cork, it won't take long for the whole house to be full, not strong and pungent but refreshing, completely different from ordinary spices.

Under the cork is a small snow-white stick, made of neither gold nor stone, neither wood nor ivory, and can be bent with a little force, which is very elastic.

When you pick up the cork, there will be some translucent paste on the stick, and the aroma will come out of it. Applying the cream to the skin will give it a slippery feeling, but it will not be greasy. After a while, the paste will seep in, leaving the skin more delicate and moisturized, and the aroma will last longer.

The small stick is whale baleen, which most Song people have never seen, and the paste in the bottle is a refinement of whale brain oil and whale oil, mixed with a very small amount of ambergris.

After purification, whale brain oil is a very precious lubricant and is usually used for the lubrication of precision instruments. It's a pity that it has no use now, and has become a waste. Fortunately, there is Hong Tao, a second-hand scientist, who purified it and whale fat and made it into a skin care cream, which should be used as waste.

Don't look at Shen Kuo's lack of interest in the grease in the three bottles, Hong Tao dares to guarantee that his wife must be ecstatic after getting it, and as long as Shen Kuo says that he will come to Liangwangfu in the future, Mrs. Shen will definitely not stop him. Not to mention that you can stay for three or five days, you can stay for half a month and not go home, as long as you can bring a few bottles of Dabao skin cream when you go home.

This is the name that Hong Tao gave to the whale brain oil emollient cream, which is written on the bottle with dark lines, which is both a product name and a trademark. As long as Queen Pang is satisfied with the trial, the Dabao makeup store jointly established by Queen Song and the two sisters-in-law will be listed in Hangzhou, specializing in selling Dabao brand cosmetics.

Don't look at the current only skin cream one product, and soon a series of skin care and hair care products such as Dabao lipstick, Dabao soap, Dabao shampoo and so on will be launched.

Hong Tao wants to kill all the big girls and little daughters-in-law who fell into the Song Dynasty, and make money for women, so that they can also contribute to their own careers. Others don't want to grab business, this is also the intention of pulling Queen Pang and bringing her sister-in-law outside, double insurance!

"This is the blessing of the children, and it is also the well-being of all the children of Da Song. It's just that I don't know how adults want to sell this medicine, and I'm afraid that I will have to follow in the footsteps of the workshop if the profits are too much. ”

Shen Kuo stayed in the Liangwang Mansion, not just to draw the structural diagram of the steam engine. Although he is not a doctor, he is still very concerned about the effect of cowpox, and he just stays under the pretext of drawing pictures to see the cure.

Within seven days, none of the ten children who were deliberately infected with the smallpox virus became ill, and Shen Kuo had admitted the fact that cowpox could indeed prevent pox, and then he was worried about the price of cowpox.

In the usual style of the colt Wang Xu, everything that others can't make will be sold for a high price, such as the carriage, the gas lamp, and the Dabao skin cream in his hand.

There are no three taels of oil in the three small bottles, and it is said that they will sell three Huangzhou gold coins, and a bottle is worth three times, which is simply a money grab.

But it's not a good thing to sell expensive, the people can't afford it, and making too much money is easy to attract the attention of the court and the eyes of everyone, and the three major workshop areas will not be forcibly ransomed.

According to Shen Kuo's thoughts, this is a Ming robbery, which is very inconsistent with the laws of the Great Song Dynasty. But most of the courtiers and the emperor agreed, which was equivalent to changing the law, and no one could resist it.

"Cowpox is easy to obtain, easy to administer, and I plan to teach it to everyone. There is no need to ask a doctor for diagnosis and treatment, every village and town can follow suit, and children from rich and poor families can be treated, isn't it happy? ”

“…… Adults are quite old-fashioned! The official has the responsibility of supervising and promoting the officials of the road, and such good deeds must be notified to the court and the official family, and the eyes of the adults are opened! ”

Unexpectedly, this time, the profiteer actually changed his sex, and he didn't plan to make money with the miracle medicine, but also promoted the method of vaccinating cowpox for free. This change surprised Shen Kuo very much, and at the same time he had to give Hong Tao a deep sigh.

It is said that loyalty and treachery are difficult to distinguish, and the evaluation of the horse king in the court has not been very high, but what this person does is really not a traitor, and he is even closer to a saint than many moral gentlemen.

It's just that this person is not very good at flaunting, he has done bad things to make everyone known, and he has done good things but has disappeared silently, Shen Kuo intends to use the power in his hands to correct the name of the horse.

"Forget it, the Northern Expedition will let Brother Shen eat melons with me, if I do it again, no matter how bad I am as a captain of the horses, Brother Shen will be in trouble. There is no need to deliberately publicize this matter, it is better to write more to the court on the issue of river embankment construction, and the more money, food, and manpower, the better. ”

Shen Kuo's righteous act Hong Tao understood it, but he couldn't accept it. He is a king side by side, even if he creates an elixir, it is impossible to rise further, let alone gain too many rights. On the contrary, the higher one's merits, the more constraints there will be, and the word "master" is not called in vain.

He has given up the idea of fighting for power and profit in the court, and has taken a different path. The emperor and courtiers have little weight in their evaluation of themselves, and if they want to be famous, they don't need Shen Kuo to wave their flags and shout, and it is the Fuzhou Daily that should really raise their arms and shout.

Official merit can be dispensed with, but the prestige of the people must be as much as possible. Not only does this stuff put a protective film on itself, but it also helps you execute your plan smoothly.

If the people knew that they were a good person, would they still use so much effort to run schools, open hospitals, and promote chemical fertilizers? When the time comes, just say a few words, and many fans will immediately follow, even if they stare and say that can be eaten, someone will immediately echo it.