The two walked along the hard road of Qingzhou City towards the workshop area, and Rhodes was watched like an animal along the way. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Leading Rhodes to the workshop area, where craftsmen are building a new workshop.

Next to the building being built, there was a lot of cement, sand, and stones, Xiao Ming brought Rod over, and the craftsmen immediately stopped their work and stood aside respectfully, Rod stepped forward and grabbed a handful of cement and said to Rode: "This is cement, mixed with water, sand and stones, several things are mixed together, and after three or four days, the hardness will be the same as the road just now." ”

Rod looked at something like flour in disbelief, and he looked at a few craftsmen who were mixing concrete, "This pavement is so hard, just rely on it?" ”

"Yes, don't underestimate it, don't think that only you Europe can have such amazing things." Saying that, Xiao Ming went to the place where the concrete was mixed and picked up a few congealed hard blocks and returned them to Rhodes, "Try it, this is the cement block that hasn't solidified for a long time just now, it's not hard enough, but after a few days, it's difficult to cut even a sword." ”

Rod took it, and it took a lot of strength to knead the cement block into powder, and he was horrified.

He used to think that the Great Yu Kingdom was nothing more than a backward civilization, and even if this Qi king had flintlock pistols and artillery, he was only learning from Europe, but now everything is wrong.

It's incredible that there is something that no one in Europe can have here.

This cement is just a small episode, Xiao Ming knew that what Rod wanted to see was not cement and other things for people's livelihood, so he brought Rod to the Qingzhou Army.

After seeing the equipment and training of the Qingzhou Army again, Rhodes was not good, his body was trembling when he walked in the barracks, and Lu Fei and others seemed to train even harder in order to deter Rhodes.

After that, Xiao Ming took Rod to the Equipment Division, and the military workshop looked at Qingzhou's military industry foundation like a flower, and after reading these things, Rod was like a defeated rooster.

"Ambassador Rhodes, how is this king's Qingzhou?" After walking a few places, Xiao Ming asked with a smile.

Rod's smile was a little forced, and he said, "Your Highness is more powerful than I expected, and I will talk to Count Clare about Ryukyu Island when I go back." ”

Xiao Ming nodded, and from Rod's expression, he knew that Rod's was shocked.

The reason why he took Rhodes to visit these places was to surrender the soldiers without a fight, and now that the attitude of the Dutch has softened, if they scare them again, this Ryukyu can not be taken back without blood.

As if stimulated, Rhodes had no plans to continue his stay in Qingzhou, and he didn't know what he was thinking with a gloomy face along the way.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming said: "Ambassador Rhodes, it's about to be time for dinner, so it's better to go to the palace for dinner." ”

"No, I think I'll have to rush back."

"Okay then." Xiao Ming said that he didn't want to entertain the arrogant Dutchman.

Rhodes declined the invitation, and on the same day he went to Dengshu under the protection of the servants, preparing to rush back to the Ryukyus.

Seeing Rod leaving, Xiao Ming turned around and was about to go back, when he saw Liang Yubin riding a horse and coming head-on.

In front of Xiao Ming, Liang Yubin said excitedly: "Your Highness, Lin Wentao has got the pumping steam engine out. ”

"Pumping steam engines?" Xiao Ming was stunned when he heard this, it couldn't be a Newcomen steam engine, right?

Thinking of this, he immediately went to Bowen College.

When he arrived at Bowen College, Liang Yubin directly led Xiao Ming to the laboratory of the School of Physics.

At this time, the laboratory was overwhelmed by the students of the academy, and everyone was paying attention to the new things that Lin Wentao had made.

"Not bad!"

The steam engine in front of Xiao Ming's eyes was just a simple model of a steam engine, not a full-scale steam engine.

This steam engine is composed of two parts, one is a conical boiler, which belongs to the part of the steam engine, and the other part is connected by a connecting rod is the pumping part, and the other half is used to pump the water in the tank through the continuous back and forth movement of the connecting rod.

The successful development of the steam engine made the students of the academy in high spirits, Lin Wentao was full of tears, after the last explosion, he finally studied the Newcomen steam engine.

Although this kind of steam engine can only be used to lift water, and it is not a real duplex steam engine, it is the progress of Qingzhou and the School of Physics.

"Wen Tao, you have made a great contribution!" Xiao Ming patted Du Zhiping's shoulder.

So far, the difficulty of this steam engine is undoubtedly the greatest, after all, this is a direct jump from the poor and white to the complex equipment of the steam engine.

Lin Wentao not only had to solve the problem of steam but also the problem of connecting rods, and he said, "Say, what reward do you want!" ”

Lin Wentao said at this time: "Your Highness, I don't want any reward, this Newcomen steam engine is just the most basic steam engine, and when I make the duplex steam engine, please ask Your Highness to reward me again." ”

Xiao Ming nodded, he was very satisfied, now Lin Wentao has changed from studying steam engines for the title to loving science, he said: "Okay, this king promises you." ”

Although Lin Wentao didn't want anything this time, Xiao Ming still rewarded him with a thousand taels of silver, and he wanted to show other students that everything was possible if he was willing to work hard.

The basic model of the Newcomen steam engine was successfully developed, and Xiao Ming immediately asked Lin Wentao to study the construction of the Newcomen steam water lifter for the mine, with the current number of Xiao Ming's mines, more than 30 pumps are needed at a time, so that the mine can dig further down.

After all, many of the minerals in his fiefdom belong to deep mines, and once the mine is flooded, it is impossible to construct, and now that the Newcomen steam engine is available, he can increase the efficiency of the minerals many times.

However, at this time, the Newcomen steam engine was only the most primitive steam engine, and it consumed a lot of coal, so it was only suitable for use in mines.

The New Year is coming soon, and Xiao Ming didn't expect Bowen Academy to be able to give him such a surprise at this time.

He was ready to put the construction of the Newcomon steam engine on the agenda, and at the same time let the equipment department cooperate with Lin Wentao to build a real steam engine, after all, what Lin Wentao was experimenting with now was only a small model made by him, and the real restoration still required the cooperation of a large number of craftsmen.

After praising Lin Wentao and others, Xiao Ming returned to the palace excitedly, although the Newkomen steam engine was the simplest steam engine, but it was through this steam engine that the later steam engine was continuously improved to obtain the later Watt steam engine.

Science is not a one-time quest, but a step by step exploration, now that Lin Wentao has found the way to the steam engine, he believes that it will not take long for him to develop a real steam engine.

(To be continued.) )