As early as when I first learned about cars and ships from Hao Guangming, Zhu Xi thought about building steel ships in the Ming Dynasty.

Now that I have settled down in Chengdu, I have finally taken the first step in this matter.

No, it should be said that the first step is to investigate the iron ore and iron plants in Chengdu and Qiongzhou, expanding steel production under governance.

Because steel is the foundation of modern vehicle and ship manufacturing industry.

As for the manufacture of steam engines in the late Ming Dynasty, it was not an incredible thing, especially because Zhu Mei was able to travel to and from later generations. With the help of Hao Guangming, it was easier to do this.

In various historical time travel novels that Hao Guangming had read before, most of the protagonists only knew the concept of steam engines.

Then, based on just one concept and some fragmented relevant knowledge, we will guide our craftsmen and capable people to develop steam engines.

This often takes a long time. The shortest may take half a year to study, and the longest may even take several years to study.

The most important thing is that even if it is developed, it will be difficult to increase its power.

Because there is no rubber in China, it is difficult to solve the problem of steam engine leakage, so the power of the steam engine is difficult to increase to the extent that it can be applied to vehicles and ships.

But in Zhu Mai and Hao Guangming, the above problems do not exist.

Hao Guangming directly gave the most suitable steam engine drawings. In future development, he could also provide key materials such as rubber, and even directly give parts required by the steam engine such as rubber pads.

It can be predicted that it will not take too long for these craftsmen to create qualified steam engines.

In fact, in Europe forty years later, people would manufacture early industrial steam engines.

Since ancient times, China has not lacked skilled craftsmen, nor has it lacked the spirit of research and development and creation.

Now that Zhu Ma has prepared all the drawings, there is no reason why she can't make them.

However, in order to create the steam engine as soon as possible and to select talents with this talent from these craftsmen, Zhu Ma decided to take the test first.

So, when the craftsmen were stretching their heads to look at the drawings, Zhu Xi said again: "Eunuch Fang, please come here to burn a pot of water. Remember, the kettle should have a tight lid.

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Although Fang Zhenghua didn't understand why Zhu Ma did this, he still agreed and asked someone to do it.

Soon, a small stove was placed next to the wooden board with a hanging drawing paper, and a copper kettle was placed on it.

Through the mobile phone camera, Hao Guangming found that the copper kettle was generally similar to that of a modern kettle, and the lid could be embedded in the kettle and was tightly sewn.

He said to Zhu Niu: "This kettle can be used, but the spout needs to be blocked to make it more obvious."

Zhu Niu nodded and then ordered someone to block the spout with cloth.

Then he said to a group of craftsmen with different expressions: "This steam engine is the machine that I want you to make this time. As for what its function and how it works, I will give you an hour to think about it first.

If anyone thinks of this time, you can talk to me.

It doesn't matter if you say it wrong, but if you say it so well that I can satisfy you, you can become the main craftsman in developing this steam engine.

After the steam engine is successfully developed, our palace will designate him as a master craftsman and be named Deputy Ambassador of the Secret Construction Bureau.

In addition, all participants in the development will receive a generous reward.

Fame, fortune and wealth are right in front of you, everyone should show their true abilities.”

After saying that, Zhu Ma went to the only pavilion in the yard, sat down on the chair arranged by the maid, and waited patiently.

The pavilion is a distance from the hanging map, so as soon as Zhu Dayu left, many craftsmen approached the drawings and even talked to people they knew.

"I'm asking myself that I'm very knowledgeable, why have I never heard of this steam engine?"

"Hehe, if you heard of it, the princess would recruit us to develop and promise a generous reward?"

"I heard that the princess is a fairy descending to earth. Could this steam engine be a magic weapon of the immortal family?"

"Hiss, it's really possible. But if this is the case, how can we ordinary people create it?"

"I said Lao Cheng, are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid? Even if it is a magic weapon of the immortal family, now the princess will make secrets for me to wait for me, so how can I still make it?"

"Then tell me how to build it?"

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Hua Mude was wearing a scholarly dress and stood among the craftsmen with a sense of being a little ahead of his crowd. The craftsmen also subconsciously stood two or three steps away.

However, Huamude could still hear the discussions of the craftsmen clearly.

These craftsmen didn't know that he was much more excited than he was acting, and even shouted excitedly in his heart.

Because his goal of coming to Chengdu is likely to exceed the realization!

In August, he heard the bizarre rumors of the battle in Chengdu from a classmate who was an official in Meizhou Prefecture.

At first he didn't believe it, but later he became skeptical when there were more people talking about it.

So I prepared to come to Chengdu to see it.

However, the legendary monster bird that can spit fire is a powerful weapon in the military. Where can he only see it as an ordinary show?

So he wandered in Chengdu for several days without any progress. Instead, he had seen the light of the magic lamp at night.

Seeing that the Shu Prince Mansion was recruiting craftsmen with high salaries, he came to apply for the job without hesitation.

Just to increase the chance of seeing "magic weapons" such as strange birds, magic lamps, etc.

After entering the Shu Palace, he thought he was just making some ordinary equipment, but he didn't expect that the princess would take out a pair of "magic weapons" to make drawings!

However, after carefully looking at the drawings of the "steam engine" made, he believed that this "steam engine" was probably not a magic weapon of the immortals, but a mortal machine.

Just like looms, drilling machines, keel waterwheels, etc., it is more complex and has unknown uses.

So, what exactly is this steam engine used for and how does it work?

Hua Mude pinched his chin and began to ponder, and he was extremely focused. The conversation between the craftsmen around him seemed to have gone away from him...

Wow! ~

After a long time, the sharp whistle of air woke Huamude up.

He subconsciously looked at the source of sound and happened to see the copper kettle on the stove suddenly pushing the lid open!

Even the small piece of fabric that sealed the spout was pushed out by water vapor!

For a moment, a large amount of water vapor emerged from the copper pot...

‘This steam engine?!’

Huamude instantly thought of the name of the machine they were going to develop.

As a scholar who likes to work, he read a lot of miscellaneous books and finally had more knowledge than ordinary Ming Dynasty people.

He knew that many tools and machinery used were actually the principles that our ancestors learned from all things in nature.

So, does the principle used by the steam engine come from the scene where boiling water blew out of steam and pushed open the lid of the pot?

Moreover, before leaving, the princess left, she asked someone to lose a pot of hot water, and she also specifically told the lid to be tight and sealed the spout, which was a strange move.

Eighty percent of them are hinting at the natural truths they use in the steam engine!

Thinking of this, Huamude looked at the drawings and not many structural introductions again, and suddenly felt that some things he didn't understand before suddenly became clear!

For a moment, Huamude's eyes were only left with drawings and the copper pot with hot water on the ground, and his eyes were blooming...

Gazebo.

The maids and their personal soldiers were guarding the pavilion, with Fei Zhen'e serving beside them, and Zhu Mei was bored waiting (the mobile phone was waiting here on the Ming Dynasty and could not access the Internet, so she could only accept the message from Hao Guangming), so she followed Hao Guangming.

There was a chat without a word.

"Did you say that any of them understand the working principle and use of steam engines?"

Of course, Hao Guangming would not attack Zhu Mai. He heard this and said, "After all, there are more than fifty skilled craftsmen. If you ask someone to boil water there, you will make it clear that someone will understand the principle of the steam engine. At most, you will spend more time.

Of course, the use of steam engines is unknown.

Zhu Meiyu knew very well how difficult it was for the Ming Dynasty people to figure out the use of steam engines, and couldn't help but say, "I'm afraid none of them can think of it."

As a result, she finished speaking, she saw a middle-aged man breaking away from the craftsman crowd and walking towards the pavilion.

After inspection, the middle-aged man dressed in a scholar walked into the pavilion and saluted Zhu Ma.

"Caomin Huamude see the governor!"

"Flat."
Chapter completed!