As soon as he finished speaking, the Chongzheng Hall suddenly became very quiet. These Qing Dynasty princes and princes Beile looked at each other, and everyone's faces looked very solemn.

They all understood that if Lu Xiangsheng had really been supported by a navy, then the Qing Dynasty would have been powerless. There would be absolutely no possibility of snatching back the food.

After a while, Dai Shan whispered in a disconfidant tone: "This is unlikely. If the Ming Navy appeared on the river, Ajige would definitely know that, in this case, no matter how stupid he is, he will definitely be prepared. How could he be ambushed by the Ming Army!"

Hearing this, many princes and princes seemed to have grasped the last straw and nodded repeatedly to agree.

"Yes, even if you are a fool, you must have expected that the Ming army would come when you see the Ming army appearing on the river!"

"How important is this batch of food? Will Ajige know? Even though he knows that the Ming army will make food and grass, he will leave Zhenjiang Fort without asking for reinforcements in advance?"

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This time, these princes and princes Beile inadvertently questioned Huang Taiji's judgment. If it were the past, Huang Taiji would never tolerate his authority being offended. But at this time, he did not see him losing his temper. He just sat silently on the imperial throne, lowering his head and not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, the hall became quiet, he slowly raised his head. He seemed to have grown a lot older. He glanced at everyone in the hall, whispered but with absolute certainty: "After dealing with Lu Xiangsheng for so long, don't you know his way of using troops? Will he not consider the retreat after robbing grain? He makes good use of cavalry. Don't you know that if you go by land, this batch of food is important to our Qing Dynasty. We will definitely send cavalry to chase him. Can he escape? Only by walking from the water will our Qing Dynasty be unable to pursue it! The grain that he robbed by Jinpu Town in the past was not transported away by the Ming Navy! He chose to go out of Zhenjiang Fort because it was closest to the Yalu River!"

Speaking of this, Huang Taiji seemed very tired. After taking a few breaths, he said slowly: "Ajige must have not seen the Ming Navy appear at the meeting. The Ming Navy only appeared after the war began. I can also be sure of this. Only in this way can Lu Xiangsheng be sure of the victory of this battle!"

"Is this impossible? Did the water and land armies just agree to meet at the same time? If something happens in the middle, wouldn't it be very unreliable?" Someone raised questions.

Indeed, no war could be carried out completely according to the plan. Just like when the Ming Dynasty advanced to the fifth army and tried to wipe out the Later Jin Dynasty, the five armies were still the first khan at that time, and there was a deviation from the plan because of the inconsistent coordination of the five armies, which eventually led to the five Ming army being defeated by the first khan each and scared away the whole way.

However, the war seemed to be different. At least the time of the Ming Dynasty navy was actually not concerned. It was always waiting for the Ming army on the shore to appear on the river surface, which was nothing. Thinking of this, most people agreed to Huang Taiji's analysis, and suddenly, many people's faces looked very bad. They understood that in the past ten, the batch of food was over!

Looking back on the big fight for this batch of food just now, some people even started fighting like shrews in front of the imperial court. The princes and princes of the Qing Dynasty in Chongzheng Hall felt very uncomfortable!

In the end, Chenyang did not send reinforcements because everyone basically recognized Huang Taiji's analysis. There was another very important reason. If the cavalry was sent to Zhenjiang Fort, it would also consume a lot of food. The Qing Dynasty, the shortage was food!

After Haoge returned to his mansion with depression, he could no longer hold it in his arms and sneered and named Dorgon the crown prince. Now, this crown prince is useless! The Qing Dynasty still lacks food and starves these stupid pigs to death!

After venting a lot, Haoge called Qian Fugui, held everyone away, and whispered: "Contact over there, I have made such a great contribution this time, should I have any reward?"

When Qian Fugui heard this, he knew that the Ming army must have robbed the food. He was very happy, but he did not dare to reveal it. He just nodded and entered the chat group to chat with Emperor Chongzhen privately, and told Haoge's request.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already known that Lu Xiangsheng's grain-robbery army was on his way back safely. Now he saw Haoge coming to seek credit, but he ignored it. After all, the information provided by Haoge was indeed not something Qian Fugui could get. For this reason, he dealt with Haoge so that Haoge could continue to provide information.

After quitting the chat group, Emperor Chongzhen thought happily that there was another batch of grain in Liaodong. As a result, the logistics pressure of his own commander to conquer Liaodong this year has been much less. Huang Taiji is probably about to be worried about death, right? It would be better to be worried about death. Anyway, before the autumn harvest, blocking the Qing Dynasty's grain input will never be relaxed.

After thinking about something happy for a while, Emperor Chongzhen diverted his attention and began to think about things that made him more worried.

The steam engine has been boasted, but the mass-produced steam engine has not been finalized. Nowadays, all the steam engines in the military battle are hand-made. Of course, hand-made steam engines are not bad, but mass production is necessary to achieve the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty. The reason why industrialization is industrialization is because the product can operate assembled and greatly improve production efficiency. This is the fundamental reason for truly promoting the leap of human society.

Today, Emperor Chongzhen's dissatisfaction with the steam engine was mainly concentrated at two points. One thing is that the steam engine is too large, and it is as big as a small room. Otherwise, the kinetic energy generated will be too small. But such a large steam engine is really inconvenient to use! At least in Emperor Chongzhen's impression, steam engines with practical purposes cannot be so huge.

Second, the current steam engine has too low efficiency in converting heat energy into kinetic energy. In other words, today's steam engine is a steel monster that eats coal, and has a lot of appetite. In terms of economic costs, it is really not cost-effective! In the perception of Emperor Chongzhen, this should be because there is no rubber seal.

After thinking for a long time, he felt that he still had no idea, so he decided to go to the military battle and stay with the craftsmen there for a while to see if he could find any good solutions!

Unexpectedly, before he set off, the eunuch outside the hall came into the hall to report that the eunuch Liu Chengzhi, the chief eunuch in charge of the military war, requested an audience.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but feel moved. Could it be that they were going to study it himself? He really had something to do?

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered Liu Chengzhi to meet him.

Before the ceremony was over, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Liu Chengzhi below and asked, "Is there any good news?"

"When you say to Your Majesty, there is something I think it is possible to improve the steam engine. But I am not sure, so I have to follow Your Majesty's will and report to Your Majesty." Although Liu Chengzhi said this, the smile on his face showed that he was probably modest.

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy when he saw this and asked quickly: "Very good, let me know in detail!"

After hearing this, Liu Chengzhi quickly replied: "Your Majesty, today a carpenter told other craftsmen that after hearing the steam engine discussing the steam engine, they said to other craftsmen that their carpenters saw wood, and people pushed the saw at both ends, which would save a lot of effort. If the piston push of the steam engine can also push at both ends, wouldn't it save a lot of effort? When I heard this, I felt that it made sense, so I came to report to Your Majesty!"

At least he saw that the emperor was so concerned about the steam engine. Although he was the eunuch in charge of the military command, he was also active in the front line of steam engine manufacturing. He knew no less about the steam engine than those craftsmen. Therefore, after hearing the carpenter's remarks, he had already confirmed that it was indeed possible.

The reason why Liu Chengzhi did not dare to say that this matter was thought out by himself was because Emperor Chongzhen often stayed with craftsmen in the military battle. In order to encourage craftsmen, he also ordered Shangguan not to be greedy for his subordinates' contributions, otherwise once verified, he would be severely punished. Liu Chengzhi did not know that he could cover up the situation in the military battle. The risk was too great, so it would be better to tell the truth.

Besides, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it a little, and was overjoyed when he thought about it. He also kept plunging into the manufacturing of the steam engine, and his understanding of the steam engine was clear in his mind. After thinking a little, he knew that the two cylinders pushing each other and doing piston movements will definitely greatly improve the efficiency of heat energy conversion.

In the past, the main reason why the steam engine was so big was that if the steam engine was small, the low efficiency of the heat energy conversion would lead to insufficient kinetic energy, and it was impossible to make a big steam engine. But now, if it is set as two cylinders and push each other, the kinetic energy will definitely be greatly improved under the same heat energy. In this way, the steam engine will definitely reduce a lot of volume. This means that one of the difficulties of the steam engine before was solved.

Emperor Chongzhen was excited to think and immediately set up a military battle. Based on this idea, he improved the design drawing of the steam engine, and then immediately asked Liu Chengzhi to assign skilled craftsmen and immediately started to build it.

The results of the experiment proved that Emperor Chongzhen's idea was correct. The new steam engine was indeed much better than the previous steam engine. This made Emperor Chongzhen feel that using this as the prototype, mass production of steam engines might be possible.

While he was happy, he summoned all personnel, including all kinds of craftsmen, in the military battle, and rewarded Liu Chengzhi was inevitable. What many people did not expect was that Emperor Chongzhen asked with a smile on the steps: "Who is the carpenter Sun Erniu?"

"Long live the graceful man Sun Erniu, long live the meeting, long live long live long live long!" A strong young man in his twenties stepped out in front of everyone, kneeled down in front of Emperor Chongzhen and responded loudly.

He was kneeling there and was very excited. He knew that something must be a good thing.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and nodded in his heart. Only young people would have fewer concerns and would blurt out any thoughts in his heart.

After Sun Erniu finished the ceremony, everyone was stunned that Emperor Chongzhen actually stepped down the steps and went up to help Sun Erniu himself, and said with a smile: "No, hurry up and calm down!"

Sun Erniu had thought about such courtesy, you know, this is what he is today! His arms were supported by the emperor, and his hands were shaking a little excited. Of course, when he said it later, he did not admit this.

Looking at Sun Erniu who had already stood up, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Your idea is very good. Not only that, you can also express your thoughts in your heart, and ultimately make the improvement of the steam engine successful. I admire young people like you. Dare to think and speak, and do not stick to your status, good, good!"

After he said a few good things in a row, he suddenly said in a serious tone: "Carterman Sun Erniu received the order!"

Sun Erniu was excited, and suddenly heard this, and was stunned for a moment, and immediately knelt down again.

"I will reward you for any merits. I have decided to give you one percent of the profit of the steam engine sold in the next ten years and enjoy the rituals of the master." Emperor Chongzhen said this and added, "I hope your skills can be improved, go further, and meet the master's standards. In this way, I will be very happy to be awarded the title of master, do you understand?"

He said that Sun Erniu is not a "master", but he is treated as a master, and his skills are improved and he will only have the title of a master after he reaches the master's standards. But even so, it means that his status has been improved by hatred, which can be said to be a step ahead. What's more, he can still get one percent of the profit of selling steam engines within ten years, what a great fortune!

Sun Erniu gained both fame and fortune because of an association or a word. This made him so excited that he could not help but kowtow repeatedly and shouted long live.

The people in the courtyard, not only the officials of the Military Affairs Bureau, but also all kinds of craftsmen, were all very jealous. Many people scolded in their hearts, "You Sun Erniu, I don't know what luck you have, but you even improved the steam engine in just one word and received such courtesy and reward from the emperor. Is the ancestral grave smoked?"

After Emperor Chongzhen gave Sun Erniu a look at the steam engine displayed, then turned around and looked at the people in the courtyard again. When he saw their expressions, he knew that his daughter-in-law seemed to have played a role this time, and it should have greatly intensified the enthusiasm of these people.

The Han people have never lacked smart people since ancient times. I hope that these craftsmen who are worthy of the world can open their minds and improve more in their future work.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen was about to return to the palace.

But who knew that at this moment, I suddenly heard a person in the courtyard crowd shouting loudly: "Your Majesty, this steam engine, the grass people have an idea!"

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