On the far side of the other side, the places with the best view are almost all rich people in the capital, Tongzhou and nearby areas. Some of them have long sent servants from their families to occupy the position, while others have seen a satisfactory position after coming over and directly used money to make money;

These people were either curious and wanted to see how the legendary steamship made the boat on the water move; or felt that there were any business opportunities in it, and wanted to come and check it out and confirm it...

While waiting, there will naturally be no silence. In fact, there will be almost always a buzzing sound on the other side of the shipyard. The yamen runners standing by the river will not care. Even themselves are basically looking at the shipyard.

"You said that it would be incredible if this steam is burned with coal and can make the boat move!" A young man dressed in a scholar, although it was winter, was dressed more gorgeously. He seemed to be a rich man, and the person who paid more personal income tax said with emotion.

"Hey, you didn't go and see the science and technology books that the Ministry of Rites is vigorously promoting? You are too ignorant!" There was a tall young man who looked like a scholar, but he was dressed in a normal manner and said in a contemptuous look and tone, "Do you understand the energy conversion? Tell me to this master, I'm afraid I don't know what energy is, right?"

After hearing this, his companion immediately followed and said with a little ridicule: "Don't say anything, he must be from Jiangnan! Haha, they are different from our northerners. Their energy and knowledge are all used in empty talk, talking big, talking about the world, talking about the government affairs, women, and talking about the moon. How could they read some real books? The court said that this book of science and technology is a book of wealth, a book of wisdom, and an epoch-making book that the southerners do not understand!"

"..." When the fancy young man heard this, his face turned red. After being stunned for a moment, he retorted with some confidence: "Please don't talk nonsense, I..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the man just now: "Don't you admit it? Look at your clothes, you have paid taxes? You would rather pay taxes than look good. Vanity is the characteristic of you Jiangnan people. Also, don't tell me that you have not joined the Fushe. Humph, aren't those people in the Fushe just like this group of people!"

"You..." When the fancy young man heard this, his face seemed to be even redder. He pointed to the person who despised him, but couldn't speak at all. Obviously, he must have been said by someone. In fact, this is not surprising. In the early years of Chongzhen, Jiangnan, all of whom were literati and a little famous, all joined Fushe.

This reunion society is actually composed of multiple associations. The emergence of associations was a poetry society group formed by reciting poems. However, because they were scholars, they inevitably talked about things related to the imperial examination, and their nature gradually changed. In the end, various associations developed, and they all aimed at the imperial examinations, which attracted more scholars to the associations.

So, naturally, the people of these clubs began to pursue how to get the imperial examinations. Those who are good at learning naturally gradually became leaders. Or, the children of officials who have family relationships in the officialdom have used up resources and attracted more people to join the group. In the end, many clubs merged to create the resumption of the society that is now in Jiangnan. In order to gain political status, they inevitably talked about the government affairs, criticized the government affairs, attracted the attention of the officials of the government and the opposition, and gained popularity.

The leader of Fushe, Zhang Pu, became famous all over the world for a "Five-Man Tombstone", which was famous in later generations, thus laying the foundation for his leadership. This attracted more scholars from Jiangnan to imitate. When literati gathered in Jiangnan, they either recited poems or criticized the government. They were not shocking. It was precisely because of this that the sarcasm of these northern literati just now. Because they finally found a more superior place than the Jiangnan literati with a strong literary style.

In the original history, Fushe almost controlled the imperial examinations of students in the Chongzhen dynasty. If he did not worship the Fushe dock, it would be almost impossible to become a scholar. By the end of Chongzhen, even Juren and Jinshi were controlled by him. Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe, was vaguely known as the "folk emperor".

When the people around them heard their conversation, those who were born in the southerners basically stopped talking to avoid being ridiculed; while those born in the northerners all talked about the new things of technology. Many scholars talked freely and said frolicking, as if they were all masters of science and technology, and they showed off in front of the southerners.

It is obvious that in the technological promotion of the capital and the center, the north was most affected, while in the south of the Ming Dynasty, it was somewhat slower. After all, the change of the atmosphere could not be so easy!

But as long as the people of the Ming Dynasty are proud of understanding science and proficient in science and technology, sooner or later, the current trend of the Ming Dynasty will change. This is the fact that Emperor Chongzhen spared no effort to encourage enlightenment and widely publicize matters related to science and technology to promote the dissemination of science and technology. For example, the current improved ships are the best examples.

While they were talking, they suddenly heard a "bang bang bang" sound, and then they saw several boats on the river in the distance, where the imperial guards were located, and thick smoke came out.

"It's beginning, it's beginning..."

Many people announced excitedly that the people on the other side of the strait then consciously stopped talking and kept their breath watching the steam-powered ships emitting black smoke from the opposite river.

After waiting for a while, I saw the four ships emitting black smoke on the sea, and they all moved and slowly drove away from the harbor.

Seeing this, many people cheered, celebrating the emergence of a new ship and witnessing the birth of new things.

However, amid their cheers, they saw a steam engine ship slowly falling behind and then seemingly stopped moving. Obviously, something was wrong; this was not over, and then another three steam engine ships stopped, and it seemed that there was something big of a problem. The craftsmen on the ship were in a hurry, as if... they still had water in.

In the shipyard, several ordinary boats soon rowed out and dragged the two ships with problems back to the shipyard.

However, the last two ships did not make any changes, and they drove forward on the river, one after the other.

"Did you see that the ship with two big wheels, this one is called a paddle wheel. In fact, it has been available a long time ago, but the wheels are not so huge!" A well-informed person quickly introduced to the people around him.

"Oh, so that's it. The steam engine drove these two big wheels to rotate on the water so that the boat could move forward in the river!" Some people suddenly realized, "The past paddle wheels were two rows of people sitting at the bottom of the boat and stepping on them with their feet."

Many people can still say this steam paddle ship, after all, there are things they are familiar with. But no one can comment on another steam paddle ship.

"What happened to that boat? There were no sails, no one paddles, and no paddle wheels. How did it move?" someone said with a confused look on his face, "And looking at the speed, it seems to be getting faster and faster, obviously exceeding the paddle wheel steamer!"

"Wow, it's surpassing the paddle steamer, and it's getting faster and faster." Someone else exclaimed, "Awesome, amazing, so awesome..."

The steamship without paddle wheels became faster and faster as time went by, not only surpassing the paddle wheels, but also throwing away the paddle wheels far away. It was simply "out of the dust".

Under such a miracle, almost all the people, even the yamen runners and officials in the alert area, couldn't help but cheer. The cheers were shocking, and the sounds were louder and louder. They all smiled happily, excited that they could witness a powerful ship, a new ship, and a ship that could change the current status of Ming ships.

"Look, see, have you seen, the boat is back, have you seen?"

"Wow, this is really fast, this is really amazing!"

“…”

However, an accident happened again. Just when the steamship was only about one mile away from the shipyard, the imperial steward, it suddenly slowed down again. The craftsmen on the ship also began to get busy. Finally, a small flag was waving, and the shipyard sent a large ship to pull the steamship.

Seeing this situation, many people on the shore felt very sorry. They were also very sorry that this scene was not perfect. However, the previous performance of the steamship just now still made them very excited. At this time, they all had a very high tolerance.

"What a pity! It would be great if there was no problem! Unexpectedly, in the end, I still fell into bed!"

"Isn't there still a paddle steamer? That's all right. I saw that, and I drove back safely!"

"Oh, this speed is too slow!"

"Just be content. The speed of this paddle steamer is slow because the steamer was too fast just now, okay? You can compare this paddle steamer with other ships, it's true!"

"This is the case, it seems to be faster than the previous ship!"

"It's okay, it's okay. Didn't the fastest steamboat just now drive so far? The craftsmen will change it again, and maybe there will be no problem!"

"Yes, just say that this steamship was personally participated by the Emperor. It took many tests to build the steamship of this kind today. It would be strange if this steamship could be able to drive in a moment without testing it many times!"

“…”

Under Emperor Chongzhen's deliberate publicity, it did not cover up how the emperor was wise and powerful, but instead publicized the process of inventing the steam engine, allowing the people of the Ming Dynasty to understand how many times the steam engine had failed. This made the people of the Ming Dynasty undergo tests without realizing it... improve... test again... improve... and improve... this invention model,

Therefore, most people were very satisfied with the first voyage test of the steam engine ship. Their excitement may be different and the focus of the discussion was also different. However, the views were ultimately consistent, that is, this steam engine ship would definitely be truly built in the end. In the future, the ships in the Ming Dynasty would definitely be this kind of steam engine ship.

The young scholar dressed in gorgeous clothes was also inspired by the emotions on the scene, and he made up his mind. He must learn about the book of science and technology when he turned around in Jiangnan, when this steam engine appeared in Jiangnan, he could know more than others, attract more attention and look up to others...

Not to mention how these people finally dispersed excitedly, just talk about the cause of the accident caused by various steam engines at the shipyard. As the ship was towed to the dock, some people naturally reported to the imperial front.

These reasons are actually similar to those that have appeared in history. Heat energy drives the propeller to rotate and will vibrate, which is very obvious on the wooden boat. The one that broke down from the beginning was due to the excessive vibration.

In summary, although paddle steamers are relatively stable, they waste too much kinetic energy, which is converted into too much energy to propel the ship forward; while the propeller ship also has to overcome many problems, such as the terrible vibration on the wooden boat, the wear of the propeller shaft bearings under the waterline, the shaft seal, thrust bearings, etc.

The last ship could sail for so long and faster than the paddle wheel, which made Emperor Chongzhen very excited. He immediately ordered the abandonment of the research and development of other forms of propellers and instead conquer this kind of propeller, and to improve all the problems.

He didn't know that because of the participation of him, a later generation, the propeller steamer did not encounter any problems encountered by propellers in history.

In the original history, in the initial experiments of steamships, propeller ships were actually not as fast as paddle turbine ships. There are various reasons, such as the design pattern of propellers, shaft length issues, etc.

By a very coincidence, among the several propellers given by Emperor Chongzhen, there is a propeller similar to the famous "Guan Dao Pad". This propeller invented by the Chinese after the liberation of later generations is similar to Guan Gong Dao, so it was named "Guan Dao Pad". It has a very big advantage, not only increasing the speed of the ship, but also surprisingly, the vibration of the spiral has greatly weakened.

After Emperor Chongzhen gave clear instructions on the direction of the steam engine ship, the eunuch in charge of the shipyard reported to him: "Your Majesty, the difficulties encountered by the iron armored ship are the fit between the hulls, but I have already organized people to create a huge mold and try it directly by watering, or soon, the iron armored ship will be available."

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel speechless when he heard this. However, what he immediately thought of in his mind was the Great Wall and the pyramids of Egypt!

Although he did not visit the huge mold mentioned by the eunuch in charge, he could know that this method might work, it was just about cost, and the ship he built could not be too big and could not fundamentally solve the problem.

Therefore, he instructed: "You can try it in various ways, but the final direction of research and development is to have simple operations, assembly line operations, energy production, and iron armor to create problems, and also to solve them. If it cannot be solved now, it does not mean it cannot be solved in the future!"
Chapter completed!