By the evening, Emperor Chongzhen basically had some understanding of the progress of the steam engine. Don’t look at the test today, but the actual situation shows that only the paddle steam engine needs to solve fewer problems, and it is estimated that it will be put into mass production within one year. But this only refers to the inland river. As for the sea, you still need to go to the test to obtain actual data before you can make a conclusion.

There are many problems to solve with propeller-powered steam engine wooden boats. There are no possibility of mass production in the short term, but if you mobilize craftsmen to carefully create key parts in problems, it will not be so easy to get stuck. Just like paddle wheel steam engine boats, propeller-powered steam engine wooden boats still need to be tested on the sea.

As for the iron armored steam engine ship, the most difficult thing is to build the iron armored ship. At present, it is okay to wrap iron sheets in wooden ships.

And all of this actually has nothing to do with warships. If it is used for military purposes, there are more things to consider. For example, the design of cannons, how many cannons should be placed on a ship, how much impact does each cannon fire on the steam engine ship? There are also the storage of gunpowder, the position of sailors, etc.

The mass production of steam engine warships is actually not just these hardware, but also the soldiers on the ship, whose quality and knowledge level are higher than that of the army. In addition, the research on tactics of new warships, etc., must be improved together. All of these need to be explored slowly from now on, and there is no previous example for reference.

"It still takes time to use a tin armored steam warship to abuse the Western barbarians!" Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself, and left the shipyard.

Based on the population base of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the country is adjusted and rich, the speed of violent soldiers will be able to abuse the Western barbarians in the South China Sea even if they use the current level of warships and have ports to rely on. Emperor Chongzhen is still a little confident about this. As for the European mainland, when the Ming power expands, there will definitely be new warships.

Therefore, for now, the Ming Dynasty still needs to practice internal skills and solve peripheral problems. For example, the problems that need to be solved at present are the chieftain problem in Yunnan and the rebellion of Annan.

At this moment when Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about it, Tang Jiabin, a student who was sent by Wancailian in Amizhou to Kunming, had been active in Kunming for several days. Or because there were few scholars in Yunnan Province, Tang Jiabin, a student everywhere in Jiangnan, was still very prosperous when he used money to open the way.

At this moment, he was entertaining guests in the best welcoming room in Kunming. There were only two people, but they were all signature dishes on the table, including chicken, duck, fish and meat.

I saw Guest Tang pick up the wine pot again and give it to his guest, a person in his forties with long beards, who looked like a Confucian scholar pouring wine. He said with a smile: "Master Liao, this wine is a good wine treasured by Yingbin Tower, and it cannot be bought with money. It was the young actor who persuaded him, and finally moved out of the name of the Governor's Mansion, and he gained your fortune. He bought it. Come on, you have to taste a few more glasses of good wine!"

Master Liao smiled and said, "How can you say it is my glory? It must be the glory of the Governor! This wine is indeed a good wine, good, good!"

He picked up the wine glass and drank it all. Then he saw Guest Tang pouring him wine again, Master Liao reached out to block it and said, "Okay, okay, the Governor will summon me again. If he sees me smelling alcohol, this is not good, not good..."

"Haha, Master Liao has such a good alcohol tolerance, it's okay, it's okay!" Guest Tang forced him to drink wine again, and said with a smile: "You are just responsible for the illegal things of service and silence. It's not a military and national event, and you can't miss anything!"

When Master Liao heard this, he might have drunk too much and spoke significantly more than when he first met: "My brother, don't underestimate this house-in-law! Do you know that this is one of the national policies that the court attaches most importance to? Even in the wealthy Jiangnan area, there are many rich merchants and rich people, but in the court-in-law's house-in-law, they have to pay for it obediently. Otherwise, let them live in small households, that is impossible."

Speaking of this, he paused and said with some emotion: "Fortunately, these houses were used for the people's illegal penalties! Building roads, bridges, children's schools, etc. can be seen, and they can also gain a good reputation. Only those wealthy and business families paid out this money. In Yunnan, there are so few scholars and poor literary style. How could our Confucian scholars not seize this opportunity and continue their unique knowledge for the past saints!"

"Haha, that's it, that's it!" After hearing this, Guest Tang nodded repeatedly. But then he showed a little worried, as if he was a little worried for Master Liao: "But Yunnan is a general of chieftains. They do not allow ordinary people to study. It can be said that if the court used illegal money in Yunnan to open a child school, the chieftains might not appreciate it. It would be difficult for them to take out the money, right?"

When Master Liao heard this, he suddenly slapped the table and made a "bang" sound, which made the dishes jump. He saw him shouting with a red face: "All the world is the king's land, the shores of the land, the king's ministers! The national policy of the court, how can these shallow-sighted chieftains oppose it?"

When he suddenly came, Guan Gong Tang didn't expect that he was shocked. While cursing in his heart, he showed his companion on the surface and said angrily: "What Master Liao said is very true, Yunnan is not a lawless place! This time, the Governor's Office summoned so many chieftains to discuss matters, because this service hut was against the rules?"

"That's right!" Master Zhan seemed to be still angry, and said a little loudly, "The emperor has come down with a strict order, saying that the wardrobe in Yunnan is not very satisfied, and there are too few children's schools built. The Governor was scolded, so he summoned the chieftain to come."

After hearing this, Guan Gong Tang nodded and showed a hint of worry, he asked Master Liao again: "But now that the rebellion in southern Yunnan has not been put down and the Governor's Office does this, are you ready to deal with the possible things?"

Speaking of this, he saw Master Liao looking at him and quickly explained: "Master Liao doesn't know that our chieftains in Yunnan are actually very unreasonable, just the size of their fists. If the Governor's Office wants to convince him with reason, it is unlikely!"

"Hmph, just a group of barbarians who have become foreigners!" Master Liao cursed hatefully when he heard this. This time, there was no need for Guest Tang to persuade him to drink. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and then he slapped the wine glass on the table, "Don't think that he can be rampant now. When the court recovers, no one dares to cause trouble, he will never let go!"

Hearing this, Guest Tang hurriedly asked: "Master Liao, what does it mean to wait for the court to recover? There is a little bit of a young actor who is also very strange. Why has the Governor's Office not mobilized heavy troops to suppress it for so long?"

After hearing his question, Master Liao, who was still very angry just now, suddenly felt like a deflated ball, and sighed: "If there were heavy troops who could quell the rebellion, they would have quelled the rebellion long ago. You don't know, the Governor thought that universal reputation was to strengthen the troops by participating in the suppression of the She'an Rebellion and rebel with strength. If this time, in order to suppress universal reputation, other chieftains were mobilized to suppress it, the Governor was afraid that there would be a second universal reputation!"

Hearing this, Guest Tang couldn't help but feel secretly happy, but on the surface he naturally wouldn't reveal it, but asked with concern: "What does the Governor's Office mean? You can't let rebellion go to justice, right? Could it be... Could it be that the Governor's Office is currently recruiting troops and training troops before quelling the rebellion?"

"Oh, you don't understand!" Master Liao heard this, pointed at him and said, and then explained, "The court thought that the rebellion between Dongwu and the surrounding chieftains was to quell the rebellion by training troops. They thought that the ability of the Governor General could be of course possible. In this way, not only could the problem of refugees and disaster victims in Yunnan be solved, but they could not rely on the chieftain to suppress it. It was a big hit. Therefore, the Governor General Office must do this. But they did not know that the source of troops that could be recruited in Yunnan had long been recruited by Mr. Min. Governor General, it is really a good wife to cook without rice at the moment!"

Speaking of this, he continued without waiting for Guest Tang to speak, "The court wants to run away from the horses, but he doesn't give it to the horses. Look at me, this time the Governor's Office summoned the chieftains to convey the illegal things in the ward. It will probably not have any effect!"

When Mr. Tang heard this, he was very happy, but there was a look on his face as if he was considering Master Liao. He frowned and asked, "What about the surrounding guards? Isn't this available soldiers?"

After hearing this, Master Liao reached out to pick up food and sighed: "What the court meant is, I have said just now, what I want is to kill multiple goals in one go! Besides, the reform of the military system of the garrison is now being carried out across the country, and it is not so easy to draw the troops of the garrison in various places. So I just said that I have to wait for the court to recover. In fact, this is what it means. When the reform of the military system of the garrison in the garrison is completed, we will eliminate the weak and retain the strong, and get a strong army. Then we will not be afraid that these chieftains will be ill-behaved. At that time, what is the reputation of the garrison in the court? Once the millions of troops of the court arrive, they will immediately sank Amizhou!"

After hearing this, Guest Tang couldn't help but feel relieved. Amizhou was afraid that the court would send troops to suppress him immediately. But now it seems that this kind of worry is unnecessary. However, he was still a little worried, so he asked Master Liao again: "Oh, the court is really, the north and south are in chaos. Why do you have to carry out any military reform at this time? Can't you wait until the war in the north is pacified before doing it? By the way, it seems that you haven't seen the mansion newspaper in the past few months, and you don't know what's wrong with the north?"

When Master Liao heard this, he showed a hint of confusion and said, "Who said it was not! Could it be that there was a rebellion somewhere that blocked the road? If the divine newspaper is gone, it will be gone. Anyway, it will be like this in the Ming Dynasty!"

Speaking of this, he took the initiative to bring the wine pot, poured himself the wine glass and said, "Come on, the state affairs are like this, we can only do our best. With the Governor, there is no big deal. Come on, drink, drink..."

After hearing this, Guest Tang quickly raised his glass, as if he was drinking and drowning his sorrows and lamenting for the state affairs!

During this period, he used the words to test again, and the results were similar to the information he had obtained before. He was secretly happy and couldn't help but drink a little too much. In the end, he called someone and helped Master Liao back to the Governor's Mansion. He immediately ordered his confidant servants to send a letter to Amizhou immediately, and reported the information he had found to Pu Mingsheng and Wan Cailian. At the same time, he also expressed his opinion: "In terms of the current situation, the chieftains in various places are dissatisfied with the court. I should do my best to take this opportunity to cause trouble to the court again!"

However, he didn't know that when his servant went out, there were a few pairs of eyes watching outside.

"Mr. Qianhu, do you want to take this person down and see what news he will send out?"

After hearing this, Han Wu shook his head and said, "No, it's just that he wants to spread the news from the Governor's Office. We just need to stare at Guest Tang and see who he is in contact with!"

"Abide by the order!" After hearing this, the captain of the Jinyiwei under his commander, although he was a little puzzled, he still followed the order.

On the other side, when the drunken Master Liao was handed over to the people from the Master Liao's office, he entered several courtyards and could not be seen by outsiders, he suddenly saw Master Liao wake up and no one else needed to help him, and went to the back office of the governor's office by himself.

"Boss, the student is back!" Master Liao bowed and reported after seeing Zhu Xieyuan.

When Zhu Xieyuan saw it, he heard the sound of alcohol and asked with a smile: "The news about Jinyiwei is correct?"

"That's right!" Master Liao replied immediately, "This person does have problems, and his intentions are ulterior motives! The student has passed the news to him according to the governor's prior wish."

Speaking of this, he reported the main content of his conversation with Mr. Tang, and finally said with some concern: "Boss, the court is so showing weakness. If there are too many chieftains who rebel, it will be difficult to deal with it, right?"

"Haha, there is no need to worry about this!" Zhu Xieyuan replied with a smile, and said with a relaxed expression: "Since the court has deployed this way, it has naturally prepared heavy troops, just waiting for those who have already ulterior motives to jump out!"

Speaking of this, he pointed to the texts on his desk and said, "The new issue of the mansion has arrived, you can take a look."

Because he has this channel for chat groups, he doesn't have to read the contents of Dibao, and he knows more thoroughly. But others are different. Not only is the long journey, it is still difficult to walk. If you want to learn about the outside news as soon as possible, there is only one way for Dibao to do so.

Master Liao just knew that the situation would not be so bad, but he was always a little worried. At this time, he heard the Governor's words, and claimed the crime, and hurried forward to get the residence newspaper and read it.

This residence report cannot leave this door. The Governor has strict orders, and he also knows this.

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It would be fine if he didn't read the newspaper. After seeing it, he was so obsessed with it that he couldn't help but say "ah"!
Chapter completed!