‘The world is connected to the world. In the sixth year of Longqing and seventh year, the Nanyang Military Administration lost 25,000 kilograms of gold, 125,000 kilograms of silver, 120,000 kilograms of iron, 1.7 million kilograms of copper, 1.7 million kilograms of lead, and the extraordinary pearls, jade and gems.’

‘In the sixth year, he entered Luzon, built the island Chenlai, expelled the Western Yi, and the King of Luzon and Ryukyu King for tribute. In the seventh year, he took Sulu and the King of Borneo to pay tribute. He sent his wife Zhaolong to lead 500 households to the sea, and passed through Luzon, Sulu and Borneo in southeastern Guangdong. He was attacked by Manzhe Boyi and went thousands of miles to the sea. Finally, he arrived at the Unman Island, and established a port name Yanglai and named Xinmingzhou.’

‘There is an island with five thousand miles east of Luzon. The Western Yi army had ten thousand troops. The flag army fought bloody battles and defeated their troops. The Ming Dynasty commanded Lin Man's title and attacked Guam with 300 troops. More than half of the generals were killed or injured, and three thousand enemies were defeated. Then the island was named Lin Lai.’

'The enemies in Nanyang were all strong and strong, and many enemies were weak. The ancestors used gunpowder to serve as weapons. However, the fire weapons in the first generation were no longer useful. Ten years ago, we still needed many enemies to win, and we deceived them from afar to win. Later, we got bird guns to imitate them. Therefore, bird guns were originally Portuguese, and now they are the saying of our Chinese long-term skills.'

'My gunpowder was passed to the West. The Westerners gained their strength and then returned to the Central Plains. Some people said that stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade, and my craftsmanship can also innovate skills. If the emperor is encouraged by the emperor and rewarded by the court, then the upper and lower results will be achieved.'

Zhang Juzheng pushed the carefully bound book aside, looking at the objects placed on the table that looked like small kilns. A few pieces of charcoal were burning vigorously. There were small iron buckets with copper pipes inserted in the kiln, the copper pipes had valves, and another thing that could not be named. Looking aside, there were two crank connecting rods. This Zhang Ju was common in the fields, and finally connected the shaft, and the edge of the shaft was connected with belts.

On the other end of the belt is a small iron block, the center of the small iron block is connected to the transparent glass cover.

The glazed cover is made of fine craftsmanship, and the craftsmanship is very beautiful. If it can be sold at a high price in the capital, the only disadvantage is that the bottom of the cover is covered with a circle of tung oil paint or something. The black paint is not very flat, which makes the grade of the entire object suddenly fall off.

There was a little thing that Zhang Juzheng looked down upon in the center of the cover. He couldn't understand this, so he pointed to the book he could understand and smiled at Zhao Shizhen, who was carrying a wooden box on his back and said, "Chen Shuai has books and has made progress. It is really not easy for me to understand his handwriting. I think it must be a great hard work to write a lot of official documents in Nanyang."

After saying this, he seemed to point in the 'small kiln' inadvertently and said, "Shi Shuai calls this a steam engine. I understand the steam, and I understand the machine, but this... has it moved?"

Zhang Juzheng said, and the crank connecting rod used on the hydraulic farm tools in the past moved, and the things in the small glass cover lit up, which surprised Zhang Juzheng and looked at Zhao Shizhen in confusion.

He thought it was a steamer, but now it seems that it is not the case.

Zhao Shizhen looked at the reduced version of the Nanyang Guards' Weapons Bureau and showed an indescribable smile on his face. He nodded and said, "Chen Shuai said that fire and water produce steam, and steam generates power, just like gunpowder ignites gas. Nanyang Guards have a loom that uses steam engines as power, which is much larger than this one, a steam engine that is as big as a room."

"It can drive the sixteen best looms in the world, only four people need to connect wires, and can spin more than 30 pieces of yarn a day."

Zhao Shizhen said, pointing to the iron box connecting the glass cover, saying: "Chen Shuai called this a motor. If the copper coil rotates fast enough between the magnets, it will generate electricity. The steam engine will allow the coil to rotate, and generate electricity and connect the copper wire into the lampshade. The burned bamboo wire in the cover will heat up and shine, but there must be no air, otherwise it will burn. This is like cupping, and then cover the Eucommia glue pad with fish glue on the outside."

"With electricity, it can make the lampshade light up for hundreds of hours. It is easy to break if it is done by the Ministry of Industry. However, Chen Shuai said that this is the future trend of glowing. In ten years, one day, there will be no open fire and the lights will be bright."

Zhao Shizhen explained that the steam engine flywheel was getting faster and faster, and the frequency of the glass cover was shining higher and higher. He moved the valve on the steam engine to generate air pressure faster. He pointed to Chen Mu's book and bowed to Zhang Juzheng: "For these reasons, Chen Shuai asked the officials of the Ministry of Works to compile it, and after polishing it, he wrote it in the book."

"oh……"

Although Zhang Juzheng was surprised when facing something he had never seen before, he was not too exaggerated. Perhaps he didn't know much about it, but he had already understood the general operating principle of the steam engine and asked: "How much does this thing cost, what is its use?"

"The cost is extremely high. Guangdong only has a large silk weaving factory that employs hundreds of workers to use this to avoid losing money. It also needs to be more refined to popularize the world. At present, its only function is to weave silk. In addition, Chen Shuai wants to use it to transmit messages."

"Send a message?"

This was beyond Zhang Juzheng's understanding. He nodded calmly and calmly, as if he agreed with this statement, but he was waiting in his heart to see how this thing screamed.

The glazed cover was emitting a faint light at this time. Zhao Shizhen unplugged the wire and connected it to another iron box. He released the rolled leather rubber wire in circles, and released it one step further to connect it to the iron box in front of Zhang Juzheng.

He took Chen Mu's book on the desk of Zhang Juzheng a little rudely, turned to the end, pointed to two irregular ink lines and said one after another: "Ge Lao, Chen Shuai said that this line is called 'sangjian', and this line is called 'ge Lao'. When these two lines are combined, they are called 'guai Lao'."

Zhang Ju looked at the two lines expressionlessly, basically the same ink lines with different lengths, and looked at Zhao Shizhen blankly.

The iron box has ink and two metal poles. When Zhao Shizhen presses two metal poles at the other end, the two metal poles in front of Zhang Juzheng will fall down as well. The stained ink is written on the paper. Zhao Shizhen doesn't speak and just bows to Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng was surprised to see the iron box moving by himself, and then he saw the two ink lines that Zhao Shizhen pointed to him just now on the paper.

Surely - see Master Gong!

This is a mechanism, a magical mechanism.

Zhang Juzheng walked around the table and pressed the metal rod. The metal rod on the other side also fell. He looked at Zhao Shizhen and looked at the metal rod and said, "This side falls, that side falls, because this line? Is this line long enough to send a message from the capital to the Southeast Asian Sea, and it can be reached in an instant?"

"Go back to the old man, that's true."

After saying that, Zhao Shizhen smiled awkwardly again and said, "But at present, the largest steam engine can only generate electricity, and it can only connect three or five hundred steps of wire. The official of the Ministry of Industry said that the problem is not the steam engine, but the motor, but I don't know how to solve it for the time being."

"From the capital to Guangdong, Chen Shuai didn't dare to think about it. He just wanted to send a message for three or five miles, make the steam engine small and make the motor small and make the motor small and make it small and make it small and make it small and make it with the army, which will double the combat power of our Ming soldiers."

"Three years and five years?"

Zhang Juzheng shook his head, "It's been too long. Two years, two years, the Ministry of Industry wants to make the steamer motor bigger and can transmit messages for ten miles. I will deliver the news from the capital in ten miles. In time, I will spread the news from the capital in an instant!"

When the steam engine just appeared in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial chief only saw the huge benefits brought by telegrams. At this time, Zhang Juzheng could not predict how the steam opportunity would change the world in the future.
Chapter completed!