Song Yingxing, courtesy name Chang Geng, Jiangxi Fengxin. This man was an all-rounder. His book, Heavenly Works, was an encyclopedia that focused on all kinds of crafts. The book covered everything: ceramics, bricks, machinery, textiles, dyeing, coal mining, oil extraction, breeding, transplanting, and so on. There was nothing he did not understand.
"Heavenly Works Creation of Things" covered biology, physics, chemistry, and many other subjects. Song Yingxing even dabbled in astronomy and music, but he felt that he was not proficient in these two subjects, so he did not include them in his works.
Incidentally, because Song Yingxing was extremely anti-Qing, his older brother Song Yingsheng took poison and died for his country during the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Tatar Emperor Qianlong banned the 'Tian Gong Kai Wu'. This book was very famous abroad, but no one in the Qing Dynasty knew about it. Guess which country did we find this masterpiece from? Japan.
Song Yingxing still wanted to rely on his scholarly achievements. Two years ago, he had just passed the imperial examinations. That year, he had failed the imperial examinations. In the past two years, he had been studying hard to prepare for the reexamination. In the end, he was kidnapped by Zhou Qingfeng and brought to Tianjin. Ye Na naturally failed to persuade him, so she kidnapped his teacher. In the end, all the teachers and students of Whitestag Academy were forced to take a boat to Tianjin to rescue him.
Before Song Yingxing arrived in Tianjin, he thought that these rebels were coming for his teacher. After all, his teacher Shu Yuejing's current reputation was much higher than his. But when he arrived in Tianjin, he found out that this rebel leader simply did not care about his teacher who was famous throughout the world for his poetry. The other side was coming for him.
When a man sits at home, disaster comes from the heavens. It would not be easy for Mister Song to vent his anger. When he saw Zhou Qingfeng, he angrily declared that he would never be a thief. Zhou Qingfeng, on the other hand, had a good temper towards this kind of unyielding Chinese genius. With a thick face, he said, "It's okay, I'm not a thief now, but I'll consider myself a dragon in the future."
Song Yingxing, as a scholar, had no way to deal with such a thick-skinned person.
There was another person beside Song Yingxing — Xu Xiake, who was the same age as him. Xu Xiake was from Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province. He had no intention of becoming an official and was not even a scholar. He liked to go sightseeing and wander around. This genius was easier to persuade than Song Yingxing, but he was not easy to find. It was useless to send someone to his house. Zhou Qingfeng sent Jia Gang to track him all the way and only found him on Mount Hua.
Xu Xiake had no interest in fame and fortune. When he traveled around, he often slept on the streets or stayed in broken temples. He had very low requirements for life. However, when Zhou Qingfeng asked Xu Xiake to fly around in the sky in a triplane, she was pleasantly surprised and agreed to follow the Revolutionary Army.
These two had been in Tianjin for two or three days and had already visited many places. Today, Zhou Qingfeng specially spared some time to accompany them. One of them was laughing while the other was angry. Their attitudes were different, but they were all very curious about what Zhou Qingfeng was talking about.
The attack on Gyeonggi shook the world. Zhou Qingfeng's Revolutionary Army had already made a name for itself in the Ming Dynasty. Song Yingxing refused to accept it, but after two days, he could see that this group of rebels was not ordinary. When he heard that Zhou Qingfeng wanted to make a bet with him, he could only accept it. He had no choice but to accept it. The entire Bailu Cave Academy, including his teacher and his family, were all in Tianjin.
Zhou Qingfeng personally led the way and politely led Song and Xu two people to a big house that had just been built. The house was near a river. At first glance, it looked like a watermill. Outside the house, there was a tall wooden canal that branched off to different parts of the farm.
"Agricultural development cannot do without water. As long as there is water, something will always grow in the ground. But because of the lack of water, a lot of good farmland cannot be used. Right now, our food production is not enough, so we must open up and use more farmland. " Zhou Qingfeng stood in front of the wooden house and said in a deep voice, "In the past, we used to dig ditches to bring water to higher places, and used watermills to bring water to higher places.
But there are always some places where the terrain is too high, even the watermills can't bring water up. Another example is that the water in the canal is too smooth, the water surface is too shallow, the watermills can't move. In order to open up as much fertile land as possible, we need a more powerful machine. Please come with me to see this water pump. "
Before Watt improved the steam engine, the Newcomen steam engine had already been used to pump water in the coal mine. Although there were not enough steam engines that had been transformed into water pumps, as a demonstration farm, it was necessary to display a 30 horsepower steam engine to win people's hearts.
Following Zhou Qingfeng's order, the workers operating the steam engine began to boil water for the boiler. Half an hour later, the boiler pressure increased and began to push the piston to work in the steam engine's cylinder. The crankshaft began to move back and forth rapidly, making a loud rumbling sound.
In order to ensure the viewing effect, the steam engine room was empty, allowing the visitors outside to see clearly. Song Yingxing and the others stood at the front, watching in amazement as the reciprocating crankshaft drove the impeller to rotate, and through a pipe, the river was pumped up to a wooden canal that was seven or eight meters high. The water in the river was sent up to the dry land to irrigate more farmland.
"This …, this …" No matter how experienced and knowledgeable Song Yingxing was, he couldn't imagine the scene in front of him. He looked at the rotating impeller, the reciprocating crankshaft, and the boiler that was boiling water. He only saw the machine moving, only heard the high-temperature steam spurting, only felt the huge force of the machine, but this thing actually moved by itself, it was really incredible.
"This …, how is this done?" Not to mention Song Yingxing, even Xu Xiake was very curious.
The onlookers all stuck their heads out to look, Sun Yuan Hua kept tiptoeing behind the crowd, and in the end, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and only stopped when he rode on his strong servant's shoulder. But even so, he just stared at it as if he saw a monster, completely unable to understand what was in front of him.
In response to everyone's doubts, Zhou Qingfeng said very modestly, "I greatly admire Mr. Song's talent, that's why I took the liberty to invite you here. You have some resentment, I also understand. But I want to tell you something from the bottom of my heart, this Daming Dynasty is really going to be finished.
My 'Revolutionary Army' will grasp an overwhelming advantage in less than two years. Fighting into the capital in one go and destroying the Zhu family's dynasty is definitely not a threat. Now it's time to change the heaven and earth. Mr. learned those eight-legged essays in an attempt to take the imperial examination and become an official, but what's the use of eight-legged essays? If you really want to enrich the country and strengthen the army, you still need these practical things in front of you.
I don't expect Mr. to change your mind immediately, but I do ask Mr. to listen and see more in my territory. The space I can provide Mr. to develop is much more than what Ming Ting can give. Although this steam pump is sharp, it's only one of the many technologies of my 'Revolutionary Army', there are even more powerful things.
I will use a plane to send Mr. to Jinzhou, that is the base of my 'Revolutionary Army', there are even more amazing technologies there. If Mr. goes there to take a look, you will naturally understand that Ming Ting is not my opponent at all. "
Zhou Qingfeng said with a heroic spirit, full of confidence. Song Yingxing was a little sluggish after the shock, and in a trance, he followed the personal guards back to Tianjin city. Ye Na took him to the sky on a triplane, all the way across the sea to Jinzhou.
Song Yingxing flew in the sky, in the clouds, it was like entering a fairyland. As soon as he landed, he looked at Zhao Ze's machinery factory and Shi Dong's steel factory, each of those huge machines was something he had never thought of. The huge impact of reality brought about a mental submission, he could only surrender and said: "Forget it, forget it, I'm convinced, okay?"
After such a big shock, Song Yingxing had nothing to say. Just the newly forged large steam hammer by Zhao Ze was enough to make him bow down to him. The frame of this huge hammer was made of sand, and after it was erected, it was more than 20 meters tall. In order to build the factory, they had put in a lot of effort. This steam hammer was specially used to forge large caliber cannon steel embryos, and when it was hammered down, it was earth-shattering.
"You are already so powerful, why do you still need me?" Song Yingxing finished visiting the steel factory, and was also stunned by the blast furnace that was more than 10 meters tall. He thought about how he had run from Tianjin to Liaodong in a few hours, and this speed was even more miraculous.
Shi Dong, who received the visitors, had the most difficult time among the transmigrators. When he learned that the person in front of him was actually Song Yingxing, he immediately said: "Sir, come and help me. I have too many things to do, and I really need someone to help me.
Sir, you should be very interested in smelting and chemistry, why don't you come to metallurgical chemistry and help confirm the composition of this steel? I have relevant books in my hands, sir, you can find a way to copy the experiments one by one. Only by knowing the composition of steel can good steel be refined. And now we have a great demand for high-quality steel. "
Song Yingxing's "Heavenly Works Unlocking Things" would not be completed for another 20 years, but at the age of 30, he was full of energy and his research ability was at its strongest. To be honest, he had seen too many things today, and there were also many things that interested him. However, he was still dizzy, and Shi Dong asked him for help, so he wanted to nod and agree.
"Wait …" Zhao Ze appeared out of nowhere and shouted: "Surnamed Shi, you want a duel, don't you? I wasn't paying attention for a while, and now you're trying to poach me. " He looked at Song Yingxing again, took his hand and said: "Mr. Song is also quite proficient in machinery, do you want to play with the steam engine, the one that gave you a fright this afternoon?
That is the 250-horsepower steam engine I'm trial-producing for use on the battleship. With it, our ship will be able to move without sails, traverse the four seas, and spread the might of China tens of thousands of miles away.
Originally, after I finished this thing, I should have made a 500-horsepower engine. But if I have your help, I dare to directly make a 1000-horsepower engine. Think about it, how great the power of a thousand horses is! "
Song Yingxing nodded in a daze, thinking: "Yes, that machine can not only move on its own, but it can also output a huge amount of power. It's too scary. If this thing is built, it will be enough to make people famous for later generations. "
Seeing that Song Yingxing was about to change his mind, Shi Dong shouted with red eyes: "Sir, don't listen to this kid's nonsense. Without me to refine steel, where would he have the materials to build a steam engine? "
Zhao Ze immediately retorted: "Without me to build the steam engine, where would you have the motivation to install a high-power blower to raise the furnace temperature? Without me to build a converter for you, your steel output will be a tragedy. "
The two of them were engaged in a heated argument, but they suddenly realized that Li Shuwei had pulled Song Yingxing aside and was muttering something like "Agriculture is the foundation of the people's livelihood. Sir, you have written a lot about agriculture, so it's more practical to work in agriculture." The two of them immediately joined forces to drive Li Shuwei away first.
Everyone seemed to have a point, but Song Yingxing was not familiar with any of them. He was pulled around by these people in a daze, and in the end, he could only bow and shout: "You are all great talents, and I can't accept such favor. Why don't you let the Grand Marshal assign me a position? I'll do anything. "
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