Of course, these situations only occurred near the capital, near Tianjin, and part of Denglai.
Due to transportation capacity limitations, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places cannot get enough whale products.
At this time, the Ordnance Bureau's steamship was finally ready for use.
The speed of a steam flat-head boat using propellers in flat water has reached eleven miles.
Zhu Zhiyu believes that if the ship is built with iron as the emperor said, or if the bow part is made of iron, the speed should be increased.
Sun Yuanhua specially hired two students as his assistants, gave him a group of shipbuilding craftsmen, and asked him to study new steam iron ships.
Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with the eleven-mile ship speed, but this was a no-load speed, so it was obviously unrealistic for this flat-headed ship to be used to transport cargo, and the durability of the steam engine on board had to be tested, so He asked the Ordnance Bureau to open a route between Zhangjiawan Pier and the Ordnance Bureau's pier, specifically for testing and manned tourists.
Such a new thing naturally attracted many young men with money and leisure.
Especially after the emperor personally took a ride on it for the first time, everyone came in droves to try this new boat that could make calls and move without sails.
The steward of the Ordnance Bureau shouted at the Zhangjiawan Pier: "Come one by one, line up, don't you understand?
Don't get too close to each other, and have money ready.
It's thirty yuan for each person one way, and fifty yuan for a pair."
Procedure."
What a joke, how do you go one way?
Ordinary people can't go up to the Ordnance Bureau's pier.
When you get there, you will be thrown directly into the river.
Everyone obediently paid fifty yuan.
Fifty yuan an hour.
This is faster than robbing money.
Much more.
One trip per hour, one hundred people per trip, one round trip, five thousand yuan in hand.
It is a pity that there are too few scapegoats in the capital, but within five days, the Ordnance Bureau also received more than 80,000 yuan in shipping money.
Although it was no longer as popular as it was at the beginning, there was still an income of about 5,000 yuan every day.
Some people rushed to the capital after seeing in the newspaper that the Beijing steamship had begun trial voyages, wanting to try it.
Even the emperor had ridden on it.
What a steamboat smells like.
The paid trial voyage of the steamship made the Ordnance Bureau discover that some inventions can really make money quickly, and the steamship fee can already be used to build a new ship.
This allows the Ordnance Bureau to pay more attention to some research that has no immediate effect and ensure funding and manpower, regardless of whether it will be effective now.
The weather grew colder and colder, and soon the steamboat could no longer sail because the river was frozen.
This also forced many machines that used water power as their energy source to stop production, and the normal use of steam-powered machines caused more machines to turn their power to steam engines.
The fifth year of the Apocalypse is coming.
This year is the year of the Great Competition, and the admissions examination of the Capital University has been added to the law school examination and the martial arts examination, so a large number of students have come to the capital before the New Year.
The Capital University Hall has been expanded, and there is plenty of space anyway, so Zhu Youxiao asked them to build several more teaching buildings and dormitory buildings.
It just happens to be able to provide accommodation for students who have no place to live.
In the capital, students from all over the country tasted Kun meat that was unavailable in their hometowns, saw glass that was brighter and stronger than window paper, and used flush toilets that they didn’t know how to use.
They marveled at the capital for a moment and thought of it as a wonderland.
They secretly made up their minds, no matter what.
It’s better to stay in the capital no matter what.
The first thing to be done is the martial arts examination, which is held every six years, and there is no palace examination.
Zhu Youxiao decided to follow the liberal arts department and also hold the martial arts examination.
In the original history, there was no martial arts examination until the fourth year of Chongzhen, and it was changed to once every three years.
According to the regulations of the sixth year of Hongzhi, the content of the martial arts examination is to answer the strategy first, and then try the archery.
If you fail the strategy test, you will not be allowed to participate in the riding and shooting event.
More than 800 people passed the strategy test.
After the preliminary test, the number of people was controlled to 300 to participate in the martial arts examination.
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The examination was held at the school grounds in Gongji City.
Zhu Youxiao also came to participate in person.
The examiner was an instructor from the Jiangwu Hall, and all the students from the Jiangwu Hall came to watch.
Zhu Youxiao even found that even the graduate students There are people coming to see it, such as Zhu Zhiyu who studies steamships.
He asked people to call Zhu Zhiyu and said: "I am interested in watching the martial arts exam today.
How is the steamship?"
Zhu Zhiyu replied: "Your Majesty, the iron ship is being built.
We are building the ship using two plans at the same time to test its speed.
The Ordnance Bureau is closed today, so I came to take a look."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "I didn't expect you to be interested in martial arts, but you are an all-rounder in both arts and martial arts."
Zhu Zhiyu said: "It's just a bit of interest.
I just practiced at home for a few days when I was young."
The first test was archery.
Compared with the preliminaries, the target distance was increased from fifty steps to seventy steps.
For foot shooting, nine out of ten shots were required.
In this way, about a hundred people were eliminated.
Then there is the riding archery, each person shoots three arrows.
This is used as a basis for selection.
It is only useful in the palace examination and does not affect the results of the general examination.
Some people hit red hearts in a row, while others missed the target with three arrows, causing applause and boos from the crowd.
Zhu Zhiyu's palms turned red, and he seemed to like it more than he even hit red hearts.
After the archery, the remaining nearly two hundred people participated in the second item: weapons drill.
The scene provided broadswords, maces, and halberds weighing more than fifty kilograms, and candidates could choose any of them to practice routines.
This one is very powerful, because it is too heavy, and some people can only barely pick it up, and they can't do any tricks anyway.
In the end, only ninety-eight people passed the test.
Sun Chuanting whispered from the side: "Your Majesty, I have checked and found that there were fewer people who passed this test in the past.
It is considered good to pass fifty people.
A sword weighing a hundred kilograms must be used in the palace examination, so that the top three can be determined."
Zhu Youxiao said: "I can see that the Shaoxing Prefecture candidate just now is very capable.
I'm afraid there will be no problem if he weighs 100 pounds."
Sun Chuanting said: "Zhu Qiming, the candidate from Shaoxing Prefecture and the son of Zhu Zheng, the former Guanglu doctor, also did very well in the strategy test.
He hit the red heart with three arrows from horseback.
He is probably the strongest among this group of people."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Zhu Zhiyu, this person is our family member."
Zhu Zhiyu bowed and said, "Your Majesty, that is the student's eldest brother."
Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "No wonder you are versatile in both civil and military affairs.
It turns out you have such an eldest brother.
Okay, okay, our Zhu family has a talented person."
After lunch, we continued with the martial arts examination.
We first took the literary examination.
The topic was "My opinion on the use of firearms."
Although not many people have used firearms, they have learned about them in books and have been introduced in newspapers, so Most of them can write something.
Although it is impossible to go very deep, at least no one has said that firearms are far inferior to bows and arrows.
Then comes the highlight, the Hundred Catty Weapon routine.
Zhu Qiming was really good.
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He danced his sword in a flash of light.
There was another young man named Zuo Liangyu who was comparable to him.
However, this person's strategy could only be regarded as barely passing, which was far different from Zhu Qiming.
So in the end, Zhu Youxiao selected Zhu Qiming as the top pick in Wu, Zuo Liangyu as the second pick, and Yao Wanxian as the third pick.
A total of 98 Wu Jinshi were admitted this time.
All Wu Jinshi will enter the martial arts hall to study, and will be assigned to the army after graduation.
Zhu Youxiao called Zhu Qiming to his side and said: "You two brothers are both civil and military, and both have national surnames.
I hope to contribute to the country in the future and let everyone know that we surnamed Zhu also have heroes."
The two brothers Zhu Qiming knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Don't you dare to die for your majesty":