Nanjing City, Jiangdong Hall.The Jiangnan gentry, Wang Feng, the former Shangshu of the Hongguang Dynasty, and Zhao Zhilong and others gathered in the room, and Cheng Bi, the head of the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce, was also among them."
Master Cheng, what was your reaction after the regent left Songjiang last time?"
Wang Feng asked.Cheng Bi said: "This is to ask Lord Zhao, I am not in Nanjing recently." ”Wang Feng said: "Also, the regent suddenly took back the fiefdom of the Han Kingdom, and he also wants to take back the shares of Huaxing Yinhao, the owner must have a lot of things to deal with!"
”Zhao Zhilong said with a smile: "After the regent returned to Nanjing, the household department released the news that he wanted to set up a company and develop the Huainan ore vein.However, very few have bought shares. ”Zhao Zhilong was a former Nanjing town guard, who took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Nanjing, and proudly saved his family business.After the Qing army went south, the gentry in Jiangnan were purged, and many of the gentry who were interested in the Ming Dynasty were ruined and their property was plundered by the Qing army.After the Ming army recovered Jiangnan, among this group of people, because of the political stains, except for a few people, people like Qian Qianyi, who were able to become new officials, felt that most of them could not enter the officialdom, and their original titles were also deprived.However, although they could not be officials, these people took advantage of the Han Kingdom's emphasis on industry and commerce and vigorously opened up the sea, engaged in commerce, and relied on their rich family wealth to achieve an exponential increase in wealth.As we all know, it takes a lot of money to open a workshop, recruit hired workers, and build relationships.These people saved their family assets during the Qing army's southward journey, and their capital was naturally stronger than others, and it was easier to succeed.At this time, the industries of these people were all over the south of the Yangtze River, and in order to obtain the protection of the government, they also took a large number of shares in the industries of the Han Kingdom, invested in Huaxing Company, participated in silk weaving and sea trade, and bound themselves to the Han Kingdom.Wang Duo smiled when he heard this: "It's okay to let the regent know that the regent can enter Nanjing, in addition to the merits of the Han army, it is also inseparable from our support!"
”At this time, Cheng Bi said with a calm face: "The regent is indeed a little inconsiderate this time, but I can't embarrass the regent, and when the regent realizes that he needs our support, the Chamber of Commerce still needs to support the regent somewhat."
If you lose money, think of it as a donation!
”Wang Duo and the others nodded with a smile, "Then wait for the regent, and then summon me to wait!"
”…… The Ministry of Industry Workshop in Nanjing City is located in the north of Taipingmen, adjacent to the Dajiaochang.At this time, in the workshop, the regent Zhao Ming, together with many craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, gathered in a courtyard, around a set of blast equipment for iron smelting in the Han Dynasty.Zhao Ming looked at it and couldn't help but secretly speak, "You even got the blast furnace out!"
”Chen Yujie said: "The minister listened to His Highness's request, so he simply did it all!"
”Zhao Ming said a lot in order to describe what he needed for Chen Yujie, but Chen Yujie heard it in a fog and didn't understand what Zhao Ming needed, so he simply asked people to restore the whole set of things.Zhao Ming observed carefully for a moment, he had heard that the ancient blower could evolve towards the steam engine, but he didn't know what the blower looked like.At this time, looking at Zhao Ming around him, an official of the Ministry of Industry immediately introduced: "Regent, this is the minister according to the ancient secretary, imitating the water-powered blower made by Nanyang Taishou Du Shi in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is used for iron smelting." ”Zhao Ming nodded, and Chen Yujie immediately introduced: "Regent, this is Song Yingxing who was found by the regent's ministers, Song Langzhong!"
”Zhao Ming's eyes lit up when he heard this, he originally thought that he was just an ordinary official, and he didn't want to be Song Yingxing, Zhao Ming didn't care about looking at the set of hydraulic blowers, and suddenly the whole person became enthusiastic, and he came to touch his hands to kill, complaining to Chen Yujie and said: "Chang Geng has arrived, why didn't he tell King Gu earlier?"
”Song Yingxing's character Chang Geng, a native of Fengxin, Jiangxi, a famous scientist in the Ming Dynasty, "Heavenly Creation" is his work.Zhao Ming once visited Song Yingxing and invited him to come to the Han Kingdom to be an official, but several times before and after, it was unsuccessful.First, it was difficult to find someone because of the war in Jiangxi, and second, after finding it, Song Yingxing refused to go out, and it was not until not long ago that Chen Yujie sent someone to persuade him to come to Nanjing to serve.Previously, Song Yingxing was the resignation of Wupin Zhizhou, so he was awarded the official Langzhong of the Wupin Ministry of Industry.Because Zhao Ming has complicated affairs in recent days, he didn't notice Song Yingxing's entry, otherwise he would have to talk to him well.Song Yingxing was pinched by Zhao Ming's hands, but he was at a loss for a while, he didn't smoke it, he didn't smoke it, he couldn't understand it at all, but on the one hand, why the regent was so enthusiastic about him made him unnatural, and he just wanted to stay away from this man."
Your Highness, this hydraulic blower is to borrow the flow of water, rotate the water wheel, and then through the rotation of the water wheel, drive the crankshaft and connecting rod, so as to pull the bellows back and forth, so as to achieve the purpose of blowing air for the blast furnace and increasing the furnace temperature!"
Song Yingxing could only divert Zhao Ming's attention.Hearing him say this, Zhao Ming also understood.The steam engine is a steam-driven cylinder to do reciprocating linear piston movement, and then through the crankshaft and connecting rod, the linear motion is converted into circular motion, and the blower of the Han Dynasty is the circular motion of the water wheel into linear motion, which is just the opposite process.And the bellows, from the skin bag of the Warring States period, to the Song Dynasty, there were accordion wooden fans similar to automatic valves, and then to the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were piston blowers.At the moment, Zhao Ming couldn't care about Song Yingxing's affection, and after coming over and looking at it carefully, he asked in a deep voice: "Song Langzhong, you look at the water flow, drive the water wheel, do a circular motion, and then through the crankshaft and connecting rod, it is converted into a straight reciprocating pulling bellows, so as to heat the blast furnace."
Can this whole process be reversed, using the hot gas generated by coal combustion, pushing the blower, doing a linear reciprocating motion, and then using the crankshaft and connecting rod to convert it into circular motion!
”Song Yingxing was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "The other way around?
”Seeing this, Zhao Ming knew that it was time to show his erudition.Immediately, Zhao Ming instructed: "Take a stove and bring up the kettle water!"
”Chen Yujie hurriedly instructed someone to do it, and after a while, the stove and kettle were brought.Zhao Ming took advantage of the boiling water to talk with Song Yingxing for a while, and after a while, the lid of the kettle that blocked the spout was steamed, and it rose for a while and fell for a while.Zhao Ming pointed and said: "Can this kind of steam be used to urge the bellows and do a straight line reciprocating movement?"
”Song Yingxing was silent for a while, "This phenomenon has been noticed by the minister before, but with all due respect, even if it is made, it will cost too much coal and firewood, and it will have no effect, so it is better to borrow water power, which is endless, and it does not cost money!"
”Zhao Ming said: "Chang Geng, you just have to say can you do it?"
”Song Yingxing said: "Try your best!"
”Zhao Ming immediately said to Chen Yujie: "This matter is confidential!
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