Chapter 600: Steam and Duke Zhu Yong

Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong, his father is Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng died of illness during the southern journey, which was also the beginning of Zhang Fu's rise.

After Zhu Neng's death, Zhu Yong took over the title smoothly, and has been one of the top martial arts of Ming Dynasty ever since.

Very mighty, this is the impression of outsiders when they see Zhu Neng's beard.

In Cheng Guogong's mansion, Zhu Yong sat in the study, slapped the table with his hands and said angrily: "That kid is cunning, if I hadn't been able to enter the palace, I don't know that Yan Yin is gone, gone! All of them will be run by the government Already!"

Chen Yue, the aide, sighed in his heart, and then persuaded: "My lord, Yan Yin is no longer available, but Yangzhou Mansion is a pool of muddy water, so it's not easy to mix it up!"

"What can't be mixed?"

Zhu Yong was furious and his beard was twitching. He looked at the people in awe and said, "Do those salt merchants still dare to fight with me? That just happened to deal with them."

Chen Yue frowned and said, "Grandpa, please take an imperial decree. It is worth considering how those salt merchants will react. You want to include them in the scope of the Duke's Mansion. I think it is a bit big."

"Not to mention whether those salt merchants will agree, even if they agree, but His Majesty is not worried after all, why bother?"

"Wouldn't it be nice to have Duke Cheng's mansion backing them up?"

Zhu Yong said proudly: "My family and the country live together, so why not protect a few salt merchants?"

Although Cheng Guogong's mansion has a lot of land, it is lackluster in terms of business. This is also related to Zhu Yong's short-term vision.

Chen Yue persuaded: "Grandpa, those salt merchants must not be reconciled to losing Yanyin, and there will inevitably be some disadvantages at that time, you..."

The following words were all swallowed by Zhu Yong, and Chen Yue could only smile wryly.

Zhu Yong got up and said dissatisfiedly: "When I go to Yangzhou Mansion, you should pay more attention to the foreign affairs at home."

Seeing Zhu Yong's burly body leaving the study, Chen Yue wanted to persuade him again, but he was afraid of offending his boss.

...

The next morning, Zhu Yong led the army and set off. When saying goodbye to several friends, he said that Yangzhou Prefecture was absolutely as stable as Mount Tai, with him in charge.

Before Zhu Yong left, a decree followed.

"The court has decided that salt will be used as an official camp in the future."

"This is a good thing! The official camp is better than those black-hearted salt merchants."

"At least the price won't go up randomly, otherwise we can go to the parent officer."

"After the court has this tax money, our life will be easier, so, I think this salt official camp is a good thing!"

"But who will deliver the grain and grass at the border?"

"Jiaozhi has been pacified. I heard that Xing and Bo were farming there before they left. They couldn't finish the food. The surplus was transported to several places around. There is no shortage of food there!"

"What about the north side?"

"The canal was opened, and the food from the south will come along. What's the matter with the salt merchants!"

"Isn't this crossing the river and demolishing the bridge?"

"..."

Fang Xing got the news after breakfast, he ignored it and went to the academy.

"Everyone is optimistic. This is a kettle with good sealing performance. Now we see that the water is about to boil."

On the podium table stood a charcoal stove, on which stood a kettle, brass.

Fang Xing shook a wooden stopper at the students, "I will put this wooden stopper into the spout of the pot, tell me what will happen?"

The wooden stopper was made according to the size. Fang Xing stuffed it in forcefully, then clapped his hands, pointed to the door facing the spout and said, "You will see the power of the steam right away."

Everyone saw that Fang Xing plugged the cork with great strength, and thought that it would probably come out of the lid.

"Don't look at the lid, it's threaded, you can't open it!"

The charcoal fire was burning red, and the blue tongue of fire was licking the bottom of the pot. Soon the water boiled, but the steam had nowhere to vent, so the kettle began to vibrate.

The water vapor soaked the cork, and the water vapor gradually rose from the cork, making the kettle shake more violently.

The students below all stared at the cork, this time even Fang Xing took a few steps back,

For fear of being splashed by the boiling water that rushed out.

"Boom!"

Everyone saw that the cork was like a shell fired from the bronze cannon, oh no! It feels like it should be faster.

The cork rushed out of the classroom, and a puff of steam mixed with boiling water rushed out of the spout.

Fang Xing walked to the kettle, and amid the steaming mist, he asked, "What do you think of this power?"

Li Ermao scratched his head and said, "The mountain is long and huge."

Fang Xing made a gesture that was many times bigger than the kettle, and asked, "What if this kettle is this big?"

Gao Jingyan stood up and said, "Teacher, that force must be very strong. I think...it should be able to push a person out."

Wrapped in a towel, Fang Xing lifted the kettle down, then drew a piston and cylinder on the blackboard, turned around and said, "If we let the steam be generated continuously, and then push the piston back and forth, another one needs to be used outside. What do you think will happen to something that needs to be rotated constantly, such as the various processing facilities at Zhu Fang's place?"

Ma Su was listening, he got up and said: "Teacher, this will have higher requirements on the container."

"correct."

Fang Xing said with a smile: "But this is not a problem, we can cast it, the key lies in the manufacture of the cylinder and piston, they cannot be discarded after a while, and the transmission mechanism after they go out must also be taken into consideration."

Seeing the students thinking about the pictures on the blackboard, Fang Xing winked at Ma Su, and then slipped away.

This is just a sprout, no matter how powerful Fang Xing is alone, he can't cover all these things, so he needs to stimulate the interest of the students, and then wait for these young saplings to grow.

However, Fang Xing is still hesitating about recruiting students in the next spring. Is it expansion? Still the same number of people as this batch.

After entering the house, Huang Zhong sent the latest news.

"Uncle, Cheng Guogong has already set off. Before leaving, let me tell you that with him in Yangzhou Prefecture, those salt merchants will not dare to mess around!"

"That's a good thing!"

Fang Xing stroked his chin and said, "I just hope that Duke Cheng can hold on. After all, this matter has only just begun, and those salt merchants will not give in easily."

Huang Zhong thought of Zhu Yong's disposition, and couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Cheng is very brave. I think those salt merchants will be obedient."

"Uncle, there are rumors outside that they are fighting for the salt merchants, saying that the imperial court is trying to kill the donkey."

Fang Xing said disdainfully: "Greed is not enough! How much money have they made with Yanyin? Do they still want to take advantage of this kind of advantage? They are so beautiful!"

"Uncle, Your Majesty has sent an order to Shan/Xi to control the local salt supply."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Fang Xing felt that as long as Lao Zhu was sober, his judgment on these situations was still very accurate.

Shan/xi is close to the frontier fortress, and those salt merchants are the ones who take advantage of it the most.

"Your Majesty also sent people to take over the salt delivery, but it is estimated that it will not be able to completely replace those salt merchants for a while."

Fang Xing stopped in his tracks, turned around and said, "What I'm worried about is the time difference. Those salt merchants only need to make a move, and the local government will complain."

Huang Zhong nodded and said: "Those salt merchants must have something to do with the locality. When the voices say that it is inconvenient for the government to operate, the common people will clamor. This..."

Fang Xing said: "This is exactly what His Majesty is worried about, so Zhu Neng took the initiative to invite Ying. To be honest, I don't mind. That person must want to make a fuss about the salt merchants. He has a big business, so let's see His means!"