Chapter 484: A Chance to Win Honor! Win Honor for King Yan!

Li Qi walked very fast.

There was a hint of complaint in his words.

After conquering Luzon and the construction of Yanjing gradually entered the track, the palace moved to Yanjing.

At the same time, Dongfan was renamed Penglai.

Penglai Province was established.

He, the magistrate of Yilan County, was promoted to the civil affairs officer of Penglai, which was equivalent to the governor of a province in the Ming Dynasty.

To be honest, he also knew that he could be promoted to the governor, in addition to his years of diligence and step-by-step work in Yilan, and meticulously implemented the two concepts and two propositions designed by the prince.

A big reason is that Yilan has a good foundation.

Not only does it have the best farming conditions in Penglai Province.

It also has the largest privately-owned shipyard.

The speed of economic development is impossible not to be fast!

Before the palace was moved to Yanjing, Yilan became the second largest economic county in all Penglai counties, second only to Jilongyu.

It is precisely because of this credit.

Only after the palace moved away, he could be promoted and transferred to Jilong Island. At the same time, the provincial government was set up in Jilong Island.

He became the highest civil official in Penglai.

According to the military and political settings of their Yan Fan, Penglai Province should have an army of the assistant.

The assistant commander is the highest military official in Penglai.

However, the prince took into account that Penglai is very close to the Ming Dynasty, in order to show goodwill and not to stimulate the conservatives of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, there is no formal army stationed in Penglai Province.

There is only a police force belonging to the provincial government.

The police are similar to the previous yamen runners.

When the prince moved the palace to Yanjing in the 23rd year of Hongwu, he abolished the original yamen runner system and established a new and more advanced police system.

The police are also the armed forces that local civil officials like them can control.

...

Of course, there is another reason why he can become the highest civil official in Penglai Province.

That is, he is the son-in-law.

Penglai is very close to the Ming Dynasty. With the rise of maritime trade, the exchanges between the two places have become more frequent.

As the son-in-law of the emperor, the highest civil official of Penglai Province in Yanfan, he was helpful in smoothing out some conflicts between the Ming Dynasty and Yanfan.

Therefore, he knew very well that he, as a civil official, was not the best and most capable among the local officials of Yanfan.

The blessing of status played a great role.

It was precisely because of this that he had been working diligently and did not dare to be proud or lazy.

His father said that if he was not capable enough, he could make up for it with hard work.

He also went back when the grandson got married.

However, on the second day of the grandson's wedding, he quietly returned on a ship bound for Penglai, not daring to delay for a moment.

He just wanted to make some achievements with hard work.

This time, the Yanjing Research Department sent Yang Liuliu, who invented the steam engine, to Jilong Island to cooperate with the Jilong Island Shipyard to build a purely steam-powered experimental ship.

As a gift to the prince for founding the country.

According to his original intention, it should not be too complicated.

He heard from the prince that as long as the steam engine is connected to the turntable machine pulled by two cows, an animal-powered ship can be converted into a steam-powered ship.

But the engineers headed by the Research Department and the shipyard did not agree.

They believed that this steam-powered ship, which only changed the power but had no other innovations, was not worthy of the prince's founding gift.

They had to make a four-axis four-propeller steam-powered ship.

He also knew that the four-axis four-propeller meant that the blades were installed on the front, back, left and right sides of the warship.

In this way, whether it is turning left, turning right, moving forward or backward, it can be completed quickly by relying on steam power.

Don't operate at the same time with the wind direction, ocean currents, and animal power of the sail.

In the latter case, if you want to complete the turn, even the most technically outstanding soldiers in the navy will need a long time to complete the turn.

...

Li Qi restrained his impatient thoughts, turned his head, and said apologetically: "Master Yang, Master Wang, I complained to you a little too harshly, and I committed bureaucratic style. Don't be angry."

If you want to get things done, bureaucratic style is not allowed.

He also went to the Jinling Industrial Zone to see the grandson's wedding.

It was shocking!

He didn't want these engineers to be under great pressure and unable to get things done because of what he had just said.

The prince hated bureaucratic style the most.

In addition to the employee share system, he also ordered local government-run factories to be responsible for their own profits and losses.

The employee share system united the workers.

Self-financing was related to workers' remuneration, dividends, research investment in researchers, and the promotion of factory managers.

To be honest, if what he, the highest civil affairs official in a province, said was not in the interests of other factories, they might not listen.

That is, this group of people all came from the Central Plains.

Everything old had a huge impact on them.

The new style of Yan Fan had not completely swept away everything old in their bones.

Engineers like Master Wang and Master Yang were low-status craftsmen in the Central Plains before. Although they understood the environment of Yan Fan and knew that their status had been improved, they did not need to be afraid of him, a civil affairs official.

Because their promotion was based on contribution.

It is not him, the civil affairs official, who assesses their contributions.

It is the Ministry of Industry, which sends a civilian scientific research union composed of researchers to conduct an assessment based on their performance every year.

The Ministry of Industry verifies the results of the assessment and rewards and promotes them after confirming that they are correct.

This is a vertical system that has no intersection with local civil affairs officials.

On the contrary, if local civil affairs officials want to make economic achievements, they have to provide services to factories and farmers.

There is no leadership relationship among them.

It can only be said that they cooperate with each other and achieve mutual success.

It is conceivable that in another twenty years.

A new generation of young people grew up, sweeping away all the old things they brought from the Ming Dynasty and could not completely eliminate.

An official like him would not be like him and become bureaucracy if he is not careful.

And like Master Wang and Master Yang, the new generation of researchers will no longer always be in awe of officials because of their past memories.

Master Wang smiled and said: "We all know that Mr. Li is impatient and cares about our research, but Mr. Li, don't worry. We invite you to come and take a look this time because we are fully confident..."

"It's done!?"

Before Master Wang could finish speaking, Li Qi suddenly stamped her feet, turned around suddenly, stared at the two of them with bright eyes, and excitedly confirmed again: "It's really done?!"

It's not that he's not stable enough.

In fact, the few times he came to check on his progress, they gave him a huge blow.

Yang and Wang nodded with smiles.

Li Qi grabbed their hands and urged: "Quick, take me to see them!"

As he spoke, he pulled the two of them and ran towards the Jilongyu Shipyard.

This caused the people passing by to stamp their feet and talk curiously.

"What's wrong with our Mr. Li?"

"No, this is the first time I've met Master Li. He's running like a rabbit."

Ha ha……

…

Li Qi didn't know that he was laughed at and discussed by the people in good faith.

Even if you know.

Don't care either.

Can't care either.

Officials of Yan Fan cannot punish people with a crime of disrespect just because they say they run like rabbits.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the dock where the steam-powered ship was parked.

It's a bit ugly. An iron chimney protrudes from the ship's side, turns a 90-degree right angle, and stands outside the ship's side.

Black smoke was billowing out of the chimney.

The person in charge of the shipyard invited: "Master Li, let's get on the ship. The boiler has been fired up and we can go to sea. After we leave the bay, we will conduct various tests and inspections."

"Okay!" When the voice sounded, Li Qi had already stepped onto the steps and arrived on the boat in a few short steps.

Soon, a group of engineers from the shipyard and the Yanjing Research Department boarded the test ship, which had only one deck and one power cabin.

beep--

The sudden sound from the bow of the ship startled Li Qi.

Li Qi pointed at the white-gasping, trumpet-shaped thing that made a strange sound, and asked curiously: "What is this?"

Yang Liuliu smiled and said: "Mr. Li, this was the idea of ​​a boatman when we were building this test ship. When we went to sea in the past, we always blew the horn to remind the crew to prepare for the sea at their respective positions. , this boatman, using the principle of the trumpet, proposed to divert the boiler steam into the trumpet, and use the steam to provide the power to blow the trumpet. After experiments, it really worked..."

Li Qi listened and pondered.

Summoning enough strength to blow air into the trumpet is similar to directing steam into the trumpet. It seems that it does the same thing.

At this moment, Li Qi's body shook violently.

Yang Liuliu and several other people had quick eyesight and quick hands to support them.

The person in charge of the factory explained with a wry smile: "Mr. Li, the steam power is relatively strong, but our operators are not yet skilled. Those bastard boys in the power cabin below must have opened the valve to the maximum immediately..."

Li Qi didn't feel embarrassed at all, so she nodded and listened to the explanation.

After getting used to the speed, I walked quickly to the bow.

In the bay, calm sea.

It was broken open by the pointed bow.

Although this test boat is not large, it is still three meters high from the waterline.

But at this moment, the sharp angle of the boat's bow split the calm water of the bay, and the violent splash of water could actually hit his face.

Li Qi suddenly felt novel.

Turn around and quickly return to the stern.

As far as the eye can see, after the test boat passed, a long white strip was left behind, slowly 'healing' and returning to calm.

This is fast, that’s why!

Li Qi turned around and asked: "Has it been tested? What is the maximum speed it can reach?"

The person in charge of the shipyard pointed at the clock fixed beside the left guardrail and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, this is the first voyage test, so we haven't tested the speed yet. We are going to go to Cotton Island, 65 kilometers away. A short to medium distance voyage for a comprehensive inspection and test.”

Li Qi was slightly stunned, then smiled and said: "With such a long distance, it seems you are very confident!"

Go to Cotton Island.

In the past, hybrid boats would take at least half a day!

Moreover, the wind and waves were very strong on the way.

Dare to test it at such a long distance, which proves that they are very confident!

"Next, you command, I will only watch with my eyes! Moreover, regardless of the test results, through your efforts, let this test ship move, and the speed is so fast, I have to give you a report to the cabinet. Minister please take credit.”

…

at the same time.

Northwest side of Cotton Island.

A huge fleet moved southward in mighty force.

After several days of heavy rain and strong winds.

Finally, the weather is sunny and sunny.

The immigrants, young scholars, Japanese princes, and Korean observation group in the fleet all walked out of the cabin.

Pointing to the endless, majestic waves, flocks of seabirds flying over, and fish leaping out of the sea, there was a lot of discussion.

Inside Zhu Di's cruise ship.

The most comfortable cabin.

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying, standing in front of a huge glass window two meters long and two meters wide, looking at the sea.

Both elderly people looked pale.

The bad weather in the past few days made the two elderly people feel a little overwhelmed.

"Mother, are you feeling better?" Zhu Di asked.

Ma Xiuying smiled and was about to speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang glared and said angrily: "Why don't you ask how your father is doing?"

Xu Miaoyun saw Zhu Di touching his nose and smiling awkwardly, and couldn't help but smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and scolded, "We can all hold on, we are not that fragile, but are Song Lian, Liu Ji, and Li Shanchang, the three old guys, okay?"

Zhu Di nodded, "Chun Xiao has taken the pulse of the three old adults, and they have taken the decoction, and they are much better. However, Chun Xiao suggested that we should rest for a month in Penglai. Father, mother, and me, Taishan, you are all old, and after entering the South China Sea, you can't follow the coastline like this way. The sea conditions and weather in the South China Sea are more complicated..."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "Listen to your arrangements..."

Anyway, they also want to stay with the fourth brother for a while.

As for the court.

With Biao'er, they can go for a year or two, it doesn't matter.

"This time, your mother and I are not in a hurry to go back. Moreover, after returning, we want to take your mother back to Fengyang, the secondary capital, and let your eldest brother supervise the country in Jinling..."

His eyesight is getting worse and worse.

As for the throne passed to his son.

He is not as reluctant as the emperors of previous dynasties.

More importantly, he wanted to see how Biaoer would deal with the relationship with the fourth brother Yan Fan after he took full control of the country.

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun were slightly stunned.

This was almost equivalent to abdication!

"Look!"

"So fast!"

"What kind of ship is that! How can it be so fast!"

"Why is there still black smoke! Is it on fire?"

...

At this moment, exclamations were heard in the cabin with good sound insulation.

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun were awakened by the exclamations.

Bang, bang, bang!

As soon as his eyes were cast towards the window, Qi Hua's excited and hurried voice sounded, accompanied by a knock on the door: "Dad, a steam-powered ship, I saw a steam-powered ship!"

Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and the other four looked at each other.

Zhu Yuanzhang bent down and looked through the window. After finding nothing, he turned around and urged: "Take us and your mother to the deck to have a look."

When the fourth brother brought back the steam engine, he mentioned the steam-powered ship.

Unexpectedly, it took only six or seven months to make it.

He couldn't wait to see it.

Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun helped Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying to open the door.

Zhu Di looked at Qi Huan, whose pretty face was excited and flushed, and said with a bad smile: "If you report false news, be careful that I will punish you!"

"Dad, really, hurry up!"

Qi Huan said, and Xu Miaoyun helped Ma Xiuying, and they couldn't wait to walk to the deck.

...

When Zhu Di and his party came to the deck from the cabin.

In the fleet, every ship was full of people.

Five people came to the bow.

As far as the eye can see.

Five miles away.

A ship with thick smoke, breaking through the waves, gradually raising high waves, is approaching rapidly.

As it approaches.

When the smoking chimney on the side came into view clearly, Zhu Di's lips twitched fiercely.

He really didn't expect that these guys would install the chimney on the side.

It was clear that the idea of ​​burning stoves at home was used on this steam-powered ship.

The chimney first extends horizontally from the side, then at a right angle of 90 degrees, vertically facing upward.

This is exactly the thinking of burning a stove at home!

But it is also normal.

Although he does not know what the chimney of the first steam-powered ship in history looks like.

But he also knows the inertia of human thinking.

Hey!

Zhu Di saw the test ship turn a corner quickly, and couldn't help but exclaimed.

Others were watching intently and didn't notice.

But Zhu Yuanzhang, who was standing next to Zhu Di, heard it, turned his head and asked: "What's wrong?"

Zhu Di stared at the test ship that was approaching quickly, and whispered: "Just now, this steam-powered ship turned quickly without any pause, which made the child a little curious. It seems that their innovative ability and their requirements for themselves have exceeded the child's expectations."

Beep——

Zhu Yuanzhang moved his lips and was about to speak when the whistle suddenly sounded five hundred steps away.

Zhu Di was too familiar with this sound, his eyes lit up, and he said in his ventriloquy: 'The whistle has been made? ’

In fact, the whistle is just a dispensable gadget for a steam-powered ship.

If not, blowing the horn will also work.

But it is precisely such a gadget that should be unimportant and ignored that has been developed, proving the shipyard's positive attitude of innovation.

Just when Zhu Di was thinking for a while.

The test ship was approaching.

Li Qi led everyone to stand on the deck and bowed: "Li Qi greets your majesty, the queen, the prince, the princess, and all the princes!"

He didn't expect that when he went out to sea for testing, he would encounter the prince's fleet returning.

Fortunately, this steamship is a proud ship!

It didn't fall behind.

In the cabin.

Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, and Song Lian, three old men, heard the noise and struggled to get up. Three heads with completely white hair gathered in front of the glass window and looked at Li Qi on the deck below.

Song Lian turned his head and looked at Li Shanchang, jokingly saying, "You are the Duke of Han. You were so shameless that you gave your son to the King of Yan. Now you have made it!"

Haha...

Although Song Lian said that you were shameless.

But Li Shanchang was not ashamed but proud, laughing heartily: "You two old guys are jealous, who told you to take face so seriously, people live a lifetime, this skin must be thick enough!"

Li Shanchang was quite pleased.

At the beginning, he sent his eldest son's family to the side of the Prince of Yan.

To be honest, he did not ask the eldest son to make great achievements, but only asked his family not to be involved in the turbulent power vortex of the future of the Ming Dynasty.

He was determined.

No matter how turbulent the Ming Dynasty was, the Prince of Yan Zhu Di would definitely be fine with his ability.

I never thought that in these years, the eldest son left his protection and worked with the Prince of Yan, and he became more and more excellent.

Although he could not be compared with Jiang Jinzhong, Ye Mao, Xia Shimin, who were excellent in themselves, or followed the Prince of Yan one step earlier, and trained and honed.

But compared with the eldest son before, he had made great progress!

Even if the eldest son returned to the Ming Dynasty now.

They are all first-class and capable officials!

Over the years, when his eldest son came back to visit him, he showed more and more mature conversation, steady behavior, no young master's airs, and treated the servants well.

He knew how his eldest son had grown up.

Li Shanchang's pride was exchanged for the laughter and scolding of Liu Bowen and Song Lian.

Outside.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Chong and others went down the ladder from the cruise ship to the test ship.

Some experimental personnel boarded the cruise ship to make room.

Lü Ben looked at the test ship, which was heading to the back, squinted and whispered: "Prime Minister Hu, it's very fast!"

Hu Weiyong nodded, feeling particularly heavy.

He hadn't gone to Yanjing yet.

He hadn't even reached Jilong Island yet.

Zhu Silang's wake-up call came.

Was it deliberately arranged?

Hu Weiyong's eyes followed the test ship and watched the Japanese lords, Hino Yoshiko of the shogunate, and Wang Yu and Li Shi of the Goryeo observation group were invited to go down to the test ship.

He clenched his fists slightly.

He couldn't wait to see what was so amazing about this ship.

After Hino Yoko, Wang Yu and others got off the ship, they hurried to the direction of Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Di pointed to the whistle that was temporarily fixed on the guardrail of the test ship with wire and asked: "Who invented the whistle? How did you come up with the innovative idea of ​​using steam to blow the horn?"

"Whistle, the name of this horn by the prince, is so vivid!" Master Wang commented in surprise, and then introduced: "Your Majesty, Prince, this is an idea proposed by an ordinary shipworker in our shipyard. He believes that blowing the horn is the power generated by the exhaled air. By analogy, it can be inferred that the power of steam can also be..."

Zhu Di clenched his fists silently.

He was very excited.

Nodding: "Very good, this just proves that the innovation reward system established by our factory is effective..."

The official factories of the Yanfan regime have a complete reward system for innovation.

Anyone can come up with their own wonderful ideas.

As long as they are adopted by the engineers in charge of the research.

Or if they researched it themselves and it was adopted, they could get rewards.

Facts have proved that this reward system was extremely useful, at least during the first industrial revolution dominated by the experience of craftsmen.

In fact, he felt that it should be useful even in his time.

However, many companies do not set up such a reward system.

And he was lucky.

Under the rule of Yan Fan, non-government factories also imitated government-run factories and established their own reward systems.

Some gave money directly.

Some gave shares.

There were also rewards for contracting workers to have their children study for free.

In short, there were all kinds of such innovative reward systems.

Zhu Di collected his thoughts and said with a smile: "My father and his family want to see the engine room. Master Yang, Master Wang, one of you is a steam engine engineer and the other is a shipbuilding engineer. You two will accompany us to the engine room and explain it to everyone."

Yang Liuliu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang nervously and reminded him stiffly: "Your Majesty, the environment in the engine room is very poor. Your Majesty and the other princes are precious..."

Zhu Di waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay. My father has suffered a lot."

As he spoke, Zhu Di turned around and smiled: "Father, right?"

Zhu Chong and others all shook their heads and smiled enviously.

In their family, only the fourth child dared to talk to the old man like this.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and glared, "Let's go. Your prince is right. I used to be a mud-legged peasant and almost starved to death."

Hino Yeko, Wang Yu and others followed behind, watching Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang communicate like this, and couldn't help but be surprised.

Wang Yu tilted his head slightly towards Li Shi and whispered: "The Emperor is really special to the Prince of Yan!"

This time he came to Daming.

He also had imperial meals with the Emperor and the Prince.

And his daughter was one of the Prince's concubines.

So he knew the father-son relationship between the Emperor and the Prince very well.

But no matter how much the Emperor cared about, valued, and supported the Prince, the eldest son.

He had never seen or heard of the Emperor and the Prince, like the Emperor and the Prince of Yan.

This kind of specialness can not only be seen with the eyes, but also felt by emotions!

No wonder his daughter told him privately that the current Prince of Yan has a very special status in the Emperor's heart, surpassing the Prince.

Ma Ru followed Ma Jing, looked at Zhu Di's back, leaned close to Ma Jing's ear, and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Sister, is your Majesty's kindness to the Prince of Yan a bit too much? Your Majesty is the Emperor. The Prince of Yan and your Majesty made such a joke, and your Majesty was not angry at all, but seemed to enjoy it very much?"

Who doesn't know that the emperor is most taboo about others mentioning that he was a mud-legged person in the past.

But King Yan, as a son, actually took the initiative to mention it.

Your Majesty is not angry? !

…

Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang followed Yang and Wang into the power cabin.

The already hot weather and the scorching heat wave hit us all at once.

The air is mixed with the smell of sweat, soot, and smoke...

Just as Yang Liuliu said, the environment is very harsh.

As far as the eye can see.

Zhu Di's eyes lit up

A rotating mechanism, and the connected connecting rods come into view.

The four connecting rods are connected to a rectangular cast iron box, and the other side of the box is connected to a pipe.

At this moment, one of the rotating mechanisms is rotating rapidly driven by the reciprocating motion of the connecting rod.

A dozen boatmen quickly added coal to the furnace.

Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang led everyone when they approached the boiler.

Yang Liuliu introduced: "Your Majesty, this is a four-axle and four-oar test ship. We used four pipes to make four reciprocating mechanisms. The No. 1 steam pipe corresponds to the No. 1 rotating mechanism and is responsible for moving forward. If Turn left, open the No. 2 valve, close the No. 1 valve, and let the steam drive the No. 2 rotating mechanism. The valve technology uses the spherical valve technology used by our Yanjing tap water..."

I don’t have enough time for this chapter. I didn’t finish the detailed outline I wrote yesterday. I should have written about entering Yanjing Bay. I’m sorry.

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