Xinshun 1730

Chapter 307 Double Happiness
The emperor could understand Liu Yu's implication, but the rest of the uninformed could not.

It sounds like Liu Yu is saying that the Celestial Dynasty still has the potential to continue to oppress and go to war with the outside world, which is far from the oppression of the people in the Hanwu era.

Sang Hongyang is a legalist system, and suddenly the court exploded.

In other words, it was Wang Anshi's reform, which was also a way of promoting business and keeping its name. Now Liu Yu keeps talking about Sang Hongyang's tricks, which is purely to cause chaos in the world.

At this time, there seems to be no foreign enemies around, so you should rest and recuperate, and you must not do violent things.

What's more, I was worried that the emperor would make some export goods official.

In the past, you could only find examples from history books, but now Liu Yu has talked about a lot of systems in Western countries, and even the Rakshasa is a rhubarb official camp. What official camp.

Those who are loyal to the country know that if they do this, they will be like the Song Dynasty. Although they charge more money, the cost is too high, and the world will be in chaos.

For those behind the scenes, they are worried that the emperor will completely control the trade with the West in this way, which will cause them great losses.

There are also some, either out of lazy administration, or out of concerns about banning religions to prevent Mingjiao from defeating God, they feel that they should simply close the customs and leave a hole, which is convenient for taxation and smuggling, and saves money. The troubles of many coastal Jiedushi.

In the chaos, Liu Yu turned into that dumbfounded expression again.

Listening to the various speeches in the court hall, standing there with half-closed eyes, brewing drowsiness amidst the din.

Until the end of the court, there was no competition for Ziwu Maoyou, and many words were completely output from nothing, and things were created out of nothing.

As soon as the court was over, Liu Yu ran away as soon as he went out, because he was afraid that some "out of anger" would surround and beat him up.Many people who were born in the imperial examination have also learned the art of archery, and they still have some strength.

Back at the residence, before the buttocks were warmed up, someone came to report.

"My lord, there are people from Weihai. I need to see you urgently."

"what?"

Hearing that there was an urgent matter coming from Weihai, Liu Yu panicked, and hurriedly called someone in without putting on his shoes.

What can happen in Weihai at this time?

The first 64-gun battleship sank when it was launched?

What did Japan notice, that trade is banned?
Or is there a fight in Tunliang City on the other side of Hokkaido?
Before I left, I made good arrangements. If something happens during this time period, it must be a bad thing.

Soon, a confidant came in, handed over a letter, and stood aside.

Glancing at the letter, it was Kang Bushi's sign, and Liu Yu panicked even more.

However, when he opened the letter, there were only four words on it.

"The boring machine is finished"

Snapped……

The teacup on the table fell to the ground, Liu Yu jumped up like a thorn growing out of the chair, and the table wobbled when it hit.

His hands trembled as if he had suffered a stroke, and he turned around the room several times.

The confidant who sent the letter did not know the content of the letter, but he had followed Liu Yu for many years, and knew that although Liu Yu did not say that Mount Tai collapsed before him without changing his face, he was also a person who defeated Rakshasa and the Western Region Commander. What could make him so excited?
The person who sent the letter didn't know, and Kang Bushao probably didn't know how important this boring machine was.

But one thing, he knew that this item was the one that Liu Yu offered the highest price.

At the beginning, the reward of tens of thousands of taels of silver was directly offered, which was said to be higher than the reward for the British nautical clock.The money needed every month, within a certain amount, can be withdrawn directly.

Kang Buxiu doesn't understand technology, but he knows how to count. According to the size of the number, it is very clear which ones Liu Yu values.

Expensive is definitely good.

Liu Yu, who had suffered a stroke, walked around the room seven or eight times before stopping.

After a burst of laughter, he couldn't help but spit out all the grievances about those farts in the court.

"Fuck the intrigue! I don't need to play with you anymore! Hahahahaha..."

He knows that this thing is not difficult, as long as the principle is understood and the problem of deflection and precession is solved in a different way, it can be completely done with the current technical level.

Now there are a lot of steam engines in Europe, but they have not been improved into watts, and the law of energy conservation has not been considered, resulting in a lot of energy being wasted, so it is like the steam engine in Weihai dry dock. Used to lift water.

This is the age of the craftsman, not the age of the scientist.

Science is useful here, but on a steam engine, not so much.

The existing steam engine, like the Newcomen engine already in use in Weihai, lacks a science of "latent heat" from a scientific point of view-it releases heat when steam turns into water, and absorbs heat when water turns into steam.

But before this thing becomes a scientific theorem, many people actually have a vague intuitive perception.

Just as Engels commented on Watt: Watt's improvement added a separate condenser to it, which made the steam engine reach the current level in principle.

Watt found out the idea of ​​​​separating the condenser, which is not a problem for Liu Yu.

With thinking, there were two hurdles that stood in front of Watt back then.

One is the precision of the cylinder, and the appearance of the hydraulic boring machine for drilling cannons has solved this task that is difficult to complete by hand.

The other is the British patent system, the crank transmission mechanism, which has been patented for a long time. For this reason, Watt developed a set of planetary sun gear structure. It was not until the patent for crank transmission expired that the steam engine was considered finalized.

In front of Liu Yu, these two problems no longer exist.

Hydraulic boring machine solved.

And the patent...

Dashun does not have the concept of patents at all.

It can be said that the first Watt-type steam engine in Dashun should only be about four or five years away, plus an investment of tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Boring machine is the mother of steam age.

Maybe there are still such and other problems now, but since Kang Bushao wrote himself a letter, it is enough to prove that he has reached the level he required at that time.

Although I have thought about it for a long time, if I spend real money to make a scientific and technological breakthrough plan, I will definitely break through within a few years.

Even with such mental preparations, when the words "the boring machine is complete" were handed to him, the huge shock made him understand that he was not yet ready to accept all this so quickly.

Mini bombs, nothing.Battleships are nothing.

And this "mother of the steam age" is the thing that can really change the world.

Picking up the pen with a trembling hand, he replied a letter to Kang Bulao, which was also very brief.

"Keep a promise. Keep quiet. Wait for me to go back."

After writing it, sealed it, handed it to the confidant, and said: "Go back quickly."

The sender didn't know what it was, but he knew that it must be extremely important, and he didn't care about staying in the capital to rest, so he hurried away on a fast horse.

Liu Yu who stayed in the room drove away the rest of the people, leaving only herself, and then took out the letter paper with four words written on it, a smile appeared on her face.

After being ridiculous for a while, his face gradually became ugly again.

The appearance of the boring machine is only the last step away from the Watt steam engine.

This last step is still easy to take, but after taking it, it is the most difficult part of the road.

Considering Dashun's own national conditions here, Liu Yu thought, yes, the process of burning money has just begun.

You have to spend money to make a bottom-line choice.

Sober after being excited, Liu Yu knew very well what the steam engine meant in the eyes of the courtiers and the emperor.

If you start to engage in the textile industry, in the eyes of the emperor and courtiers, what you see is not the huge progress in productivity, but the tens of millions of small peasant weavers who cannot make a living; what you see is that the power of merchants may be out of the control of the court. grow.

The British had beheaded the king beforehand, but Dashun hadn't gone through this step yet. Moreover, Dashun was an orthodox classical Chinese empire, and the stability of small farmers was the foundation of the dynasty's rule. When they considered the problem, they would definitely look at it from the perspective of stability above everything else. .

At least, the emerging bourgeoisie at this time can only be regarded as just officially sprouting.

It is far from being able to suppress the large-scale bankruptcy uprising of small peasants internally without changing face; to cut off the emperor's head as an example to make no one dare to sit on the dragon chair; Far.

In Dashun, if you want to accomplish something, you have to think about the bottom line, so you have to put it another way.

The steam engine can be shown to the emperor, but what is shown to the emperor cannot be a textile machine driven by a steam engine, but should be "a grand canal that can lead to the northeast and northwest without the need for river water and trackers": steam train model .

For the stability of the country, for internal suppression, and for the stability of the frontier, the emperor and courtiers will probably support this.

Anyway, they don't understand that this thing has other uses, as long as they don't expose it before they are ready, it is enough to fool around for a while and make a bottom-line option.

For this bottom-line option, he must continue to spend money, spending 10 million taels in the direction of the railway.

This money cannot be obtained from the textile industry. The "primitive accumulation" this time can only be obtained from overseas trade.

But after thinking about it, the problem of Xindao Northeast has been completely solved.

In any case, the railway from Beijing to Heilongjiang will definitely be completed earlier than the Siberia Railway.

Outer Northeast and Siberia are already in the bag, it's only a matter of time.

Everything has two sides, as long as you let the emperor see what the emperor likes and don't let the emperor see what the emperor is alert to, you can continue to fool around.

Before the ability to ensure that the emperor will not ban it because of the stability of the country, the "right path of the industrial revolution" of mechanical textiles should not be taken, and the sword should be slanted.

While thinking about the follow-up plan, someone yelled outside, and Liu Yu shouted: "Didn't you tell me to be alone?"

"My lord, there are people coming from the palace, please go to the palace quickly. Your Majesty summoned me."

Not knowing what was going on with the emperor, he hurriedly changed his clothes and hurried into the palace. The eunuch led them to the vicinity of Tianyou Hall.

After entering, Liu Yu was a little surprised.

There were only the emperor and a few important officials in the room, and there was no record of anyone present.

Jiang Chen, who was taken the lead by Liu Yu in the Northwest and now resigned from military power to serve in the newly established Privy Council, who is actually the General Staff of Dashun, is also among them.

A few maps were thrown on the table in front of them, and after just a glance at the outline, they recognized that it was Japan.

(End of this chapter)