Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 578 You Surrendered
"I am Zhao Wen. Are you Chen Xinjia, the official who came to seek peace this time?" Zhao Wen stood in the center of the hall, looking at Chen Xinjia standing in front of him.

Chen Xinjia's appearance is very in line with the aesthetics of this era. The sky is full, the grounds are round, and there are a few strands of beard on his chin. He looks majestic.

"I'm Chen Xinjia, I've seen Mr. Zongbing!" Chen Xinjia saluted Zhao Wen respectfully.

Zhao Wen nodded and sat on the main seat.

"Sit down!" Zhao Wen pointed to the chair next to him, and looked at Chen Xinjia.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" Chen Xinjia thanked, and then sat down.

"This time Chongzhen sent you here to seek peace from me. I wonder who came up with this proposal?" Zhao Wen squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Xinjia.

Zhao Wen didn't dare to say clearly about the temperament of court officials, but he still understood a thing or two in general.

This is a group of officials who regard the so-called reputation as more important than their own lives. It is basically impossible for them to agree to the matter of peace.

In addition, when the soldiers from the Chang'an Office came to report, they had already explained the situation.So Zhao Wen naturally knew that Chen Xinjia was sent by Chongzhen, and he left aside the officials of the court.

"I really want to know, was this proposal proposed by you or by Chongzhen?" Now that Zhao Wen was about to ascend the throne as emperor, there was no need to address Chongzhen as His Majesty when addressing him.

Chen Xinjia sat there tremblingly, listening to Zhao Wen's voice, his body kept trembling.

As the saying goes, nourishing the body and nourishing the spirit, Zhao Wen has been the commander-in-chief for a long time, and coupled with years of fighting, Zhao Wen has a great aura.

Although Chen Xinjia had also been on the battlefield, he couldn't compare with Zhao Wen at all.

Although Chongzhen is the emperor, Chongzhen has never been on the battlefield, nor has he fought on the battlefield, so his aura is still worse than that of Zhao Wen.

"Your Majesty brought this up. Your Majesty didn't intend to seek peace before. It was your Majesty who was moved by your words." Chen Xinjia honestly explained the specific reasons.

Zhao Wen said: "So that's how it is. I thought it was Chongzhen himself who wanted to seek peace with me and sent you here."

Zhao Wen stood up while talking, and he looked at Chen Xinjia, "Well, I'll let Liu Wenzhong and the others talk to you about the peace request. I have something to do now, so I won't accompany you first."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he left the hall.

There is no need for Zhao Wen to have an interview with Chen Xinjia in person for such matters as seeking peace. The reason why Zhao Wen met Chen Xinjia was because he wanted to meet Chen Xinjia.

Zhao Wen walked out of the hall and said to Li Xiaosan who was standing at the door: "Let Liu Wenzhong, Hong Chengchou and the others come!"

Liu Wenzhong is in an important position, and he is experienced in handling affairs, so it is more appropriate to entrust this kind of matter to him.

As for Hong Chengchou, he was an official of the court before, and he had been in the court for many years, and he was familiar with these people, so he was also competent.In addition, his family members are all in Xuanzhen, even if the court knows, it's nothing.

As for why they were not called Lu Xiangsheng, Song Yingxing, and Sun Yuanhua, it was because Lu Xiangsheng had not been in Xuanzhen for a long time, his family had not arrived in Xuanzhen, and the court did not know that Lu Xiangsheng had taken refuge in him.

If Chen Xinjia brought this news back, the imperial court might attack Lu Xiangsheng's family.

As for Sun Yuanhua, he is still dealing with the construction team and has no time to come.As for Song Yingxing, who was still working on generators in the ironworks, he had no time to do so.

Li Xiaosan clasped his fist at Zhao Wen, and walked out of the General Military Mansion with Zhao Wen's order.

After Zhao Wen left the hall, he also walked out of the General Military Mansion.

He stood outside the gate of the General Military Mansion, quietly waiting for Liu Wenzhong and Hong Chengchou.

Not long after, Li Xiaosan brought the two of them to Zhao Wen.

"grown ups!"

Liu Wenzhong and Hong Chengchou clasped their fists at Zhao Wen and bowed in salute.

Zhao Wen waved his hand, "Get up, I told you about the peace request before, and now the person who makes the peace request has arrived. I still have something to do, so I will leave this person to you. I'm going first, remember, we can't Agree to their peace proposal, but when talking with him, don't veto it, hang him first."

"My lord, now our strength and the imperial court can't stop him at all. We don't need to hang him up. Wouldn't it be better to veto him?" Liu Wenzhong asked suspiciously.

"Hehe!" Zhao Wen chuckled twice, "A few days ago, the spies in the capital reported that some nobles in the capital seemed restless and wanted to join me.

Now the people sent by these nobles have not come yet, after they come, arrange for these people to meet this Chen Xinjia.When the time comes, let's just watch a good show.

All right, let's go in quickly.I go first! "

Zhao Wen walked towards the distance with Li Xiaosan as he spoke.

Hong Chengchou looked at the back of Zhao Wen leaving, with a puzzled expression on his face, "I don't understand, it's completely unnecessary to do this. The strength in our hands is so powerful, it's completely unnecessary."

"Okay, don't think about it anymore, and don't try to think about the thoughts of adults. You have also been an official in the court, don't you know that you can't think about the thoughts of the Holy One?" Liu Wenzhong glanced at Hong Chengchou, and then walked into the General Military Mansion .

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou hurriedly followed Liu Wenzhong in.

At this time, Chen Xinjia sat quietly on the chair, motionless.

When Liu Wenzhong walked in, Chen Xinjia stood up from his chair with a puzzled expression, and looked at Liu Wenzhong.

"Dare to ask, but Mr. Chen Xinjia?" Liu Wenzhong cupped his hands at Chen Xinjia and asked.

Liu Wenzhong also knew about the peace request a long time ago, so he also knew Chen Xinjia's name.

Chen Xinjia didn't know who Liu Wenzhong was, but he also bowed to him, "I am Chen Xinjia!"

"I'm Liu Wenzhong, the director general of the Council Department of Xuan Town!" Liu Wenzhong returned a salute.

After Chen Xinjia saluted Liu Wenzhong, he set his sights on Hong Chengchou.

He looked at Hong Chengchou, and the more he looked at him, the more he felt familiar. He felt that he had seen him somewhere, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him.

Hong Chengchou has never met Chen Xinjia, and there is no way to compare Chen Xinjia and Hong Chengchou before.

One is a big official in the frontier, and the other is a small official in the court. Hong Chengchou has no reason to know Chen Xinjia.

Even if Hong Chengchou had met him, but after so many years, and Chen Xinjia's position was not high at that time, Hong Chengchou had almost forgotten about it.

Hong Chengchou doesn't know Chen Xinjia, but it doesn't mean Chen Xinjia doesn't know Hong Chengchou.

When Hong Chengchou went to the capital to report on his work before, Chen Xinjia met Hong Chengchou several times, because the time was a little far away, and the court said before that Hong Chengchou died in Xuanzhen, so Chen Xinjia is still a little unresponsive.

Hong Chengchou cupped his hands at Chen Xinjia and said, "I'm here, Hong Chengchou!"

"What? Hong Chengchou?" Chen Xinjia was shocked when he heard this.

"I just said why this person looks so familiar, it turned out to be Hong Chengchou, no wonder, no wonder.

However, didn't Hong Chengchou die in battle before?Why did it suddenly appear here now?From the looks of it, they are still Zhao Wen's subordinates.Could it be that he surrendered to Zhao Wen? "

Chen Xinjia's heart was overwhelmed, and he thought of a lot in just a few breaths.

Chen Xinjia took a deep breath and looked at Hong Chengchou. To be on the safe side, Chen Xinjia cautiously asked, "Master Hong was an official in the court before?"

Hong Chengchou's eyes half-closed, Hong Chengchou didn't even need to think about what Chen Xinjia meant by asking, it must be this Chen Xinjia who recognized him.

"Hehe, you are right. I am Hong Chengchou, the former governor of the three sides, who led the Qin army, Guanning army, Datong army and other troops to attack Xuanzhen!" Hong Chengchou told his past without changing his expression .

"It really is him!" Chen Xinjia murmured secretly, and then he thought to himself, "Hong Chengchou surrendered to Zhao Wen, I really didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. At the beginning, His Majesty valued him very much. At that time, he thought he died in Xuanzhen. , and even stopped court for three days. I don’t know how His Majesty will react when he knows the truth.”

"Lord Hong, I really didn't expect you to surrender. When His Majesty thought you died in Xuanzhen, He stopped court for three days. Later, His Majesty would always think of you and say how powerful you are." , how loyal you are!" Chen Xinjia looked at Hong Chengchou and said calmly.

Chen Xinjia originally wanted to scold Hong Chengchou, but this is Xuanzhen, and because of his status, he held back.

Chen Xinjia's words seemed calm, but they were ridiculing Hong Chengchou inside and out.He said all the time, you Hong Chengchou are sorry for the court, sorry for your majesty, how can you surrender?You should not surrender.

"Humph!" Hong Chengchou snorted coldly, but did not answer.

At this time, no matter what Hong Chengchou answered, it didn't work. No matter how he answered, he was just asking for humiliation, so Hong Chengchou simply didn't answer.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about these things. The chief soldier has left the matter of seeking peace to us, and let's talk about it first!" Seeing this, Liu Wenzhong hurriedly smoothed things over.

Chen Xinjia didn't bother with these things anymore, he let out a long sigh, and then sat down.

Liu Wenzhong sat on the chair next to Chen Xinjia, and began to talk slowly about the peace request.

After Zhao Wen walked out of the General Military Mansion, he asked someone to get a bicycle and pedaled towards the ironworks.

Although the roads in Xuanzhen had been paved with cement, Zhao Wen still found it difficult to ride on these cement roads.

Because there is no rubber, the tires of bicycles can only be wrapped with something soft.

These soft things are either sackcloth soaked in tung oil, or some cork.

Compared with serious tires, this kind of thing has a big gap.

Zhao Wen was riding on the bicycle, thinking about rubber.

"Rubber, don't try to get it out in a short time. Now that Zheng Yiguan has not returned from America, the rubber has not been found yet, so we can only wait slowly!"

Zhao Wen let out a long breath, stood up, and pedaled his bicycle vigorously.

Li Xiaosan and other guards following Zhao Wen saw that Zhao Wen was speeding up, so they also hurriedly speeded up.

Not long after, Zhao Wen arrived outside the ironworks.

Zhao Wen listened to the bicycle in his hand outside the ironworks, and led Li Xiaosan and the others into the ironworks.

After entering the ironworks, Zhao Wen went straight to the workshop where Song Yingxing was.

At this time, Song Yingxing was standing outside the factory building, his eyes fixed on the running generator in the factory building.

After Zhao Wen's systematic teaching, Song Yingxing only had to produce a generator again.

Today is the time to test the generator.

"Voltage is normal!" A student standing next to the voltmeter in the factory building looked at the needle on the voltmeter, which turned slightly, and shouted happily to Song Yingxing outside.

The noise in the workshop is also much lower than before, and the students don't have to run out to report to Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing nodded, then looked at the factory building, "How is the current situation?"

"Teacher, the current is normal and stable!" The student standing next to the ammeter also shouted.

Hearing this, Song Yingxing let out a long breath, a trace of joy appeared on his face.

"It's finally succeeded. I didn't waste your hard work. It's not easy, it's not easy! Haha!" Song Yingxing was filled with emotion.

"What's the matter? Why are you so happy?" Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing who was laughing up to the sky, and walked to Song Yingxing with a smile on his face.

Song Yingxing turned around when he heard Zhao Wen's voice.

"I have seen you!" Song Yingxing saluted Zhao Wen, and said happily: "My lord, the problem has finally been solved. After your systematic teaching, I recreated it according to the knowledge I learned from you." A generator, now the generator has finally been successfully manufactured, the voltage and current are very stable, without any problems."

When Zhao Wen heard this, he smiled, "Not bad, the generator has been successfully manufactured, and the rest is a series of auxiliary equipment such as transformers. I have told you the basic principles of transformers before. After I go back today , I will draw the drawings of these things for you, and try to manufacture these things at one time."

The transformers and other drawings that Zhao Wen intends to draw are some of the most basic and simple drawings. As for those UHV equipment, Zhao Wen does not need to give Song Yingxing.

The motherland of later generations is said to be the second in the world in the field of UHV, and no one dares to say that it is the first.The UHV technology is also the most confidential secret. Although Zhao Wen knows the general working principle of UHV, it is only learned from books when he was in college. As for the specific working method of UHV, Zhao Wen does not know, and also Can't draw drawings.

Besides, there is no need to engage in UHV technology nowadays.UHV technology is for long-distance power transmission, and now only Xuanzhen can use electricity, and UHV technology is useless now.

Even if there are more places to use electricity in the future, it is impossible to build power plants in every important city like in later generations.

"My lord, you told me before that the insulation material used on the wires is best to be rubber, but we don't have rubber now, what should we do?" Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen said: "That's right, the best insulating material on wires is rubber. But this does not mean that there is no suitable insulating material without rubber. Ordinary dry linen, dry silk, ceramics and the like are all good. Insulating material, and tung oil also has a good insulating effect.

Now Zheng Yiguan is looking for rubber in the Americas, and it is estimated that he will get the rubber back in a short time. During the period when there is no rubber, you can test it with cotton cloth soaked in tung oil.If the results are good, use this material instead during the time when there is no rubber. "

(End of this chapter)