Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 234 The internal combustion engine is ready! (pay a New Year call)

Ming dynasty.

I have to say that this year's Ming Dynasty Hall was very lively. After Liang Guogong Lan Yu, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong became another character that people avoided.

But what happened to Lan Yu, many discerning people could see that it was the Supreme Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang who was planning to attack the swollen Lan Yu. In order to protect himself and his family, Lan Yu had no choice but to attack his cronies.

Although Lan Yu's actions are not worthy of praise, it is excusable after all. Even if their positions are different, the officials in the court can understand.

Isn't this what officialdom is like? If you gain power now, you may suffer disaster in the future. If you really encounter a situation like Lan Yu's, there is no doubt that they will make the same move. Everyone is a minister. If something like this happens, don’t laugh at anyone, just do whatever you want to do.

Even those whose interests have been harmed by Lan Yu's killing spree do not dare to go too far when impeaching Lan Yu. Otherwise, how will the princes of the court see you?

When they are in trouble, will you kill them like this? No matter what I do in the future, I will definitely be on guard against you.

But Li Jinglong was different. Zhu Xiongying ordered him to be the general manager of grain and grass. This was a good job. Just passing all the grain and grass in the world would make his mouth water. However, he also changed the grain transportation route without authorization, resulting in a large amount of grain and grass. Destroyed, unable to provide timely logistical assistance to the front line.

According to the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty and the productivity after various types of high-yielding grains are widely spread, the destruction of a mere batch of grain and grass materials is actually nothing.

But what was destroyed was the baggage transported to the front-line army, which was unacceptable to everyone!

Li Jinglong already felt extremely regretful in his heart. As the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, he already had no worries about food and clothing. Even with his hereditary title, his descendants did not have to worry about it.

"If there are any more problems, Mr. Cao Guo, hehe." Xu Yungong said in a nonchalant manner, and it was particularly obvious that he looked down on him.

Although Zhu Xiongying did not punish Li Jinglong directly, the number of memorials issued by officials at all levels to impeach him was several times greater than that of Lan Yu.

Everyone in the civil and military dynasties knew that the reason why Zhu Xiongying and Cao Wei wanted to conquer the Ottoman Empire, which was thousands of miles away, was because this country was so rich.

This time, for the sake of a small profit, he almost ruined His Majesty's important event, and even made himself a street rat that everyone yelled at. Why is this so? I was really confused at first and was blinded by lard.

Immediately, a censor began to tease:

"Mr. Cao Guo, does the route of transporting grain and grass this time also pass through the desert?"

"Alas, I thought I had a great reputation, but how could I have given birth to a son, so bad?" An old official sighed, "What a pity."

The whole room burst into laughter, and Zhu Xiongying also gave him a cold side glance. Li Jinglong was embarrassed and quickly promised:

This is true. If Li Jinglong were not the Duke of the country, he would not be alive today.

After finally finishing the meeting, Li Jinglong fled out of the hall, and the people behind him watched him leave with different expressions.

Xu Yungong was a slut, and compared to him, Li Jinglong was like a firefly to a bright moon. Being despised by him, Li Jinglong could only endure it.

It is conceivable that as long as the Ming Dynasty captures the Ottoman Empire, its national strength, economy, and people's livelihood will once again rise!

Regarding such an important matter, which is the foundation of the development of the Ming Dynasty, Li Jinglong did something that only a mentally retarded person would do. No one could understand it at all, and everyone was scolding Li Jinglong for deserved it.

"The food route this time is the route planned by His Majesty and Grand Master Cao. There will definitely be no more problems."

What are the responsibilities of the Grain Controller? It is to ensure that the army fighting on the front line can always have food to eat. This is a rigid requirement and is not negotiable.

But even with such a simple task, Li Jinglong failed all his life. It can only be said that what Li Jinglong wore on his neck was a chamber pot, which was full of yellow soup. Who could not dislike it after seeing it?

"What a pity? If he hadn't inherited his father's title of Duke, destroying food and grass would be a serious crime, and Your Majesty would have killed him long ago!" someone immediately retorted.

The task of delivering food and fodder is much simpler than Lan Yu and others risking their lives to lead troops in war.

It was another grueling day of court meetings. Zhu Xiongying once again asked about the replenishment of food and grass supplies. Li Jinglong vowed that everything was ready and had been sent to the front line.

This also led to this period of time when Li Jinglong could only lower his head wherever he went, not daring to look at people for fear of seeing the sarcastic expressions on people's faces.

Just when Wuding Marquis Guo Ying returned to the court and told everyone that the Ottoman capital used gold bricks as floors, everyone was stunned.

For this expedition to attack the Ottomans, not only did the Sun and Moon Kingdom occupy the Persian Gulf islands early to prepare, but Emperor Zhu Xiongying and Grand Master Cao Wei also took great pains.

Besides, after Li Jinglong left the palace, he didn't know where he was going. These days, in order not to be ridiculed by others, he had been staying behind closed doors, almost suffocating himself to death.

Being ridiculed again in the court today, Li Jinglong felt more and more aggrieved. He wanted to go to the Flower House to have a drink to relieve his boredom. However, at this time, if someone caught him, he would really become a joke.

After thinking about it, Li Jinglong thought of Cao Wei again. Firstly, Cao Wei did not go to court on weekdays and did not ridicule him, which made Li Jinglong feel that Cao Wei was better than others.

The second is that the manufacturing bureau and scientific research institute where Cao Wei works are all staff, so they will not treat him like hundreds of officials in the court.

Thinking in his mind, Li Jinglong's footsteps were already walking in the direction of the scientific research institute.

After entering the scientific research institute, Li Jinglong found that the people coming and going here would only look at him once and not make many expressions.

If it were normal, Li Jinglong would definitely be angry at these people for not respecting him as Cao Guogong, but now he breathed a sigh of relief and enjoyed the relaxation he had not seen for a long time.

The scientific research institute occupies a large area, and Li Jinglong also asked several people before he found Cao Wei.

I saw a group of people surrounding Cao Wei, who were fiddling with a mechanical device.

"Master Cao, Master Cao." Li Jinglong stood outside and shouted twice.

Cao Wei frowned and turned around, seeing him waving his hand:

"Mr. Cao Guo, please wait a moment while we finish the internal combustion engine."

Cao Wei didn't want to see Li Jinglong either, but after all, he was not a pure official. Many things were not his turn to worry about, so he didn't bother to argue with Li Jinglong.

When Li Jinglong saw this, he felt strange in his heart. He didn't expect that in this situation, the only person he could speak to was Cao Wei.

Li Jinglong stood aside obediently, quietly watching Cao Wei, Xie Jin and others, playing with the internal combustion engine.

"Okay, come on." Cao Wei suddenly shouted.

Yi Qiu came to the side with a large iron bucket and opened the lid. Li Jinglong suddenly smelled a pungent smell.

Looking at Yiqiu again, he poured the light yellow liquid in the bucket into another container and finally sealed it. Cao Wei turned on the electrical switch, and the internal combustion engine suddenly started rumbling and shaking.

From the looks of it, you can tell that the power of this internal combustion engine is much faster than that of a steam engine.

All of Cao Wei's students and staff around him cheered. It was finally successful. Cao Wei also looked at the shaking internal combustion engine and laughed.

The internal combustion engine has been destroyed, can the airplane be far behind?

Cao Wei continued to observe for about half an hour, and found that the internal combustion engines were all operating well, and then he was completely relieved.

After exchanging a few words with Xie Jin, Yi Qiu and others, Cao Wei turned around and walked towards Li Jinglong.

"Mr. Cao Guo, why are you so free today?" Cao Wei said with a smile.

Li Jinglong's face was full of bitterness: "Master, please don't ridicule me. I have become that Qingfu. Everyone is shouting to beat me. There is no place for me to stand in Yingtian City."

"It's easy to say. Duke Cao Guo only needs to apply to His Majesty to go to the front line to kill the enemy." There was a knife hidden in Cao Wei's words, and he stabbed Li Jinglong neither lightly nor hard.

However, Li Jinglong still couldn't understand the meaning of Cao Wei's words. He thought about it seriously, then shook his head and said:

"With the destruction of food and grass this time, the frontline troops must have regarded me as a thorn in their flesh and bones. If I go to the front line, I'm afraid it will be difficult to move even an inch!"

Cao Wei spread his hands and said angrily: "There's nothing I can do about it. I'm only responsible for researching things, not political affairs. I don't have any real power in my hands, so I can't help Duke Cao Guo."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I know Grand Master Cao is a good man, different from others."

The two only talked for a moment before Cao Wei excused himself to leave.

"The Supreme Emperor has always been concerned about the development of airplanes. Today the internal combustion engine is completed. I still need to go to the palace to report the good news to the Supreme Emperor. Mr. Cao Guo can do as he pleases."

Cao Wei cupped his hands towards Li Jinglong and turned around to leave the research institute. Li Jinglong had just been opened to talk, but it stopped abruptly, which made him even more uncomfortable. The words he spoke almost made him suffer internal injuries.

Going out didn't count as coaxing him. It was indeed going to the palace to announce the good news to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Arriving at Zhu Yuanzhang's palace, just in time for lunch, Zhu Yuanzhang invited him to eat a bowl of noodles together. Cao Wei was not polite, took the bowl of noodles, sprinkled the sauce and chopped green onion prepared on the table into the bowl, and stirred it I started eating with a slurping sound.

After eating two large bowls, Cao Wei felt full in his belly, so he put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth and said, "It was caused by the internal combustion engine."

Zhu Yuanzhang ate very slowly and had not finished a bowl of noodles yet. But when he heard Cao Wei's words, he stopped chewing garlic.

"Has it happened? Then the plane can fly?" Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was very surprised. Now his biggest wish is to see the plane fly into the sky in his lifetime.

Cao Wei shook his head and said: "The internal combustion engine is just the first step. We still need to study the transmission device and control the fuel injection variables."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't understand what Cao Wei said, so he could only nodded speciously, "How long will it take? Our old bones can't wait too long."

Cao Wei smiled helplessly, with some sadness in his smile. He knew that what Zhu Yuanzhang said was the truth.

In the official history, Zhu Yuanzhang died of overwork as early as the thirty-first year of Hongwu. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang abdicated early, the pressure on his shoulders was greatly relieved, and he has lived nearly ten years longer than in the official history.

This is mainly because Zhu Yuanzhang's body and bones are really strong, so he can significantly extend his life after the environment improves. But after all, he has reached his age, and he will still walk when he has to. In the past two years, the condition of his body and bones has declined rapidly again.

"Don't worry, old man, I will definitely let you see the plane take off," Cao Wei said with certainty.

In fact, not only has the internal combustion engine been built, but the overall structure of the aircraft has also been completed. However, to install the internal combustion engine on the aircraft, some devices such as gearboxes are needed. The development of those things will take some time.

In the process of scientific research, the biggest fear is that there is no direction, and the progress of scientific research will be extremely slow. Everyone is like a dazed fly and can only try little by little.

Although Cao Wei didn't know how to control the fuel injection variables and how to make the transmission device, he knew the general principle. He only needed to tell Xie Jinyiqiu and others the general principle and let them, the rising geniuses, study it.

With specific directions and basic mechanical operating principles, the research and development progress of Xie Jin and others will be greatly improved.

In the process of development of a technology tree, normally it is inevitable that it will take some unnecessary detours and give birth to many branches. If this road does not work, then try another road.

In the development of high-precision mechanical devices such as airplanes and internal combustion engines, Cao Wei's existence may seem unimportant, but he can point the way for Xie Jin and others, which is actually the most important thing! He told Xie Jin and others not to take detours and to gallop on the correct and smooth path of technological development.

After saying the good news that made Zhu Yuanzhang happy, Cao Wei said again:

"The old man also knows about Li Jinglong's destruction of grain and grass a while ago, right?"

Speaking of this, the look in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes dimmed a bit, his expression also darkened, and he snorted softly,

"Humph, if God does evil, you can still violate it. If you do evil on your own, you can't live. His father has worked hard all his life to build a family for him. He insists on destroying the family. No one can do anything."

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and said with a smile:

"We are no longer too lazy to care about those things in the court, let Xiongying have the headache, hahahaha."

Cao Wei twitched the corner of his mouth, Zhu Yuanzhang had completely thought about it.

"A while ago you taught Lan Yu how to kill people to save their lives. We haven't settled the score with you yet."

When Cao Wei heard this, he quickly smiled and said:

"What the old man said, I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty, so I naturally have to solve your problems for your majesty. Your majesty doesn't want to kill him, my great-uncle, so I have to think of a way? After all, the old man has a kind heart. If you really want to kill him, he has the courage to do so. Nine lives are not enough for the old man to kill."

After a thousand wears, no flattery can be worn, Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at him with a smile and said:

"I heard from your mother that Lin'er has been very naughty recently? She has the same demeanor as we did back then. She is worthy of being a member of our old Zhu family. She is destined to become a great person in the future."

Cao Wei tilted his head, a little speechless: "Cao Lin is my son, I gave birth to him."

Zhu Yuanzhang blew his beard and stared at him, humming:

"Then he wasn't born from Hanming? The blood of our old Zhu family flows through Hanming's body! Lin'er is our grandson! Come on, come with us to see the two of them. It's been a long time since we've seen the little guy. "

Cao Wei couldn't fight, so he could only curl his lips and let him go, and ordered the eunuch on the side:

"The old man is leaving the palace, so prepare the sedan chair."

ps: Today is the 23rd New Year's Eve, and tomorrow is the New Year. I am here to wish you all a happy new year and bow to you.

I wish everyone a happy new year, good health and don’t go out! Blocking! car! (No need to give lucky money, smile shyly)

(End of this chapter)