golden scales

Tang Ruowang is not ignorant of An Wensi's prejudice against him.At a priest's gathering, An Wensi publicly accused Tang Ruowang of spending the church's property on his servants, and once refused others to enter his room.

This is a very serious accusation for Jesuit priests who swear no wealth, no beauty, no will, and absolute allegiance to the Pope.

Although other priests in China are still willing to support Tang Ruowang, and some people even complain that An Wensi accused a priest too lightly, but Tang Ruowang's blows and doubts still make him feel heavy.After asking for God's forgiveness and blessing, Tang Ruowang decided to discuss the issue of Catholic missionary work in China with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince straight to the point, which was what the Crown Prince had promised.

Tang Ruowang didn't know whether he had alienated the crown prince because of his position in [-], but his request for an audience was indeed not approved.

So he decided to take the risk of "encountering" with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

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On the afternoon of the fifth day of April in the 22nd year of Chongzhen, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess visited Huangming Jingshi University in the western suburbs of Beijing.

In the western suburbs of Beijing, there are continuous beautiful peaks of Xishan Mountain, with various terrains, and artesian springs are everywhere, converging into large and small lakes and ponds in low-lying places.In particular, the Yuquan landscape flows into Kunming Lake from west to east along the mountain, becoming the largest water surface in the western suburbs.As early as the Liao Dynasty, there was the Yuquan Mountain Palace here. During the Wanli period of the Guo Dynasty, the "Tsinghua Garden" (outside the west wall of Peking University) built here by Wuqinghou Li Wei was known as the No. 1 circle of the capital.

The campus of Jingshi University was located in Tsinghua Garden, and the adjacent Spoon Garden was absorbed into it. The entire campus is a model of classical gardens.In addition to studying hard, students can also visit the garden for recreation, enriching the mind and delighting the body and mind.

Although the Wuqing Li family hopes to take this place back.But it is obviously impossible for the crown prince to agree.Instead of agreeing, in order to prevent future troubles, Zhu Cihong suggested that the Metropolitan Procuratorate intervene and easily found a lot of criminal evidence, ranging from corruption to usury.If he is directly assigned to Liaoning, he will never come back.

When Duan was at home, he could occasionally go to the temple with his mother and younger sister. He never thought that after entering the palace, he would have the opportunity to leave the palace and go to the garden. He was so excited that he almost stayed up all night.It wasn't until she boarded the royal four-wheeled carriage that she fell into a drowsy sleep.

Zhu Cihong didn't like the full set of guards of honor, and it could even be said that he hated it.Today, the majesty of the Tian family may not be inferior to that at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the people’s personal worship of the crown prince far exceeds that of the emperor Gao. Why do we need guards of honor to show off in this situation?However, the great power of tradition eventually forced Zhu Cihong to compromise. The only thing he could do was to wear ordinary clothes.

When Duan woke up from the haze.The car was almost at the gate of Jingshi University.She could see the huge archway-style main entrance from a distance, with the words "Yu Si Wei Sheng" engraved in the middle, but the handwriting was familiar.

"It's the imperial pen." Zhu Cihong explained in a timely manner.

Duan replied: "No wonder it looks familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere before."

"The plaque of 'Jing Tian Fa Zu' is also an imperial brush, and many places in the palace are filled with imperial brushes." Zhu Cihong said: "The emperor's calligraphy is much like Tang Taizong's."

Duan said a little shyly: "I think His Highness's handwriting is more beautiful."

"I'm good at writing small characters, big characters just don't look ugly." Zhu Cihong was modest enough to avoid the embarrassment of competing with his father in calligraphy.Because of the relationship between the two lives, Zhu Cihong's character is more stable than the middle-aged Chongzhen.If you really want to read it carefully, it is no worse than what Chongzhen wrote.

The two were talking.The guard of honor and the carriage had already passed the main entrance, and the teachers and students walking on the campus road retreated to both sides. They were not excited at seeing the royal banner, as if everything was as it should be.

Zhu Cihong didn't care about this, but Duan's heart was quite touched, and said: "The teachers and students here really have the character of Guan Ning."

Zhu Cihong smiled: "The country raises scholars. First of all, it has to cultivate character. If there is no character, it is just a group of kowtowers who sing praises. What use is it for the people of the country?"

Duan looked through the window for a while again, feeling a little unsatisfactory, and said, "Your Highness, are we just going around the garden in a carriage?"

"Go to a place first, then have lunch with Mr. Wang, Xiong, and Mr. Fang Zhu, and take a walk on the campus in the afternoon." Zhu Cihong told her about her itinerary for today, which was so simple that she couldn't accept it.However, considering that today is Gui Chou Day, according to the rules of the New Deal, Wu Day and Gui Day are public holidays, so today should not be scheduled for work.

The carriage did not stop too much on the campus, and drove directly to the experimental field in the back mountain.Not everyone can enter here. There are guards in red clothes and black trousers standing at the door to ensure the safety and confidentiality of the venue.

When Zhu Cihong got off the car, Wang Zheng was already waiting at the experimental field, and behind him were related scientific researchers.Behind it is a huge machine as high as Zhang Xu, shining with the deep texture of black iron.In terms of shape, it is also dominated by the "circle" that Chinese civilization advocates more, which is quite different from the steam engine model that Zhu Cihong saw in his previous life.

The crown prince saw the giant at a glance, covered her mouth lightly, and followed closely behind the crown prince.

After being greeted by everyone, Zhu Cihong went straight to the huge No. [-] machine.In terms of energy use, it no longer generates power through steam condensation, but uses the power of steam expansion to convert thermal energy into mechanical energy.

As a liberal arts student, Zhu Cihong's knowledge of science and engineering has long been squeezed out, and he has little help in the entire research and development process. He just barely provided some "separation condenser", "external cylinder insulation layer", "parallel motion linkage mechanism", Nouns such as "throttle valve" and "pressure gauge".

Thanks to the rules of expression in Chinese, Zhu Cihong himself does not know the specific content of these nouns, but this does not prevent Wang Zheng and other mechanical experts from exploring the direction of development.

"Why is it so big? Especially the flywheel." Zhu Cihong raised the first fatal question.The larger the volume and the greater the quality, the greater the cost of practical application.Judging from this first machine, it is impossible for a car to carry it.

"Your Highness," Wang Zheng stepped forward and said, "This prototype is only built to measure the highest power that can be achieved at present. There are also small prototypes, but because the flywheel rotates too slowly, it is not satisfactory."

Zhu Cihong nodded, still looking at this huge machine.Although he didn't know the efficiency of Watt's steam engine, his habitual self-confidence made him believe that the scientists and craftsmen of Ming Dynasty could definitely do better than Watt.

Not to mention that Watt was just a repairman and lacked systematic education in mathematics and physics.In terms of financial support alone, Watt can only envy and hate.

In the original historical time and space, Watt started to improve the steam engine in 1990 until he succeeded in [-]. During this period, he searched for sponsors three times, which undoubtedly consumed him a lot of energy.

The research funds of Jingshi University are allocated directly from internal funds, reimbursed on an actual basis, and there has never been any delay.

Secondly, Watt's team has only a few engineers, and some warm-hearted Moonlight Society scientist friends.The team led by Wang Zheng is composed of hundreds of open-minded new students, each of whom has a relatively systematic education background in mathematics and physics.

Their job is simply to design, calculate, and then their intentions are translated into physical objects by experienced craftsmen.It is not even comparable to the watts that have to be screwed on by themselves.

The most important point is that Watt never believed that the steam engine could provide power for vehicles. It can be said that he completely ignored the most important function of the steam engine as a power source.On the other hand, Daming's science team is heading for the vehicle revolution, and it can be said that it is better to be intentional than unintentional.

If these three aspects still cannot provide Zhu Cihong with confidence, then it is more intuitive to say: the failures produced by Jingshi University have made Zhu Cihuang lose the patience to continue to pay attention.The so-called failure is the mother of success, and the mother of the steam engine is enough.If James? Watt also produced the same number of failures, I am afraid he will have to find more patrons.

"I want to see the finished product." Zhu Cihong said.

Wang Zheng pushed away a step and said, "Your Highness, please come this way."

The crowd surrounded Zhu Cihong and Wang Zheng, and went to a cleared area in the experimental field.The site is surrounded by chest-high shrubs as a barrier, and there are two parallel concrete roads, both about a mile in length, and two railroad tracks are embedded in one of the roads. There are neither sleepers nor foundations, which looks very simple.

At the other end of the road, there is a prototype car, which is the world's first steam-powered train and car.

From the appearance alone, it is difficult to see the difference between the two.

The cab was placed at the front, the boiler was placed behind the cab, and the coal bunker was in between.Considering the heat generated by the boiler, the coal bunker and the boiler are only protected by a roof, which is in a semi-open state.

The engine of the vehicle is placed behind the boiler, which looks like a cylinder, with an overall height of less than ten feet.

The only difference is the wheels.

The R&D team used eight wheels to carry the weight.

Cars have smooth hardwood wheels, and trains have grooved iron wheels.

Wang Zheng couldn't see any joyful expression on the crown prince's face, so he said, "Your Highness, shall we demonstrate now?"

Zhu Cihong's confidence just now had been affected, so he nodded: "Yes."

Lighting the fire, accumulating pressure... After almost a long wait, the car finally moved, moving forward at a speed visible to the naked eye.This is certainly not the first time it has run, but it can be seen that all the developers are sincerely proud and proud.

An experimenter was originally standing at the starting point of the car, smoked by the thick smoke from the boiler, and quickly followed the car.

He walked to the side of the cab and slowed down again, because at the pace he had just now, he was able to leave the car behind. (To be continued..)

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