I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 746 Steam Powered Forging Hammer
Compared with Sophia's respect for Zhou Zhen, Zhou Zhen is actually more curious about Sophia.

He really couldn't imagine that a mere girl had the courage and ability to travel thousands of miles across the ocean to come to Daming!

This kind of thing, no matter for anyone, is basically impossible to do, but the girl in front of him has done it, how can he not be surprised.

But what surprised him even more was that such a girl not only knew everything about sailing, but also knew how to build a ship. To put it bluntly, her talent in shipbuilding may be much stronger than that of the most powerful shipbuilder in Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Zhen would not be so surprised if Sophia was a gray-haired old man with vicissitudes.

But such a beautiful, young girl who is still a princess has such a deep reserve of knowledge.

This surprised Zhou Zhen even more.

In particular, I heard a lot of anecdotes about Sofia and her country from those artisans who came back.

He can't wait to communicate with Sophia more about navigation, shipbuilding, and even astronomy and geography.

This is like when a scientist meets another scientist who is no worse than himself, eager to understand the knowledge in the other person's mind that he does not understand.

Li Tian is mainly here today to review the work progress of the Tiangong Institute in the past six months, and the time is limited, but he doesn't have so much time to spend outside.

After the two greeted each other, he said,
"Let's go in quickly, if you have anything to say, go in and talk!"

Zhou Zhen hurriedly led the way and led the two to his office.

His office seems to have been expanded, and it is much larger than before. Not only does it have Zhou Zhen's office area, but it even has a large conference table similar to later generations. The round table is placed in the room.

At this time, Zhou Zhen was not the only one working in the room, but there were several other people who were similar to clerks, busy everywhere.

Li Tian was not surprised by such a change.

Previously, when the Tiangong Institute was first established, Zhou Zhen thought that his job might be similar to when he was in the Ministry of Industry.

As long as there is a space where a desk can be placed, it is enough.

But what he didn't expect was that in just half a year, the Tiangong Institute not only doubled the number of staff, but also made him so busy that he couldn't handle the work that he took over.

In addition, engaging in scientific research is not something that can be done by burying your head in a workshop.

It is also very necessary to conduct a large number of research and demonstrations based on the opinions of talents from all walks of life.

Obviously, it is impossible to discuss technical difficulties in a noisy workshop.

Zhou Zhen also often needs to discuss with people from various departments under him, so he simply set up such a large conference table in his office for frequent meetings and discussions with his subordinates.

As a result, his original small office was completely insufficient.

Later, there were too many things in the Tiangong Institute, and he was always at a loss for himself. He followed Li Tian's suggestion and got three or four secretaries for himself, which relieved a little.

The few clerks in the room who were busy everywhere, even when Li Tian and others came in without being interrupted, were actually Zhou Zhen's secretary.

This is Li Tian's first visit here after the expansion of Zhou Zhen's office.

Seeing that there are both conference tables and secretaries in this room, it looks more and more like the leaders of later generations of large companies.

He couldn't help thinking to himself,
"History really has an amazing inertia. It is unexpected that a modern office will appear like this. It is really nostalgic!"

It was also the first time Sophia saw such a strange layout of Zhou Zhen's room, but she was only curious for a while, and then she was attracted by the various drawings hanging on the wall.

Looking at the analysis diagrams of various mechanical structures drawn in charcoal on the wall, she said in admiration while gesturing,
"It's unexpected that Dongfang has already researched gears and transmission structures to such an extent. Such a perfect structure is really an eye-opener."

Zhou Zhen looked at Li Tian with a questioning look, as if asking Li Tian, ​​can such a confidential thing really be shown to a foreigner like Sophia!

Li Tian nodded slightly, and said softly,

"Don't worry, in the future Princess Sophia will probably come to the Tiangong Institute to guide her work. Sooner or later, these things will be opened to her. Sooner or later, she will know that there is no problem."

Hearing Li Tian's words, Zhou Zhen felt relieved.

He took a step forward and enthusiastically explained to Sofia.

"Princess, what you see now is the basic structure diagram of our newly developed steam-powered forging hammer.

However, we are still in the research and development process, and there are many problems that have not been resolved, and here are only partial drawings.

Princess, if you are really interested in this thing, I will have someone give you a copy of the backup blueprint later for you to go back and study! "

Sophia was flattered to hear him say that, and asked in surprise,
"Mr. Dean, is this true? You are really willing to share such a precious blueprint with me!"

Zhou Zhen glanced at Li Tian again, and when he saw Li Tian nodded, he said generously,
"It doesn't matter, it is with your help, princess, that we have solved the big problem of the keel structure of the steamship, and you can afford the title of honorary consultant of our Tiangong Academy just for this one.

Since you are already a consultant of our Tiangong Institute, a few blueprints are nothing at all! "

In fact, Zhou Zhen's generosity is not all because of Sophia's special status and her great contribution to Daming.

Rather, these drawings are only for the forging hammer.

These things are relatively simple, and the real core is actually the steam engine part.

As long as this part is still there, even if the opponent gets the forging hammer part, it is useless.

It's like, you went to the neighbor's house to steal food, but just stole a rice spoon and came back. There is no food in your own house, so what's the use of stealing a rice spoon!

But even so, Zhou Zhen's gift still made Sophia very happy.

Not only because of the generosity of the other party, but also because she has a great interest in these technical things.

And this thing is very delicate at first glance, and it can be used in many places with a little change.

For her, it is not stingy to get a huge fortune out of thin air.

At this time Li Tian also came up and asked Zhou Zhen,
"I didn't expect you to apply the steam engine to the forging hammer so quickly. How is the process going smoothly? Is there any problem that can't be solved!"

(End of this chapter)