Royal Palace, inner city.
Chief Internal Officer Yuan Cheng looked at the memorial handed over by his subordinates and carefully read the dense copy.
On August 16, Li Zhen informed the principal Xu Shenxue and received 50,000 yuan of funding to establish the Jiuzhou Institute of Physics and officially start the steam engine research project.
The basin experiment proved for the first time that steam could produce power. Attracted some students to join Kyushu Institute of Physics.
There were 32 people in total, and no new people were admitted to the hospital.
The auditorium in the southeast corner of Fuxing University is set up as the residence of Kyushu Institute of Physics. According to the investigation, 32 people ate and slept in the auditorium every day and night, and spent most of their time studying the theoretical knowledge of steam engines.
Li Zhen proposed the internal energy, pressure, steam science, and energy conservation law of air. However, there has been no breakthrough in steam engine theory.
When Xu Shenxue invited 32 classmates to eat watermelon, Li Zhen got inspiration from the big well and created the 'crank connecting rod'. Completely solved the problem of steam power.
The next day, the first generation steam engine came out.
Due to the failure of academic barriers to break through, although the first generation steam engine was successful, it produced a steam explosion. Qin Enze was burned and disfigured on the spot, resulting in blindness in his left eye. During the process of rescuing Qin Enze, Li Zhen and Fang Hanxian were both severely burned.
Then, Kyushu Institute of Physics moved from the auditorium to Quancheng County Hospital. In the hospital ward, together with the seriously injured Qin Enze, 32 people continued to conduct steam dynamics research in full swing. Learn from mistakes and envision future ideas.
Fearing a second accident, Fuxing University ordered a halt to research and classified steam as a dangerous project. Recover funds.
32 people jointly dropped out of school, moved to Laoshan County, Qingdao County, and settled again in Dafengtai. Rebuild Kyushu Institute of Physics and continue research on steam engine projects.
A major academic breakthrough was made, but there was no funding to support follow-up research.
In the fishing villages around Dafengtai, fishermen were moved by the spirit of Jiuzhou Institute of Physics and took the initiative to raise donations and funds. Donate thousands of coins to support the continued research of Kyushu Institute of Physics.
Kyushu Institute of Physics invented the pressure gauge. After more than ten explosion tests, the data achieved a major breakthrough.
On October 2, the second generation steam engine came out.
The steam train started from Dafengtai Jiuzhou Institute of Physics, entered Laoshan County, circled the city, and returned to Dafengtai. There was a roar along the way, and the whole city was shocked and boiling. It was a grand event that day, with people all over the city running wildly and following the steam train around the city.
On October 2, the steam engine came out.
…
The old internal official Yuan Cheng looked at this report, which recorded in detail everything in the steam engine research process. He was so excited that he could no longer hold the cinnabar pen in his hands.
For a long time, the old official Yuan Cheng sat at his desk and sobbed:
"That's great, that's great for Jiuzhou. God bless Jiuzhou, such a group of young people have come out!"
Picking up the pen, Yuan Cheng immediately wanted to give an answer. After hesitating for a moment, Yuan Cheng immediately straightened his expression, put the memorial into his arms and ran towards the Emperor's Palace.
"stop!"
In front of the Emperor's Palace, the Forbidden Army guards the palace. The defense was extremely tight, and only after Yuan Cheng showed his belt, the imperial army let him go.
"Emperor, Emperor, what a happy event, a great happy event."
Yuan Cheng roared excitedly.
Under the shade of a tree in the distance, Emperor Xun Jiayuan of Kyushu was lying on the table, drawing a drawing with a frown on his face. He turned his head impatiently: "What are you doing? My spacecraft research has now reached a critical moment. Didn't I say it before? As long as it's not extremely important, don't bother me, it will easily distract me."
Yuan Cheng quickly took out the memorial: "Sir, great joy. Li Zhen has developed a steam engine."
"Li Zhen? This name sounds familiar..." The emperor frowned and picked up the memorial.
Yuan Cheng carefully reminded: "For a hundred years, the number one scholar in heaven and earth, Li Zhen."
"Oh. It's him. I just said he sounded familiar. Heh, an unimportant person."
Yuan Cheng listened to the emperor's ramble, with a chilling look in his eyes, but with a calm expression on his face, he quietly waited for the emperor to read the memorial.
After a while, Xun Jiayuan threw the memorial to Yuan Cheng: "A steam engine, huh, what the hell is that? Do you want to bother me with such a trivial matter? What I want to study is a spaceship, a ship that can enter space. . How can a small steam engine be comparable? What’s the big deal? It’s just something that allows carriages to be pulled without horses.”
Yuan Cheng said excitedly: "No. Emperor, the role of this steam engine is not just for making cars. It can change this era and replace all manpower, the steam age. The steam age mentioned in the book, this steam engine is The most core thing. This is of epoch-making significance... "
Xun Jiayuan said impatiently: "Oh, what's the difference between having and not having that kind of basic thing? Instead of manpower? The most indispensable thing in Kyushu is people. If we replace them, how will the people eat? You may not understand science. , let me tell you, this kind of basic science is meaningless. My spacecraft is really meaningful. I don’t even care about letting humans go to the sky. If you want to do it, just fly out of the sky and go directly In the universe, this is..."
Xun Jiayuan became excited when he talked about the spaceship: "Come, look at my drawings. Look, these are the planets. I am sitting here drinking tea, and this ship can fly forward automatically. Now I just can You need to understand one problem before you can successfully build a spaceship. All other sciences are meaningless. The science I study is what shocks the world... "
Yuan Cheng asked cooperatively: "Oh? Is there anything else that the Emperor doesn't understand? Can you understand that question and go to heaven?"
"That's right. The only problem left is...how to make the spacecraft fly. I have figured out everything else. For example, there is no oxygen in the universe, so I just carry an oxygen tank up there. There is no place to borrow force in the universe, and the wheel The boat will definitely not be able to move forward, so it is designed to use more than a hundred boatmen to paddle forward. But the paddles must be turned into fans. This principle is amazing... "
"It's amazing. Your Majesty, you're almost there. All you have to do is figure out how to fly out of the earth, and then you can successfully build a spaceship."
"yes."
"Then how should I approve this memorial?"
"Look at you."
"Okay, the old slave has resigned."
“…”
After walking out of the Emperor's Palace, Yuan Cheng looked back at this absurd place and sighed.
He immediately ran back to his residence and began to approve the memorial.
Yuan Cheng hoped that the emperor would pay attention to this matter, but the emperor did not pay attention to it. Yuan Cheng felt that he might be better than him in approving the matter.
No one in the world knows that Li Zhen's title of "the number one scholar in the world for a hundred years in Kyushu" was also approved by Yuan Cheng. The emperor only showed his face and held a few meetings. That's all. He was too lazy to think about how to deal with such and such, and how to arrange such and such. Yuan Cheng will help him think about it and help him do it. When he goes out to show up, he can just tell it according to the script...
Therefore, he has no impression of Li Zhen at all!
He had never seen Li Zhen's test paper and had no idea what talent Li Zhen had. Yuan Cheng told him everything.
Therefore, when Yuan Chengyi talked about Li Zhen, he still didn't remember who Li Zhen was...
"Approved, the imperial court will use the radio station to announce it to the world. The steam engine will be registered in the country, recorded in books, and recorded in the annals of history. The imperial court officially recognizes the status of the Kyushu Institute of Physics, which is at the same level as the national high school. Li Zhen is the dean. Five hundred thousand yuan is allocated. Coins are used for the construction of Jiuzhou Institute of Physics. Allocate one million coins to reward Jiuzhou Institute of Physics to encourage... "
After hesitating for a long time, Yuan Cheng wrote another sentence on the memorial:
"Li Zhen, I am very happy. I hope you can promote steam engines to the entire Kyushu as soon as possible. If you have any difficulties, just ask the court."
“…”
The memorial was approved and an imperial edict was rushed towards Laoshan County.
Stopped midway, the prince opened the imperial edict and took a look. He frowned and murmured: "Even if you open your mouth to the court?"
Watching the imperial edict leave, Prince Xun Shifei fell into deep thought. He always felt like something was wrong.
Before that, he finally discovered some clues. This kind of clues appeared a long time ago, but he didn't pay attention to it at that time. But recently I suddenly realized that the things I had ignored seemed to be serious.
Now, he would read every edict sent from the inner city in advance, and he wanted to find out what the clues were.
Today, it seems a little clearer.
"The meaning of each decree is different from the father's attitude..."
"When there was a flood in the south, my father looked impatient in the court. He just said that the court would allocate some money. But the replies to the approval were all arranged in an orderly manner, and every word and every sentence was extremely thoughtful. Worrying about the country and its people. This is inconsistent with his performance at court."
"There was friction at the border of Xizhou. His position at the court was to seek peace and stable development? But the memorial he reviewed was serious and murderous."
"It seems that in every memorial and imperial edict, he seems to be a different person..."
"This time the news of Li Zhen's victory came. He hates Li Zhen and has not been in court for a month. Logically speaking, he should approve the decision and allow it to develop. At most, he will save money and allocate as much money as he wants. But he will never Say, if you have any difficulty, just say this... This is not like him."
The prince looked at the Emperor's Palace, which seemed to be covered with a layer of haze, and murmured: "What exactly happened there?"
"What is the reason that causes him to behave one way on the surface and another behind the scenes? Could it be that on the surface he is a disappointing emperor, but behind the scenes, he is a rigorous holy king who cares about the country and the people?"
"Then why did he do this? Why do he do one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes?"
"What happened in the inner palace..."
Xun Shifei began to feel uneasy.
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