Song Yingxing walked south on the sea road and found on the boat that sailors used star-shafting boards to be difficult to use under the ups and downs, and the error was slightly large. So he used his carrying telescope, protractor and right-angle ruler, and a bracket to make a new tool that uses almost the same usage as the star-shafting board, but with a much higher accuracy and convenience than the star-shafting board.

Zhu Cilang named it the sextant.

If it weren't for this little thing that Song Yingxing made casually, Zhu Cixuan sometimes really suspected that Song Yingxing was a "pseudoscience enthusiast" rather than a scientist. He always had all kinds of strange ideas, such as the sky fortress that he thought of when developing hot air balloons, and the all-steel battleships of the Ming Dynasty, and the project reports he sent this time were-

internal combustion engine!

"Your Highness, I have proved that the power of gunpowder explosion is more intense than the power generated by steam, so the kinetic energy of gunpowder should be stronger than the kinetic energy of steam." Song Yingxing thought of using gunpowder from his air fortress plan. This is certainly in line with the Ming Dynasty's perception of extreme power, but there has never been a real energy machine powered by gunpowder in the East and the West.

Zhu Ciyang has seen many folk weapon designs, and the top 10 are conceptual weapons. For example, using gunpowder to ignite the first-stage rocket, and then ignite the second-stage rocket when it leaves, and eventually send the finger to more than ten or twenty miles away... The idea is very good, but before there is no electronic control technology, it can only be imagined.

"Later, I was unable to solve the problem of continuous and stable explosion of gunpowder. After thinking about it, it was solid particles. What would happen if it was replaced with liquid?" Song Yingxing gradually became excited: "So I thought of fierce ignition oil. Heating in a confined space will also cause the same explosion effect as gunpowder. As a liquid, just use a small pressure nozzle to spray it into a gas state, and after ignition, it will naturally be able to supply energy continuously."

"This idea is very good..." Zhu Cixuan was worried that he would hurt Song Yingxing's imagination, but he felt sorry for such a great man wasting his energy in an unrealized direction.

"How do you plan to ignite the fire? If the fire is transmitted using the air tube, it will inevitably cause a change in the direction of the pressure." Zhu Cixuan said seriously.

"So this is the problem of me. As long as your highness gives people silver, you will definitely be able to solve it." Song Yingxing said for granted.

Zhu Cilang knew that it was impossible to produce a product like spark plugs that seemed simple but highly demanding in technology, so he had to shake his head and said, "In this way, I know that Mr. Song has many ideas, but Zhuangzi said it well, my life is boundless and I know it is boundless. With boundlessness, I will be lazy.

"For example, the air fortress in the past, the internal combustion engine, and all the new things that are difficult to achieve in the future, you might as well write a book called "Not to Be a Things". You can also recruit people with strange ideas in the world to provide ideas. After publishing the world, see who can solve the problem.

"And you can also set up a reward chart. For example, if someone can make the internal combustion engine that the teacher imagines, the royal family will give a huge reward chart. How about it? Isn't it much better than the teacher who is alone and wants to think hard?" Zhu Cixuan instructed him in a straightforward manner.

Song Yingxing really wanted to personally produce these wonderful ideas and even the gains from his dreams, but when he heard the prince's meaning, he probably didn't support it. He was disappointed, but he felt that it was interesting to publish "The Unsuccessful Things". Now the journal of Jingshi University is like a collection of problem-solving problems, boring and without any meaning. If he made these things that are regarded as "The Unsuccessful Things", wouldn't it be extremely interesting?

"I obey the order."

"This is not an order, it's just a suggestion." Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "If the sir really wants to make this publication, I will donate three thousand taels of silver first and order five copies at the same time."

"Your Highness. I just received three thousand taels..."

"That's for you." Zhu Cilang said: "Some people say that the people in the world are bustling, and the exchanges are nothing more than fame and fortune. If I want to promote the teaching of saints and things, I naturally want to let the world see that the study of pursuing things can bring both fame and fortune, and it is even more important to be an official. Only those with heroic talents in the world will learn from the perspective of pursuing things without being urgent. Mr. Song, I know that the teacher is not good at fame and money, but the leader wants to set an example for me."

Song Yingxing lowered his head slightly and hesitated a little: "Your Highness, these people are not pure in their aspirations, and I am afraid they cannot devote themselves to academic work."

"It is what you ask for, and virtue is cultivated by oneself. If you only have a thought and have no foundation for success, what is the benefit of the country?"

Zhu Cixuan knew that many legendary scientists had poor character, including Sir Isaac Newton, who were regarded as masters of classic physics. They were also corrupt when they were in charge of the Mint and spared no effort to crack down on political enemies. As for the invention king Edison, they even persecuted their peers, monopolized the market, and did everything they could.

Song Yingxing's mental cleanliness is not serious. He heard from the crown prince that virtue can be educated, so he naturally does not argue about this.

"As for the large ships of all steel, there is a bottleneck now, mainly because we have to wait for the iron plant to make progress." Zhu Ciyang said: "Which steel formula involves the study of physical changes, which is what I call 'chemistry'. Nowadays, the chemical foundation cannot be improved, and the progress of the steel plant will not be improved. It is very hard to experiment simply by relying on exhaustive methods."

"Your Highness means to let me study this chemistry?" Song Yingxing has not seen "Chemistry", but he is not very interested in this discipline, especially since many of the contents involve alchemy, which always has a bit of metaphysics.

Zhu Cilang nodded. As a former liberal arts student, Zhu Cilang never studied chemistry after his second year of high school. Moreover, with the "high-targeted" habit he developed since childhood, his chemistry level was only at the level of passing the exam. Once he passed the exam, he was basically deleted from his mind. Now that he can write a thin booklet, it is already the last moment to do so.

For example, he knows the periodic table of chemistry, but he doesn't remember how many elements there are. For example, he knows the balance between "chemical valence" and equations, but he can't recall the corresponding concept of what this "valence" means.

Under such circumstances, even if Zhu Cilang is determined to become the father of chemistry in the Ming Dynasty, it would be impossible. He simply handed this problem to Song Yingxing and let this Ming Dynasty genius who had extremely open-minded thoughts come up to think of a solution.

On the contrary, Zhu Cilang was not worried about physics. Now classical physics has been put on track. For Chinese scholars who believe in "yin and yang to push each other" and "circumcision worship", classical physics is a technology that truly conforms to their own philosophy, with a high degree of harmony and deduction.

"What's wrong with your student?" Zhu Cixuan suddenly remembered his great hero and invented the iron-molded cannon.

"Which student?" Song Yingxing looked confused.

Zhu Cilang was speechless. Did Xu Xie have been in herding sheep before?

"That Xu Xie invented the iron mold casting cannon." Zhu Cixuan said a little unhappy.

Speaking of which, Xu Xie is the one who really contributed to turning the world around himself. Without the crushing of cannons, the amount of troops trained by Zhu Cixuan would not be enough to be earth-shaking. What's more, the psychological bonus of cannons is incomparable to ordinary weapons.

"Well, Xu Xie. This person is still a smart person. I have nothing to teach him anymore. Now I let him take care of my junior brother in college." Song Yingxing said.

Zhu Cilang couldn't help but be angry. Xu Xie was obviously a talent with far more experience than theory. He asked him to learn theory with Song Yingxing to make up for his shortcomings. Since he learned quickly, he could just get out earlier and let him go to the artillery factory to be a chief engineer and bring more apprentices.

"Before you go back, please go to Hangzhou first." Zhu Cixuan didn't feel pity for manpower at this moment and said to Song Yingxing: "I just happened to visit Zhejiang in the south to solve a big problem. You can follow me and temporarily serve as a consultant. I will ask you for many things."

"I obey the order." Song Yingxing agreed and said to himself: What is the big deal in Zhejiang? I don't ask about the practice now, how do I consult? Or is this consultant originally a false position, but I don't care about it? This is a waste of time.

...

In March of the 20th year of Chongzhen, with the edict issued by Beijing, the Ming Dynasty officially changed from the two capitals to the one capital system, that is, Beijing. The cabinet determined the new boundaries of the two provinces and changed the original Nanzhili to two new provinces in Anhui and Jiangsu. Among them, the Anhui Administrative Office and the Execution Censorate Office were located in Anqing, and the Commander Office was located in Wuhu. The position of governor of Caojiang was dismissed and not established.

The three officials of Jiangsu were located in Nanjing. The palace city of Nanjing was the palace and the imperial city was the official. All officials were dispatched from the Ministry of Personnel. Yuan Jixian was appointed as the governor of Anhui, and the governor was led by Wang Chen, who was a servant of the Eastern Palace. He was one of the earliest Shandong 14 orders, and later promoted to the prefect of Yanzhou. He had outstanding political achievements. He skipped the positions of Xiaogan, Dagan, Taoist, etc. and was directly appointed as the governor, becoming the youngest Fang Bo in the Ming Dynasty.

Jiangsu did not have a governor, and only Lu Daqi was appointed as the governor of Jiangsu, and Ma Shiying was appointed as the chief inspector of the prosecution. This pair of enemies who never died finally failed to escape the battlefield of confrontation, especially this time Ma Shiying served as the "referee". It seems that Lu Daqi's life was not very good. What's even more chaotic is that Zhang Ren, who was famous for the past, was also appointed as the inspector of Yingtian, Suzhou, Changzhou, Songjiang and other prefectures, and was stationed in Suzhou.

It can be expected that in the post-Nanjing era, the political struggle in Jinling City may be more intense.

After the two new provinces of this area were finalized, Zhu Cilang was preparing to take troops south and stationed in Hangzhou. This of course also added some pressure to Fang Guoan, seeing that his ultimate choice was to return to his hometown to be a gentry or be willing to accept reorganization.

However, judging from the original historical script, although this person has ambition, he does not have the courage to fight to the death, otherwise he would not have been defeated in the other time and space. Although history is accidental, this kind of history driven by human nature will most likely not change.

In order to prevent him from thinking for a moment, Xuzhou's newly built division heavy artillery also sent two balls and equipped with a thousand flintlock fire guns. Even if Fang Guoan really dared to rebel, he could only be defeated under powerful firepower. (To be continued...)

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