Seven days later, in the court hall of Qilin Hall, the inner historian Teng Yue came out and reported to Ying Zheng with a happy face:
"Your Majesty, with the joint efforts of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering, a steam excavator has been successfully manufactured."
When Ying Zheng heard this, his eyes suddenly shone. He had been looking forward to the steam excavator for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be built so quickly.
"good!"
"Send an order for Gongshujie to transport this steam excavator to the open space behind the palace. I want to see with my own eyes the effectiveness of this steam excavator."
After hearing Ying Zheng's instructions, Gong Shujie and several ministers from the Engineering Academy quickly and respectfully made their promise.
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Not long after.
Ying Zheng, Ying Yu and hundreds of civil and military officials came to an open space behind Xianyang Palace. Apart from a few houses that seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, there was a large area of grassland and stone roads.
After waiting for a while, the people from the Engineering Academy drove the steam excavator here.
"Your Majesty, there are experimental venues in the Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Sciences. Why do you want to come here?"
"This used to be a place where beggars and refugees lived. However, as Great Qin's policies have gotten better and better, beggars and refugees are almost no longer seen in Xianyang City, and this place has been abandoned."
"This place is filled with dark winds. Your Majesty is the monarch of the Qin Dynasty. How can you condescend to come to such a place?"
Ying Zheng didn't care at all about the discussions among the officials. He just waved his hands slightly and said:
"Nowadays, our Great Qin is developing rapidly. As the capital of Great Qin, Xianyang City represents the face of our Great Qin."
"This place is so close to the imperial palace, yet it is so dilapidated. It is a disgrace to our Great Qin. Therefore, I decided to re-develop this land and test the effectiveness of this steam excavator."
After the words fell, Ying Zheng looked at Ying Yu:
"I remember that the prince said in the main hall that day that this excavator can not only dig mountains and quarry rocks, but also renovate and rebuild land and houses."
Looking at the smiling Ying Zheng, Ying Yu nodded slightly: "Yes, father!"
"If you want to rebuild this land, I suggest that you first demolish all the abandoned houses and stone roads overgrown with weeds."
"If it were demolished by manpower in the past, it would probably take several days, but now with steam excavators, it can be completely demolished in less than half a day."
"Even the entire land can be excavated and then filled with gravel to serve as the roadbed and foundation."
Ying Yu smiled lightly and put forward his own suggestion.
"In that case, let's go."
Seeing that Ying Yu was so confident, the joy on Ying Zheng's face became even more intense. Of course he knew that Ying Yu would not lie to him.
The reason for doing this is actually to establish prestige for the prince Ying Yu.
"Yes! Father!"
Ying Yu responded, and then stepped forward to explain a few words to the man driving the steam excavator.
Then, the man drove and operated the steam excavator and started the operation according to Ying Yu's instructions.
I saw him controlling the steam excavator, and the huge claw arm in front slowly fell down and rested on the stone road.
With a "click", the fast stone road was pried over by the claw arm.
In less than half a day, the abandoned houses, abandoned stone roads, and large areas of soft and wet soil on this land became extremely fragile in front of the steam excavator and turned into ruins.
"Come here, call some craftsmen to come over, clean this land, and pave a new stone road. From now on, this place will be another military training ground in Xianyang City."
Ying Yu looked at the land in front of him and spoke slowly.
"Yes! Your Highness!"
"Weichen will do it now!"
After hearing Ying Yu's instructions, a minister came to his senses from his surprise, quickly responded, then turned and left.
It was only then that Ying Zheng and the court officials gradually recovered from their surprise and shock.
As the saying goes, what the ears hear is false and what the eyes see is true.
Although this steam excavator was invented by Ying Yu, they had only heard about its effectiveness and had not really seen it.
Although Ying Zheng and the civil and military officials believed in Ying Yu, they still felt a little bit uncertain in their hearts.
After all, they had never heard of or seen equipment that could easily open mountains, quarry rocks, and even dig and fill landfills.
Now that they have seen the functions of the steam excavator with their own eyes, everyone is deeply shocked.
At this moment, everyone present knew how important the emergence of steam excavators was to the construction of Daqin Railway, the improvement of Daqin's environment, and the development of Daqin's industry!
"Okay! Okay! Great!"
Ying Zheng looked at the steam excavator in front of him and said three words "good" in succession, which was enough to show the joy in Ying Zheng's heart.
"Your Majesty, this steam excavator is even more powerful than what the Crown Prince said. I suggest that the Engineering Academy focus on this steam excavator and strive to mass-produce it as soon as possible and spread it across the country."
Nestern on the side took a deep breath, and then spoke with some excitement and suggested.
The shock in the hearts of many ministers present at this moment has not dissipated for a long time. Everyone knows very well in their hearts what the emergence of steam excavators means to Great Qin.
The construction of railways, the mining of ores, even the construction of roadbed foundations, the demolition of houses, the renovation of land, the reconstruction of roads, etc.
In the past, Great Qin relied on manpower to carry out operations. Although the population of Great Qin has greatly improved now, the population continues to increase, and the labor force has also greatly increased.
Relying on manpower to work is not a long-term solution after all. Manpower requires a lot of material and financial resources, as well as time.
And because of Ying Yu's various inventions and the emergence of various industrial equipment and machinery, the pressure and work intensity of Daqin workers have been greatly reduced.
Nowadays, the emergence of steam excavators will free up the hands of many workers, and will free up more labor force in Daqin to do other things and solve other things.
Not only that, the emergence of steam excavators has made Daqin's infrastructure construction simpler, more labor-saving, and more time-saving.
This is definitely a good thing with no disadvantages for Da Qin.