Yu Ming's wedding was smooth and festive, and everyone's housewarming was also lively.
Song Yang directly lined up flowing water seats in the central square.
Whoever comes will eat.
Eat for three days in a row!
After three days of lively celebrations, life in Jiangzhou returned to calm.
July 15th, the day of the Ghost Festival.
Two things happened at the scientific research institute.
One is good and one is bad.
Let’s talk about the bad things first.
The fourth experiment of the horizontal-bar internal combustion engine jointly developed by Wang Jinshi and Mo Zhe's team failed again.
But this time the single-cylinder machine has been able to run for nearly a minute.
According to error correction calculations, Wang Jinshi said that the success rate next time can reach more than 80%.
Although this matter failed, there was also a good thing.
The copper wire drawing machine developed by Wang Muyue, Liu Bao and others was developed.
Song Yang has seen three wire drawing machines and they are all usable.
Liu Bao said that after trying it with pure copper, the copper wire could be drawn into a copper wire with a diameter of about three millimeters.
This level is enough.
What Song Yang wants to do now is a small generator.
What is the use of three millimeters of copper wire?
Theoretically, the thinner the copper wire, the greater the resistance, and the greater the resistance, the greater the loss.
But now Song Yang doesn't even have a motor, so he needs thick copper wires and other accessories.
When making thin threads, it is only right to make a small machine first and then make it bigger from the small one.
"First produce some copper wires, and later we will make enameled wires and windings. Come and have a class with us and I will talk to you."
Song Yang turned into a science popularization instructor and shared the knowledge in the encyclopedia with Liu Bao and Wang Muyue.
Song Yang could only read what he said, and he didn't know much himself.
But this knowledge is also very advanced for Liu Bao and Wang Muyue, so advanced that they often ask questions.
Song Yang said calmly: "Don't rely entirely on your teacher's teachings when it comes to learning. When you find a problem, the first thing you should do is to solve the problem yourself."
"Well, the questions you raised are your class assignments at that time. After class, you can find a solution by yourself. After you solve it, you can come back to me."
Song Yang said he was gentle and calm, but in fact, this guy doesn't pretend to be...
Liu Bao and Wang Muyue, two good students, deeply believed this.
"Your Majesty, what you said makes sense!"
The two nodded at the same time and expressed that they would not disappoint Song Yang's expectations and solve the problems they raised.
Song Yang smiled like an aunt, this matter was finally dealt with.
On July 18, some copper wires were produced.
Later, the enameled wire issue got stuck again.
Song Yang didn't think carefully about this matter, which caused the progress of the work to stagnate.
In order to produce usable wires as soon as possible, Song Yang taught Chu Zian the preparation method of polyvinyl formal.
Chu Zian looked at the content on the paper and immediately felt that his knowledge was insufficient, and at the same time asked Song Yang to torture his soul.
Song Yang still used the same words to fool Liu Bao and Wang Muyue to fool Chu Zian.
Chu Zian looked at Song Yang with a suspicious expression and asked in a low voice: "My lord, don't you know how?"
"Fart! I don't know how to do this! This is not to train you!" Song Yang yelled, pulling his neck.
Chu Zian laughed twice and muttered in a low voice: "People usually say that the louder the scream, the more guilty you are."
Song Yang heard it as soon as his ears were strong.
But what can I do about this matter? I can only pretend not to hear it, and say with a dark face: "Gungun, hurry up and study the enameled wire!"
Song Yang pulled Chu Zian and shouted.
"Hey! That student is leaving first!" Chu Zian hugged his fists and ran away with a smile.
Song Yang felt that he was being laughed at, so he picked up the preparation plan for polyvinyl formal.
I fell asleep while watching it.
"My lord, there is a letter from King Fangzhou."
The guard's voice woke up Song Yang.
Song Yang shook his head and saw that the preparation plan for polyvinyl formal was still on the first page.
I had no choice but to throw this thing aside.
Song Yang was also puzzled after receiving Song Han's letter.
Song Han, the king of Fangzhou, also sent a letter to express greetings during the Chinese New Year and festivals, and also brought some specialties and so on. Normally, he would not write letters unless there was no big event.
He withdrew from the second line and left everything in Fangzhou to Qiao Jinglong.
There is no official business, and of course there is no need to write a letter.
Song Yang opened the letter and looked at the contents, his face changed strangely.
"Calling Lao Fang and Lao Yu...forget it. Come on, let's go there."
I wanted to ask the guards to call Fang Zhe and Yu Minglai, but they shook their heads and stood up.
"Go and invite the old master."
After walking to the yamen gate with the guard, Song Yang said to the guard.
After the war, the old master stayed at home to take care of his old age. After a year of fighting, the old man had to suffer a lot.
The guard went to invite someone, and Song Yang entered the Yamen himself.
Fang Zhe was handling official duties. When he saw Song Yang coming, he stood up to greet him.
"My lord, what's the matter with you?"
Fang Zhe knew that Song Yang was working on electric power research at the scientific research institute today. Now that he suddenly ran to the Yamen, there must be something urgent.
"Read this letter first."
Song Yang handed over the letter from Song Han, the king of Fangzhou.
This letter was written by King Fangzhou to Song Yang. It was considered a personal letter and not an official letter, so Fang Zhe had not read it.
After taking the letter and reading it, Fang Zhe scratched his head and said, "Are they overthinking this?"
"Haha. Maybe so. The Central Plains area is under control. If they don't express their opinions, they will have no chance." Song Yang said with a smile.
It turned out that the letter said that Song Xi, the king of Ganzhou, wanted to surrender to Song Yang.
Song Xi, the king of Ganzhou, was the brother of Song Han, the king of Fangzhou. After the king of Fangzhou defected to Song Yang, he had been persuading Song Xi to defect to him.
At the same time, Song Yang also looked at the face of King Fangzhou and did not take action against Song Xi's forces in Longyou Road for the time being.
Now that the Central Plains were unified, Song Xi finally couldn't sit still.
Song Han said that Song Xi himself had written a letter and sent it to him. This letter was to inform Song Yang in advance.
Yu Ming came in while talking.
This guy took seven days of marriage leave and just returned to work.
After reading the letter, Yu Ming also smiled and said that Song Han finally thought about it.
If the northwest region holds on, the Renaissance Army might even have to make an expedition to the northwest region.
After a while, the old master came. After reading the letter, he stroked his beard and said:
"This is a good thing. When the letter from King Ganzhou arrives..."
"Report... urgent report from Ganzhou!"
Before the old master finished speaking, the guard came in and said it was a letter from Ganzhou.
"Hey! What a coincidence. Come and see what the King of Ganzhou wrote."
Song Yang unfolded the letter and placed it directly on the table, and the four of them started reading it together.
"Nephew Wang Xian of Jiangzhou, Uncle Wang is very pleased to hear that you have conquered the Central Plains and restored the orthodoxy of our country."
The first sentence at the beginning felt a bit pretentious, but he was very pleased that he had a relationship with him.
"My dear nephew, you are the direct descendant of Daqian. Uncle Wang belongs to the royal family of Daqian. I should respect you as the new master."
"Now that there is a war with foreign tribes in the Western Region of Longyou Road, Uncle Wang really cannot go to Jiangzhou to pay his respects."
"If my nephew is free, I would also like to invite my nephew to come to Ganzhou to inspect the military and civil affairs. Uncle Wang respectfully awaits his arrival."
After watching it for a while, we got to the point. Song Xi would respect Song Yang as the master.
At the same time, he also stated the most crucial thing about this letter.
Song Han wanted to invite Song Yang to go north to Longyou Road to inspect the work.
At the end of the letter, Song Han also handed over a list of important officials of Longyou Road.
From this it can be seen that Song Xi was sincere in his service, but the words in the letter were rather arrogant.
After reading the letter, the old master smiled and said, "It's the tone of the King of Ganzhou. This letter should be written in his handwriting."
The old master still knew about the character of the King of Ganzhou.
This guy is a tough-talking person. Although he wants to join Song Yang, he will always unconsciously put himself in the upper hand when it comes to words.
"These are all little things."
Song Yang didn't care about the style of the letter. What he valued more was what Song Xi said about the war in the Western Regions.
Song Xi's letter did not mention many details of the war in the Western Regions. He only knew that he was fighting against the Xiongnu.
Song Yang is very concerned about the situation there.
Now on the front line is the general and governor of the Western Conquest, Hou Song Hui. The veteran general, who is over sixty years old, is still fighting on the front line to resist the Xiongnu attack. Song Yang admires this very much.
Moreover, the old general was also a well-connected person in the court back then, and had good relationships with almost all factions.
"Old Yu, send someone to investigate immediately! Ask about the situation in the Western Regions."
"Yes!" Yu Ming agreed immediately.
Song Yang sank for a moment and continued:
"Be prepared, I will go to Ganzhou to visit before the end of the month."
"Ask Wei Nan to send a revival army to accompany us and bring more horses. Maybe there will be wars to fight in the Western Regions."
Song Yang frowned and said.
After annihilating Luo Xin, more than 10,000 war horses were obtained from Luo Xin.
Later, after conquering the millet tribe, Jin Han sent thousands more horses.
Jiangzhou can gather nearly 25,000 war horses, so arming a cavalry of more than 10,000 people is not a problem.
"Your Majesty, Song Han suddenly sent a letter, is he asking for help from us?" the old master said suddenly.
When Song Yang heard this, he immediately picked up the letter again and looked at it carefully.
Song Han did mention the war briefly, but he mentioned the war in his letter. Even if he was not asking for help, he probably wanted some support.
"We do have plenty of supplies, but we can't give them to them easily. Your Majesty, we still don't want to give things to them easily until we understand the situation over there." The old master said cautiously.
"I will investigate the situation there as soon as possible. Don't worry, Your Majesty." Yu Ming clasped his fists and said, and immediately went to order people to do things.
To investigate the Western Regions, people from Wei Nan would have to contribute, so Yu Ming went to write a letter to Wei Nan.
"The Huns have been enemies of Daqian for decades. It can be said that they have been harassing the Western Regions since the founding of Daqian. If the Huns are beaten hard once, they may be able to maintain peace for decades.
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The old master put down the letter and said with a frown.
According to the history of the previous dynasties, this is indeed the case. A small victory will be in charge for three years, and a big victory will be in charge for ten years.
The Huns come and go like the wind. Once defeated in the wilderness battle, they will scatter and flee.
Therefore, no matter how powerful Dagan was, it never completely solved the Xiongnu problem.
Once these guys disperse and run away, there is almost no possibility of catching up.
Even if we win a few small games, it won't be long before the Huns gather to cause trouble again.
"In fact, building roads and cities is also a way to solve the chaos in the Western Region." Song Yang thought for a while and said.
The reason why the Western Regions are in chaos is because the connection with the Central Plains is not close enough.
If the train is built to the Western Region, there will be more connections between the two places immediately.
It is also much more convenient to deploy troops and supplies.
Of course, this idea is just a fantasy at this stage, and it is still very difficult to implement it.
At the moment, we don’t have the financial and material resources!