Chapter 1780 Inspection of Gezhi Academy - Reward to Zhang Xuexi
Zhang Xuexi did not know the identity of the person who funded him before. He had met Princess Guangling twice before, but she did not reveal her identity. She only said that she thought his research would be of great use if it yielded results, so she was willing to fund it;
When sending money, Wen Ye always asked his servants to give it, and he never came forward, so Zhang Xuexi never knew that a princess was sponsoring him.
"Ignorance is not a crime. Although I am indeed Princess Guangling, you did not know my identity before, so there is no need to apologize." After Zhang Xuexi stood up, Min'er said with a smile: "Besides, are you very strange? Except for the clan.
, who else would fund research like yours?”
"I can guess you, no, please atone for your sins, Your Highness. I can guess that the identity of the sponsor is unusual, but no matter what, I never expected it to be Her Royal Highness the Princess! I always thought it was some noble family." Zhang Xuexi knocked.
He said stutteringly.
"Now you know." Min'er said again with a smile and walked into the house. Zhang Xuexi stood at the door of the house for a while, wondering what he was thinking, and then walked into the house after being called by Yang Zhu.
At this time, Yun had already walked around the machine in the room twice and carefully observed the entire machine. Frankly speaking, this thing was very different from the models he had seen in his previous life. It looked much bulkier and had a very strange shape.
.But the basic structure is the same: there is a stove at the bottom, and above the stove is a boxy thing similar to a cabinet, with a small chimney in one corner. One side of the cabinet is made of a piston, and a rod is connected to it.
Connected to a wheel, it appears that if the piston is pushed, the rod will make the wheel spin.
"Can this thing make the wheels turn now?" Yun asked.
"Your Majesty, yes, yes."
"Then give it a try."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Xuexi agreed, took coal from outside the house and threw it into the stove below, replaced the water in the cabinet with new one, and carefully checked the entire machine to make sure there was no problem.
, light the stove.
After entering the research state, Zhang Xuexi gradually returned to normal, and his speech was no longer stumbling. He turned on the stove and said: "Your Majesty, you came at the right time! Cao Min just had some results in his research a few days ago, at least that's it
The big machine can move smoothly. I built this machine three days ago. I tried it that day and it can move smoothly. The piston can push the wheel to rotate. I tried it several times the day before yesterday and yesterday, and it worked.
active."
"Not only that, yesterday afternoon I tied a thirty-jin stone to this wheel, and this machine can also make the wheel spin with the stone. But then I tied a fifty-jin stone, but
This time, not only did it fail to spin with the stone, but the piston and rod were broken. Fortunately, I turned off the furnace in time, otherwise the machine might explode."
"This thing can also explode!" Yang Zhu said in surprise, and at the same time subconsciously took a step back; several guards who entered the room hurriedly stood in front of Yun.
"If the operation is not good, or the parts of the machine are worn too much, it may explode. But don't worry, Your Majesty, this machine was only built three days ago and is still brand new. I checked it carefully just now and it won't explode."
Zhang Xuexi said again.
"You!" After hearing this, one of the guards wanted to scold Zhang Xuexi, scolding him for daring to manipulate such a dangerous thing in front of His Majesty. But he was interrupted by Yun's eyes after he said a word, and he did not dare to say any more.
.However, although Yun stopped the guard from scolding Zhang Xuexi, he still stood behind the guard and stretched his head from his shoulders to look at the machine.
At this moment, he saw the piston on one side slowly moving, pushing the rod, and the rod pulled the wheel to rotate.
The wheel turned a few times, and then suddenly a "wuwu" sound was made from a place in the cabinet, as if water was boiling. Seeing this scene, Zhang Xuexi slowed down the speed of putting coal into it, and after a while the sound disappeared.
.
"Your Majesty, this is the operation of this machine that uses the power of water and fire. If your Majesty wants to see the wheels driving heavy objects, I will bring a thirty kilogram stone from outside and tie it to the wheels." Zhang Xuexi added.
"No need." Yun said with a smile.
He is very happy and excited now, even more excited than last night when he heard someone studying this kind of machine. Although the power of this thing is smaller than the laboratory model that was only one-fifth of the size he had seen in his previous life, it should be smaller than
It is not as good as Watt's improved steam engine, but it is the first steam engine in the world and the first usable steam engine!
Yun suppressed his excitement and said, "Do you have any ideas for improving this machine?"
"Also." Zhang Xuexi said: "It is best to divide the water tank into two halves. One half is used to hold water, and the other half is filled with water vapor to push the piston. The pressure valve also needs to be improved. But I haven't figured out how to improve it yet.
"
"What is a pressure valve?" Wen asked.
"The pressure valve is the thing that whined just now. I don't know why. Anyway, once the water tank is too hot and there is too much water vapor, the machine will easily explode. In order to prevent explosion, I installed a pressure valve on the water tank.
A clever switch, if there is too much water vapor to a certain extent, the switch will automatically open to reduce the pressure in the water tank. Because it is like the pressure of heaven, I named it a pressure valve." Zhang Xuexi explained.
"Right now, this machine can only be used for drainage, for iron ore and coal mines. It is uneconomical to use it for anything else. My family is in business, and they also ran a coal mine. Later, the mine was closed after the court issued a ban.
, but because I have done these businesses, I can estimate that it is not cost-effective. But when it is improved in the future, it can pull heavier objects, and its uses will become more and more." Zhang Xuexi said smoothly.
"Okay, okay!" Yun finally couldn't help it anymore and said with a smile: "Very good! This machine is very good!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty." Zhang Xuexi stood up quickly and said. At this time, he came out of his research state and realized that he had just faced His Majesty. The words the prince said were very disrespectful, and he was about to kneel down because he was afraid.
But Yun grabbed him and said with a smile: "Why are you kneeling down, my dear? I haven't given you a reward yet."
"Why don't you thank your majesty for your kindness?" Yang Zhu said suddenly. He still didn't care about the machine Zhang Xuexi developed, and he didn't understand why his majesty was so excited, but his majesty valued Gezhiyuan's invention so much that he wanted to reward the inventor. To him,
It was also a good thing. Of course he had to remind Zhang Xuexi.
Zhang Xuexi understood the meaning of Yun's words at this time, knelt down and said: "The common people thank your majesty for your grace."
"Yang Qing, you're the one who reminds me, I will feel guilty if I don't reward him on the spot." Yun said to Yang Zhu with a smile, then turned to Zhang Xuexi and said: "Since you thanked me, of course I will reward you.
"
"After Zhang Xuexi heard the decree, I appointed Aiqing as the chief registrar of Gezhiyuan, and gave Aiqing the title of sixth-grade chief minister. He was initially conferred the title of Chengzhilang and was promoted to Chengdelang. I also conferred the title of Aiqing with the title of "Unchanged", and the salary is 300 shi!
"
"The common people thank Your Majesty for your kindness!" Zhang Xuexi said loudly.
He almost fainted from excitement. You know, he was not even a low-ranking official before, nor was he a clerk, nor did he have any fame. He was just a common man. At most, because he was doing research in Gezhiyuan, his status was higher than that of ordinary people.
Ordinary people are slightly taller, about the same as scholars, but they are also scholars who are not qualified to participate in the provincial examinations and cannot pass the entrance examination of the Imperial College.
But today he actually has the title of a full sixth-rank official! You know, even if you pass the imperial examination or pass the examination of the Imperial College to become a supervisor, there are many people who spend their lives in the eighth- and ninth-rank officials, and at most only 20% can become a sixth- and seventh-rank official.
; And less than half of those who became sixth- and seventh-grade officials could be promoted to sixth-grade or above. In other words, he had surpassed more than 90% of officials at this time, and it could be said that he had reached the sky in one step.
Moreover, his official title was personally appointed by His Majesty! Even the dullest person can tell from His Majesty's excitement how much he values the machine he made. If the machine can be improved in the future, it will be more successful.
For purposes other than pumping water from the mine, it is inevitable that he will be promoted to an official. Even being promoted to a fourth-grade official may not be impossible. This is what he, no, don't talk about him, the whole family does not dare to think about.
Not to mention, he also got a hereditary title! There are many military generals who get hereditary titles, but very few civil servants get hereditary titles. Xie Jin worked hard to compile the "Jianwen Dadian" for more than ten years before he got a viscount, let alone
Let’s talk about other civil servants; people with hereditary titles are absolutely rare among civil servants. Generally, they are only available to officials of the third rank or above. But he was only at the sixth rank and got the title of Bu Geng. Although it is equivalent to the sixth rank, it is far away.
More precious than a sixth-grade official.
How could Zhang Xuexi not be excited? How could he not be happy? How could Zhang Xuexi not be excited? How could Zhang Xuexi be unhappy? He had received these rewards that he had never dared to think about before and even made Yang Zhu jealous.
It was already very difficult to hold on without fainting.
"My dear, you don't have to be like this. If your beloved can improve this machine in the future so that it can be used for other purposes, I will also give you a reward." Yun said again.
"Common people, thank you so much, Your Majesty." Zhang Xuexi thanked him again.
Seeing how excited he was, Yun simply ordered people to rush back to the palace to announce that a member of Zhongshushe had come to Gezhiyuan, wrote an imperial edict on the spot and stamped it with a big seal. He also gave Zhang Xuexi three days' leave to take the imperial edict back to the whole family.
Happy. Zhang Xuexi suppressed his excitement and knelt down to receive the order.
After Yun and others left Gezhiyuan, Zhang Xuexi returned home with the imperial edict. His family members were a little surprised to see him coming back at this time. They didn't believe him when they heard that he was rewarded by His Majesty, saying that he was bragging. But when he took out the imperial edict, everyone
They were all shocked, and then became very excited. They stopped doing business and called the whole family and clan to worship their ancestors and celebrated lively for three days. However, they did not expect that the bigger