Zhao Xing suddenly had a thought of going to the southern tour, which made Mao Geng feel inexplicably uneasy.

The successful test of the three-inflated steam engine did not bring Mao Geng the expected excitement. Yes, the test run of the three-inflated steam engine has been successful. The next step is load testing. It is estimated that the problem will not be too big. At most, the problem of higher thermal efficiency is a little lower. The problem of thermal efficiency is a process of continuous improvement and cannot be achieved overnight.

After the three-inflated steam engine is successful, it seems that it can start the long-distance adventure mode.

When she returned home in the evening, even Su Zhiyan felt Mao Geng’s concern, so she asked considerately:

"Husband, are you uncomfortable? Look at you, everyone is on holiday, but you are the busiest, and you don't take a break for a moment!"

Mao Geng then noticed his emotional problems. He said that this was a holiday, so Mao Geng smiled and said:

"It's okay! It's okay. Madam, I actually have good news. Do you want to hear it?"

"Haha, what new technology has been successful, right?"

"Not bad! Madam, you guessed it very accurately, but I'm talking about another good news. Madam, if the emperor confers you as the wife of the imperial decree, is this a great news?"

"Oh, no! Oh, no! No! Your husband has made great contributions to me in the Song Dynasty. No matter how the emperor rewards me, it is not an exaggeration to say that, I am a noble lady and I will be awarded the title of a royal wife. I will have a very identity. Haha, this is of course a good news."

Mao Geng looked excited when he saw Su Zhiyan and lamented that she was only eighteen years old, and that in the future she was just a pink high school student. It is not surprising that she was so excited.

Su Zhiyan has been pregnant for more than three months, and her lower abdomen is slightly raised. Mao Geng touched Su Zhiyan's bulging belly intimately, and then kissed Su Zhiyan's pretty face. Su Zhiyan's pretty face was shy and showed a coquettish daughter look, which made Mao Geng feel particularly warm.

That night, Mao Geng hugged Su Zhiyan and slept together, but he was not at ease. As the saying goes, there was something to think about the day and night, but in his sleep, there was actually a grand ceremony. He held Su Zhiyan and slowly walked up to the platform and accepted the reward of the noble emperor. He was glorious for a while.

In this era, there is no standard for the general public to be happy or successful. It seems that the standards are determined by the imperial power and the circle of scholars. The standards of the circle of scholars seem to be compared with the standards of imperial power, but are only labeled as Confucianism - in the name of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.

My original intention was to keep a distance from the imperial power, but it seemed that if I was in the mortal world, if I wanted to accomplish something, I could not avoid the imperial power. Mao Geng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

On the fifteenth day, Mao Geng was worried and was really not happy. He was too lazy to pay attention to the preparations for the party. Suddenly, he remembered the water glass that Zhao Yuchun mentioned yesterday. Yes, water glass can be used to produce waterproof materials. If we build ships, we may not need to use such troublesome methods as tung oil, lime, bamboo wire twisters to block the joints and waterproofing. Well, Gu Yongqiang is known as a chemical expert, so listen to his idea.

"Water glass is a good thing. It is not difficult to produce water glass. The dry method is calcination, and the wet method is better. However, the wet method must wait until the pressure vessel passes the test. In fact, wet method can also be used to produce water glass by wet method, but the safety is not guaranteed."

Gu Yongqiang was indeed worth tens of thousands of essential oils in chemistry. After saying it casually, he said the dry and wet methods, which made Mao Geng admire him very much.

"However, it is probably unreliable for waterproofing used for shipbuilding. I think the traditional tung oil and lime twister is useful. Of course, when it comes to temporary leakage, you can try the quick-condensing waterproofing agent made of water glass. It is simple, just add a little alum to get the quick-condensing waterproofing agent, but you will know how the effect is."

After hearing what Gu Yongqiang said, Mao Geng was very discouraged.

"Wait, you reminded me that water glass and sulfuric acid can react to make silicone, and silicone is more useful than water glass."

"Silicone? Buddy, no! Can you get the kind of breast augmentation of later women so simple?"

Gu Yongqiang laughed and said:

"Where are you thinking about it? I'm talking about inorganic silicone, not organic silicone, but silica gel. The main ingredient is silica. Don't underestimate inorganic silicone. It is actually a good desiccant. By the way, it can also be used in precision casting. It is probably very useful to you Chief Executive Mou. As for breast augmentation, it is the category of silicone. It is quite difficult to get it out. Anyway, I don't have anything to do with it."

The desiccant is useful! Mao Geng's excitement just now disappeared, but instead he was full of irritability. It was almost noon, so he waved his hand and said:

"Okay! I won't talk about technology anymore. Today is Lantern Festival after all. Come on, since you are single, let's make two dishes, how about just having a drink here?"

Mao Geng has a good impression of Gu Yongqiang, and he feels more appropriate than Lao Qiu. Maybe chatting with Gu Yongqiang will be easier.

I asked him to continue and someone went to the restaurant to order food and drinks.

Before the food arrived, the two of them opened a pot of wine and started drinking.

As for drinking, I don’t have to worry about it. Mao Geng’s office has several bags of dried fish.

By the way, this dried fish is produced in Hokkaido, which is the island of Xiayi. The fishing catch on Xiayi is so abundant, so we have to carry out various deep processing, such as drying dried fish, grinding fish meal, and processing it into various flavors of dried fish. Don’t say, the dried fish on Xiayi Island is really good to chew.

As the first advocate of Xiayi Island, Mao Geng naturally has the responsibility to promote various products on Xiayi Island. Therefore, Mao Geng, who originally did not like to eat snacks, would chew dried fish if you have anything to do, and sometimes even use it to entertain visitors. It must be said that Mao Geng's promotion is quite effective. As a snack, dried fish is really popular now.

"This dried fish tastes okay! It's chewy and the wine is good." Mao Geng has become accustomed to placing dried fish, which is a bit like Xianglin Sao possessed.

"Well, it's not bad! Not bad!" Gu Yongqiang was perfunctory, thinking that you have praised 800 times. Haha, every time you come to your office, you will hand over a piece of dried fish, and vigorously praise the fish. Every time, it reminds Gu Yongqiang of the days when he never left his cigarette in the future. Unfortunately, there are no cigarettes in this era. If you meet an acquaintance, you will hand over a cigarette, which is exciting.

After three glasses of wine, Mao Geng asked:

"Brother, what do you think of the Song Dynasty?"

"Oh, how do you say it? Actually, I think the Song Dynasty is really good. It is politically relaxed and pays special attention to people's livelihood. The court sets up a regular warehouse and a benefit warehouse. Whenever there is a disaster, it can provide timely relief materials. There are also nursing homes that specifically help widows, wives, orphans, and public welfare institutions such as Anjifang. As for young and strong, you don't have to worry about it. If you can't have enough food, you'll be in the army. Anyway, the court is afraid that you have no food to rebel. My Song Dynasty has always been open to recruit soldiers and will never refuse them. Once you become a soldier, you will be a strong rice bowl. Mom! Just for this, it's better than later generations! If you want to represent the interests of the general public, I think the Song Dynasty is the only one who takes the initiative."

The welfare and relief policy of the Song Dynasty was a bit unprecedented, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties could not be compared with each other, and Mao Geng also highly appreciated this. However, it was not as good as that of later generations. Mao Geng smiled:

"What you said is a bit exaggerated. There are still barriers to recruit soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and not everyone can enter. However, the Song Dynasty has almost the same idea. As long as you don't rebel, the court will spend money to support you. With this, the Song Dynasty seems to be a welfare society."

Gu Yongqiang shook his mouth and complained:

"There is one thing. The Song Dynasty is known as the Song Dynasty, and there are only a few provinces! It's cowardly! I can't beat the Liao Kingdom, and even the Western Xia dares to lose. In the end, I was ***** by the Jin soldiers. I was really weak!"

Mao Geng sighed and sighed:

"The level of war in the Song Dynasty was indeed a bit bad. Fortunately, when we came, the Mongols were not so lucky."

While talking, the "takeout" arrived, and four dishes and one soup were placed on the coffee table. The two of them quickly stuffed real food into their mouths.

They smiled at each other, "Drink!"

After drinking a glass of wine, he licked his lips, and Gu Yongqiang said:

"Last year's Thirteen Wings Battle, Temujin was defeated, and his pants were lost. Now he is licking his wounds. After all, he is still far from success. This year is 1191. In history, in 1203, Temujin suffered a big defeat. Only more than 4,000 soldiers and horses were left to flee with him. By 1206, Temujin unified Mongolia and became Genghis Khan."

"Isn't it! I originally thought Genghis Khan won every battle. After Teacher Qian's popular science, I realized that Genghis Khan was suffering before he was forty."

"So, I agree with Chief Executive Mao's approach. Other aspects of the Song Dynasty are already good. Let's not worry about it for now. Let's build a special zone and climb the technology tree in the special zone that we control. Anyway, we have time, right! At least fifteen years, machine guns can be built in these fifteen years. If you don't get it well, you can also build it. With machine guns, the threat of cavalry will be much smaller. With planes, you can easily sweep the cavalry in the sky. Haha, there is no suspense to destroy Genghis Khan!"

Everyone loves to listen to good things, and Mao Geng is no exception. Mao Geng is already alcoholic at this time and has no scruples anymore:

"Song Xiaozong Zhao Sheng, the emperor of Song Dynasty, is a very strong emperor. In fact, he has been an emperor for more than 20 years. The prime minister has been like a lantern. The longest time he has been the prime minister is the versatile Wang Huai. Wang Huai is basically the prime minister who does whatever Zhao Sheng says, and he has been in the position of prime minister for seven years. I think, the emperor cannot tolerate strong ministers today, so the powerful minister Xin Qiji is destined not to gain power, and Zhu Xi, who is also strong, is not successful either. I ask myself, the talent for being in the officialdom is limited. If you follow the route of becoming an official, you may not be able to get an official position that can affect the emperor for thirty years, so you have to go the wrong way and choose to take the special zone."

"I thought about it, that is, this method of establishing a special zone is effective. It was not easy to be an official in the Song Dynasty, and it was even more unimaginable to be a high-ranking official. The most important thing is that it is too difficult to transform a system. Wang Anshi's failure in reform is a lesson from the past. Even if he is considered to be the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, what can he do? It is also difficult to go as far as the country is rich and strong soldiers. However, the method of the special zone is good and can be called a shortcut to Zhongnan."

"Well, I liked fishing in my previous life. The biggest mystery of fishing is to throw the bait and wait patiently. As long as you have enough patience, there will always be those who take the bait. In my mind, the Special Administrative Region is a big bait, and the willing to go fish. It seems that a big fish will be fished soon."

"What big fish? I don't understand what Chief Mao you mean." In Gu Yongqiang's eyes, Mao Geng spoke a little incoherently.

Of course you don’t understand. What I am talking about is Zhao Xing preparing for the southern tour. Zhao Xing is very old and has never conducted inspections before, but now he is going to inspect the Special Administrative Region. This shows how attractive this big bait is.

"The problem is, I don't know if this is a good or a bad thing for me. Maybe my temporary position as Chief Executive is about to end."

Gu Yongqiang thought to himself that Chief Executive Mao was really drunk.
Chapter completed!