On March 24, 18th year of Chunxi, on this day, the huge fleet of the Song Dynasty's Southern Tour Trip finally arrived at the Special Administrative Region. When the fleet docked, it was almost dusk.

The spring weather in the Special Administrative Region is pleasant, and the setting sun shines red in the sky. The arrival of the fleet makes the port of the Special Administrative Region suddenly stir up, but the flags are flying and drums are roaring. However, this enthusiastic scene did not continue, and in a short while, the scene became a little busy.

After a lot of trouble, a row of carriages under tight escort drove straight to the Duke's headquarters.

Mao Geng waited at the dock all afternoon and finally waited for the emperor's boat. However, Zhao Xing, who had been tossing at the sea for a long time, was obviously extremely uncomfortable, so he got on the carriage and left. Thinking about it, Zhao Xing was old after all, and he was 65 years old. Even the latest royal boat was not the luxurious Titanic. Therefore, even with the help of the shock absorption system, the elderly Zhao Xing was still pitted by the bumps at the sea. It seemed that he had to rest for at least two days before he could recover.

Lu You is two years older than Zhao Xing and is quite healthy, but he is still unforgivable after all. Like the old emperor, Lu You can't stand the bumps at the sea, and he is afraid he has to keep it for a day or two before he can move.

Xin Qiji was just over fifty years old and was a general when he was young. His physical fitness was naturally excellent, and his reaction to taking a sea boat was not strong. In fact, he did not encounter any stormy waves at the sea, and it was generally stable, so Xin Qiji didn't think it was a big deal.

Xin Qiji is not the kind of person who can endure loneliness, but he can only follow the emperor's southern tour until he followed the group of Zhao's troops to march around and then settled in the hotel. Xin Qiji had the opportunity to move freely.

However, Chen Liang arrived at the Special Administrative Region two days ago, and the "returnee" Long Jiu was also with Chen Liang. Chen Liang naturally had his own ambitions when he arrived at the Special Administrative Region this time. Mao Geng understood this matter. In fact, not only Chen Liang wanted to operate to set up a special Administrative Region on the side of the Kra Isthmus, but also wanted to test the triple-travelers including Long Jiu. These people thought that it would be good to set up a special Administrative Region in the Kra Isthmus while the emperor was in the southern tour and doing public relations or something. If it didn't work, at least the court should support the "New Silk Road" that ran across the Kra Isthmus. From this point of view, Chen Liang and Long Jiu came to the Special Administrative Region together, with roughly the same goal.

Chen Liang, Lu Jiuyuan and Zhu Xi both had letters, so when Chen Liang arrived at the special zone, he seemed to meet an old friend, and the three of them could not respond. However, Zhu Xi was almost all interested in investigating things, but Lu Jiuyuan was a little more detached. Xin Qiji met Chen Liang in Ehu two years ago, drinking and talking about major events in the world. This time he had the opportunity to meet Xin Qiji again. Therefore, today Chen Liang brought Lu Jiuyuan to accompany him and couldn't wait to find his old friend Xin Qiji, so he had to drink another big drink.

Chen Liang is already rich, and has been making money every day with Mao Geng in the past two years. He has long bought a villa in the Special Administrative Region. Although it is not the best one, a villa with a three-story building of more than 800 square meters is enough to make people envious. Even Lu Jiuyuan has been to the Special Administrative Region for so long, and only two-story building with more than 400 square meters is living.

Today's welcome banquet is in Chen Liang's house.

This is the first time Lu Jiuyuan and Xin Qiji have met, but they have been in exchange for letters for a long time. Now they meet each other, and now they feel sad again and again, and they are naturally sympathetic.

After a while, the wine and dishes that the Chen family had prepared began to serve. Just now, two dishes were served on the table. Chen Liang couldn't wait to pick up the wine glass and persuade him to drink:

"Jiaxuan, I haven't seen each other for two years in a blink of an eye. Jiaxuan is still in style! Jiaxuan, you are really enviable. Wugang Holdings mines copper, zinc, lead, manganese and coal. They have 30,000 ores under their command, and countless treasure mines have been mined. Come on, Xiangshan and I are three cups of you."

Xin Qiji smiled and said:

"To be honest, I am ashamed! Brother Yu admires me when I am overseas. Whether it is Annan or Champa, you, Chen Tongfu, can walk sideways. Those local kings and princes respect you, Chen Tongfu, are not simple! Speaking of coal mining, the coal you, Chen Tongfu, mined is a huge amount. Compared with the little coal you dug in Pingxiang, is simply not worth mentioning. You have a concession and occupy an excellent territory known as the "New Silk Road". In a fashionable sentence, Brother Yu can definitely be called "high-end". It's really envious of Brother Yu! Brother Xiangshan, do you think, do you have to let Chen Tongfu drink three cups first?"

When Lu Jiuyuan heard this, he smiled and thought to himself that the two people in front of him were all hot people today, so he smiled:

"The two brothers have made some achievements, which is gratifying. I want to say that Tong Fu has another thing to be proud of, that is, he is unique in vernacular novels and has a new style in the literary world. The influence of the market is great, so I must congratulate you. Come on, I will have a drink with my two brothers."

Three people touched their glasses, and three glasses of wine were empty.

Chen Liang saw that Lu Jiuyuan specifically mentioned his vernacular novels, which was not a compliment. His own novels were popular in the past two years, so Chen Liang was naturally proud of them. Speaking of vernacular novels today, Wen Yuan set a precedent, but he had the potential to come from behind, which not only affected the literary world, but also affected the daily language communication among the people. Nowadays, many new words on the market are from his own novels.

Chen Liang was very proud of being a novelist in the Song Dynasty. While he was happy, he also remembered Mao Geng’s instructions and said:

"Brother Xiangshan, today I am drinking, and I am the only brother Jiaxuan who is drinking. You are still recuperating, so you can drink it."

After saying that, he said:

"It's a pity that Master Zhu Xi is not free today. If Brother Yuan Hui can come, it will be even more complete."

Xin Qiji was also a little strange. It seemed that Zhu Xi didn't even go to the dock to welcome the emperor. Zhu Xi's style seemed a bit inappropriate.

Xin Qiji couldn't help asking:

"After becoming the dean of Gewu, Brother Yuanhui is said to be very busy, but he is not so busy! Brother Xiangshan, I don't know what Mr. Yuanhui has been busy with recently. I believe you should know."

Xin Qiji and Zhu Xi had a letter exchange, which was also considered a friendship between gentlemen. Lu Jiuyuan and Zhu Xi met in Ehu in the past, leaving a good story, which was very close. After Xin Qiji asked about Zhu Xi, he explained:

"Jiaxuan doesn't know anything. Mr. Yuanhui has been very busy these days. The matter he is busy with should be said to be very important. Although it is an absolute secret, Jiaxuan is not an outsider. It doesn't matter if you know it today. The Gewu Academy is developing gas generation technology. Once this gas generation technology is successful, it is said to be amazing."

Seeing Lu Jiuyuan's mysterious appearance, Xin Qiji immediately became curious and asked:

"Gas generation technology? Is it amazing?"

Chen Liang first arrived at the Special Administrative Region for two days and had known about this for a long time. After some popular science by Mao Geng and Long Jiu, he understood some of the problems. He immediately solved Xin Qiji's doubts:

"Jiaxuan, the gas technology that Mr. Yuanhui is developing is said to be a very amazing technology. This gas, as the name suggests, is a gas produced by coal for fuel, just like the combustible gas emitted from a Sichuan fire well. The use of gas is said to be quite wide. One is used for lighting, which is slightly worse than that of an electric lamp, but it is definitely better than a whale oil lamp; the other is that gas can be used for fire cooking. According to Long Jiu, any gas stove that uses gas will definitely become popular in the future; but these two points above are not important. The most important thing is that gas can be used as a power fuel. It is said that because gas can be compressed and has a light weight, using the same weight of gas, the range of the steam-powered ship can be increased by three or four times compared to the same weight of coal. It's amazing!"

Xin Qiji couldn't imagine the channels in gas lighting, gas stoves, etc., but Xin Qiji followed Zhao Shen's southern tour this time and took a steam-powered ship. The steam-powered ship used coal as fuel. As the Minmetals Company, which was preparing to vigorously mine coal, occupied the thermal coal market, had long been in his plan. When he heard Chen Liang's statement, Xin Qiji couldn't help but develop a strong interest in gas.

When they saw Xin Qiji nodding, they clinked their glasses and made a drink for the great gas.

Chen Liang was still unsatisfied, so he continued to show his feelings:

"However, this is not the most amazing thing. The most amazing thing is that this gas will be used in a power machine that is more magical than a steam engine. That magical power machine is called an internal combustion engine. I might as well reveal to you that this magical internal combustion engine has almost been developed successfully. Well, that is, it can be turned. I saw it with my own eyes two days ago. Mao Geng said that it is a ball-burning internal combustion engine."

When Chen Liang talked about the ball-burning internal combustion engine, he was actually a half-baked person. Regarding the "internal combustion engine", Chen Liang was told that the fuel was burning directly in the cylinder. Chen Liang roughly understood this concept, but why it is called the ball-burning internal combustion engine is not something Chen Liang could understand.

In fact, a ball-burning internal combustion engine is also called a hot ball-burning internal combustion engine. It is a two-stroke internal combustion engine that relies on pre-burning red iron balls in the cylinder to ignite.

Basically, there are three ways of ignition for internal combustion engines in the world. One is electric spark ignition, which is known to people on earth in later generations; the second is diesel press ignition (gas is compressed, the pressure increases, and the gas temperature increases accordingly. When the diesel self-ignition ignition point exceeds the diesel self-ignition ignition, diesel is injected into ignition and combustion); the third is to pre-install a red iron ball opposite the fuel injector of the cylinder. Each time the fuel is injected, the fuel is injected with a red iron ball, which is immediately ignited, and then burned to do work. Each combustion keeps the heated iron ball at a high temperature and ignites again the next time the fuel is injected. This cycle is repeated to ensure that fuel is constantly injected and ignited continuously, and the continuous circulation can be maintained.

Chen Liang’s revelations are a bit mysterious. What is the “ball-burning type” and the “internal combustion engine”? For the liberal arts student Xin Qiji, it is indeed a little difficult to understand. Xin Qiji frowned and drank a glass of wine with Chen Liang. Xin Qiji thought to himself, who is saying that Chen Liang is a science fiction novel? Anyway, he is used to being fooled, so we don’t have the same knowledge as him.

Chen Liang didn't care how much Xin Qiji understood and continued to blow:

"However, the only drawback is that the prototype of the internal combustion engine uses alcohol as fuel. Jiaxuan should know that alcohol is that the wine we drink is repeatedly distilled and purified, and the final result is alcohol without any moisture. The problem is that alcohol is brewed by grain, so alcohol cannot be used as fuel, so it is not affordable! This gas is used to replace alcohol. Since coal can produce gas, charcoal can produce gas, so there is no need to worry about it. Whether it is coal, charcoal, or gas produced can be used to start the internal combustion engine. With the advent of the gas era, ships can run faster and farther, and planes can fly into the sky."

Xin Qiji understood this passage, so it would be worth mentioning! Of course, alcohol cannot be burned, and it is said that there is too much coal underground. If the magical internal combustion engine can use the gas produced by coal, it will naturally be much more cost-effective.

As for what the plane is, as long as you read Chen Liang's science fiction novel, you will understand what it is. Just imagine that one day there will be a machine that can fly freely in the sky, just like the Kunpeng bird, which must be very exciting.

"Oh! Jiaxuan, it's easy to say. It seems that it's not easy to use coal to produce gas. Haha, you will be surprised when you see Zhu Xi another day. Your hands are black, your nostrils are black, and your face is much darker! It's not easy to do this kind of gas!"

After hearing Lu Jiuyuan's words, Xin Qiji realized that Zhu Xi was really busy, and was busy with a major event that seemed to be related to "governing the country and pacifying the world".
Chapter completed!