Day 52                                                             �

According to the court's constitution, the standard for studying in the prince's cabinet is similar to the imperial court's lectures. It is just to reduce some etiquette. Of course, ordinary classes will be much easier after that. But the first day is very different.

After all, even on the first day of modern classes, there are some ceremonies and activities. Not to mention that the prince goes out of the cabinet to study, it represents the prince’s authority as the crown prince truly takes charge of the deputy emperor. The entire ceremony, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, the nobles, the Minister of Rites, the Hanlin Academy, etc., many people will be in place.

The court was busy.

After hearing the news, Zhou Mengchen was silent for a while. After sighing, he stopped talking.

Zhou Mengchen heard some news from the queen after the prince's illness. He knew that the prince's body was slowly and firmly weakening. After judging the right symptoms, many imperial physicians jointly prescribed many prescriptions to remove the mercury poison.

When you really know what the prince’s disease is, targeted prescriptions will have some effect.

But it was just some effect. Of course, without such targeted prescriptions, the prince would only last shorter.

But there is no change in the results.

After all, the prince's disease was carried from the fetus, which was a congenital disease. When it developed to the point where the characterization was obvious, it was actually beyond help. But before that, even if the prince had some minor pain and fever, no one thought in this direction.

Although Zhou Mengchen sympathized with the crown prince, he was not a person of this era. People in this era may regard the king and father as greater than the sky. But in Zhou Mengchen's view, the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty are fate, and the lives of the prince are also fate. The lives of the prince are irreversible. However, many people of the Ming Dynasty are still saved.

Losing Jiajing's special care, Zhou Mengchen suddenly found that he was unable to move forward.

Yes, Zhou Mengchen could also use the emperor's sign to show off. After all, the conflict between the emperor and him was in the palace. There was a yellow Jin blockade around him, and the news was not spread. But Zhou Mengchen knew that the fake was fake after all, and the truth would be revealed one day. He would only pay more in the future.

But except for one thing, that is, the steam engine.

To be precise, it is the use of steam engines.

The simplest steam engine is nothing more than a boiler and a set of levers. When heating, the steam will support the lever, release steam, and fall down, and do a movement.

Zhou Mengchen had already created this machine, but it was useless. According to Zhou Mengchen's original intention, it was only after several improvements on this basis that the steam engine was put into use. Now he couldn't wait.

Zhou Mengchen had infinite complaints about the Ming artillery. In his opinion, the best way to improve the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty is to increase the power of the firearm. The core of improving the power of the firearm is the power of the artillery. When the development of Daming gunpowder is relatively mature, the most important thing lies in the artillery. The same artillery, different ways of using it, will also have different powers.

When using artillery tactics, then it is very important to standardize artillery.

This has something to do with the material and manufacturing method.

Zhou Mengchen changed his previous idea of ​​casting artillery. He decided to further process the artillery steel to improve the quality of the artillery.

So I took the risk of using this experimental steam engine.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen's powers on the Ministry of War have been hinted by the Minister of War and have been divided up. Zhou Mengchen was also happy to be idle and stayed in the military weapon surveillance.

But I saw a wave of heat coming from the military weapon prison, and it seemed that the air had become distorted.

The hot iron was poured out of the iron furnace. The mold was slightly formed and placed on a platform by the mold. Then, with the sound of the boiler being deflated, the large hanging iron blocks were smashed down heavily, and the fire was splashed in an instant, which was more beautiful than the fireworks on the Lantern Festival.

It presents an industrial aesthetic.

Don’t look at it. But I don’t know how much hard work it has condensed Zhou Mengchen and even his disciples.

Whether it is the steam engine itself, the mold that transports the molten iron, the moving pulley, etc., they all solidified their efforts.

Zhou Mengchen actually imitated the Baijing Steel. He was an amateur in steel smelting. Many theories are very vague, and there is nothing now. All Zhou Mengchen could do is to improve the process. Although the improvement of the iron furnace has not reached an end, if Zhou Mengchen wanted a higher temperature, he would probably only have to have a larger iron furnace, but there was no space in the capital.

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen thought of ways from other aspects.

For example, after the molten iron is produced, it is like making steel, and it is like tempering.

Don't think it looks simple, it's very simple to do.

For this very simple thing, three lives have been taken into consideration.

Nothing else, the molten iron weighs hundreds of kilograms. When the pulley set is hung, there is a little imbalance. A mouthful of molten iron splashes out and falls on the person, which is a result of flesh-slicing and bone-slitting. As for the others, the force of the heavy hammer is underestimated on the workbench, and it is not fixed. A corner of the hole is enough to send several people to the west.

But no matter what.

Zhou Mengchen finally completed a piece of steel forging.

A long iron pillar was right in front of Zhou Mengchen. This was the result of beating for several days. The masters all said that it was already steel. Zhou Mengchen also saw that it was useless to beat it again. He looked at the iron pillar as if it was his own son.

With a command, after fixing the iron column in various ways, place a drill bit on one end of the iron column. On the other side, several people were waiting for the roller. The roller drove the drill bit.

That's right, Zhou Mengchen wanted to drill out the cannon chamber directly on this cylinder.

But, it's an embarrassing thing.

It was still a matter of material. Zhou Mengchen used the best steel drill bit, but after drilling it on the iron pillar for a long time, it was unscathed, and even the drill bit was smoothed out. No, it was not changed at all. Zhou Mengchen touched it with his hand, and it seemed that the dot was smoother.

Zhou Mengchen was sure there were two problems. One was an iron pillar, no, it should be a steel pillar, the texture was too hard and the drill bit was not hard enough. Another reason was that the drill bit speed was not enough. Under manpower, it would be good to have hundreds of drills. What's the use?

At this rate, you may not be able to get out of it in a year.

Although Zhou Mengchen was a little disappointed, he was still extremely firm in his heart. Zhou Mengchen was confident that he could overcome these difficulties little by little, but it was nothing more than spending more time and thinking of some solutions.

Zhou Mengchen's side was just a new cannon. Just when Zhou Mengchen put his energy into the military weapon prison.

There is no need to wait until the first day of August. After late July, the prince's illness came to danger several times. The prince's spirit was not as good as the day. Fortunately, the imperial physician tried his best to regulate and maintain it. Facts proved that it might be difficult to treat the Imperial Hospital. After all, they were prescribed so they did not dare to use any powerful tiger and wolf medicine. They would rather not have any achievements than to do it.

But it is really an expert in the Imperial Hospital to save his life. Everyone has some unique skills.

The prince almost died and survived several times, but finally maintained his last vitality.

At this time, Jiajing did not dare to do anything outside. All Chinese and foreign affairs were discussed by the cabinet and the Sili Supervisor. The queen also came over and stayed by the prince almost day and night. Jiajing also became haggard with his naked eyes. The more white hair on his head, the less black hair.

Even the temperament of immortal style that has been maintained cannot be maintained.

There is only one embarrassed father.

On the night of July 30, the imperial physician suddenly came to report that the prince was critically ill.

Jiajing almost jumped off the spring stool with his legs kicked, and broke through without saying a word.

These days, Jiajing has not been sleeping much. Because he can't sleep, he remembers the prince as soon as he closes his eyes, and feels very guilty when he thinks of the prince. Only in the room next to the prince, lying on the hard spring stool, listening to the people coming and going outside to watch the prince's night, Jiajing is a little sleepy and falls asleep in a drowsy mood.

Of course, if something happens here, you will be able to get to the prince's side as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!