Chapter 49, Boil water? Is it the future of the world?
Zhu Yuanzhang quickly moved his eyes over. His eyes, which were originally full of madness and anxiety, now turned into nervousness and anxiety.
He could feel Xia Zhibai's indomitable belief in life and death, and he could also detect the determination and stubbornness in Xia Zhibai's words.
Xia Zhibai doesn’t even bother to lie!
He can indeed come up with something, something that is difficult to calm down.
Potatoes with a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu, rice seedlings with high yields, no matter which one is promoted to the world, will truly benefit all people.
Xia Zhibai didn't talk empty words, he really fulfilled what he believed in.
Think of all people.
Zhu Yuanzhang already had some white hair and sweat on his forehead, which is rare. As a person who has experienced many storms and waves and experienced many life and death situations, he rarely has such a situation.
At this moment.
He felt a heavy pressure.
Xia Zhibai did challenge his sensitive nerves step by step in the past, and he also wanted to kill Xia Zhibai again and again to vent his anger, but in the end he still held back.
It would be too cheap to kill Xia Zhibai directly!
For a literati and a scholar, the greatest revenge is to completely destroy his faith and dignity, so he chose to 'indulge'.
Let Xia Zhibai escape.
Then he would catch him back, break down Xia Zhibai's psychological defense step by step, trample on his dignity, insult his character, and cause him to completely collapse.
But now.
Xia Zhibai walked step by step.
But it seems that he is telling himself more firmly that he is wrong, and he is very wrong.
It’s so wrong.
What frightened Zhu Yuanzhang even more was that he was faintly moved in his heart. This was an extremely terrifying thing.
He is the emperor!
It’s the emperor! He is the king of all the people in the world!
How could he be wrong?
But if he is right, then what are the potatoes and high-yielding rice seedlings that Xia Zhibai brought out? There is another ox-cart of stuff, so what does it count?
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head violently.
Clear the messy and restless thoughts in your mind and re-firm your faith and self-confidence.
It is impossible for Xia Zhibai to still be able to produce such a magical item.
It must be impossible!
Wow!
The straw mat was lifted.
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was in his throat.
But when he really saw what was on the second bullock cart, he was stunned, because he had seen the things on it before.
Very sparse and ordinary.
Very ordinary.
Nothing surprising.
Zhu Yuanzhang's stiff and pale face showed a trace of blood, and he finally smiled and said: "Xia Zhibai, is this another divine thing you showed us?"
"Otherwise we I can’t see clearly.”
“But I recognize this thing.”
“There are many such things in our palace, and they are more exquisite and beautiful than yours. Easy to use.”
Xia Zhibai nodded, without stopping his movements, while lighting a fire, he said: "Stoves are indeed very common, but what I want to show your Majesty is not a stove."
"But a burning stove" Boil water!"
"And that is the future of the world."
"Boil water?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xia Zhibai with a puzzled expression, wondering what boiling water had to do with the future. ?
Hasn’t it been burning throughout the ages?
Why is it the future?
Could it be that the water he boiled in Xia Zhibai was different from the water boiled by ordinary people? But no matter how different it is, still boiling water can produce flowers?
Xia Zhibai had no explanation.
He just sat on the ground, took out a piece of hemp paper, and started folding it. Finally, he folded a paper pinwheel, which he fixed with a small stick.
Then wait for the water to boil.
At this time.
Zhu Biao noticed something strange. Xia Zhibai sealed the lid of the kettle, covering it with a stone, leaving only a spout for venting. Xia Zhibai didn't stop.
He took out a copper pipe from his body and inserted it into the spout. On the other end, there was a gear tied to a windmill.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion and incomprehension. They didn't know what Xia Zhibai was doing, but they still watched intently.
The water is not boiling yet.
But there was a white gas coming out of the copper pipe.
Gradually.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao saw that driven by the white gas, the gears started to rotate, not very fast, and then the paper windmill above also started to rotate.
As the water temperature continues to rise.
The gears rotated faster and faster, and the windmill rotated faster and faster, and finally there was a roaring wind sound.
"This is what I want your Majesty to see." Xia Zhibai turned around with a smile on his lips and said: "And this is how boiling water will be used in the world in the future."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it suspiciously: "Why don't we see anything surprising, that is, boiling water to make this paper windmill spin?"
"What's so difficult about this?"
“If we are willing, we can let the attendants and eunuchs in the palace run with this paper pinwheel, which will turn faster than yours.”
"This is too troublesome."
"A waste of firewood."
Zhu Yuanzhang's face has returned to normal, with a bit of relaxation and disdain in his expression. The pressure Xia Zhibai put on him before can be described as Very good, now I can finally get some face back.
Xia Zhibai looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, pointed at the rotating windmill, and said, "What if this is not a paper windmill, but a wheel?"
"What if there is more than one wheel."< br>
"But four."
"What if it is not burning wood, but coal, what if it is burning not just one pot of water, but a lot of water."
" What if the gear connected is not a windmill, but a hammer used by craftsmen to hammer their weapons, a paddle used by a ship to move forward, or a plow in the hands of a farmer? "
"Your Majesty, may you have thought of that scene? "< br>
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression suddenly changed, and for the first time he showed a look of shock. If Xia Zhibai said it was true, this 'boiling water' would be too scary.
But this little 'boil water' can really turn into so many scary things? And how much water, firewood and coal will be wasted?
Again.
Can you really compare with others?
Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely doubtful.
And if there are such things, wouldn't the people of Ming Dynasty have to be idle all day long, which is also a great danger to the stability of the world.
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, "Even if you say it's ridiculous, you still can't prove that these things can really be made."
"And we, the Ming Dynasty, don't need it."
"If we really have it, Isn’t it good to distribute so many things to the people? Why bother? "
"But we don’t need it."
Zhu Yuanzhang is very determined.
Xia Zhibai's expression remained as normal. He had actually expected that the practical application of 'boiling water' would have too many variables for the monarch.
They will feel disgust and resistance from the bottom of their hearts.
They don’t want change.
But Xia Zhibai doesn't care and is not in a hurry. He is just here to tell Zhu Yuanzhang that these things will exist in the world.
He returned to the bullock cart again.
He picked up a cylindrical object from above and placed it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Then he took out a fire fold.
(End of this chapter)