Reborn in the Water Margin as emperor, built tanks to level the world

Just make an appointment with three or five close friends and compete in kung fu together.

As for those rich kids with a little bit of education?

Instead of gathering together to discuss some poems and songs.

Just go to the brothel and look for flowers and willows.

Sing some lewd lyrics and songs with the girls in the brothel.

Communicate about each other’s life ideals.

Although it is such an amateur pastime, it is also very interesting to do occasionally.

But if things continue like this, there will inevitably be a boring day.

But the sudden appearance of the Song Dynasty Daily seemed to have created another place for ordinary people to spend their free time.

This not only enriches the spiritual life of ordinary people to a great extent.

It also made them care more about and pay attention to the decrees issued by the Song Dynasty from the side.

This is also quite beneficial for Zhao Ji to manage the country.

After Zhao Ji returned to the palace, he immediately went to the Shangshu room to prepare the draft for the second page of Da Song Daily.

However, before he could write, Shen Kuo, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, found Zhao Ji again with the help of his subordinate officials, holding a lot of things.

When Shen Kuo saw Zhao Ji, he first bowed to him with excitement, and then pointed to the pile next to him, which was a large wooden box that was not much smaller than a carriage of this period.

He reported excitedly:

"I would like to report to the officials that the gearbox that the officials asked Weichen to make last time. After thinking about it for a period of time, Weichen finally made the gearbox according to the officials' needs."

"It's just that the gearbox is a little bit bigger."

Zhao Ji looked at the wooden box placed next to Shen Kuo, which was not much smaller than an entire carriage. He couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly:

"Shen Aiqing, what you said is a little big, isn't your description inaccurate?"

"Not to mention making a gearbox, if you just put two wooden poles on the side, you can probably make a sedan, right?"

"Before this, the reason why I asked Shen Aiqing to make the gearbox was because I wanted to create a fan that can run on its own."

"If you put such a big box aside, how can it fit on top of the fan?"

Shen Kuo was told by Zhao Ji that he looked quite ashamed.

After hesitating in my heart for a long time, I said this rather embarrassedly:

"Guan Jia, that gearbox is really a novelty."

"Before this, let alone a minor minister, even all the officials from the Ministry of Industry combined have never heard or seen it."

“So when it comes to making it, it’s inevitable that there’s a lot of effort but a little bit of effort.”

"But if this thing works, it will be really easy to use."

"If the officials don't believe it, Wei Chen can demonstrate it to the officials on the spot."

Zhao Ji saw that Shen Kuo was so sure about this, so it was hard to discourage him any more.

With a wave of his hand, he let it display its skills and demonstrate the functions of the gearbox here.

But seeing Shen Kuo, he first found the steam engine cylinder and added water to it.

And below, a fire was also lit.

After boiling the water in the cylinder, Shen Kuo mounted the power arm from above and installed the other end of the power arm directly into the giant gearbox.

Later, several transmission devices were installed on the other end of the gearbox to drive the five final fan blades.

After assembling everything, Shen Kuo released a switch device located next to the gearbox.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the fan blades located above the gearbox slowly started to rotate faster and faster.

At the end, even though Zhao Ji stood three meters away from the fan blades, he could still feel the huge amount of air coming from the fan blades.

Faced with such an effect, Zhao Ji was naturally very happy.

But the size of the gearbox is actually too large compared to Zhao Ji's expectations.

In the future, if such a large box is suddenly placed inside a tank or fighting vehicle,

There is no need to put a steam engine inside a tank or chariot, but it would be nice if ordinary people could sit in it.

Zhao Ji looked at the big wooden box placed in the center of the study room. After struggling in his heart for a long time, he said this to Shen Kuo:

"Shen Aiqing, although this thing is well made, it is really too big in terms of size."

"In the future, even if the fan is made, it will be extremely inconvenient to use because of its heavy weight."

"Shen Aiqing, I don't have high demands on you. As long as you can change the size of this gearbox to a quarter of its current size."

Although Zhao Ji spoke very clearly when he said these words.

But Shen Kuo still didn't understand what Zhao Ji meant by the so-called quarter.

Although Zhao Ji felt a little helpless, he still patiently explained to Shen Kuo what the general size of a quarter was.

After Zhao Ji sent Shen Kuo and others out of the Chancellor's Study Room, he was no longer in the mood to continue writing the second edition of the Song Dynasty Daily.

As an official in the Song Dynasty, I am the top administrative and military leader.

The affairs he manages on a daily basis are extremely complicated.

If I had to spare so much time every day to be responsible for the affairs of Da Song Daily, I would be really busy.

Otherwise, I'd better leave this whole thing in other people's hands.

In this way, I can feel a lot more relaxed every day here.

That Kong Youdao, although he had read a lot of the Four Books and Five Classics on weekdays, he had also dabbled in almost all the classics in other subjects.

But the old scholar like him found it difficult to adapt to this new style of writing in terms of style.

If you don't ask him to do this, then who can you ask to do it?

Zhao Ji thought about it, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Maybe it would be more appropriate if I leave this matter to Liu Xiangning and Li Shishi.

First, those two women are both my confidants.

From now on, I will have nothing to worry about when I hand this weapon of public opinion into the hands of those two people.

The second is that the two women have nothing else to do in recent days. If this matter is left in their hands, they will be able to kill time while completing it.

Boring time can also help me in this regard.

What's more, when I go there in my spare time, I can tell the two girls some stories about my previous life.

After the two women listened, it was easier to organize.

When the two women were planning the next edition of Da Song Daily, they could also record those stories one by one.