I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 392 Steam Locomotive Research Institute
The Steam Locomotive Research Institute was a place Zhu Houxuan would visit every time he came to Tangshan. In that era, no one knew the importance of steam locomotives better than him.

Before arriving at the research institute, Zhu Houxuan heard bursts of roars from afar, and a train rumbled out.

Zhu Houxuan stood by the road and carefully observed the train, and felt that it was much faster than the last time.
"Your Highness, you are here!" A man appeared in the window of the locomotive and stretched out his hand to greet Zhu Houxuan.

"Here I am, Master Wang. I haven't been here for a long time?" Zhu Houxun shouted, his face full of smiles.

"Yes, you haven't been here for more than a year, and everyone in the institute misses you." The speaker was Wang Xiang, who is still driving a train at the Steam Research Institute.

After that, a large amount of white steam came out from the locomotive, and then the speed of the entire train began to slowly decrease. It ran for a long distance before it completely stopped.
"Your Highness, please come up and sit down. I will take you back to the station." Wang Xiang shouted from afar.

"Okay!" Zhu Houxuan followed with a group of people.

"Are we still following?" Ma Desheng looked at Wang Peng.

"Follow me, why not? Our task today is to accompany His Highness on the inspection." Wang Peng took a few quick steps and caught up with the team.

Ma Desheng nodded and looked at Wang Xiang on the train. He felt that he was quite impressive, being able to control such a huge steel beast.
Zhu Houxuan and his party boarded the train. The stoker kept adding coal to the furnace, and the train gradually began to run again.
Ma Desheng was not unfamiliar with trains. He was shocked when he first saw them, but after seeing them every day, it was no longer surprising. After all, he rode them many times every day. However, this was his first time on a train. He felt that except for the louder noise and smell of coal dust and the more carriages, it was no different from an ordinary Ma-Lexue.

The Railway Research Institute was not far away, and the train quickly drove back. Zhu Houxuan and a group of people got off the train, smelling of coal dust.

After Wang Xiang put out the fire in the furnace, he also caught up with the team.

Ma Desheng curiously observed the Steam Locomotive Research Institute. This was his first time here.
Then he discovered something that surprised him. People kept coming out of the room and greeting Zhu Houxuan. Many of them were covered in grease and were obviously craftsmen. However, Zhu Houxuan greeted them very kindly and familiarly, and even called out their names very accurately.
He couldn't understand how these ordinary craftsmen could be so familiar with the most powerful prince in the Ming Dynasty and even make the prince remember their names.
More and more people gathered, and Zhu Houxuan's arrival made everyone excited.
Zhu Houxuan finally gave a speech to all the staff in the auditorium, which calmed them down.
Many of the employees here are from Qizhou and have come here with him from thousands of miles away, so he is very familiar with them.

After finishing his speech, Zhu Houxuan began his inspection and chatted with the staff of the institute while doing so.

Ma Desheng was stunned by the familiar tone. He felt that he could not understand the Prince of Jing in front of him more and more. Zhu Houxuan was definitely the most friendly person he had ever met. In the past, his impression of the Prince of Jing was just that the most trusted person of His Majesty, but now he had a deeper understanding of Zhu Houxuan. "I suddenly remembered that when I came here last time, Meisu was already pregnant. You should be a father now, right?" Zhu Houxuan suddenly looked at Wang Xiang.

"Yes, yes, yes. I didn't expect that Your Highness would still remember this. We gave birth to a son, and my father named him Wang Yang." Wang Xiang's face was full of smiles. He felt happy when his son was mentioned.

"Wang Yang, that's a good name. Train him well. Is your father okay?" Zhu Houxun said.

There are many similar conversations.
It was not until they reached a square that Zhu Houxuan gradually turned the topic to work.

In the center of the square stood a huge wooden wall with wooden signs hung on it. The signs were densely written with words, but Ma Desheng didn't quite understand what was written on them as he knew only a limited number of words. However, he could still understand the bonus of xxxx silver coins at the end.

He glanced at the top few wooden signs and found that the highest prize was 200,000 silver coins, and there were also quite a few that were worth more than 100,000 silver coins.
This made him secretly frightened. He now had nearly 200 silver coins and felt that he had a lot of money. But now the prize for one item was as high as 20 silver coins. This was simply insane and outrageous.
He looked down and found that many of the wooden signs with tens of thousands of silver coins had been painted red. Many of the wooden signs with thousands of silver coins were painted red. There were only a dozen or so wooden signs on the wall that were not painted red.
"We have made good progress this year, and we have made breakthroughs on so many technical issues." Zhu Houxuan nodded with satisfaction.

The wooden sign hanging on this wooden wall represents the technical problems that need to be overcome in manufacturing a steam locomotive.

Ma Desheng suddenly understood the meaning of the red painted wooden sign and swallowed hard. He couldn't figure out how much bonus this represented.
Zhu Houxuan did not promote the patent system in the Royal Group because he believed that although the patent system could stimulate the enthusiasm of researchers, it also set up barriers to the dissemination and use of technology to a certain extent, which was not very suitable for the current situation of the Royal Group.

There will be a patent system in the future, but not now.

The top priority now is to spread and exchange technology quickly so that it can be quickly applied to appropriate places.

However, in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of researchers, Zhu Houxuan's current method should be regarded as a bounty system plus a technology buyout system. Completing the research of a certain technology will receive a one-time research reward.
The Royal Group also has an internal journal that regularly publishes the latest technological breakthroughs and research progress, so that the entire group is aware of the development of the corresponding technology. If there is a place where certain technologies can be used, they can be used free of charge. All of this is to increase the speed of technology application.

Now the Royal Group's scientific research system has taken shape, and it can continue to output new technologies, which is also worthy of the money Zhu Houxuan has invested in this area.
Then Zhu Houxuan began to discuss technical issues with the researchers. Actually, there were many technical details that Zhu Houxuan was no longer capable of, but he was a time traveler after all, and the range of information he had been exposed to in his previous life was very broad. He could draw inferences from one instance to another and control the general direction of the research.

Researchers are also willing to discuss these technical issues with Zhu Houxuan. Scientific research is, to some extent, a process of continuous trial and error, and Zhu Houxuan can help him narrow the scope of trial and error.
(End of this chapter)