My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 402 Eye-opening
"Lord Li, this is..."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were wide open, looking at the dazzling blue arcs coming out of the electrodes of the steam generator and listening to the crackling sound of the electric current. He was stunned for a moment.

"Your Majesty, what you see is exactly what you think!" Li Min said to Zhu Yuanzhang with anticipation.

He and his teachers and students had worked for countless days and nights for this steam generator. Ever since he witnessed the magic of electricity, he had always been thinking about generating electricity through human power. After watching the video sent by Li Han, he discovered that electricity could really be tamed by human power.

He had a hunch that if Ming's industry was to develop further in the future, electricity would be an indispensable tool, so he worked day and night to manufacture the steam generator.

Now that he has finally succeeded, he believes that His Majesty feels the same way as he does and will certainly be able to recognize the bright future prospects of this steam generator.

"Li Aiqing, which Taoist priest did you learn lightning magic from?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Min almost vomited blood.

"Your Majesty, this..."

He looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with embarrassment, and then saw Zhu Yuanzhang's playful expression.

Your Majesty, you are making fun of yourself!

"Hahahahaha."

Seeing Li Min's embarrassing look, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hold back any more and burst into laughter, "My dear Li, you don't know how to be funny!"

Seeing Li Min's embarrassing look, Zhu Yuanzhang felt refreshed. All the anger he had been holding back while waiting for Li Min in the Ministry of Works disappeared at this moment.

Let you, old man, show off!
Zhu Yuanzhang felt quite satisfied with his revenge. He laughed and said, "Lord Li, I know this is not magic, but science. It's just too magical. This is clearly a new steam engine. Why does it emit lightning?"

Li Min rubbed his stiff face. Why is His Majesty acting like a child and playing pranks on him?

Seeing that His Majesty was serious, he also said seriously: "Your Majesty, this is a steam generator!"

"Steam generator?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and then seemed to have figured something out. He took a step forward, came to the steam generator, looked it up and down carefully, his eyes full of surprise.

"Lord Li, are you saying that this thing can generate electricity? Come on, tell me in detail."

Li Min stroked his beard, and then started by watching a video to learn how to build a generator. He combined the generator with a steam engine, and after several experiments, he finally achieved great success.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up when he heard this. Now that they could produce electricity, the future development of the Ming Dynasty would be limitless!
Not to mention anything else, even today's radios, computers, projectors, etc. still need to rely on the sun to charge, which is somewhat inconvenient. If we can generate electricity with coal at any time, we don't have to rely on the sun.

But how should the generated electricity be used?
"Then, Lord Li, how should we use this electricity?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with interest.

"I am still researching this. I believe that in time, results will be achieved." Li Min answered honestly.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then said:

"Then let the school study it. Li Aiqing, you will hand over the matters at hand and follow me back to the Ministry of Industry immediately!"

"Ah?" Li Min was stunned. No, we were having a pleasant chat just now, how come His Majesty suddenly turned his face and ignored him?
"Sir, obey!"

Reluctantly, Li Min selected personnel to continue researching steam generators, and returned to the Ministry of Works with Zhu Yuanzhang to continue his hard-working career.

……

After many days of sailing on the sea, the fleet that was sent to attack Chen Zuyi finally returned to Yingtian Prefecture. When the ship docked, Makaros and Father Antonio walked down the ladder step by step under the supervision of Ming Dynasty soldiers.

When the two looked at everything in the Ming Dynasty, they felt it was new and fresh.

The mysterious oriental country that they had longed for finally unveiled its mystery in front of them.

The buildings, which were completely different from the style of the Kingdom of Castile, the passing crowds, the bustling docks, everything dazzled the two of them and they were completely overwhelmed.

The wide docks, the tall shipyard buildings, everything surprised them. The magical East was indeed full of miracles!
His first impression of China was that it was big. Everything was big. Everything here was big!
Compared with this place, Barcelona, ​​which he originally thought was prosperous, now seemed as humble as a rural village in Macaros's mind.

Makaros felt like a poor country boy who had never seen the world, and everything here amazed him.

At this moment, a train from the factory to the dock roared in and then stopped steadily. Then many dock workers rushed up, unloaded the goods from the train carriage, and then loaded them onto the cargo ship.

This magical scene scared the two of them. What kind of steel monster was that that could run by itself without being pulled by a horse?
He was already surprised by the huge steel ship that could sail on the sea without sails, but he didn't expect that there was a huge steel cart that could run on its own.

Mysterious China is truly magical. Everything here can only be described as a miracle.

"Oh my god, what the hell is that?"

Father Antonio kept making the sign of the cross on his chest. Makaros felt something in his heart, sighed deeply, and asked him:

"Father, do you still think this is a barbaric place?"

Father Antonio immediately shook his head. Everything here opened his eyes. Who said this was a barbaric place?
Which barbaric land could have built such a huge dock, such tall and beautiful houses, and be so prosperous?
Makaros continued to ask: "Do you still want to preach here?"

Father Antonio immediately looked embarrassed, and after a long time, he made a decision that went against his ancestors.

“Perhaps the people here don’t need God’s favor?”

Makaros also smiled bitterly. The magical East did not need God's favor, but their Kingdom of Castile needed the favor of the East very much!
However, due to his own stupidity, he completely offended this mysterious Eastern country. He didn't know what would be the end of him and the priest.

Not only Macaros and Father Antonio felt magical, but Ali too. He felt as if he had come to Ming Dynasty for the first time. Everything here amazed him.

Especially the magical train. When he heard what a train was from the Ming army soldiers, he exclaimed in his heart that it was simply a miracle!
It has only been such a short time since I left Ming Dynasty. I didn’t expect that Ming Dynasty has changed so much. Perhaps, I should bring my family over, settle down in Ming Dynasty, and serve Ming Dynasty!

At this time, Chen Zuyi was also escorted off the boat by the Ming army soldiers, but his mood was as dead as death.

Everything before him demonstrated the terrifying national strength of the Ming Dynasty. He was a fool, so stupid that he was naive enough to make the Ming Dynasty surrender?

(End of this chapter)