Next to the school, Yu Ren had someone build a few houses and surrounded a large yard. This yard was specially prepared for Yan Peiwei. Yu Ren has always given great hope for his steam engine project.

So, just after the small courtyard was completed, Yu Ren immediately sent someone to Songjiang to pick up Yan Peiwei's family.

Yan Peiwei was still very satisfied with this new home.

"How is it, isn't it good?" Yu Ren accompanied Yan Peiwei around the yard and asked.

"Very good. With this place, I will be much more convenient for doing things in the future. Otherwise, I will always take some care of it in the city, for fear that it will make the noise too loud and cause trouble sometimes." Yan Peiwei said, and took Yu Ren to a car he brought.

"I'll show something to my little husband."

Yu Ren followed Yan Peiwei to the carriage. The carriage seemed to be a little different from an ordinary carriage. There seemed to be a pile of things on the front seat, and it was covered with a piece of gray cloth.

Yan Peiwei walked to the carriage and gently uncovered the cloth, "Please look at it if you are young, please."

"What is this?" Zhao Rui, who was following Yu Ren, asked involuntarily when she saw the carriage piled with strange-looking iron blocks on the seat of the carriage.

When Yu Ren saw this thing, his eyes shone brightly.

"You loaded it on the carriage?"

Yan Peiwei nodded.

"Can you move?" Yu Ren asked carefully.

"Yes, it's just slow, just a little faster than walking, but it can pull heavy things."

Yu Ren was overjoyed, "It's okay. Just try to show me. If it succeeds, I will immediately raise 5,000 taels of funds for you, and we will study and produce better steam engines."

Yan Peiwei knew that the experiment was of great importance, so he didn't dare to be careless. He saw him first untied the horse from the cart, then took out some dry firewood from the cart, and lit the coal with the dry firewood.

Soon, the steam engine placed on the carriage began to emit heat. Then, the wheels of the carriage began to move slowly.

"Wow! This car can be gone without a horse, it's amazing." Zhao Rui couldn't help but set off and exclaimed.

Yu Ren followed the car immediately, and he was indescribably excited. This was the first time he had seen something representative of technology since he came to the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, this thing was not completed under the guidance of him, a future person. This was a bit unbelievable.

While walking, Yu Ren checked the structure of Yan Peiwei's car. The design of the car is very simple. The car has another front wheel on the original four-wheeled wheel for steering, and the steam engine is connected to the two wheels in front.

The carriage ran for five or six miles on a newly built road connecting the official road and stopped.

"What's wrong?"

When Yu Ren saw that the car stopped, he hurriedly asked.

"There is no more water." Yan Peiwei jumped out of the car.

"Can't you get away without water? It seems that this thing is not as convenient as a carriage!" Zhao Rui, who was following Yu Ren, said.

After hearing this, Yan Peiwei's face turned red.

Yu Ren quickly cheered him up. "This is the first steam engine you built to use on a car! It's normal. Although this one is not very practical now, with this beginning, I believe that next, you can definitely build more practical machinery and eventually replace the carriage."

After hearing Yu Ren's words, Yan Peiwei's eyes gradually became firm, and finally nodded heavily. "Don't worry, Mr. Yu, Yan Peiwei swears to the sky that I must build a car that is more practical than a carriage in this life."

Yu Ren nodded heavily, "I believe you can do it. You have taken a big step on your dream path. As long as we keep moving forward, we will see the results we want one day."

After saying that, Yu Ren came to the carriage and carefully checked the steam engine.

"This kind of thing is more practical than it is on a car. If you want to tow a car, it is never convenient to use this steam engine. It is more suitable for gasoline-burning engines on a car." Yu Ren remembered that all modern cars use internal combustion engines, not steam engines, so he wanted to give Yan Peiwei a tip.

Yan Peiwei was a little conscious of Yu Ren's words. "Mr. Yu, what is gasoline?"

Yu Ren was stunned by Yan Peiwei's question, and then he remembered that there should be no word gasoline in this era. So he explained to him, "Gasoline is a black liquid that can be burned with a little fire, which is easier to use than coal."

After Yu Ren finished speaking, I don’t know if Yan Peiwei understood it, because he has not seen gasoline since he arrived here.

"You're talking about tinea oil?"

"I don't know what this thing should be called, it's just that kind of thing anyway."

Yan Peiwei nodded. "Did you say you should use this thing to replace the coal on our steam engine?"

Yu Ren shook his head. "No, it's a substitute for water. What I said is, use this thing to ignite it in a small sealed space, and it can generate a great expansion force. Then use this force to push the lever."

Yan Peiwei still understood it halfway, "Can you explain it to me more in detail?"

Yu Ren shook his head. "I have studied too little in this regard, so I can know these things. No matter how specific it is, I don't know. With our current conditions, I probably won't be able to get this thing out for a while. At present, our most important and most valuable job is to load the steam engine that has been researched onto the ship and provide impetus for the ship. If our ship is equipped with this power, we don't have to worry about the winds in the southeast, west and north.

However, the power power of the steam engine installed on the ship must be large. If it is too small, it can only be used on a small boat, and it doesn't make much sense. If you can do this, I will reward you with 5,000 taels."

"I will do my best." Yan Peiwei seemed to be not as interested in the ship, but he still took over Yu Ren's task.

"Okay. When I have time, I will find you a few more helpers. It will be a bit embarrassing for you to do this alone." When Yu Ren said this, the first thing he thought of was his childhood friend Sun Menghu and Tian Jia, who were in Nanjing. Aren't they just shipbuilders?

I just didn't know if they would come or not. But Yu Ren was not a hesitant person, so he did it immediately after thinking about it. He first wrote a letter to Sun Menghu, Tian Jia and Liu Xi, telling them about the fact that he wanted to build a ship that could not require wind and manpower, and said that he had found a genius and had solved some key points, but he still needed their help.

I hope they can help him complete this great invention that changed the world together." After writing this letter, Yu Ren sent someone to send it out.

But he was not very confident about whether Sun Menghu and the other two could come.

Just as Yu Ren was planning his future in the Juhe Village he built, a huge accident happened.

On this day, Yu Ren was teaching a group of children in the room. Suddenly, he saw Xu Qian breaking in.

When Yu Ren saw Xu Qian suddenly appear here, he knew that something must have been a big deal. You know, he came here to do the Juhe Village incident, but he didn't tell Xu Xinsu and the others, so Xu Qian probably didn't know either. And now she can find this place, it must be that something happened to the Xu family.

"What's wrong?" Yu Ren quickly met Xu Qian when he saw Xu Qian.

"Sister, brother-in-law." Xu Qian could not speak anymore after she said this. Tears kept rolling down like pearls with broken threads.

Yu Ren quickly supported her and signaled behind her. Sister Ruolan, who was helping in the school, immediately understood the meaning and quickly took the children out for fun.

"What happened?" Yu Ren asked again when he saw that the children had all left.

"I, my father, was killed!" Xu Qian said this and burst into tears again.

Yu Ren was also stunned. The news came too suddenly. Xu Xinsu was in his prime and they had accepted the court's amnesty. If it weren't for the court's actions, there would be no force in the world to compete with the Xu family. Then who could kill Xu Xinsu? Yu Ren couldn't figure it out for a moment.

These days, Yu Ren was able to be so carefree and experiment with the Datong world of Juhe Village. After all, it was because Xu Xinsu carried the banner of the Xu family, and his thousands of brothers lived under the banner of the Xu family, so he could not be bothered by him for the time being.

Now that Xu Xinsu died, he must return to Nansha immediately.

The Xu Group has developed rapidly in the past two years, and now it has reached a scale of business covering the southeast coast, with a population of less than 10,000. Xu Xinsu has always been the spiritual leader and actual helmsman of this group. Now that he is dead, Yu Ren's heart is suddenly lost.
Chapter completed!