[There are still some cards, but I found out the title was wrong after sending them out...]

Jingren Palace Yuyun Garden.

Emperor Longyuan and Jia Yuanchun stood side by side at the entrance of the courtyard. Behind him were several palace maids peeping out their heads. In front of them was a line of trembling eunuchs. Beyond that, there were two teams of armored guards holding shields, as if they were facing a powerful enemy.

Opposite this human wall-like formation is a steam train that looks rough and wild at first glance, but in fact has all the edges and corners smoothed away.

This train consists of a locomotive and three carriages. The locomotive has no roof. Under the illumination of a long series of wind lamps on both sides, all operations of the driver can be clearly seen.

There were more than twenty bags of sand piled on each of the three flatbed carriages at the back, and together with the weight of the carriages, they weighed about seven or eight tons.

Seeing that several interior craftsmen had checked everything correctly, Qiu Shi'an, who was trying to stay calm in front of the locomotive, immediately turned around and walked quickly to the leather-armored guards, reporting through the human wall: "Go back to Lord Long Live, the train is ready."

.”

As he spoke, he turned his eyes and glanced around, secretly wondering how he could hide behind the human wall before the guards formed a shield formation if something unexpected happened later.

It's no wonder that he was worried. Emperor Longyuan was injured due to a steam engine explosion, and it took him a full year to recover. This matter had long been rumored in the palace. It was said that it was thanks to Emperor Longyuan's true dragon protection, if

Otherwise, I'm afraid Long Yu would have passed away long ago.

"Then let's get started!"

Emperor Longyuan rubbed his hands and was eager to try. Some people are afraid of well ropes once they are bitten by snakes for ten years, and some people have healed their scars and forget the pain, and he obviously belongs to the latter group. The Supreme Emperor has repeatedly ordered him not to take risks. Now he is afraid that it will be early.

Climbed into the car.

Upon hearing this, Qiu Shi'an immediately turned around. Instead of stepping forward, he took the opportunity to take half a step back and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Your Majesty has a decree. I will drive this train as soon as possible!"

After shouting, he took half a step back without leaving a trace.

The craftsmen over there received the order, and one of them climbed into the car to act as the driver, while the others scattered around.

As the driver kept adding coal to the boiler, the steam engine, which was already at the critical point, soon spewed out a large amount of steam. The driver grabbed the switch and pushed hard, and the connecting rod under the car body began to drive the wheels.

, and then the whole train started running "clang, clatter, clatter" on the circular railway with a total length of four to five hundred meters.

When the rumbling steel behemoth ran at a speed approaching that of a carriage under the night lights, the shock it brought to everyone could not be greater!

So much so that some guards even forgot that they were holding up their shields to protect them, and let the iron shields in their hands fall to the ground. They stretched their necks and opened their eyes wide, as if they were in some strange dream.

"Okay, okay, okay!"

Emperor Longyuan clapped and laughed, and asked: "Can this train go faster?"

Because the noise of "哐哧哐哧" was so loud and everyone was in extreme shock, no one could hear clearly what he was saying.

It wasn't until Emperor Longyuan raised his voice and repeated it again that Dai Quan in front of him hurriedly ordered people to summon the craftsman in charge to come over and ask questions.

"Long live the return!"

The craftsman had never been so close to the emperor before, and he was so excited that he said, "If you run in a straight line on flat ground, you can still do it, and you can go faster. It's not much better than an ordinary carriage, but here.

On the winding road, I was afraid that if I ran too fast, I would run off the track."

Emperor Longyuan actually knew this very well. After all, Jiao Shun had already explained it clearly in the secret before submitting it to the inner government.

When he asks questions now, it's just because he can't help himself.

Seeing that he couldn't go any faster, he stared at it for a while, and then gave the order with lingering meaning.

Seeing the train gradually extinguishing, Emperor Longyuan and Concubine Xiande returned to Yuyun Garden.

As soon as Fang sat down, Emperor Longyuan ordered: "My dear concubine, please bring the wine quickly. You and I will get drunk today before we rest!"

"His Majesty."

Jia Yuanchun went to pour a cup of tea by himself, and brought it to Emperor Longyuan gracefully. He persuaded him softly: "You have been feeling better these days, but why do you drink so much?"

Seeing that Emperor Longyuan was a little unhappy after hearing this, he hurriedly asked, pretending to be curious: "How was this train made? I had only heard that it could run, but I never expected that it could run so fast, especially

And I pulled so many things.”

These words scratched the itch of Emperor Longyuan, so he did not bother to have a drink, and proudly explained the rationale, and said: "Thanks to my knowledge of people, if I only let those rotten scholars control me,

Ministry of Industry, I’m afraid I won’t be able to see any results in this life!”

"How do you say this?"

Although Jia Yuanchun had already guessed that this matter was probably related to Jiao Shun, he still pretended to be curious and asked.

"After Wuxi Kingdom invaded Jinmen in the north, didn't I order the Ministry of Industry to supervise the construction of steam ironclads? The result..."

Three years ago, the Wuxi people bombarded Jinmen Prefecture, causing an uproar in the government and the public. Emperor Longyuan, who had long been interested in carrying out industrial reforms, took the opportunity to make adjustments to the Ministry of Industry and classified ordnance manufacturing as a separate department.

At that time, his first order to the Ordnance Department was to imitate steam ironclads.

At that time, the Ordnance Department was newly established, and everyone at the top and bottom was very energetic. They also felt that if the barbarians could build something, how difficult would it be for our country to build it?

I was embarrassed to say that I wanted to be on par with the Usi people, so I just went to the corner to overtake!

But who would have thought that they were too boastful and had invested a full three years regardless of the cost, and now the 'Authentic Invincible Iron Armored Ship of Daxia' has not been officially launched yet.

Although there were not no major breakthroughs in technology during this period, how can a layman care about this? As long as you don’t see Daxia’s armored ships roaming the sea, it’s a complete and utter failure!

Although this matter is related to national humiliation and no one dares to veto it on the surface, is there anything weird behind the scenes?

Some people even swore that the armored ship was so powerful because of the witchcraft of the Wuxi people. Since our officials and people in Daxia are not proficient in this method, no matter how hard we try, it will be useless and waste money.

At first, this argument was just the weird talk of some individuals. Recently, because the emperor insisted on establishing engineering studies, it has become so popular that it has spread throughout the world.

Officials even began to blatantly cite these absurd arguments in their memorials.

Emperor Longyuan naturally understood that this was a counterattack from the Wenchen Group, but unfortunately the armored ship was still unable to be launched into the water. Without factual evidence, it was difficult for the public to stop talking.

Just because of this headache and anger, Jiao Shun proposed the train plan.

The steam engines were dismantled from the ironclads. The Ordnance Department built two small boats in Shichahai for testing. The proportions of the steam engines on them were just right.

Most of the items on the side were leftover materials from ironclad ships, coupled with no expense spared in manpower and Mr. Jiao’s ‘meticulous and bold’ design, it took only one month to build this prototype train.

If we ignore the Ordnance Department's investment for three consecutive years, this matter can be regarded as a model of small investment and quick results.

It is no wonder that Emperor Longyuan, while scolding the corrupt Confucians for harming the country, praised Jiao Shun for his efficient work.

Jia Yuanchun didn't understand the previous science popularization, but she understood the following paragraph clearly.

Looking back at the time when the emperor surpassed Jiao Shun, it was actually just to buy horse bones for a thousand gold, which makes people lament that things in the world are unpredictable.

This should have been a great help to Rongguo Mansion.

but……

There seem to be some problems between the two parties recently.

Although the news coming into the palace from home always reported good news rather than bad news, Jia Yuanchun still vaguely noticed that his father seemed to be somewhat repelled by Jiao Shun.

She didn't know the specific reason yet, but it was precisely because she didn't know what was going on that she couldn't help but think about it...

"Beloved concubine?"

When Emperor Longyuan was about to speak, he saw that Jia Yuanchun seemed to be distracted, and then he said with a serious face: "If you don't like to hear these things, then I will..."

"Your Majesty has misunderstood!"

The reason why Jia Yuanchun didn't write to ask clearly was because he didn't want the conflict between Rongguo Mansion and Jiao Shun to be exposed, so he quickly thought of an excuse and said perfunctorily: "I suddenly thought of it, Master Jiao has been here since he was a child.

The Duke's Mansion, but I have never seen him before, and I don't know what he looked like when he was alive."

"What's Jiao Aiqing's appearance like..."

In fact, Emperor Longyuan only met Jiao Shun once, and never had a detailed face-to-face communication. Looking back now, it is not very clear.

"He is very tall and tall. He looks more calm and down-to-earth than those scholars. As for his face..."

He was holding his chin and trying to think back, when he suddenly heard Qiu Shi'an reporting in front of the door: "Long live Lord, someone from Donghua Gate just sent a message, saying that Jiao Shun, the engineering school's wine sacrificer, claimed to have urgent matters, and he wanted to do it in person.

Play!"

"Um?"
Chapter completed!