Sun Rong frowned, with a worried look on her face: Is it really okay for you to treat the emperor with this attitude and still call him His Majesty Lao Li?
But he didn't care when he saw Princess Changle next to her, and Lotus Sun didn't say anything.
Li Shimin really didn't take Su Chen's rude behavior seriously, he was used to it!
Besides, on the day Su Chen came back, it was Changle's carriage that directly took Su Chen home from outside Chang'an City.
If you want to blame, you have to blame your own daughter too!
Li Er simply stayed out of sight and out of mind.
However, Su Chen didn't explain clearly about railways and trains in his last memorial, and he stayed at home when he came back.
This made His Majesty Li Er, who had bought a lot of good things from Su Chen, a little anxious.
"Husband, are you really going to take this to see your father tomorrow?"
Changle looked at his paintings and always felt unreliable.
She didn’t know what a train was, but the thing she drew looked a bit like a monster!
"how?
Anyway, it was his daughter who painted it, how can he find it unpleasant?"
Chang Lemei was stunned: "I've never seen a train before, and what you said is so vague. It would be great to draw it like this!"
"Yes, that's what Her Royal Highness the Princess said!"
Su Chen coaxed Chang Le and murmured in his heart:
Given Lao Li's temperament, if you don't give him something real, it's probably impossible to ask him for money!
Not to mention Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng's bunch of secretive ministers.
But the steam engine train won’t be available for a while!
How about getting them a small steam engine for testing first to open their eyes?
Well, let's do it like this.
I still need to explain the train’s transportation capacity to Lao Li. Lao Li is so happy to have such a great success, he must be very excited to hear this!
We arrived at Chang'an Tai Chi Palace early the next day.
After the morning court, Su Chen was left in Zichen Palace, along with Fang Mou, Du Duan, Wei Zheng, Changsun Wuji and other confidants of His Majesty Li Er.
Su Chen knew it was time to tell several ministers about the railway and the train.
After Su Chen's impassioned speech, there was silence in Zichen Palace.
Su Chen felt that he had expressed clearly enough,
However, it seemed that Li Er and a group of ministers had no reaction at all, and all of them had empty eyes.
After a long time, Wei Zheng asked carefully: "If I understand correctly, the Lord Protector wants to build a car?"
Su Chen nodded, of course a train is a car.
"This cart doesn't need animals to pull it. It can travel thousands of miles a day and carry tens of thousands of stones?"
Su Chen gave Wei Zheng a thumbs up: "Although the performance of the train is far more than that, Wei Gong's summary is still very accurate!"
Wei Zheng looked at Su Chen carefully: "The Protector went to the Northland and his brain was frozen?
What nonsense are you talking about?"
Su Chen glared at Wei Zheng: "Mr. Wei, don't just swear at people just because of your age!"
"It's your own lack of knowledge. Don't squander others. You didn't believe me when I told you that there was fifty dan of grain per acre. You didn't believe it when I said that gunpowder could break mountains and crack rocks. Didn't everything come true in the end?"
Wei Zheng opened his mouth, but felt he had nothing to say.
Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Duke Protector, this sweet potato, gunpowder, cement, etc., although it is magical, is still within the scope of understanding, but this car can travel thousands of miles by itself and carry thousands of stones..."
"Don't say that we can't understand it, I guess it's hard for your Majesty to believe it either."
As he spoke, he and several ministers looked at Li Shimin.
His Majesty Li Er raised the drawing paper in his hand: "Is this the train you are talking about?"
"Come, all my dear friends, please take a look."
"I didn't realize that this painting looks like a car, but rather like a monster swallowing clouds and spitting mist!"
Su Chen helplessly covered his forehead. It was exactly what his wife said, everyone felt like a monster.
Hey, the people present are all the most intelligent people in the Tang Dynasty, so why don’t they have any imagination?
The scroll was circulated among everyone, and everyone looked at Su Chen with even more wonderful eyes.
This time even Du Ruhui, who had always supported Su Chen, remained silent.
Changsun Wuji pointed at the railroad tracks on the scroll, frowned and asked, "The Protector also said that railroad tracks would be used to build roads, but he was referring to this thing."
"The Duke of Zhao has a sharp eye!"
Su Chen generously praised Changsun Wuji.
"Then I would like to ask Lord Protector, how much steel does it take to build such a railway?"
"This probably costs at least fifty tons."
"Fifty tons?"
"That's one hundred thousand catties!"
"What?
One hundred thousand catties per mile?"
His Majesty Li Er and a group of ministers rolled their eyes and almost lost their temper!
It’s not their fault. Before Su Chen came to Datang, Datang’s steel production was less than 1,000 tons per year!
Su Chen looked at the purple-faced His Majesty Li Er and the ministers, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about steel. The Guanzhou Steel Plant will be put into operation soon. It will have an initial production capacity of tens of thousands of tons per year.
"
His Majesty Li Er stood up immediately: "You said you made that iron factory in Guanzhou capable of producing tens of millions of kilograms of steel per year?"
Others also looked at Su Chen in disbelief.
Guanzhou Iron Works and others knew that Su Chen had reported to the court.
But for an ironworks that has just begun to be built, they have not yet asked what the future output will be.
Su Chen has superb iron smelting skills, and they also know that,
After Su Chen cheated Changsun Wuji, his iron smelting workshops were everywhere across the country.
But those iron smelting workshops were not as powerful as Su Chen said, and the iron smelting speed was several times faster than before. Everyone was already surprised.
You now say that the production capacity of a steel plant in Guanzhou is greater than that of the entire Tang Dynasty plus one piece. Such news simply makes Li Er and a bunch of ministers go numb!
"Your Majesty, in the future, it is better to calculate steel production in tons. An output of tens of thousands of tons is trivial!"
Su Chen said nonchalantly, in later generations, the output of illegal steel smelting in mountain villages was greater than this. What's so surprising!
Ignoring Li Er's cannibalistic look, Su Chen continued: "Your Majesty, aren't we talking about railways and trains today? Let's not go off topic about steel. That thing is enough!"
"Once your Majesty's railway is built, the transportation capacity of the train will not be comparable to that of roads and canals..."
Su Chen was still trying to sell his railway plan, but neither Li Er nor the other ministers wanted to hear it.
His Majesty Li Er interrupted directly: "Su Chen, the Queen misses you very much. You should go to the Li Zheng Palace first."
Su Chen was stunned, going to see the queen?
I am promoting the railway. This is a military and national event. Why should I see a queen at this time?
As soon as His Majesty Li Er opened his mouth, Fang Miao Duan, Changsun, Wei Zheng and others also seemed to have agreed upon it, and they all advised:
"Duke Protector, you, the royal son-in-law, should not go to see the Queen for so long after returning to the court. Go quickly! Go quickly!"
What's even more outrageous is that as soon as Li Er winked, two eunuchs came running beside him: "Duke Protector, the Queen has invited you!"
Then he pulled Su Chen's sleeves and pulled Su Chen out of the Zichen Palace.
"This is an insignificant thing! How do you think about getting so much steel at once?"
After driving Su Chen out, Li Er let out a sigh of relief and said.
