In the next few days, Wei Changtian, accompanied by Ning Yuke, went to Tiangong Bureau and Datong City.
As the latter said, the research and development of steam engines has now entered the "perfection" stage.
In other words, Tiangong Bureau has been able to create a machine that "can convert water vapor into kinetic energy", but it has great shortcomings in terms of stability, conversion rate, service life, etc.
, still needs further improvement.
Wei Changtian didn't know exactly when the improvements would be completed and a steam engine ready for use would be developed.
But anyway, he promised a large reward in public, promising that once the research and development is successful, all the craftsmen in the entire "Steam Engine Workshop" can enjoy all the benefits of the third grade.
The third grade is equivalent to the deputy provincial level in the previous life.
Although there is only salary and no official position, this is definitely an unprecedented feat.
You must know that these craftsmen are ordinary people with neither fame nor cultivation. Normally, let alone the third rank, even the smallest ninth rank, they have no chance at all.
So this is completely a skyrocketing class jump.
Of course, such a promise will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of some "conservative" officials, who feel that no matter how important the steam engine is, Wei Changtian should not destroy the official system in this way.
However, Wei Changcai didn't care about this and even felt that it was not enough.
After all, he knew very well how epoch-making significance the steam engine had.
Just imagine if someone could create controllable nuclear fusion in the previous life... then, let alone being treated as a deputy provincial governor, he would probably be enshrined as a national treasure.
In this way, Wei Changtian, who was against all opinions, left the Tiangong Bureau after announcing the huge reward, and then went to inspect the second "key project" of Dashu, Datong City.
It has only been less than two years since the completion of Datong City. Naturally, all aspects of the entire city cannot be compared with a thousand-year-old city like Shuzhou City.
However, due to the extremely favorable "immigration policy", there are currently hundreds of thousands of people living in the city.
And among them, there are many demons that have taken form...
The peaceful coexistence of human beings and monsters would have sounded like a fantasy to anyone three years ago.
But now this has become a reality in Datong City.
Under the influence of public opinion propaganda that "those who are not from my race are not necessarily different from others", more and more Shu people have begun to gradually accept the monster race.
But after getting along with each other for a long time, everyone discovered that these demons incarnate were actually no different from humans.
Sometimes they are even more "human" than humans. At least when doing business with demons, you never have to worry about the other party not keeping their word.
From the change of expression, to concerns, to gradual acceptance, to becoming accustomed to it...
When people living in Datong no longer secretly discuss who is the monster, the city finally becomes worthy of its name.
Smoke from cooking pots at sunrise, lights at sunset, vendors walking along the streets, bustling teahouses and restaurants, everything is here.
Love, hate, all kinds of things in the world, everything that can be felt can be felt here.
At this point, Wei Changtian can be regarded as fulfilling his promise to Qingxian at that time, and truly established a city of "university under heaven".
As for whether this concept of "human beings and monsters coexist" can be extended in the future, and whether humans in other places can accept it as calmly as the people of Shu, Wei Changtian doesn't know.
But even just the city of Datong is enough from a certain perspective.
At the very least, from now on, people like Wu Tianqing and Yunlian no longer have to hide in isolated islands, but can walk on the earth openly.
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Time passed very quickly. When Wei Changtian returned to Shuzhou City from Datong, there was less than half a month left before the twelfth lunar month.
After Li Zimu left, no news came back, but Qingzhou took the initiative to send a message to Wei Changtian, saying that a group of people had arrived at the border of Qingzhou and went to sea by boat.
Presumably, we need to use the teleportation array in Qingzhou to get to Dachu, and then go to Lingmen Temple.
Speaking of Lingmen Temple, Wei Changtian visited Song Pu again after returning and asked about the recent situation.
Song Pu said that he had never received any formal information from Lingmen Temple, but he heard from a friend in the temple that Chu Xianping seemed to have left Lingmen Temple and had taken several second-grade eminent monks with him.
It's not surprising that Chu Xianping left.
But why could he borrow so many masters from Lingmen Temple? Why would he bring such a group of people with him? Wei Changtian really couldn't understand.
Perhaps we can only get the answer after Li Zimu investigates.
This is generally the situation at Chu Xianping's side.
Qin Zhengqiu's side is even simpler. There is still no faith at all, and no force has come to Wei Changtian again.
According to what Liang Zhen said, it seems that the spies in Shuzhou City have recently evacuated some of them.
Although there are still quite a few, they are definitely not as many as they were half a month ago.
Wei Changtian couldn't figure it out even more.
After all, why would a good person suddenly withdraw his spies?
Could it be that I no longer have the value of keeping track?
It shouldn't be...
In short, regardless of whether Wei Changtian figured it out or not, this is how the situation developed.
Other than that, there are just scattered little things that are not worth mentioning here.
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The first day of December is the winter solstice.
The Winter Solstice was generally regarded as a major winter festival in ancient times, and there was even a folk saying that "the Winter Solstice is as big as the New Year".
According to the custom of Shuzhou, mutton is eaten on the winter solstice, so the strong smell of meat wafted inside and outside the mansion early in the morning.
It is stewed in a large pot for six hours from morning to night, and then you can have an authentic Shuzhou mutton soup for dinner.
Wei Changtian was awakened by the delicious smell of meat.
"Ha~"
Leaving the dream path, he yawned, slowly straightened up and sat up.
Wei Changtian turned around and saw Xu Qingwan, who had woken up early, rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the house, just like a thief who had broken into a house.
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"Huh? Are you awake?"
Comrade Xiao Xu glanced back, and then continued to take things out of the cabinet: "We are going back to the capital tomorrow. I want to pack up."
"You can just clean it up..."
Wei Changtian muttered and got out of bed and started to get dressed: "Why are you so sneaky?"
"Where am I being sneaky?"
Xu Qingwan muttered dissatisfiedly: "I'm not afraid of making noise..."
Suddenly, Comrade Xiao Xu's voice stopped suddenly and his movements paused.
Then she picked up a beautifully crafted gold hairpin and turned back to look at Wei Changtian blankly.
"Here, isn't this hairpin lost? I remember you sent a letter to ask me, but I couldn't find it at that time..."
"Oh, so didn't I help you get it back?"
Wei Changtian looked up and said with a smile: "I just put it in the cabinet when I came back. I forgot to tell you."
"But where did you find it? I obviously searched the whole house at that time."
Comrade Xiao Xu just held the hairpin in front of his chest, his tone was urgent, and it was obvious that he was very excited about this gain and loss.
After all, this hairpin is her most precious one.
It's not because it's expensive...of course that's one of the reasons.
But the most important thing is because this is the one she wore when she married Wei Changtian.
So the last time Wei Changtian sent a message to her and asked her to look for the hairpin, but she couldn't find it, and she was really worried and cried at that time.
Now that such a precious object is back, Xu Qingwan is naturally excited.
Of course Comrade Xiao Xu didn’t know what kind of “twisting and wonderful” journey the hairpin and the hairpin went through before they returned to her hands, and Wei Changtian certainly wouldn’t say, “Someone stole it from you and wanted to threaten me with it.”
"The truth.
Therefore, Wei Changtian just smiled and joked:
"The big ghost stole it secretly."
"Big ghost...how is that possible! I hid it in the secret room!"
"What's impossible? The big ghost is so smart now. I heard from Qiaoling that he would go to the kitchen to steal meat all day long."
"How can it be the same?"
"Believe it or not, it's up to you. Let's go and have breakfast."
"I don't believe it! You, stop!"
"Ha ha ha ha......"
Wei Changtian's laughter and Xu Qingwan's shouts became smaller and smaller, and soon disappeared in the clear morning breeze.
The warm room was quiet, and every place was just as it was when Wei Changtian left a year ago.