Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 716 The Filial Piety of the Holy Dynasty
In these years, the Elder has always despised Shang Fang's Chen Tao and others.

I have already painted things for you, why can’t I get them out?
But today, Chen Tao and others can finally feel proud and grin wildly.

Because the emperor himself can't figure it out.

Before the start of work, the voice was louder than anyone else. He straightened his neck and yelled at many Mohists, as if he could create the "steam engine" that they had studied for more than ten years. It was a little weaker, and when the nothing machine finally uttered a few howls of broken copper and iron and then completely turned off, Liu Chang was completely silent.

Chen Tao smiled happily.

Standing in front of Liu Chang, he grinned happily, "Your Majesty, it's okay, it's okay, failure is a common thing, didn't you say it, success is summed up by countless failures , We are the same way, forging according to the blueprint you gave, it’s good if it doesn’t blow up. The whole machine was worn out and broken when we fired it a few times before, but your machine can at least keep its original state. It’s already a great improvement.”

Everyone in the Mo family was also very happy.

In these years, they have been scorned by the emperor. Every time they meet, the emperor always looks like he hates iron and steel, thinking that these things can be done with his own hands, and he has no idea of ​​the difficulty.

They made the steam ball, but this thing has no practicality at all, it can only be regarded as revealing its distance, and it is not an easy task to make this thing have a real function and provide enough power to drive the vehicle Yes, Chen Tao has tried many methods, and until now, twelve kinds of solutions have been eliminated. Finally, he decided to give up the research for the time being, and study the materials first, so that the smelting technology can be developed until the materials that can go along with this machine can be produced.

Looking at the smile on Chen Tao's face, Liu Chang's face turned dark.

The principle itself is very clear, but why can't it be made?It is obviously built according to the knowledge in the dream, shouldn't it fail?

Is it really a matter of materials, as Chen Tao said?
Liu Chang looked at the stove in the distance, and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

It seems that we have to seek a breakthrough from this thing first?
Liu Chang was thinking to himself, and when he saw the triumphant Chen Tao, he immediately sneered, grabbed Chen Tao's shoulder, and wrapped his arms around his neck. Caught under his arm, Chen Tao couldn't laugh at the moment, he was careless, he was happy for a while, why did he forget this person's nature,

"Tao. As an official of the Shangfang Mansion, seeing jealousy of talents and seeing that I can't get things done, I'm so happy, isn't it a bit inappropriate?"

"Your Majesty is right, I am guilty!"

"Conviction of guilt is not enough. To change the stove, I will give you three days to lead everyone to think about it and come up with a feasible improvement method. If you can't come up with it, do you know the result?"

"Yes, His Majesty wants to kill the woodcutter near Chang'an."

"Fart! You guys failed, why should I kill the woodcutter? You are not only jealous of the virtuous, but also have such a vicious heart!"

"If you can't come up with a countermeasure, I will treat you as pig iron. Have you seen that hammer? I have tempered you!!!"

"only!!"

Only then did Liu Chang let go of Chen Tao. What he got in his dream were all formed theories. When he really practiced, Liu Chang felt that he might not be able to compare with these old craftsmen who have worked for decades. In his dream, he They are all sitting in a small room, pressing the various advanced machines in front of them, clicking and clicking, everything is solved, and they also lack the ability to actually build things. If the steam engine has materials, the first generation machine can be made, but the sealing problem, and the seamless connection of the iron, etc., seem to be difficult to solve.

He stretched himself, and it has been more than ten days since he came to Shangfang Mansion.

Pick up the hammer and enter Shangfang, and the king will not go to court early from then on.

Now that the affairs of the court are completely handed over to Sangong, Liu Chang can do some things of his own with peace of mind. What makes him most persistent is this steam engine. He really wants to see trains running all over the country in his lifetime, and Take the train to rest in peace and chop off people's heads, but with the stupidity of people like Shangfang, it is difficult for me to have a chance to realize this grand plan. Should I learn the way of health preservation from Zhang Cang and Zhao Tuo?
"His Majesty."

Lu Lu appeared behind him at some point, and Liu Chang plunged into Shangfang Mansion. As the head of the servants, Lu Lu, of course, had to be with him all the time, but Lu Lu didn't like this Shangfang Mansion very much. The smell, the sparks, it's not much better than the farm's test field.

"The envoy from the Anxi Kingdom was let go, and he will return to the Anxi Kingdom today."

"Oh, Zhang Buyi let him go just like that?"

"It is said that they were beaten up before, and all the officials thought it was inappropriate. They thought it was not the etiquette to treat foreign envoys. The Dianke Mansion jointly signed a letter impeaching Prime Minister Zuo, and Prime Minister Zuo rejected their impeachment."

Liu Chang couldn't help laughing, "The Yushifu ignored it?"

"The Censor's Mansion is busy with important affairs, and has no energy to deal with these matters. The ministers including Lu Jia also persuaded King Wu not to care about Zhang Buyi's affairs, for fear that he would be right with him again. Censor He also came to me specifically and talked about the new law of the Three Dukes. Your Majesty, I heard that I am going to be the Three Dukes?"

"Um???"

Liu Chang looked at Lu Lu in surprise, and sized him up for a long time.

"How could you have such an illusion?"

"The censor said that Menxia's mansion will become the new Sangong's mansion, and I don't think it's appropriate for the leader to be the servant."

Lu Lu made a joke, of course he also knew that he was not qualified, Liu Chang laughed, "Yeah, this servant is about to become the new Sangong, and when the time comes, I will make you a prime minister or a captain or something." of"

Liu Chang stretched his muscles, "I've been in Shangfang for several days, let's go back to the palace first."

"Is Your Majesty going back to get the bow?"

"Fart! I'm going back to see my mother!"

Sitting in the carriage, Liu Chang looked at the situation outside through the curtain of the carriage. Everywhere in Chang'an was extremely lively, the roads were crowded, pedestrians kept coming and going, there were vendors hawking along the street, and occasionally children were seen running around. , Walking this way, I can't see any clean places, and there are noisy downtowns everywhere. It really looks like a picture scroll of a prosperous age. Liu Chang nodded his head very satisfied.

The market is more lively than before. Since the agricultural tax was exempted this year, the market has become more prosperous than before. Many farmers have begun to try to grow some cash crops for sale. Back then, Liu An abolished their status and no longer With occupation as a registration, you can do whatever you want in the industry you want. Although this weakens the management of household registration by temples, it does make the place more prosperous. It can only be said that there is no perfect system, and we can only take a step. The next step is to make adjustments according to different situations.

Someone was walking on the road and felt a little tired, so he stood at the intersection and waved for a "scooter".

After getting into the car, he quickly disappeared into this bustling city.

This kind of carriage has only recently become popular in Chang'an. The prototype is the exclusive walking carriage for the emperor and empress. This thing was originally similar to the sedan chair of the future, and it was carried by people to show dignity. Liu Ying liked this thing at first. But Liu Bang didn't like it. He thought it was not as interesting as driving. As for Liu Chang, the walking chariot supported by four people was too difficult for them to lift the elder. This pass is really too expensive for soldiers, and Liu Chang doesn't like to ride this thing, he prefers to ride a horse or get on a chariot.

Later, the elder master got inspiration from this sedan chair, and let Shang Fang make the current scooter, which is the rickshaw of the future.

The ministers of the temple also made a report, thinking that this chariot is exclusive to the king. Although this thing is not like a chariot, there is some disrespect in it, but because the emperor doesn't care, let it go.

After this thing appeared, it also played a role to a certain extent, especially for many people who are not familiar with Chang'an. It's always good to live.

After being ordered by Liu Chang, Jian Jianhou opened the first "rickshaw company" in Dahan.

Mainly in order to increase employment, he built a lot of vehicles, and then lent them to employees to drive them. It was very popular in Chang'an, and many nobles with horse-drawn carriages wanted to try this new way of travel. Lu Lu also invited many aristocrats to get on this kind of car, as an advertisement for his own property. Liu Chang wanted to go up, but thinking about the poor coachman, he thought it was better. Tired and killed myself.

With the beginning of Lu Lu, similar enterprises have appeared one after another across the country, and they have begun to hire Yu Ding who has no farmland and provide them with errands.

Liu Chang sighed, and said to Lu Lu: "If I can get out the steam engine. These rickshaws can be turned into cars. How interesting it would be then."

"what?"

Lu Lu didn't understand what kind of car the emperor was talking about, but complained: "Your Majesty, I have suffered huge losses these days. Based on the current profit of this car, if I want to get back my capital, I need A year or two may be longer. The nobles have their own carriages, while the lower class people are unwilling to spend money to ride in a carriage, preferring to walk. There are only some people who are new to Chang'an and don't know the roads. Some merchants are willing to get on the car. Too few people use it.”

"You are the richest man in the world, do you still care about such a small profit?"

"Don't worry, you will start to make money sooner or later. When I asked you to open a bank, you were talking about losing money. What about now? Merchants from all over the world, when they go to do business, they don't bring any money with them. They all use your bank. Vouchers, and even some places simply use your bank’s vouchers as currency for transactions. Let me tell you, with this alone, you can leave your name in history, and you can’t say that you are a head higher than those current capable ministers! "

Lu Lu complained: "This is not a good thing. Last month, my bank in Beidi was robbed. Now everyone knows where the most money is, and they all have the idea of ​​​​my bank, and those who forged certificates , more and more, although the bank has accumulated a lot of wealth, which allowed me to open more properties, but there are also many troubles. I have been dealing with merchants all day since I was built, and I have a long history? I think He is going to be stigmatized with His Majesty for thousands of years."

"You don't know what it means to trade with certificates. The certificates of your bank are almost equivalent to banknotes. Maybe someone will scold you in a hundred years, but in a thousand years, maybe people will hang you on the wall to start I'm not going to lie to you."

If Shangfang was used by Liu Chang to invent new technologies, then Lu Lu was used by Liu Chang to experiment with new industries. Under Liu Chang's suggestion, Lu Lu opened many very advanced enterprises. Of course, most of them were at a loss. He lost all his money, but there are also many industries that have brought a lot of wealth to Lu Lu. Anyway, Lu Lu is not afraid of losing money, and he has plenty of money.But Lu Lu felt that he was becoming more and more insecure, especially when the temple was short of money, the officials looked at him as if they were looking at prey, and it was the green light in the eyes of His Majesty looking at him.

Soon, they came to the palace.

Liu Chang went directly to Changle Palace to meet Empress Lu.

"Mother!!!"

When Liu Chang broke into the Shrine Hall, Empress Lu was reading a letter. When she saw Liu Chang coming in, she continued to look at the letter in her hand without raising her head. Liu Chang sat aside curiously and read it together. .

"Bo's letter??"

"Yeah, this Zhuzi told me what he saw and heard on the road. I didn't expect that today's big man has become so interesting. It seems that you, the emperor, have done a good job."

Empress Lu gave a rare compliment, and Liu Chang immediately became complacent, and then a little angry, "This guy is like that too!"

"At the beginning when Ann went out, he wrote to you, but he didn't write to me. Unexpectedly, this Zhu Zi went out, and it's the same. He just didn't write to me!"

"Sure enough, I still love me the most. None of these sons know how to honor me! Unbelievable, I have four sons and a daughter under my knees, but I only raised one filial daughter!"

Listening to Liu Chang's complaint, Empress Lu calmly put away the letter, "Are you in Shangfang these days?"

"Yeah, there is Sangong sitting in the temple, and the prince is on the side. I have nothing to do, so I went to Shangfang to help, and encouraged the Mohist over there. They were also very moved and expressed that they would do their best. There are no big things to do in the local area, and the temple is relatively safe, so I can finally do something I want to do."

Seeing Liu Chang's appearance, Empress Lu already knew what he wanted to do.

"Where are you going to play?"

"It's not for fun, it's to inspect the place. I haven't been to Tang Country for a long time, and I want to go there to have a look."

Empress Lu nodded, "Oh, Tang Guo. That's right, you haven't been back there for a long time."

"Yeah, it used to be very poor there, and the people didn't have enough to live on. I've been busy with domestic affairs these days, and I dare not relax. Now that I'm free, I naturally have to go and see the situation."

Empress Lu sneered, "Then you don't plan to drive to Tang, why come to me?"

Liu Daxie said, "Aunt agreed??"

"Now the world is up to you, I'm old, and the captain is in a coma, you can do whatever you want, who can stop you?"

Liu Chang's face froze, and he turned his head suddenly, staring at Lu Lu behind him.

Lu Lu was startled and shook his head hastily.

Liu Chang grinned hastily, "Mum, don't listen to those people's nonsense. These people deliberately separate mother and child. How could I say such rebellious words? How can you be old? You are still so wise Shenwu."

"Really? It's okay. I'm already old and useless. Even if you say so, I can't do anything. The indulgent prime minister is also old. There's nothing I can do about it. It's that stupid Taiwei who might have something to say." explain"

Liu Chang's face turned pale, "Master also knows?"

"Who is it?! How dare you murder me!!"

"Lu Lu!"

"Prepare the car!!"

"I want to go to Tang country to inspect quickly!!"

"only!!"

Liu Chang bid farewell to his mother and escaped from the Shou Palace. Empress Lu smiled lightly. The child has stayed in Chang'an for so long. It would be nice to go to Tang to relax. After all, his ambition has always been there. of the Tang Dynasty.

On the way back to Houde Hall, Liu Chang held Lu Lu's head tightly.

"Did you betray me?!"

"It's really not me!! Your Majesty! How can I talk nonsense about such things?!"

"Besides, His Majesty said such things to everyone every time he got excited, not once or twice, and His Majesty's voice is so loud, maybe the Queen Mother's confidants overheard it."

"It's okay for my mother to hear it, but how did the Taiwei know?? Could it be that my mother sent someone to tell me?!"

"It must be you!! I must beat you to death today!!"

"It's wrong!!"

Liu Chang returned to Houde Hall and met Cao Shu, Fan Qing, Yong'e and the others.

"Your Majesty is going to the Tang Kingdom?"

Cao Shu's expression was very calm, as if she had gotten used to Liu Chang's irritable character, she nodded, "Go down, Your Majesty, I will take good care of the children, and leave the matters in the harem to me with peace of mind."

Fan Qing also nodded, "Speaking of which, you may not have been back for a long time, so go if you want. There are so many talented people in the court, so nothing will happen to you."

Cao Shu reminded in displeasure: "Your Majesty wants to travel, so don't say anything about what will happen. Your Majesty, if you want to travel, you must pay attention to safety."

Cao Shu explained seriously, Liu Chang was silent for a long time, staring at Cao Shu in front of him, looking at the gray hair in her hair, he stood up abruptly and interrupted Cao Shu.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense."

"Hurry up and get ready!"

"what??"

Cao Shu looked at him in astonishment.

"Hurry up and prepare, this time I will bring the three of you, and we will go together!"

A gleam of joy flashed in Cao Shu's eyes, but quickly dimmed again. She shook her head, "No, there is still Liang. Let them. The children still need it."

"It's good to let my mother look after me! I often visit her on weekdays, don't I just want to help me take care of the child at this critical time?! Get up and get ready! And you two! Help make up the queen !quick!!!"

When Liu Chang gave an order, Fan Qing and Yong'e jumped up in surprise, and dragged Cao Shu in to clean up.

Cao Shu looked reluctant, but there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Father Goat, what I said is true! My father slapped his chest and said to himself that my mother is old and my master is insane. The two are useless. The world is up to me, so I can do whatever I want."

Liu Jing was standing in front of the Taiwei, vividly performing the words of his father.

(End of this chapter)