I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Liu Yuan's face was serious, and he said in a deep voice:

"The emperor of Zhou is arrogant and arrogant, and he thinks very highly of himself. It is absolutely impossible to write an edict of guilt in such a tone. Therefore, the minister can conclude that this edict must have been written under coercion, and even, it was not written by Emperor Zhou at all. Published in newspapers in the name of Emperor Zhou!"

Emperor Yan's old face showed some agreement, and he sighed:
"From this point of view, there has been turmoil in Zhou's court, but we don't know whether it is Xie Qian, Wei Dongzheng, or someone else who is in power now."

Liu Yuan looked at Emperor Yan and said anxiously:

"Your Majesty, the imperial court must not sit idly by now! If Qianguo really captures the state of Zhou, its strength will increase greatly, and the imperial court will have a huge threat!"

Yanhuang still had a calm appearance, and said lightly:

"Liu Xiang's words are a bit alarmist. A small Qianguo managed to take advantage of the internal turmoil in Zhou Dynasty to barely win the victory. How can such an army be compared with my Dayan Iron Cavalry?"

Hearing this, Liu Yuan looked helpless, and could only say:
"But Your Majesty, even my Dayan iron cavalry was defeated by Fang Xiu, the prime minister of the Qian Kingdom! The life and death of the chief general you sent, Ban Hongfei, is still uncertain!"

Hearing Liu Yuan mention this matter, Emperor Yan's face became a little ugly, and he frowned and said:
"The reason for the defeat is that Ban Hongfei underestimated the enemy and divided up his troops to advance aggressively. The second is that the Ganren could not defend the city. My Dayan iron cavalry could only dismount to fight the battle, and could not give full play to our advantages. If the Ganren dared to attack, the result would be different! "

Liu Yuan didn't expect that Emperor Yan would be more cautious than before when he got older.

Perhaps it was Ban Hongfei's defeat that dealt a certain blow to His Majesty.

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and wanted to say something else: "Your Majesty."

"That's enough. I know what you said. I'm not old, let alone confused. I know better than you what to do!"

Yan Huang waved his hand and said impatiently.

When Liu Yuan heard this, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Looking at Emperor Yan in front of him, he finally chose to give up, sighed in his heart, cupped his hands, and said: "The old minister will leave."

After speaking, he turned and left the palace.

Emperor Yan sat on the dragon chair, looked at his back, a deep light flashed in his eyes, turned to look at the eunuch beside him, and asked, "Where is the person at the sticky pole now?"

The eunuch hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty, I have entered Yongzhou yesterday."

Emperor Yan said: "Tell them that from today onwards, there is no need to reply to the imperial court, and they will be lurking in Chang'an wholeheartedly, looking for opportunities to assassinate Fang Xiu!"

The eunuch saluted and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Changan.

Wind and sunshine.

In Xiangguo's mansion.

Fang Xiu sat on the stone bench and watched the memorial sent by the Ministry of Education.

Shangguan Haitang stood beside him and said: "A letter from Jinnan Mansion said that Emperor Zhou has been imprisoned. Now the court of Zhou Kingdom is in charge of Xie Qian. He has promised to quell the turmoil within seven days and make preparations for the abdication ceremony later. He also sent you a letter describing the matter, addressing you as His Royal Highness the Regent."

Hearing this, Fang Xiu showed a smile on his face, and said, "From this point of view, the truth is true."

"Besides, there is one more thing that the humble official needs to report to the master."

Shangguan Haitang said solemnly.

Fang Xiu glanced at her and said, "What's the matter, but it's okay to say."

"A secret agent from Yongzhou came to report that a group of secret agents set out from the country of Yan. They disappeared as soon as they entered Daqian. They have been entrusted with a lowly position. So far, they have not found out what their purpose is."

Speaking of this, there was a look of guilt on his face.

Fang Xiudao:
"You and the secret agent of the first village are not Taoist priests who tell fortunes. How can you know everything and work hard to get into the big work? They are nothing more than looking for information, or assassinating His Majesty or the truth.

Truth and Your Majesty are surrounded by guards, it is expected that Yan Guo's spy will not be so easy to assassinate, this matter, you don't have to take it to heart once you know the truth. "

"Yes, Master!"

Shangguan Haitang responded.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the courtyard.

Immediately afterwards, the housekeeper of the mansion appeared at the gate of the courtyard, saluted and said: "Master, a man came outside, claiming to be the current uncle of the country, and wants to see you."

Today's uncle?

Fang Xiu was slightly taken aback, thought for a moment, and then remembered the younger brother of the Queen Mother whom he had met at the Queen Mother's family banquet that day, waved his hand and said, "Let him in."

"Yes, sir!"

The butler bowed and turned to leave.

After a while.

A young man in brocade clothes appeared in front of Fang Xiu, with a smile on his face, he called out, "Mr. Fang."

"Uncle Guo came here, what's your business?"

Fang Xiu looked at Uncle Guo and asked.

Seeing his question, Uncle Guo cut to the chase and said, "I came to see Xiang Xiang, mainly to invite Xiang Xiang to take a look at the newly built steam engine."

As soon as this word comes out.

Fang Xiu was slightly taken aback, raised his eyebrows, and said in surprise: "Uncle Guo built the steam engine so quickly?"

Uncle Guo scratched his head and said with a smile: "It is all thanks to Fang Xiang's strong support that it can be built so fast. If there is no Fang Xiang's blueprint and money, just by myself, I am afraid that it will take ten or eight years to complete the construction." Can't make it."

Hearing this, Fang Xiu still couldn't believe it.

I thought it would take at least two or three years for the steam engine to come out, but I didn't expect it to be so fast.

The appearance of the steam engine is no small matter!

Fang Xiu stood up from the stone bench and asked, "Where is the steam engine?"

Seeing that he attached so much importance to the steam engine, Uncle Guo felt more and more that he had met Bole, who knew the goods. His face was full of joy, and he hurriedly replied: "It's in Uncle Guo's mansion, please move forward and go and have a look!"

"Go, go and see!"

Fang Xiu looked at Shangguan Haitang, and said casually: "If you have nothing to do, then go with the truth."

"Yes!"

Shangguan Haitang responded and followed behind him.

Uncle Guo leads the way.

Fang Xiu followed behind.

It didn't take long to arrive at the uncle's mansion.

Entering the mansion, there is a large open space.

On the open space, there is a small iron can, which is connected by various iron rods, which looks quite complicated.

Fang Xiu has never studied engineering, and his understanding of machinery and steam engines is limited to the description in the history book about the Industrial Revolution and Watt's improvement of the steam engine.

Therefore, I don't know anything about the machine in front of me. I only know that it looks like a steam engine.

"Fang Xiang, this is the steam engine made according to your blueprint!"

Uncle Guo stood beside the machine, looked at Fang Xiu with admiration, and said with great interest:
"To be honest, I had a similar idea a year ago, but after making it, I found that after the water in the iron tank was turned into steam, it could drive the pole in front of it to move.

However, every time it condenses into steam, it needs to consume a lot of firewood. After the original water is turned into steam, it disappears for no reason. In this way, no matter how much coal is used, it is not enough.

During those days, I tried every means to improve the machine, but in the end it was in vain until I met Fang Xiang!

Fang Xiang handed over the blueprint of the so-called steam engine to me. After careful study, I found out that in addition to the original iron tank, I only need to design another iron tank as a neatly accommodated cylinder.

Then add a so-called piston to direct that water vapor to another cylinder, and in that cylinder, wait for it to cool down, and it will solve the problem.

It is amazing to say that after cooling, the original steam will be pushed into the cylinder again, and the cycle will start again and again, without wasting steam. Compared with the original, the efficiency has also been greatly improved! "

Uncle Guo talked about the steam engine endlessly.

Fang Xiu was at a loss when he heard it. Seeing his enthusiastic appearance, he couldn't interrupt him. After he finished speaking, he said: "Uncle Guo has said so much, why don't you let the steam move and let the steam flow for you?" Demonstrate the truth, how it works."

When Uncle Guo heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, this is the business."

He looked at the servants at the side, waved his hands, and ordered: "Go get some firewood and burn it under this steam engine."

"Yes!"

The servant responded and turned to leave. After a while, he brought back a pile of firewood, placed it under the steam engine, and lit it with a torch.

As time goes by.

The steam engine in front of him began to operate slowly.

The steam drives the rod, and it starts a reciprocating motion.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu's eyes burst into a bright light.

This thing really looks like that!

"I didn't expect it to be so easy to build a steam engine."

Fang Xiu thought about this, looked at Uncle Guo, and asked, "I don't know how much money it takes to build such a machine?"

Uncle Guo said:
"I haven't calculated it yet, but a skilled craftsman shouldn't need much silver. Most of the silver I spent during this time was spent on exploration!

The machine you saw, Fang Xiang, is actually No. 16. Of the [-] machines built before, either there was an air leak, or there was a lot of wear and tear. "

When Fang Xiu heard this, he looked thoughtful.

After a while, he made a decision, and said solemnly: "The truth will give you another 10 taels of silver to continue the research on this steam engine!"

10 taels of silver!
Uncle Guo was shocked.

As the younger brother of the Empress Dowager, he knows many things better than all the officials.

He knew that it was time for the imperial court to use silver.

Not to mention the relatives of the emperor, even His Majesty has been thinking about how to reduce expenses all day long, and even put his mind on the concubines of the late emperor.

10 taels of silver is really not a small sum!
He looked at Fang Xiu, and said with some concerns: "Master Fang, 10 taels of silver is a bit too much, and it's useless to study this steam engine!"

Fang Xiudao: "Why can't it be used? There are still plenty of places to use money!"

When Uncle Guo heard this, he hesitated and said, "But now that the steam engine has been built, how can we still study it?"

Fang Xiudao: "The machines manufactured today are still useless, and the next thing to do is to turn them into useful things."

"Useful things?"

Uncle Guo had a thoughtful look on his face.

Fang Xiu continued: "Not to mention, can this steam engine be used on spinning machines to improve efficiency, can it be used on carriages to replace horses? can it be used on ships to replace sails?"

These few words opened the door to a new world for Uncle Guo.

He widened his eyes with surprise on his face.

The whole person fell into a trance, muttering to himself: "Replace manpower, replace horses, replace sails. Why have I never thought of it before?"

After a while.

He woke up from the trance, looked at Fang Xiu, and said excitedly: "Fang Xiang is indeed a genius! Such an exquisite idea can only be realized by such a genius who is as wise and almost demon as you, Fang Xiang!"

Fang Xiu was a little embarrassed by his praise, but he had a calm expression on his face, and wrote lightly: "I just spent the time I spent listening to the music in Goulan thinking. A little trick is nothing."

"It's a good idea to use the time spent listening to the music in Goulan to think!"

Uncle Guo looked excitedly at the servants at the side, and ordered: "Go get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. I want to write down Fang Xiang's words and hang them in the main hall!"

"Yes!"

The servant responded, and hurriedly went to get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

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Seeing this, Fang Xiu twitched the corner of his mouth, and said, "It's just a feeling, it's not necessary."

Uncle Guo looked at Fang Xiu, and said with a serious face: "A sentence that Fang Xiang sent out with emotion, a random thought, even ordinary people can't comprehend it for a few years, ten years, or even decades! "

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Fang Xiu had no choice but to let him go.

There was silence for a moment.

He suddenly thought of something, looked at Shangguan Haitang, and asked, "Has the engineering academy that I ordered before started preparations?"

Shangguan Haitang replied: "There is no movement yet."

Fang Xiu frowned slightly, and said, "The truth has given us a lot of time, so why haven't we prepared yet?"

Shangguan Haitang hesitated and said: "As far as I know, it's because of the lack of money."

The voice fell.

Fang Xiu fell silent.

He knew in his heart that with his power, it was absolutely impossible for the officials to delay doing what he ordered.

The reason why there is no preparation is probably because there is really too little money.

After all, the little empress had mentioned the lack of money in front of him before.

Fang Xiu sighed in his heart, and said, "How much silver can we bring back from Zhou?"

Shangguan Haitang said: "It should only be enough to pay pensions to soldiers who died in battle."

Hearing this, Fang Xiu didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing this, Shangguan Haitang was silent for a few breaths, and said: "The humble job has a way to raise money for the construction of the academy, it's just..."

Fang Xiu noticed her heavy expression, and said helplessly, "You mean to say that the soldiers who died in battle should be classified as fugitives, or disappeared, so as to save money for pensions?"

Shangguan Haitang didn't answer, apparently acquiescing to Fang Xiu's words.

Fang Xiudao: "The soldiers fought bloody battles for the court, and it is the court's duty to pay pensions to their families. Withholding money from them is a hot hand."

Shangguan Haitang clasped his hands and said, "I know I'm wrong."

"Sharing worries for the truth, what can be wrong"

Fang Xiu reached out and stroked the hair on her forehead to one side, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

After a while, he seemed to have thought of something, looked at Shangguan Haitang, and said: "Go, follow the truth and enter the palace to face the saint!"

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