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

Chapter 352 The Invention of the Steam Locomotive
I have to say that in many cases, women's sixth sense is still very accurate.

What Li Yaoyue said was exactly what Fang Xiu had in mind, although it couldn't be said to be exact, it was very similar.

Fang Xiu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and was about to say something, but before he could say anything, he heard Li Yaoyue say again: "Whatever you prepared for me, just show it, don't need to hide it."

Although Fang Xiu did prepare Duanchang powder for her, but after being reminded, he suddenly didn't want to use it.

There is no other reason, but I just don't want Li Yaoyue to guess her mind.

"If Your Majesty misses me so much, I'm afraid I will disappoint Your Majesty."

Fang Xiu looked at Li Yaoyue in front of him, with a smile on his face, and said lightly: "I came to see Your Majesty today, because I was thinking that the Southern Expedition is coming soon, and I haven't seen you for a long time. I will see you off, and by the way, tell Your Majesty, on the battlefield It is important to be safe, not to rush ahead, Your Majesty's life is more important than the victory of the southern expedition to Wu."

These remarks are pure nonsense.

But his tone was extremely sincere, and his eyes were quite clear. If ordinary people listened to it, they would probably believe it.

However, Li Yaoyue is not an ordinary person. After hearing Fang Xiu's words, she just gave him a slightly strange look, and then fell silent.

Fang Xiu saw that Li Yaoyue was no longer fooling around, and said more sincerely: "Second, the candidate for the deputy general has been confirmed, and I will report to His Majesty."

"Who?"

Hearing the word Lieutenant General, Li Yaoyue finally lifted his spirits, looked at Fang Xiu, and asked.

Fang Xiudao: "The deputy general's name is Zhang Liang. He has the ability to strategize and win decisively from thousands of miles away. When it comes to the battlefield, your majesty will not make mistakes if you listen to his advice for crucial decisions."

Between strategizing and winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away?

Li Yaoyue was slightly taken aback when she heard Fang Xiu's high evaluation, but said nothing.

See Li Yaoyue fell silent.

Fang Xiu thought for a while and said: "I have already said what I want to say. If your Majesty is fine, I will leave."

After speaking, he bowed and turned around to leave.

Faced with Fang Xiu's arrival and departure, Li Yaoyue has always had the same attitude, turning a blind eye.

In her eyes, Fang Xiu is only a little sincere when facing those people in the Xiangguo Mansion, and he is a little cynical no matter how he faces anyone on weekdays.

She doesn't like to get along with such people because she feels too frivolous.

What's more, I was under house arrest by him in Xiangguo Mansion for nearly half a year before.

Li Yaoyue looked at Fang Xiu's back, thought so, and prepared to return to her seat and continue to process the official documents.

As soon as he sat down, Fang Xiu suddenly stopped and turned to look at him with an extremely sincere tone.

"Whether your majesty believes it or not, I really want to tell your majesty that your majesty's safety is very important to me and the court. I sincerely hope that your majesty can return safely from this southern expedition."

Li Yaoyue was startled, and raised her eyes to look at Fang Xiu, seeing his serious eyes, she was startled again.

Just when she opened her mouth to say something, Fang Xiu turned and left.

this moment.

Looking at Fang Xiu's back.

Li Yaoyue suddenly felt an impulse to catch up with Fang Xiu and respond.

She could feel that no matter what happened in the past, at this moment, what Fang Xiu said was sincere.

It's just that his sincerity was exchanged for her iceberg-like attitude, and she felt inexplicably sorry.

But after calming down, he no longer thought so.

After all, Fang Xiu never felt sorry for what she did to her.

the other side.

Fang Xiu came out of Zhenbaozhai, intending to go to the palace and inform the little empress and the core members of the Fang party about the candidate for the deputy general.

But before he reached the palace, he was stopped by a person.

"Fang Xiang! I have something important to see Fang Xiang!"

A familiar voice came from outside the carriage.

Fang Xiu thought for a few seconds before realizing that it was Uncle Guo's voice.

Why did Uncle Guo suddenly block his frame?
Could it be that the steam locomotive has a clue?

With this in mind, Fang Xiu regained his energy in an instant and ordered the driver to stop the carriage.

Immediately, he got out of the carriage, looked at Uncle Guo standing in front of him, with a warm smile on his face, and said, "What's the matter with Uncle Guo?"

Uncle Guo looked excited, and his voice trembled: "Fang Xiang! The steam locomotive, I have developed it!"

It really is a steam locomotive!
Fang Xiu was shocked when he heard the news.

Undoubtedly, the appearance of the steam locomotive is of great significance, and its effect is also huge!

If the railway tracks can be spread throughout Dagan and Dazhou, from now on, Dagan and Dazhou will be well-deserved hegemony-level existences among the countries of China!

Whether it is transporting supplies or personnel, the speed is far faster than other countries.

At that time, there is no need to worry about it anymore. The soldiers in the front are fighting with blood, but the logistics and supplies are even less of a problem.

Don't worry, the distribution of troops is too scattered, and it is difficult to gather in a short time.

Besides.

The advent of steam locomotives can greatly promote the development of transportation, industry, agriculture and commerce!
The development of the entire Dagan and Dazhou will speed up along with the steam locomotive!
As a traveler, Fang Xiu knew more about the role of steam locomotives than others.

Therefore, at this moment, he was also very excited. Looking at the uncle in front of him, he asked, "Where is the prototype machine? Can I sit on it? Take the real thing to see!"

Although Uncle Guo didn't know what the prototype machine meant, he could probably figure it out. It was the first machine he built, and he replied: "If you go back to Prime Minister Fang, it's in the suburbs, and it can seat five people, but the speed is too slow." Some, I'll show you right now."

Saying so, we must lead the way ahead.

"Wait!"

Fang Xiu stopped him and said, "Follow the truth and go to the palace first, meet His Majesty and the princes, and then go together!"

For such an important matter, everyone must witness it together!
With this in mind, Fang Xiu went to the palace first.

First, I talked to the little empress and all the important ministers about Zhang Liang, the candidate for the deputy general for the Southern Expedition to Wu.

When the little empress and several important officials heard this name, they were all at a loss.

Before that, they had never heard of it. It turned out that Dagan and Dazhou also had a general named Zhang Liang.

Although they had never heard of this person's name, they did not question Fang Xiu's decision in the slightest.

Just because the commanders Fang Xiu sent before were all in the same situation.

Qi Jiguang and Bai Qi are Dian Wei, the commander of the guards beside him.

Which one was not born out of nowhere, and which one was not outstandingly talented and made great military exploits?
Especially Qi Jiguang and Bai Qi have become the pillars of the imperial court now.

It can be seen that Fang Xiang's ability to cultivate talents is far beyond their imagination.

Since this Zhang Liang can be valued by Fang Xiang and appointed as the deputy general, he must have the ability to match him.

Therefore, no one has asked too much about this matter.

Followed by.

Fang Xiu took Uncle Guo and said the second thing, the steam locomotive was successfully developed!

Now there is one, just in the suburbs.

Hearing this news, the little empress was very excited.

Before that, she often heard Fang Xiu mention steam locomotives, and she knew the importance of steam locomotives to Dagan.

For the rest, the attitude is different.

Some were just as excited.

For example, Qin Xingyan's eyes were turning red, and he said in his heart, "It's finally over."

He did this because a lot of silver was needed to develop steam locomotives.

The money was initially provided by the Xiangguo Mansion, but later on, more and more money was needed, and even the Xiangguo Mansion could not afford it, so part of it was paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

It is also spending money to make things.

Allocating to the Ministry of Industry and the Engineering Academy can see results, especially the money allocated to the Engineering Academy. After a while, a novel gadget will be developed, and it may be possible to earn back all the cost in a few days.

However, allocating it to the uncle's mansion is like throwing money into the river, without even a splash.

However, Fang attached great importance to this steam locomotive, so he had to allocate this money.

Now that the steam locomotive has been successfully developed, Hubu can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Except for Qin Xingyan, the others were relatively indifferent.

Although they knew about the existence of the steam locomotive and that Fang Xiang attached great importance to the steam locomotive, they didn't know much about it. They only thought that it was the same thing as the spinning machine, and it was indeed beneficial to the court, but it was not considered a many.

It wasn't until they came to the outskirts and saw the huge steam locomotive that they realized that they were wrong, very wrong!
The so-called steam locomotive is completely different from what they imagined!
The steam locomotive made of steel, just a front, looks bigger than a small mansion!
In addition, the car is connected to the back, which makes it look even bigger.

The most important thing is that most of the parts of this steam locomotive are made of steel, just standing there gives people a great sense of oppression.

"Such a big cart is made of steel, how many horses are needed to pull it!"

Among them, Xie Qian, who knew the least about steam locomotives, couldn't help sighing when he saw the huge monster in front of him.

The bystanders were startled when they heard this, and subconsciously looked at Xie Qian with a strange expression.

Seeing this, Xie Qian also realized that he had said something wrong, and asked for advice, "Could it be that this cart is not drawn by horses, but by oxen?"

The voice fell.

Uncle Guo, who was drinking tea to moisten his throat, spat it out with a "poof".

"cough cough cough cough"

Choked for a while.

He was finally able to speak, and explained to Xie Qian: "Mr. Xie Ge, the so-called steam locomotive is a car powered by a steam engine. It does not use horses, let alone oxen."

Speaking of this, he remembered an interesting incident, and said with a smile: "However, I did read a record in a book, saying that somewhere else, someone developed a steam locomotive and it fell into the hands of others. , That man didn’t know how to use it, so he raised a group of horses and used them to pull the steam locomotive, which is really ridiculous.”

As he spoke, such a funny scene involuntarily appeared in his mind, and he burst out laughing.

After laughing for a while, seeing that no one else responded, he stopped smiling again, looked at Fang Xiu, and said seriously: "Mr. Fang, the coachman is ready. Do you want him to drive around?"

Fang Xiu nodded and said, "Okay."

With permission, Uncle Guo stepped up to the front of the steam locomotive, told the driver a few words, and then walked down again.

Not for a while.

Then I saw the front of the steam locomotive, billowing thick smoke.

Immediately afterwards, there was a puffing sound, which can be said to be deafening.

Everyone, including the little empress, was taken aback by surprise and hurriedly covered their ears.

And Fang Xiu had already prepared in his heart, so his expression was flat, and he looked at the steam locomotive intently.

Temporarily laid railway tracks.

Amidst the deafening sound, the giant steel monster slowly started to move.

Although the speed is not fast, it does move without any external force!
"It really did!"

Seeing this scene, Fang Xiu rarely showed excitement on his face.

Although Guoshu's steam locomotive drawings are all obtained from the system, as long as he follows them, there will be no problems.

but!

In this world, steam locomotives have never been studied before, and many raw materials, mechanics principles, and fine machinery involved in it have to be explored step by step.

Little by little trial and error.

It is extremely difficult to walk in front of everyone and build something from scratch.

When Fang Xiu started the steam locomotive project, he had already made preparations for more than ten years of research.

Who would have thought that in just two or three years, Uncle Guo would actually build a steam locomotive.

It is really an extremely difficult task!

Looking at the moving steam locomotive, Fang Xiu let out a long breath, full of relief.

And the other side.

When everyone, including the little empress, saw the moving steam locomotive, their eyes widened in disbelief.

They originally thought that even if the huge monster made of steel could move, it must be extremely slow, but the facts were beyond their expectations.

Compared with the carriage, this steam locomotive moves slower, but not too much slower!
Moreover, horses get tired, but this steam locomotive does not.

Although the steam locomotive needs rails to run, the effect of this thing is much better than they imagined!
Xie Qian looked at the steam locomotive, and couldn't help admiring: "It's really the magic weapon of the fairy family! The magic weapon of the fairy family!"

aside.

When Du Chen'an, Qin Xingyan and others heard this, they all showed approval on their faces.

In their eyes, the magic weapon of the fairy family is nothing more than that.

The little empress standing beside Fang Xiu looked at the steam locomotive driving away, but the words Fang Xiu said to him two years ago could not help but come to mind.

One day, I will build a cart that can walk by itself without using a horse.

At that time, the little empress only thought that Fang Xiu was talking nonsense.

Who would have thought that in just two or three years, what Fang Xiu said would actually come true.

this moment.

Wu Mingkong felt extremely melancholy.

She looked at Fang Xiu and said, "You did it."

Although the sound of the steam locomotive was a little softer, it still covered her voice.

Fang Xiu didn't hear clearly, and asked loudly, "What did Your Majesty say?"

Wu Mingkong raised his voice and said, "I said, you did it!"

At this moment, Fang Xiu heard it clearly, with a smile on his face, he said, "It's all thanks to His Majesty's trust and Uncle Guo's hard work that we have this steam locomotive."

Wu Mingkong nodded when he heard this, and then the words Fang Xiu said to her two or three years ago involuntarily appeared in his mind.

Cars that can run on their own are also built.

Just don't know.

When will the promise to marry her be fulfilled?
Think of this.

Wu Mingkong suddenly felt a little lost.

Even the success of the steam locomotive could not arouse her joy.

Thousands of thoughts turned into a sigh, accompanied by the roar of the steam locomotive, dissipated in the wind.

(End of this chapter)