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Chapter 1044
The words of Emperor Wanli did not cause San Niangzi too much worry, because they were not talking about the present.

The emperor's time for the garrison is limited to when 'he' grows up, this he is Buta who is only 12 years old this year, and this makes San Niangzi happy.

It seems that in the eyes of the emperor, her only son will be the heir to right-wing Mongolia.

In the following time, the mother and son from right-wing Mongolia were immersed in the greatness and wonder of Emperor Wanli.

For example, Butasili sat on the emperor's imperial mount Huode Xingjun and went around in circles, shouting excitedly, much happier than riding a horse.

Of course, there are also model boats that can move without paddles, and they drove around in the lake.

For this little Mongolian prince who was the same age as King Lu, Emperor Wanli seemed to be generous with his favor, and even let him and King Lu stand on the top of the city wall with him to watch the ceremony.

I also saw the appearance of Da Tianzi being furious like thunder - the [-] Huode Xingjun that the Steam Bureau promised to send to the capital before the military parade were stranded due to the change of shape.

Emperor Wanli originally planned to let the [-] Huodexing Lords carry his big Han generals on the stage in the grand parade, but the Steam Bureau had enough reasons for this, so that he could not punish anyone.

The steam engine was upgraded, and it was because of the emperor.

The reason lies in the rubber and bearings. The rubber does not come from Asia. The rubber trees sent back from Asia are far from producing rubber, but it has a lot to do with Chen Mu. The reason is vulcanization.

The heat resistance of vulcanized rubber is much better. In the letter sent back to the Forbidden City, Chen Mu mentioned its various applications, such as wear-resistant soles, airtightness of Francois machine guns, tires for various wheels, and steam engines. Piston parts, but this initially spelled disaster for everything but the soles and wheels.

The Fran cannon with rubber pads exploded several times, and the steam engine with rubber pistons also exploded after a while.

While rubber brings higher performance, the barrel and cylinder originally designed for air leakage are difficult to withstand greater pressure.

The bearing has little to do with Chen Mu. It comes from the Da Vinci manuscript sent back. Although no one can understand the words written by Da Vinci, Chen Mu can understand the patterns.

Chen Mu’s optimized versions of the bearings with the cage, the marine propeller, and the bicycle were sent back with an explanation, which shocked the emperor greatly: “Europa, is there such a miraculous thing already?”

In fact, these things did not exist in Europe at all, and some were just ideas that Da Vinci did not put into action, but for the emperor, he was behind.

These ideas were put into practice by Emperor Wanli, who was unwilling to lag behind others.

With an order, Huode Xingjun's front and rear wheels were removed, covered with rubber tires, and the front wheels were also fitted with bearings. The axles were polished and clean cast iron balls.

Although cast iron is brittle, it is always stronger than a wooden ball.

The steam engine equipped with new pistons also has a greater improvement in power. Together, they increase the speed of the new Huode Xingjun by more than 300%. No, I have to walk and run.

There is also a Beiyang handmade bicycle running in the Forbidden City, and Wanli is very excited to ride it.

As for the one-foot-sized warship models in the lake, they are all steam ships with decent sails on the deck, with propellers lowered, and the speed of sailing is not slow.

Although some of these items were difficult to mass-produce, and some could not be put into use yet, Chen Mu's return of these items did greatly enrich the emperor's spare time life.

It also made the little Mongolian prince who was used to seeing the lonely smoke in the desert worship this little uncle Wanli who lives in the Forbidden City like a god.

The third lady only stayed in the palace for one afternoon, but the little prince Buta Shili cried and clamored to take the big boat, so he was ordered by Wanli to stay overnight. It was only after ten days after the military parade that he missed his mother that he was released from the palace. Lived with San Niangzi for two days.

"In fact, at first I wanted to keep Buta Shili in Beijing, because I wanted to have more contacts with the next generation of the Mongolian King Shunyi." Wanli really liked this silly Buta Shili, and on the day when the third lady invited him to return to the outside of the Great Wall, he was very grateful to him. The third lady said: "But now, I really intend to let him stay by my side."

San Niangzi understood Wanli's thoughts in her heart, because she had this idea when she first brought Buta Shililai, and asked her son to be a hostage in Daming.

In fact, she thought about it on the way to Beijing. I can understand that I don’t want to give too much to the younger son. The youngest son is definitely a threat to the eldest son. Civil strife will only weaken Mongolia, but civil strife is not absolute, unless... unless one party absolutely Only by being strong can civil strife be avoided.

She hopes that the one who is absolutely strong is her son, not that Xinai Huang Taiji who is so old that his teeth are starting to fall out.

"Let him stay by His Majesty's side to bathe in the grace of God, I certainly wish it in my heart." The third lady touched her son's long black hair, her eyes were a little fierce, and said: "It's just that when we parted, I couldn't let it go, I hope Your Majesty will forgive you. "

Wanli nodded slowly, and said with a smile: "I think Madam Jiaqi is an elite, so let's keep ten of them. I will choose the servants who will take care of the little prince's daily life. Ten of them should be enough as guards. Guihua City is not far away, only [-] miles away."

"Whenever Mrs. Zhongshun misses him, I will send extra cavalry to escort the little prince back to Guihua City, and come back in three or four months, how about it?"

The third lady was overjoyed.

The joy is not just seeing his son often, but the emperor's proposal means that Buta's salute is not all protons, and it is impossible for protons to go back as soon as they want.

"But don't be in a hurry to thank me, I still have a favor for you to help."

The emperor was not wearing any armor today, and the sleeves of the bright yellow badge-patterned robe were twitched behind his back. He turned his head and said, "I plan to expand the Imperial College, Madam Zhongshun, go back and ask the princes of other tribes in Mongolia, as well as all the princes outside the Great Wall. The sons of governors and commanders, if there are extremely outstanding sons from thousands of households, I plan to let them study in Beijing."

"Let's set it at 20 people first. If there are too many candidates for Mrs. Zhongshun, then choose carefully and report to Wu Dui, the left servant of the Ministry of War—this is good for me, and it is also a good thing for the nobles on the grassland."

The third lady felt that this was a good thing for her. Butasili also had to study in Beijing, maybe in the Imperial College, so the children of these tribal leaders would study with him. Then when Butasili returned to the grassland in the future, these people It will also be his help.

"In addition to this, another important thing is that recently there have been many reports from officials from all sides in the DPRK and China, there are many opening days, the roads are often bad, and land transportation is very difficult. Therefore, I plan to build roads and tracks in various places where there are mutual markets, so that it is convenient. Merchants, I am worried that the Mongolian tribes will misunderstand my good intentions, so let Madam Zhongshun first let me know."

Wanli said with a smile: "Madam needs to be exhausted when I go back. Let me inform the leaders of the various ministries. How to repair the roads and whether to repair outside the Great Wall. Firstly, Madam needs to inform the leaders of the ministries. Second, the cronies I sent to search have not returned In a few days, I will send a letter to Guihua City for further discussion."

(End of this chapter)