open sea

Chapter 1071
It was May 27th in the eighth year of Wanli. All the military and civilian officials on the road leading to the Meridian Gate in Beijing were driven to the side of the road, watching unprecedented monsters pass through the Tianjie in their ignorance.

Many soldiers and civilians have seen Huode Xingjun, but it is a small mount dedicated to the emperor. It looks about the size of a person and makes a gentler voice. It seems that it does not connect people with gods except for the name. At the same time, it looks like a helpless angry little old man who is fixed on a tricycle.

But this one is obviously different, and people can't connect it with His Majesty's little mount.

The cries and shouts were all concealed in the white smoke from the huge modified Huodexing Jun B. The parts in the body interacted with each other to emit the sound of gold and stone. The power contained in it made everyone cover their mouths and noses uncomfortably.

It is huge, it is heavy, and it is about the same height as a Tiqi riding on a straddle horse. It drags another steam engine that is also huge but not equipped with a casing. cry.

Due to the strange design of the shell, its mouth and nose reflect red light, and it spews a lot of white gas from time to time, making Xu Guangqi, who is behind him, hidden in the clouds like a fairy.

Xu Guangqi is not as fairy-like as the people on the side of the road seem to be. This weird design has made him criticize, and it is also the source of his embarrassment.

The steam is hot, even if it is directed forward.

The advancing Huodexing Lord would still bring him into the steam that had not completely cooled down. If Huodexing Lord hadn't blocked him in front, his face might have been scalded.Even so, as a controller, he still had to raise his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose, the breath made it difficult for him to breathe.

Moreover, he is the emperor.

As the model of Huode Xingjun changes, the larger the model, the more difficult it is to control. The hollow iron wheel that carries the weight will change its direction if it encounters anything on the way, and the line of sight is blocked again, which brings great trouble to him.

Thanks to the slow speed and Jinyiwei clearing the market, Xu Guangqi was able to drive the Huode Xingjun, which was nearly [-] catties and dragged more than [-] catties, to the Meridian Gate without any risk.

Everyone worked hard on this journey, and so did Jin Yiwei's horses... They never walked so slowly even in daily training, and even the horses became impatient in the last two miles, and could no longer maintain a stable formation. Receiving the drumbeat from the eunuch with a waist drum in front, several horses strode forward.

From a distance, I could finally see a large group of people waiting there at the end of Tianjie.

Zhou Sijing, who kept pace with the steam locomotive, wiped his sweat non-stop along the way. He was different from Xu Guangqi. Xu Guangqi and the two workers who were adding coal and water to the car were hot, but he was scared.

They walked this way for a long time, and they were even hungry. Four groups of people came along the way to see where they had gone.

The eunuch was the first to come, saying that Empress Dowager Li had looked at the city gate and returned to the palace.

The second one came from the Ministry of Industry, and said that the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zeng Sheng, was tired and went to the Yanchi Tower to rest.

The third came from the cabinet, saying that Mr. Zhang Ge had returned to the cabinet to sort out government affairs, and urged them to hurry up.

The eunuch came fourth, saying that Dugong Feng had ordered the cart to slow down so as not to frighten the emperor.

The real big shots in Beijing are all waiting under the Meridian Gate.

Zhou Sijing, a little man with little experience in officialdom, how could he not feel frightened by this... It was only now that he knew that someone did not blame the Steam Bureau for crashing the city wall.

What do you think you are sending Beizhen Fusi over here?Isn't Beizhen Fusi in charge of taking people? The world's first Huode Xingjun is still in prison, and he was taken away by Beizhen Fusi back then.

The Wanli Emperor surrounded by people stood on the Meridian Gate.

Except for running for two quarters in the palace in the morning wearing a military armor, holding a knife at the waist and holding a bird blunderbuss obliquely in front of his chest, and going to the East Palace to read for two hours in the afternoon, he spent the rest of the time at the Meridian Gate.

Even if he is hungry or sleepy, he will stand here, because he stubbornly believes that no matter how long he waits, he should see the first Huode Xingjun that can be put into practical use from outside the capital to the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City. .

It's just that time has dampened his enthusiasm.

At sunset on Xishan Mountain, the lanterns on the long street were lit up one by one, leaving only darkness in the wide sky street, and finally couldn't help asking Feng Bao to send someone to see where Mr. Huode Xing had gone.

The words left by the emperor were, if it is still far away, come back tomorrow morning to see, if not far away, let them walk slowly, it is very hard to walk for a day.

In fact, Wanli was a little angry... You went out from the Steam Bureau and bumped into You'anmen, so you could walk more than a mile, but why didn't you come here after walking for three hours?How slow is that!

It was indeed very slow. When Xu Guangqi drove Huode Xingjun through a non-existent line under the Meridian Gate, the military eunuch standing next to him stepped on his horse and rushed towards the Jinshui Bridge, shouting: "Your Majesty, four hours three Moment, 24 miles!"

Wanli on the top of the city gate yawned halfway and then forced himself to shut up to stop this normal physiological impulse. He frowned and walked quickly, so fast that Lu Wang and the short-legged Lu Wang behind him The little Mongolian prince couldn't catch up, so he pedaled down the gate tower.

While walking, he kept muttering: "It's less than an hour, less than six miles, it's too slow!"

No need for the emperor to say much, the imperial bodyguards composed of big Han generals have already opened their guard under the Meridian Gate.

In fact, the emperor no longer liked the old-fashioned attire of the imperial guards. He preferred the kirin suit with the breastplate and armbands worn by the royal guards.

The most powerful imperial guards have to use the best weapons to do the most important things - the old golden armor and the gourd symbolizing the emperor can no longer meet the needs of the emperor.

But this order cannot be enforced, just like he can get rid of officials he doesn't like but cannot promote officials he likes. After all, there are rules in this world. Even if the canary in the cage grows into a goose, it has not evolved after all. Show a pair of eyes that look small to everyone.

Huode Xingjun's anger was vented, and under the huge inertia, he took a dozen steps forward with wheezing anger.

After stopping for a while, Xu Guangqi staggered down from behind Huode Xingjun, his legs softened and he almost fell to his knees. Driving Huodexing Jun for half an hour is a gratifying good thing, but the same thing is repeated four times. Shi Chen, this is more like punishment than imprisonment.

He looked extremely embarrassed, his whole body was soaked, he folded his arms unconsciously and trembled with the night wind, but before he could unscrew the hem of his robe that was dripping water, the chief executive Zhou Sijing touched him, and then respectfully I bow respectfully.

Xu Guangqi's brain was smothered by the steam that had been lingering for four hours, and he just followed Zhou Sijing's gaze to the north.

The steam was dissipating. On the Jinshui Bridge under the night, the kerosene lamps in the two glass covers were shining brightly. He saw a young man with a sun and moon robe exposed under a round cap and breastplate, surrounded by eunuchs and royal guards. He raised his head with both arms and looked up at the tall Huode Xingjun, turned his head and asked in a questioning tone: "Zhou Sijing, I asked you to take out the Xuanwu in the morning, how did you get me a green dragon?"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)