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Chapter 1339 The Lion
Theoretically, a steam iron horse that can jump out to attack a target twenty miles away, in fact, it is not bad if it can jump out for one mile when no one is manipulating it.

Rollover, rollover, unlimited rollovers and accidents.

Ma Fang thought that this thing would walk in a straight line, but in fact it was as uncontrollable as drinking a catty of Lao Baigan.

It will not only go forward, go left, go right, sometimes it will go back, it is very bohemian and loves freedom.

However... Beiyang and Ma Fang's efforts were not in vain, they had indeed achieved remarkable results.

On Dong'anmen Street in Beijing, a flaming figure rushed out of Jinghaibo's mansion. Accompanied by the sound of steam gushing and connecting rods rolling, it 'drove' all the way on the street like a gopher. It was a sturdy steam car. Three rounds.

Perhaps it should not be called a steam car, but a finely crafted work of art.

It has a finely crafted front with a lion biting beads, a pair of copper bell eyes and beads in its mouth that shine brightly with the vehicle forward. Those are three light bulbs with reflectors, which will be lit as long as the car is running.

A windshield is inserted obliquely into the raised wooden lion's mane, and the little man driving the steam car is full of excitement, raising his arms high and shouting to avoid with a crisp voice from time to time.

Behind his seat, which is integrated with the frame, is also a curved glass, but it is red, and its function is to block the chimney behind him that is pointing obliquely to the sky.

The boiler under his feet was even more remarkable, it was as thick as a finger when viewed from the side, and the barrel including the rivets were painted bright red, which contrasted with the blazing small stove on the grille cover inside the boiler. No. [-] coal barrels and water barrels are full.

Xiaosanlun said it was Hurricane, but in fact the speed is not considered fast, but it undoubtedly looks like Hurricane in the constant flow of Beijing, but after three rounds, the two maidservants in good clothes who ran out of Jinghaibo Mansion with their horses were really Hurricane.

The two of them ran with the wind blowing under their feet, and if the steam three rounds hadn't started to slow down, they really couldn't catch up with him.

But in the end, I didn't keep up with the steam three rounds, because Dong'anmen Street is less than 200 meters away from Dong'anmen Street.

The small figure on the steam lion tricycle, wearing a blue wrap and tied to the sky, parked the car steadily under the Donghua Gate, and looked curiously at the four steam light vehicles parked side by side on one side of the palace gate, and on the other side. There was a row of iron horses with lights, and a tooth plate was handed out from the cart, with a small pistol attached and the ammunition bag untied from the belt.

Although he didn't get out of the car, no one bothered with him.

The on-duty Captain Jinyi looked at the tooth plate, handed it back with a smile, checked the accompanying utensils in the car, and finally helped him look at the water meter on the car, and then waved his hand to let him go.

Two maidservants dressed up in costumes followed closely behind and led the horses. Seeing the lion-headed three jumpers who had burst into the palace gate, they were dejected. One went home to report the letter, and the other simply touched the silver in his waist pocket, turned his head and let go of the reins. Now, walk into the Qingxing Building outside the palace gate.

This restaurant is the property of the emperor, there is one outside Dong'an Gate, and another one inside Dong'an Gate, which is opposite to Guanglu Temple. Both are properties of Emperor Wanli.

Chen Mu's overseas business theories were learned and applied by the emperor in Beijing. If there is demand, there will be a market. So if these dignitaries enter the palace every day, don't their servants have to wait outside?The wind and the sun, the snow and the rain, how bad it is, it seems that our emperor is not considerate of servants and maids.

Qingxing Building came into being. It used to be a theater building. In Wanli's eyes, it was a good location for nothing. It simply spent nearly twice the market price on the plate. The main thing is a novelty.

No matter if you want to eat or drink, it doesn't matter if you want to eat or drink, no matter if you want to eat or drink, you can find it in Qingxing Building, regardless of whether it is Nanyang fruit or Dongyang Yiren rum, roasted camel from Western Regions or European red wine.

The price is a bit more expensive than the cheap restaurants around, but the people living in the capital, even if they are their confidant servants, are not short of that two dollars.

Why did Wanli dare to insist that he was a confidant servant?It's not a confidant who takes it to the gate of the palace, right?

Lord Wanli is not even afraid of ghosts and gods, much less like the first emperor who was afraid of going against the sky. The emperor who ruled the unprecedented territory of the Chinese Empire almost issued an edict saying that he is the sky.

The fruits are all grown in the goose pond in the palace. It doesn’t matter whether the fruit needs to be hot or cold, the goose pond can satisfy it. All kinds of off-season rare fruits and vegetables are always available throughout the year.

For things like cucumbers, the goose ponds in the palace are no longer planted on a large scale, and only a little is left for the palace people to use. Those common and visible things are placed in the farms of Xuanfu and Beizhili, and let officials teach greenhouses. Practice, cultivate vegetables for the benefit of the world.

The wine is even more interesting. The one-year stock in Beijing can’t be consumed in three years. The number one supplier is the general under Yang Ce of the Han Dynasty. We can sell half because we pay tribute in half.

However, the confession has recently been cut off. Last year, a group of ships calling at the port from the West said that Yang Ce was recruited by the East to fight. It may be two years later to pay tribute.

The emperor graciously expressed his understanding, and asked them to convey the message from the emperor: make persistent efforts, don't follow the family to kill the wool, and strive to enter the Mediterranean Sea as soon as possible.

Needless to say, since the emperor opened these two Qingxing buildings, sales and profits have soared. Wanli was so happy that he waved his hand and asked people to use the profits to build 180 temples in India.

The emperor has figured out the trick. The temple can’t be built in a good way. It’s better to repair it in a dilapidated way, so that believers worry that the monks in this temple will ruin the temple.

Temples that can achieve this kind of appearance are the most profitable.

A monk brought three or five apprentices who became monks on the way, prepared their own money, and took the five taels of temple property given by the emperor, and then they could take the warship of the Nanyang Army and transfer to the warship of the Western Army to land in their prosperous land and start a business.

Anyway, there is no need to buy land, just wait for the distribution of the Western Army government, and build temples according to their own ability, and the five taels of temple property are for them to lend.

In this way, after waiting for one or two years, you can achieve a rate of return of ten times and a hundred times, and a perfect return of funds.

Accompanied by the chug sound, Chen Hailong got into Qianqing Palace and resisted before pulling the brake lever with gritted teeth again, and complained to Lu Wang who walked out of the palace after hearing the news: "My lord, this brake lever is too difficult!"

"Shh!"

Lu Wang stretched out his hand to lift Chen Hailong out of the car, raised his eyebrows with envy, and said, "This is the lion car that the emperor rewarded you last year?"

"hold head high!"

"My lord mother, don't let me go. I have to wait for my father to come back. How can he sit down? Isn't this what His Majesty did for me?"

Chen Hailong was good at comparing the car seat, and said with a smile: "I drove it secretly, so I am happy."

"Okay, don't talk, stay quiet for a while, the emperor is reading the telegram in the palace, the four of us will go to Xiangshan in a while, and troops have been mobilized in several places."

(End of this chapter)