Zhao Ce had said before that, in a few years, their journey back to their hometown could be shortened to ten days and half a month.

Su Caier couldn't imagine it at that time.

But now after hearing her husband talk about the huge uses of the railway and its impact on the dynasty, she also looked forward to it.

After the decision that night, Su Caier gave the order directly.

Then she also lights the light and starts making suitable gloves.

It is natural to be rich and easy to do things.

The people from Dingxi Hou Mansion almost ran all the cloth shops in the capital and soon received the first batch of gloves.

The next day, Zhao Ce brought this batch of gloves to the scene and asked Xu Fang to distribute them to everyone.

Many people were amazed when they learned that this was the protective gear that the wife of Dingxi Hou understood everyone's hard work and specially found someone to make for them.

Holding this brand new glove, some people incredibly called: "Brand new."

Xu Fang smiled and said, "What our wife asked the cloth shop to make hastily is naturally brand new."

"For this batch of gloves, those cloth shops have found a lot of people to do needlework."

Holding this brand new glove, many people are reluctant to use it.

I put it in my arms and wanted to take it home for my wife or children.

Seeing this, Xu Fang only said that if they encounter work that hurts their hands, they will wear it. If it is broken, the formal work will be done later.

Many people were saying words of thanks, and a flower was smiling on their dark faces.

"I heard that Your Majesty has given the word "virtue" to Mrs. Xihou recently. This is a real good person."

"Hey, I always feel that this time I'm not just working, it seems like I'm here to enjoy my happiness."

Everyone was talking, and their words were filled with praise for the couple Dingxi Hou.

After hearing this, Zhao Ce just smiled.

Then, he took off the gloves from his waist and put them on his hands, preparing to move the sawed firewood.

One of the people from the research institute saw the gloves on Zhao Ce's hand, looked down at the brand new gloves he had just received, and smiled a little silly.

"The Marquis' gloves seem to be different from ours?"

Zhao Ce said "hmm" and said with a smile: "This is woven by Uchiko."

The man said enviously: "Mrs. Dingxi Hou is so skillful."

Zhao Ce replied calmly: "Her skills have always been good."

After saying that, he emphasized again: "I stayed up all night in order to knit this glove for me."

"There are two children in the family who always pester her, but as my husband, I was still discovered by her at a glance."

"Haha, the Marquis and his wife are deeply in love, which is really enviable."

The man replied foolishly, and the envy in his words would turn into substance.

Zhao Ce smiled again, as if he was a little proud of his smile, he took the wooden strips handed over by someone else and walked elsewhere.

The same person from the scientific research institute was on the side, and the person who was silly and happy was poked.

"Silly."

......

The roads outside the capital are flat and suitable for laying railways. In addition, Zhao Ce and others personally supervise, the wooden tracks are laid very quickly.

A few days later, a wooden track about ten miles long was finally laid.

Zhao Ce and his men tried the newly made wooden carriage on the wooden tracks.

The track is just right, and you can run even if you test drive.

After the test drive was completed, Zhao Ce submitted a memorial and told Emperor Hongzhi about this matter.

By the day of the official test drive, the official road was closed early.

It was surrounded within twenty miles.

The emperor and all the ministers appeared at the scene.

Zhu Houzhao was also allowed to leave the palace by En and stay with Emperor Hongzhi.

When he arrived at the scene, looking at the wooden track laid in the shape of "已", Zhu Houzhao stretched out her neck curiously and wanted to ask Zhao Ce for a good question.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at him, and he quickly corrected his demeanor and smiled flatteringly.

The other ministers were also very curious and pointed at the wooden track and discussed it.

Emperor Hongzhi gave the order and the test drive began.

The two carriages, which were built almost at the same time as the wooden track, were carried over by everyone and picked up on the wooden track.

The two cars were connected together, and two horses were pulled in front of them as power.

Chen Liang was appointed as the "test driver" of the first train this time. He held the reins in his hand and sat in the driving seat of the car in front.

Zhao Ce was on the side and gave him a simple safety training.

"I will take people to ride a horse and watch you."

"I've already tested the car before, and there's basically no problem. If there's really danger, you don't have to be afraid and just abandon the car and jump out."

Chen Liang nodded.

In the first carriage, some scarecrows were placed and some sandbags were filled to achieve the weight of the real person.

The second carriage is filled with sandbags.

While loading the carriages, Zhao Ce explained to Emperor Hongzhi and the Dukes: "This time, we test drive two carriages and use two horses to pull them at the same time."

"The first carriage is equivalent to twenty-five adult men, and the second carriage is carrying goods weighing 4,000 kilograms."

Generally speaking, under normal circumstances, the amount of things a horse pulls is about 1,000 kilograms.

The truck that was tested this time was loaded with the weight of two horses, and there were twenty-five adults.

After Zhao Ce finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao said curiously: "Can this pull?"

Zhao Ce smiled and said, "You will know if you try it."

After saying that, he pointed to the hourglass next to him.

“This is an hourglass for round-trip timing.”

"Ten miles, twenty miles back and forth, when you reach the other end of the railway track, the carriage will turn around."

After Zhao Ce finished his detailed introduction, the dukes behind Emperor Hongzhi looked at each other in a slightest look.

Adding this wooden track can make the carriage pull heavier goods to run?

If it really works, it's a good way.

However, when the carriage actually ran on the wooden tracks, the result was far more surprising.

Zhu Houzhao was sent out by Emperor Hongzhi and asked him to take a group of Xuqin children behind Zhao Ce and run with the carriage on the wooden tracks.

Zhu Houzhao happily asked someone to pull over and followed Zhao Ce closely.

Driver Chen Liang was quite nervous under the gaze of everyone, and his hand holding the reins was already sweating a lot.

After the signal flag that set off fell, he gently raised his whip.

The carriage was moving slowly on the wooden tracks at the beginning, and the horse pulling the cart in front seemed to take little effort, so it successfully pulled two pieces of carriages carrying far heavier cargoes than usual.

"It's easy to move!"

Someone who was watching on the side couldn't help but exclaimed in small surprises.

Then, under the gaze of everyone, Chen Liang was concentrating on the carriage and began to speed up.

Soon, the carriage quickly disappeared in front of everyone.

"After pulling so much goods, can you still leave so fast?"

Emperor Hongzhi was also very surprised and looked at the carriage on the wooden track.

Zhu Houzhao, who was running with the carriage, observed for a while and quickly ran to Zhao Ce.

“This is amazing.”

"I pulled so many things and ran so fast and so smoothly."

“How is this done?”

Zhao Ce explained: "The track can reduce the friction of the wheels, and the carriage can naturally move faster."

“Reduce friction…”

Zhao Ce seemed to have mentioned the three words "friction" with Zhu Houzhao before.

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and didn't think of anything, so she could only leave these behind for the moment.
To be continued...