Immediately, without waiting for the guards on the side, the car was reloaded with charcoal and new cooling water was poured in.

Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others climbed straight to the car.

Seeing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but look helpless.

However, he still went up in person and taught Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others one by one.

After a lap, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others immediately fell in love with cars.

"It's so cool. Driving a big train like this is much more fun than riding a horse!"

"This kind of big iron car is the big toy that the men in Guanzhong like us should play with..."

Even Fang Xuanling, who was sitting in a wheelchair below, was watching eagerly the whole time. Unfortunately, he couldn't even stand up, let alone apply the brakes!

It was not until dark that Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others reluctantly said goodbye.

The next day, early in the morning, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others arrived at Lijiazhuang early.

Therefore, when Li Xuan got up, he saw Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others driving cars all over the fields.

Fortunately, there are a few people who are reliable.

Although the fun in Lijiazhuang was noisy, it also brought a bunch of land deeds to Li Xuan.

The scope of Lijiazhuang was directly doubled.

The price is that it will last for one month from now on.

Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie, as well as all the generals and important ministers in the court, came to Lijiazhuang whenever they had nothing to do!

Two months later.

The second car was manufactured in the forging shop in Lijiazhuang.

However, the body of the second car was longer, a full two feet long. Even the top of the car was no longer open. An iron shell was added, and a pair of glass ears were added to the left and right sides.

Inside the car, in addition to the separate room where the steam engine is fired, there are two rows of soft chairs behind the driver's seat in front.

After carefully looking around inside and out.

Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others looked at Li Xuan with big eyes and doubts on their faces.

"Xuanba, this cart is so long, isn't it suitable for farming in the fields?"

"It's natural!"

Li Xuan chuckled lightly, "Your Majesty, you don't know. I didn't build this kind of car to cultivate the fields. The reason why the first car was placed in the field and attached to a steel plow was mainly to prevent the car from losing control.

, it’s just that we can experiment better!”

"If it's not for plowing the fields, then what is the purpose of making this kind of car?"

Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others all looked puzzled.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that I want to take my family out to visit the Tang Dynasty and see the great rivers and mountains of the Tang Dynasty?"

"You want to drive this car?"

Li Shimin couldn't help but look up and down at the big car in front of him again, his face full of doubt.

"naturally!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

"However, it is fine for such a large vehicle to plow fields. If the distance is long and there is not enough coal, wouldn't it just stop in the wilderness and be unable to walk?

In addition, this kind of large vehicle is a bit bulky and is really not a good choice compared to a large four-wheeled carriage!"

Li Shimin said.

"bulky?"

Li Xuan chuckled lightly and said directly to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, can you get in the car and have a try with me?"

"Lao Cheng, come up too!"

"I'm going too..."

A group of people crowded directly in.

On the side, several guards of the Jin Dynasty climbed directly into the back compartment of the large iron car, which took up half of the entire car.

There, there is a separate room for burning steam engines.

Soon, as the boiler started to boil, the whole car began to shake slowly, and then it started to move forward.

"So fast?"

The speed on cement roads is several times higher than that on fields.

Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others in the car couldn't help but look surprised.

"naturally!"

Afterwards, Li Xuan took Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others directly out of Lijiazhuang and walked around outside.

He also demonstrated reversing the car to Li Shimin and others, which shocked Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others. After returning to Lijiazhuang, they were still obsessed with the scene.

"Your Majesty, this car is not that bulky, is it?"

"Not bulky, not bulky!"

Li Shimin shook his head repeatedly.

"Furthermore, Your Majesty and everyone got into the car, but did you feel any bumps?"

"Um?"

At this time, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others couldn't help but be surprised again. They had just been looking outside and didn't pay attention to this.

In retrospect, it seems that riding in a car is much more comfortable than riding in a horse-drawn carriage, and it is not bumpy at all.

"As for the charcoal your Majesty mentioned, you can have a group of caravans in the village deliver it to the various cities in advance. Or, when you travel, you can bring dozens of carriages, all loaded with charcoal..."

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others couldn't help but remain silent.

They have forgotten that the roads in Datang are now smooth.

Lijiazhuang caravans spread all over the cities in the Tang Dynasty, and even the major cities in the north of the Tang Dynasty now use coal.

No matter how.

Li Xuan's large iron carriages will never lack coal.

However, they overlooked something. Steam engines can not only be burned with charcoal, but can also be burned with some firewood!

Li Xuan did not say this.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, can you also make five large carts like this for Lao Cheng, no... ten! Lao Cheng can pay for it, and he can deliver the money himself tomorrow!"

Suddenly, Cheng Zhijie quickly raised his hands and saluted.

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others also looked at Li Xuan with burning eyes.

"Xuanba, I want ten of them too!"

"His Royal Highness Prince Jin, I also want to..."

"You can have as many as you want!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said, "But if we want to mass-produce this kind of car, the forging shop in Lijiazhuang has to expand. Only after we can make a car that is enough for me to go out to visit the Tang Dynasty, can I give it to Your Majesty and all of you."

Make this car.

Moreover, our Lijiazhuang still needs to build a few cars that can be used for farming..."

As he said this, Li Xuan couldn't help but think of something, and subconsciously looked at Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others aside.

"However, our Lijiazhuang can join forces with Your Majesty and you to build a car manufacturing plant. In this way, as long as there are enough steel and enough craftsmen, we can manufacture the cars you need within a year!"

"Collaborate to build a car manufacturing plant?"

"This is a great thing to say!"

"In this case, let's refer to the shares of Datang Chamber of Commerce!"

"No, Your Majesty, everyone, the manufacturing of automobiles depends entirely on the craftsman Mo Hou Letai and Han Wang Li Yuanjia, as well as a group of ink masters, so the automobile manufacturer still needs to give them 20% of the shares.

As for how they divide the 20% of the shares equally, that is their business!"

"……Can!"

With these words, Datang's first automobile manufacturing plant began to rise in a wide canyon five miles outside Chang'an City.

at the same time.

Half a month later.

The newspaper of the Tang Dynasty also reported that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin drove a Tang Dynasty car, carrying His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Prince Li Xiaogong of Hejian County, Gong Cheng Zhijie of the State of Su, and other dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty, leaving Lijiazhuang and then to Chang'an.

The incident of walking around the city gate and running back to Lijiazhuang was reported from beginning to end.

As for some of the plots imagined by some newspaper editors, they are not enough for outsiders!
To be continued...