Flower sellers?

Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself.

A flower seller actually hung it on the station sign.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but stop and said, "Fang Qing's family."

Fang Jifan happily looked at the grand occasion of the main station, as well as the smiles of Emperor Hongzhi and the Empress Dowager, and his mood was even brighter and better than the blooming sunflowers.

Very perfect!

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi called him, he smiled and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, my son is here."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "What is Baihua Tower?"

Fang Jifan: "..."

This question...

He didn't know whether Emperor Hongzhi was pretending to be stupid or pretending to be stupid?

Baihua Building... As the name suggests, isn't it... a flower seller?

Fang Jifan wandered and said, "This...this...this...this...this...this...this is a good place, especially their boss, who is loyal and honest, and is good at doing business, values ​​righteousness over profit, and has accumulated a good reputation. The minister is thinking about it. Such a good person is just a role model, so...so..."

The focus of Emperor Hongzhi's heart was obviously not here, but...

He sternly said, "How much money did you take him?"

Fang Jifan was ashamed and hurriedly said, "Not much, seven thousand taels of silver...a year!"

Fang Jifan felt very unconfident.

It is indeed wrong to do this.

How can we collect money to name people? It’s too unethical. We, Jiefan, are we the ones who advertise to others?

Of course... everything is for the purpose of building railways, and for the people. But building railways is too expensive. In the future, selling train tickets alone may not be able to quickly recover the cost, so... it is understandable.

Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "I will sell you in a year of 7,000 taels? 15,000 taels. Next year, this is what I said. If there is no such number, ignore the principle!"

Fang Jifan was a little bit unable to keep up with Emperor Hongzhi's brain circuit. He was stunned at first, then his body was shocked and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is really a wise man. I have thought of going to the same place as you. These seven thousand taels are the price for the first person to eat crabs. In the future, I want to hang my name on the station sign. Do he think he is His Royal Highness? I can't beat him to death!"

Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

At this time, at the locomotive, Zhu Houzhao jumped out of the car excitedly and stepped forward happily and said happily: "How about it, how about it, everything goes well, Lao Fang, can this speed ensure that the housing prices in the old city rise? I owe a lot of debts and point to the old city."

But Emperor Hongzhi smiled with relief, but in a blink of an eye, the smile fell.

Fang Jifan's heart trembled. His Highness was so straightforward.

Fang Jifan immediately said, "Your Highness, what are you talking nonsense? The steam train was built for the people and the people. What old city is talking nonsense? Your Highness forgot the original intention of establishing a life for the people when he built a car?"

Zhu Houzhao blinked, as if she understood something, and immediately said: "Yes, yes, yes, it's all for the country and the country... I've seen Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi's face eased a little. He looked around and many ministers and eunuchs had gradually begun to gather around him.

Liu Jian and others were still full of shock. He quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the old minister, how much coal does this train consume in one trip?"

Zhu Houzhao said readily: "Not much, only thousands of pounds."

Liu Jian said again: "How many people can be transported at the maximum?"

"It should be possible for a thousand people." Zhu Houzhao said.

Liu Jian's eyes suddenly shone. This is even more realistic than shipping.

Of course, the cost of construction is higher than that of shipping, but not everyone in this world can use shipping.

The benefits of the Grand Canal are obvious, but for the past thousand years, there has been only one Grand Canal.

Not to mention, railways are much faster and more punctual than river transportation. Of course, this is just a feeling of riding once.

Because of the canal, the Ming Dynasty could establish its capital in Beijing, and then send taxes from Jiangnan to the capital through the canal, and then pass them through the capital to every border town to protect the security of the entire northern region.

And this railway...

What if it can not only connect north and south, but also east and west?

Liu Jian couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, did you make this?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded and patted his chest: "It was created by me. If you don't believe it, you can see it yourself."

Look...what to see?

Zhu Houzhao has breathed a sigh of relief now.

Why are people or ghosts? They all came to ask if they were created by themselves!

Usually when I build cars, you ignore them. Now it’s done, but there are so many problems.

Zhu Houzhao said, "Follow me."

This Steam Locomotive Research Institute is near the main station for easy research.

After a moment, Zhu Houzhao led the vast crowd to the large shed beside the main station.

In the shed, in addition to two huge steam locomotives being assembled, there were also separated small public housing units on the side. Zhu Houzhao took the lead in a public housing unit.

As soon as the door opened, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian were confused. They didn't know what Zhu Houzhao wanted to show, but when Emperor Hongzhi walked in, they were shocked.

Here... are bookshelves, and each bookshelves are covered with thick drawings. Countless drawings are piled up together, and they actually fill the entire room.

Emperor Hongzhi stopped at a bookshelf and took out a drawing. The marked text on the top was exactly the same as Zhu Houzhao's handwriting. This was a drawing of a component. It was drawn with a charcoal pen and the shape of the component was drawn. It was a lifetime ago. The length and width of the component were marked by numbers. Emperor Hongzhi could not understand the counting method he used, but it was clear at a glance.

Even the angles at each place have special symbols and are marked.

Below this drawing, there are crooked and dense scribbled handwriting, which illustrates the purpose of this component, the standards for forging, and many things...

And such drawings actually piled up a whole house.

Emperor Hongzhi looked shocked.

He had to review the memorials himself in the past, but now he has to admit that compared to the boy Zhu Houzhao, he is actually a witch.

It seems that the car that could only be made by immortals was ultimately made by Zhu Houzhao, and it was not without reason.

Emperor Hongzhi felt in his heart that he felt that he was not as good as his son.

Of course, he had not seen the various maps and combat plans stored by Zhu Houzhao in the East Palace. If he had seen it with his own eyes, he would not have thought that Zhu Houzhao, a prince who only knew how naughty he had been, could find the weaknesses of the Tatars in his first battle, and easily defeated them.

In this world, nothing is destined. Apart from intelligence and talent, it is only 120,000 yuan of hard work.

Seeing Emperor Hongzhi facing the bookshelf, he remained motionless.

Liu Jian stepped forward and saw that His Majesty's eyes were slightly red and he stood silent.

Liu Jian subconsciously took out a drawing. This was a drawing about forging. It recorded more than a dozen times forging certain components, but all failed.

In order to smel the steel needed, Zhu Houzhao and many craftsmen made countless attempts, and there were detailed records of how much heat, what to add to the pig iron, how big blower bags needed to be used, and even every step.

However, dozens of failed smelting times finally found a method.

Liu Jian frowned. This is what the Crown Prince has done in the past two or three years.

Liu Jian knew nothing about workmanship.

However, in ancient books, there are many so-called skilled craftsmen, who have the skills of ingenious craftsmanship. Liu Jian has always classified these as so-called secret techniques, so-called inheritance, or some kind of experience, and regard them as some kind of mysterious and mysterious things.

But now, he understood everything. The so-called ingenuity and experience are not enough.

Most of the craftsmen of history are illiterate. They can be made with so-called experience and simple machinery, but if there is no unified method, no repeated attempts, and no repeated experiments, it is just a joke.

Liu Jian took a deep breath and glanced at Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi held the drawings in his hand, but still said nothing.

Liu Jian sighed and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince took great pains to build this car, which is beneficial to the country and the people. The old minister... admired it very much and was extremely ashamed. Your Majesty, this car is even more shocking than Zhuge Kongming's wooden ox and flowing horse. I am loved by Your Majesty and rank at the center and grasp the key points. Over the years, I have been assisting Your Majesty in governing the world. One of the bad ones is the transfer and transmission of materials and the loss during the period. It is really difficult to solve this problem. But now, Your Highness has made the old minister see a brand new method to solve the huge waste and loss for thousands of years with a car. Just this one is enough to shine forever. Your Highness's forget to eat and eat all in this room. Your Highness's talent and wisdom, and his hard work makes me admire you."

He said, bow down.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said, "Let's calm."

Liu Jian stood up, but looked at Zhu Houzhao again and said solemnly: "Your Highness, the old minister, since the fourth year of Tianshun, has been called conscientious for decades. He is always complacent in his heart. But today, seeing the great efforts of His Royal Highness and his quick thinking, he is amazed and ashamed. In the past two or three years, His Royal Highness has always been closed and left, and the old minister has even misjudged his intentions. He is even more unforgivable to die. Please forgive me for the crime of death."

The reason why Liu Jian was able to become the chief assistant of the cabinet was naturally his ability.

His vision is still OK. After all, he has governed the world and is well aware of the great benefits of trains to the whole world.

In addition, if you have any mistakes, you will never be vague. This is also the difference between him and other so-called Qingliu.

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Chapter completed!