At the entrance of the small courtyard where Jin Feng temporarily lived, several bodyguards guarding the gate were on alert at the same time.
There are also two bodyguards holding crossbows.
If something goes wrong, they will immediately fire loud arrows.
"it's me!"
Qin'er walked out of the darkness.
Recognizing Qin'er, the escorts all relaxed.
But the escort holding the crossbow still had his finger on the trigger.
"Miss Qin'er, why are you here so late?"
The escort squad leader asked.
"Your Highness has something to discuss with your husband."
"Your Highness?"
The escorts turned around and saw Princess Ninth and Zhu'er walking over together.
Let alone the identity of the Ninth Princess, just talking about the relationship between the Ninth Princess and Jin Feng, the bodyguards would not be able to stop her.
But the squad leader of the escort thought for a moment and said, "It's too late for Your Highness to atone for your sins. I'll go see if Sir is asleep?"
Qin'er was about to lose her temper when the door behind her opened.
Jin Feng walked out, first glanced at the Ninth Princess in confusion, and then said to the escort: "Brother Wei, let them in."
The escort then opened the door.
"You guys wait at the door."
The Ninth Princess turned around and explained before walking into the house.
"yes!"
Qin'er and Zhu'er agreed at the same time, closed the door for Jin Feng, and then walked out of the courtyard together, guarding the door with the bodyguards.
The wooden houses are all temporary and relatively simple.
Entering the door is a main room for reception and office, with a bedroom of less than ten square meters, nothing more.
"Your Highness, you are here so late. Is there anything urgent?"
Jin Feng asked anxiously before the Ninth Princess sat down.
In his opinion, the Ninth Princess must have something extremely important, otherwise she would not come to visit in the middle of the night.
But Princess Ninth took her time and sat down at the table casually and said with a smile: "There's nothing urgent, I just can't sleep. I saw that the lights were still on in your husband's room, so I wanted to talk to him."
"Come to chat with me?"
Jin Feng couldn't help but be stunned.
Dakang has strict etiquette, let alone princesses, even girls from ordinary families are not suitable to chat with men in the middle of the night.
However, Jin Feng didn't say much and just picked a random topic: "It was really noisy outside just now. I really couldn't sleep, so I might as well get up and draw some pictures."
"What did you draw, sir?"
Princess Ninth pulled out a drawing from the table.
The drawings were densely drawn and marked with various marks, but unfortunately the ninth princess could not understand them at all.
Speaking of the blueprint, Jin Feng immediately became energetic, pulled up the bench and sat on the left side of Princess Ninth, and said excitedly: "Your Highness, let me tell you, this is a very powerful thing!"
"What a powerful method?"
"Wait for me, I'll show you something!"
Jin Feng said as he moved over the small stove for boiling water, and then placed the small kettle on the stove.
Open the vent and the water in the kettle boils quickly.
Jin Feng found a cork, plugged the spout, rubbed his hands and said, "Your Highness, the next moment is the moment to witness the miracle!"
The Ninth Princess was originally in low spirits, but when she heard that she was going to "witness a miracle", she couldn't help but cheer up and followed Jin Feng's finger to look at the teapot lid.
puff!
The lid of the teapot was pushed open by water vapor.
"Haha, is it interesting?"
Jin Feng rubbed his hands together excitedly.
"Quite interesting."
The Ninth Princess nodded cooperatively, but her face was full of disappointment.
After a long time of fuss, the miracle Jin Feng was talking about was this...
Rather than the teapot lid, the Ninth Princess wanted to open Jin Feng's Tianling lid to see if there was any iron in his mind.
Even though Jin Feng is a straight man, he still saw the Ninth Princess's perfunctory behavior and quickly explained: "Your Highness, don't underestimate this thing. If you make good use of it, it can change the entire world!"
"Can a small teapot change the world?"
The Ninth Princess felt that Jin Feng was even more ridiculous.
"Your Highness, this is a physical phenomenon. You will know when I make it!"
Jin Feng said: "When the time comes to load this thing on the ship, it will only take three or four days to return to Sichuan from the East China Sea!"
Princess Ninth's expression became serious again.
The distance from the East China Sea to Sichuan and Sichuan is thousands of miles away, and the water flows against the river all the way. It usually takes several months for salt merchants to transport salt back.
Jin Feng said that if he put this teapot on the ship, he would be back in three or four days. Isn't this nonsense?
But she knew Jin Feng's character, and being able to say such things meant that he was already very confident.
"Sir, is this teapot really that powerful?"
"Of course this teapot is not good. It needs to be enlarged and improved..."
Jin Feng pulled out one from the pile of drawings, pointed at it and explained it to the Ninth Princess.
This drawing can be regarded as a conceptual drawing. It is relatively vivid. Together with Jin Feng's explanation, the Ninth Princess quickly understood the basic principles of the steam engine.
"This thing is extremely powerful and never tires. If you use it to push a boat, you can easily move dozens of miles in an hour, hundreds of miles in a day, or even more than a thousand miles!"
Jin Feng said: "When I said I would be back in three or four days, that was an understatement. If there is an emergency, I might be able to come back in two days and two nights!"
In the 18th century, steam engines in Europe were still in the exploratory stage, and ships equipped with steam engines could reach speeds of more than ten nautical miles per hour.
With Jin Feng's mechanical knowledge, he absolutely crushed the European engineers at that time.
The steam engine he built would definitely be more advanced than what was available in Europe at that time.
If you just pursue speed blindly, Jin Feng can still build a faster one.
“It’s so amazing!”
After hearing this, the Ninth Princess was filled with admiration: "I really hope to see Mr. make such a magical thing!"
"Don't worry, I have already asked Mancang to improve the machine tools. I will be able to get the steam engine out by next year at the most!"
Jin Feng said confidently.
"Now next year..."
A trace of disappointment appeared on Princess Ninth's face.
But Jin Feng was looking at the drawings and didn't notice it.
When Jin Feng raised his head, the disappointment on Princess Ninth's face had disappeared, and she just stared at Jin Feng blankly.
In the middle of the night, alone and alone, Jin Feng's heart beat unexpectedly faster than expected.
Perhaps in order to cover up, he asked without saying anything: "Why are you looking at me like that? It's so scary in the middle of the night."
As soon as she finished speaking, her hand was grabbed by Princess Ninth again.
The Ninth Princess lowered her head and stood up, pulling Jin Feng towards the bedroom inside.
Now Jin Feng, no matter how stubborn he was, understood what the Ninth Princess meant.
But he didn't move.
His relationship with the Ninth Princess has never broken through the last hurdle. Every time at the last moment, the Ninth Princess will stop him.
Jin Feng didn't want to force the Ninth Princess, so he didn't force her.
He believed that the Ninth Princess would eventually be his, sooner or later.
But I didn't expect this day to come so quickly and suddenly.
The Ninth Princess noticed that Jin Feng hadn't moved, so she pulled hard twice, but Jin Feng still stood motionless.
"Sir, what do you mean by this?" Ninth Princess turned her head, feeling ashamed and angry.