Chapter 406: A Changing World, a Changing Civilization
Chang'an City is very quiet in the middle of the night, and people who have no nightlife have fallen asleep early.
At this time, in Chang'an City, an ordinary mansion, Song Shilang stood in the courtyard for half an hour in this cold night.
Ever since he returned from a trip to sea with Stony Creek a few years ago, he has developed the habit of looking at the stars.
And in the past two years, he has also seen some ways.
He drew a map of the stars he observed, a masterpiece of which he was proud.
It's just that except for his own family, others don't know that the ministers of the DPRK and China on weekdays have such a special hobby.
Whenever Song Shilang looked up at the sky, he would always be shocked by the vast starry sky.
At this time, Yang Hao was also looking at the same sky in the palace.
At night without any optical pollution, the starry sky is so bright.
Yang Hao likes to enjoy such a beautiful scenery alone.
This reminds him of his beautiful childhood when he was a child, lying on a pile of corn stalks and watching the stars on a summer night with his brother in his rural hometown.
When a person gets older and older, he will unconsciously recall the good times of the past.
Over the years, Yang Hao's personality has changed dramatically.
In the past, he was a thorn in the head who scolded the sky and the earth, and no one accepted him, but now he is a calm king.
Except in the heat of his anger, it was already difficult to hear any indecent words from his mouth.
Yang Hao has changed, and this era has also changed.
The rise of Qi has allowed the dawn of civilization to begin to shine on this ancient land.
"King, the night is cold, let's go into the house early, don't get caught in the cold."
The female sedan chair gently draped the blanket over Yang Hao's shoulders.
"Look how bright that star is!"
Yang Hao put his arm around the shoulders of the sedan chair and pointed to a suddenly twinkling star in the sky.
The sedan chair said: "Yes, why did it suddenly light up?" ”
As if hearing the uneasiness in the tone of the female sedan chair, Yang Hao smiled and said: "I once heard a saying that the stars in the sky predict the good fortune and evil in this world, and indicate the rise and fall of a dynasty, and I don't know what this star means." ”
The female sedan chair Wenyan hurriedly said: "In this case, the king should ask the gods if he wants to sacrifice to the sky." ”
Yang Hao smiled and said: "I'm just talking casually, the stars are just stars, they are extremely far away from us, the star just now, if we guessed wrong, it should have happened a supernova explosion." ”
The female sedan chair looked at Yang Hao a little blankly, and said with some disgust: "I don't understand what the king said about these concubines, are the concubines too stupid." ”
Yang Hao hugged the sedan chair king in his arms, and the blanket on his body wrapped the two of them.
"Don't say you don't understand, even this king doesn't understand what to say again, who can say anything about countless light years away?"
"I really hope that Zhi'er can have the king's case."
Yang Hao said: "Zhi'er is very smart, he is still young, and there are still a lot of things to learn, this kid is much more powerful than when I was young." ”
The female sedan chair Wenyan was overjoyed in her heart and said, "The concubine thinks that Zhi'er is still far away!" ”
Yang Hao just chuckled and shook his head, didn't answer, just raised his head and looked up at the starry sky.
"Call Concubine Shu and a few of them tomorrow, and accompany this king to see how it rolls, after so many years, it is also old."
The sedan chair said: "If the king loves giant pandas, why don't you let people catch another one." ”
Yang Hao said: "Although Rolling is a beast, but it is related to this king, people are not grass and trees can be ruthless, Rolling is unique, hey!" After so many years, I haven't found a playmate for him, it's not right with this king! ”
The female sedan chair felt a trace of sadness in Yang Hao's tone, but she didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only lean on Yang Hao's body and look up at the stars with him.
Compared to the vast universe, the earth or human beings are as small as dust.
Perhaps beyond the reach of man, there is an incomprehensible force that is watching the rise and fall of civilization on Earth.
Maybe they are the gods that human beings believe in, Yang Hao thought in his heart.
No matter how beautiful the starry sky is, there will always be a time of dawn.
All living beings living in the sun can only be busy for their livelihood.
Winter turns to spring, everything recovers, and on the spring water, ships carrying guano pass through the river that has just thawed.
After more than ten years, the guano on Guano Island is about to bottom out, and perhaps one day in the future, the profession of dung collector can only appear in people's memories, as the memories of the next generation of people who have lived.
Although the absence of guano will have a certain impact on the yield of grain, Qi has also continued to develop agricultural technology over the years, and the new compost technology can be used as a substitute to ensure that the grain production will not be reduced on a large scale after the guano is exhausted.
In March, the willow trees in Chang'an City have been tasseled, and soon the willow catkins will decorate Chang'an City in spring.
In such a season, the rich and noble will always choose to go out of the city to visit the beautiful scenery.
And the folk infatuated men and women also express their thoughts to their intended people in this estrus season.
In such a beautiful season, the first railway track of Qi was finally laid to the edge of Jishui.
This railway track has taken Qi several years of energy, and countless money has been spent, since the emergence of steelmaking technology in Qi country, more than half of the steel produced has been invested in this railway.
On the day the railroad track was opened, there were thousands of empty alleys in Chang'an City.
And above the high embankment by the river, there is a sea of people.
The iron-tracked carriage was placed on the tracks, and the guards on both sides were inspected by Wan Yanghao, who boarded the first railroad carriage in human history under the watchful eyes of countless people.
The three prime ministers were also a little nervous and followed Yang Hao into it.
With a crisp whip, the carriage slowly moved forward under the pull of eight horses.
Feeling the carriage with only a slight bump, the officials in the carriage all let out exclamatory sounds.
The weight of the two carriages of the carriage is already extremely heavy, counting the weight of more than twenty adult men, if it is such a weight on an ordinary road, the volume of the carriage is already difficult to move an inch, but the tightening is so smooth, looking at the horses pulling the cart, there is no much effort.
Those who opposed the construction of the railroad tracks showed a look of shame and self-reproach.
With such a transportation capacity, even the cost is worth it.
With this steel road, the care of the capital and Chang'an will be closer, if there are more such roads, you can imagine what kind of changes this will bring to the country.
After the carriage was stable, Yang Hao got out of the carriage and personally lit the firecrackers hanging on the high shelf.
The sound of crackling firecrackers rang out, and the unknown people on the embankment cheered.
Although they cheered without knowing what they were asking, they knew that the court had made another remarkable thing.