The class of students taught by Li You back then, like Tang Xun, has now grown into the top shipbuilding engineers in the Tang Dynasty, and Ding Li, who was specifically responsible for building the steam engine, was the student in that class. ”

Tang Xun took the torch, handed it to Di Zhixun, and said, "Master Di, come on." ”

Di Zhixon excused himself: "This is all your credit, I don't know anything about it, but I don't dare to take credit, you should light this fire." ”

Tang Xun no longer refused, he threw the torch into the furnace of the boiler.

A lot of dry wood had been put in the hearth, and fierce fire oil had been poured on it. I only heard a "boom", and the furnace burned violently. Then, a stout craftsman kept adding coal to it.

Soon, the steam engine roared, and then it trembled slightly, and the craftsmen, who had been observing at the other end, shouted, "Turn, turn." “

Tang Xun and Dickinson and others also gathered around to watch, and everyone saw a cylinder at the other end of the steam engine with a disc spinning rapidly.

Tang Xun clenched his fists and waved them in the air, shouting excitedly: "It's successful, it's successful." ”

It is already late July, Li You has been on the road to the war for many years, he is a little tired, not long ago, Hamid sent a telegram to Li You, hoping that he would go to Persia as a guest, Li You was trying to go out to relax, so he sent a telegram to Li Chengqian, who had ascended the throne and called the emperor, Li Chengqian very much hoped that Li You could return to Chang'an, after Li You's repeated requests, Li Chengqian agreed to Li You to go to Persia.

Pei Dilan and the others are also about to return to the Great Food Country, he is unwilling to take the land route, and the journey of thousands of miles is really a hard thing, so Pei Dilan decided to follow Li You by sea and return to Damascus from the Persian Gulf.

Li You planned to go to Yangzhou first, instruct Tang Xun to build ironclad ships, stay in Yangzhou for a while, and wait until autumn before heading south.

Leaving the Dongying Islands with Li You was accompanied by a Tang fleet led by Yoo In-rail, who escorted 20,000 Unon nationals, 20,000 Goguryeo, and 10,000 Baekje people

To Cam Ranh Bay.

These 50,000 horses were commanded by Cheng Chuliang, and they would join the Southern Expeditionary Army under the command of Li Ke.

Li Ke has provided him with a lot of help in southern Xinjiang over the years, and this time he sent him 50,000 troops, which is a great trust in him. Li Ke decided that when Li You went south, he would personally go to Cam Ranh Bay to meet Li You, and he wanted to give Li You a banquet and discuss the plan of the western expedition to Tianzhu by the way.

Monobe Kumiko didn't come with him this time, because Li You was traveling long distances at sea, and he didn't want to let Monobe Kumiko's mother and son have a long journey and suffer with them. Xiao Wanyu and the others, who stayed in Chang'an, hadn't seen Li You for a long time, and they were clamoring to follow Li You to the sea, but they were also dissuaded by Li You, he just wanted to go out alone to relax.

Li You went to sea this time to let Lu Tong accompany him. After receiving the notice from the Ministry of War, Lu Tong was very excited and immediately took dozens of veterans who had participated in the ocean-going fleet to Yangzhou.

Li Duan also received Li You's order, and he took dozens of craftsmen, under the protection of the Flying Tiger Army, to march towards Yangzhou with secret weapons.

Li Shimin also received an invitation from Li You, who said that he was too old to stand the turbulence of the sea, so he did not agree. This incident made Li You deeply regretful, and he really wanted to be alone with Li Shimin and do his filial piety to his father.

Regretting are also Zhang Guigui and Yin Guanghao, who now have a heavy responsibility and can't leave Chang'an easily, so they have to send a telegram to Li You, asking him to bring back some foreign treasures and beauties when he comes back.

Yangzhou Governor's Mansion.

Li You will go to Yangzhou tomorrow, Di Zhixun is very worried, Li You is a foodie, Di Zhixun really doesn't know what food to take out to entertain Li You.

The cooks in Yangzhou Mansion prepared a menu, there were dozens of delicacies on it, Di Zhixun looked at the menu and worried, although these dishes were exquisite, but Li You had spent a lot of time in Yangzhou, he had eaten all these dishes, these things were no longer new to him, Di Zhixun asked: "Are there any special dishes?" ”

In the afternoon of the next day, Li You and others came to Yangzhou. Di Zhixun hosted a banquet to entertain Li You and his party in the Governor's Mansion, Di Zhixun looked at the dozens of exquisite dishes on the table, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, although these dishes are famous dishes in Yangzhou, but you have eaten them all, there is nothing fresh, and the minister specially prepared a special dish of Runzhou for you this time." ”

Dicthion said to the cooks, "Bring it up." The cook brought a plate of goose meat and put it in front of Li You.

Di Zhixun personally introduced this dish to Li You and others, he was not familiar with this dish, so he specially asked someone to write an introduction, he read: "This dish is called Maoshan Old Goose." The old goose of Maoshan Mountain, the creation of the holy water of the fairy mountain, and the spiritual pregnancy of the blessed earth. The mellow old halogen is soaked without a carcass; After ten days and draining, the sun is open. Absorb the splendor of the sun and the moon, and collect the essence of the mountains and rivers; Make delicious dishes and become delicious dishes. The skin is thin and the meat is tender, and it is coveted; Taste the wild food, nourish the qi and nourish the yin; Accompany wine and rice, warm the stomach. ”

Di Zhixun was a little pedantic, shaking his head when he read these words around his mouth, Qian Yu couldn't help but giggle when he saw his appearance, Di Zhixun said embarrassedly: "Let the county lord see you laugh." ”

Why did Di Zhixon call Qianyu the lord of the county? It turned out that Qianyu was on behalf of the Japanese slave country and the big food country, and now that the Japanese slave country is gone, Qianyu's original princess identity will naturally be canceled, in order to give Qianyu a suitable identity, Li You simply recognized her as a righteous sister, and asked Li Chengqiancheng to canonize her as a county lord.

Li You raised his chopsticks and stretched out to the plate of goose meat, Di Zhixun, the officials of the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion and the cooks all looked at Li You nervously, not knowing what the prince would say.

Li You tasted a few bites, nodded and said, "Yes, it tastes good."

The prince's appreciation made Di Zhixun and the others feel relieved, and they grinned together.

Gao Zhiming has always been with the army, and every place he goes, he is responsible for taking care of the prince's diet, and whenever he goes, as long as it is the food that the prince has praised, he will record it and learn how to make it himself. At this moment, he saw that there was nothing new on the table, so he walked towards the back kitchen to learn how to make this dish.

Tang Xun really wanted to report the progress of the ironclad ship and the steam engine to the prince, and he wanted to mention this matter at the banquet yesterday, but the occasion was not suitable for talking about work. So, he couldn't help himself, and early this morning, he came to the courtyard where the prince was staying, and asked to see the prince.