Empire, Canghai Road.

On the way from the provincial government to Jiangcheng, two luxury four-wheeled vehicles dragged by dragon scale horses were moving towards Jiangcheng on the official road. Next to this luxury car are eight new things that have just appeared in Xinxiang, which are called "iron horses" by ordinary people.

In fact, the official name of this [Iron Horse] is [High-speed Motor Vehicle]. Its shape is one wheel at the front and rear, the front wheel is narrow and the rear wheel is wide, and the overall ride is similar to that of the bicycle designed by the emperor 600 years ago, but it is more stout. Because under the car hangs a miniature engine researched by the [Tiangong Academy].

By the way, the term engine was also invented by the first emperor of that year. In his later years, Emperor I vigorously promoted the research of engine technology, but the accumulation of technology did not happen overnight. By the time of Emperor I's death, the Empire's engine level had just been changed from a water engine to a steam engine, and then it had stagnated for many years.

Until more than 100 years ago, the mountain chief of Tiangong University took the lead and jointly researched the first generation of implosion engines in conjunction with eight universities. Its energy is a combination of coal and the operator's internal forces. The energy that ignites and detonates coal with internal force.

The first emperor once said a black oil in his heart before he died, but after so many years, no one has found the kind of oil that matches what the first emperor said. Emperor I said that the oil was a stable burning medium and was very suitable as a fuel.

Although it is said that everyone did not find the kind of oil that the first emperor said, the words left by the first emperor inspired the researchers of the Tiangong Academy. In the end, this new type of engine was developed.

It's just that the use of this engine is too complicated, and it needs to be cultivated with a set of specially matched internal skills, and Tiangong Academy also specially found a calligrapher to give it a good name, called "Hidden Fire Decision". After cultivating this internal skill, you can control the speed of coal combustion, and cooperate with the internal structure of the engine, so that the engine can release enough horsepower according to the working conditions. Oh, by the way, the word "horsepower" was also coined by the first emperor. The power of an ordinary pull-back horse is known as one horsepower.

However, because the function of this "Hidden Fire Decision" is very simple, that is, to simply control the combustion of coal in the engine, many people are too lazy to call it its scientific name. After so many years, everyone is more accustomed to calling it "engine work". It's easier to remember.

It's like now that these eight iron horses can burst out with a maximum of 180 horsepower. On the cement road of the official road (cement was also invented by the first emperor), it is easy to run to a speed of 300 kilometers per hour.

However, it is not easy to drive such an iron horse. You must first practice the matching "High-speed Motor Vehicle Engine Gong" to the realm of Great Perfection, and then you must pass the test before you can get the driving qualification certificate. Then, with a driver's license, you can buy these iron horses at the store under the Tiangong Academy.

Although the speed of 300 kilometers per hour is not fast compared to those real light masters. But it's easy! You don't have to sweat in the summer to ride an iron horse, and you can sit without striding hard. And it also saves internal forces. After all, the use of "high-speed motor vehicle engine power" only requires a slight internal force to control the combustion of coal.

The eight riders were cruising at a speed of 80 kilometers. This speed is just the speed of the dragon scale horse's cantering, and the shock-absorbing suspension of the four-wheeled vehicle is also a comfortable stage at this time, and the people in the carriage will not feel uncomfortable.

"Teacher, what you said in the court this time is really a bit excessive. In a carriage as spacious as a private room, a delicate-looking woman in a royal blue dress raised her slender hands, and the freshly brewed seasonal white tea in the teapot in front of her was poured into a transparent glass cup like a white dragon spitting beads. Although the technology of burning glass has become more and more sophisticated, the natural crystal glass cup is still the favorite of dignitaries and dignitaries, because this can reflect their status and dignity.

On the opposite side of the woman, an old man with a long white beard and a fat figure was lying on his side on the bamboo mat, and he nodded slightly: "Chang Ke, your skills are getting better and better." This dragon grabbing skill is already quite popular, you have already stepped into the realm of the six grades. ”

The woman named Chang Ke looked at her teacher helplessly: "Teacher, I stepped into the realm of six products last month. ”

"Oops, old foolishness. It's also that I've been so busy lately that I've forgotten all about your important things. In that year, the first emperor formulated the rank of martial artists in the world. The three orders of heaven, earth and man. The heavenly level is divided into three grades, the low rank is divided into three grades, and the human rank is divided into nine grades. The two orders of heaven and earth cannot be stepped into unless they are extremely talented and hardworking. Most people spend their entire lives at the human level. And the human level is the finest, the lowest person is the ninth grade, and the nine rank is divided into six levels, do you know why?"

"Because martial arts and science and technology are the most important productive forces in the world. A person's martial arts determine what he can do in this world. Just like the eight guards guarding the teacher outside the car, the iron horse under their crotch cannot be controlled without the strength of more than seven grades, and they are as perfect as them. Because it was impossible to cultivate the Hidden Fire Decision to their level. Just like steelmaking in a steel mill, smelting star gold needs to be carried out in a high temperature of 6,000 degrees, and the first caster of the empire is a master who has stepped into the heavenly rank with one foot. ”

"It's like this cold ice palm, which ordinary nine-rank people can practice, but it can only cool down the surrounding air and make the drink cold and delicious. And I ......" Chang Ke waved out one hand, and the white tea that was steaming just now instantly turned into a cup of ice.

"I have a good white tea, I finally grabbed half a catty back this year!" The old man regretted the white tea in front of him, and when he touched the ice cup with his hand, the ice cubes in the cup turned into water again in an instant like snow meeting the hot sun. And immediately a faint white smoke floated out.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's hot and drinkable. The old man took a sip of white tea and tasted it, but the taste was not too damaged: "So Chang Ke, you also know." That's how it is in this world. You can do as much as you can. How much you can do determines your status in the world. It's not that the old man looks down on the broad masses of laborers, but can the street sweeper be compared with the top students of the imperial academy like you? If the street sweeper doesn't sweep the floor, then there will be 10,000 people waiting to take his place tomorrow. ”

"But you're different. You're twenty-one this year. ”

"Yes. ”

"Three years ago, at the age of eighteen, I was admitted to the most difficult of the twenty-four schools. At the age of twenty, he entered the sixth grade. The ninth grade of the human rank, you have broken away from the lower three grades, and entered the middle three grades. If you continue to go on this path in your life, you will have a great future after graduating in three years. It is not a rare thing to break through to the upper three grades. When you want to become an official in the court, or enter the rivers and lakes, it will be a smooth road. But why are you wading through this muddy water with me, an old man? The old man looked at Chang Ke and shook his head.

"Teacher, a teacher for one day, a father for life. At that time, if there was no teacher to mention something, how could I, a woman who came out of the ravine, be admitted to the Imperial University? Looking at the teacher is the history of Canghaidao supervision, when the five products of the dynasty. As soon as they were in trouble, they all ran away. ”

Hearing that the only female disciple who was still willing to follow him was so indignant, the old man smiled: "Human nature. After all, I angered Your Majesty this time, and I was punished to Jiangcheng as a small eight-rank official, that is, Your Majesty is generous. ”

"Then it's no wonder teacher, you're just advising Your Majesty to establish a prince......"

"Shut up!" The old man, who was originally kind, instantly became angry: "The matter of establishing a prince is also something that you, a student of the Taixue Academy, can discuss lightly?!"

Chang Ke bowed his head: "Chang Ke doesn't dare." ”

"Well, I'm not to blame you for being a teacher. But you must know that in this world, if you don't say secrets, you will lose!"

"Ke was taught. ”

"You, a student of Taixue, accompanied me here this time, just to be in your third-year social practice class. Since none of your brothers and sisters want this opportunity. ”

Chang Ke: "?"

"Huh. "The old man has no desire to explain.

"My lord, Jiangcheng is coming!" a rider whispered as he drove to the window.

Chang Ke opened the car window, and in the hazy twilight, he saw dozens of thick chimneys soaring into the sky. Taller than all the buildings in Jiangcheng, billowing smoke billows from the thick chimneys.

This is the river city of the Imperial Canghai Road, and it is also the seventh largest steelmaking city in the Empire.

Jiangcheng Iron and Steel Plant, like thunder.

The old man looked at the billowing smoke, and his face was as dark as the billowing smoke.

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