It was not an easy task to carry a steam engine onto a locomotive, because the volume of the carriage was limited, and the locomotive had to be designed with the steam engine and boiler arrangement in mind. Moreover, it needs to be easy to operate and maintain.

Therefore, Da Vinci was very traumatic during this time, and his hair fell out a lot, and he was about to become bald. Although he was 61 years old, Marin lacked scientists and could only use Leonardo da Vinci as a mule.

In order to lure Leonardo da Vinci, a scientific mule, to work for himself, Leonardo da Vinci's 5-year-old son Picasso (the name Marlin the Wicked helped to name) has been canonized as a baron by Marin. Moreover, Marin made it clear that if Leonardo da Vinci gave birth to a son, the name would be Van Gogh, and he would also give a baron and a large barony......

As for the remuneration of the train? Marin said that once the train was developed, it would add a county-sized fief to Picasso......

Leonardo da Vinci had been to North America for a long time and knew that the land was fertile. Therefore, in order to get a fief of a county for his son, he is also desperate. During this period, he did not forget to go back and create a villain with his wife Lisa, striving to create the Van Gogh promised by Marin, and also let Marin give a large fiefdom......

So, Da Vinci is very busy right now. He has to study trains on the one hand, go home to build villains, and take care of the training of science college students in Beihai Kingdom, which can be described as lacking skills.

But Marin can't help it, his subordinates are too short of scientific talents, so he can only catch Da Vinci and make a sheep to gather wool......

Fortunately, the young Dürer was also very interested in science, and this guy was a copycat version of Leonardo da Vinci, and he still used Leonardo da Vinci as his idol. Marin simply sent Dürer to Leonardo da Vinci as assistants, both of whom were gifted in mathematics and mechanics. The difference is that Leonardo da Vinci has been broadcast on demand by Marin, and his scientific skills are much deeper. Giving Dürer to Leonardo da Vinci as an assistant also means making Dürer the successor of Leonardo da Vinci's mantle. After all, Leonardo da Vinci was 61 years old and God knows how many years he would live. So, the next crushing target, Marin, has already been chosen, and that is Mr. Dürer, who is only 42 years old...... At his age, how can he still squeeze for more than 20 years...... To tell the truth, according to the retirement at the age of 65, Dürer can still be squeezed for 23 years......

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Since Caesar learned about the importance of Leonardo da Vinci to the development of trains, he often pestered Marin to explain the principle of the steam engine. At the same time, in order to appease Leonardo da Vinci, Caesar especially likes to take the 5-year-old little Picasso to hang in front of Leonardo da Vinci these days. In order to let Da Vinci do his best, Caesar took great care of Picasso and expressed to Da Vinci the attitude of "I will cover your son in the future", which really made Da Vinci very happy.

In fact, the 5-year-old Picasso was at the age of hatred and was very mischievous. Therefore, Caesar is actually smiling on the surface and taking care of the mischievous Picasso in his heart. But he had already understood the way of the monarch to entrap his courtiers, and although he was a little impatient, he still pretended to pamper Picasso, the bear child, very jealous, so that several children of the other families who wanted to serve as Caesar's attendants were very jealous.

For example, Kahn's eldest son, Tyson, who is also 5 years old (also named by Marin, the younger son is called Holyfield, but he is only 1 year old), is so jealous that he wants to go to Picasso alone. The bear boy was as powerful as his father, and so strong that he made Picasso cry. But Marin personally caught him, beat him PP, and scared him again, so that the kid didn't dare to mess with Picasso......

As for Kohler's son Kobe Bryant and Schwartz's son Rommel (you don't have to think about it to know who helped choose the name), the two babies are still young, only about 3 years old, and their walking is still unsteady and they can't participate in the competition for hegemony among the big brothers.

Haider gave birth to a little girl, but unfortunately Caesar was already engaged. Therefore, Haider simply did not send the girl into the palace. After all, there is no chance, it is better to learn to be a lady at home, so as not to carry a few bear children crookedly after entering the palace. You know, little girls who play with boys a lot can easily turn into tomboys...... In his previous life, Marin had seen a second-class little girl who wanted to compare JJ with a few little boys, but as a result, of course, the little girl couldn't take out JJ, so she could only cry aggrievedly......

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While Marin was busy with William's affairs and the development of the train, news came from Lithuania that Simon had already been to Vilnius and swore allegiance to the Lithuanian Grand Sulm (Parliament) and officially became the Ukrainian count of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Right now, now that Simon has officially become an earl. Then, next is the wedding to Princess Anna of the Lamarck family.

Then the entire Hoffman family was in motion, preparing for Simon's wedding.

Fortunately, Marin brought back a large amount of silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty last time. These things are not very valuable in Daming, but they are very valuable in Europe. Taking these satins and porcelain as a dowry is very face-saving.

Even, Marin prepared a 50-meter-long red carpet for Simon for the wedding. The wedding ceremony walked on the red carpet, followed by a few beautiful little girls holding their skirts, which was very ceremonial.

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After Simon returned from Vilnius, the countdown to the wedding began. After discussions between the two parties, the two families rejected the previous plan to hold a wedding in Kiev. Because, so far away, it is inconvenient for relatives and friends to participate.

As a result, the venue of the wedding was adjusted to Bochum, the hometown of the Hoffmann family......

Bochum, as the "land of dragons" of the Hoffmann family, is relatively close to Cleaver, where the Lamarck family is located, which is convenient for the family to attend the wedding. Moreover, this was once the territory of the Marquex kingdom ruled by the Lamarck family, which is half of the home of the Lamarck family.

Although Bochum is only a small town, Simon was stationed here for a while and renovated the castle lord's mansion. And Marin thought that the City Lord's Mansion was too small and not grand enough. Therefore, the engineering troops were urgently dispatched, bringing a large amount of cement back, intending to use cement to build a new building. I don't ask for luxury, I just ask for something to do. After all, after the wedding, Simon went to Ukraine. Therefore, the newly repaired building is a bit like an illegal construction, and the workmanship is a bit rough. As for the carvings that the nobles paid attention to, there was no ...... at all

Fortunately, the characteristic of cement is that the house can be repaired quickly, as long as the main body is built, the outside is plastered with cement. In a few days, it will be ready to use. Unlike the stone buildings of this era, which required a lot of manpower, stonemasons piled up finely polished stones into houses, which was very labor-intensive and time-consuming......

By the end of October, in just a few months, the city of Bochum's castle had been renovated, with a fivefold increase in size and a square that could accommodate several thousand people.

Then, on November 11, Singles' Day, Simon's wedding was officially held at the Bochum Lord's Palace......