After Hou Xuanyan revealed his identity, the little craftsman immediately believed it, and knelt on the ground and saluted: "The grass people pay homage to my emperor." ”

In Jinling at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is impossible for anyone to dare to pretend to be the emperor, unless he is a madman, but the young man in front of him does not look like a madman at all.

The little craftsman lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, in the era when the monarch's father was the sky, not many people saw the emperor, and the emperor had a sense of mystery for ordinary people.

Hou Xuanyan played with the model and said with a smile: "What's your name?" I've heard that our inventor is still a lover, so let's talk about this thing of yours. ”

When the little craftsman saw that it was a model made by himself, he finally regained a trace of confidence in his heart, and it was still different when it came to what he was good at.

"Back to Your Majesty, the grass people's name is Zhang Heng, this is what the grass people did together with their brothers when they were in the craftsman hall, and it can be used to replace the carriage, but it has not been completely successful."

"It doesn't matter, there are so many completely successful things in the world, and many things just need to take a step to make a great achievement, let's go, take me to see your achievements."

The little craftsman Zhang Heng was ashamed, and said with a red face: "The grass people have been removed from the craftsman hall and driven out because of the corrupt atmosphere. ”

Xiao Lizi smiled on the side: "With Your Majesty's Chrysostom, you will be removed from our Dahua name, and you can also be added back." Just take Your Majesty with you, is it better than the words of the Holy Lord's Decree to be more effective than the words of the Holy Master? ”

Zhang Heng glanced at Hou Xuanyan and found that the emperor was smiling, obviously approving the eunuch's words. Hurriedly got up and walked towards the craftsman hall with a group of people.

The craftsman's hall is on Qixia Mountain on the outskirts of the city, and the road is relatively far away, and the guards got a carriage to carry everyone on their behalf.

Hou Xuanyan personally named Zhang Heng and asked him to get in the car with him, which made Zhang Heng restless.

Looking at his restrained appearance, Hou Xuanyan said kindly: "Although the carriage is good, after all, it needs horses, and this thing is not something that ordinary people can afford." If your steam cart is built, the cost of transporting grain to the northwest in the future is unimaginably astronomical. When the time comes, I will give you a great credit! ”

Zhang Heng's face was flushed, obviously he had received great encouragement, and his face, which had become increasingly decadent because of his children's love these days, had regained the blood that a young man should have.

When they arrived at the Craftsman Hall, the guards at the gate stopped the carriage and horses, and it was not until Qin He showed the token that the soldiers guarding the door hurriedly got out of the way.

His Majesty likes to come to the Craftsman Pavilion, it is no longer news, Qin He's appearance is known to everyone, and after the carriage entered, he went straight to the backyard of the Craftsman Pavilion.

Hou Xuanyan took everyone to get out of the car at the door of the backyard, and a middle-aged man in the distance pointed here and scolded: "Zhang Heng, you still have the face to come back, who put you in!" ”

After he saw the people behind Zhang Heng clearly, he was so frightened that he quickly knelt down to say goodbye, Hou Xuanyan was not in the mood to delay time here with them, and said quickly: "Go and recruit your senior brother and bring things to me to see." ”

Zhang Heng trotted away, and ran away from this place with a familiar car, Wu Youdao, the director of the Craftsman Pavilion, stepped forward and nodded: "Your Majesty, coming to our Craftsman Pavilion for a private visit is really encouraging for the ministers." The minister must urge everyone to show more achievements and repay His Majesty's kindness. ”

The afternoon sun was even stronger than noon, and Hou Xuanyan sat under the pomegranate tree in the courtyard of the Craftsman Pavilion, shaking his fan and saying, "I heard that someone here made the frame I wanted, but you drove him out of the Craftsman Pavilion?" ”

The beads of sweat on Wu Youdao's forehead rolled down, and he lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty is talking about Zhang Heng, this kid is a talent, and his mind is also skillful, but he is too floating." and the female student of our craftsman hall, the daughter of Zheng Pengju, the deputy general of the Jinling garrison, spread rumors. General Zheng brought people to the Craftsman's Hall to discuss the law, and we had to drive him out. ”

Hou Xuanyan heard the greasy in it as soon as he heard it, and he could see that Wu Youdao had a heart of love for talent, he only used one sentence, and the image of an arrogant general came out between the words, this old thing is holding grievances for his students.

Hou Xuanyan sneered and said, "You don't chew the root of your tongue here, come here, call Zheng Pengju to me." He is an old subordinate of the Righteous Master, who saved my life under the Qingliu Pass and contributed a lot to the capture of Zilharang. The Battle of Hejian was the first time he turned back, otherwise the Duke of Qi would have died a long time ago, and the success of the Northern Expedition would have to be postponed for three years. If he is really wronged, I have to call the shots for him. If he is purely beating mandarin ducks, I can't say that I will have to protect him for a matchmaker. ”

After a while, several students rushed over with a bulky model of things, and Hou Xuanyan almost fell off the chair after watching it.

It's ugly...

When several small craftsmen saw the emperor's reaction, they all knew that the appearance of this thing they had made needed to be improved, and they all lowered their heads in shame.

Hou Xuanyan was afraid of hitting their self-confidence, so he stood up, touched the pile of iron lumps, and said: "Anyway, this is a good start after all, but I don't know if it's difficult to run?" ”

From a distance, it looked like a large kettle with three wheels underneath.

It is conceivable that if you drive this thing around the market, you may become the laughing stock of the whole city.

Zhang Heng and the emperor got along for a little longer, and he was still a little calm, and immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, this car can already be started, let's show it to Your Majesty." ”

Zhang Heng climbed into the middle seat of the car, and the rest of the students swarmed up, and after a simple and rough fire, the big kettle smoked, and the vehicle began to start slowly.

Qin He and the others drew their knives and surrounded Hou Xuanyan in the middle, very nervous.

Hou Xuanyan pushed aside everyone and scolded: "I really don't know, I said that it was a car, what is the hurry." ”

Zhang Heng twisted the steering wheel and drove cautiously, not looking fast.

The smoke was too big, and Hou Xuanyan watched it with relish, and sighed: "It's really a long-lost smell of pollution..."

At this time, Zheng Pengju came with great interest, he only knew that His Majesty was in the Craftsman Hall, and he didn't know what to do with himself.

After coming in, I found that the kid who seduced his daughter was really sitting on a big kettle, moving back and forth.

Rao is Zheng Pengju is well-informed, and he was also stunned by this scene....

Hou Xuanyan saw him from a distance, beckoned, and said, "Come here." ”

"Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Flatten. I called you here today to ask you one thing, about this kid and your daughter, but the two are happy? ”

When Zheng Pengju heard this, he secretly screamed in his heart, and quickly denied it: "Your Majesty is aware that my daughter has been pampered at home since she was a child, and she doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and she was deceived by this kid's rhetoric, so she fell for him."

These days, he was locked up in his home by Weichen, and he has suddenly woken up, saying that he wants to completely break off with this kid surnamed Zhang, and will never have any contact with him again. ”

After Zhang Heng listened, his eyes turned black and he almost rolled off the car.

Hou Xuanyan nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then we should indeed stop contacting, but since I have asked about this matter, I can't help but get to the bottom of it." In this way, Qin He, you go to the Zheng Mansion to invite Miss Zheng here, and I will ask him in person. ”

Zheng Pengju was taken aback, his daughter was going to die or live, if he came and told the truth, wouldn't he be guilty of bullying the king.

"Your Majesty, my daughter is weak and cowardly, how can she see the face of heaven, I am afraid that she will faint immediately."

Hou Xuanyan snorted coldly, still clear in his heart, and said: "Since it is two juniors who are happy with each other, don't stop it, now that Haiyan River is clear, as long as the children are comfortable, it is the greatest happiness, why care about the identity name." Although this kid is worthless now, with the car he is sitting in, I can make him soar. ”

Speaking of which, it's almost the same, after all, it is someone else's daughter, and Hou Xuanyan can't directly force his subordinates to marry their daughters.

If they are really happy with each other, with Hou Xuanyan's words, Zheng Pengju will most likely fulfill them.

Zhang Heng rolled from the mountain to the ground and thanked him loudly.

Hou Xuanyan ignored him, if it weren't for this invention, he wouldn't have taken care of this man who knew how to make a stall when he encountered trouble, he was too ungentleman.

"You will improve a lot in the future, and I will come again in half a month, hoping to get rid of these problems by then."

Everyone thanked them together, and Hou Xuanyan saw that it was almost dark, and got in the car and prepared to go back to the palace. Before leaving, he asked, "Your boss Xu Yuanbao went to Jingnan, is he back now?" ”

Zheng Peng raised his fists and said, "Your Majesty, General Xu has already arrived halfway, and he sent someone to deliver the letter a few days ago." ”

"That's good."

Leaving the Craftsman Pavilion, Hou Xuanyan fell into deep thought, the explosion of technology will definitely happen in a short period of time, and it will quickly change the world.

There are too many factors, coincidences and opportunities that are needed, and I have done my best to provide them with the best environment and soil, just to make this change take place first in the land of China.

If you can't catch this bus, the past glory of the entire China will become a thing of the past, and the humiliation of the next hundred years is still vivid.

The sky over Jinling was suddenly covered with dark clouds, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, and the wind was fierce, and thunder and lightning were combined.

The summer rainstorm always comes so suddenly, the wind blows the curtains everywhere, even if you are a son of heaven, under the power of this nature, it is the same as ordinary people.

Hou Xuanyan was too lazy to move, so he simply sat in the wind, feeling the thick humidity.

Finally, with a thunderclap, the rain poured down.

The periphery of the Forbidden City seems to be covered with a curtain of rain.

The palace door opened one after another, and under the instruction of Hou Xuanyan, he came directly to Kunning Palace.

After entering the inside, a palace maid immediately stepped forward, dried his hair and body, and changed into dry clothes.

Huang Ying'er squeezed her hands, and stopped talking, Hou Xuan saw her appearance, and couldn't help laughing: "What's the matter?" What do you want to tell me, do you need to do this kind of posture, old husband and wife. ”

Huang Ying'er refused to speak after all, and looked at her maid Shuang'er with her eyes, Shuang'er stiffened, and said while changing Hou Xuanyan's clothes: "Your Majesty, there has just been news that your jujube red war horse is old and dead. ”

Hou Xuanyan's face changed, his hands hung down weakly, this horse accompanied him in the southern and northern wars, although he was old, he couldn't bear to give up.

Back then, when Datong Mountain was led out by himself, a man and a horse were covered in blood. Since then, he has never ridden it on the battlefield again, and has changed to a batch of black divine horses, both in terms of speed, endurance and appearance, which are much stronger than the old horse of jujube, and this horse has been kept in the house.

"I'm going to see it..."

For those who have not experienced it, it is difficult to imagine the relationship between an ancient person and his war horse, Hou Xuanyan looked at the familiar body that fell next to the stable, speechless and choked. The horse had suffered so many injuries that it would not have been easy to survive until now.

The two little eunuchs held their umbrellas with difficulty, but they still couldn't cover His Majesty's body, and the wind blew the rain curtain to them.

"Old man..."

A hurried figure crashed into the rain curtain, and Xiao Li Zi said angrily: "What are you anxious about, didn't you see Your Majesty here?" ”

"Your Majesty. . . Your Majesty, it's not good, it's not good! ”

"What's the matter, panic, what kind of system?"

The little eunuch breathed a sigh of relief, opened his mouth wide, and said with a crying voice: "Your Majesty, Duke Weiguo.. Wei Guogong he.. He... It's up. ”

With a bang, the horse bell in Hou Xuanyan's hand fell, and a thunderclap resounded in the sky.

"Zhu Dadian, he also left me?"

Zhu Dadian is already seventy-three years old, and his death at this time can be regarded as the end of his life.

But Zhu Dadian insisted on going, saying that this was a major event for His Majesty, and he, as an old minister, could not help but participate. The Great Ceremony of Feng Chan was very important in the hearts of the ancients, especially a real emperor Feng Chan. The descendants of the Zhu family had no choice but to send people to take care of the seriously ill Zhu Dadian along the way.

Lao Zhu was still competitive, there was no accident in the whole ceremony, and after he came back, he fell seriously ill, and Hou Xuanyan also sent the imperial doctor to treat him, only saying that the journey was tiring.

Unexpectedly, it was only a few days, and Zhu Dadian couldn't hold on.

The successive blows have washed away the joy Hou Xuanyan gained from the steam car.

Hou Xuanyan has always been not a calm person, and his emotions sometimes bring him deep torment. No one would have thought that His Majesty, who was decisive in killing, would often cry in Huang Ying'er's arms during the Northern Expedition.

Just like this time, it was a deep blow to the emperor of Dahua, the most powerful man in the world.

The Hua Dynasty won countless battles, and the most impressive thing for Hou Xuanyan at that time was always the four-year Northern Expedition.

Zhu Dadian was at the helm of the water character camp at an advanced age, and played a key role in several major battles.

Although the credit does not seem to be as dazzling as the Huozi Battalion, the actual contribution is not weak at all, especially the pair of him and Wu Yi, one is old and strategic, the other is brave, defending Huai'an, attacking Fujian, crossing Yangzhou twice, and fighting Japan.

Before he could get out of the emotion of losing his beloved horse, the news of Zhu Dadian's death came immediately, which made Hou Xuanyan's brain buzz.