Chapter 36: The Locomotive
With delicate little hands and a wrinkled face, new life is always so joyful. {
Looking at the infant child, the face of the princess had a relieved smile on the landlord's face, and she was already surrounded by the happiness of being a mother at this time.
"Congratulations to Niangniang, I am happy to have a prince." The midwife also congratulated the princess lying on the wooden bed with a spring on her face.
Although the face of the Empress Bao was still morbidly pale, the excitement and excitement could not be concealed, and she whispered: "Wen Po has also made a great contribution this time, and this palace will reward you with ten taels of silver." ”
Hearing such a reward, the midwife immediately smiled, in the Wa country, ten taels of silver can provide ordinary people with a carefree life for several years, and to get such a great reward, the life of these years is guaranteed.
"Thank you, Niangniang, Niangniang's great kindness, the slave is unforgettable." The midwife bowed her head and kowtowed.
The princess nodded, didn't say anything, but there was a moment of distraction in her heart, remembering that when she lived in Xujiazhuang, the monthly payment of the servants there was twenty yuan, that is, twenty taels of silver, and Xu Yang's rewards were dozens of taels, this standard of living was more than a hundred times higher than that of the Wa Kingdom.
"Princess, the child has been born, what are you going to give him a name? According to the surname of my Wa country, this little prince has a very high seniority, and he can be called the eldest brother Goro, or the eldest brother Wu. The maid on the side was also very excited, and said in the ear of the Empress Bao.
When the princess heard this, she was silent for a while, staring at the child who was already asleep in the swaddling clothes, and there was a shadow of Xu Yang in that face. "The palace doesn't plan to give him the name of the Wakoku." The Empress Bao finally seemed to have figured out something. Said firmly.
"Why? Princess. The maid asked in surprise.
Empress Bao's mind seemed to fall into memories again. He was stunned for a while, and then said slowly: "This child, surnamed Xu." Before the maid objected, the Empress Bao said as if she had made up her mind: "The name is Nianqing."
Xu Yang, who is thousands of miles away, doesn't know that he has an extra child named 'Xu Nianqing' in this world, and he is still taking care of Liu Mengli in Xujiazhuang, and waiting for the birth of his 'first' child.
Recently, in addition to the prince's teaching, Xu Yang has been busy arranging the train, although the Tang people have a wide range of words. But they still don't know much about this kind of novelty, and they think that the train is similar to the steam car that runs every day on Xuanwu Street, but they don't know that the rapid changes in Datang have long exceeded the scope of their understanding
Chang'an Imperial City, Imperial Study.
"Oh? is really as Aiqing said, from Chang'an to Luoyang. Just an hour? Li Er sat on the chair in the study and asked curiously.
"Qi Yu Majesty xià. The train behind Nanshan Academy has already been prepared, and you can go and inspect it at any time, and you won't have such doubts at that time. Xu Yang said confidently.
"Aiqing really can surprise me every time, pass on my will, prepare to take the royal drive, I want to visit the academy in person"
His Majesty wants to come to inspect it in person, which in the eyes of the Tang people, is still a major event with glory higher than the sky, the R&D department of the back mountain of Nanshan Academy is all ready to go, and the staff of the various technical security departments are in full swing to start the Zhang Luo train.
Although it was already a cold winter, Li Er didn't feel the cold at all, because he was wearing the latest down jacket developed by the garment workshop in the palace, all of which were manually picked off the most expensive fluff on the young goose's body, and a goose only had a small lump of duck down under its belly, and then stuffed with a piece of clothing, it was enough to think about how extravagant Li Er's clothes were in the Tang Dynasty 1,400 years ago.
However, the royal family is the royal family, regardless of the cost, regardless of the cost, every qiē has to be the best, labor time is not a problem in their eyes, there are skilled craftsmen in the palace, Xu Yang just put forward this idea, and then someone realized it and presented it to Li Er, only to see that his down jacket was embroidered with a golden dragon pattern, not as bloated as the down jacket of later generations, because the whole down jacket is divided into hundreds of pieces and stitched together, so there is no problem such as zài down and blocking, In short, Li Er's imperial robe looks more domineering than the imperial robe he wore in Xia Qiu.
When Li Er's steps arrived at the back mountain of the academy, the technicians of the mountain kowtowed to him and bowed, and when he made a pilgrimage and shouted, Xu Yang also lost his mind for a moment, no wonder there have been such a pair of people who have been obsessed with this right since ancient times, and they didn't say anything, just say that the scene of thousands of people kneeling, which normal person can still hold on to this kind of scene, what a desirable position this is.
However, after Xu Yang lost his mind instantly, he didn't think much about it, since the emperor enjoyed the worship of all the people, he also had to shoulder the mission of the world, but until Li Er dealt with government affairs every day, he had no time to accompany his wife, no time to accompany his children, his family was just a tool to meet the needs of the lineage, and the most important thing,' Since ancient times, once the royal family has chosen this path, don't expect future generations to live in peace and security, the throne of power is more real than family affection, and it will make people lose their minds more, Xu Yang doesn't want future generations to kill brothers and brothers, kill fathers and sons because of that small seat.
Therefore, Xu Yang is very indifferent to the ** of imperial power, otherwise with all kinds of high technology in later generations, he would have been able to ascend to the throne by himself and enjoy the fun of the emperor
"Boy, that behemoth up front is a train?" Facing a small iron locomotive that exuded a strong metal style not far away, Li Er also asked with strong interest.
"Qi Yu Xià, that is the locomotive, and there are two sightseeing trains behind, and His Majesty can send someone up to experience a train start." Xu Yang nodded in acknowledgment.
In fact, this train is a typical steam locomotive, not as big as later generations, slightly twice as large as the toy train in the amusement park, with a large boiler in front of the locomotive, which will be driven by three conductors, one person is responsible for putting coal into the boiler, one is responsible for shifts, and one is responsible for starting and stopping the train.
There are long railroad tracks on the ground, which is a circle-shaped track, and the track extends to 600 meters away, enough for the train to start and accelerate, and then the train will turn back and return to the original point, which is quite an enlarged version of the toy train of later children.
Li Er nodded, his expression was even more praised, and he said to the white eyebrows beside him, "You go and try it." ”
Bai Mei immediately bowed down to receive the order, and walked onto the train with a few personal soldiers, seeing that the passengers were in place, the conductor in front of the locomotive pulled down the starting gate, accompanied by a loud "buzz" sound, thick black smoke spewed out of the chimney (to be continued......
ps: The stitches have been removed, from tomorrow, two changes a day, a word of thanks!