"Your Majesty, aren't we going to Qiongzhou?" Xiong Zongli asked puzzled.

"I'm going to Qiongzhou! Isn't it possible to get to it from Henan, all roads lead to Rome? Zhu Qizhen's face was a little red.

The main traffic lines of the Ming Dynasty were centered on the north and south of Beijing, and the post stations were connected in series to the thirteen political divisions, and there was a post road from Beijing to Guangdong. But Zhu Qizhen didn't want to go through Fengyang, and he didn't want to go to Nanjing, for fear that if he was close to the ancestors of the old Zhu family, people would know about his dove occupying the magpie's nest.

He won't say that he just wants to go shopping in Funa last year, so he plans to go through Henan to Huguang and then enter Guangdong.

"I always feel that the emperor just wants to have fun, and I knew that the minister went to Qiongzhou first." Xiong Zongli muttered to himself.

Zhu Qizhen's face is getting hotter and hotter, but what people said is right, he wants to get back some face.

"Xiong Zongli, are you from science and engineering?"

Xiong Zongli was stunned for a moment, didn't understand the meaning of Zhu Qizhen's words, and said with doubts: "The minister doesn't understand what the emperor means. ”

"It's all said that it's called Childe, why haven't you turned the corner yet. It's not interesting, it's just to praise you for being upright and a good person! Zhu Qizhen's voice had a hint of triumphant joy.

Although he doesn't know very well, whether the medical major in the future is considered science and engineering, it doesn't prevent him from taking a seat, anyway, he knows that he is cool.

Xiong Zongli felt offended again, but he could only sit there and ponder what he meant by this.

Seeing that the Tai Hospital was becoming more and more entangled, Li Xian came out to play a round: "Brother Daoxuan, Gongzi is laughing at you for not knowing how to be flexible, and he has no face when he says it." ”

Of course, Xiong Zongli knew what Zhu Qizhen meant, he just couldn't let go of the statement of science and engineering, and he always felt that there was no other meaning.

Shang Shi was also full of curiosity and asked, "Childe, I also want to know what's going on in science and engineering?" ”

Zhu Qizhen pretended to use overseas countries to popularize the term science and engineering man in later generations to a few people present.

After Xiong Zongli heard this, he said: "Your Majesty, Ah Gongzi, so the ministers are even more curious, is there really such a colorful place with such a rich culture?" I'd love to see it for myself! ”

After all, Shang Chen was the minister of the DPRK and China, and immediately thought: "It is better for me to establish a academy in this way, and then I will definitely be able to shine in the Ming Dynasty." "The expression was very uplifting.

Li Xian said: "My dynasty is orthodox with Confucianism, and you and I are both Confucian disciples. ”

But his eyes looked at Zhu Qizhen unconsciously, as if he knew Zhu Qizhen's thoughts.

Guo Mao is a big boss, and it's okay to march and fight, but if you really talk about this, it's really embarrassing.

Although Jin Qi has been in the study hall for a few days, after all, it is only a literacy class among eunuchs, and it is okay to say that he can read and hyphenate words, but he definitely can't talk about great knowledge, and he doesn't know anything when he hears these things.

Zhu Qizhen also saw Li Xian's expression, and said in his heart This kid seems to know my thoughts, he is really worthy of the big man of the three dynasties of Orthodoxy, Jingtai, and Tianshun, and his political talent is extremely high.

"Your Majesty, it's going to get dark soon, shouldn't we find a place to rest?" Fan Zhong, who was driving the car, said.

It's not good to say that the trip is not good, and I am not prepared. It's almost dark when you go out, and I don't know what I'm anxious about, and I won't leave early tomorrow morning, probably because I'm afraid of opening the morning court?

It is still 300 miles away from Baoding Mansion, the first stop of the post road. The post road basically maintains the density of a post station of about 300 miles, and it usually takes about a day to transport goods.

I can't go tonight anyway, people can't stand it, but I can't bear Zhu Qizhen's high interest, I haven't traveled since I was a child, this is still a self-driving trip, and I must have a good time.

"All the way to the south, if there is an inn, we will stop, if not, we will deal with a night in the car, just one request, fast!" Zhu Qizhen said.

Of course, the rest of the people didn't dare to disagree, in fact, except for officials like Xiong Zongli, who were often sent abroad, the rest of them didn't have much chance to go out of Beijing at all.

Even Xiong Zongli was still thinking: It seems that the emperor really wants to rush to Qiongzhou as soon as possible, but why not just follow the ready-made post road?

incomprehensible......

During the orthodox years, the total number of citizens of the Ming Dynasty should be about 80 million, which is very low for the vast territory, plus a few people take the official road, and they have not encountered any roadside black shops along the way.

The group could only hurry, but fortunately they brought three horse-drawn carts, or they would have to exhaust the horses to death.

On the first night, they slept in the wilderness, which also dealt a big blow to the originally high mood of several monarchs and ministers, and the surprise was that they were "woken up" in the morning.

I didn't find the inn all night, and the horse couldn't stand it in the second half of the night, so Fan Zhong proposed that everyone rest on the spot, but fortunately, the temperature was not low, and a few people didn't feel cold when they were crowded in the carriage.

The next day, when it was just dawn, Zhu Qizhen was woken up, he had some dark circles under his eyes, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw what Guo Mao was listening to on the carriage.

Zhu Qizhen instinctively wanted to speak, but was stopped by Guo Mao, and at this moment, a sneaky human head poked out of the sedan window.

When the man saw Zhu Qizhen, he was shocked, and hurriedly wanted to withdraw and go back, but Guo Mao grabbed his head.

Fan Zhong, who was snoring like thunder outside the car, immediately stopped his performance at this time and shouted: "Where is the demon, dare to come here to spread wild?" ”

Then there was a wailing outside, and everyone in the car was awakened. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw the human head held by Guo Mao.

"Ahh There are assassins! The little eunuch Jin Qi had never seen this battle, a shrill duck exploded in the carriage, and the uninvited guest who roared rolled his eyes.

"Tell me?" Zhu Qizhen sat on the stone and asked.

In front of him were three thieves in clean clothes, looking at the panicked look on their faces, with the three of them not very skillful techniques, they should be novices who started improvised.

"A few masters, we have no beads in our eyes, and we have bad thoughts, you can see that we are the first offenders and spare us!" One said, and the other two were also on the side.

"I said that it was my first time to do bad things, and I noticed it as soon as I beat you, if I wasn't afraid that you would have accomplices, I would have taken action a long time ago." Fan Zhong glared at the copper bell and said.

"Uncle, it's the first time! We are all students who came to Beijing to catch the exam. I didn't pass the exam last year, so I stayed in Beijing to find a job to do, and I worked while preparing for the next imperial examination.

However, we scholars had no strength to tie the chickens, and we really had no work, so we were ready to return to our hometowns together. We haven't eaten for a day, so I thought I shouldn't have it, and I wanted to borrow a bite of your masters, but I didn't expect to be discovered by you. ”

Listening to a few people say this, Zhu Qizhen also believed most of it, the current transportation is very inconvenient, although the Jinshi has been admitted by region, but always come to the capital for the exam. Some of these families are not very good, and there are no students who have passed the exam, so they can only keep coming back to the capital, and then they don't have time to review well, so they fall off the list again, and thus fall into a vicious circle.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first! Now it is not only a matter of building roads, but also of the lack of transportation, and no matter how fast a horse-drawn carriage runs, it is impossible to run hundreds of kilometers a day. Zhu Qizhen secretly made up his mind to start developing a steam engine as soon as possible.

Zhu Qizhen didn't embarrass them, and gave them a few taels of silver to warn a few people to study hard, and then let them go. The three of them were grateful, and the merchant who watched it shook his head, he felt that these people had insulted the reputation of the scholars, and the others didn't care.

Just in the morning sun, Zhu Qizhen had his first picnic, green mountains and green waters, wild flowers everywhere, beautiful.