I have to say that many times, a woman's sixth sense is still very accurate.

What Li Yinyue said was exactly what Fang Xiu thought, although it can't be said to be exactly the same, but it is also very similar.

When Fang Xiu heard this, he raised his eyebrows, and was about to say something, but before he could speak, he heard Li Yingyue say again: "What you have prepared for me, just take it out, you don't have to hide it." ”

Although Fang Xiu did prepare a broken intestine for her, but after being pointed out, he suddenly didn't want to use it.

There was no other reason, but I just didn't want Li Yingyue to guess her mind.

"If Your Majesty thinks of your Majesty like this, then I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be disappointed."

Fang Xiu looked at Li Yinyue in front of him, a smile appeared on his face, and he said lightly: "The minister came to see Your Majesty today, firstly, I thought that the southern expedition was imminent, and I hadn't seen you for a long time, so I came to see off Your Majesty, and by the way, I told Your Majesty to be safe on the battlefield, not to rush ahead, Your Majesty's life is more important than the victory of the Southern Expedition to Wu......"

These words are pure fabrication.

But his tone is extremely sincere, and his eyes are quite clear, if ordinary people listen to it, they will probably believe it.

It's just that Li Yinyue is not an ordinary person, after listening to Fang Xiu's words, she just glanced at him with a slightly strange expression, and then fell silent.

Fang Xiu saw that Li Yingyue was not fooled, and said more sincerely: "The second is the candidate for the deputy general, which has been decided, and I would like to tell Your Majesty." ”

"Who?"

Hearing the words of the deputy general, Li Yingyue finally lifted her spirits, looked at Fang Xiu, and asked.

Fang Xiu said: "The deputy general's name is Zhang Liang, he has the ability to strategize and win thousands of miles away, and when he arrives on the battlefield, the key decision, Your Majesty will not be wrong if he listens to his advice." ”

Strategizing and winning thousands of miles away?

Li Yinyue was slightly stunned when she heard Fang Xiu's high evaluation, but she didn't say anything.

Seeing that Li Yinyue fell silent.

Fang Xiu thought for a while and said, "What the minister wants to say has already been said, if Your Majesty is fine, the minister will retire." ”

After speaking, he saluted, turned around and was about to leave.

In the face of Fang Xiu's arrival and departure, Li Yingyue had an attitude from beginning to end, turning a blind eye.

In her eyes, Fang Xiu is only a little sincere in the face of those people in Xiangguofu, and he has some cynicism no matter who he faces on weekdays.

She doesn't like to be around such people because she thinks it's too frivolous.

What's more, he was under house arrest in Xiangguo Mansion for nearly half a year.

Li Yinyue looked at Fang Xiu's back, thinking so, and was ready to return to his position and continue to deal with official documents.

As soon as he sat down, he saw Fang Xiu suddenly stop, turning his head to look at himself, his tone extremely sincere.

"Whether Your Majesty believes it or not, the minister really wants to tell His Majesty that His Majesty's safety is very important to the minister and to the court, and the minister sincerely hopes that His Majesty can return safely from this southern expedition."

Li Yingyue was stunned, raised her eyes to look at Fang Xiu, and was stunned again when she saw his serious eyes.

Just as she opened her mouth to say something, Fang Xiu had already turned around and left.

This moment.

Looking at Fang Xiu's back.

Li Yingyue suddenly had an impulse, chased after Shang Xiu, and responded.

She could feel that no matter what had happened before, at this moment, Fang Xiu was sincere in what he said.

It's just that his sincerity, in exchange for her iceberg-like attitude, she inexplicably feels sorry in her heart.

But when I calmed down, I didn't think that way anymore.

After all, Fang Xiu had never felt sorry for the things he had done to her.

The other side.

Fang Xiu came out of Zhenbao Zhai and planned to go to the palace to inform the little empress and the core members of the Fang Party about the selection of the deputy general.

It's just that before he reached the palace, he was stopped by a person.

"Fang Xiang! I have something important to meet! ”

There was a sound not unfamiliar outside the carriage.

Fang Xiu thought for a few seconds before he remembered that this was Uncle Guo's voice.

Why did Uncle Guo suddenly stop his frame?

Could it be that the steam locomotive has a clue?

As soon as he thought of this, Fang Xiu instantly came to his senses and ordered the coachman to stop the carriage.

Then he got out of the carriage of the carriage, looked at the uncle who was standing in front of him, showed a warm smile on his face, and said, "What is the important thing about the uncle?" ”

Uncle Guo looked excited, and his voice trembled a little: "Fang Xiang! Steam locomotive, Chen has developed it! ”

Sure enough, it's a steam locomotive!

When Fang Xiu heard the news, his expression was equally shocked.

There is no doubt that the appearance of steam locomotives is of great significance, and the role is equally huge!

If the railroad tracks can be paved all over the Great Qian and Great Zhou, from now on, the Great Qian and the Great Zhou will be a well-deserved overlord-level existence among the countries of Middle-earth!

Whether it is transporting baggage or personnel, the speed is far better than that of other countries.

At that time, there will be no need to worry about the bloody fighting of the soldiers in the front, but the logistical baggage is even less of a problem.

There is no need to worry about the fact that the distribution of forces is too scattered and it is difficult to assemble in a short time.

Besides.

The advent of steam locomotives can greatly promote the development of transportation, industry, agriculture and commerce!

The development of the entire Daqian and Dazhou will be accelerated with the steam locomotive!

As a traverser, Fang Xiu's role in steam locomotives is much clearer than others.

Therefore, at this moment, he was also very excited, looked at the uncle in front of him, and asked: "Where is the prototype, can you sit?" Take your photos and take a look! ”

Although Uncle Guo didn't know what the prototype meant, he could probably figure out that it was the first machine he built, and replied: "If you go back to Fangxiang, it's in the suburbs, and it can seat five people, but it's a little slower, so I'll take you to see it." ”

As he spoke, he was to lead the way.

"Wait!"

Fang Xiu opened his mouth and shouted to stop him, and said, "You go to the palace with the prime minister first, meet Your Majesty and the princes, and then go together!" ”

Such an important thing must be witnessed by everyone!

With this in mind, Fang Xiu went to the palace first.

First of all, I talked to the little empress and the important ministers about the candidate for the deputy general of the Southern Expedition to Wu State, called Zhang Liang.

When the little empress and several important ministers heard this name, they all felt confused.

Before this, they had never heard of it, it turned out that Daqian and Da Zhou also had a military general named Zhang Liang.

Although they had not heard the name of this person, they did not have the slightest doubt about Fang Xiu's decision.

It's just because the commanders sent by Fang Xiu before were all in the same situation.

Qi Jiguang, Bai Qi, is the guard commander Dian Wei beside him.

Which one was not born out of thin air, and which one is not talented and famous?

Especially Qi Jiguang and Bai Qi, who have now become the pillars of the imperial court.

It can be seen that Fang Xiang's ability to cultivate talents is far beyond their imagination.

This Zhang Liang, since he can be valued by Fang Xiang and appointed as a deputy general, must be able to match it.

Therefore, no one has paid much attention to it.

Followed by.

Fang Xiu took Uncle Guo and said the second thing, the steam locomotive was successfully developed!

Now there is one, just outside the suburbs.

Hearing the news, the little empress was very excited.

Before that, she often heard Fang Xiu mention steam locomotives and knew the importance of steam locomotives to Daqian.

For the rest, the attitude is different.

Some people are just as excited.

For example, Qin Xingyan's eyes were red, and he said in his heart: "It's finally over." ”

He did this because it took a lot of silver to develop a steam locomotive.

At first, the silver was produced by the Xiangguo Mansion, but later more and more silver was needed, and even the Xiangguo Mansion could not afford it, so a part of it was paid by the household department.

It is also spent money to make things.

The effect can be seen in the allocation to the Ministry of Engineering and the Engineering Academy, especially the silver allocated to the Engineering Academy, and after a period of time to develop a novel thing, maybe the cost will be earned back in a few days.

However, when it was allocated to the uncle's mansion, it was like throwing silver into a river, and it couldn't even splash the water.

He attached great importance to this steam locomotive, and he had to allocate this silver.

Now that the steam locomotive has been successfully developed, Tobe can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Except for Qin Xingyan, the rest of the people behaved more coldly.

Although they knew about the existence of the steam locomotive, and they also knew that Fang attached great importance to the steam locomotive, they didn't know much about it, and they only felt that it was the same thing as the spinning machine, which was indeed beneficial to the imperial court, but it was not much.

It wasn't until they came to the outskirts and saw the huge steam locomotive that they realized that they were wrong, very wrong!

The so-called steam locomotive is completely different from what they imagined!

A steam locomotive made of steel, just one locomotive, looks bigger than a small mansion!

In addition, there is a carriage connected to the back, which looks even larger.

The most important thing is that most of the parts of this steam locomotive are made of steel, and just standing there, it gives people a great sense of oppression.

"Such a big car, made of steel, how many horses do you have to pull it!"

Among several people, Xie Qian, who knew the least about steam locomotives, looked at the behemoth in front of him and couldn't help but sigh like this.

When others heard this, they were all stunned, and subconsciously looked at Xie Qian with a strange expression.

Seeing this, Xie Qian also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and said with a look of asking for advice: "Could it be that this cart is not pulled by horses, but by oxen?" ”

The voice fell.

Uncle Guo, who was drinking tea to moisten his throat, spit out "poof" all at once.

"Ahem, ahem......"

Choked for a while.

He was finally able to speak, and explained to Xie Qian: "Xie Ge Lao, the so-called steam locomotive is a car powered by a steam engine, and it does not need to be pulled by a horse, let alone an ox. ”

Speaking of this, he remembered an interesting story and said with a smile: "However, I did see a record in the book, saying that somewhere else, someone developed a steam locomotive and fell into the hands of someone else, and that person didn't know how to use it, so he raised a group of horses and used horses to pull the steam locomotive, which is really ridiculous." ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of such a funny scene in his mind, and laughed.

After laughing for a while, seeing that no one else reacted, he stopped smiling again, looked at Fang Xiu, and said with a straight face: "Fang Xiang, the coachman is ready, do you want him to drive around?" ”

Fang Xiu nodded and said, "Okay." ”

With permission, Uncle Guo stepped onto the front of the steam locomotive, said a few words to the coachman, and then walked down again.

Not for a while.

Then I saw the front of the steam locomotive, and smoke was billowing from it.

Immediately afterwards, there was a popping sound, which can be said to be deafening.

Everyone, including the little empress, was taken aback by surprise and hurriedly covered their ears.

And Fang Xiu had already prepared in his heart, so his expression was calm, and his eyes were focused on looking at the steam locomotive.

On a temporary laying of railroad tracks.

The behemoth made of steel slowly moved with a deafening sound.

Although the speed is not fast, it does move without applying any external force!

"It's really done!"

When Fang Xiu saw this scene, his face showed a rare look of excitement.

Although the drawings of Uncle Guo's steam locomotive were all obtained from the system, as long as they were followed, there would be no problems.

But!

In this world, after all, no one has ever studied steam locomotives, and many of the raw materials, principles of mechanics, and fine machinery involved in them have to be explored step by step.

Little by little, trial and error.

It is extremely difficult to walk ahead of everyone and build something from scratch.

When Fang Xiu started the steam locomotive project, he was ready to study for more than ten years.

Who would have thought that in just two or three years, Uncle Guo would really build a steam locomotive.

It's really an extremely difficult thing to do!

Looking at the moving steam locomotive, Fang Xiu let out a long breath, full of relief.

And the other side.

Everyone, including the little empress, saw the moving steam locomotive, their eyes widened, and their faces were incredulous.

They thought that the behemoth made of steel, even if it could move, would be extremely slow, but the truth was beyond their expectations.

This steam locomotive moves a little slower than a horse-drawn carriage, but not too slowly!

Moreover, horses get tired, but this steam locomotive doesn't get tired.

Although the steam locomotive needs rails to run, it works so much better than they thought!

Xie Qian looked at the steam locomotive, and couldn't help but admire: "It's really a magic weapon of the Immortal Family!" Immortal magic weapons! ”

Side.

When Du Chen'an, Qin Xingyan and the others heard this, their faces all showed a look of approval.

In their eyes, the immortal magic weapon is nothing more than that.

The little empress standing beside Fang Xiu looked at the steam locomotive that was gradually moving away, but she couldn't help but think of the words that Fang Xiu said to him two years ago.

One day, he will build a car that can walk on his own without a horse.

At that time, the little empress only felt that Fang Xiu was whimsical and talking nonsense.

Who would have thought that in just two or three years, what Fang Xiu had said would really come true.

This moment.

Wu Mingkong was in an extremely melancholy mood.

She looked at Fang Xiu and said, "You did it." ”

The sound of the steam locomotive, though a little quieter, still drowned out her voice.

Fang Xiu didn't hear clearly, and asked loudly, "What did Your Majesty say?" ”

Wu Mingkong raised his voice and said, "I said, you did it!" ”

At this moment, Fang Xiu heard it clearly, a smile appeared on his face, and said, "It is all thanks to His Majesty's trust and Uncle Guo's hard work that this steam locomotive is here." ”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he nodded, and then his mind involuntarily remembered what Fang Xiu had said to her two or three years ago.

I can build a car that can run on my own.

I just don't know.

When will the promise of marrying her be fulfilled......

Come to think of this.

Wu Mingkong's mood suddenly felt a little lost.

Even the success of the steam locomotive could not cause her joy.

Thousands of thoughts only turned into a sigh, which dissipated into the wind with the roar of a steam locomotive.