"If there is something to do, it will be played early, and if there is nothing to do, it will be late."

The eunuch stepped forward, waved the dust, and after shouting this in a sharp voice, he retreated neatly.

Today's court is different from the past.

Sitting on the dragon chair, it became Zhu Yuanzhang.

And Zhu Biao sat on the unicorn seat on the side.

The father and son are also dressed in bright yellow clothes, but they have their own style.

The courtiers came forward one after another.

After the recital was finished, he opened his ears, occasionally listened to the recital of other colleagues, and then gave one eye to Chu Ze, wanting to see when he stepped forward.

Who knew that the courtiers were almost finished, but Chu Ze still didn't move.

He stood on top of the court, his hands folded in front of him, his head bowed, and he thought he was sleeping without looking carefully.

Of course, it was impossible for Chu Ze to sleep directly.

He's just waiting.

When all the ministers have finished their work, it will be time for him to play.

It's not that I'm thinking about the finale, the main thing is that his matter is too big, and it will take a long time to discuss it.

Since this is time-consuming, it is better to let the other ministers report first.

And then dealt with their own problems all at once.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Chu Ze several times.

This kid's thoughts are written on his face, and Zhu Yuanzhang can see through it at a glance.

Chu Ze is not in a hurry, but Zhu Yuanzhang is in a hurry.

As early as yesterday, the person he sent to deliver things revealed that he had something important to say today.

The man didn't know what it was.

Zhu Yuanzhang was curious.

A hundred claws scratch the heart.

I'm just waiting to hear the big thing today.

As a result, the kid was still standing.

"Come on, after these little things are dispersed, they will each present the recital to the prince. Chu Ze, it's rare for you to go to court today, tell me, what are you doing. Zhu Yuanzhang listened to the ministers' report absent-mindedly, so he simply waved his hand and "throw" it all to his good son.

He named Chu Ze.

When Chu Ze heard his name, he looked up unexpectedly.

He looked left and right and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, everyone else has finished reporting?" ”

"What's the matter, I can't finish the report, and I can't draw out your piece of 'jade'?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, stretched his body, and sat down in the chair.

The aura of the emperor spread from him.

The others all hung their heads slightly, not daring to face them.

Except for Chu Ze.

He smiled, showing an embarrassed expression, and said shyly, "That's not it." It's just that what we want to talk about, it's a little troublesome, why don't you ask the other adults to finish playing the things that are going to be played, and let's report it again? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him with disgust.

"Don't bother, you say."

Just let him see how troublesome it is.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang has spoken, Chu Ze naturally will not refuse.

He bowed his hand respectfully, said "yes", stepped forward, and took out a stack of papers from his sleeve.

The papers were neatly folded, with a faint hint of ink on the back.

One can tell at a glance that there must be something in there.

Fundamentally Chu Ze has always described it, and everyone reasonably speculates that it must be a drawing of something.

This time they guessed right.

Chu Ze took out the drawings: "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang gestured to the eunuchs beside him.

The eunuch immediately ran down the jade steps, ran to Chu Ze with his head down, held the drawings in both hands, and sent them to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it.

He didn't open it directly, but looked at it over and over again, shaking the drawings and asking Chu Ze: "What is this?" ”

Zhu Biao was also curious.

Because it is now the period of the Great Dynasty, it is not easy for him to walk to the dragon chair without edict, so he can only sit aside, wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to finish reading, and then ask Zhu Yuanzhang to come over and watch.

Chu Ze replied: "Trains, rails." ”

"What?"

"What car?"

"Trains? What is a train, a car on fire or a car on fire? Did we hear it wrong? Otherwise, how could you hear such an unreasonable thing? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang has not yet said that the ministers of the court and the central government are lively first.

They exchanged heads and constantly discussed with the people around them what a train was.

Chu Ze was speechless when he heard what they said.

He turned his head and corrected: "It's not a car that's on fire, it's a car that's powered by fire." ”

It would be more accurate to say that it is powered by steam.

But he didn't bother to explain.

As long as they don't think so outrageously, Chu Ze doesn't bother to say it.

As for the physical thing, they will know when the thing is made.

After Chu Ze finished speaking, he turned his head and continued to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, and said, "Your Majesty, you asked us before if you could make a vehicle that is faster than a carriage and can load more goods." Before, we said no, because at that time, there were still many things that were missing, and it was difficult for us Qiao women to cook without rice, and we really couldn't make them. But now, everything is there, and we are sure that we will make it. ”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had opened the drawing.

The drawings are divided into two copies.

One is a schematic diagram of the train as a whole, and the other is a schematic diagram of the tracks.

Chu Ze knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had no concept of trains.

Therefore, when he painted, he also drew some details.

That's why the paper is so thick.

But the thickest is still the schematic diagram of the train.

I used a large piece of drawing paper.

When stacked, it looks thick.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't open it alone.

He looked left and right and beckoned to Zhu Biao: "Biao, you come up." ”

"Yes." Zhu Biao stepped forward.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave him one corner, and the other corner was held by the eunuchs around him, and motioned for them to stand on both sides: "Open." ”

"Yes."

The two of them moved to the side, and the drawings gradually unfolded.

The content drawn on the picture was also slowly unfolded in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

That's a picture of a train.

Its shape is the same as that of the 1830 "Planet" locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson.

From the appearance of the steam locomotive, it took more than a hundred years and countless iterations before the "Planet" locomotive appeared.

Moreover, the "Planet" locomotive is also the closest to the later modern steam locomotive in terms of structure and appearance, and it can even be said that it has not changed much.

Then Chu Ze didn't hurry up and use it?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the long big guy on the paper, and his calm face showed an extremely shocked expression.

He looked at the car, and suddenly his mind seemed to flash through countless things.

But he didn't catch it at all.

He only looked at the drawings in a daze.

Then he slowly stretched out his hand—

When your fingertips touch the paper, you can feel the ink marks under your hands.

His fell on it, and it didn't move for a long time.

When the others saw that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't move, they didn't dare to move.

I had to hold my breath and look at Zhu Yuanzhang.

And keep guessing in my heart what is drawn on this drawing.

unexpectedly made their emperor show such an expression.

Time passed, and there was silence in the courtroom.

Until Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He waved his big hand and said in a loud voice: "Turn around and let everyone see!" (End of chapter)