As soon as the steam train entered the martial arts arena, thick smoke billowed out.
Many guests coughed repeatedly and kept complaining: "What are you doing to banish the immortal? It's full of smoke and ghosts."
Those in charge of serving had to help fan them with embarrassment.
Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui next to him helplessly: "What is this?"
Li Shuigan laughed and said: "This is a steam car. It can walk without the need for ox horses to pull it."
Ying Zheng frowned and looked at the martial arts field below.
The martial arts arena was brightly lit, but because of the thick smoke, no cars could be seen at all. And... the car is so loud, I almost have to shout when I talk.
Zhang Liang was a little confused.
This awards ceremony was planned by him, and every detail was decided by him. But now it's obviously messed up.
Although the martial arts arena is open-air, it is surrounded by stands, so it forms a relatively sealed environment. Steam cars burn coal, and as the first generation of steam engines, the coal-burning efficiency is very low, so they are very heavy and smokey.
Zhang Liang wiped the cold sweat from his head and thought: It seems that the banished immortal is right. I can't even do an awards ceremony well. You are so ambitious, want to rebel, want to rule the country? Fortunately, the banished immortal allowed me to practice here, otherwise, I would have left a bad name in history.
Niu Dao was Zhang Liang's assistant and organized this awards ceremony.
Now that something went wrong at the awards ceremony, not only Zhang Liang has to take responsibility, but he also has to take responsibility.
Although the banished immortal is generous and will not punish him, the more it is like this, the less Niu Dao can embarrass the banished immortal. Otherwise, he will be really embarrassed to stay here.
Niu Dao said to Zhang Liang anxiously: "Mr. Zhang, you should think of a way."
Zhang Liang slapped his forehead vigorously, pointed outside and said, "We let the steam car come in just to show your majesty that this car can walk on its own without being pulled by ox horses."
"The problem now is that the smoke is too thick and you can't see anything. It's not difficult to solve it. Just drive the car out to an open place and you can naturally see clearly."
Niu Calf responded and immediately arranged for someone to do it.
In fact, it is not difficult to drive the car out. It is nothing more than laying out the rails. Anyway, this car is very slow, so it's totally in time.
So the craftsmen rushed forward and led the tracks to the farmland outside.
Li Shui said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, why don't we go outside and take a look."
Ying Zheng nodded: "After sitting here for a long time, I want to stand up and move around. In that case, let's go outside and take a look."
His Majesty nodded, what else did the others say? So everyone shouted and walked outside.
The farmland was open, and thick smoke came out of the chimney, and soon dispersed, because everyone finally saw the true face of the steam car.
The first thing everyone thought about when they saw this car was: how ugly it is.
The main body of the steam car is naturally the steam engine, which is extremely huge.
Under the steam engine is a thick iron plate. After all, the steam engine was too heavy, and if it were made of wooden boards, it would break quickly.
Under the iron plate, there are four wheels made of fine steel.
This is a car made of steel.
In the car, Zhang Men was working hard to fill the stove with coal.
He was sweating profusely, and his face was so smoked that he looked like an imp.
The courtiers all looked at the slowly moving steam locomotive. Suddenly someone laughed, and then the whole room started to burst into laughter.
Zhangmen heard that this was laughing at him, so he stopped at a loss.
After he stopped filling the coal, the steam car immediately slowed down and finally stopped completely.
Zhang Men scratched his head, jumped out of the car, and met with Ying Zheng and all the adults.
Ying Zheng asked calmly: "Is this your steam car?"
Zhangmen nodded: "Exactly."
Ying Zheng said slowly: "Well, it doesn't need an ox horse to pull it, it's really magical."
Apart from these words, there is nothing else to say. After all...this car can't boast anything else.
Li Shui coughed dryly and said to Ying Zheng: "This car is just the first trial production. As the technology improves, the speed will be much higher, far exceeding the current carriage."
Zhang Men nodded repeatedly.
Chun Yuyue suddenly laughed: "The speed of this car is slower than my walking. In the final analysis, it is just a weird skill to win people over."
“It’s really inappropriate to waste so much coal and iron on this.”
Zhang Men carefully explained: "This gentleman, this villain actually already has an improvement plan, but he hasn't had time to build it yet."
"My car is indeed not very fast now, but its immense strength has been revealed. The villain has already had an idea. He can add a hook to the car, and then hook some carts to form a long chain. , like a centipede. In this way, tens of thousands of kilograms of things can be transported per trip."
Wang Wan smiled slightly and said, "However, no matter where your car goes, will it be paved with iron bars like this?"
Zhangmen said: "This is called a railway track. Yes, as long as the railway track is laid, this car can pass."
Wang Wan shook his head: "It's ridiculous. The huge iron ore is not used to make weapons and agricultural tools, but it is thrown on the ground. Isn't this a waste of natural resources?"
Zhangmen said with some grievance: "I went to the iron mine to inquire about it myself. The people there said that more and more iron ore are being mined now, and the mining technology is getting higher and higher. These iron ore are used for railway tracks, and they are used from the north to There is absolutely no problem if it is laid from prefecture to county to Xianyang City."
Wang Wan smiled slightly and said: "What do you mean, do you mean to dig out all the iron mines in the world to cast rails for you? Moreover, these rails are exposed to wind and sun all year round and are very easy to rust. They don't need to be refined into steel. You are like this Do you mean that you want all the craftsmen in the world to hammer fine steel for you?"
Zhang Men scratched his head and argued in a low voice: "It doesn't matter, the villain has calculated before..."
Wang Wan chuckled and said to Zhang Men: "You are still young and don't know the difficulties of governing the world. Ruling a big country is like cooking small delicacies. You don't just do whatever you want."
Zhangmen had nothing to say. It is true that I have no experience in governing a country. How can I refute this?
But Zhang Men knew that there was no problem with the method he had learned about. He heard that Shangjun Courtyard had developed a method for rapid steelmaking. Perhaps within a year or two, his dream could be realized.
While Zhang Men was deep in thought, Feng Quli spoke.
Feng Quili and Wang Wan are competitors.
Of course Feng Quli would support what Wang Wan objected to.
So he said to Zhang Men with an encouraging look on his face: "Even if your steam engine cannot be turned into a car, it can still be used to pump water for coal mines. You must not belittle yourself."
Zhangmen explained: "The steam car of the villain has been made. Although it has some flaws, it can show its power with a little improvement."
Feng Quili looked at Zhang Men speechlessly, thinking: Why can't this man understand Haolai's words?
The surrounding courtiers were all talking, and most of them were ridiculing Zhang Men for being impractical.
Li Shui coughed dryly and said to everyone: "My lords, Shangjun Courtyard has decided to invest in Zhangmen. It may be very profitable in the future. Does anyone want to come up with money and get a share of the pie?"
The courtiers suddenly became quiet and began to think.
Logically speaking, a shrewd person like Ban Xian would not make a loss-making business. If you do business with him, you are very likely to make a fortune.
but……
But this so-called steam car is too incredible.
At such a slow speed and consuming so much steel, it will take years and months to recover, right?
No matter how you look at it, it's impossible to make money.
The courtiers suddenly thought again: Could this be a trick to banish the immortal? They pretended that they wanted us to invest in business, but in fact, they divided our money with the chapter, and then announced later that the business had failed.
We were reduced to paupers and he made a fortune.
Well... with the shamelessness of banishing immortals, it's very possible.
As a result, the courtiers shook their heads and firmly rejected Li Shui's proposal.
Li Shui sighed and said helplessly: "This is a great opportunity to make money, why did you give up?"
He looked at Li Xin next to him: "Brother Li, do you want to participate in the stock?"
Li Xin said: "Of course I want to take a shareholding."
The surrounding courtiers all laughed.
Who doesn't know that Huaiguzi and Li Xin are in the same group? These two people are singing along, trying to lure us into taking money? What a beautiful idea.
The courtiers rejected Li Shui more firmly.
Li Shui looked at Chun Yuyue again: "Sister-in-law, aren't you willing to spend some money to support new technologies? Once this technology is successful, it will be of great benefit to our Daqin."
Chunyu Yue said calmly: "If waiting for the steam train is really beneficial to our Daqin, I am willing to reward him with money. As for now? Haha..."
Li Shui smiled at Zhang Men: "Do a good job. Dr. Chunyu is a kind person, and he will definitely give you a lot of rewards."
Zhangmen nodded vigorously.
Steam locomotives are indeed an eye-opener for everyone.
Most people had a disparaging attitude towards him, but after all, this thing played a big role in the coal mine. Winning the physics prize seems to make sense.
Therefore, after everyone returned to the martial arts arena, Ying Zheng awarded Zhang Men a gold medal. This process was relatively smooth, with no one blocking it.
Immediately afterwards, the Chemistry Prize was awarded to Agarita Take and Tian Ong. Before awarding the prizes, some flower pots were brought out and the crops were compared and displayed.
Then there is Xiang Bo's Geography Award, which shows various minerals.
Next came Ji Nu’s Mathematics Award. He briefly explained some new calculation methods. Some knowledgeable people’s eyes lit up when they heard this.
Finally, there are the medical awards for Xiang Lizhu and Tu Yang. Shown are enlarged images of bacteria and Tu Yang’s hand-drawn drawings of human internal organs.
When they saw the end, many courtiers had changed their colors.
Some people even think: In the land of Chinese etiquette, everyone is a gentleman, but this Tu Yang showed pictures of internal organs, it’s really...
However, Ying Zheng seemed quite interested and asked Tu Yang a few questions.
Since the emperor didn't say anything, the courtiers had no choice but to shut up.
After the awards ceremony, it was almost midnight.
Li Shui kindly sent Ying Zheng away. As for the courtiers, they still insisted on not leaving.
After all, this is the Shangjun Courtyard that earns 100,000 yuan a day. If you stay for an extra quarter of an hour, you will make money.
Moreover, the banishment to immortality has been announced, and everyone can stay until dawn.
So these people are even more reluctant to leave.
Li Shui yawned and went back to sleep.
The martial arts arena has almost become a hypermarket displaying products in Shangjun Courtyard.
The craftsmen first displayed some fireworks, and the children and female relatives who watched them were very excited.
Some courtiers could not resist the family members in the palace, so they had to place orders on the spot.
Later, the craftsmen displayed some jewelry and some rouge and gouache.
And the way of display was very strange. Two women were called, one without jewelry or rouge and gouache. The other one put on makeup seriously and wore gold and silver.
The two of them compared each other and found that they were in heaven and on earth. The difference between a noble lady and a village girl.
Now the courtiers' female relatives couldn't bear it any longer, and they simply ordered the goods directly from Shangjun Courtyard.
Later, the craftsmen brought out some new snacks.
Now the children had a falling out again.
The courtiers suddenly felt that something was wrong, and vaguely felt that they had fallen into the trap of banishing the immortal.
But by this time, it was too late to leave. Neither the women nor the children agreed.
The craftsmen are still displaying new products one after another, each of which is stimulating the minds of the family members.
When daybreak came, the courtiers finally felt relieved.
They dragged their families and walked outside with heavy steps.
I didn't sleep all night, and I spent a lot of money. It was really a loss.
But Li Shui, who had slept all night and was full of energy, stood at the door of Shang Jun's courtyard, smiled at the courtiers and said, "My lords, go on your way."
The courtiers said in a daze: "Well, let's go."
Li Shui added: "I will send someone to deliver the bill to your house later. Don't worry, sir."
The courtiers immediately woke up and said to Li Shui, "Where is the account book? We want to take a look."
Li Shui looked to the side and Ji Nu took out a ledger.
The courtiers looked at it for a while, and they were all sober.
Li Shui coughed dryly and said, "My lords, you won't return the goods, will you?"
The courtiers really wanted to retreat.
Li Shui added: "This is the most novel, precious and honorable thing in Xianyang City. Do you really want to retreat?"
The courtiers hesitated.
Li Shui then said: "Once you all retire, are you really not worried that the people will talk about it? It seems that you can't afford it. Or... you are reluctant to buy it."
The courtiers coughed dryly and said, "Who said we have to retreat? However, it is urgent to practice frugality. Let's not do it next time."
The courtiers left one after another. Li Shui looked at their backs and sighed with emotion: These people are really interesting. In our fairy world, this is equivalent to some TV drama fans who don’t turn off the TV after watching the drama, and watch commercials until dawn. It’s just a matter of seeing the dawn, and I bought every advertisement.
Zhang Liang stood beside Li Shui with admiration on his face, thinking: The banished immortal is indeed an immortal, and his words are getting more and more profound.
