The blind date meeting was directly rejected by Ying Zheng, because Ying Zheng felt that it was immoral for Zhao Hao to use his imperial sister to win people's hearts.
Although he has used his daughter to win people's hearts, there are some things that I can do but my son can't, it's that simple.
In desperation, Zhao Hao could only organize a seemingly spur-of-the-moment outing, taking the four brothers, Prince Liang, and several royal sisters out of the palace to play.
The people accompanying him also included Han Xin, Chen Ping, Wu Ya and other close friends of Zhao Hao.
A group of people swaggered to the Weihe River.
It's just late spring and early summer, and the sun is already a bit fierce.
The willow trees on the river bank are hanging down, and the roar of cicadas can be heard slightly from the trees.
It is worthy of being the renovated capital of the Qin Dynasty. The streets are wide and majestic, and people are coming and going, making it lively.
"Brother Hao, I remember that there were not so many people in Xianyang City in the past. When the people saw the carriages and horses in the palace, they all took them far away. How wonderful it is now, a peaceful and prosperous age."
Ying Yinman rarely left the palace. Even if he did occasionally, he would follow Ying Zheng's motorcade and never see the gathering of merchants.
As for the other princesses, they all looked around and whispered like little girls who had never seen the world.
Compared to Ying Yinman, they stay in the palace all year round and are basically unable to leave the palace except on the day of their wedding.
Moreover, the current Xianyang City is not the original Xianyang City. It is a new city after careful planning by Zhao Hao. It feels like Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty.
Especially the Central Street extending from the palace gate is ridiculously wide enough for eight carriages to pass through at the same time.
Zhao Hao smiled and nodded, glancing at Han Xin and others from time to time, hoping that these guys' eyes would shine brightly and not waste this rare opportunity.
At this time, Chen Ping saw the bird in the river and asked unexpectedly: "What is that?"
"Is it a pigeon?"
Han Xin leaned over to take a look and replied casually.
As soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked in the butt by Zhao Hao: "Damn it, you are turning back. This is a pigeon, this is a duck. Your pigeons are swimming in the water?"
"Kick-kick"
The conversation between Zhao Hao and the three instantly caused several royal sisters to burst into laughter like silver bells.
Han Xin and Chen Ping blushed for a while and looked up at the sky involuntarily.
Only Zhao Hao recalled calmly: "I remember when I was a child, when I ran out of food, I ran to Yuanyang Lake near the Hermitage Palace to squat on wild ducks. Those wild ducks looked very big, and they were worse than pigeons after they were plucked. But. It tastes delicious, but it’s not like the food in the Hermitage Palace, which has no taste at all.”
As he said that, Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh.
But his imperial sisters did not laugh. Ying Yinman said: "When I was a child, I had never heard of Hao Di, nor had I seen him."
"I have heard of it. An imperial sister told me about it. However, that imperial sister passed away a few years ago." A thin-looking princess whispered.
Gong Ziliang frowned slightly: "Rui'er is talking about Princess Yueman?"
"Exactly."
"I heard that he fell to death in Hao Di's old dormitory?"
"this"
When the thin princess named Rui'er heard this, she glanced at Zhao Hao subconsciously, shook her head and said, "Rui'er doesn't know, I only know that my father doted on her at that time, and she liked Hao's bedroom pavilion very much."
"Oh, you mentioned this, and I remembered it. It seems that Brother Hao made some mistake and was demoted to Chunan Pavilion by his father!"
Ying Yinman suddenly nodded and said: "It turns out that this matter has something to do with Princess Yueman!"
"Hmph, I never thought that Princess Yueman would be such a person!"
"That's right, you actually bullied our brother Hao."
"Okay, it's all in the past, there's nothing to mention."
Zhao Hao's eyes flashed and he interrupted everyone's resentment. He raised his hand and pointed at the stall in front of him and said: "I see there is a shop selling hot and sour noodles over there. Let's eat a bowl of noodles first and then go shopping!"
Everyone sniffed and looked in the direction Zhao Hao pointed, and sure enough they saw a stall. In front of the stall, an old woman was looking after a large iron pot, and a man was greeting the customers.
There is a sour and spicy smell in the air.
Everyone suddenly became interested and were about to go there when they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves.
Zhao Hao followed the sound and saw Mo Ku, a man and a horse, coming to him in a hurry. He turned over and dismounted and said: "Your Majesty, something happened to the Academy of Sciences!"
"this"
Zhao Hao's face was full of surprise and he subconsciously looked at Xiao He.
I saw Xiao He's eyes condensed and he immediately made a decision: "Your Majesty, please go to the Academy of Sciences immediately!"
Having been with Zhao Hao for so long, he knew very well how much Zhao Hao valued the Academy of Sciences.
So the next moment before Zhao Hao made a decision, he made the decision for Zhao Hao on his own initiative.
When Zhao Hao heard Xiao He's words, he reacted for a moment, no longer hesitated, and directly said to the senior brothers: "Brothers, I leave this place to you!"
After saying that, he took the horse rope from Mo Ku's hand, got on the horse, and walked away.
Before dark, Zhao Hao finally rode to the Academy of Sciences.
It's no wonder that Zhao Hao is impatient. After all, the Academy of Sciences is the future of Da Qin, and in his heart, there is absolutely no room for failure.
However, when Zhao Hao came to the Academy of Sciences, there was no accident inside as he imagined, but silence.
"How is this going?"
Zhao Hao rode his horse to the gate of the Academy of Sciences and looked at the scene in front of him with a confused expression.
Logically speaking, Mo Ku should not have the guts to deceive himself.
So what exactly happened when he said something happened?
At the next moment when Zhao Hao was at a loss, a familiar voice suddenly came into his ears: "Young master, you are such a noble man who forgets things!"
"Um?"
Zhao Hao was stunned, quickly turned his horse's head, and followed the sound.
I saw a beautiful woman wearing coarse linen clothes and a red scarf on her head. Her long hair was parted in the middle, each pulled to her ears and intersecting her temples, braided into two braids. She was holding a jar in her hand and wearing straw sandals. Yingying came over.
She was handsome and slender, and she looked at Zhao Hao with her watery eyes. She was slightly resentful, but she quickly hid it and said expressionlessly: "Why do you think of the Academy of Sciences?"
"It's not Mo Ku."
Zhao Hao blurted out a few words, then suddenly reacted and said with a smile: "Senior Sister Mo Xuan, long time no see, you are beautiful again!"
Mo Xuan didn't speak, but stared at Zhao Hao without blinking.
"What's wrong?"
"Ask yourself!"
Mo Xuan turned around and gave Zhao Hao a back view.
"Hey!" Zhao Hao wanted to ask what happened to the Academy of Sciences, but what he said instead was: "How about you sit in the woods over there? I have a lot to say to you."
Why! What does it mean to be unable to help yourself? What does it mean to be erroneous? Zhao Hao called softly, and the thin layer of ice in Mo Xuan's heart melted.
The two led the horses and walked onto the path of the Academy of Sciences and came to a pine forest.
After casually tying the horse to a tree, the two found a clean place to sit down.
Zhao Hao looked at Mo Xuan's red eyes, not knowing what she was feeling in her heart.
It's just that falling in love is much more difficult than fighting. Zhao Hao felt that if he didn't speak, he might not say anything until dawn.
Zhao Hao laughed at himself in his heart, even though he was anxious to death, he still had a long-term love for his children.
"Are the Mo family still used to being in the Academy of Sciences? Senior Sister Mo Xuan's classmate."
"If you want to talk to Mo Xuan about this, you might as well go to Senior Brother Mo Ku!"
"Well"
Zhao Hao's mouth twitched and he couldn't help but raise his hand to his forehead: "How are senior sisters Mo Xuan doing lately?"
"I can't say it's good, nor can I say it's bad. Anyway, I'm doing research every day!"
"Is there any breakthrough in the research?"
"I am leaving!"
Mo Xuan stood up suddenly.
Zhao Hao grabbed her and said helplessly: "Okay, I don't want to lie to you, I don't have those thoughts now."
"But I do!"
Mo Xuan's eyes were full of sorrow, and he burst into tears: "What should I do? For you, I moved the entire Momen here."
"I know."
It was the first time in Zhao Hao's life that he wiped the tears from the corners of a girl's eyes, and it was also the first time that he felt that the tears in his daughter's house were so fresh and spotless.
"Senior Sister Mo Xuan, thank you for everything you have done for me, but can you give me some more time? I want to do something that no one else has ever done!"
"Whatever you want to do, I can do it with you, but can you take me with you?"
Mo Xuan fell into Zhao Hao's arms with a cry.
Zhao Hao fell into a brief panic and hesitated: "Senior Sister Mo Xuan, this."
"Son."
Mo Xuan's eyelashes flickered, his speech was slurred, and his cheeks were flushed.
Zhao Hao's heart was instantly aroused by Mo Xuan's passion, and he was in a storm in front of the flood gate of emotion, almost breaking through the last line of defense in this pine forest.
But at this moment, he suddenly heard Mo Ku's voice: "Did I come at the wrong time?"
"ah?"
Zhao Hao woke up in an instant, and quickly called out to Mo Ku, who was about to leave, and told him, 'You came at the right time,' and 'The situation is not what you thought.' Then he stopped Mo Xuan, who looked embarrassed, and changed the subject: "Didn't you mean Did something happen to the Academy of Sciences? What happened?"
"Oh, well, the steam engine studied by the East Campus exploded. Our West Campus was experimenting with the steam engine we studied. As a result, the people in the East Campus said that we stole their research results and came to cause trouble!"
"What did you say?"
Zhao Hao was shocked when he heard this: "Are you studying steam engines?"
Mo Ku said: "If your Majesty doesn't believe it, I can take you to see it."
"Okay, okay! Let's go!"
Zhao Hao never expected that the Academy of Sciences would already start researching steam engines.
Although he had written some theoretical knowledge about steam engines for the Academy of Sciences before, because there was no rubber, even if he knew the principles of steam engines, it would be difficult to build a steam engine. After all, steam engines require excellent sealing to convert steam energy into kinetic energy.
The existing sealing materials have poor sealing properties and are simply impossible to succeed.
Liu Bang's fleet has only set out a few months ago. Even if he follows his map, it will be several years before he finds South America and transports rubber back from there.
Although Zhao Hao could afford to wait for a few years, he was not willing to wait.
The steam engine was so important to the Qin Dynasty, far surpassing all the technological innovations in "Tiangong Kaiwu".
After all, this is the important beginning of the technological revolution.
However, just as Zhao Hao was about to go to the Academy of Sciences with Mo Ku, Mo Xuan behind him suddenly asked: "Steam engines are important to the young master?"
"Isn't this nonsense?"
Zhao Hao said without thinking, then slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Senior Sister Mo Xuan, I have other things to do. Let's make an appointment next time."
"fine!"
Mo Xuan smiled lightly and reached out to hold Zhao Hao's arm: "I made the steam engine. I thought it was of no use at first, but I didn't expect the young master to attach such importance to it."
"Huh? You did it!?"
Zhao Hao was startled and subconsciously looked at Mo Ku, who nodded with a smile: "It was indeed done by Junior Sister Mo Xuan, and she also used different techniques from those of the East Campus!"
"Hahaha, good, good, good"
Zhao Hao laughed heartily and said a few good words, then took the initiative to hold Mo Xuan's hand and went to the West Campus of the Academy of Sciences together.
At this time, the laboratory of the West Branch of the Academy of Sciences was surrounded by water. A group of researchers squatted in front of a whirring and steaming machine, motionless.
The costumes of the West Campus and the East Campus of the Academy of Sciences are different. Those in black costumes belong to the West Campus, and those in cyan costumes belong to the East Campus.
Most of the people squatting in front of the machine were people from the east courtyard.
Standing in the corner are people from the west courtyard.
Zhao Hao quickly stopped and looked at the steam engine from a distance.
Compared with the steam engines seen in later pictures, this steam engine is obviously much larger.
It was made to look like a treasure box.
The top of the box is an air outlet, and each of the eight sides has a connecting rod connected to the piston at the bottom.
As steam emerges from the top of the box, the eight connecting rods move up and down in sequence.
Bang!
After watching it for a while, there was a sudden muffled sound inside the machine, and the lid on the top of the box was instantly bounced off, sputtering out a bunch of parts.
"The sealing is still not enough!"
Mo Xuan, whose palm was held by Zhao Hao, couldn't help but sigh with regret.
Zhao Hao turned his head to look at her and asked in surprise: "Do you know what the problem is?"
Mo Xuan thought for a moment, frowned and said, "It must be a problem with the condensation effect, otherwise the tank wouldn't have exploded so early!"
"Um"
Zhao Hao nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly heard a shout of surprise: "It's King Qin! King Qin is here!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar and looked toward the door.
I saw Zhao Hao waving to them with a smile on his face: "Thank you for your hard work!"
"Let's meet the king!"
The researchers were overjoyed and quickly saluted Zhao Hao.
"No gift!"
Zhao Hao smiled and waved his hand, then went straight to the topic: "I heard Mo Ku say just now that something happened to the Academy of Sciences? Just because of this steam engine?"
"Well"
The East Branch of the Academy of Sciences felt embarrassed when they heard this.
But he saw Gong Shucheng walking out of the crowd and giving another salute, which explained what happened.
It turns out that the East Branch of the Academy of Sciences was the first to study steam engines and also made the first-generation prototype.
At that time, Zhao Hao was still in Nanhai, and the court didn't pay much attention to it. They just relied on their momentum to study it on their own.
The result has been stagnant, with frequent explosions.
The entire Academy of Sciences was in a state of disarray.
Although the Academy of Sciences is large, the explosion of vats is even louder.
This made the Momen disciples who were also doing research at the Academy of Sciences very dissatisfied. They went to the East Campus several times to ask them to calm down.
The East Courtyard thought that one person was poor and two people were short-sighted, so it was better to work together as a team, so they invited people from the West Courtyard to visit their steam engine.
As a result, people from the Western Institute visited the site for several months without making any technical suggestions.
This made Gong Shucheng, the dean of the East Campus, very speechless. He felt as if he had found a pig teammate, so he stopped talking to the people in the West Campus.
As a result, half a month ago, news suddenly came out from the West Campus that they had built their own steam engine.
This made Gongshu Cheng very angry.
Okay!
When I asked for technical advice, you didn’t mention anything and actually built it yourself without telling us!
How shameless!
So today, when the Western Institute was testing the steam engine they developed, they came over angrily.
Only then did Mo Ku come to Zhao Hao for help.
However, it seems that the West Campus did not succeed in the experiment either.
"Is there anything else you can do?"
After Zhao Hao listened to Gong Shucheng's story, he subconsciously looked at Mo Xuan.
At this time, everyone discovered that Mo Xuan and Zhao Hao had their fingers clasped together, and their pupils couldn't help but shrink.
Mo Xuan, on the other hand, blushed, lowered his head and murmured: ".Yes" (End of Chapter)
