Steel Dynasty - Chapter 719

[Chapter 718 Steamship]

The snow that had fallen all night stopped in the early morning, but the wind was still fierce, and the cold seemed to turn into a knife in the wind, which made people’s faces hurt.

Instructing the palace maid not to disturb Cui Xueer, Xiao Ming walked back to the dormitory alone through the thick snow.

Fei Yue’er had just gotten up and saw Xiao Ming coming back with a smile on his face. She said, “Has the emperor had breakfast?”

Xiao Ming shook his head. He found that Fei Yue’er’s smile was strange, as if it was He understood everything about last night, but since the trip was so big, he knew he couldn’t hide it.

Fei Yue’er seemed to have tacitly agreed not to mention it. She asked Xiao Huan to inform the dining room to prepare two meals and bring them to the bedroom. Then she said: “Your Majesty, I have recovered a little these days and want to go to this women’s school.”

This woman The school was established by Fei Yue’er with the purpose of cultivating some talented women.

Ever since she founded this girls’ school, Fei Yue’er has been very concerned about it, always hoping to produce some talented girls who are comparable to men.

“How can this be done? You can’t walk around for a month, not to mention it’s very cold outside.” Xiao Ming refused directly.

Fei Yue’er said: “Your Majesty, I didn’t want to go originally, but someone sent this this morning.”

After that, Fei Yue’er brought a model ship and gave it to Xiao Ming.

Taking the model ship, Xiao Ming took a closer look. It was a purely wooden model ship. The only difference from other ships was that this ship actually had a propeller, and there was something like a steam engine inside the model.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming looked surprised, “Is this thing made by people from your women’s school?”

Fei Yue’er shook her head, and she said: “The emperor used to say that women should not give way to men, but it seems that this is a lie. “

Xiao Ming was a little embarrassed and said, “How can I say this?”

“If the emperor was a man, he would be so happy that he wouldn’t be so disbelieving.” Fei Yuer said, “Don’t forget it. Everything in this women’s school is copied from Bowen College. “

Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment. It seems that he has never paid much attention to this women’s school. After all, the main force for him is still male students.

“This is an oversight on my part. It seems that there are some amazing and talented people in this girls’ school.” Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Fei Yue’er laughed softly and said at this time: “To be honest with the emperor, the person who made this thing is actually Zhang Liang’s daughter.”

“Zhang Liang’s daughter?” Xiao Ming was immediately relieved. In addition to having an eldest son, this Zhang Liang has an eldest son. There is also a daughter born from a concubine.

When Zhang Liang was framed, he let this concubine escape with his daughter. Later, after he went to Dengzhou to make a fortune, he found this concubine and his daughter.

“Both Zhang Liang’s sons and daughters are somewhat talented in shipbuilding.” Xiao Ming said.

Fei Yue’er actually didn’t understand this model, but when she saw that there was a steam engine in the model, she felt a little weird, so she went to take a look.

Fei Yue’er nodded and said: “Since the emperor won’t let this concubine go, then this will be left to the emperor.”

“Then the queen should recruit her into the government office to find out what happened, so as to prevent the queen from going out.” It was inconvenient for him to interfere in the affairs of the girls’ school.

“Yes, Your Majesty, my concubine will have someone call her here.”

After saying that, Fei Yue’er immediately sent someone.

At this time, Xiao Ming sat down with a steamship model. The emergence of steam engines led to changes in two means of transportation, one was a steam locomotive and the other was a steam ship.

For Xiao Ming, the emergence of these two things after the steam engine technology matured was natural, so he was not surprised that Zhang Liang’s daughter tinkered with this thing this time.

After all, many people have seen steam engines now, and they know very well that steam engines can drive objects to rotate.

After breakfast, half an hour later, an ordinary-looking woman was led by Xiaohuan to the dormitory.

“Your Majesty, this is Zhang Liang’s daughter Zhang Qiyun.” Fei Yue’er said.

Xiao Ming looked at it carefully and saw that Qiyun and Zhang Liang were generally a little dark, and their appearance was somewhat similar.

As soon as Fei Yue’er finished speaking, Zhang Qiyun looked at Xiao Ming with empty eyes, and then bowed and said, “The daughter of the people is here to see the emperor.”

Seemingly realizing what Xiao Ming was thinking, Xiao Ming said, “Your Majesty, this Zhang Qiyun’s eyes are a bit blurry. She always looks like this when looking at people. She usually holds books very close to read. “She

must be short-sighted,” Xiao Ming almost blurted out. He was also short-sighted in modern times. Eyes, I have already seen it.

Fei Yue’er looked confused, while Zhang Qiyun looked at Xiao Ming strangely.

Coughing twice to cover up his embarrassment, Xiao Ming remembered that he summoned Zhang Qiyun for the purpose of the steam engine and ship. We would discuss the matter of myopia or presbyopia later.

So he asked: “Did you make this ship model?”

“Back to the emperor, it was a civilian girl who made it.” Zhang Qiyun’s words were a bit stiff.

Xiao Ming nodded. This Zhang Qiyun gave him the impression of an ordinary-looking female academic in modern times. He said bluntly: “Can you let this kind of boat move in the water?”

Zhang Qiyun said calmly: “If it can’t move, Even the daughter of the people did not dare to give up to the Queen. “

Fei Yue’er became proud and seemed to be happy that she had such an outstanding student.

After staring at Zhang Qiyun for a while, Xiao Ming said: “In that case, I will give you a decree. This decree will even allow your father to cooperate with you to produce this kind of ship. How about it?”

In the past five years, the number of warships in the navy has reached five. Twelve ships, these fifty-two ships are all traditional sail warships.

For him, these fifty-two warships are more than enough to defeat Goryeo and Japan, but it may be difficult to compete with the West for maritime hegemony.

As the saying goes, a ten-year army, a hundred-year navy, the Chongqing Navy, which also controls sail warships, does not have an advantage at sea, and may even be defeated in a large-scale naval battle due to lack of combat experience.

Therefore, he has never used sail battleships as the main force of the navy. He has always reserved the position of steam battleships for the navy.

After the last court meeting, he was preparing to participate in the construction of the steam battleship. Unexpectedly, Zhang Liang’s daughter brought out a model of the steam ship.

“A civilian girl is just a prostitute, how dare she participate in such military and national affairs.” Zhang Qiyun was a little nervous at this time. She was very afraid of her father.

Before Xiao Ming could speak, Fei Yue’er said crisply, “Don’t be afraid. Since the Emperor has chosen you as a general, it means that the Emperor values you very much, and you are a student of this Palace. I will support you and hope that you can Fight for the women’s school, so that the Confucian scholar in Qingzhou will not make irresponsible remarks about the women’s school. “

Zhang Qiyun looked at Xiao Ming and then at Fei Yue’er, his expression gradually became firm.

(End of chapter)