Steel Dynasty - Chapter 977

[Chapter 971 Happy New Year’s Eve]

“Boom, boom, boom…”

Accompanied by the salute, the fireworks were sent high into the sky. The bright fireworks bloomed in the dark night, clusters of beautiful and touching.

Different from the New Year’s Eve in previous years, today the people of Qingzhou City went out early after the New Year’s Eve dinner and gathered on the Imperial City Avenue to wait for the fireworks show.

“Wow, it’s so beautiful.”

The moment the fireworks bloomed, the bright light instantly illuminated the Imperial City Avenue, revealing a crowd of people.

The tender voices of children drowned out the noisy whispers at this time. For children, their eyes only have fun and beautiful fireworks.

But for every adult who came to the Imperial City Avenue, what they were more looking forward to was the mysterious thing announced by the imperial court before the New Year.

It is said that tonight, they will witness the moment when the miracle happens…

In the palace, Xiao Ming, the ministers, and the concubines are also admiring the beautiful fireworks in the night sky. The location of this salute is in the square in front of the Grand Lights.

“Father, what mysterious thing is going on tonight?”

Xiao Yi, who was wearing a thick cotton coat, had his face turned red from the cold, but his eyes were shining with excitement. Like everyone else, most of the people in the palace didn’t know what happened today. Something mysterious is going to happen tonight.

Fei Yue’er and Xiao Ming stood side by side, looking at Xiao Yi fondly. Eleven years passed in the blink of an eye, and Fei Yue’er transformed from a sixteen-year-old girl into a twenty-six-year-old graceful lady.

Although the childishness on her face has gone, it has become more charming and enchanting. Every move she makes makes her look more and more like the empress of the world.

“If my father tells you, it will no longer be a secret, and there will be no surprises by then.” Xiao Ming touched Xiao Yi’s head.

Unknowingly, Xiao Ming’s height had reached his waist. At seven years old, he would have been a proper primary school student in today’s world.

Because of this, Xiao Ming also began to be strict with Xiao Yi’s education. He would always take time to teach Xiao Yi personally, thinking that he had reached a sensible stage.

What’s more important is that as Xiao Yi grew up day by day, the voice in the court of establishing a prince became louder and louder. He almost received notes praising Xiao Yi every two days.

Naturally, he knew this very well. It was just someone trying to flatter Fiji to please him.

In addition, this is also related to Xiao Yi’s third place in the year-end examination of Qingzhou Middle School at the age of seven.

After the country was stabilized, Xiao Ming refined the cultural and educational system in order to popularize education. The country of Chongqing established four stages: junior high school, middle school, high school, and university.

The reason for doing this is because Qingzhou University has cultivated a group of outstanding talents in the past ten years of education.

From these talents, he specially transferred some elites to establish Qingzhou Normal University. As the name suggests, this professional college will continuously provide educational talents for the country of Chongqing.

At the same time, he no longer settled all the things in Qingzhou, but allocated some resources to other cities.

For example, Jinling, Youzhou, Jinzhou, Songjiang, Suzhou, Lin’an, Chang’an and other places began to establish industrial and commercial systems and support education in accordance with the requirements of the imperial court. Some universities were also established in these cities to train local talents.

Xiao Yi took the middle school exam on a whim when he was inspecting Qingzhou Middle School, and unexpectedly got third place.

According to the standards of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, Xiao Yi was just a beginner.

So this result immediately became a good story, and he, the eldest son of the emperor, was also promoted to a high position. Fiji even hosted many officials to show off this matter.

However, this matter seemed ordinary to Xiao Ming. With him as his father, Xiao Yi naturally remembered and learned quickly, so he could not be judged sequentially.

“Yes, Father, please wait a little longer.” Xiao Yi stood beside Xiao Ming honestly, with an old-fashioned look, which made Xiao Ming and Fei Yue’er shake their heads frequently.

“The eldest son of the emperor is so sensible, unlike my brat who has asked this question a hundred times now.” Lu Fei’s hearty voice came. Next to him stood a child with a tiger-like head and a brain about the same age as Xiao Yi.

This is his third son Lu Ping, and his eldest son Lu Yun is now eighteen years old and has already entered the Forbidden Army to train.

Luo Xin turned around at this time. Today he brought his eldest son Luo Xing over. This year’s New Year’s Eve is of great significance. Everyone with a name in the court is invited to the palace to attend the banquet, and they are allowed to bring their relatives.

For officials and generals, fireworks and mysterious events were secondary. With so many core members of the imperial court separated from each other, it was important to be able to communicate with each other and let their heirs see the world.

Therefore, both civil servants and military generals brought their children, including Niu Ben, Pang Yukun and others, and the palace instantly became lively.

“Your Ping’er will still ask, but my family doesn’t even have a fart. They are so frightened. They are really worthless.” Luo Xin glared at his son.

Xiao Ming smiled. These two men were his right-hand men. They had made great achievements and now occupied a high position in the army.

It is precisely with the support of this group of die-hards that his control over the army will be as stable as rock.

Xiao Ming said; “Ping’er and Xing’er don’t seem to be studying at the novice school in Qingzhou, right? After this year, after the New Year, it’s better to let them enter the palace to study with Xiao Yi, so that he can have a good reputation among his peers. Playmate.”

Lu Fei and Luo Xin were overjoyed when they heard this. Lu Fei slapped Lu Ping on the back of the head and shouted: “Thank you, you have been blessed to study with the eldest son of the emperor for several lifetimes. “Bon.”

Luo Xin also pushed Luo Xing forward, and the two of them said respectfully, “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

“Pingshen.” Xiao Ming smiled.

Naturally, the activities here could not escape the eyes of other officials, and many officials looked envious. Lu Ping and Luo Xing would have a bright future.

However, they also knew that the emperor did this to consolidate the relationship with the Lu family and the Luo family. As for Niu Ben, the emperor personally arranged a marriage and married a daughter of the clan to his eldest son Niu Chong, which was also a preparation. Be favored.

While everyone was having their own thoughts, Su Liangcai ran over panting.

When he arrived in front of Xiao Ming, Su Liangcai calmed down his breathing and said, “Your Majesty, we can start now.”

Xiao Ming’s eyes suddenly flashed with light. In fact, today’s mysterious event was that Qingzhou City was officially powered on.

After the thermal power plant generates electricity, it first supplies power to the military factory, and then power facilities are built in Qingzhou City.

So Xiao Ming gave Su Liangcai a fatal task, asking him to officially provide power to Qingzhou City on New Year’s Eve. He really used candles.

“My dear friends, today I want to give you and the people of this city a gift. This is today’s mystery.”

After saying that, he nodded to Su Liangcai.

Su Liangcai shouted loudly at this time: “Three gun salutes, start!”

Following his order, three gun salutes rang out in a row in Zhengda Guangming Hall, and then all the street lights on both sides of the Imperial City Avenue and the street lights in the palace were lit. It lit up.

The city of Qingzhou is brightly lit.

(End of chapter)