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Chapter 1624 Can't Wait
Li Shimin coughed dryly, and said with a smile: "As the Son of Heaven, how can I go back on my word? Since I promised you to build two railways from Chang'an to Luoyang, you can't do it if you don't. I will write an imperial decree to you!"

Su Cheng almost didn't laugh out loud when he heard this. Just now Li Shimin was thinking of going back on his word, but now he was afraid that he would go back on his word.

Even Princess Changle pursed her lips and smiled, feeling that her father was really ashamed.

While talking, Li Shimin picked up a pen and began to write with splashes of ink, and then stamped the big seal himself.

From the beginning to the end, Li Shimin didn't let anyone intervene. He wrote and stamped himself, then blew on the ink, got up and came to Su Cheng's side and stuffed it into Su Cheng's hand.

"Take it, go back and work hard, strive to build the railway as soon as possible, and successfully test the steam car as soon as possible!" Li Shimin urged.

Su Cheng accepted the order with great satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely succeed in the test as soon as possible. Your Majesty can send craftsmen to Sujiazhuang to manufacture and improve steam cars together, and lay railroad tracks together to accumulate experience."

Li Shimin was elated when he heard this, and couldn't wait to say: "Okay, I will let the Ministry of Industry send craftsmen to Sujiazhuang to learn!"

Fang Xuanling said with emotion: "If the steam car is really successful and the railway is laid, it will be a good thing for the court and the common people!"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "Su Cheng's idea just now is really too tempting, but I don't know how long it will take to realize it. I really want to experience it myself."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "So, Su Cheng, you have to work harder, otherwise, we old guys will never see the day when the railway is rolled out."

Su Cheng smiled and said, "What I just said is only a small part!"

Li Shimin asked suspiciously: "A small amount? What do you mean?"

Su Cheng explained with a smile: "The core of a steam car is a steam engine, which provides power and drives the car forward. Therefore, everything that needs power is equipped with a steam engine. For example, a ship can be equipped with a spiral paddle, just like It’s like a steam engine turning a wheel, using a steam engine to push the spiral oars to rotate, this kind of steamboat runs very fast!”

"There are also textiles, smelting, and even irrigation. In fact, steam engines can be used in theory. Of course, how to use them requires step-by-step experiments and improvement step by step."

"So, this steam engine still needs to be studied carefully. The more research is done, the more it can bring earth-shaking changes to this society."

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others were stunned. Although they had accepted the magic of the steam car and the great significance of the steam car just now, Su Cheng suddenly threw out another explosive statement, which still shocked them. .

This is too exciting, right?

Put a steam engine on board?Then the boat will run fast on the water?
After thinking for a while, they suddenly felt that Su Cheng was right!

Since the steam engine can drive the wheels, it must be able to drive the spiral oars. Doesn't that mean that the boats in the canal will run faster?Wouldn't this greatly improve the efficiency of cargo delivery?

The usefulness of the steam engine is simply too great!
Even if the steam engine is not tested successfully, the steam engine is a treasure just for use on a boat!
As for weaving, smelting, irrigation, etc., they couldn't imagine it at all, and some dared not imagine it, because it was so exciting, and they were afraid of being too excited to faint.

Cheng Yaojin slapped his thigh and shouted: "Yes, if you install the steam engine on the boat, it will be much easier and faster for the boat to go up the canal in the future! Su Cheng, how do you have such a brain? You can even come up with an idea!"

Li Shimin also excitedly said: "Wonderful, you can install the steam engine on the boat, and the boat will definitely go faster and more efficiently!"

Fang Xuanling said with emotion: "The steam engine is really a good thing!"

Li Shimin quickly asked: "Su Cheng, when can the steam engine be installed on the ship?"

Su Cheng smiled and said: "This should be relatively simple. As long as there is a steam engine, an experienced shipbuilder can definitely transform it."

Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded slightly when he heard this. Even a layman like him knows that the key lies in the steam engine. As long as there is a steam engine, experienced craftsmen can quickly figure out and transform the steamboat.

Now he can't wait to send craftsmen to learn the manufacturing technology of steam engines.

Su Cheng and Princess Changle walked out of the Liangyi Hall side by side. Princess Changle was still dreaming. Su Cheng had been tinkering with the steam engine in the workshop before. She thought that the steam engine would be very useful, but she never thought that the steam engine would be so useful. Big!

Bigger than she imagined!

Not to mention the application of the steam engine in other places, but the usefulness of the steam engine is beyond imagination.

According to Su Cheng's calculations, only the railway from Chang'an to Luoyang can earn 100 million yuan a year!
If the railway is laid all the way to the south of the Yangtze River and to the states of the Tang Dynasty, how much profit will it bring in that year?

I can't even think about it!

However, Su Cheng gave up both the manufacturing technology of the steam engine and the laying of the railway. Princess Changle pouted slightly: "Why did Lang Jun give up the steam engine and the laying of the railway? Only Lang Jun can manufacture and lay the steam engine." The railway was also thought up by Mr. Lang, if Mr. Wang doesn't take the initiative to let it go, if he doesn't take the initiative to say it, we can build the railway by ourselves."

Su Cheng said with a smile: "Every man is innocent, but he is guilty. Too much appetite is not a good thing. A section of the railway from Chang'an to Luoyang is just right. You are deeply loved by His Majesty and the Empress. You have to think about future generations, right?"

"Besides, there is endless money in this world. It's okay to tell the court about the steam engine technology. In the future, not only official ships will use steam engines, but civilian ships will also use steam engines. Therefore, we can also manufacture steam engines and sell them."

Princess Changle couldn't help but nodded, thinking that what Su Cheng said was right, even if he taught the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry how to make steam engines, it didn't mean that they couldn't make steam engines.

Thinking of this, Princess Changle suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said: "Oh, I will definitely make a lot of steam engines in the future, and I will use a lot of rubber. The rubber in that car is simply not enough!"

Originally, the carload of rubber seemed to be quite a lot. After all, it would not take much rubber to make sealing rings, but thinking that many steam engines will be manufactured in the future, and the sealing rings will also wear out, so the rubber in that carload is completely insufficient.

Su Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, there are four main things in front of us now. One is rubber, the second is iron ore, the third is coal mines, and the fourth is to determine the route to buy land."

(End of this chapter)