Great Tang princess

Chapter 587 The Family's Second Travel

Shangguan Wan'er's letter allowed Li Yuechen to witness history, so it was time for him to let them witness history.

So I wrote back the next day, telling my mother that the communication experiment had achieved initial success, and hoped that she could pick a time to come and see for herself.

By the way, consider it a trip, and you can bring your brothers and sisters along to witness what the future era should look like.

The powerful effect of this kind of thing is always described in the letter not shocking enough. For the ancients of this era, it is better to see it with their own eyes.

After the letter was sent out, she came back the next day. Wu Zetian said that she knew about it, and she was looking forward to coming to see this new thing she made.

It just so happened that the autumn tigers in the eastern capital are serious recently, so you can come here to enjoy the cool air and get used to the cold weather sooner or later.

It will take a few days to arrange the work, but for now, we still need to use the airship. Go to Dongdu to pick up those missions, let them go back to report on their work, and tell their emperor that they have been given V certification here. The country The name has officially changed.

It is also agreed here that they have officially sent a study abroad team over, and they can set off.

In fact, it is quite troublesome for an official mission to come here once. There are quite a few of them, and they will study here for a few months or more than ten years.

Among them, if these people feel that their level is good, they can take the imperial examination. As long as they pass the imperial examination, they can be officials even if they are foreigners.

Being an official here can accumulate valuable experience, and after many years, returning home in fine clothes, he has almost become half of a cultural export ambassador.

However, it is conceivable that the number of missions will be larger this time. After all, whether it is the hardened concrete road or the vehicle that can fly into the sky, it is enough for these people to make very exaggerated descriptions after returning.

So Li Yuechen commanded the airship to go back to Dongdu to pick up people, and then thought about whether to use the airship to send them back directly?
Letting them see such miracles with their own eyes seems more believable than telling them from other people's mouths, right?
But thinking about it, I still didn't do it.

The airship is too delicate. If something goes wrong along the way, causing an air crash, death is a trivial matter, but the country's face is a major issue.

Furthermore, the journey is far away after all, and it will take too much time to go there. If something happens suddenly, it will be too late, so forget it.

In the end, after the group of missions were taken back to Qingdao, they took their own boat back to report the situation.

Of course, in order to show off their muscles, Li Yuechen arranged for soldiers to escort them until they left the Great Zhou sea area.

Compared with this huge Baidizi, their ship is like the difference between Lego and Gundam, reminding that the gap is too big, even if the distance is nearly twenty feet, you can still feel the terrifying pressure.

The navy soldiers here were discussing on the deck whether to fire two cannons to show off, but after thinking about it, they still didn't do it.

Originally, the navy's extravagant activities often caused the princess to be scolded by the Second Highness. If they fired a few more cannonballs, the shells could not be recovered and recast. Let the Second Highness know that they might come here overnight to cause trouble.

As a subordinate, you can't cause trouble for His Highness, can you?
……

This time, not all of them went back to the mission. A few people headed by Masato Awata stayed and studied Chinese culture seriously.

After Wu Zetian arranged them, he told the ministers that the princess has researched something new, so go over and have a look, and you continue to work hard here.

The ministers didn't have any opinions. Anyway, in this mode now, the difference between the presence and absence of the emperor is not so big.

So Wu Zetian called several sons and daughters, and arrived in Qingdao by airship three days later.

Wu Zetian didn't ask Wei Lian'er and other female relatives to follow, saying that the things they have researched this time are very important, so they don't need to follow for now.

As soon as this news came out, everyone else was fine, but the ministers felt that it was a little troublesome.

To be honest, since the invention of the hang glider, because communication has become more convenient than before, it is tantamount to strengthening the rule of the imperial power in a disguised form, making life difficult for the aristocratic family.

This is even more so after the appearance of airships. Now most of the aristocratic families have basically lost their former power. Apart from having some social influence in their own places, they no longer have the ability to challenge the royal family.

Since the reform of the tax law, the aristocratic family began to pay taxes accordingly, and had to submit the annual financial report compulsorily, which in itself led to the severe dispersion of power within the aristocratic family.

In the past, there were only hang gliders, and that was just a faster speed of information transmission, but now that the airship appeared, the emperor himself could move quickly, which invisibly weakened the social influence of the aristocratic family.

After all, the emperor is the emperor, and if you really feel upset, you can take an airship to take a walk around your clan's place in the future if you have nothing to do. As time goes by, your social influence will naturally decrease.

And this time Princess Taiping has developed a new gadget, I don't know what it will be, but judging by the emperor's appearance, it is probably something that will help the imperial power hit and strengthen the ruling power.

Many ministers found it unbelievable that Princess Taiping's research and development ability has become more and more powerful with age. I really don't know what heaven-defying gadgets will be developed in the future.

In fact, many aristocratic families have thought of a solution, that is, all the businesses in the family are brought in by the direct line, so as to prevent the collateral line from having too much power of speech.

But for one thing, business is a cheap business, once it is placed under the name of the direct line, it is a very shameful thing.

Next, even if it is taken back, what if the emperor uses it as an excuse in turn to force court officials not to allow business operations?

So no matter what you say about this matter, it will not work. In the final analysis, the power in the hands of the royal family is too strong, and they have no capital to oppose it at all.

……

In the night, the silhouette of a huge airship gradually appeared in the sky and began to land slowly.

But the entire landing field was still very bright. In addition to the bright moonlight unique to this era, many soldiers held glass lanterns, illuminating a part of the square.

The airship slowly landed on the support in the middle of the field. As the hatch opened, the soldiers on the side took the simple stairs and placed them at the hatch.

The chubby Li Xian came out first, stretching his waist and saying hello: "Oh, Yuechen, this lantern is quite bright, how about some for my brother?"

"Brother, wait a little longer. After a while, the research on the oil lamps will be successful, and I will definitely send some to the palace." Li Yuechen replied with a smile.

Things like kerosene lamps, even in her original era, still existed in many rural areas, and the technology was not difficult, and it was relatively easy to manufacture.

It's just that kerosene will take a while to come out. This kind of thing has a high luminosity, doesn't emit smoke, and burns well, which is much better than candles.

Moreover, with the increase in scale, the manufacturing cost of glass has been falling again and again, and it may be affordable to the middle class in the future.

Li Xian who came out from behind frowned slightly: "How much does this thing cost?"

"Brother, don't worry, it's not expensive." Li Yuechen waved his hand with a smile, then hurriedly walked two steps forward, came to the cabin door, and greeted Wu Zetian who came out: "Madam is here."

Wu Zetian walked out slowly with the support of Shangguan Wan'er, and smiled at her daughter: "This place is much cooler than God."

"It won't be hot there for long." Li Yuechen held her arm and walked down the stairs, "Madam might as well stay a few more days this time, so as not to go back and be tortured by that autumn tiger."

"Your Highness, pay attention to taboo!" Shangguan Wan'er reminded.

Li Yuechen looked indifferent: "Come on, I avoid taboos every day. After a thousand years, I'm afraid there will be no words to use."

In fact, she has always hated this, so it's fine to avoid it for a while, the royal family, it's normal.But is it necessary for someone who has been dead for a long time?
Li Dan who finally came out nodded: "Well, I agree with Yuechen's statement."

The two elder sisters smiled and said nothing. Anyway, she has been like this since she was a child, and she is basically used to it.

Compared with this taboo question, Princess Xuancheng is obviously more concerned about new products: "I heard that Chen'er has made something that can communicate thousands of miles. Is it really so powerful?"

The others also had expressions of anticipation.

"Okay, it's getting late today, let's go eat and rest first, and I will demonstrate the details tomorrow." Li Yuechen waved his hand with a smile, "Mama has been flying all day, so she must be a little tired, so let's eat and rest first." Bar."

"Alright..."

Although he was expecting the same in his heart, Wu Zetian showed no anxiety at all, and nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with his daughter's arrangement.

The others thought about it too. Li Xian touched his stomach and felt that he was indeed a little hungry. Why don't he go eat first.

Speaking of which, when it comes to food, Qingdao is much richer than that in the palace. After all, there are some in the palace, but there are few in the palace.

Especially fresh seafood, only here can you eat at will.

Li Yuechen asked the guards to disperse around to prevent the conversation from being leaked accidentally, and then led the family to the cafeteria.

The family hadn't seen each other for a long time, so of course they had a lot to talk about, but they were chattering along the way, not dull at all.

Wu Zetian walked in the middle, surrounded by her sons and daughters. This kind of progress made her, the emperor, unable to help but laugh.

"Yuechen, what is that?"

Li Xian stretched out his hand suddenly, pointing to the glass greenhouse in the vegetable field in the distance and asked.

This glass shed is actually quite conspicuous at night. Under the moonlight, it radiates gleaming light, and it looks like a house made of crystal.

"The greenhouse is used to experiment with winter vegetables. If it is successful, there will be a variety of vegetables to eat in the cold winter." Li Yuechen roughly explained.

Li Xian was a little curious: "How is it compared to Wen Tangjian?"

Wentangjian is an institution of the royal family, responsible for growing vegetables with hot springs in winter, and the output is pitifully low.

"Naturally, it will be several times higher. At that time, it will not only be used in the palace, but will even be sold." Li Yuechen laughed.

"Obviously she is a princess of a country, but Yuechen has been so devoted to doing business since she was a child." Li Xian joked.

"If you were half as smart as Chen'er, you wouldn't be able to achieve everything up to now!" Wu Zetian taught with squinted eyes.

Li Xian immediately lost his face: "Aniang, I'm always the one who gets a lesson every time, so I'm not afraid that the child will be sad, right?"

"You?" Wu Zetian looked contemptuous, "It's okay, just turn around and be yourself."

"Hahahaha..." The other brothers and sisters burst into laughter one after another, hurting Li Xian's already fragile heart again.

Even Wu Zetian couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing lightly. In fact, as she grew older, she also found that her son was quite interesting to play with.

Everyone didn't laugh for too long, and quickly remembered what life would be like if there were vegetables in winter.

Li Dan couldn't help but said: "Doesn't that mean that if this technology is mature, vegetables and fruits can be eaten no matter what season it is?"

"Actually, this is a trivial matter. If this experiment is successful, there will be more important uses." Li Yuechen said.

"How?"

Li Yuechen explained: "If this experiment is successful, we can consider making incubators and greenhouses..."

"What is the specific role?" Li Xian asked.

"The incubator can improve the survival rate of newborns and allow the country's population to achieve a progressive growth. And the greenhouse can hatch various poultry such as chickens and ducks in batches. In this way, the price of poultry meat can be further reduced, so that more people can Affordable meat, improve the overall physical fitness of the people..." Li Yuechen expressed his thoughts.

Although it was a bit incomprehensible, everyone still couldn't help being a little surprised after hearing the effect of what she said.

Li Xian even asked in disbelief: "Can you even do such things? Yuechen is really a fairy who descended to earth, right?"

"I don't want to talk about immortals or immortals. In fact, this is the application of knowledge." Li Yuechen smiled. "In the future, these knowledge will be inherited and continuously developed."

This sentence made Wu Zetian nod frequently. In fact, since the birth of this daughter, everyone's views have been changing almost invisible.

In the past, except for the books of sages, all other knowledge was called strange skills and obscene skills. To put it bluntly, it was useless knowledge.

But now that hardened roads, carriages, and even hang gliders and airships have appeared, more people have realized the brilliance of these knowledge.

Not to mention that there are various powerful weapons such as grenades and artillery, which makes people have to pay attention to this aspect of knowledge.

Shangguan Wan'er, who is engaged in intelligence, knows very well that the treatment of craftsmen in the big family is much better than before. If someone can make some novel gadgets, they will also give extra rewards. This is enough to show that this The country is changing subtly.

And in a place like Qingdao, there is no such thing as high academic achievement, and everyone gets along like friends, especially in the Engineering Academy, where exchanges between different industries have long become a daily routine.

This is also a situation created by Li Yuechen himself. For example, two people, one who can only make gunpowder and the other who can only forge iron, are just an alchemist and a blacksmith.

But the communication between the two only produced artifacts like artillery.

Collisions between different industries can often burst out powerful sparks. This is the atmosphere that Li Yuechen has been able to create over the years.

(End of this chapter)