Great Tang princess

Then Wu Zetian expressed his thoughts.

After hearing this, Li Yuechen couldn't help giving a thumbs up: "Aniang is really amazing!"

In fact, this is already close to the idea of ​​​​an armored vehicle, which can be described as a very advanced concept.

Still the same sentence, the IQ of the ancients was not low, but they just had little knowledge. After hearing Li Yuechen's explanation, they could quickly think of the follow-up things.

Before Li Yuechen was old, he felt that, to some extent, human creativity was actually quite lacking.

But there's never a shortage of interesting creativity and execution when it comes to killing other people.

After hearing this, Li Xian also put forward his own thoughts: "Speaking of which, wouldn't it be more convenient to move the cannon on the car?"

Li Yuechen raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Well, if I build a tank in my lifetime, I will definitely invite brother to sit on it."

"Tank?" Li Xian frowned, "What a weird name."

It is normal for him to feel weird, because this word does not exist in Chinese, and it is a transliteration.

In fact, Li Yuechen didn't have much hope for this. Even if tanks could be built in this era, I'm afraid he was about to die.

After all, the self-weight of that thing is too terrifying, and it is absolutely impossible to use a steam engine to drive it.

It must be an internal combustion engine, and it must be a high-power internal combustion engine.

In this era of manual masturbation, it is estimated that it will take decades to manufacture an internal combustion engine.

However, it is possible to preserve this idea and let future generations try to study it.

Li Yuechen also thought about it. After his death, he left a book for his descendants, recording knowledge about aircraft carriers, fighter jets, and even nuclear bombs, and let them explore slowly.

Although I don't know what the consequences will be in the end, but that has nothing to do with me.

Anyway, it is enough to see the country prosper and prosper in your lifetime. As for the follow-up, even if it declines, it is not your responsibility.

……

On New Year's Eve, the whole family gathers in Jixian Temple, watching various performances while eating.

This year's New Year's Eve is different from the past. The emperor directly ordered the entertainers in the Lelou to come to the palace to perform.

So this year's program is no longer the same song and dance as in the past, but a variety of performances.

Programs such as cross talk sketches made everyone laugh.

For the entertainers who entered the palace to perform, although they were somewhat nervous, the rewards were really many.

Enough to allow them to overcome their nerves and perform at their best.

That's right, they didn't want to come, after all, they were performing for the emperor, and if something went wrong, it would be a big accident.

But there is no way, it is too much.

The family had fun watching the performance after eating, while Li Yuechen was thinking about holding a New Year's Day Gala in the future.

After later generations invent television, they will be able to watch it all over the country.

Now that the Chinese New Year is not busy, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the whole country has entered a joyous atmosphere.

And on this night, even those foreign envoys gathered together, having a chat over wine and chatting about the customs of their respective countries.

Overall, the days are getting better and better.

……

In the past few days of the new year, the whole country is on holiday, but the engineering institute is still busy.

After all, now that the rubber is available, Li Yuechen is more anxious about the research on cars, so he asked them to work overtime.

The Academy of Engineering, in the final analysis, is also the army. If there are orders, it is natural to strictly implement them.

Of course, Li Yuechen didn't forget to give them red envelopes, so that they can show their best state to cope with work during the Chinese New Year.

With overtime work, the prototype of the car is almost out.

The total length of the body is just over six meters, and there is no trunk at the back, but a device like a cauldron.

It was originally intended to be placed in the front, but after the steam engine is started, the smoke is very large, and it will be very inconvenient to place it in the front.

So it was placed at the back, and of course this also caused the car to be rear-drive.

Although it is okay to make a rear-mounted front-wheel drive, for this era, it is better to be as simple as possible.

Universal joints have already been made in Qingdao. After years of development, they have become a relatively mature technology, and they are still made by pouring.

On the second day of the new year, Li Xian, who had nothing to do, took his mother to visit the Engineering Academy. In fact, he couldn't wait to see the car that could run all the time.

After coming over, I happened to see the frame being assembled.

Li Yuechen introduced to them from the side: "This is called a universal joint, and it is used to connect..."

However, when he saw this thing, Li Xian couldn't listen to the explanation, and stared blankly at the integrated parts.

As a master of calligraphy in this era, Li Xian can also be called an artist.

And artists always have a pair of eyes good at discovering beauty in many places.

Perhaps to Li Yuechen, these parts are nothing special.

But in the eyes of artists like Li Xian, they see another kind of strange beauty.

A beauty that should not have appeared in this era.

Whether it's the precision fine-toothed gears or those seemingly odd-shaped parts, they don't look very good individually, but once they are assembled, they seem to find a unique attraction.

Watching the two apprentices pull the iron chain with the gourd of the province, lift an iron cage out of the boiling iron pot.

The cage contained all kinds of parts that had turned black, and then the captive who was in charge of dry goods here put on thick leather gloves, grabbed the iron cage and soaked it in oil.

The still-steaming black parts began to glisten when lifted from the oil again.

On the other side, another machine was constantly making "dang dang" beating sounds.

This machine is connected to a steam engine, and through the constantly rotating gears, the iron bump the size of a fist is continuously smashed down.

And a craftsman connected a red-hot iron block with an iron rod, placed it under the hammer, and changed the shape of the iron block during rapid beating.

This hammering machine has been developed several years ago and can save blacksmiths a lot of time.

Of course, this method can only be used with some things that do not require such high precision.

Many detailed parts still need to be tapped slowly by skilled blacksmiths with hammers in their hands.

With multiple steam engines running continuously, even with the doors and windows open in the factory building, it still feels much hotter.

Many craftsmen are working shirtless, and this group of craftsmen are basically covered with tendons, it looks like they have come to the gym of the future.

Looking at the hot scene, Li Xian couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

Unexpectedly, this place where craftsmen gather will have such beauty.

At this time, a craftsman came over and raised the blueprint in his hand: "Your Highness, the gears here are too troublesome to make, can you save them?"

Li Yuechen looked at it, then shook his head and said: "It can't be saved. In fact, this blueprint has already been saved. If you save it, you can only move forward, but you can't go back."

She was right, this drawing has been simplified to ensure that the car has two gears, forward and reverse, after it is built.

Anyway, this steam locomotive is destined not to have too high a speed, so there is no need to change gears.

But the reverse gear is a must, otherwise it will be a huge trouble when parking.

Oh yes, there is one more, the slot.

Other than that, there are no other gears.

But this is doomed, the speed of forward and backward is likely to be the same, so when the time comes, you must arrange a driving test!Only those who have obtained a driver's license can drive on the road!
The same is true in the army, but there is an advantage in this era, that is, the driver's license of the army and the civilians can be exchanged.

The only requirement is that after retiring from the military, you must retake the first and fourth exams.

After all, people in the army drive cars to fend off people who kill people and gods, and after retiring, they still have to take the exam and obey the traffic laws.

Hearing Li Yuechen's words, the craftsman nodded, and then went back to continue making.

Li Xian leaned over and couldn't wait to ask: "Yuechen, when will this car start moving?"

"If it's quick, one month should be enough." Li Yuechen thought for a while, "Brother, do you want to sit down?"

"After all, it's a cart that can move without a horse, that's for sure!" Li Xian nodded without hesitation.

Li Yuechen smiled lightly, and understood his brother's mood.

After all, for such a novel thing, it is a lie not to try it.

It's just that in the future, this thing may not be popularized to the people in a short period of time. The biggest role is to deliver supplies to the army.

With the gradual popularization of hardened roads, it will be made in the future. At least it will be much easier for Qingdao to transport salt here.

At the same time, it would be more convenient to transport grain to the northeast. Now the land in the northeast is still being developed and transformed, and most of the grain still needs to be transported from the south.

And with Li Chongrun in charge of the establishment of the military division, there are vast prairie over there, maybe some potatoes can be grown, but the main food still needs to be transported externally.

But at the same time, transporting cattle and sheep to the mainland can also become easier.

As long as the first vehicle can be successfully developed, Li Yuechen will let them start making trucks for transportation.

Not only can supplies and animals such as cattle and sheep be transported, but even soldiers can be transported in large quantities in case of war, saving time on the road.

……

Just thinking of this, a young soldier in military uniform suddenly ran over: "Your Highness, a glider has landed and said that there is something important to report to Your Highness!"

"Where's the person?" Li Yuechen, who was explaining the car to Li Xian, raised his head sharply.

"It's just outside."

"Bring it in!"

Not long after the order was given, a young soldier in camouflage uniform was brought over.

After seeing Li Yuechen, he raised his hand and saluted: "Your Highness, an accident happened in Qingdao Institute of Engineering, many craftsmen's eyes were damaged, and three of them were completely blind..."

Hearing that there was an accident in the Engineering Academy, Li Yuechen's first reaction was that the gunpowder exploded.

But when I heard that many people's eyes were damaged, I became confused again, what kind of accident would hurt the eyes.

Wu Zetian also frowned, wondering if it might be some kind of plague.

In this era, the plague is an extremely terrible disaster.

After the pilot finished speaking, he took out a letter from his breast pocket: "This is..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yuechen immediately took it over, tore open the envelope and read it.

This letter was written by Li Shu, and described in detail the affairs of the Qingdao Institute of Engineering.

Because Qingdao was the first to develop the generator, they have been doing various researches in this area for the past few years.

According to the letter, during the recent period, the engineering institute over there tried to boil seawater into bittern and then melt it into hot water, and then energized the water to observe the effect, and finally produced a kind of off-white powder.

Recently, I have been doing experiments around this thing. As a result, when I was doing experiments a few days ago, it was ignited all of a sudden, and the surrounding eyes were burned instantly, and three people were completely blinded.

The first thing to write a letter is to admit your mistake, and the second is to ask the medical school if there is any way to cure their eyes.

The letter also said that this product was also sent over, I hope His Highness handles it carefully, so as not to get hurt...

After reading the letter, Li Yuechen raised his head: "Take out the sample and have a look."

The pilot took out a small animal skin bag from the back of the backpack, and reminded: "Your Highness, please don't touch it personally, this thing has caused many people to burn their eyes..."

"It's okay, bring it here!" Li Yuechen waved his hand. According to the letter, it shouldn't be any corrosive substance.

As soon as she heard that it was easy to get hurt, Yiluoru immediately stopped her, went over to take the animal skin bag by herself, and opened it carefully.

Li Yuechen nodded when he saw the off-white powder.

Although she is not very good at chemistry, this stuff is very familiar to her.

Magnesium powder is also an essential item in the circle of athletes.

This thing has a strong moisture absorption effect, which can prevent sweaty hands from slipping.

The most important thing is that this thing will emit an extremely dazzling white light after being ignited, and there is such a thing in the flash bomb.

The letter said that many people were injured in both eyes, and it seems that they were burned after being ignited.

Li Yuechen nodded slightly, and said to the pilot: "You rest for a day, I will write a letter for you to take back."

"Yes!" The soldier opposite quickly agreed.

Li Xian asked with some doubts: "Yuechen, can't it be the plague?"

"No!" Li Yuechen explained, "This is an experimental accident. In the final analysis, it was caused by unfamiliarity with the new substance and improper operation."

Yiluoru looked at the bag in his hand: "Your Highness, is this thing poisonous?"

"Just don't eat it. It's just that it will emit a strong light after it is lit, and it will burn your eyes if you don't pay attention." Li Yuechen waved his hand, "Tell them to keep it carefully, and if they accidentally light it, immediately turn around and cover their eyes with both hands. "

As for the injured craftsmen, Li Yuechen planned to arrange an airship to send them over to the medical school.

It would be great if it could be cured, but she had no hope for it in her heart.

It is also planned to arrange for the Ministry of War to compensate these craftsmen according to the treatment of disabled soldiers.

Thinking of this, she stretched out her hand and picked up a pinch of chalk powder and rubbed it gently on her fingertips twice.

As for this thing, it can be of greater use.