Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 230 Song Yingxing Arrives in Xuan Town
"If this is the case, that's good." Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing, then turned around, and said to Zhao Daniu who was behind him: "Give me all Mr. Song's luggage."

"Yes!" Zhao Daniu cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then picked up Song Yingxing's packed luggage.

Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen.Smiling slightly, he asked, "I still don't know who you are? It's been so long, and you still haven't told me your name."

"Mr. Song, it's not that I won't tell you, it's just that the time has not come yet. When the time comes, I will definitely tell you." Zhao Wen waved his hand at Zhao Daniu, and then said: "Pack all Mr. Song's luggage, pack it Once you're done, let's go."

Zhao Wen waved his hand, and then walked towards the pier of the canal.

A few days later, Zhao Wen and Song Yingxing stopped in Tianjin. After Zhao Wen and Song Yingxing took a rest in Tianjin, they headed towards Xuanzhen.

The distance from Tianjin to Xuanzhen is not very far.

When Zhao Wen arrived in Tianjin, the people arranged by Liu Wenzhong to greet him had already been waiting at the pier in Tianjin for a long time.

Not long after Zhao Wen got off the boat, Wang Qi came over with a dozen people.

Now Wang Qi is the commander of the hidden guards and also the head of the execution room. Although he holds two positions, Wang Qi doesn't feel tired, but rather enjoys himself.

Wang Qi looked at Zhao Wen who got off the boat, and went up to meet him.

"My lord!" Wang Qi cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong and said respectfully.

Zhao Wen nodded slightly to Wang Qi, and said slowly: "Arrange it, I will go back to Xuan Town today, by the way, get me another carriage."

"Yes!"

Wang Qi cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then called a few followers from behind to arrange Zhao Wen's order.

After Wang Qi finished all this, he took the rest of his men and stood behind Zhao Wen.

Song Yingxing, who was following Zhao Wen, looked at Zhao Wen, and said slowly: "I am more and more interested in your identity now, there are so many capable people under my command, and these people can still call you Sir, see Come on, your identity is unusual."

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing and said slowly, "Then what do you think I am?"

"Although I have some ideas now, I'm still not sure. I guess I should be able to know your identity after arriving in Xuanzhen." Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen with a smile on his face.

"Haha, since that's the case, let's go." Zhao Wen laughed, then waved his hand and walked forward.

When Zhao Wen and the others walked out of the pier, Wang Qi's carriage handlers also pulled a carriage and a dozen war horses to stop outside the pier.

Song Yingxing looked at the war horse that stopped there, snorting non-stop.His eyes narrowed directly.

"This is a military horse!" Song Yingxing looked at the several war horses and thought to himself. "It seems that this person's origin is very unusual. His subordinates are extremely capable, and he can also get military horses. I guess this person should be a general. But how could a general go to Jinling? And he knows me?"

Zhao Wen took the reins of the horse from the soldier pulling the carriage, looked at Song Yingxing, and said slowly, "Mr. Song, this is the carriage I specially prepared for you."

Song Yingxing is a scholar after all, and he doesn't know how to ride a horse, so Zhao Wen's carriage was specially prepared for Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and said slowly, "I'm sorry."

After Song Yingxing finished speaking, he immediately boarded the carriage.

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing who was boarding the carriage, and said to the soldiers driving beside him, "Be careful when driving, try not to go too fast, if Mr. Song is a little injured, I will ask you."

The soldier hurriedly replied: "Obey! I will never let Mr. Song hit me."

It's not very far from Xuanzhen to Tianjin, so it didn't take much time on the way.

When Zhao Wen stopped at the General Military Mansion in Xuanzhen, Song Yingxing also jumped out of the carriage.

Song Yingxing looked at the general soldier's mansion, and said with a surprised face: "I didn't expect you to be the general soldier of Xuanzhen, I really didn't expect it."

Zhao Wen laughed and said, "I was in Jinling at the time, and it was not appropriate to reveal my identity, so I didn't let Mr. know my identity. Please forgive me."

"Why don't you forgive me?" Song Yingxing waved his hand at Zhao Wen and said calmly. "By the way, you are the chief soldier of Xuan Town, so you were the guard of Longmen Castle before, right?"

The fact that Zhao Wen was promoted to be the chief soldier of Xuanzhen had already been reported by the imperial court through the palace newspaper when he was promoted, so it is not surprising that Song Yingxing knew about it.

"No, I'm here." Zhao Wen smiled slightly and said to Song Yingxing.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. You were the one who broke the siege of the capital. I really didn't expect it." Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen in horror, and said in disbelief.

Zhao Wen defeated Jiannu and broke the siege of the capital, as long as he knew a little bit, he would know.

"It's not a big deal, Mr. Song, let's go in first, let's have a good chat inside." Zhao Wen asked Song Yingxing's luggage to be carried in, and said to Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing nodded and said, "Okay, my lord, please."

With that said, the two walked into the General Military Mansion.

When Song Yingxing was sitting in the lobby of the General Military Mansion, Zhao Wen asked his servants to bring good tea.

Song Yingxing held a teacup, looked at Zhao Wen, and asked anxiously: "The steam engine you mentioned is in Xuanzhen? I want to go and see it now. If I don't see it with my own eyes, I really can't believe that there is such an exquisite steam engine in the world. Absolutely nothing."

Zhao Wen waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, this steam engine is in the ironworks outside the city, so you can visit it anytime. It's a bumpy road, sir, so take a good rest, and it won't be too late to go after breakfast tomorrow." "

Song Yingxing pondered for a moment, then said slowly: "It's true, the bumpy road for such a long time, it's not too late."

"That's right, Daniel, order to go down and let the kitchen prepare the meals." Zhao Wen laughed, and then shouted at Zhao Daniu who was standing at the door.

After Zhao Daniu heard Zhao Wen's voice, he immediately went to the kitchen.

"My lord, I think your Xuan Town is different from other cities. Other cities, even the provincial capital, are not as clean as your Xuan Town. When I went to Beijing to take the exam, there was no place like you in the capital. It's so clean. And I see that the ground in your Xuan Town is all black and blue, and it looks a bit like stone. Could your ground be paved with cement?"

Zhao Wen's cement has long been sold throughout Daming, so Song Yingxing also knows about cement.Although he knew it, he didn't know that the cement was made in Xuanzhen.

"Yes, the city is paved with concrete."

When Zhao Wencong came back, the entire Xuan Town had been rebuilt.

Today's Xuan Town was rebuilt according to Zhao Wen's design.

In today's Xuan Town, almost all the roads are paved with cement, and there are drainage pipes under the cement roads to prevent water accumulation on the roads during the rainy season.

There are also garbage bins on both sides of the road, and there is a garbage bin every fifty steps.

From time to time, reserve soldiers wearing red armbands and blue and black clothes walked by on the street.These reserve soldiers are usually responsible for the security of the entire Xuan Town.

"I just saw a tall building not far from the General Military Mansion in front of the General Military Mansion. What's the matter with this tall building?" When he pulled Song Yingxing's carriage into Xuan Town, Song Yingxing seemed curious. Like a baby, lying on the window of the carriage and watching non-stop.

Of all the things he saw, it was the bank building that made a deep impression on him.

Not to mention the buildings in Xuan Town, even in the capital, there are very few tall buildings like the bank building.

In Xuan Town, where the building height does not exceed four meters, this bank building looks unusually tall.

"The tall building you mentioned is a bank building I built. It was built so high mainly to save land." Zhao Wen waved his hand and said calmly.

"Bank Building? What is this bank?" Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen with a puzzled expression.

Zhao Wendao: "This bank is similar to a ticket number, but it is slightly different from the ticket number."

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing who was slowly thirsting for knowledge, and explained to him in detail.

"The whole building is constructed out of cement and steel, in the process of being built."

"Wait a minute, speak slowly, I'll write it down first, these things are very important to me." Song Yingxing said hastily, and then asked Zhao Wen for paper and pens, and spread them on the table.

Afterwards, every time Zhao Wen said a sentence, Song Yingxing recorded it.

From time to time, Song Yingxing would add a few words in doubt.

After a long time, Song Yingxing put down the brush in his hand and rubbed his sore wrist.

He picked up the rice paper on the table, carefully folded it together, and stuffed it carefully into his arms.

"I really didn't expect that this cement factory was also built by you. I really don't understand. You are obviously a general, how can you have such a great ability.

What you're doing doesn't look like what a military officer would do at all.If you are a scholar, maybe you will have a place in the cabinet in the future. Song Yingxing took a sip of tea, looked at Zhao Wen, and said with disbelief.

A military general can make cement, and he can build such a tall building.Putting these things on Zhao Wen's body made Song Yingxing feel that he didn't look like him no matter what.

Zhao Wen said modestly: "These things are nothing, even the formula of this cement was learned by me accidentally.

Okay, let's not talk about this, the food will be ready soon, sir, let's eat first. "

"Alright, let's eat first." Song Yingxing put down the teacup in his hand, let out a long breath, and said slowly.

When the food was put on the table, Liu Wenzhong and other civil officials also came to the General Military Mansion.

As for those military officers, they are training soldiers now, so they didn't come here.

Liu Wenzhong looked at Zhao Wen who had not yet sat down, arched his hands, and said with a smile on his face, "Is your journey going smoothly, my lord?"

"It's still going well. I've done everything I want to do. By the way, after dinner, come to my place. I'll talk to you about something." Zhao Wen looked at Liu Wenzhong, slowly Said.

"Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Song Yingxing Song I met in Jinling, this is Mr. Liu Wenzhong Liu, and this is Mr. Qi Qingtian Qi..."

Zhao Wen introduced everyone to Song Yingxing one by one.

Every time Zhao Wen introduced one, Song Yingxing would bow his hands at that person and nod his head.

When all this was over, Zhao Wen sat on the main seat. He looked at the people in the hall, raised his wine glass, and said loudly: "Come, drink up this glass!"

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"Master Zhao, where is the steam engine you mentioned, take me to see it quickly."

Early the next morning, Zhao Wen, who had woken up and hadn't washed up yet, had just walked into the yard when he saw Song Yingxing approaching him.

Song Yingxing saw Zhao Wen, hurried up to meet him, and asked.

Zhao Wen yawned, and said a little tiredly: "Wait a minute, I'll take you to have a look after I finish washing up."

"Okay, then I'll wait here." Song Yingxing said and sat on the stone bench in the yard, quietly waiting for Zhao Wen.

At this time, Sun Yuanhua walked in from the outside.When he saw Song Yingxing sitting in the yard, he walked over with a smile on his face.

"Brother Song!"

Sun Yuanhua cupped his hands at Song Yingxing with a smile on his face.

Song Yingxing stood up hastily, and saluted Sun Yuanhua back.

"I saw you yesterday, and you and I hit it off right away. Tonight, I'll be the host. Have a good drink?"

Sun Yuanhua is obsessed with the way of firearms, and he has a lot in common with Song Yingxing.

So at the banquet yesterday, the two hit it off immediately and chatted all the time.

"Okay, then I'd rather be respectful than obedient." Song Yingxing smiled slightly and said slowly.

"What are you two talking about? Why are you smiling so happily?"

After Zhao Wen finished washing, he just walked out of the room when he saw Sun Yuanhua and Song Yingxing chatting with smiles on their faces.

Sun Yuanhua said: "It's nothing, just chatting with Brother Song. We met yesterday and we hit it off right away, so I thought about asking Brother Song to have a drink tonight."

"Brother Sun has a high attainment in the manufacture of firearms. I happened to have a lot of things I wanted to discuss with Brother Sun, so I agreed to him."

When I was in Fengxin, there were very few like-minded people like Song Yingxing.How could Song Yingxing not be excited to see someone with the same interests as himself now?

"If that's the case, then you two should have a good discussion. By the way, let's go quickly. I still have things to do later." Zhao Wen waved at the two of them, and then went outside.

Seeing this, Song Yingxing and Sun Yuanhua also hurriedly chased after him.

Song Yingxing didn't know how to ride a horse, so he sat in the carriage, and Sun Yuanhua also sat in the carriage, accompanying him.

As for Zhao Wen, he rode on a horse and headed for the ironworks.

Today, almost five steam engines have been manufactured in the steam engine workshop of the ironworks.

When Zhao Wen left, he left an order, saying that the manufactured steam engine did not have its own order, and it was forbidden to carry it and use it.So these five steam engines are now in a temporary warehouse outside the workshop.

When Zhao Wen stopped outside the steam engine manufacturing workshop, he heard the huge roar.

Song Yingxing stood outside the workshop, hearing the huge roar, a look of surprise flashed across his face.

(End of this chapter)