Datang Longya

Chapter 1013 The Electric Age
If there is no request from Lu Dongzan, I am afraid that when Datang officially ruled the plateau, he would not let this building go.Just like the burning of the Gaochang Palace, a second building that symbolizes royal power is absolutely not allowed to exist in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

It is good to leave a building that represents history, so Leng Feng happily agreed to Lu Dongzan's request.

After getting Leng Feng's consent, Lu Dongzan seemed to lose his spine in an instant.

In the past, he hoped to acquire Datang's technology in order to make Tubo stronger, but now, he has received technical support, but it can only be used simply to improve people's livelihood.

However, the army that Tubo left had already established a firm foothold in Tianzhu, and he also handed over the assistance of little Zanpu to his son, second son Qin.Despite leaving the ancestral land, the prosperity of Tubo can be expected.

Without disturbing Lu Dongzan's thinking, Leng Feng stood up and left.

The whole morning was spent catching birds, and the afternoon was going to visit Li Tai.

After arriving in Lingnan, Li Tai just played around for a few days, and then plunged into the laboratory where he stayed in Lingnan. It is said that he was researching kerosene engines.

Leng Feng's sentence "Direct combustion of gasoline can also bring power" gave Li Tai a lot of inspiration.If the engine can be researched, then the plane can fly higher and farther, and the train will not need to spew thick soot.

In order to devote himself to the research of the engine, Li Tai even pushed the research of the battery to the researchers in Chang'an.

The laboratory is heavily guarded and no one is allowed to enter. The leader of the army is Wuli Sima of the South China Sea Fleet. Feng Zhidai is very smart and doesn't ask anything about the affairs here.

Just after passing the blockade, Leng Feng heard a huge explosion.

"The blue sparrow!"

No one knew better than Leng Feng what the sound of the explosion meant. It was probably because Li Tai found the right way and the engine exploded.

Thick smoke has already risen in the laboratory, and there is still a faint fire.But when the cold front came close, the soldiers had already disposed of all the flames with sand.Li Tai came out with a dark face, still panicked.

Seeing that Li Tai was fine, Leng Feng felt relieved.Although the engine explosion is not as good as gunpowder, it can still threaten human life.

"Master, I anticipated the danger, so I was fully prepared for protection. However, the engine I finally assembled was destroyed."

Seeing Li Tai's decadent appearance, Leng Feng did not persuade him.

For so many years, Li Tai has already been tortured to pieces by various failures. What he needs at this time is catharsis, not comfort.On his own, he was able to adjust his mentality.

"Qingque, since it's broken, make another one. It's no big deal. Since this one failed, you can rest for a few days, go fishing with your nephew, and relax."

Li Tai wiped his face clean, and nodded: "I seem to have grasped the principle of the internal combustion engine, but it's a pity that the craftsmanship here in Lingnan is not good enough, and the resulting iron shells always have cracks, otherwise I should be able to experiment with some results. Instead of exploding directly. Master, when will we return to Chang'an?"

For better experiments, Li Tai really wanted to go back to Chang'an. Only his exclusive laboratory could have whatever he wanted.

Seeing Li Tai's look of anticipation, Leng Feng could only say: "In a few days, after sending Lu Dongzan away, we will set off to return to Chang'an. This time we will take the sea route and walk along the coast of Datang for a long time. Circle, when we arrive in Dengzhou, we will go straight back to Chang'an without stopping on the way."

It's hard to imagine what Li Tai would look like after he researched the internal combustion engine. From Leng Feng's point of view, the industrial level of Datang with the steam engine is already very good.

However, if Li Tai's internal combustion engine research is successful, and the research institute's battery can also be developed, then Datang will officially enter the electrical age.In the original history, these two eras were separated by 100 years, but in today's Datang, how long is the separation?
Of course, if you compare the two periods of history, you will find that the appearance of the cold front is very abrupt. There is a person who can put the industrial development back on track at any time, and it will save a lot of detours.However, it is still the number of people that determines the speed of development.Regardless of other places, there are nearly 2000 people in the scientific research institute alone. These 2000 people don't need to support their families at all, they just need to devote themselves to their work.

With so many people making mistakes together, someone will always hit the right result.

Quantitative change is the most direct cause of qualitative change.

A vacation is not enough time. After praising Lu Dong out of the Lingnan area, Leng Feng started his return journey with his tour group.

When I came here, I took the inland waterway, and when I went back, I went along the coast.

Although there are already many people in Datang, it is still impossible to occupy the mountains and rivers.On the coastline, only Mingzhou, Zhangzhou and other places have seaports, which have driven the prosperity of the surrounding areas, and the rest are more prehistoric areas.

What caused this result was the vast land of Datang.Grasslands and Western Regions have been taken in one after another, so there is no need to worry about land distribution. What officials worry about now is the issue of land shelving.It is precisely because the land is vast enough that no one turns their attention to the ocean.

The vast territory of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be unprecedented, and the emperors within three or four generations may not need to launch land wars.

When passing the mouth of the Yangtze River, Leng Feng took a special look at the coastline.

Originally, this place was supposed to be a prosperous city, but now it is still a wasteland, and the grass on the shore is taller than people.

Although it was on a hurry, the tour group still did not give up the purpose of coming out this time. When passing by famous places, they would stop and rest for a while.When approaching Mount Tai, Leng Feng deliberately took Li Jiyuan to climb Mount Tai together.

Li Jiyuan's physical strength is limited, and he only climbed halfway on the first day, so everyone had to set up tents on the mountainside and spend the night here.

As the sun rose the next day, Li Jiyuan looked at the much smaller buildings at the foot of the mountain, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's such a high mountain, no wonder people have admired it since ancient times, and emperors wanted to enshrine Zen here."

Leng Feng laughed and said: "Feng Chan is just a form, but it's actually useless. If it wasn't for suppressing the powerful families in Shandong and reducing the swelling of the nobles, your grandpa wouldn't have stubbornly come to enshrine Zen. Those emperors who enshrined Zen in history, It’s not because it was enshrined in Zen that it became famous in history.”

Li Jiyuan nodded, feeling that what Shigong said made sense.For example, the father didn't have any interest in Feng Chan, and he always said that the suppression of local wealthy families was enough, and the current situation was just right.

Li Jiyuan didn't know about those complicated relationships. He only knew that the current imperial court had been perfected after the rectification by the emperor's grandfather and father.

(End of this chapter)