Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 717

Another morning is coming, and the sound of birdsong has already appeared in Chang'an City.

In Longqing Palace, Concubine Wan Gui came to Li Yuan's study for the fourth time from last night to this morning.

Outside the door, two imperial guards stood vertically, and they changed their guards every hour, which was halved in winter.That is to say, the current guard changing time is once every half an hour.

The standing posture of these people has been trained.

This kind of standing posture willow is very nostalgic.

Concubine Wan Gui came to the front and back of the door, and the two soldiers of the Forbidden Army looked straight at each other, like two ice sculptures.Concubine Wan Gui beckoned her maid to give her the food box, and then asked the maid to wait outside the door, and she went in alone.

After entering the study, Concubine Wan Gui didn't dare to approach the desk, but put down the food box at the table by the door.

"Didn't I tell you to go back and rest." Li Yuan looked up at Concubine Wan Gui, and then went to the door to take the food box.

Concubine Wan Gui didn't say anything, didn't look at the desk at all, and left after saluting.

Li Yuan reached out and grabbed Concubine Wan Gui's arm and said suddenly, "Right now, it's not seven years ago."

Seven years ago, Li Yuan was indeed busy all night like this many times. At that time, the Great Tang Unification War was the most intense period, and there was no room for relaxation.

Li Yuan pulled Concubine Wan Gui into the house, sat by the stove, then rolled up the maps on the table and the things he wrote and drew, and stuffed them directly into the cabinet next to the desk.

The map is a map of the surrounding areas of Gaochang, and Li Yuan is still very concerned about this Western Expedition.

The first batch of troops of the Tang Army will officially go out in half a month at most. Liu Mu found an almost rascal reason. It is estimated that the official letter of credence for this meeting has already been placed in Gaochang City.

Concubine Wan Gui said softly after sitting down: "Your Majesty, when it was almost three o'clock last night, Princess Changping suddenly left Wutongfang. I heard from the concubine who came back from Wutongfang that Princess Changping and Concubine Liu went out of the city overnight to Jingyang Zhuangzi. Surprisingly, after half an hour, the queen also went to Jingyang Zhuangzi."

"Oh!" Li Yuan put down the small bowl in his hand, his eyes narrowed.

Soon, Li Yuan's eyes became bright, he rang the bell, and a servant entered and stood beside him with his hands down.

"Send someone to the palace and ask Zhuangzi in Jingyang, Changping, what's interesting, go immediately."

After the people sent by Li Yuan entered the palace, Li Shimin hadn't gotten up yet.It was only after hearing the question sent by Li Yuan that he knew that Changsun Wugou actually went out of the palace in the middle of the night to Jingyang Zhuangzi, and asked the people in the Queen's Palace, there was a letter left by Changsun Wugou.

There were only two sentences in the letter.

The first sentence was that the disturbance in the middle of the night was afraid that Concubine Yan De would be left out in the cold.The second sentence is, come to Changping Jingyang Zhuangzi quickly, in Changping plain language, if things are not accomplished, you don't know joy or sorrow.

"Come on, prepare the horse." Li Shimin jumped off the bed.

Li Shimin could leave the city from the north of the imperial palace, but he had to wait for Li Yuan, so he chose the Fanglin Gate on the west side of the imperial city.

Li Yuan was also riding a horse. When he saw Li Shimin, he asked, "What's interesting about Jingyang?"

"It's hard to say, success or failure is unknown. But wood has invested more than a million guan over the years. It is a magical thing, but success is the sharp weapon of my Tang Dynasty."

"Let's go. Go immediately." Li Yuan didn't care that he didn't sleep all night, so he urged to leave quickly.

When Li Shimin arrived at Jingyang Zhuangzi, he only saw that there were more than 1000 people guarding the inner and outer third floors, and even the little general's guns were pulled out and four gates were placed at the main intersection.

The innermost circle is the inner wharf of Zhuangzi in Jingyang, where a dry dock has been excavated, surrounded by cloth curtains.

Dugu Lanruo and Changsun Wugou were holding hands and nervously standing on the boat in the dock.Willow, dressed in a craftsman's gray linen, was on a boat in the dock.

Everyone who saw this boat was amazed.

No sails, no oars, only a large chimney two feet in diameter.The ship was thirteen feet long and thirty-seven feet wide, and there were two huge wheel-shaped discs with a diameter of one foot on both sides.

On the dock, the huge gantry crane has been removed, and the piano at the gate is ready to order someone to release the water.

On the boat, Li Dejian put down the ruler in his hand and retreated to the side of Willow: "This frame has been tested on the canal, and there is no problem with carrying a large waterwheel. The boat here is built according to the size, and it only needs to hoist the steam engine on the boat. As for the rest of the ship, I don't think it will be installed yet."

"Well, let's go into the water first, and we'll talk after a few laps."

What Li Dejian was talking about was the hull structure on the upper deck of the steam engine. Right now, the steam engine is installed directly in the hollow of the deck. The upper part is only equipped with the part used to fix the chimney. There should be many ship cabins, which can at least be reinstalled. The two-story cabin is used for crew accommodation, kitchen and other purposes.

This boat is semi-finished.

But in Liu Mu's eyes, this boat is already a finished product.

Watching the craftsmen finishing the last few rivets, Liu Mu waved his hand towards the zither.

When the gate was opened, water from the Jing River rushed in. When the boat floated up, several long ropes pulled the boat into the river.

When the boat reached the middle of the river, it began to drift downstream along the Jing River because there was no power.

At this time, Li Shimin and Li Yuan also came closer, and they walked directly to the shore and looked at Liu Mu from a distance.At this moment, Liu Mu stood at the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, with a calm expression on his face.

Li Shimin doesn't understand why the boat doesn't move, maybe this is also a necessary process?

In fact, Li Dejian told Liu Mu that although the steam engine had been fired just now, it would take some time to reach the pressure that can be operated, and it should wait for the boiler to increase the pressure just now.

"No hurry." Liu Mu said that he was not in a hurry, and it was just talking.

Inwardly, Liu Mu was still very worried.

For a full quarter of an hour, Liu Mu's boat drifted farther than Li Shimin's telescope could see, and even the small black spots disappeared.

Suddenly, a long air whistle sounded, and the sound shocked everyone's hearts.

Willow standing on the boat laughed loudly.

The sound is so close and familiar, but unfortunately, the sound of the air whistle is not on the rails, but on the boat.

The oars on both sides of the boat started to turn, and Li Dejian yelled at Liumu, "everything is fine, it's working well."

"Full speed, upstream."

After the original clutch was engaged, the whole ship shook after the squeaking sound, and then the rattling sound continued to be heard from the whole ship.

Li Dejian complained beside the boiler: "The next time you have power, you should move quickly, otherwise the boat will break apart."

No one heard him because the noise was too loud.

Willow supported the fence man on the bow with one hand, and stepped on the side of the ship with one foot.

The ship was empty, the coal was loaded with less than ten shi, and there were only twelve people on board.

Suddenly, the bow of the boat shook slightly twice, and it lifted out of the water.

(End of this chapter)