Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 73 The train is moving!

Zhu Yuanzhang has always strived to be frugal, and this time he led a hundred officials and a group of vassal kings to travel without fanfare.

They just prepared a dragon chariot to move forward, with guards in front to clear the way. The vassal king and officials followed behind either on horseback or on foot.

If so, a group of people is already mighty, pouring out from the main gate of the imperial city all the way, the momentum is huge!
From the imperial city to the western suburbs, you have to pass through a large area of ​​streets in Fangshi, which attracts people's attention as soon as it appears.

"It's Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty has come to see us!"

"Today is His Majesty's birthday, God bless His Majesty with a long life..."

Wherever Zhu Yuanzhang went on a dragon chariot, countless people knelt down and worshiped.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was good enough to the people of the Ming Dynasty, which also made the people grateful to the Emperor Hongwu!

Among the emperors of the previous dynasties, I have never heard of any emperor who is as wise as the current emperor!

Sitting in the dragon chariot, looking at the people bowing their heads and kneeling on both sides of the road, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a lot of emotions for a while, and many memories came to mind.

The world is changing, things are changing, people are changing, now except for his eldest grandson who knows everything from heart to heart, he can really be called a loner!
However, he has gotten used to all kinds of pain and tribulation along the way...

Zhu Yuanzhang, who is getting old, the only thing he can worry about now is the Ming Empire he built by himself, and his grandson who was lost and recovered not long ago.

As long as Cao Wei's last year is up and Cao Ying returns to the palace to inherit the throne of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang will have no worries.

He can finally rest...

Thinking all the way, the dragon chariot team unknowingly left the bustling market and entered a remote place in the western suburbs.

Looking around, except for the large fields and woods, there was no one there. The sound of horseshoes and footsteps startled a few birds in the forest.

After traveling for less than a quarter of an hour, we could already see the shadow of the manufacturing house in the distance.

Yan Zhenzhi took the lead and rushed over...

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The courtyard door of the workshop was slammed loudly.

"I'm coming."

A craftsman put down his work, went to open the door, and saw Yan Zhenzhi standing outside.

"Yan Shangshu, you are here, please come in quickly." The craftsman gestured to invite in.

Yan Zhenzhi didn't speak at all, "Quickly, call Cao Wei out, your majesty is coming!"

Hearing this, the craftsman glanced outside the door, and ran in after saying "Ouch", "Master Cao! Master Cao..."

After a while, Cao Wei came out, saw the people outside the brigade rushing this way, and hurriedly called all the craftsmen...

When Zhu Yuanzhang's dragon chariot stopped at the gate of the workshop, Cao Wei and all the craftsmen were already waiting respectfully.

"Grassmen see Your Majesty!"

Cao Wei led all the craftsmen to salute Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Excuse me, let me be flat." Zhu Yuanzhang beckoned, and then got off the dragon chariot with the support of the chief eunuch.

The group straightened up, and Cao Wei said suddenly: "Caomin learned that today is His Majesty's 65th birthday, so they didn't prepare any congratulatory gifts, so they brought their brothers to sing a song for His Majesty."

After speaking, he faced the craftsmen behind him and clapped his hands.

The artisans sang to the rhythm:
"I wish you good luck and longevity~ I wish you a happy birthday~ I wish you every year today~ I wish you a year! Years! Yes! Today! Tomorrow~"

"Hahahahaha!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing loudly when he saw the funny scene in front of him.

A bunch of civil and military officials and princes in the back were dumbfounded when they saw this.

Can the emperor's birthday still be like this?
Just one song?

This Cao Wei is really extraordinary!
A person who doesn't play by the rules.

This is the first impression of most officials and princes on Cao Wei.

"Don't be glib here. Yan Aiqing said you built a train called...? Can it run without being pulled by horses?"

Cao Wei nodded calmly, "Your Majesty really knows everything. The common people have just built the train, and Your Majesty already knows it."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped wasting his saliva with him, and walked in, "Let's go, let's see what this train is."

A group of people followed and walked in, and the originally very spacious manufacturing workshop compound became crowded in an instant.

Outside the circle of sleeper tracks paved in the courtyard, all the ministers and princes also stood upright in a circle, and it was difficult to turn around.

Only Zhu Yuanzhang, Cao Wei, and several vassal kings had their own space for activities.

On the sleeper rails in the courtyard, a strangely shaped frame is parked on it. The upper part of the frame is divided into two parts. The front is a steam engine, which is connected to a pile of gear sets below. The rear is a boiler. Below the boiler, there are A square iron barrel, like the upper part of a tripod.

Everyone finally saw the train that Yan Zhenzhi was talking about, and they were amazed for a while.

This train is indeed very different from ordinary carriages, it has four wheels.

Moreover, the shape of the wheels is also very weird, and there are grooves left on them, which happen to be stuck on the edge of the sleeper track.

Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward, walked around the train, looked at it for a while, only saw the steam engine made by the Ministry of Industry on it, and couldn't see anything else.

"Is this the train?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Your Majesty, that's right." Cao Wei replied.

"Just like this...can it move?" Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the train in front of him and asked again.

Cao Wei nodded again.

Zhu Yuanzhang took two steps back, "Let it run, let's see."

As soon as Cao Wei waved, Song Ping and others stepped forward to prepare. They added a lot of coal to the iron bucket under the boiler, lit it and then stepped aside.

Everyone looked at their operation in a cloud of fog.

Is this over?

After talking about the artifact train for a long time, it can run away only by lighting a fire?
Although full of doubts, no one dared to question Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him, and everyone kept communicating with their eyes.

Everyone watched as the coal in the iron barrel burned for a long time, but the train still did not move.

Gradually, some people began to whisper.

"What kind of train is this? It sounds amazing, but I haven't seen it actually run."

Yan Zhen turned his head and looked, it was Huang Zicheng who had trouble with him in the hall before.

As time went by, the discussion began to increase.

"Could it be that Master Yan was really deceived?"

"But he said he saw the train running with his own eyes..."

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at Cao Wei suspiciously.

Cao Wei grinned at him, "The capacity of the boiler on the train has been increased this time, and it will take a little longer to boil the water inside. Your Majesty, just wait a moment."

Zhu Yuanzhang withdrew his gaze and looked at the train in the field again.

at last,

The boiler that had been burning for a long time made a slight noise, and then the noise became louder and then gradually disappeared.

The water is on.

After a few more breaths,
In the eyes of everyone in disbelief.

The train, which had been stationary in the field, started to move slowly without anyone touching it!

(End of this chapter)