Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

At Haikang Wharf, Li Yuanji got off the boat and breathed in the fresh air on the shore. It felt so wonderful.

Although there was still a faint smell of the sea, Li Yuanji still felt it was particularly familiar.

From the moment we boarded the ship in Xinde to return to Haikang, the supplies we had prepared were sufficient. In order to save time, we did not replenish supplies along the way and stayed on the ship the entire time.

Li Yuanji was really depressed during this journey. Sailing on the sea for several months is really uncomfortable, as anyone who has tried it knows.

Li Yuanji came back to his senses and looked at Cen Wenben and others walking towards him. Li Yuanji also walked over with a smile.

"We congratulate the king on his triumphant return."

"Haha, get up quickly."

Li Yuanji signaled everyone to stand up and come to Cen Wenben.

"Thank you for your hard work these days. This is not the place to talk. Let's go back first."

Cen Wenben agreed with a smile and took Li Yuanji to the other side.

"Your Majesty, please follow me. It will be more convenient to go to the city from the pier."

Li Yuanji looked suspicious but didn't say anything. When he saw a train made of iron sheets and the rails laid on the ground, Li Yuanji's pupils shrank and his eyes widened.

Li Yuanji rubbed his eyes and looked carefully. Yes, it was the train he knew.

Although this train is relatively short, with only three carriages, Li Yuanji would never make a mistake; the one in front of him was definitely it.

Li Yuanji then looked at Cen Wenben.

"Jingren, when was this train invented? Has it really been implemented?"

Li Yuanji was very shocked. He really didn't expect that it had only been more than a year, almost two years, and now the train had actually been built.

He had provided a lot of reference materials to the Academy of Sciences and said a lot before. He thought it would take several years to get it done, but now it is available.

"Your Majesty is not mistaken. This is indeed a train. It was made four months ago by the people at the Research Institute according to what Your Majesty said and the drawings they provided. After many tests, it is finally operational.

This railway was only completed five days ago. In order to give the king this surprise, I applied to the queen for permission to send troops to speed up the work, and also mobilized 50,000 young and strong men. Finally, it was completed before the king arrived.

After laying, the test will be repeated more than ten times every day in the first four days to ensure normal operation.

There were indeed some problems a few days ago, but the people at the Research Institute dealt with them promptly. We tested it thirteen times yesterday and there were no problems. Your Majesty can ride it with confidence."

Cen Wenben also had a smile on his face. When the train was just built and the research institute asked him to immediately start testing the laying of tracks, he was also shocked when he saw such a huge machine made of a piece of iron.

At that time, Cen Wenben almost cursed the people in the research institute. How could such a big piece of iron run on the road?

Even hundreds of horses might not be able to pull this thing, so how could it possibly run on its own?

Cen Wenben didn't know how heavy the train was, but just by visual inspection, he knew it was definitely not light.

But Cen Wenben finally endured it. He knew how much Li Yuanji valued the Research Institute. Li Yuanji had even ordered that the special departments of the Research Institute must cooperate absolutely.

Cen Wenben had no choice but to arrange for people to start laying small sections of railroad tracks for the scientific researchers to conduct experiments.

But when he saw the train making noises and actually starting to move on its own, Cen Wenben still remembered that he was completely stunned with shock.

Not only him, but everyone who saw it was stunned.
Afterwards, Cen Wenben reported the matter to Yang Qingwan. Upon seeing it, Yang Qingwan waved her hand and ordered all departments to fully cooperate with whatever the research institute needed.

Finally, the first railway was built, a short section from the wharf to Haikang.

As Li Yuanji listened to Cen Wenben's words, he became more and more excited. The train he had been dreaming of was finally built.

Li Yuanji couldn't wait to get on the train. When he came to the front of the train, he saw that it was still using coal to control the steam for movement. Li Yuanji smiled, and he was very happy.

He knew that today's most primitive steam locomotive was poor and had many flaws in every aspect, but it was a huge step forward for the industry.

We already have steam locomotives, and with future development, better ones will be on the way, right?
When he got on the train, Li Yuanji couldn't sit down and looked around.

"Jingren, go and tell them to start the train, go quickly!"

Now Li Yuanji really wants to experience what this steam locomotive looks like.

As the train started to move, the noise became louder and louder. After reaching a critical point, the train slowly began to move, accompanied by a creaking sound that continued to sound.

Li Yuanji felt it and became more and more excited.

Only after actually experiencing this steam locomotive did I realize that it was extremely noisy, and that it shook slightly from time to time. There was a slight shake inside the car, and the speed was very slow. The cavalry outside followed the train and were able to keep up with its speed.

This is even though the cavalry's horses are not running at full speed, but are just trotting, and they can still keep up without any pressure.

But Li Yuanji was already very content. War horses needed to rest and eat grass, but as long as the tracks of this train were laid, he could keep moving forward without stopping to rest.

This is still in the early stages, and we can continue to improve and perfect it, and the speed will gradually increase.

Li Yuanji felt extremely comfortable. He didn't expect that when he came back this time, he would be stunned. It was such a big surprise for him.

Hikvision, which he was very familiar with, suddenly seemed a little strange to him just now.

The distance that would have taken less than an hour on horseback took an hour and a half by train.

Li Yuanji got off the train and looked at the city wall in front of him with a knowing smile.

The current railway track is not connected to the city. Perhaps Cen Wenben and others know that the noise is too loud, so they place the track ten miles outside the outer city.

After Li Yuanji got off the train, he turned around and was surprised again. He saw a car that was familiar yet unfamiliar to him driving towards him. The car was not small, but rather large, perhaps because of its large frame, it looked larger.

Li Yuanji was shocked again and turned to look at Cen Wenben in confusion.

Li Yuanji still didn't expect that although there were trains, he really didn't expect that there were also cars.

The steam engine is not like other engines. It is more difficult to shrink it down and put it inside a car for driving. More importantly, you can't burn coal in a car, so what is the power source?

Li Yuanji couldn't believe that this was his Haikang. After going out, the changes after coming back were too big, right? Cen Wenben looked at Li Yuanji's shocked expression and laughed directly, without any concealment.

He originally thought that Li Yuanji would be better off seeing these, after all, these could be said to have been done through the ideas and directions given by Li Yuanji.

As a result, Li Yuanji was just as shocked and unbelievable as they were. In other words, it was as if he had never seen the world before.

Although Cen Wenben was happy in his heart, he did not slow down and started to explain quickly.

"My lord, this car has been made before, but the power problem has never been solved.

The research institute was worried for a while, but when they discovered that kerosene could also burn, they immediately thought of using kerosene to replace coal.

However, gunpowder is not easy to extinguish when burning, and it is accompanied by huge black smoke and a very strong pungent smell.

Didn't the king tell the research institute before that kerosene could be refined? Later, the research institute concentrated all its manpower on this matter, and took out the kerosene refining technology principles that the king had given before, so that everyone could look at it together and think about it together.

Finally, he asked the Iron Bureau to build a lot of machines. After nearly two months of repeated experiments, he finally extracted a purer oil.

Although the refined oil still produces smoke and has a pungent smell when burning, it is much better than before.

Finally, the people at the research institute were thinking about how to release the smoke while providing combustible gas inside. They installed two pipes based on the appearance of a steam engine, one for air intake and the other for discharging smoke from burning oil.

Then we installed additional valves inside to control it, and finally after nearly a month of thinking, we solved the problem.

After solving this problem, I followed the king's instructions and started to arrange the overall structure, and this is what it ended up looking like. "

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and couldn't believe it. Although he had exchanged a lot of technologies, they were almost all principles. If he wanted to expand, he needed to understand the principles thoroughly, think about it, and then do it.

Although he also mentioned the direction and handed over the specific work to the research institute, have the trains, cars and crude oil refining been developed?
Although he has not yet gone to the research institute to learn more in detail, Li Yuanji is also very clear that the initial products now must have major flaws.

But even so, Li Yuanji still found it hard to believe. Are the people of this era really that smart?

Li Yuanji is now somewhat doubting his life. He has provided these principles, technologies and blueprints, and in fact he has been prepared for a breakthrough that will take three to five years, or even seven to eight years, or even ten years. Now he is told that, including the previous time, it can be done in less than three years. How can he believe it?
But now the facts are before his eyes, and Li Yuanji has to believe it whether he wants to or not.

Li Yuanji took a deep breath, stopped thinking about it, turned to look at the large car, and sat directly in it.

Cen Wenben sat beside Li Yuanji and walked into the city together.

Sitting in the car, Li Yuanji felt a bumpy ride and the interior of the car shook from time to time. The speed was not fast, but it was much faster than a train.

When he arrived in the city, Li Yuanji was shocked again. He saw people riding familiar bicycles on the street. Although there were not many, he saw at least five.

After a moment of surprise, Li Yuanji came to his senses. Since we already have trains and cars, it shouldn't be a big deal to have a bicycle, right? It's normal, right?

Li Yuanji was still a little dazed at this moment. The shock was really too great. Even though he had seen a lot of the world, he still couldn't recover.

After a long time, Li Yuanji looked at Cen Wenben who was smiling beside him and also smiled.

"Jingren, Jingren, you are so mean. With so many things happening here, you didn't write to me. You have bad intentions."

"Your Majesty, you have wronged me. I did this to give you a surprise, and it is the people in the research institute who are so talented that they were able to come up with all of this.

I thought that you, the king, were on your way back, so I didn’t tell you, just to wait for you to come and try it yourself.”

Cen Wenben knew that Li Yuanji was joking, so he responded freely.

Li Yuanji shook his head and smiled, not thinking about it anymore.

"Jingren, now that these have been made, how is the iron ship that I asked the Ship Bureau to build before?"

Looking at the trains and cars that appeared, Li Yuanji is now also very concerned about the ships. If his ships can be upgraded again, his navy will be completely invincible.

By that time, Li Er's boat will be a wooden boat, and his will be an ironclad ship. There is no comparison at all. As long as the speed is not bad, they won't even need cannons. They can just drive the boat and ram into it like a tank. How can the current wooden boats withstand it?

Having said that, Cen Wenben also became serious.

"Your Majesty, the Ship Bureau has already made an ironclad ship, and asked the people at the Research Institute to make a steam engine that can be used on the ship. However, after putting it on the ship, the speed of the ship is not fast, but rather slow.

People from the Research Institute began to make improvements again and developed a more suitable steam engine for ironclad ships.

Just last month, it was tested again on an ironclad ship, and the test results were quite good, with the speed being a little faster than before.

The most important thing is that its movement speed is slightly faster than today's warships. Although it is not too obvious, it is indeed faster.

Now the Shipping Bureau is stepping up the construction of ironclad ships and plans to use them in this way for the time being.

The research institute is also increasing its research on steam engines, and they say they want to make a better steam engine."

“Your Majesty, would you like to take a look at today’s ironclad ships? Thanks to the efforts of the Firearms Bureau, the cannons used are all new, with a longer range and a maximum caliber of 140 mm.

A gun mount was added to the ship. Thanks to the research and development of the scientific research institute, the performance of the machine tools was also improved, and the shells produced were not much different from what the king had mentioned before.

Now the Firearms Bureau is trying to find a way to install this cannon on the warship for use on land.

The range of this cannon is about two miles longer than that of today's heavy artillery, which means the range has been greatly improved.

But this cannon is very heavy. According to Liu San from the Firearms Department, even if it can be used on land, it is difficult to transport. It can be transported by train, but it is very difficult to use manpower.

I think this kind of cannon is only suitable for border defense and city defense. If it is used for attack, I am afraid it is not powerful enough. "

Li Yuanji listened quietly. This time he was not surprised. He was mentally prepared. After all, trains and cars had been invented, and ironclad ships were not uncommon. As for naval guns, he was not surprised either. The progress of the Firearms Bureau was indeed fast enough.

"You can go and see it tomorrow. You have already set up a banquet, so go to the banquet first."

Li Yuanji was not too anxious. He had seen ironclad ships before, but they could not sail on the water. He had been making improvements to them since then.

Including naval guns, he could imagine all the combinations together.

Anyway, it is there, and it will be the same if you look at it now or tomorrow. (End of this chapter)