Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 853 is really so amazing

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly in his heart.

There must be a little bit of shock, but after a while, I gradually got used to the speed, especially when the car curtain was closed, and I was cut off from the world. In fact... I found out that was the case, I was safe and sound, and I took a nap on the way back Woolen cloth.

  Really speaking...it's actually quite comfortable.

   Facing the concerned gazes of the ministers, Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said, "I... have nothing to do, nothing to frighten."

  What can he say?

  He is the emperor, will the emperor be scared to death by the speed of this mere car?

  Liu Jian and others are still very worried.

  Everyone was not reconciled, but since His Majesty said that he was fine, it was not easy to ask His Majesty any more.

  Liu Jian changed his target and said to Ouyang Zhi: "Ouyang Shidu, are you frightened?"

   Well, this is an insinuation.

  If Ouyang Zhi was frightened, then His Majesty must have been frightened too.

  Ouyang Zhi was silent for a moment and said, "I don't feel anything."

  His tone was flat, without much expression on his face.

  Of course, his voice is unhurried, giving people a calming force.

no feelings…

  Sitting in the car without feeling, three quarters of an hour, like a fast horse, from here to the capital, directly back and forth.

  This...carriage...wouldn't it be an artifact that can travel 800 miles a day?

  Of course, eight hundred miles a day is definitely an exaggeration, but if you calculate it carefully, the round trip is seventy or eighty miles. Isn’t it possible to walk a hundred miles in this hour?

  If...not considering the time for feeding and sharpening the horses halfway, walking non-stop at twelve hours a day, this is...a thousand miles.

  Of course...Everyone knows that this is impossible, and there must be many other times in the middle, but three hundred miles a day, it can be done.

   This is almost the speed of a fast horse.

   "Your Majesty, is the car bumpy? I see that Your Majesty's complexion is not good."

   "It's not bumpy." Emperor Hongzhi replied honestly: "It's very comfortable."

Comfortable…

  Comfortably able to run so far and so fast.

   In the past.

  These officials have no concept of speed.

  Because speed is important to them who stretch out their clothes and open their mouths when they eat?

I was on duty, but I got up early in the morning, washed up, had breakfast, and then got into the sedan chair comfortably, and then the bearer swayed me to the office, and I only needed to take a short rest in the sedan chair. It will be worth it.

   But now, it's different...

  Now the big guys have to obediently come to Xincheng or Daming Palace. The delay is unbearable. Not only that, the whole body feels uncomfortable after sitting in the sedan chair for a long time.

  They are all precious people and cannot stand wronged.

  Can now...

   "Your Majesty... this car..." Liu Jian looked at the car.

  Will it be indecent to ride in a car, he thought to himself, and seemed a little tempted.

   Immediately, he dismissed the idea. What is indecent? Even His Majesty has been in this car. Could it be that His Majesty is indecent?

   "Does this car... have any... problems."

   After all, he is a professional, and his words are very thoughtful.

   "Disadvantages?" Emperor Hongzhi muttered these two words, but he gave Zhu Houzhao a deep gouging look.

  Zhu Houzhao cleverly pretended not to see it, and looked up at the clock tower.

  So Emperor Hongzhi thought hard.

  He really wanted to pick out a little thorn.

   But in fact, he suddenly discovered that all this was futile.

  Compared to Buyu, this dragon cart is actually hung and rubbed against the ground.

  Emperor Hongzhi thought very seriously, and finally accepted his fate, but couldn't figure it out.

  But he didn't want to boast about how good the carriage was, and he still had a bit of hatred in his heart.

  But at this time, a group of eunuchs hastily came with a step.

  Xiao Jing is obviously a person with eyes, so he has to prepare a driver for His Majesty.

   After all, there is still a distance from Daming Palace.

  Emperor Hongzhi felt a kind feeling in his heart when he saw this step.

  The carriage...it's too much trouble.

   "Go back to the palace first."

   All the ministers lead the decree.

  Fang Jifan hid in an unknown corner and kept winking at Zhu Houzhao.

  Zhu Houzhao also seemed to feel a little too much.

  He has this temperament, he doesn't care about the consequences in everything, and he doesn't know it's going to be bad until he has played with fire.

  Emperor Hongzhi has entered Buyu.

   Buyu was lifted up by more than a dozen eunuchs.

  Emperor Hongzhi was suspended in the air.

   This step is naturally comfortable to sit on.

But…

suddenly…

  Emperor Hongzhi felt something was wrong.

Ok…

How should I put it, no matter what sitting posture he changed, he always felt that it was not comfortable enough. He kept adjusting his sitting posture, but he still felt a little stiff. Not only that, when the eunuchs moved up and down, there were still some ups and downs. The ups and downs are not obvious, but you can still feel it.

the most important is…

too slow.

  He watched the scenery passing by in front of his eyes bit by bit... Maintaining a strange sitting posture, he felt a sense of urgency inexplicably.

  This... When will I be able to return to Fengtian Temple.

  The ministers followed behind, and now they felt much more comfortable, as if everyone was taking a walk in the courtyard.

  But who noticed the anxiety on Emperor Hongzhi's face.

   Sitting in the carriage, Emperor Hongzhi really missed Buyu, but now that he is really sitting in Buyu, he always feels that everything is short of breath.

  He was patient, didn't make a sound, and deliberately closed his eyes and sat on the Buyu to doze off. After a long time, he opened his eyes again...

Uh…

  The fact is a bit embarrassing, he found that, in fact, he only walked a small distance.

  Emperor Hongzhi also found that he couldn't bear the slow speed.

  If it was a horse-drawn carriage, I’m afraid it would have arrived at Daming Gate long ago.

Hey…

  He sighed inwardly, comforting himself, there are benefits to being slow, um... yes.

   Like everyone, after driving a car, he may miss the joy of driving three times by himself. But once he actually started the three jumps, the gap between them was completely exposed.

   I don’t know how long I walked slowly.

  Emperor Hongzhi felt a little backache.

  Why hasn’t it arrived yet?

   Time passed too long.

  How many roads are there, what a waste of time.

  But the eunuchs below were already out of breath.

   This made Emperor Hongzhi unable to bear to blame them so that they could speed up.

   After much difficulty, I finally reached Daming Gate.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Put me down, I will walk into the palace."

   "Your Majesty, you..." Xiao Jing looked worried.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked like he couldn't refuse.

  The eunuchs had no choice but to put Emperor Hongzhi down.

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t sit in a car right now, but at this point, he really couldn’t sit. He might as well just walk, walking is better than sitting.

  He walked forward with his hands behind his back. The officials were puzzled, but they all exchanged glances behind him.

   He breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived at Fengtian Hall and Emperor Hongzhi was enthroned.

  At this moment, he suddenly began to miss the smell of the sofa, and sitting in the car, the feeling of the slight bumps and shakes was actually... pretty good.

   All the ministers stood still.

  Emperor Hongzhi was thoughtful, he subconsciously said: "What are you discussing today?"

  The officials were taken aback...

   "..."

  After the silence, Liu Jian left the shift and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, today is His Majesty's birthday, and the ministers are here to congratulate you, so we don't discuss matters today."

   "Ah." Only then did Emperor Hongzhi think of it: "So that's how it is, um, today is my birthday, and the crown prince and Fang Jifan sent congratulatory gifts to me..."

  Zhu Houzhao bowed down at the right time and said: "Father, the wishes of mere ministers are nothing."

  Fang Jifan was a little guilty, and his speech became unsmooth: "Your Majesty, this... this ceremony is mainly due to the filial piety of His Royal Highness, my son... my son..."

   "Huh!" Emperor Hongzhi said, "99,929 taels of silver, you have just tossed a car. No matter how good this car is, why should it be so expensive?"

"Your Majesty, it's because it's specially made." Fang Jifan said: "It takes a special craftsman to model it, and each component takes a lot of effort. The waste materials used for testing alone can pile up a house. But Now that I have experience...if I build another one, the price will be cheaper, I think, even if it is as noble as His Majesty's dragon chariot, it is only a few thousand taels of silver."

   "Really?" Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback, "I see."

Fang Jifan said: "If it is the third or fourth car, the price will be even cheaper. Of course, if it is not a dragon car, but an ordinary car, it is not covered with rhinoceros skin, but cowhide, and it is not covered with platinum. But for just one coat of paint, I thought... the price might only be a hundred taels, or even...it could be lower. My son and the crown prince are mainly for His Majesty, so they spared no expense."

  Fang Jifan had no way to explain the scale effect to a non-professional like Emperor Hongzhi.

  However, Emperor Hongzhi obviously understood what he said.

  Emperor Hongzhi said leisurely: "Really?"

  He couldn't help sneering: "The crown prince is really hateful just now. I am sitting in this car, and the crown prince blindly makes people speed up. What is the meaning of this?"

   After all, it was time to question the guilt afterwards. Zhu Houzhao shrugged his head professionally and said, "I will die."

  Emperor Hongzhi put on a straight face, and snorted coldly: "Build ten dragon chariots to enter the palace tomorrow, otherwise there will be no mercy."

   Calculated in this way, the cost of ten cars does not seem to be high.

   It made me break into a cold sweat, and of course I need some compensation now.

  The most important thing is that the empress dowager is old and can't stand the bumps. If she travels, the carriage will go slower, which is more comfortable.

  As for me...

  Emperor Hongzhi sighed in his heart, this car is indeed very useful, it seems... can't do without this car.

  This car...is really comfortable to sit on.

  Especially inside, you can also work, saving trouble and speed.

  Hundred officials were stunned and looked at each other in blank dismay.

  They first heard Fang Jifan say a hundred taels of silver, and then heard His Majesty say that ten cars would be needed to enter the palace.

  Many people feel a little strange in their hearts, and their moods are complicated.

  Is this car...really so amazing?

   It's clear that His Majesty doesn't even want to sit on Buyu.

  (end of this chapter)