Iron Dynasty

The snow that had been falling all night stopped in the early morning, but the wind was still strong, and the cold seemed to turn into a knife in the wind, which hurt people's faces.

Instructing the maid not to disturb Cui Xueer, Xiao Ming stepped on the thick snow and returned to the bedroom.

Fei Yue'er just got up at this time, and when she saw Xiao Ming came back with a smile on his face, she said, Has the emperor had breakfast?

Xiao Ming shook his head. He found that Fei Yue'er's smile was weird, as if he knew everything about last night, but Xing Yuan was so big that he couldn't hide it.

Fei Yue'er didn't seem to mention it in tacit understanding. She asked Xiaohuan to inform the pantry to prepare two meals to the bedroom, and then she said: Your Majesty, the concubine has recovered a little these days, and I thought of going for a walk in this women's school.

This women's school was established by Fei Yue'er with the purpose of cultivating some talented women.

Since the establishment of this women's school, Fei Yue'er has been very attentive and always hopes to produce some talented girls comparable to men.

How can this be done? You can't walk around for a month, let alone it's cold outside. Xiao Ming refused directly.

Fei Yue'er said: Your Majesty, the concubine didn't want to go, but someone sent this this morning.

After all, Fei Yue'er brought a model boat to Xiao Ming.

After taking the model boat, Xiao Ming took a closer look. It was a pure wooden model boat, but unlike other boats, this boat actually had a propeller, and inside the model there was something that looked like a steam engine.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming showed a surprised look, Is this thing made by people from your women's school?

Fei Yue'er shook her head, and she said, The emperor used to say that women are not allowed to be men, but the concubines seem to be lying.

Xiao Ming was a little embarrassed, he said, How do you say this?

If the male emperor would laugh happily, he wouldn't be so unbelievable now. Fei Yue'er said, Don't forget, the emperor, everything in this women's school is copied from Bowen College.

Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment. Speaking of which, he really never paid much attention to this women's school. After all, the current main force for him was male students.

It's my negligence. It seems that there are amazing people in this women's school. Xiao Ming smiled.

Fei Yue'er laughed softly and said at this time: Tell the emperor, the person who made this thing is actually Zhang Liang's daughter.

Zhang Liang's daughter? Xiao Ming was relieved immediately. In addition to having an eldest son, Zhang Liang also had a daughter born to a concubine.

When Zhang Liang was framed, he let the concubine escape with his daughter. Later, after he went to Dengzhou to make a fortune, he found the concubine and daughter.

Zhang Liang's sons and daughters have some talent for shipbuilding, Xiao Ming said.

Fei Yue'er actually didn't understand this model, but when she saw the steam engine in it, she felt a little weird, so she went to take a look.

Fei Yue'er nodded, and she said, Since the emperor doesn't let his concubines go, then this will be handed over to the emperor.

Then the Queen should recruit her into the government office to find out, so that the Queen will not go out. He was inconvenient to intervene in the affairs of the women's school.

Yes, Your Majesty, the concubine will have someone call her.

Having said that, Fei Yue'er immediately sent people away.

At this time, Xiao Ming sat down with the steamship model. The appearance of the steam engine led to the change of two modes of transportation. One was a steam locomotive and the other was a steamship.

For Xiao Ming, it was natural for these two things to appear after the technical conditions of the steam engine were mature, so it is not surprising that Zhang Liang's daughter tinkered with this thing this time.

After all, many people have seen steam engines now, and they know very well that steam engines can drive objects to rotate.

After breakfast, half an hour later, an ordinary-looking woman led Xiaohuan to the bedroom.

Your Majesty, this is Zhang Qiyun, the daughter of Zhang Liang. Fei Yue'er said.

Xiao Ming looked closely, Zhang Qiyun and Zhang Liang were generally dark, and their appearances were somewhat similar.

As soon as Fei Yue'er's voice fell, this Zhang Qiyun looked at Xiao Ming with empty eyes, and then she bowed and said, The people's daughter sees the emperor.

Seemingly aware of what Xiao Ming was thinking, Xiao Ming said, Your Majesty, this Zhang Qiyun's eyes are a little unclear. She always looks like this when she looks at people. She usually holds books very close to read them.

Myopia. Xiao Ming almost blurted out, he was also short-sighted in modern times, and he had already seen it.

Fei Yue'er looked confused, while Zhang Qiyun glanced at Xiao Ming strangely.

Coughing twice to cover up his embarrassment, Xiao Ming remembered that the reason for summoning Zhang Qiyun was for the steam engine ship, and the matter of myopia or presbyopia would be discussed later.

So he asked, You made this model of the ship?

Returning to the emperor, it was the people who did it. Zhang Qiyun's words were a bit blunt.

Xiao Ming nodded, this Zhang Qiyun gave him the impression that he was a modern-day ordinary-looking female scholar, and he said bluntly: Can you make this kind of boat go in the water?

Zhang Qiyun said calmly: If you can't leave, the people will not dare to give it to the empress.

Fei Yue'er was proud and seemed happy that she had such an excellent student.

After staring at Zhang Qiyun for a while, Xiao Ming said: In that case, I will give you a will, and this will even allow your father to cooperate with you to produce this kind of boat, how about it?

In the past five years, the number of warships in the Navy has reached fifty-two, and these fifty-two are traditional sailing warships.

For him, these fifty-two warships are more than enough to fight Goryeo and Japan, but if they compete with the West for maritime supremacy, it may be difficult.

As the saying goes, the ten-year army and the century-old navy, the Da Yu navy, which also controls the sailing warships, has no advantages at sea, and may even be defeated in large-scale naval battles due to lack of combat experience.

Therefore, he never used the sail battleship as the main force of the navy, and he always reserved the position of the steam battleship for the navy.

After the last court meeting, he was preparing to participate in the construction of this steam battleship. Unexpectedly, Zhang Liang's daughter took out the model of the steamship.

The people's daughter is just a girl, how dare to participate in such important military affairs. Zhang Qiyun was a little nervous at this time, she was very afraid of her father.

Without waiting for Xiao Ming to speak, Fei Yue'er said in a crisp voice; Don't be afraid, since the emperor has ordered your generals, it means that the emperor values ​​you very much, and you are a student of this palace, and this palace will support you, I hope you can Fight for the women's school, lest this Qingzhou scholar make irresponsible remarks about the women's school.

Zhang Qiyun looked at Xiao Ming and Fei Yue'er, his expression gradually became firm.