Beijing, Forbidden City, Palace of Heavenly Purity
His beloved wife and sons all ran out to play, leaving Kangxi alone in the palace to deal with government affairs. This made him feel aggrieved, but he did not mind the trouble and wrote letters every day to scold his group of unruly sons.
Then he forced all the civil and military officials in the court to undergo various forms of slavery, forcing all officials to become exhausted.
"Little Sixteen, do you think your Thirteenth Brother and the others have received Khan Ama's letter?"
Kangxi lay comfortably in the rocking chair, sitting in the yard basking in the sun.
The Sixteenth Prince Yinlu, whom he was questioning, was doing his homework on the stone table next to him along with his poor Fifteenth Brother and Seventeenth Brother.
The three children didn't get along much with their Khan Ama. Khan Ama's energy and attention were always on the older brothers in front of him, and he never paid much attention to them.
But this time when the emperor was on a tour, those capable brothers all went out to play with the Thirteenth Brother, and the remaining Five Brothers were busy with work every day, so only the three little brothers who were still studying in the study could play with Khan Ama.
This really gave the three little princes a headache.
Especially the sixteenth little Yinlu.
The seven-year-old Yinlu had to bear pressure that he shouldn't have at such a young age. He didn't know why Khan Ama always kept asking him questions even though there were three brothers present.
He always asks questions that he doesn't know how to answer.
Sometimes he even thought in a rebellious way that it was because Khan Ama was so annoying that Fourth Brother and Thirteenth Brother didn't want to let Khan Ama go out to play with them and specially kept Khan Ama behind.
After careful consideration, Yinlu felt that this was a very likely guess.
Then he started wailing, why didn’t Fourth Brother and the others take him out to play as well?
He really didn't want to stay in the palace with Khan Ama!
The nine-year-old Fifteenth Prince Yinyu and the five-year-old Seventeenth Prince Yinli also agreed with this.
The three of them were really convinced. Studying was already annoying, and now the teacher has been replaced by Khan Ama. They even have to do their homework under Khan Ama's supervision. This is very stressful for them. They are already old at such a young age.
Kangxi had nothing to feel embarrassed about this. He was a heartless father to begin with, and all of his sons had been tormented by him.
It's just these few little ones. Because they were born late, they have no sense of existence, and they are spoiled by their older brothers, so they are all stupid.
Now that he has the time and energy, he naturally wants to make up for this treatment to his three younger sons.
Regardless of anything else, we must let them feel the surging fatherly love!
Kangxi was very pleased with himself, but he had wronged a few younger princes.
"Khan Ama."
At this time, the tenth princess Dunke came running in, jumping and skipping.
She looked at her Khan Ama with surprise, raised several test run reports in her hand, and said loudly: "Khan Ama, the train test run was successful!"
Hearing this, Kangxi sat up suddenly, "Really?"
He took several reports from Dun Ke's hand and read them one by one, feeling surprised and satisfied.
"Not bad!"
It was worth it that he had devoted so many years to the research of steam engines and locomotives. Now that the trial run had been successful, all they had to do was lay the tracks, and their Qing Dynasty would completely enter another era.
"Khan Ama, Tenth Sister, what is a train?"
Kangxi and Dunke's overly excited attitude attracted the attention of the three younger princes next to them.
They all dropped their homework and ran up to ask with great curiosity.
Kangxi smiled and explained to them: "Trains are an extremely important means of transportation. Compared with horse-drawn carriages that rely on horses, trains rely on steam engines to generate traction power. Once they are put into use, we can reach any place in the Qing Dynasty at a very fast speed in the future."
In case his three sons didn't understand, he gave a simple example, "It's like if we travel from the capital to the Mongolian grasslands, if we ride a horse, it will take half a month at the fastest speed, but if we use a train, we can arrive in three days at most."
After all, it is the first generation of steam locomotive, and it cannot compare with the rapidly developed means of transportation in later generations.
But considering the current world situation, it is enough.
It takes three days to reach the Mongolian prairie from Beijing. What about from the north to the south, and from the east to the west?
How much time, energy and money can this save?
Kangxi was very much looking forward to it. If the industrialization of the Qing Dynasty could be further advanced during his lifetime, he would have few regrets in his life.
Yinyou, Yinlu and Yinli did not understand the principles behind the train, but they could understand the examples given by Khan Ama.
Such a huge contrast made the three little princes' eyes light up immediately, "Really? Really?"
"Khan Ama, then can we take the train to look for the fourth and thirteenth brothers?"
The three brothers spoke in unison, which made Dun Ke, who was standing aside, want to laugh.
She tapped her brothers on the head one by one and said, "You wish! If the train is to be put into use, the necessary tracks need to be repaired."
"As for repairing the tracks and laying them all over the Qing Dynasty, it will take at least a year. By that time, Thirteenth Brother and the others will have returned to the capital."
As for the track, the Ministry of Works actually had ready-made blueprints, all of which were given by their Khan-Ama in the past. However, if they wanted to formally repair it, they had to consider the conditions in various parts of the Qing Dynasty and make modifications based on actual conditions.
For example, various prerequisites, such as how the court should educate the people about the emergence of trains, demonstrate the use of trains, and how trains should be managed and charged at that time, all need to be dealt with in advance.
By the time all these things were done, Thirteenth Brother and his companions who had gone out to inspect the Qing Dynasty had already returned to Beijing, so it was not their turn to take the train.
With just a few words, Dunke shattered the dreams of the three little princes.
The three of them looked at each other in dismay, "So there is still so much preparation to do?"
Yinlu scratched his head in confusion, and finally looked up and asked Dunke: "Then Tenth Sister, after all the things you mentioned are dealt with, can we take our mother and the others out to play together?"
Hearing this, Dun Ke was stunned, then patted his head in amusement, motioned him to look at Kangxi over there, and said: "What's the point of asking me about this? You should ask Khan Ama."
What's the point of asking her? She can't make the decision. Only Khan Ama and Thirteenth Brother can make the decision.
Yinlu looked cautiously at Khan Ama who hadn't noticed him, and whispered, "Forget it. I don't dare to ask Khan Ama. I'd better wait for Thirteenth Brother to come back and ask him."
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