[There will be another update in the middle of the night...]

Because it was night, after Jiao Shun followed Qiu Shian into the Donghua Gate, it was like walking ten steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. The solemn atmosphere was completely different from the feeling of buying tickets to visit the Forbidden City in later generations.

After entering the East Sixth Palace area from the inner left door, the scenery and atmosphere along the way changed again. Not even half of the guards in helmets and armors were seen again. Instead, the palace maids and eunuchs were in groups, or pointing at the corners.

Or poke your head behind the door.

Qiu Shi'an explained in a low voice: "This is probably the spy of each palace - your name, Mr. Jiao, is probably louder in this palace than outside."

This is indeed a bit exaggerated. Thanks to the popular bicycle in the harem, Jiao Shun's reputation in the palace is not small, but it is not enough to attract all the palaces to pry. What really makes the palaces take notice is actually the test.

The train makes a loud noise.

However, people from all over the world have come, and taking a look at Jiao Shun, the ‘originator’, is also the proper meaning of the title.

Because the dark light made it difficult to recognize the facial features and did not dare to get closer to take a closer look, most of the words that finally reached the ears of the concubines were good words such as "tall and heroic" - only the master and Concubine Jia

Yuan Chun always had a grudge, but it was degraded and replaced by the "five major and three rough".

For example, Concubine Rong...

Not to mention this.

But when Jiao Shun and Qiu Shian entered Jingren Palace, the first thing they saw was a train in the courtyard surrounded by palace maids, eunuchs and craftsmen from the inner palace on three levels inside and three outside.

Just as he was about to withdraw his gaze, Qiu Shi'an pointed at the circle with a fly whisk and sighed: "Master Jiao is indeed capable of what others cannot do. The Ordnance Department spent three years unable to build that armored ship, but your Excellency only used one."

It took only a month to create such a wonderful thing!"

"Actually, Xiyi had something similar a few years ago."

Jiao Shun smiled slightly and said sincerely and modestly: "Jiao is just picking up people's wisdom, it's nothing."

Qiu Shi'an disagreed: "The iron armored ship is something that Xiyi has already had? What's more, I heard that Mr. Jiao also supervised the creation of continuous fire..."

Halfway through the sentence, he suddenly realized that this was a military secret, and quickly changed his words: "Long live the Lord is still waiting in Yuyun Garden, let's just take a few steps."

After experiencing this little episode, the two of them went to Yuyun Garden where Jia Yuanchun was staying without saying anything else.

When Qiu Shi'an went in to report, Jiao Shun was searched for the third time - once outside the Donghua Gate and once when entering the East Sixth Palace through the left inner gate.

The first two times they were guards, but this time they were replaced by two young eunuchs. They were so meticulous from head to toe that it made people uncomfortable. Therefore, when Jiao Shun heard the greetings coming from inside, he didn't even bother to tidy up his clothes.

He entered Yuyun Garden as if he was escaping.

Since it was the residence of the concubine, Jiao Shun naturally did not dare to look around like he did along the way. He hung his hands at his waist, followed the little eunuch into the living room with a bow, and without raising his head, he knelt down and shouted long live the mountain.

"My beloved, I will live without any ceremony."

With a smile on his face, Emperor Longyuan raised his hand to support him slightly. Seeing that Jiao Shun was still cautious and did not dare to raise his head even after he stood up, he added, "Raise your head to speak."

Jiao Shun hesitated for a moment, and after hearing the emperor's added words, "I forgive you," he carefully raised his head and saw a young man wearing a bright yellow robe sitting on the left side of the Arhat's bed.

In terms of age, he should be five or six years older than me. His body shape is a bit thin, his facial features are roughly above average, and his only pair of eyes are brighter and brighter than ordinary people - but it depends on who he is compared with, if he is compared with someone like Jiao.

A comparison with those evil eyes made him lose a lot of money.

While Jiao Shun carefully looked at the emperor, the emperor was naturally also giving him a 'face'.

After looking up and down for a few times, he tilted his head and smiled at Jia Yuanchun who was standing by: "Your father and brother are both handsome and handsome people, but Jiao Aiqing is more like a general queen."

Taking advantage of the emperor's tilt of his head, Jiao Shun secretly scanned Yuan Chun with his peripheral vision, and then couldn't help but be slightly startled.

The shadow of Mrs. Wang can be vaguely seen in the brows and eyes of this virtuous concubine. She is as warm, dignified and graceful, but less affected by the years than her mother.

But that's not the point.

What shocked Jiao Shun was Jia Yuanchun's tight and neat outfit. He wore a short dark blue mandarin jacket and a pair of slim-fitting moon-white satin trousers underneath. With it, she looked even taller than Mrs. Wang.

The figure should be two inches taller to look heroic and aggressive.

And at this time, she was standing with her back to the candlestick, but there was no trace of 'holy light' leaking out from the middle of her trouser legs.

Could this unconventional dress be inherited from Mrs. Wang?

But Mrs. Wang only innovates inside, how dare she...

Although Jiao Shun did not dare to look further and quickly looked away, Jia Yuanchun still keenly captured his gaze at that moment. However, Yuanchun did not feel that Jiao Shun was too rude, but was filled with shame and helplessness.

Not long ago, the Ministry of Industry was ordered to donate another batch of bicycles, and concubines and concubines rode them in succession through the city, almost becoming a scene in the palace.

As a result, not long after, the concubine's skirt was caught in the chain, the skirt was torn into two pieces, and the concubine was badly injured.

Therefore, the emperor designed these slim-fitting breeches based on Western pictures of noble ladies riding horses, and ordered the imperial palace to make hundreds of them and distribute them to various palaces.

Originally, most concubines were ashamed to wear them.

It was not until Concubine Rong set the precedent a few days ago that she was favored for three or four days in a row. All the concubines followed suit. Now, in the palace, cyclists who do not wear slim-fitting breeches have become an anomaly. Even the Queen Mother

There are no exceptions.

Although Jia Yuanchun felt it was inappropriate, he could not go against the trend.

When Emperor Cai asked Xuan Jiaoshun to enter the palace, she felt it was inappropriate, but after several insinuations, Emperor Longyuan turned a deaf ear and kept dragging her to talk without giving her a chance to enter the house to change her clothes.

Therefore, it is not surprising that he would be looked at secretly by Jiao Shun.

She endured the embarrassment in her heart, lowered her body slightly and replied: "When I was young, my father did not miss riding and shooting, but later he filled the vacancy in the Ministry of Works, and he was busy with writing documents every day, so he missed practice."

"Ha ha……"

Emperor Longyuan smiled, waved his hand and said: "If you ride and shoot further, you may not be able to put it to use. It doesn't matter if you don't practice it, it doesn't matter if you don't practice it."

With that said, he asked Jiao Shun: "Isn't it time that the Longyuan Type 1 is put into production?"

"Return to Your Majesty."

Jiao Shun hurriedly handed over his hand: "It has already been trial-produced in small batches. After all, it is named after His Majesty's reign, so there can be no mistakes. Therefore, the Ministry of Industry means to improve while building, firstly to try to make up for the lack of range, and secondly.

We must also try to reduce costs as much as possible while ensuring quality - only after these two things are overcome will we start mass production and installation."

Emperor Longyuan actually wanted to spread this new gun along with his reputation immediately, but when Jiao Shun heard that it was for the sake of his reputation, he immediately nodded and changed his words: "This is what a grown man said, with your help

With the Ordnance Department checking everything, I can rest assured."

Then he asked: "Jiao Aiqing, what do you think about laying a railway track on the Qianbu Corridor? That way those rotten scholars can..."

"His Majesty."

Jia Yuanchun suddenly interrupted the emperor, stepped forward, picked up the tea that was already in the emperor's hand, put it into his hand and said: "The tea is getting cold."

Emperor Longyuan glanced at her unhappily, knowing that she didn't want him to denounce Confucian scholars and civil servants in front of his foreign ministers, but Jiao Shun was his confidant and favorite general, and he was on the same page as the civil servants, so there was no point in complaining to him.

Important?

At this time, I heard Jiao Shun reply: "Your Majesty's idea is naturally very good, but this thing is very powerful. If it is to be placed in the Qianbu Corridor, I'm afraid we have to try to reduce the noise so as not to disturb the offices of various government offices."

As he said this, he looked embarrassed again: "But if we lose the momentum, we are afraid of accidentally bumping into the officials and people on the street, so I would like to ask your majesty to allow me some time to think of a way to get the best of both worlds."

Emperor Longyuan's proposal to lay railroad tracks on the Qianbu Corridor was just a temporary hothead. If Jiao Shun was against it, he might really have his own way. However, after listening to Jiao Shun seriously considering the difficulties, he felt that it was too troublesome, so he waved his hand and said

: "Come on, let's not lay it on the Qianbu Corridor - but I don't know where the train should be used between Yi Ai and Qing?"

Seeing that Emperor Longyuan was still struggling with these issues, Jiao Shun felt helpless. Could it be that he knocked on the palace door at night just to chat with the emperor?

But he couldn't take the initiative to remind him, so he could only continue to answer patiently and seriously: "In my humble opinion, it is better to build a railway outside the city to Xishan Mountain to transport water, coal and other supplies into the city on a daily basis."

"Not to mention coal, in recent years, thanks to His Majesty's great blessings, the population of the capital has become increasingly prosperous, but the problem of draft in the city has also become more and more serious. According to the survey of the minister, the monthly fee for draft for middle-class and above families is already more than

During the reign of Taizu, he was two or three times taller."

"Since Xishan already produces coal, if it can be transported by train around the clock, it will greatly reduce the burden on the people in the city."

At this point, Jiao Shun saw that although the emperor nodded slightly, there was a hint of confusion between his brows, and he quickly added: "In order to facilitate the officials and people along the way to dodge, I think that in addition to the roof, an additional whistle should be installed.

The sound of trains passing through the border can be heard for miles, so this will ensure safety."

As soon as these words came out, the emperor immediately beamed. Although he also wanted to benefit the people, he still wanted to show off his achievements more. Now that he had the best of both worlds, how could he not be happy?

Immediately he said: "Then when I go back, I might as well draw up the cost first, and then..."

"Long live."

As a result, Jia Yuanchun interrupted her mid-sentence, and she said solemnly: "I heard that there are thousands of Shui Fuzi in the city who rely on this for a living. If they compete with the people for profit, I'm afraid it won't work."

OK."

"this……"

Although Emperor Longyuan didn't like Jia Yuanchun interrupting him, the issue of competing for benefits with the people did need to be considered. After all, it involved the livelihood of thousands of people. If something happened, he would be chased by those corrupt scholars again.

Accused.

"The empress filtered her very much."

Jiao Shun said hurriedly: "But what the Water Masters are really responsible for is distributing water throughout the city. Whether it is water transported from outside the city or some deep wells in the city, they are all in the hands of wealthy merchants. Even if the imperial court competes for profits, it will only compete with these merchants.

Competing for profit will not affect the livelihood of thousands of water masters."

"What's more, the only people who can afford good water in the city now are the middle and upper class families. If the imperial court can supply a large amount of cheap drinking water so that ordinary people can afford it, it will not only benefit the people at the bottom, but also the water masters will benefit.

.”

Jia Yuanchun nodded slightly after hearing this, then fell silent again.

It's really rare that she still knows Mr. Shui.

To be honest, the overall quality of the men in Rongguo Mansion is far worse than that of the women - not counting the Spring Festival, Jia Xichun, who has no relatives, is at least quite accomplished in painting and Buddhism.

However, although Jia Yuanchun stopped speaking, the emperor was disturbed by her and did not want to continue discussing this issue. He was about to ask about the latest progress in engineering when he suddenly remembered that this time he was not summoning Jiao Shun, but Jiao Shun.

He broke into the palace at night, claiming that he had urgent matters to report.

"oops!"

Suddenly he was about to slap his forehead with his backhand, but suddenly he froze in mid-air, and immediately slapped the table and said: "I was so happy to see Aiqing that I forgot that you have something important to report - why is it so urgent? Why did you wait?
Chapter completed!