Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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Although Song Yingxing had some fame at this time, he didn't think that his fame was so great that no one knew it, no one knew it.

Zhao Wen said with a smile: "Mr. I was joking. I came here today mainly to discuss some things with Mr. I wonder if you have time?"

"I have plenty of time, I don't know what you want to talk about?" Song Yingxing pointed at the stool and said in a low voice, "Sit down!"

Zhao Wen thanked him, and then sat on the stool.

"Daniu, show me the door. No matter who you are, don't let them get close." Zhao Wen sat on the stool and shouted at Zhao Daniu outside.

"Yes!" Zhao Daniu closed the door, stood outside the door, and guarded the door with his guards.

Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Wendao: "It doesn't mean anything else, I just don't want others to disturb you. Actually, what I want to talk to you about is not a big deal, it's what you're doing right now."

"What am I doing now? Do you know what I am doing now?" Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen and said slowly.

Zhao Wen pointed to Wan Jingyu next to Song Yingxing, and asked, "Who is he?"

"He is the son of the Shangshu of Jinling Ministry of Industry. He came to discuss some issues with me today." Song Yingxing replied.

Wan Jingyu stood up, cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and said slowly, "Yes, I am the son of the Shangshu of the Jinling Ministry of Industry. My name is Wan Jingyu. I came here today to ask some questions."

Zhao Wen looked at Wan Jingyu with a serious face, and asked, "What kind of questions are you asking? Your father said that you didn't study hard and have been doing some crooked things."

When Wan Jingyu heard this, anger appeared on his face, and he said: "My father is a stubborn old man who only makes me read books like sage cloud. Although these books are for the imperial examination, I really can't read them If I don’t go in, I like the study of mathematics. I’m reading "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" these days, but I encountered a little problem. I heard that Mr. Chang Geng has come to Jinling, so I came here to ask for advice."

Chang Geng was Song Yingxing's name, and Song Yingxing at this time was actually quite well-known in the south of Ming Dynasty.

Among the younger generation, he has quite a bit of prestige.After all, young people in the late Ming Dynasty were one of the most active periods in ancient history.

The desire for knowledge of new ideas and knowledge is not generally high.

"So that's the case, then have you solved your problem?" Zhao Wen actually wanted to talk to Song Yingxing alone, but he was too embarrassed to drive Wan Jingyu away, so he asked tactfully: "Then you solved the problem?" No?"

"solved."

"You don't go back after it's settled? Your father asked me to pass a message to you. If you don't go back, he won't have you as a son, and your name will not be in the future genealogy."

Zhao Wen looked at Wan Jingyu and said slowly.

What Zhao Wen said was completely nonsense, Wan Yu never said such things to him at all, these words were just lies told by Zhao Wen in order to fool Wan Jingyu away.

Not being able to enter the genealogy was a big deal in ancient times. When Wan Jingyu heard Zhao Wen's words, he immediately became nervous. He hurriedly packed up his things, cupped his hands at Song Yingxing, and then went outside.

After Wan Jingyu left, Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing and said slowly, "Now there are only you and me here."

Song Yingxing sat across from Zhao Wen, holding a cup of tea, and looked at Zhao Wen with doubts on his face, "I really don't understand why you sent Wan Jingyu away?"

Zhao Wen said: "It's not for anything, it's just that he's here, and it's just a little in the way. Okay, let's not talk about this, I came to you just to ask, are you going to write a book called "Tiangong Kaiwu?" "Book? I want to record all the manufacturing methods of Ming Dynasty."

"I have this idea, and now the manuscripts of the first few chapters of "Tiangong Kaiwu" have been completed, but they have not been revised yet.

However, the title of my book has never been disclosed to the outside world. How did you know the title of my book?Outsiders only know that I am writing such a book, but not the title of the book. How did you know it? "Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen with a hint of surprise and doubt on his face.

Looking at Song Yingxing, Zhao Wen was taken aback for a moment, and said awkwardly, "That's not the point, it's all trivial matters, it's pointless to get tangled up in it."

Song Yingxing laughed, and said slowly: "You are really interesting. Even my family members don't know the title of my book. How did you know it? You and I are not familiar with it, right?"

"Why worry about this, anyway, I know." Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing helplessly, and said, "Mr. Song, since you want to record all the manufacturing methods of Daming, have you ever heard of it?" Steam engine?"

"Steam engine? What is this?" Song Yingxing was taken aback, looking at Zhao Wen.

Is there such a thing as a steam engine in Ming Dynasty?I have never heard of it, and there is no record in the history books.Could it be that this person is talking nonsense?

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing who looked puzzled, and slowly explained: "Steam engine, as the name implies, is a machine related to steam. This machine is not ordinary."

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Wen explained to Song Yingxing in detail.

Half an hour later, Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen in disbelief, and said in surprise, "Is this steam engine as powerful as you said? Why don't I believe it? Besides, I've never heard of this steam engine. Damn The power of water vapor is really unbelievable."

"You don't believe it? I can take you to meet him. When the time comes, won't it be over? I can guarantee that it will definitely exceed your imagination."

For people like Song Yingxing, if they use things like silver to win them over, it probably won't have the slightest effect.

If such a person is placed in later generations, he will be a very pure scientific researcher.If such people were to go to Xuanzhen, they would be no less helpful to Zhao Wen than an army of ten thousand people.

"There is such a thing? Are you lying to me?" Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen in disbelief.

Zhao Wen smiled and said slowly: "This thing really exists, I won't lie to you, and this thing exists in Xuanzhen, if you are interested, you can follow me to see it."

"In this case, let's go to Xuanzhen." Song Yingxing thought for a long time and decided to go to Xuanzhen.

Zhao Wen laughed and said, "If that's the case, let's go tomorrow."

......

Early the next morning, Zhao Wen arrived at the Tongfu Inn early.

Song Yingxing also packed his luggage and waited for Zhao Wen in the Tongfu Inn.

"Mr. Song, let's go without further ado." Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing, who was standing in the room and had already cleaned up, and said in a deep voice.

"Okay." Song Yingxing cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, with excitement on his face.

"This time we will take the boat and walk the canal first, go to the capital first, and then go to Xuanzhen from the capital. The journey may be a little tiring, please take care of Mr. Song." Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing and said slowly.

"Haha, I'm not those scholars who can't lift their hands or shoulders. It's just a little distance, and it's not in my eyes."

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Chapter 230 Song Yingxing Arrives in Xuan Town

"If this is the case, that's good." Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing, then turned around, and said to Zhao Daniu who was behind him: "Give me all Mr. Song's luggage."

"Yes!" Zhao Daniu cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then picked up Song Yingxing's packed luggage.

Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen.Smiling slightly, he asked, "I still don't know who you are? It's been so long, and you still haven't told me your name."

"Mr. Song, it's not that I won't tell you, it's just that the time has not come yet. When the time comes, I will definitely tell you." Zhao Wen waved his hand at Zhao Daniu, and then said: "Pack all of Mr. Song's luggage and pack it up." Once you're done, let's go."

Zhao Wen waved his hand, and immediately headed towards the pier of the canal.

......

A few days later, Zhao Wen and Song Yingxing stopped in Tianjin. After Zhao Wen and Song Yingxing took a rest in Tianjin, they headed towards Xuanzhen.

The distance from Tianjin to Xuanzhen is not very far.

When Zhao Wen arrived in Tianjin, the people arranged by Liu Wenzhong to greet him had already been waiting at the pier in Tianjin for a long time.

Not long after Zhao Wen got off the boat, Wang Qi came over with a dozen people.

Now Wang Qi is the commander of the hidden guards and also the head of the execution room. Although he holds two positions, Wang Qi doesn't feel tired, but rather enjoys himself.

Wang Qi looked at Zhao Wen who got off the boat, and went up to meet him.

"My lord!" Wang Qi cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong and said respectfully.

Zhao Wen nodded slightly to Wang Qi, and said slowly: "Arrange it, I will go back to Xuan Town today, by the way, get me another carriage."

"Yes!"

Wang Qi cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then called a few followers from behind to arrange Zhao Wen's order.

After Wang Qi finished all this, he took the rest of his men and stood behind Zhao Wen.

Song Yingxing, who was following Zhao Wen, looked at Zhao Wen, and said slowly: "I am more and more interested in your identity now, there are so many capable people under my command, and these people can still call you Sir, see Come on, your identity is unusual."

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing and said slowly, "Then what do you think I am?"

"Although I have some ideas now, I'm still not sure. I guess I should be able to know your identity after arriving in Xuanzhen." Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen with a smile on his face.

"Haha, since that's the case, let's go." Zhao Wen laughed, then waved his hand and walked forward.

When Zhao Wen and the others walked out of the pier, Wang Qi's carriage handlers also pulled a carriage and a dozen war horses to stop outside the pier.

Song Yingxing looked at the war horse that stopped there, snorting non-stop.His eyes narrowed directly.

"This is a military horse!" Song Yingxing looked at the several war horses and thought to himself. "It seems that this person's origin is very unusual. His subordinates are extremely capable, and he can also get military horses. I guess this person should be a general. But how could a general go to Jinling? And he knows me?"

Zhao Wen took the reins of the horse from the soldier pulling the carriage, looked at Song Yingxing, and said slowly, "Mr. Song, this is the carriage I specially prepared for you."

Song Yingxing is a scholar after all, and he doesn't know how to ride a horse, so Zhao Wen's carriage was specially prepared for Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and said slowly, "I'm sorry."

After Song Yingxing finished speaking, he immediately boarded the carriage.

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing who was boarding the carriage, and said to the soldiers driving beside him, "Be careful when driving, try not to go too fast, if Mr. Song is a little injured, I will ask you."

The soldier hurriedly replied: "Obey! I will never let Mr. Song hit me."

It's not very far from Xuanzhen to Tianjin, so it didn't take much time on the way.

When Zhao Wen stopped at the General Military Mansion in Xuanzhen, Song Yingxing also jumped out of the carriage.

Song Yingxing looked at the general soldier's mansion, and said with a surprised face: "I didn't expect you to be the general soldier of Xuanzhen, I really didn't expect it."

Zhao Wen laughed and said, "I was in Jinling at the time, and it was not appropriate to reveal my identity, so I didn't let Mr. know my identity. Please forgive me."

"Why don't you forgive me?" Song Yingxing waved his hand at Zhao Wen and said calmly. "By the way, you are the chief soldier of Xuan Town, so you were the guard of Longmen Castle before, right?"

The fact that Zhao Wen was promoted to be the chief soldier of Xuanzhen had already been reported by the imperial court through the palace newspaper when he was promoted, so it is not surprising that Song Yingxing knew about it.

"No, I'm here." Zhao Wen smiled slightly and said to Song Yingxing.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. You were the one who broke the siege of the capital. I really didn't expect it." Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen in horror, and said in disbelief.

Zhao Wen defeated Jiannu and broke the siege of the capital, as long as he knew a little bit, he would know.

"It's not a big deal, Mr. Song, let's go in first, let's have a good chat inside." Zhao Wen asked Song Yingxing's luggage to be carried in, and said to Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing nodded and said, "Okay, my lord, please."

With that said, the two walked into the General Military Mansion.

When Song Yingxing was sitting in the lobby of the General Military Mansion, Zhao Wen asked his servants to bring good tea.

Song Yingxing held a teacup, looked at Zhao Wen, and asked anxiously: "The steam engine you mentioned is in Xuanzhen? I want to go and see it now. If I don't see it with my own eyes, I really can't believe that there is such an exquisite steam engine in the world. Absolutely nothing."

Zhao Wen waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, this steam engine is in the ironworks outside the city, so you can visit it anytime. It's a bumpy road, sir, so take a good rest, and it won't be too late to go after breakfast tomorrow." "

Song Yingxing pondered for a moment, then said slowly: "It's true, the bumpy road for such a long time, it's not too late."

"That's right, Daniel, order to go down and let the kitchen prepare the meals." Zhao Wen laughed, and then shouted at Zhao Daniu who was standing at the door.

After Zhao Daniu heard Zhao Wen's voice, he immediately went to the kitchen.

"My lord, I think your Xuan Town is different from other cities. Other cities, even the provincial capital, are not as clean as your Xuan Town. When I went to Beijing to take the exam, there was no place like you in the capital. It's so clean. And I see that the ground in your Xuan Town is all black and blue, and it looks a bit like stone. Could your ground be paved with cement?"

Zhao Wen's cement has long been sold throughout Daming, so Song Yingxing also knows about cement.Although he knew it, he didn't know that the cement was made in Xuanzhen.

"Yes, the city is paved with concrete."

When Zhao Wencong came back, the entire Xuan Town had been rebuilt.

Today's Xuan Town was rebuilt according to Zhao Wen's design.

In today's Xuan Town, almost all the roads are paved with cement, and there are drainage pipes under the cement roads to prevent water accumulation on the roads during the rainy season.

There are also garbage bins on both sides of the road, and there is a garbage bin every fifty steps.

From time to time, reserve soldiers wearing red armbands and blue and black clothes walked by on the street.These reserve soldiers are usually responsible for the security of the entire Xuan Town.

"I just saw a tall building not far from the General Military Mansion in front of the General Military Mansion. What's the matter with this tall building?" When he pulled Song Yingxing's carriage into Xuan Town, Song Yingxing seemed curious. Like a baby, lying on the window of the carriage and watching non-stop.

Of all the things he saw, it was the bank building that made a deep impression on him.

Not to mention the buildings in Xuan Town, even in the capital, there are very few tall buildings like the bank building.

In Xuan Town, where the building height does not exceed four meters, this bank building looks unusually tall.

"The tall building you mentioned is a bank building I built. It was built so high mainly to save land." Zhao Wen waved his hand and said calmly.

"Bank Building? What is this bank?" Song Yingxing looked at Zhao Wen with a puzzled expression.

Zhao Wendao: "This bank is similar to a ticket number, but it is slightly different from the ticket number."

Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing who was slowly thirsting for knowledge, and explained to him in detail.

"The whole building was constructed out of cement and steel, and in the process of being built..."

"Wait a minute, speak slowly, I'll write it down first, these things are very important to me." Song Yingxing said hastily, and then asked Zhao Wen for paper and pens, and spread them on the table.