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Li Longji's eyes were completely attracted by the large number of vegetable greenhouses on both sides of the tracks. When he was in Ang Lee's mansion, he had seen vegetable greenhouses before. For this reason, he had asked the Ministry of Works to copy and build one in the Daming Palace.
However, because the construction of the gunpowder workshop had been delayed for more than half a month, even if it was completed immediately, it would not be of much use. After all, the weather would soon warm up, and there would be no need for greenhouses.
"Assistant Minister Li, you actually built a few hundred mu of vegetable greenhouses here. How are the vegetables growing? Are they ready to be eaten?"
Li Longji looked at the greenhouses and asked softly.
"Your Majesty, nearly half of the vegetables have begun to mature. Now, the vegetables sold in the market of Chang 'an City are all transported from here. When I come here every day, I personally pick a few cucumbers to fill my stomach."
Ang Lee replied with a smile.
"Cucumbers? Now that Assistant Minister Li has said this, this Emperor is also tempted. I reckon that if those ministers knew about this, they would be the same as this Emperor, haha! "
The breeze passed through the curtains and blew on Li Longji's face. It made Li Longji's mood very good, and his words became very gentle.
The Emperor would also be hungry, and it was because of the small cucumbers. Ang Lee could not help but snort. However, he soon calmed down. After all, the Emperor was also a human. Moreover, the Emperor could not eat fresh cucumbers in the winter, so it was natural for him to be hungry.
"Your Majesty, there are many cucumbers in my greenhouses. Your Majesty and the ministers can personally go in and pick them. No matter how many you pick, I will not feel the pinch."
Li An said generously. These cucumbers were not expensive items, so of course he would not feel distressed. Letting the Emperor and the ministers go in to pick them personally was to let them experience the joy of picking in the countryside and soothe their nervous system that usually worked hard. This was good for their bodies.
"Alright, this is what Assistant Minister Li said himself. Later, I won't be polite and will definitely pluck a few more."
Li Longji also laughed. One of them was the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, while the other was the monarch of a country. Both of them were people of high status. How could they care about a few cucumbers? Such a conversation was just for fun.
The pressure on the higher-ups was even greater. Sometimes, they needed to use humorous words to adjust their mood and ease the depression in their hearts.
Even if they walked slowly, they would soon reach the end of the three li journey. Under the gazes of dozens of ministers, the carriage slowly stopped. Ang Lee, who had been the coachman for a while, jumped down from the carriage. Li Longji, with the help of several eunuchs, slowly walked down from the carriage.
"My beloved subjects, since you're all here, why don't you experience it as well?"
Li Longji let the officials experience the iron-wheeled carriage while he walked towards the water wheel at the side. He seemed to be very interested in the water wheel.
"Assistant Minister Li, the water supply for these five hundred mu of vegetable sheds depends on these two water wheels!"
Li Longji looked at the surrounding small ditches and then at the water that was more than ten feet deep and gave his judgment.
"Your Majesty is wise. The several hundred mu of land in the south is better and can fetch water nearby. The terrain in the north is too high, making it extremely difficult to fetch water. Therefore, in order to make it more convenient to fetch water, this humble subject thought of the water wheel. There were many water wheels in the south of the Tang dynasty. However, this humble subject's water wheel is more useful than the water wheels in the south and has made some improvements."
Ang Lee introduced the origin and functions of the water wheel and had Wang Ba immediately find a group of male servants to demonstrate how to use the water wheel.
When ten male servants stood on the treads of the water wheel and stepped hard on them, the treads began to slowly turn. When they turned over a certain degree, the water in the bamboo tube poured down into the ditches below and flowed horizontally along the ditches until it finally flowed to the vegetable sheds.
"A water wheel, this is really a good thing! It can greatly reduce the manpower needed to fetch water. It really should be popularized all over the world and let all the fields in the world use water wheels! "
Li Longji expressed his heartfelt emotion.
"Your Majesty, the water wheels are made of wood and bamboo. Only the parts that rotate are made of copper. It won't be too difficult to popularize them. This humble subject will hand over the drawings of the water wheels to the Ministry of Works. I believe that with the speed and ability of the Ministry of Works, this matter will be quickly completed."
Ang Lee praised the Ministry of Works again. In terms of rushing to build the gunpowder workshop, the Ministry of Works had done a very good job. Of course, it also left a very good impression on Ang Lee. Building the water wheels was not difficult. Compared to building irrigation works, the manpower and material resources needed to build water wheels were relatively small. Moreover, the spring plowing was coming soon. There was still time to start building water wheels at this time.
When Li Longji heard this, he nodded repeatedly and prepared to let the Ministry of Works be responsible for popularizing water wheels. This would promote the development of agriculture, improve the national strength of the Tang Empire, and also improve the living standards of the people at the same time.
In order to improve his understanding of water wheels, Li Longji personally went to work. He wanted to personally push the water wheel and let the water flow into the ditches next to it.
This frightened the few eunuchs who were waiting on him. However, the water wheel designed by Ang Lee was very safe. Li Longji would not be in any danger. Moreover, because the water wheel was relatively heavy, Ang Lee and a few Yulin Royal Guards accompanied Li Longji to push the water wheel and successfully led the water flow up. This made Li Longji very happy.
Although it was not all his strength, he also contributed to the water flow, which was enough to make him happy.
Although the ministers felt that Ang Lee was wasting iron by laying the rails, they did not object when he asked them to experience it. Moreover, the carriage designed by Ang Lee was relatively large. Dozens of ministers could experience it in two groups.
After getting off the iron-wheeled carriage, the ministers sighed that the iron-wheeled carriage was indeed much more stable on the rails than ordinary carriages on the dirt road. However, they still felt that it was unrealistic. It was too wasteful of iron and was a prodigal behavior. If all the main roads of the Tang Empire were paved with rails, the consumption of iron would be too large. It would even exceed the national strength of the Tang Empire. The only effect it had was to make it more comfortable.
After getting off the carriage, the ministers also gathered around the waterwheel. They followed Li Longji's footsteps and began to personally lift the water more than ten feet deep into the ditch next to it.
After issuing a decree to let the Ministry of Works be responsible for pushing the waterwheel, Li Longji looked at the ministers and said loudly, "Dear ministers, Assistant Minister Li said that you can pick all the vegetables and fruits in his vegetable greenhouse as much as you want. Don't just stand there. Hurry up and follow me to pick the vegetables and fruits!"
After that, he strode toward the vegetable greenhouse not far away. Most of the ministers were in their forties or fifties, which was relatively old. However, when they heard that they could pick the vegetables and fruits as much as they wanted, they all followed with a smile. They were like a bandit leader leading a group of bandits to rob. They were so enthusiastic.
Ang Lee had more important things to do, so he did not follow them. Moreover, all the vegetables planted in the greenhouse were his property. How could he feel comfortable watching others team up to rob his vegetables? It was better not to see it. If he did not see it, he would not feel heartache.
Of course, Ang Lee did not accompany them personally after obtaining Li Longji's permission. The reason he gave was that he felt heartache, which made the ministers laugh. They were even more determined to pick more vegetables and make Ang Lee feel even more heartache.
Ang Lee suddenly felt that these ministers were all bad. They were simply old bastards. Not a single one of them felt heartache for him.
"You guys, come over and pull the iron wheel carriage away. Hurry up."
Ang Lee ordered a few male servants to push the iron wheel carriage to the processing factory not far away. He also ordered the craftsmen in the processing factory to pull the iron wheel carriage and the head of the iron wheel carriage out. They were ready to test it on the railway.
Although the head of the iron wheel carriage and the head of the iron wheel carriage were relatively large and bulky, they were very close and had enough manpower. Therefore, in a very short time, the head of the iron wheel carriage and the head of the iron wheel carriage were pushed onto the railway.
The head of the iron wheel carriage was the first to go on the railway. The carriage was one step later. Then, under the command of Ang Lee, the head of the iron wheel carriage and the carriage were connected together. Moreover, they were connected with iron material, which was very strong.
The head of the iron wheel carriage was a structure with three sets of driving wheels. They were separated from each other and could be controlled by up to eighteen people. However, Ang Lee felt that it was completely unnecessary, so he found twelve male servants. Four of them were responsible for one set of driving wheels, which drove the head of the iron wheel carriage forward and the carriage behind it.
The appearance of the iron wheel carriage was modeled after the appearance of the train carriage in the future. There were also seats arranged inside. There were a total of twelve rows. Each row had four seats, which were connected in pairs. There was an empty aisle in the middle.
Because the Tang dynasty in this era did not have the ability to make glass, silk curtains with high transparency were hung at the window position. Heavy objects were hung at the bottom of the silk curtains to prevent the silk curtains from being blown by the wind and lose the windshield function that the window should have.
In short, Ang Lee felt that the carriage he designed was very good. It was not much different from the carriages in the future. As long as the head of the iron wheel was successful, it was more than enough to be used as a passenger train.
Because it was the first time he was conducting an experiment, Ang Lee did not let the carriage carry passengers. He stood at the junction between the carriage and the head of the iron wheel carriage and directed the twelve male servants at the head of the iron wheel carriage to move forward.
"It's moving, it's moving. Great, continue to work hard!"
Seeing the head of the iron wheel moving forward slowly, Ang Lee's spirit was greatly lifted and he encouraged the twelve male servants to continue moving forward.
The speed of the iron wheel carriage became faster and faster. Soon, it was equal to the speed of the horse carriage. Moreover, it was very stable, much more stable than the iron wheel carriage.
This was because the person who drove the carriage sat on the seat at the head of the iron wheel carriage. When the horse ran between the tracks, its body would produce vibrations, which would be transmitted to the iron wheel carriage. In other words, using human power to drive the iron wheel carriage was much more stable than using horses to pull the carriage. When the speed was not very high, there would not be any vibrations at all.
The experiment was successful, and Ang Lee was very happy. There was nothing more exciting than success. When they were about to reach the edge of the tracks, Ang Lee ordered the brakes to be applied. The head of the iron wheel carriage slowly came to a stop, and the carriage followed suit.
"Change the direction and go back."
The manual drive system designed by Ang Lee could change the direction. As long as a mechanism was moved, the pedals could only be pushed back, allowing the head of the iron wheel carriage to move backward.
Of course, the person could also sit upside down, making it more convenient to use the strength of the legs to drive the head of the iron wheel carriage back to the starting position.
When Ang Lee returned to the starting point in the carriage, Li Longji and the dozens of officials under his command had already left the vegetable greenhouse. They surrounded the water wheel and washed the cucumbers, preparing to personally taste these fresh fruits.
However, what Ang Lee did not expect was that these officials not only held the vegetables in their hands and arms, but also had the bastard and the servants pack a lot for them.
Looking at these big and small bags of vegetables, Ang Lee wondered if these officials of the imperial court were imposters. They were actually so excessive in packing vegetables, and even had their servants pack them for them.
"Assistant Minister Li is back. Many thanks to Assistant Minister Li, haha!"
"Many thanks to Assistant Minister Li for the vegetables. This official doesn't have to eat carrots every day for the next few days."
"Many thanks, many thanks."
These normally serious officials of the imperial court were now chewing on the crisp cucumbers while gloating over Ang Lee's misfortune.
Seeing their happy smiles, Ang Lee's heart was crying. These vegetables were his own painstaking efforts. He had already endured the pain of letting them pick them, but he didn't expect that they would pack them up and take them away.
Of course, Ang Lee's heartache only lasted for a moment, and the scars were quickly healed. At this time, Li Longji and the other officials, who were chewing on cucumbers, noticed Ang Lee's carriage and the carriage with a dozen people in front.
"Li Shaolang, what is this thing? It's much bigger than the iron wheel carriage from before!"
"Aiyo, what is this thing!"
The officials all looked at the new thing that Ang Lee had developed. Their curious eyes did not match their age at all.
"Assistant Minister Li, what is this?"
Li Longji had already finished eating a fresh cucumber and was walking over with large strides.
"Replying to Your Majesty, this is this lowly subject's newly developed iron wheel carriage and iron wheel carriage. Moreover, after testing it, it is much better than the iron wheel carriage from before. It is steadier and more reliable. Moreover, because it is driven by manpower, there is no need to worry about the trouble of startling the horses."
Ang Lee earnestly introduced.
Li Longji was immediately interested. He circled the carriage and the front of the carriage for a long time before excitedly saying, "We originally planned to immediately return to the palace, but since Assistant Minister Li says that this carriage is steadier than the carriage from before, We naturally have to give it a try."
"Your Majesty, this carriage is rather large. There are forty-eight seats inside and can accommodate forty-eight people at the same time. Even if all the officials were to board, it would still be able to move freely."
Ang Lee patted his chest in assurance.
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