Before Ang Lee set off to the south to open up the Maritime Silk Road, he had prepared a large number of drawings and materials for the people in the R&D Center and instructed them to develop them. In this way, when Ang Lee returned to the Tang Dynasty, these things could be developed.
However, these things were the most basic materials and some mechanical parts. They were not products that could be used independently. Therefore, even if these things were semi-finished products, they would not attract the attention of others even if they were developed. They would not even let ordinary people know about them. Therefore, the dignitaries and people in the capital thought that the guys in the R&D Center were useless. During the long time that Ang Lee had left, they had not developed any new products.
For Ang Lee, as long as these talents under his command could complete all the research tasks he gave them, it would be very good. Ang Lee would reward them.
In the eyes of ordinary laymen, developing these strange materials was a complete waste of time and resources because they had no use at all.
But in Ang Lee's eyes, these things were very important. Every product had a great use. As long as they could be developed, it would provide strong support for the next products.
For example, Li An had asked his subordinates to develop a special steel with higher hardness and toughness. It looked like a piece of steel and didn't have much use. However, some of the products that Li An wanted to develop in the future required such special steel. If this basic material couldn't be developed, there would be many things that couldn't be developed.
Guns were a new weapon that Ang Lee wanted to develop this time. Some parts of this weapon had higher requirements for steel. If the material was not up to standard, the guns could not be used.
Although guns were much smaller than cannons, the technical requirements were higher than cannons. After all, when the quality of cannon steel was not enough, the cannon barrel could be made thicker, but guns could not be made this way. If the gun was too thick and heavy, it would lose the meaning of being a gun. A gun that could not be easily carried by a soldier to fight was definitely not a qualified gun. In other words, the weight of the gun must be limited. It could not exceed the carrying capacity of the soldier. Moreover, the lighter it was, the better it would be. The lighter it was, the more effective it would be.
In addition, there were also special equipment such as tuning forks and electromagnetic induction coils. In everyone's eyes, these were very strange inventions. They really could not see the use of these strange things, but Ang Lee knew that these things were of great strategic importance in changing the Tang Dynasty.
All these inventions could only be implemented after arriving in Chang 'an City. For this reason, Ang Lee would not stay in Guangzhou City for too long. At most, he would rest for a while and then go back.
In addition, since they had returned to the Tang Dynasty, many guards and horses could return to their respective troops. Some temporarily recruited soldiers and horses could also choose their own places according to their wishes.
After resting for only one day, Ang Lee took his two wives and more than a thousand entourage to board the special train deliberately sent by the imperial court. They left Guangzhou City and set off for Chang 'an, the capital.
As the soul of the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty, Ang Lee's social status was very high. Everyone knew how much influence Ang Lee had on the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, the imperial court would provide the best treatment for Ang Lee, which was almost as good as the emperor's.
In order to prevent accidents from happening, in front of Ang Lee's special train, there was a small guard train that set off half an hour in advance. Once the railway was destroyed, it would be the guard train in front of it, not Ang Lee's special train at the back. Thus, Ang Lee's safety was protected to the greatest extent. Compared with the security of the emperor's travel, it was still a lot worse. However, this was already very good.
Because it was already autumn, the further north they went, the cooler the weather was. It was even a little cold. Looking at the environment outside with withered leaves, one could see that autumn had really arrived.
However, staying in the private room of the train, one would not feel cold at all. There was enough reliable heating equipment in the room, which would make the passengers feel very comfortable.
Because Ang Lee was not too anxious to return to the capital, the speed of the train was neither fast nor slow. It had been moving at the fixed speed.
When Ang Lee went south, he took three maids, Yun 'er, Jiaren, and Black Pearl. When he came back, there were six maids, including White Fox, Magpie, and Li Xiaolu. This time, Li Hanlu and Li Ya' er came with Xiaoyin and Xiaomeng. In this way, in addition to the two wives, Ang Lee had eight maids.
On this trip to the South, there were three more maids. Moreover, they were all beautiful women. Not only did this make Li Hanlu somewhat uncomfortable, Xiao Yin and Xiao Meng were also secretly competing with each other. It seemed that they were deliberately competing with the three new members of the White Fox group. They especially disliked Li Xiaolu, who had a peculiar appearance.
In addition, Li Xiaolu, White Fox, and Magpie had never seen a railway or a train before. As soon as they got on the train, they were like country bumpkins. They were so surprised that their eyeballs were about to fall out. They kept asking Yun 'er and Jiaren questions, which made the two of them annoyed.
However, Yun 'er and Jiaren had already gotten along well with them, so they insisted on answering their questions. In addition, they were very friendly to mediate between them, so that Xiaoyin and Xiaomeng would not bully the three of them. Yun' er's words were obviously very useful. They slowly stopped competing and became friendly with each other.
"Elder sister, we'll be arriving at the Ezhou Bridge soon! Not long after passing the bridge last time, I saw this mountain in front of me. "
Li Ya 'er looked at Li Hanlu and said.
Li Hanlu smiled and said, "Ya 'er, are you thinking about the pair of grandmother and grandchild you met when you came here? It's just a chance encounter. I'm afraid you'll never meet them again in this life."
Ang Lee asked curiously, "What grandmother and grandchild?"
Li Hanlu told Ang Lee the whole story in detail, so that he could understand what had happened.
"Haha! I didn't expect an old woman from the countryside to know me. Aiya! Your husband is very powerful, isn't he? Very, very powerful! "
Ang Lee said proudly.
"Yes, our husband is the most powerful."
The two of them said together.
"If you still want to see the pair of grandmother and grandchild, we might as well stay in Ezhou for a while. We can set off a little later."
Ang Lee said.
Li Hanlu shook her head and said, "How can we do that? Besides, we don't know where the pair of grandmother and grandchild live, but if we want to look for them rashly, we need a convincing reason! You can't just go and look for them just to satisfy our desire to meet them, can you? If word gets out, it will damage our husband's reputation. Who knows what people who don't know will say? "
Although Li Hanlu felt that it was fate that they met by chance, she felt that there was no need to specially look for them. After all, they didn't have much interaction with each other. They had only met once and had a good impression of each other. It would be inappropriate to specially look for them for such a small reason. What to say when they met, whether they should prepare a gift for the pair of grandmother and grandchild, and how much of a gift should be given were all difficult things to do.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Who said we're going to look for them? I think the scenery of Ezhou Bridge is good. Let's stop and enjoy it for a while. If we happen to meet them, it'll be fate. If we don't meet them, we'll meet others. We won't return empty-handed."
"If that's the case, that's great. The scenery there is indeed very good."
Li Hanlu was very happy to agree.
When it came to matters of fate, it was all about chance encounters. Only by chance encounters could it be called fate. If one went out of their way to look for it, it would no longer be fate.
Ang Lee got up and went out of the private room to convey the order. The train soon entered Ezhou Station.
Because the train passed from the bottom, and the pedestrians were on the upper level, Ang Lee and others sitting in the carriage couldn't see the pedestrians on both sides when they crossed the bridge. They could only see the white river. After the train passed the bridge, they could see the pedestrians passing by.
After the train stopped, Ang Lee, his two wives, and dozens of attendants and guards walked to the Ezhou Yangtze River Bridge on foot, ready to enjoy the charming scenery on both sides of the bridge.
In order to ensure the absolute safety of Ang Lee, the soldiers in charge of guarding the bridge mobilized a large force to stand guard on the bridge that Ang Lee was going to pass. There was a soldier in charge of almost every distance.
Of course, the premise was that they couldn't disturb the people. They couldn't stop all the pedestrians just because Ang Lee was going to walk on the bridge. In this way, the pedestrians' journey would be delayed. This kind of behavior was not what Ang Lee wanted to see.
"Husband, this time we came at the wrong time. We couldn't see the misty river. The misty bridge is the most beautiful. Now we can see it clearly from far away. It's not interesting at all."
Li Hanlu said.
Most of the time, the hazy beauty was the real beauty. It was the most attractive because the haze could cover up many imperfections and give people a sense of perfection. At the same time, it could also give people infinite reverie. They could imagine what kind of scenery was behind the hazy scenery, so their hearts were full of infinite fascination.
For example, some people liked to wear a translucent veil when they were free. In this way, their appearance could be half-covered in front of the world. This was more charming and fascinating than being fully exposed.
Generally, on the surface of the Yangtze River, it was easy to float a layer of fog, but this also depended on the time and climate. It was not like this all the time, but it was relatively common.
For example, during the Battle of Red Cliff, Zhuge Liang relied on the foggy weather to obtain the legend of using straw boats to borrow arrows. Because in the environment of the Yangtze River, foggy weather was a very common climate phenomenon. As long as the conditions permitted, it was easy to have foggy weather. Even artificial foggy weather could be created.
For example, Napoleon once used artificial means to create a foggy weather, and thus won a great victory in a war.
In places with abundant water, the water vapor in the air was very rich. In such a case, if the air was filled with a large number of dust particles, these dust particles would bind the water vapor, thus forming a haze.
Napoleon's army was stationed in a depression next to a lake. He let the soldiers celebrate his arrival and raised a large number of torches. When the torches burned, they would inevitably throw a large number of dust particles into the air. After these particles combined with the water vapor, they formed a fog. His army was hidden in the fog. Suddenly, they rushed out and defeated the enemy in front of them.
"Isn't it good that there is no fog? In this way, we can see farther. Besides, it's afternoon now, and it's a sunny day. Even if there is fog, it should have dispersed long ago."
Ang Lee said with a smile.
Foggy weather generally appeared at night or in the morning. Once the sun rose at noon, the water vapor in the fog would evaporate. In this way, the fog would naturally disperse gradually. Unless the fog was particularly heavy and it was in winter with short sunshine, there would not be fog in the afternoon. Moreover, according to Ang Lee's impression, even if there was heavy fog in winter, the fog would basically dissipate after noon. Most of the fog would dissipate by 10 o 'clock in the morning. It was very rare for a fog to persist until the afternoon.
"Oh, it seems so. The last time I passed by here, it was in the morning, but now it's afternoon. I see."
Li Hanlu nodded thoughtfully.
Perhaps it was better to be early. The last time Li Hanlu passed by here, there were obviously more pedestrians. Now, because it was afternoon, there were fewer pedestrians on the road.
Li Ya 'er did not talk to Ang Lee. She focused all her attention on the passersby. Perhaps she hoped very much that she could see the grandfather and grandson she met before, but she was disappointed again and again. Many passersby looked like the people she was looking for from afar, but when she got closer, she realized that they were not the grandfather and grandson she saw before.
"Ya 'er, stop looking. There can't be such a coincidence."
Li Hanlu said with a smile.
Li Ya 'er turned her head helplessly and looked at Ang Lee and Li Hanlu. Ang Lee looked at the surprised Li Xiaolu, White Fox, and Magpie. The three of them were so excited that their eyeballs were about to fall out.
"The three of you, take a good look. This is the Ezhou Yangtze River Bridge I told you about before. It's very impressive, isn't it?"
Ang Lee said proudly.
"This bridge is too big. Alang is too amazing."
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