On a spring night, the terrace was flashing with gas lights. Yuwen Wen, who was cooling off on the terrace, was lying on the lounge chair, looking at the stars in the sky, thinking that his two newly married sons were probably trying to create a person at this moment, and he couldn't help but be excited about poetry, asking Xiao Jiuniang to prepare paper and pen and start writing poetry.

"There are tricks on the clouds, the flying stars convey hatred, and the silver man is far away from each other."

"As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, it will be better than countless people in the world."

"Tenderness is like water, good time is like a dream, I can't bear to look at the road back from the magpie bridge."

"If the love between the two people is long, how can they stay together day and night?"

Of course, this poem was "moderately borrowed from" by Yu Wenwen. He did not intend to use it as a literary name, but just wanted to share it with the beauty.

Xiao Jiuniang looked at the poems she wrote down and savored them carefully, and felt that the artistic conception was beautiful, especially "As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, it is better than countless people in the world", and "If the two loves last for a long time, how can they be together day and night", it is simply the finishing touch.

However, the time is wrong.

Although it is indeed full of stars in the sky, it is not time for the morning glory (Cowherd) and the Weaver Girl to meet on the magpie bridge.

She put down her pen and asked, "Erlang, this poem should be on the Chinese Valentine's Day, right?"

"It's okay, just understand the artistic conception." Yuwen Wen said, stood up, walked to Xiao Jiuniang and sat down, hugging each other: "Cunniang, Weaver Girl, you can meet every year on the Chinese Valentine's Day, but lovers who become husband and wife can get along day and night."

Xiao Jiuniang leaned against Yuwen Wen's shoulder, looked up at the starry sky, and remembered many things.

Although she was a princess, she was regarded as "unlucky" because she was born in February. Therefore, she lived outside the palace since childhood and raised by her uncle.

Sometimes, she would look up at the night sky in the yard, look at the stars in the sky, and miss her parents.

Every Chinese Valentine's Day, the girls around them are urging needles to beg for skills. She is also looking forward to marrying a good husband. The two of them respect each other and stay together forever.

As a result, she did not get married, but became a concubine.

The concubine has no status. As her identity, she doesn't even tell her parents and goes to be a concubine for others. It can be said that it is embarrassing, but the man she met was Yuwen Wen.

In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed, she has accompanied Yuwen Wen through countless spring, summer, autumn and winter, giving birth to children for him.

Now that the children have grown up, started their own families, and have their own families, Yuwen Wen is still by her side.

Time left traces on the two people's faces, but the scene of the two meeting back then seemed to be yesterday.

That year, in the eastern suburbs of Jiangling City, the young general in the Piqua Temple,

Xiao Jiuniang looked at Yuwen Wen, and her eyes suddenly became a little hot. Then she reached out to touch Yuwen Wen's face, but Yuwen Wen avoided it: "What? What's the matter with touching your hair? I don't have white hair."

"Where, I'm just?"

"Stop coming, I've looked at it carefully every day, and I don't have a single white hair!"

"No, I'm just"

Xiao Jiuniang explained with a lot of laughter and tears. The two of them grabbed each other for a while before they calmed down.

As footsteps sounded, Yang Lihua walked over, and another eunuch followed behind him with a cart, with some models on the car, including the ship model.

When Yuwen Wen saw the model, he immediately became energetic and asked Yang Lihua and Xiao Jiuniang to sit by her side and start planning a new and beautiful life.

Two years have passed, and the propeller propulsion of ships has been fully popularized. Most of the original paddle steamers have been modified, while the newly launched steamships are naturally propeller propulsion.

Of course, the commonly known as steamship is still the "steam ship", and steamships have played an increasingly important role in the national economy and people's livelihood.

The rapid development of shipping has made the circulation of personnel and materials in various parts of the world more and more frequent. Whether it is officials or civilians, it is already very common to take a steamship when traveling far away.

Therefore, the "configuration" of the imperial guards also needs to be updated.

The countries of Zhou were Chang'an, the eastern capital Luoyang, and the prosperous metropolis such as Jinyang and Yecheng. Even if Yuwen Wen was compassionate with the people's strength, he would have to go to a certain metropolis every few years to show his favor to the people, so taking a boat is an inevitable choice.

With steamships, it is very convenient to travel from Chang'an to Jinyang, Luoyang and Yecheng. According to past experience, travelers are more convenient to eat and stay on the boat. Every night when they berth at the port, the boats are used as inns, so there is no need to build palaces in various places.

There is no need to recruit people to pull boats on the shore, so traveling on steamer boats is indeed "economic and affordable" and will not disturb the public too much.

So, is it necessary to form a special team of imperial boats?

Yuwen Wen thought it was unnecessary. After all, the ship was built, and even if it was not used, annual maintenance was essential. This was a considerable expense. Although he was not short of money, he could save as much as possible.

Therefore, when you need to travel, you will temporarily draw some passenger ships in operation for cabin modification, use them as imperial boats, and then restore them to their original appearance later and use them for ordinary passenger transport. This is a relatively cost-effective choice.

Now, with the maturity of propeller propulsion technology, new passenger ships have also been launched one after another. These passenger ships are all unified in the ship type. Since the design time, they have considered appropriate modifications to perform "civil" (ordinary passenger transport), "military" (troop transport), and "official" (officials at all levels).

There is also "Imperial Use" (the emperor travels).

Therefore, the internal cabin of this type of passenger ship can actually be modified into various patterns through convenient modifications, achieving four uses for one ship. What Yuwen Wen wants to introduce to the two beauties is the "monumental" modified passenger ship (monumental boat).

Its internal structure (mainly cabins) has been made into paper models, just like later real estate models, divided into small "house types" and displayed to the "customers".

Yu Wenwen was very satisfied with these models after reading them. Now, let the beauties in the harem choose by themselves.

Everyone can "customize" their own living room. Once it is finalized, the ship cabin will be modified according to "selected" when traveling in the future.

Yuwen Wen looked at the boat model and looked forward to his travel plan this year: "Hey, it has been two years since he returned from Luoyang. We have been in Chang'an for two years. We should go out for a walk. Then we will take a boat, enter the Yellow River first, and then go to Yecheng to inspect Hebei."

"It has been a long time since Yecheng, so I must go there again, so as not to say that the Emperor of Guanxi will not treat Guandong as the king's land. Now, the telegram line of Yongji Canal has begun to be pulled. By then, the entire line will be connected. Even in the Yecheng Palace, the connection with the capital will be very convenient."

"It's still the same rule. Don't waste this trip. Try not to disturb the people. If the emperor's patrols becomes a disaster for the people along the way, that's not good."

Yang Lihua asked after hearing this: "Erlang, will you go to Yanjin this time when you go on a tour?"

"Yes, go to the beach and look at the sea." Yuwen Wen said a little excited, "When the time comes, we will eat fresh seafood and we don't have to eat dry goods!"

Yang Lihua asked again: "Does it need to inspect Liaodong?"

When Yang Lihua asked Yuwen Wen’s question, he did have an idea to use this tour to cross the sea to Liaodong and inspect the hometown of the Central Plains.

Then he met with various departments of the Martreat, using both soft and hard, and emphasized the rules of the court again.

By the way, we "set an example" and reassure the people of the Central Plains through our trip to Liaodong, so as to set off a new round of immigration to "enter Liaodong".

However, there are some concerns.

"Oh, I want to go, I don't know if you are seasick or not?"

After hearing what Yuwen Wen said, Yang Lihua regretted asking this question too much: She was a little seasick, and the inland boat was fine. It is said that the sea boat was bumping heavily on the sea, so she was afraid that she could not bear it.

It is best to dispel this idea in advance. Yang Lihua then said: "Ah, yes, the sea is bumpy. As the emperor, Erlang should not take risks."
Chapter completed!