Although he was extremely worried when he thought about the rumors about Zhao Huan among the scholars, Jiang Xinlong still asked cautiously: "Dare I ask the officials, I wonder what the officials said about the method of driving iron ships...?"

The shape of Li Guangyuan's palm shrunk inside his sleeve kept changing, sometimes like a sword, sometimes like a tiger's claw, and he was almost driven crazy by his stupid son-in-law——

What the officials promised was from the fourth rank. Not to mention that you are just a scholar who has not yet obtained the title of Jinshi. Even those first- and second-class Jinshi masters did not start as high as the fourth rank. Many people even spend their whole life.

They are all stuck at the fifth level, with no hope of rising any further!

Especially when the officials asked him if he would like to return to the capital with the officials - this kind of opportunity to accompany the king often meant that Jane was in the emperor's heart and had the opportunity to rise to prominence. But how did this idiot answer?

He actually asked the officials how to drive this iron ship?

However, Zhao Huan laughed indifferently and said: "The thing I mentioned can not only drive iron ships, but also other things, such as cars. However, it takes a long time to build such a thing.

It can be accomplished in a day, but if you don’t have three to five years, I’m afraid it will be difficult to succeed.”

In fact, if we really talk about it, if Zhao Huan, the bug in the time traveler, did not appear, let alone three to five years, even if Jiang Xinlong was given thirty to fifty years, he would not be able to solve the power problem!

For example, everyone who travels knows that after time travel, they will build a steam engine and carry out an industrial revolution, but what is the structure of the steam engine? How to solve the sealing problem? What is the power transmission system like?

Or in other words, except for those engineering dogs who listen carefully in class and have strong hands-on skills, even if they are replaced by ordinary time travellers, they still can't solve this problem——

Everyone can talk on paper. Any time traveler knows that rubber is used for sealing steam engines, but where can they get rubber in the Song Dynasty? How many people know what a crankshaft connecting rod is? Is the material of steel qualified? If qualified steel is smelted

?

Just like now, the reason why Zhao Huan said that the power problem can be solved in three to five years is because Zhao Huan was immersed in the Ming Royal Academy for decades in his previous life. He also personally participated in the research and development of steam engines and knows how to solve steel and sealing problems now.

Question, that’s why I dare to say this!

"Students are willing, students are willing to go to the capital with the officials and go through fire and water, no matter what!"

Jiang Xinlong didn't know that Zhao Huan was a magical being who could be considered a bug even among time travellers. He didn't know how troublesome the power system Zhao Huan mentioned was, but after hearing that the power system could be solved in three to five years

After asking the question, Jiang Xinlong responded excitedly out of his trust in the official's "gold words".

Although Zhao Huan's reputation among Confucian scholars is not very good, and can even be regarded as notorious, everyone knows that today's officials must practice what they preach, and they will never let a dog go if they kill the whole family.

Now that officials say the power problem can be solved in three to five years, it can definitely be solved.

Zhao Huan chuckled, glanced at the small iron boat floating in the river, and said: "There is no need for you to go to the soup or fire, just think about your iron boat."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Huan turned his attention to Li Guangyuan and said, "I want to take your son-in-law Chenglong back to the capital without Li Qing's consent. Li Qing won't blame me, right?"

"No, no."

Li Guangyuan's old face smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum, with almost no eyebrows: "It is a blessing for my son-in-law to be favored by the official family. I believe my father-in-law and mother-in-law are also willing. Wei Chen will send someone to his house to help

Just pack them up and let them go north with the officials when they leave."

Zhao Huan grunted, nodded and said, "Then I'll bother Li Qing. After the warships needed for the fleet are built, Li Qing can also be transferred back to Beijing to reunite with his concubine and son-in-law."

Zhao Huan casually promised a bad check, turned around and walked towards the way he came from, and said: "By the way, Li Qing will accompany me to take a walk in Quanzhou City. If there is anything new, you might as well tell me."

I listen."

After hearing Zhao Huan's request, Li Guangyuan suddenly fell into a dilemma.

The inner and outer meaning of the official's words is actually hinting to himself, allowing himself to make a choice between completely surrendering to the official and completely falling to Shilin——

If he wants to have a good future for himself and his son-in-law, he must expose the dark side of Quanzhou in order to express his loyalty to the officials.

But once I really do this, what will happen to my reputation in Quanzhou or among the scholars in the world? If my reputation is bad, even if I and my son-in-law are prosperous now, what about future generations?

However, before Li Guangyuan could make a choice, Zhao Huan asked again: "I have previously ordered people to spread the "Never Add Fu Edict" to the world, and also ordered people to measure the land. I wonder how Quanzhou City is doing?"

On the one hand, it is the future of himself and his son-in-law, on the other hand, his image among the scholars and the future of his descendants. It was originally an extremely difficult question to choose. However, the question raised by Zhao Huan became the last thing that broke the camel's back.

straw.

Revealing the dark side of Quanzhou and selling some officials and gentry in Quanzhou may make one's reputation bad, and may also affect the future of future generations. But if one dares to disobey the official's wishes, I am afraid that bad luck is just around the corner.

, it is very likely that there will no longer be any problem for future generations.

As the saying goes, if you don't do it for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. There is also a saying that the lesser of two evils is better. Between the possibility of affecting the future and the imminent misfortune, Li Guangyuan made a wise choice to completely support the officialdom.

After all, if the sky falls, there will still be tall people who can hold it up. Now the whole world knows that Qin Huiwan, who has gained a bad reputation among scholars because he completely surrendered to the official family, is a mad dog raised by the official family, but Qin Huiwan is in Fengshengzhou.

How nourishing is your life? I don’t see anyone who can play with Qin Hui, right?

After making up his mind, Li Guangyuan bowed and replied: "To inform the officials, it is true that people from the Imperial City Department and Yushitai came to Quanzhou City to read the "Edict of Never Adding Fu", and the common people outside the city

I do know about this, but..."

Zhao Huan hummed and asked as he walked: "Just what?"

Li Guangyuan hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and said, "It's just that many squires have raised the land rent.

The same goes for the matter of measuring land. Many gentry put the land in the name of their clansmen before the people from Yushitai and Imperial City Division came to measure the land. They also took the opportunity to occupy more land. Some even did not hesitate to destroy it.

When measuring the land, the upper fields must be reported as lower fields.

besides……"
Chapter completed!