Chapter 943 Investment for Old 3

Under Yun Zheng's "persuasion", Yan Li finally did not dare to go to see Emperor Wen.

Yan Li knew clearly in his heart that Yun Zheng had said so much, if he still didn't know what was good for him, even if he lived in the palace, the so-called "rioters" would probably rush into the palace and take his life.

Not long after, Ye Zi came out holding a gold and jade Buddha statue.

The body of the Buddha is carved from the finest white jade, and the headdress, clothes and base are all gold.

This was seized by Yun Zheng from the treasury of the Qiuchi Palace.

"You better take it!"

Yun Zheng handed the Buddha statue to Yan Li, "This is the Buddha statue that the successive Qiuchi kings have worshipped in the palace every day. It is said to be very effective! Someone offered 300,000 taels of silver to buy this Buddha statue before, but I refused to sell it! This is my wedding gift to my third brother. If it is damaged, you will be in danger of your lives!"

Three hundred thousand taels of silver?

The corner of Ye Zi's mouth twitched slightly, and she quickly glanced away.

If we really talk about the value of this Buddha statue, it shouldn't be a big problem to sell it for 50,000 taels of silver.

But to say it was three hundred thousand taels of silver is pure bragging.

However, the specific value of this thing is hard to say.

After all, didn’t Yun Zheng say that this was the Buddha statue worshipped by successive Qiuchi kings?

This alone can add a lot of value.

Of course, whether this is the Buddha statue worshipped by the successive kings of Qiuchi is all up to Yun Zheng to decide.

"Your Majesty, this gift is too valuable. I dare not carry it. Please send someone to deliver it to the Imperial City!"

How could Yan Li dare to take this Buddha statue!

What if Yun Zheng sent a few people to smash the Buddha statue on their way leaving Shuobei? How would he explain it?

Could it be possible that he was really asked to use 300,000 taels of silver to supply Yun Li?

"Bring it with you when I tell you to!"

Yun Zheng glared at Yan Li in anger, "You all have to go back to the imperial city anyway, why do you want me to send someone to do something along the way? You think my people have a lot of free time, don't you?"

"Your Majesty, this..."

Yan Li's face turned bitter and he was afraid to take it.

"Stop being so nagging!"

Yun Zheng directly stuffed the Buddha statue into Yan Li's hands and said, "Alright, that's it! I know you are in a hurry to return to the imperial city to report, so I won't keep you here! Hurry and leave!"

After saying that, Yun Zheng ordered his men to start seeing the guests off.

Yan Li gritted his teeth and hugged the Buddha statue, cursing in his heart.

No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would curse loudly without caring about his image every time he received a letter from Yun Zheng that was sent to the imperial city.

This Yun Zheng is really hateful.

But what’s even more hateful is that this bastard has a large number of troops at his disposal.

Even the prince had to be courteous to him, let alone people like them.

After simply paying his respects to Yun Zheng, Yan Li led his men out of the palace.

"Why did you give Yun Li such an expensive gift?"

As soon as they left, Shen Luoyan started asking about Yun Zheng.

This is totally unlike Yun Zheng’s style!

According to her understanding of Yun Zheng, Yun Zheng not only doesn't want to give a gift for Yun Li's wedding, he probably also wants Yun Li to give him a gift!

"After all, we haven't torn our relations with the imperial court, so we still have to do something to save our reputation."

Yun Zheng smiled and said, "Just think of this as our investment in the Third Brother. We'll have him pay us back with interest later!"

Hearing Yun Zheng's words, everyone's faces couldn't help but twitch slightly.

Still investing?

Does he really want Yun Li to give him a gift in return?

Facing everyone's gaze, Yun Zheng couldn't help but laugh.

It's still important to have ideals.

What if it happens?

Who says the third brother is the prince regent?

If not him, who else should we target?

……

Five days later, at the palace.

Yun Zheng and Zhang Xu have already made the railroad tracks.

Wooden tracks, to be exact.

This wooden track occupied half of the backyard of the palace.

Yun Zheng served as the technical advisor and Zhang Xu personally took charge of the project.

Not only did they make wooden tracks, they also made a small, unpowered train that could be stuck on the tracks.

Of course, this little train is also made of wood.

However, it is no problem for a few half-grown children to sit on it.

This is both the result of their experiment and a playground for children.

"It's my turn, it's my turn..."

Qi Yan helped push the train around and clapped his hands excitedly.

"You are a man, you...you push it again."

Shen Nianci was playing tricks on the train, and Yun Cang was sitting in the bed behind Shen Nianci.

"We agreed that each of us would push one lap..."

Qi Yan refused to do it and said angrily: "You are older than me, but I didn't ask you to push twice more."

"I'm not as strong as you."

Shen Nianci said confidently.

In fact, there were many servants in the mansion who could help push the train.

But Yun Zheng didn't ask the servants to help, and let them play by themselves.

After all, this kind of game is fun only if you do it yourself.

If you really want to be pushed by someone, you might as well go for a ride in a carriage.

Qi Yan couldn't bear it anymore, and pointed at Shen Nianci and yelled at Yun Zheng: "Uncle, Shen Nianci is cheating!"

As he said this, Qi Yan ran to Yun Zheng with a wronged look on his face.

"This is a matter between the two of you. You have to discuss it yourselves." Yun Zheng rubbed Qi Yan's head. "At worst, you two can just have a fight! But remember, you are not allowed to poke eyes or hit with objects."

Listening to Yun Zheng's words, Zhang Xu couldn't help but look upset.

Others tell their children not to fight, but he encourages them to fight?

After listening to Yun Zheng's words, Qi Yan fell into hesitation, as if he was thinking about whether to fight with Shen Nianci.

Just at this moment, Miaoyin came in with a personal guard, who was holding a piece of pottery in his hand.

Yun Zheng's eyes instantly fell on the pottery in the guard's hand, "Is it done?"

Miaoyin nodded: "It was just finished at the workshop and sent over immediately. See if it works."

"well!"

Yun Zheng quickly asked his guards to bring the pottery over.

It's actually a larger clay pot.

The only difference is that the spout of the pot is made into a ceramic tube.

The lid of the teapot is completely sealed.

To add water, you can only add it slowly from the spout.

Soon, Yun Zheng filled half the pot of water into the ceramic pot and fixed it in place, with the air outlet of the ceramic pot facing the simple windmill.

Then he asked someone to light the honeycomb coal and start heating it.

Shen Nianci and Qi Yan stopped pushing the train and fighting. They ran over and squatted beside Yun Zheng and the others, looking curious.

Yun Zheng pushed the two children a little further back to prevent them from touching the steam.

As the temperature continued to rise, steam began to emerge from the pottery pot.

The water vapor popped out with a "hiss, puff" sound, just hitting the blades of the windmill.

Driven by water vapor, the small windmill finally began to turn.

“It’s moving, it’s moving…”

Seeing the windmill start to turn, Qi Yan screamed.

Zhang Xu and the others couldn't help but widen their eyes.

What was normal in Yun Zheng's eyes was like seeing a ghost in their eyes.

"I said I can move, right?"

Yun Zheng looked at Zhang Xu with a smile on his face, "If you move this thing onto the train and connect it to the wheels of the train, won't the train be able to move on its own?"

Yun Zheng explained the basic principles of the steam engine to Zhang Xu.

This was also what he and Zhang Xu had thought of when they were making this little train.

Although it is not realistic to make a steam engine that can drive a real train now, it doesn't matter if we do some research on it first!

Isn't research done step by step?

Only with a theoretical foundation can we put it into practice, right?

However, he is only responsible for providing the theory, and the specific implementation still depends on Zhang Xu.

Later, I will assign Zhang Xu a few capable assistants.

Isn’t this a proper scientific research team?

Zhang Xu did not speak, but stared thoughtfully at the small windmill that was constantly turning under the power of water vapor...