Royal Gold Magistrate

Within a few days, Fang Zhengyi took Yang Fengfan to talk in detail about the policy of lenient business in Pingwan County.

Naturally, there is no need to deal with civil matters, but merchants should be relaxed within a reasonable range and all conveniences should be provided.

For some small local problems, Jin Yiwei was sent in to assist in solving them.

In the end, a group of merchants from Taoyuan County were selected, and they planned to purchase real estate in Pingwan County, making a big move...

After all the arrangements were made, Fang Zhengfang had time to go to Dongjiao College to take a look at the Steam Research Institute.

When Li Yuanzhao learned about it, he followed up with a shameless face.

He had heard of this so-called steam research institute in Taoyuan County, but he had never seen what it looked like.

Steam... This thing can also be researched, it sounds very interesting.

The Steam Research Institute has always been the most important and most useless research institute in Taoyuan County.

So far there are no outputs, only inputs.

But Fangzheng didn't care. Once the steam engine is successfully researched, it will be a technology comparable to controllable nuclear fusion in this era.

Since the establishment of Eastern Suburb University, the Institute of Steam has been moved into the school.

One is to facilitate the recruitment of talents, and the other is to combine production, education and research in the future according to Fang Zhengyi's vision, so as to better connect resources and customize components.

However, due to the nature and progress of the research, the firearms institute and the steam institute are located in relatively remote corners of Eastern Suburb University, and they are even enclosed separately, so few people care about them.

When the two arrived, the door outside the Steam Research Institute was open, and beside it was a yellow dog tied to the door of the guard room.

Seeing a stranger visiting, the yellow dog started barking.

Immediately afterwards, an old man hurried out of the guard room, seeing that it was Fang Zhengyi, he hurried forward and said enthusiastically, "Master, why are you here, I'll go inside and let you know."

"No need, just show us the way."

The dog was still barking, the concierge hurriedly moved the kennel to one side, smiled and approached Fang Zhengyi and said, "Master, please come inside, this distinguished guest is..."

"This is His Royal Highness, please say hello."

"Caomin has seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" The porter was shocked and quickly knelt down.

"Get up, there is no need to be polite." Li Yuanzhao raised his chin, looked at the small building of the steam station and said in confusion: "Old Fang, the atmosphere is a bit wrong. Is there really someone working here? Why is there no popularity at all? It’s not like fishing in it.”

Fang Zhengyi proudly said: "Touching fish? Your Highness, I'm afraid you don't know how great the research here is. Every researcher selected from Taoyuan County came here with the dream of changing the world. Even if no one cares , and it is absolutely impossible to catch fish, the minister is still confident in this point."

Li Yuanzhao was noncommittal, followed the porter and walked in, looking around at the same time.

Apart from the ordinary small buildings, that is, there are two huge factory buildings, there is nothing special about it.

Li Yuanzhao asked: "Steam? I still don't understand what is the use of this thing."

Fangzheng explained as he walked in: "Has Your Highness ever seen boiling water?"

"I see, what's wrong?"

"When the water boils, the lid of the kettle will be pushed open. What we need to explore is how to use this power. The kettle is of course small, but what if it is magnified hundreds of times and thousands of times? Then this power will be transmitted through some designs. Wouldn't it save a lot of manpower, and even things that can't be done by manpower can be solved by boiling water? Your Highness, think about it for this reason."

Li Yuanzhao stopped in his tracks, stood still and fell into deep thought.

Fangzheng was not in a hurry, and just stayed by the side.

After a long time, Li Yuanzhao looked a little serious, hesitantly said: "That's right... In this way, isn't it equivalent to a waterwheel without a river, a carriage without a horse...Is this the truth?"

"Your Highness is smart." Fang Zhengyi admired Li Yuanzhao's thinking in this aspect.

Get through at once!

"Hiss...not right! But how is this possible? If it's really that simple, why didn't people before think of it? Besides...won't the breath leak out?"

"Of course it's not that simple, otherwise I wouldn't have set up such a place for research, but it's feasible in terms of ideas, so it's worth our time and energy to try it out. Once it works, it will benefit generations to come. Your Highness, let's go."

As soon as Fangzheng pulled him straight in, Li Yuanzhao's thoughts kept tumbling, still thinking about the feasibility of the matter.

Fang Zhengyi stopped in his footsteps until he followed the porter into the building and walked into a room with a reference room sign.

Hearing a strange voice inside, his expression changed, he coaxed away the concierge, and lay down on the crack of the door to listen.

Seeing this, Li Yuanzhao also lay down on the ground.

I only heard the sound of pushing cups and changing cups in the room, and a few people chatting and farting.

"Fuck! Lost dozens of taels yesterday, and the capital football team was overthrown by the county team! Lost two goals, and these people grew up eating shit?"

"Be content, I lost 100 taels. It's a bunch of poor people. I heard that the goalkeeper of the county team is still working hard."

"Brothers, don't worry about that, there is no money in the institute, now I have to find a way to apply for some funds..."

Fang Zhengyi's face turned from red to green.

Li Yuanzhao laughed silly at the side, and said in a low voice, "Touching fish? Your Highness, I'm afraid you don't know how great the things researched here are. Every researcher selected from Taoyuan County came here with the dream of changing the world." This, even if no one cares about it, it is absolutely impossible to catch fish, and I still have confidence in this point."

"..."

Even though his face was thicker than the city wall, he couldn't bear his embarrassment. Fangzheng changed the subject and said, "Hey! I didn't expect the capital football team to be so miserable. Do you watch the football, Your Highness?"

When he asked this question, Li Yuanzhao was indeed misled: "Look, I also watched that game yesterday, and it was indeed a terrible loss. That team was raised by my second uncle, King Jin Gong. Dun Dun sea cucumbers, giving beauties and mansions, who would have thought of such a waste. Hey, but he has money to play, and he doesn't care about these things."

"Your Highness, what King Gong of Jin spends is all people's fat and people's ointment!"

"Who the hell is muttering outside...Master!"

As soon as Fangzheng finished speaking, the door of the reference room opened.

Oncoming is Han Qi from the Steam Institute, he is the actual manager Fang Zhengyi and of course he is very familiar with him.

When Han Qi saw that Fangzheng had arrived, he panicked and shivered.

The master hates other people's fishing the most in his life!

The chicken bones in Han Qi's mouth were frightened, and he said tremblingly: "Master... why are you... here?"

Fangzheng smiled and said, "Of course I want to discuss playing football with you, and then I will discuss with you how much funding is appropriate."

"If you lose dozens or hundreds of taels at a time, I'm afraid it won't take long for 8000 taels of silver."

Han Qi trembled all over: "No! Master, you listen to my explanation...we spend all our own money."

"Shut up! Today the crown prince came to inspect in person, and you still let us stand and talk?"

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(Jie Chong clocks in on the first day.)