Zhuo Qihua

"Ugh-"

The whistle of the steam locomotive sounded, leading another group of passengers to Xixiang City, the capital.It was the first time I came to Mata country, and there were a lot of people of different races who followed the crowd and went to Xixiang City.

"The ticket to Xixiang City is too difficult to buy. I bought it for a month before I got it!" A Haixi native complained to another Haixi native who just met.

A young man sitting near the window and reading a book raised his head and said in Haixi Mandarin: "This year is His Majesty's Jiazi birthday, and people from all over the world are going to Beijing to celebrate His Majesty's birthday. Very hard to buy."

"Ah! You can speak Haixi Mandarin?"

The young man showed a proud expression: "I am a student of the Language Institute of the Royal University, and Hercynian is just one of them."

The two Hercynians showed surprise and envy.

To the people of Haixi, the country of Mata is the greatest country in the world full of miracles, where gold is everywhere, and the sun has its own holy light.Countless people in overseas countries have lost their fortunes just to exchange for a boat ticket to Mata country.As for the territory of Mata State, with the laying of steam locomotive tracks, the north has expanded from Hanjiang Prefecture to the former Yinqi State and Mountain State.The south has expanded to the Miluo Kingdom, Vasong Kingdom, and Qixuan Kingdom in the south of the original Nanyue.It expands westward to the foot of Kunang Mountain.

The original small countries around Mata country are proud to be included in the territory of Mata country and become citizens of Mata country.Because they became citizens of the Mata country, they would have a good life.

Overseas, after Emperor Yong'an "exiled" his ten sons, a large number of Matata people went out and went to unknown primitive areas to make contributions for themselves with their hands.The Maritime Department has more and more ships going back and forth every year, and the volume of long-distance ships is getting bigger and bigger.The number of merchants doing maritime business and establishing private commercial fleets has also increased year by year, and with it, the entire country has become more and more prosperous.

Emperor Yong'an is 60 years old this year, and the Empress Dowager is still alive. Emperor Yong'an will not live until his birthday, and he still celebrates Tianshou Festival as usual, but he cannot hold back the voice of his subjects, and wants to celebrate His Majesty's 60th birthday.

At this time, the capital Xixiang City and the old city Dongluo City were both decorated.For this year's Tianshou Festival, Emperor Yong'an will go to the old palace to commemorate his ancestors and worship heaven and earth in the old palace.Because of His Majesty's request, the railway line between Xixiang City and Dongluo City was extremely busy.

In Xiangfu Palace, Emperor Yong'an was trying on his clothes for Tianshou Festival, and Zhuo Ji personally helped him to dress. The 60-year-old Emperor Yong'an has half-white hair.It's not that he didn't take good care of it, or that he took less tonics, Zhuo Ji is the number one hero for Matata to be able to have what it is today, but without the hard work and strong support of Emperor Yong'an, everything would be in vain.

Emperor Yong'an ascended the throne at the age of 20 and has been in power for 40 years now.Prior to this, no emperor had reigned for more than 40 years in all dynasties.Compared with Emperor Yong'an, Zhuo Ji's face did not have many traces of age, and his hair was still black.Emperor Yong'an guessed that Zhuo Ji's legacy of spiritual power also had an impact on his life span in this life.

The clothes have been tried on, but there are a few places that need to be revised.The manager of Lijintang took notes aside, then carefully took away His Majesty's crown and formal attire, and went back to revise it as soon as possible.

After changing into his home clothes, Emperor Yong'an took Zhuo Ji's hand and sat down on the sofa.After King Ning was born, Emperor Yong'an seldom stayed in Fengtian Palace, mostly in Xiangfu Palace.King Ning is now 17 years old, and he has already reached the age of leaving the palace to build a mansion. After all, he has the title of prince, and it is not appropriate for him to live in the palace all the time.

But don't say that Emperor Yong'an was worried, from the empress dowager down to Zhang Xian, who often saw His Highness Prince Ning's palace, were worried about letting him go out of the palace.When King Ning was 14 years old, Emperor Yong'an did not mention the matter of leaving the palace to build a mansion for him, and no one in the harem except Zhuo Ji mentioned it.As a result, as soon as Zhuo Ji raised his mouth, Emperor Yong'an complained, saying: "I'm just such a single Miao Miao brother, you can rest assured that he will go out to live alone? You don't know how many men in this street are against Wan Is Zhen eyeing it like a tiger?"

Emperor Yong'an seriously disagreed, and Zhuo Ji's closest friend, Ming Xun, also reprimanded him, saying that he didn't feel sorry for Wan Zhen.Zhuo Ji surrendered and retreated.Since then, Zhuo Ji has never mentioned it again, and King Ning has always lived in the palace, in the Xingchen Palace next to the East Palace of Daxing Palace.The prince and princess are very happy about this, and they can see their baby brother often.

Zhang Xian served tea, stepped aside, Zhuo Ji said: "Zhang Xian, I forgot to water the flowers this morning, you and Xiaohui go and water them for me."

"Yes."

Zhang Xian and Xiaohui left.Feng Xi and Chang Jing were in the living room.Zhang Xian was about the same age as Emperor Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an had half his head of white hair, Zhang Xian only had more white hair.Serving people all the year round, his back is getting more and more curved, Zhuo Ji often finds an excuse to let him go out to rest, and Emperor Yong'an also understands that Zhuo Ji's letting Zhang Xian go out is not just watering flowers.

Emperor Yong'an held Zhuo Ji's hand tightly, and said with emotion: "In a blink of an eye, I'm sixty, really old."

Zhuo Ji: "Everyone in the world will grow old, but His Majesty's achievements in this life are unsurpassed."

Emperor Yong'an smiled: "That's because I have you."

Zhuo Ji: "If there were another emperor, I might have been burned to death as a heretic."

"Again nonsense."

Feng Xi and Chang Jing pretended perfectly that they did not exist and heard nothing.Emperor Yong'an sighed again at this time, Zhuo Ji: "What's wrong?"

Emperor Yong'an: "Wan Zhen, 17."

Zhuo Ji: "Well, what then?"

Emperor Yong'an gave Ai Shi a dissatisfied look: "Wan Zhen is 17, and this marriage has to be put on the agenda."

Zhuo Ji: "Oh."

"Oh?"

Emperor Yong'an was even more dissatisfied.

Zhuo Ji rolled his eyes: "Your Majesty, is it useful for you to worry about Wan Zhen's marriage? Whether to marry, who to marry, I can't make the decision, your Majesty, you can't make the decision either, only he can make the decision."

Emperor Yong'an could only say "...!!"

Emperor Yong'an was immediately discouraged: "You are right. Alas, I don't want him to marry, and I am afraid that he will be alone for the rest of his life. No matter how much the crown prince loves him, he can't compare to my husband. No matter how much I love him, I won't be able to love him forever."

Zhuo Ji was indifferent, and said: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Even if Wan Zhen never gets married for the rest of his life, His Majesty doesn't have to worry about him getting old and no one to take care of him. If he gets married, he will naturally like and love each other deeply. It's all good."

Emperor Yong'an: "You can see it."

Zhuo Ji smiled: "That's because I believe Wan Zhen will make his own decision."

These words reached Emperor Yong'an's heart.Wan Zhen, who inherited part of the wisdom of his mother and father, has a very high IQ. At the age of 15, he graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology and is now a young researcher at the Academy of Sciences.It's not that the Academy of Sciences took care of His Royal Highness King Ning and gave him the status of a researcher.However, during his study at the Royal Institute of Technology, King Ning published several excellent articles on mechanics and mechanics. His talent in physics, mathematics and mechanics made many researchers who have been famous for many years feel ashamed.

King Ning always remembers to build an airplane so that the royal brothers can come back conveniently, so that his mothers and fathers can go overseas to visit the royal brothers conveniently.

Emperor Yong'an was proud of King Ning's achievements, and Shunxi's child was indeed the smartest.Sometimes, Emperor Yong'an also wondered if Wanzhen was the prince, would he change his mind and make Wanzhen the prince.But every time he thought about it, he shook his head and denied it.Even if Wan Zhen was the prince, he couldn't bear to put such a heavy burden on Wan Zhen's body.Letting Wan Zhen do the research he likes to do and let him grow up easily is the true love for him.The throne is a temptation, but also a test and temper, he is reluctant to part with it.

The port of Dengzhou, where the daily cargo throughput is astronomical, has already undergone major changes.Today's Dengzhou Port is like a small town.There are light rail locomotives that go directly to the port of Dengzhou Port, there are four-wheeled trucks that are more convenient to move, there are four-wheeled carriages that carry people back and forth, and Yuxi Dujia has the most flexible bicycles.Dengzhou Port is full of people's voices and locomotive whistles from morning to night, but the bustle here is just a corner of the country's economic prosperity and national strength.

Today, a fleet of fifteen medium-sized cargo ships arrived at Dengzhou Port.For Dengzhou Port, such a fleet is not conspicuous.But when the ship's steward came down, the guards in Dengzhou Port immediately moved into action, surrounded the port, and all the fleets that were about to enter the port were waiting.

In this fleet, on the obviously larger ship in the middle, a group of people came out.When the leader saw the familiar Dengzhou Port, his eyes were flushed with excitement.

"My lord, have you arrived in Dengzhou?"

Princess Chu still couldn't believe they had arrived.Chu Wang Nanrong Chenyang nodded with a smile: "Well, we're here, we're home."

"It's finally here! I was afraid of being late along the way. I'm home, I'm home! I'm finally home!"

The corners of Yixuan Wang Nanrongchen's eyes were moist with joy, Taiyuan Wang Nanrongchen kept taking deep breaths, and the air in his hometown still smelled pleasant.King Chu, King Yixuan, and King Taiyuan who went to the Qiongzhou mainland rushed back to the mainland of Mata with their concubines to celebrate their father's birthday.

Nan Rong Chenhu: "I don't know if the Second Emperor Brother and the others have arrived."

King Chu: "They are farther than us, and they should still be on the way, but Brother Erhuang and Chen Li are sure they will not be late. Go ashore, and give me a hot hot pot meal first!"

"Go ashore, go ashore!"

Several people called to go ashore.After being away from home for 6 years, what they miss most is the food at home, convenient transportation, and flush toilets!

In Danyang Palace, Emperor Yong'an was very pleasantly surprised, looked at the report sent to Beijing and said: "Chen Yang, Chen Zhao and Chen Hao are back!"

Zhuo Ji: "Really!" He took the report and read it for the first time, very happy, "They must have rushed back to celebrate your majesty's birthday!"

Emperor Yong'an said with a smile, "They have a heart."

Zhuo Ji got up: "I'm going to tell Brother Yue, Zhaoyi and Chunyi the good news. Chang Jing, you go to Jiangfang Palace and ask Zhaotong and Chunlian to Shuli Palace."

"Yes."

Zhuo Ji left, Emperor Yong'an let out a long breath, Zhang Xian: "Long live?"

Emperor Yong'an looked at Zhang Xian and said with a smile: "Zhang Xian, you are really old, and your back is even more hunchback."

Zhang Xian also laughed, and said: "Although the servant girl is old, she can still serve Wansui and Cui."

Emperor Yong'an said without hesitation: "Chang Jing and Xiao Hui are married, why didn't you find someone to serve you? I don't believe that there is no mother to show affection to you."

Zhang Xian didn't shy away from it, and said: "Of course there are nuns who show affection to slaves, but what they look at is the identity of slaves, not the person. Chang Jing and Xiaohui have been serving by your side since childhood." , Knowing the root and the bottom, it is logical to form a pair of food, and it will happen naturally. But the servants do not have such a blessing. The servants are contented to serve His Majesty and 忍俍."

Emperor Yong'an: "Well, you are sober."

Zhang Xian bent down slightly, expressing his humility to Wan Live's words.

Emperor Yong'an picked up Zhuo Ji's rush note on the table, closed it, and said, "It's also my order that they come back."

Zhang Xian was surprised.

Emperor Yong'an: "This year's Tianshou Festival, I want to give Shunxi a big gift. He has been waiting for this big gift for a long time."

Zhang Xian's heart beat wildly: "Long live..."

Emperor Yong'an glanced at him: "It's not what you think. The posthumous position is not a great gift to him. After all these years, you still don't know?"

Zhang Xian was stunned: "Then what kind of gift does Long live want to give you?"

Emperor Yong'an: "You will know when the time comes."

When the son and daughter-in-law came back, Mingyu, Zhaoyan and Chunyan were so happy that they burst into tears.The three of them and Zhuo Ji immediately went to Shoukang Palace to tell the Queen Mother the good news.

King Chu, King Yixuan and King Taiyuan who went to Qiongzhou mainland came back, and the harem suddenly became lively.When the three of them come back, King Qi, King Jin, King Chang'an, King Guangping, King Wuling, King Xiangyang and King Changshan who went to the mainland of Xizhou will definitely come back.

King Chu, King Yixuan, and King Taiyuan and their party will rest in Dengzhou for a day, and then take a steam locomotive back to Xixiang City. The things they brought back from the mainland of Qiongzhou will arrive in Beijing a few days later.

After King Ning returned to the Star Palace, he learned that the three imperial brothers had returned, so he ran to find his sister-in-law without changing his clothes.After confirming that the three imperial brothers had indeed returned, he immediately went to Danyang Palace, his whole body was full of excitement and joy.

At noon the next day, the crown prince took the eldest grandson Nan Rongxiu, King Ning and a group of young ministers to wait at the royal station in Xixiang City.When the Royal No. [-] steam locomotive on which King Chu, King Yixuan, and King Taiyuan entered the station, King Chu, King Yixuan, and King Taiyuan leaned out of the window and waved vigorously.

"Brother Huang! Sister-in-law!" King Ning was about to rush over happily, but was grabbed by the prince in time.The car is not stable yet, it is dangerous to run over.

In the palace, the Empress Dowager also regained her spirits, making every effort to clean up the dust for her grandchildren who had returned from a long journey.Emperor Yong'an brought Zhuo Ji to Shoukang Palace.The three kings of Chu will come here directly after entering the palace.Mingyu, Zhaoyan and Chunyan were very anxious and looked out of the window from time to time.Huang Guixie, Deguixie, and Xi Guifei were both happy and envious. They wondered when their son would come back.

The sadness brought about by the princes' departure from Beijing made the too quiet Danyang Palace come alive again when the three princes returned.When King Chu, King Yixuan and King Taiyuan knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the emperor's grandmother, father, and mother while crying, a fleet of 26 long-distance ships composed of three types of large, medium and small ships arrived. Quanzhou port calls.

Wang Qi was on board the ship, and the officials in charge of Quanzhou Port, the prefect of Quanzhou Prefecture, and the county magistrate were already waiting there.Yesterday evening, they received urgent news from the supply port in front that His Highness King Qi and King Jin returned with their Highnesses!This news was sent to the capital last night.The officials of Quanzhou Prefecture didn't go home last night, so they just waited here.

The area of ​​the Xizhou Continent is more than three times that of the original Mata State, and the Nanxi Prefecture Continent allocated to King Qi is 1.5 times the size of the North Xizhou Continent of King Jin.The two continents are divided in two by a great river provisionally named the Xizhou River.The Southwest Continent has more resources than the Northwest Continent, but the situation is more complicated.There are dozens of islands of different sizes in the south of the mainland of Nanxi State, filled with uncivilized indigenous people of various races.Only King Qi can sit in the mainland of Nanxi Prefecture.

King Jin Nanrong Chenli took Guangping King (fifth prince) Nanrong Chenzhu, Xiangyang King (ninth prince) Nanrong Chenchun and Changshan King (tenth prince) Nanrong Chenling to start a business in Beixizhou.King Qi took the case of Chang'an King (third prince) Nan Rongchen and Wuling King (eighth prince) Nan Rongchen to work hard in Nanxi Prefecture.

Nan Rong Chenli first took the fifth brother, ninth brother and tenth brother to Nanxi Prefecture to join the second brother, and then King Qi took all the younger brothers back to the country by boat.It takes 15 to 30 days to travel from Xizhou mainland to Mata country, depending on the weather and sea conditions.If the sea conditions are good, there is no need to avoid the storm on the way, and the road will be fast.If there is a storm at sea, the timing is hard to tell.

In order to make a change on the way, King Qi and his younger brothers set off one and a half months earlier.Sure enough, there was a storm at sea, and they stayed at the supply port for 11 days before setting off again.With the steamship, the time on the road was greatly reduced.It also gave them the confidence to speed up and go back on time if they were delayed on the road for too long.

King Qi and King Jin returned home, and all the princes who had traveled far away returned home.Emperor Yong'an held a grand family banquet in Danyang Palace to greet his son and daughter-in-law.

After six years of experience, great changes have taken place in every prince.Especially Prince Jin, King Chu, and King Chang'an, who were not outstanding in the capital before.Today, they have the wisdom and perseverance of pioneers in their eyes.They have the self-confidence and strength of entrepreneurs.

Looking at the sons who have changed dramatically, Huang Guixie, Deguixie, Mingyu, Xiguifei, Zhaoyan, Chunyan, Zhuangfei, and Jingfei understood His Majesty's good intentions.Huang Guixie and the others understood what Zhuo Ji once said, that when the young eagles grow up, they should be given a piece of sky, instead of letting them stay by their side and having to suppress their ambitions.

At the welcome banquet, there were tears and laughter, and the happiest person was King Ning.Brothers and sisters-in-law all returned safely.In fact, under the premise of having a steam sailboat, it is not difficult for King Qi and the others to return to China.But the Qiongzhou and Xizhou they went to was a wild and primitive continent that had to be built from nothing.When they first arrived, each of them slept up to 3 hours a day.Everything has to start from scratch, and they are also ambitious to make achievements to show to their fathers who believe in them, to show their parents who look forward to their growth, and to show so many loyal subordinates who followed them, so see you in 6 years, None of them called back, and none of them once mentioned wanting to go home.

This year, the emperor's 60th birthday, they originally planned to go back to the country to celebrate his birthday, not to mention, King Qi, King Jin and King Chu also received a secret letter from the father, ordering them to return to the country before the Tianshou Festival.