Chapter 1181: Looking for Help

"Loading tens of thousands of stones, day and night, faster than a galloping horse?!"

On the carriage, Geng Zhuzi repeated Bai Feng's last sentence.

He began to imagine what the train would look like when it started.

The more he imagined, the more shocked Geng Zhuzi's heart was!

"Yes!"

Bai Feng said affirmatively.

"Sir, who invented this mechanism? Even my teacher Mozi didn't have such a wonderful idea!"

Geng Zhuzi, who already had the general outline of the train in his mind, couldn't help but sigh at this time.

"Hahaha, the invention of this train is not something that can be accomplished by one person. It is the wisdom of several generations that was truly built!"

Bai Feng didn't explain too much to Geng Zhuzi, because he was not very familiar with the history of the invention and use of the train.

Those have been returned to the history teacher of the school.

Geng Zhuzi nodded in agreement when he heard this.

He could cross a hundred years and return to youth, and come to work under Bai Feng.

The appearance of the train didn't seem so mysterious.

Next, Geng Zhuzi began to ask Bai Feng more details about the train.

He is now full of motivation to manufacture the steam engine in the R&D center as soon as possible.

In this way, the train in this era will also be made by his hands!

In Hanzhong City.

All the blacksmiths who came to the R&D center and received the steam engine drawings from Bai Feng.

So far, no one has built a steam engine.

The first one to build a steam engine can get a reward of 100 taels of silver from Bai Feng.

Now it is impossible to inspire the enthusiasm of the blacksmiths in Hanzhong City.

Because the principle of the steam engine is not very complicated.

But in this era, if you want to build a steam engine with the same function and appearance as in the future.

The difficulty is no less than making a work of art with steel.

Therefore, most of the blacksmiths in Hanzhong City gave up the continued research and manufacture of steam engines.

After all, it is easier and easier to make money by making hoes, kitchen knives, and iron pots.

Except for the blacksmith shop in the east of the city.

In this blacksmith shop.

The old blacksmith brought his eldest son and youngest son to make an iron pot for the guests who came to the door.

Next to the blazing fire, the eldest son, who was tall and strong with muscular body, was swinging the hammer and sweating profusely while making the iron pot.

The old blacksmith was chatting with the guests, who were also the people living near the blacksmith shop in the city.

The youngest son helped his elder brother control the temperature of the charcoal fire in the blacksmith's furnace while studying a steam engine blueprint that had been burnt in one corner and covered with sweat stains.

"Old Li, the steam engine that the Marquis of Hanzhong gave you has not been built yet?"

Old Wang, who came to make the iron pot, looked at the young blacksmith who was studying the steam engine blueprint and asked the old blacksmith.

"Oh, this steam engine is what the Marquis of Hanzhong wants, how can it be built so easily!"

"There are more than a dozen blacksmith shops in Hanzhong City, and no blacksmith has built a steam engine. Go to the Marquis of Hanzhong to collect the reward of one hundred taels of silver!"

After hearing Old Wang's question, the blacksmith Old Li couldn't help but speak loudly.

How could these laymen who don't know how to make iron know how difficult it is to build a steam engine!

Blacksmith Li thought silently in his heart.

"That's right, otherwise the Marquis of Hanzhong wouldn't have given a reward of 100 taels of silver."

"But I think your youngest son is a man who can study hard. Maybe the reward of 100 taels of silver from the Marquis of Hanzhong will be given to your youngest son!"

After Wang realized that Blacksmith Li didn't like what he said, he began to praise Blacksmith Li's youngest son.

It would be good to open your mouth when bargaining with Blacksmith Li later!

When Blacksmith Li heard Wang praising his youngest son, a happy look appeared in his eyes.

"Tiedan really put a lot of effort into building this steam engine!"

But Blacksmith Li didn't follow Wang's flattery in the end. Although he knew that his youngest son had talent, he still lacked some skills and couldn't praise him casually.

And Wang's little thoughts, how could Li, who has been making iron for so many years and running a blacksmith shop for so many years, not know?

Want to bargain? It's not that easy!

Li Tiedan, the youngest son of the blacksmith Li, did not notice that his father and the client had already started fighting over him.

He was still studying the steam engine blueprint in his hand.

"I will do another experiment when there are no more customers in the evening!"

After Li Tiedan added two pieces of charcoal to the furnace, he pulled the bellows a few times and thought silently in his heart.

His experiment was also inseparable from his elder brother, Li Gangdan.

Li Gangdan was tall and strong, but he was not very willing to use his brain.

However, after the blacksmith's skills were tempered by Lao Li, they could also support the entire blacksmith shop.

Seeing that his younger brother Tiedan was still studying the steam engine blueprint, Gangdan knew that he would have to eat three more big steamed buns tonight.

After Bai Feng and Geng Zhuzi returned to Hanzhong City, they went back to the Hou Mansion for lunch.

Cao Jie and Liuli were still playing in the city and did not come back for dinner.

After the two had lunch at the mansion, Bai Feng asked Geng Zhuzi to take a rest first and then go to the blacksmith shop in the city together in the afternoon.

Bai Feng's plan was to select some suitable blacksmiths from these blacksmith shops to assist Geng Zhuzi in starting to manufacture steam engines in the R&D center.

Time came to the afternoon in a blink of an eye.

The sun is shining and the breeze is blowing.

This time Geng Zhuzhu refused to take the carriage, but wanted to walk around the city and learn more about the city where he would live in the future.

Bai Feng naturally agreed to Geng Zhuzhu's request.

Think of walking as exercise.

After the two people left Hanzhong Houfu, the first place they went to was the blacksmith shop closest to Hanzhong Houfu.

This blacksmith shop happens to be the blacksmith shop of Lao Li's family.

Before Bai Feng and Geng Zhuzi reached the blacksmith shop, Lao Li, who still had good eyesight, spotted Bai Feng.

"The Hanzhong Marquis is coming this way, hurry up and prepare some tea!"

"I want the catechu brick that Lao Zhang gave me last year for the Chinese New Year!"

Blacksmith Lao Li ordered his mother-in-law to make good tea, and called his eldest son Li Gangdan and second son Li Tiedan out of the house who were resting.

After Bai Feng and Geng Zhuzi walked into the blacksmith shop, they saw Lao Li welcoming them warmly.

"The visit of the Marquis of Hanzhong and this gentleman to my humble abode really makes the humble abode shine! Please come in quickly!"

While recalling the words used by the scholar next door to greet his friends, Lao Li greeted Bai Feng and Geng Zhuzhu with a smile.