Accompanied by the sound of thrusts, Zhang Xiaobao drove the tractor around the crowd for two times, stopped, and said to everyone: "Come up and take a ride, so that you can see what speed is."

Li Longji was very brave. He held the edge of the carriage with his hand and his body rose into the air and flipped in directly. He stood behind Zhang Xiaobao, holding the railing specially placed there with his hands. Looking into the distance, he looked like he was ready to fly.

Xiaobei and others also climbed into the car one after another, looking for their own positions and positions, squat, stand, or sit and wait for a ride.

Zhang Xiaobao started again and led everyone to move around the glutinous field.

It's true that the effect is good. Except for Wang Juan, everyone else feels very comfortable, fresh and affectionate. For a moment, I feel that the bumps are not that big, much smaller than riding a horse.

After turning around, Zhang Xiaobao pinched the accelerator to the end, and the speed of the tractor suddenly increased. On the flat concrete floor, the people in the car flew into a bumpy feeling of riding on horseback. The raindrops hit the face, as if facing thousands of troops.

"How about it, are you happy? Are you much better than an ordinary carriage?" Zhang Xiaobao turned his head back while driving the tractor, and shouted loudly, wanting to suppress the thud sound of the engine.

Li Longji didn't know whether he was smoked or rained, but found that he felt happy in his heart as if he was flying in the clouds. He heard Zhang Xiaobao's shouting, and he also shouted.

"It's so good. It's only a little slower than when the horse sprints, but the horse is tired and always has to stop and eat grass. This thing is good, just use that, that diesel, and it's also powerful. With so many people, it can still run fast. If it's equipment, it's invincible in plain terrain.

Xiaobao, why are you always biased? You are a little more straight, I look scared. What do you think you have to do with such a long hand? The bicycle is shorter, so that the people in the Ministry of Works can think of ways, but they all don’t do their best."

Li Longji thought of the chariots he used during war. The chariots were good, but they needed to be pulled by horses. How much protection should be installed on the horses to block the enemy's attack? It was far worse than the tractor under him.

In the future, you can really make a battle chariot convoy and then install layers of armor, without even having to put any swords and spears inside, just have a driver.

Put a long knife around the car, and the blade rushed forward and rushed all the way. The enemy fell down one by one, and the flesh and blood could not stop it.

When I think of my joy, I really want to snatch the high fives and celebrate, but I am afraid of being bumped down.

Zhang Xiaobao was indeed always letting the car go in the way because he always turned around and gave up the idea of ​​looking at other people's expressions. Zhang Xiaobao calmed down and shouted: "The people in the Ministry of Works are really too stupid. The steering system is not good, so I pressed the rearview mirror for me. I'm so stupid."

He led everyone around twice and found that it was too uncomfortable to hit the body. He was worried about a cold. Zhang Xiaobao stopped the car with unsatisfactory feelings, wiped the rain on his face, and said to everyone: "Go back first, take a shower, change your clothes, and run a few more laps when the weather is sunny. I will ask someone to install a shed on the bucket."

Li Longji also climbed out of the car and stood on the solid flat ground. He found that the tui was a little soft, just now.

Xiao Bei and his group of children jumped down, their eyes shining, obviously not having enough fun.

"Brother, can you remove the bucket behind and replace it with a house? It must be fun inside. I will fall asleep after a few strokes."

Xiao Bei thought of the house she had at the beginning. She was pulled by a horse at that time. Now she has a tractor, just put the house upwards and you can walk far away in one breath.

Zhang Xiaobao waved his arms twice and said, "Okay, wait for the shock absorption technology to improve a little more. I will get you a house. The front should also be replaced with two wheels, otherwise it will be easy to turn over. The horse will not be tired. People who drive are tired. My arms are sore."

"Can't the handle be shorter, I just said it." When Li Longji looked at the tractor again, his eyes were different from before. He finally discovered that the huge use of this thing was the easiest way to transport goods.

Zhang Xiaobao thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, you can use a steering wheel without a handle, but two wheels are needed in front, so the structure is not difficult."

"The structure matter does not need to be told to me. I don't want to learn it. I know that it seems like a very simple thing. If you really want to master the theory, you won't be able to figure it out in a short time. It's best to be sunny tomorrow, and try again."

Li Longji walked around the tractor twice, waved his hand, walked out first in the direction of "home", and then looked up at the sky, complaining.

The main reason is that the road conditions in Luzhou are really good, with spacious and flat roads, including cement, compacted gravel, and pure sand.

If it is sunny, you can take a tractor and take a good tour of Luzhou. It is much faster than a carriage, and you don’t need to stop occasionally and let the horse rest when the speed is fast. This thing doesn’t seem to be tired.

After the excitement, the group of people went back and took a shower and went to bed, and then got up to eat at the hour of Hai.

"Xiaobao, I've seen the things, it's good. Although I invested a little more money, I know that it's just that I have more money in the early stage, and I'm spending too much during the experiment. I wait for the technology to gradually improve in the future. The Ministry of Industry does not need to invest more money in this area, and can even start making money. Can you do it in one year, one year?"

Li Longji was still thinking about the diesel engine while eating. He just took a sip of the soup and asked Zhang Xiaobao.

When he thought, since the thing was made, Zhang Xiaobao's ability to make money would be able to make money soon and then generate profits.

Zhang Xiaobao stopped chopsticks, thought for a while, and shook his head: "I can't do it. This thing can't generate profits within five years. It's not that I can't really. I took it out and made a beautiful box outside, put people inside, and specially built a better road.

For example, when you cross the river from the capital to Luoyang, you get on the boat and collect money from rich people. You can pull twenty people at a time, run one hundred guan at a time, and one round trip is four thousand guan.

But it cannot be done that. Every time you build a diesel engine by hand, you need to use research, including cars, ships, lifting equipment, and others.

And it doesn’t mean that there is no need to continue to invest in the diesel engine after it is made. This is a generation of diesel engines, just like steam engines. The steam engines will not have much development in the future, especially for small ships, which is almost the same.

But diesel engines are not good, they need to be updated from generation to generation. In addition, the future gasoline engines are only two types. The technology is researched. It is not that simple. It also requires more investment. The diesel engine has just been made and profits will be generated in a year. To be honest, I dare not even think of such things."

After Zhang Xiaobao finished speaking, he took a bite of the steamed bun and stopped talking. He really admired Li Longji, and he actually had such an idea.

Li Longji frowned, sighed, and said, "Are you worried that the diesel engine you built now will always have problems?"

Zhang Xiaobao shook his head.

"Why is that? I spend a lot of money in the Ministry of Works every year. Some of the officials of the court always complain. It's not good, they keep suppressing it. They should have no intention of doing things."

Li Longji felt that the Ministry of Works was a bottomless pit, and many things needed to be studied, but they could not be converted into money for a while. What if they only study one aspect? After studying one, they can make money and then study the next one.

As if he guessed Li Longji's idea, Wang Juan stopped and said, "Your Majesty, we really need a time to settle down. Many technologies cannot be studied separately if anyone wants to study them. They are a whole in themselves.

For example, this diesel engine is not good at all, and it also includes follow-ups in many aspects such as smelting, forging, and finishing. Moreover, even if you say that you can build a lot of diesel engines, you cannot make money.

Whose money should you make? What is the money from the court? What is the money from the army? At most, you can only make these two aspects, and you cannot make money from wealthy families. When the troops are equipped with more equipment, including small ships, land transportation and artillery traction, you can run by yourself.

And after the second generation or even the third generation xxx, the first generation can be used for people's livelihood. We always have to have some trump cards. Once we use people's livelihood, others will know.

I know you want to treat it as a machine for farmland, as a machine for water use, as a machine for power generation, as well as transportation, etc. It does have these functions, but we have to wait."

In fact, Li Longji didn't need to be said by Wang Juan, and he also thought of this problem. No matter what technology is produced, the first field of application must be military.

But there is indeed pressure in the court. Not everyone is so smart. Some people know it but can come up with another theory, which sounds like that.

Thinking of some people specifically targeting Zhang and Wang's family, Li Longji was upset and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "The Ministry of Industry has studied things and used the money from the treasury, so the officials are unhappy. Even if they use my own money, in their opinion, my money is the money from the Tang Dynasty.

They always feel that their money is not enough, even if the current fiscal revenue is dozens of dollars in ten years, it is not enough. After all, we have other aspects of spending. If we encounter something special and have no money in our hands, we will feel panicked.

If you don’t use financial money, then there is only the money in your family. They will object. The Ministry of Works is the Ministry of Works of the Tang Dynasty. Will it become your Ministry of Works of yours?

You donate it directly to the court, and then the officials of the court will redistribute your money together. They are willing, but you will directly put the money to the Ministry of Works, that won’t work. The question of status, hey, I’m helpless."

Zhang Xiaobao looked up at Li Longji and found that Li Longji was indeed helpless, but why did he always feel that Li Longji was not as helpless as he said, as if he had any intention, and then he wanted to use the knife to kill people.

This person is too unrighteous. He has good things to move forward. He has to let himself and Juanjuan deal with offending things. The court does have officials who always target their own family, but the proportion does not exceed those who support their family.

It can be suppressed casually. Who dares to stop the research of the Ministry of Works? One kills one, and two kills one pair.

Some people in the court did not let their families spend money, but this was indeed the case, but that was the beginning. Didn’t they set up a company together? And they all invested a lot of money. After the company was established, they had to spend it for the Ministry of Industry, and at the same time...

Oh, I understand, Li Longji has seen the results, so I want to take out this result first to block the opponents' mouths, let them see a hope, and at the same time prove how foresighted Li Longji himself is.

But he and Juanjuan had previously opposed taking out the diesel engine. In this way, wouldn’t it mean that Li Longji’s thought was a bit incorrect?

So that's what a big deal.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaobao's eyes turned and said to Li Longji with a smile: "Your Majesty, I just remembered that our investment group needs some results to give people confidence, right?"

"Oh? There's still this? If you don't say it, I almost forgot. Yes, how can I boost my confidence? Xiaobao, do you have a good idea?"

Li Longji suddenly realized, and was very satisfied at the same time, and pushed the matter to Zhang Xiaobao.

Zhang Xiaobao curled his lips and was almost speechless. Li Longji, can you just say no? You have to go around the circle, hey.

"Your Majesty, this matter is simple. If you say that you can make money, it will not work for a while, but if you say that you can enjoy it, there will be no problem. The wind turbines in their homes and the hydropower generated by the river are so bad to be honest.

Not only does it always go wrong when used, but it is also convenient for wind and water. The electricity generated is very small and it is not stable at all. Many people use it to let others see their homes to show their identity.

But now we have a diesel engine that is still good, so we ask the Ministry of Industry to build more and then send electricity to them from house to house. They use it as much as they want, and it is just a waste of diesel.

This diesel money is counted on them, and they are directly spent on the profit generated by the group. They can use some electricity whenever they want in twelve hours. Once the electricity comes out, it will not be retained, and they will also waste it if they don’t need it.

If there is excess electricity, just pull a wire to use it for the rich to use it as a way to maintain power generation equipment. Now they are happy, and the group will send them some electrical appliances, such as electric stoves.

This is not difficult. Try various materials to see which one is better with heat resistance and has high resistance. They use an electric stove to cook, and the food they make will be very fragrant. At least they invite guests to their homes, they will feel the extra fragrance.

These electrical appliances are also considered in profits. I believe they will be willing. What do you think?"

Zhang Xiaobao proposed this method, looked at Li Longji and waited for his decision.

"Okay, it's good to generate electricity. I agree. When I return to Beijing, the Ministry of Industry will probably be able to make a lot of diesel engines to let them see how powerful this thing is."

Li Longji praised that he had finally achieved his goal.

Wang Juan also said next to him: "There is also to build a few more tractors, put the diesel engine cover in front, so that others can not see what it is, and don't pull a bucket behind you. Just make a beautiful iron sheet and pick them up in the morning and evening.

Arranged according to each route so that they can enjoy the fun of riding horses. Bumping is also a kind of enjoyment. At least others cannot do it if they want to bump.

But in this way, people from other places can discover new things from the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the speed of the car should be slow. Even if you know, you can hide some strength and there is no way to win."

As soon as Wang Juan said that he could let others see it, Li Longji hesitated: "This, let's put the tractor matters for the time being and see what they mean. If they are satisfied, they will not let the tractor see it. According to your statement, can you save money? Can you still block their mouths?"

"No, not just not, I guess the generator will break very quickly. After all, it will be used continuously for twelve hours, and the loss alone is a considerable amount of money."

Zhang Xiaobao poured a basin of cold water on Li Longji.

Li Longji hesitated again, thought for a while, and said, "Since that's the case, I'd better consider other solutions. Xiaobao, you are smart. If you think of a few more ideas, it's not cost-effective to consume the manufacturing materials of diesel engines for them."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, it's cost-effective, and it's very cost-effective. In fact, even if you don't generate electricity for them, the diesel engine will be used to work in other places, rather than idle. The purpose of the work is to see the loss of the diesel engine, so as to judge in which aspects the material needs to be improved.

It was just a matter of killing two birds with one stone. At this time, it was decided not only by the diesel engine, but also by the loss of wires and the problem of transformers.

To be honest, when we use electricity now, the voltage is not stable. We use electricity directly on electrical appliances, so the light bulbs and other things are always broken, so we cannot continue like this in the future.

Now let’s treat it as a little benefit during the experiment. Who asked them to spend money? Yes, there are also people who can use diesel engines to make corn. Another type is long stick shape, which is basically any rice.

If we really sell it, it will not cost much, but we don’t sell it, and we will directly give it to the people who invest money as a benefit. The Tang Dynasty only has this one, and if we can’t eat it in other places, they will not be able to directly measure the value. As long as it is not too much, it will be as much as it is.

If they want to make more profits at home, they can sell popcorn with them. The money they sell is their own, but the amount they give to them for free is limited. If they want to buy more, they can spend money to buy them. Let’s give them a relatively more cost-effective price, haha.”

After Zhang Xiaobao finished speaking, he laughed twice. He did what he said, and the Ministry of Works could put the experiment on things that made them unable to speak out.

Longi continued to praise him without hesitation.
To be continued...