Chapter 987 The Lost and Found Golden Hairpin
In the following days, Wei Changtian, accompanied by Ning Yuke, went to the Tiangong Bureau and Datong City.
As the latter put it, the development of the steam engine had now reached the stage of "perfection".
In other words, the Tiangong Bureau is now able to produce a machine that can "convert water vapor into kinetic energy", but it has great shortcomings in terms of stability, conversion rate, service life, etc., and further improvements are needed.
Wei Changtian didn't know when the modification would be completed and a steam engine that could be put into use would be developed.
But anyway, he promised a huge reward in public, promising that once the research and development was successful, all the craftsmen in the entire "Steam Engine Workshop" would enjoy all the treatment of the third rank.
The third rank is equivalent to the vice-provincial level in the previous life.
Although there was only treatment but no official position, it was definitely an unprecedented feat.
You have to know that these craftsmen are ordinary people who have neither any achievements nor any accomplishments. Normally speaking, let alone the third rank, even the lowest ninth rank would have no chance for them.
So this is a complete leap in class.
Of course, such a promise would certainly cause dissatisfaction among some "conservative" officials, who would feel that no matter how important this steam engine was, Wei Changtian should not destroy the official system in this way.
However, Wei Changtian didn't care about these and even felt that it was not enough.
After all, he knew very well how epoch-making the steam engine was.
Just imagine, if someone in the past life could develop controlled nuclear fusion, let alone the treatment of a vice-provincial governor, he would probably be treated as a national treasure.
Just like that, Wei Changtian, who had gone against the crowd's objections, left the Tiangong Bureau after announcing the huge reward, and then went to inspect Dashu's second "key project", Datong City.
It has been less than two years since the completion of Datong City. Naturally, every aspect of the city cannot be compared with the thousand-year-old ancient city like Shuzhou City.
However, due to the extremely favorable "immigration policy", there are now hundreds of thousands of people living in the city.
Among them are many transformed monsters. Humans and monsters coexist peacefully. If this happened three years ago, it would have sounded like a fairy tale to anyone.
But now this has become a reality in Datong City.
Under the influence of public opinion that "those who are not of my race may not have different hearts", more and more people in Da Shu have begun to gradually accept the demon race.
After spending a long time together, everyone discovered that these transformed monsters were actually no different from humans.
Sometimes they are even more "human" than humans. At least when doing business with the monsters, you never have to worry about the other party breaking their promises.
From being terrified at the mention of it, to having some concerns, to gradually accepting it, and then to getting used to it. When people living in Datong City no longer secretly discuss who is a monster, this city has finally become worthy of its name.
The smoke from cooking at sunrise, the lights at sunset, the hawkers walking the streets, the bustling teahouses and taverns, everything that should be there is here.
Love, hate, emotions, and all kinds of worldly affairs, everything that can be felt can be felt here.
At this point, Wei Changtian had fulfilled his promise to Qingxian and really built a city of "Great Harmony in the World".
As for whether this concept of "coexistence of humans and demons" can be extended in the future, and whether humans in other places can accept it as calmly as the people of Dashu, Wei Changtian is not sure.
But even if there is only the city of Datong, it is enough from a certain perspective.
At the very least, from now on, people like Wu Tianqing and Yunlian no longer have to hide on isolated islands, but can walk openly on the earth.
Time passed quickly, and when Wei Changtian returned to Shuzhou City from Datong, there was less than half a month left until the twelfth lunar month.
After Li Zimu left, he never sent back any news, but Qingzhou had taken the initiative to send a message to Wei Changtian, saying that a group of people had arrived in Qingzhou and had set sail.
I guess I have to use the teleportation array in Qingzhou to go to Da Chu, and then go to Lingmen Temple.
Speaking of Lingmen Temple, Wei Changtian found Song Pu again after he came back and asked about the recent situation.
Song Pu said that he had never received any official information from Lingmen Temple, but he heard from a good friend in the temple that Chu Xianping seemed to have left Lingmen Temple and took away several second-rank monks.
There's nothing strange about Chu Xianping leaving.
But how could he borrow so many experts from Lingmen Temple? And what was he going to do with such a group of people? Wei Changtian really couldn't figure it out.
Perhaps we can only get the answer after Li Zimu has checked it.
This is roughly the situation on Chu Xianping's side.
The situation on Qin Zhengqiu's side was even simpler. There had been no news so far, and no force had come looking for Wei Changtian.
According to Liang Zhen, it even seemed that some of the spies in Shuzhou City had evacuated recently.
Although there are still quite a few, there are definitely not as many as there were half a month ago.
Wei Changtian was even more confused.
After all, why would they suddenly withdraw their spies? Could it be that they were no longer worthy of being followed?
It shouldn’t be like this. Anyway, no matter whether Wei Changtian can understand it or not, the situation is developing in this way.
Apart from that, they are just some trivial matters that are not worth mentioning here.
The first day of December is the Winter Solstice.
In ancient times, the Winter Solstice was generally regarded as a major winter festival, and there was even a saying among the people that "the Winter Solstice is as important as the New Year."
According to the customs of Shuzhou, people eat mutton on the Winter Solstice, so the strong smell of meat wafted through the mansion early in the morning.
It takes six hours to stew in a big pot from morning to night, and then you can have an authentic Shuzhou mutton soup for dinner.
Wei Changtian was awakened by the smell of meat.
“Heh~”
He woke up from the dream, yawned, and slowly sat up.
When Wei Changtian turned his head, he saw Xu Qingwan, who had woken up a long time ago, tiptoeing around in the house, rummaging through drawers and cabinets like a thief breaking into a house.
"What are you doing?"
"Hmm? Are you awake?"
Comrade Xiao Xu looked back and continued to take things out of the cabinet: "We are going back to the capital tomorrow, so I want to pack up."
"Just clean it up if you want."
Wei Changtian muttered as he got out of bed and started to put on his clothes: "Why are you so sneaky?"
"How sneaky am I?"
Xu Qingwan grumbled in dissatisfaction: "Isn't it because I'm afraid of disturbing others?"
Suddenly, Comrade Xiao Xu's voice stopped and his movements paused.
Then she picked up an exquisitely crafted gold hairpin and looked back at Wei Changtian in a daze.
"This hairpin is lost, isn't it? I remember you sent me a message asking about it, but I couldn't find it at that time."
"Oh, so I helped you find it back."
Wei Changtian looked up and smiled, "I just put it in the cabinet after I came back, and forgot to tell you."
"But where did you find it? I searched the whole house thoroughly."
Comrade Xiao Xu just held the hairpin in front of his chest and spoke in a hurried tone, and it was obvious that he was very excited about this loss.
After all, this hairpin is her most precious one.
It’s not because it’s so expensive. Of course, this is also one of the reasons.
But the most important reason is that this is the one she wore when she married Wei Changtian.
So the last time Wei Changtian sent her a message asking her to find the hairpin, she didn't find it and she was so anxious that she cried.
Now that such a precious item has returned, Xu Qingwan is naturally very excited.
Comrade Xiao Xu certainly didn't know what kind of "twists and turns" journey this hairpin had gone through before returning to her hands, and Wei Changtian certainly wouldn't tell the truth that "someone stole it from you and wanted to use it to threaten me."
Therefore, Wei Changtian just smiled and joked: "It was a big ghost who secretly took it away."
"Big ghost. How is that possible? I'm hiding in the secret compartment!"
"It's impossible. The big ghost is very smart now. I heard from Qiaoling that he would go to the kitchen to steal meat all day long."
"How can it be the same?"
"Believe it or not, it's up to you. Let's go and have breakfast."
"I don't believe it! You, you stop!"
"Ha ha ha ha."
Wei Changtian's laughter and Xu Qingwan's shouting became quieter and quieter, and soon disappeared in the clear morning breeze.
The warm room was quiet, and every place was the same as when Wei Changtian left a year ago.
Still so familiar.
(End of this chapter)
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