Chapter 242 Is the Ninth Princess really that powerful and able to know everything?
The answer, of course, is that it is too late.
When they came to his house, Qu Huaian said he had no control over the matter and passed the blame to his son.
The second and third sons of the Qu family went to find Qu Fufeng again.
Of course Qu Fufeng also put the blame on Lu Yanshi.
He showed a look of deep sorrow and anguish: "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, at the beginning I told you to vote together, but you didn't. Now you don't need to vote for the emperor anymore."
The second son of the Qu family could not help but ask, "How much money did you invest? How much money can you get from selling these ten steam carriages?"
"The emperor doesn't allow me to tell this, but I'm telling you because you two are my uncles. You have to keep it a secret for me." Qu Fufeng lowered his voice and made a gesture with his hand.
"Eight thousand taels?" The third son of the Qu family was a little excited.
Qu Fufeng smiled mysteriously, shook his head, and uttered two words: "Eighty thousand."
"What?!" The second and third sons of the Qu family screamed in surprise.
Earning 80,000 taels of silver in one go, this money is too easy to make.
They are now regretting their decision to the point of madness.
They returned to their rooms in a trance and began to blame each other for not allowing Qu Fufeng to donate the public money to the emperor.
Now all the money goes into the eldest wife's pocket and they can't earn anything.
Qu Fufeng looked at their dejected backs and smiled slyly.
The car was just sold today, so how would he know how much money he would get? He was just trying to annoy them and just gave them a random number to make them regret it.
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The popularity of the steam carriage exceeded the ministers' expectations, and they no longer dared to oppose Lu Yanshi's research on other things.
The steam carriage has been developed, and the next step is to develop the steam train and steam ship.
Qu Fufeng stood up and explained to everyone what a steam train is.
"Trains need rails. What if someone steals them?" A minister raised a key question.
Qu Fufeng was stunned. He had never thought about this problem. After all, in modern times, no one would steal this thing.
But this was ancient times, and iron was still very valuable.
Today, iron resources are strictly controlled by the government, mainly to prevent people from mining iron ore to make weapons.
If the rails are laid out like this, they will indeed be easily targeted by criminals.
"Sending people to guard the town is unrealistic, isn't it? How many people would that take?"
"That's right. Once the rails are put out there without any protective measures, it's like throwing meat buns at a dog - there's no way back."
Seeing Qu Fufeng stuttering, others started asking questions one after another.
Qu Fufeng looked at Lu Yanshi weakly.
"Then let's not build the train first, let's build the ship first and then look for foreigners." Lu Yanshi skipped the topic with a few words.
When it comes to beating foreigners, everyone is no longer sleepy and everyone contributes their own ideas.
Lu Li also listened with great interest.
But at this moment, the melon-eating system suddenly sounded an alarm, and Lu Li quickly opened it to take a look.
[Oh no! ]
Hearing Lu Li's thoughts, Lu Yanshi's heart tightened. What went wrong?
[A wildfire broke out in Zangke County, killing many people.]
When Lu Yanshi heard this, he immediately clenched the memorial.
[What can we do? Many people have lost their homes.]
Seeing the raging wildfires and the tragic deaths of the people, Lu Li's eyelashes trembled slightly and tears fell silently.
"Father." Lu Li choked up and spoke.
"What's wrong, Xiaojiu?" Lu Yanshi hurriedly lowered his head to wipe the tears from her face.
"So many people died, so many people." Lu Li choked up and spoke.
"I just had a dream. There's a fire in Zangke County."
"Father will send someone to investigate now, don't cry, Xiaojiu." Lu Yanshi felt distressed.
The ministers below could not hear the conversation between the father and daughter. They only saw that the Ninth Princess was crying for no apparent reason. The Emperor immediately stopped listening to their reports and lowered his head to comfort the Ninth Princess.
How disgraceful!
In the past, the Ninth Princess was young, but now she is two years old. The Emperor still brings her to court. Isn't that inappropriate?
Then someone stood up.
"Your Majesty, I have the courage to make a suggestion. Since ancient times, the court has been well-governed and everyone has their own position. The Ninth Princess is a daughter of a rich family, of unparalleled noble status, and should be kept in the deep palace, and should not be involved in court affairs."
"Yes, we know that Your Majesty loves his daughter very much, but this action may violate the rules of the past dynasties, and may also affect the dignity of the court and damage the reputation of the Ninth Princess. Please do not bring the Ninth Princess into the court again."
Lu Yanshi had just finished coaxing his daughter when he heard someone forbid him to bring his daughter to court, and he was immediately filled with anger.
If he had not brought his daughter to court, how would he have known about the forest fire in Zangke County?
"There is no need for you, my dear ministers, to say more about the fact that the Ninth Princess accompanies me to court. The Ninth Princess has the ability to predict the future, and I can only feel at ease when she is around." Lu Yanshi directly told him about his daughter's ability.
All the officials were suddenly shocked.
Precognitive ability?
The emperor must be joking.
"Otherwise, why do you think Long Wudi would obediently return to Da Xia? It is because he thinks Xiaojiu is the reincarnation of their Southern Xinjiang Saint. But I know in my heart that Xiaojiu is much more powerful than the Southern Xinjiang Saint. So far, none of the dreams she predicted have gone wrong." Lu Yanshi looked at everyone with a serious face.
He told Lu Li everything about the dream that southern Xinjiang secretly supported Xichang.
The ministers who had not taken it seriously before all changed their expressions after hearing the emperor's accurate prediction of Lu Li.
The Minister of Rites Song Bingwen was the first to react.
My goodness, could it be that the Ninth Princess also discovered that he likes to dress like a woman?
"Xiaojiu just dreamed that there was a forest fire in Zangke County, and countless people lost their homes and became displaced. Qilian, I order you to drive the steam carriage and go to investigate. Make sure the people are resettled." Lu Yanshi gave the order immediately.
"I obey your command." Commander Qi Lian responded hastily.
Everyone had different thoughts, all waiting for news from Qi Lian.
Is the Ninth Princess really that powerful and able to know everything?
It was Wang Taifu who carried Qi Lian to Zangke County.
After he lost to the steam carriage that day, he immediately went to the Ministry of Industry to learn how to drive a steam carriage, for fear that the emperor would not want him to drive in the future.
Unexpectedly, the first result of his hard work and study was to take Qi Lian on a business trip.
In order to prevent any accidents with the car on the road, Shen Pingzhi also went along.
The other members of the Mohist School also arrived a few days ago. Mo Zhe and Shen Sida were responsible for teaching some people how to assemble carriages, while the other smarter people went to study steamships.
It only took five days.
They arrived in Zangke County.
As soon as they got out of the car, they smelled the smell of burnt trees and dust mixed together, which was pungent and heavy, making it almost impossible to breathe.
Looking up, I found that the trees that once towered into the sky were now just charred remains, lying in a mess.
The streams also turned turbid, with burnt wood and dead leaves floating on the surface. The people were covered in dust, their eyes filled with fear and anxiety.
They looked at the charred ground and fell silent.
The Ninth Princess's prophecy was true.
There was indeed a forest fire in Zangke County.