Chapter 57: Farewell
Although Du Hui is now nominally the professor in the Xiguan Marquis Mansion, everyone in the mansion knows that he does not do much related to the professorship.
But when you go out, you still need to use this name.
Fu Yu Changqing continued, "I know that you're not a teacher in the ordinary sense. I don't want you to teach Qing'er writing and prose step by step; I can teach you all of that myself. Previously, I thought it was enough for Qing'er to learn these things, but this year, I've come to feel that the world I've seen is far too narrow. If you can just give Qing'er some guidance and answer some of his questions when necessary, I'll be grateful."
After hearing what she said, Du Hui basically understood Fu Yu Changqing's intention.
He looked at Fu Yuqing, who was originally playing, but when he heard people discussing him, he raised his head and looked at him seriously.
Fu Yuqing saw Du Hui looking at him and immediately promised earnestly, "Teacher, I will definitely study hard. Can you be my teacher?"
The child's eyes were bright and his mind was clear.
Du Hui suddenly remembered that Yucheng had already opened a school, but it was currently still mainly focused on basic literacy and arithmetic.
Perhaps, he should really accept some students and provide them with systematic and targeted education, just as the young marquis once said.
These students are only seven or eight years old now, but in ten years, they will be seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys.
Even the young marquis gave lessons to Ah Huan and Ah Bi in the marquis's mansion, and gave lessons to the craftsmen and miners in the mine.
"Okay, I promise you."
Du Hui nodded.
Fu Yu Changqing's face showed joy: "Thank you, Mr. Du."
Fu Yuqing immediately stood up from his seat and kowtowed, "Fu Yuqing greets you, sir."
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In the mining valley of Queping Mountain, Liu Ziye, Fu Zhener, Ahuan and Abi were watching the "steam engine" they had built with their own hands with full vigilance.
Fu Zhener held the fire handle and threw it into the burning chamber.
The black charcoal and pine branches in the cabin ignited, quickly turning into a fiery red. Fu Zhener and Liu Ziye filled the cabin with fuel and closed it.
Next, the four people in the room held their breath and focused their eyes on the connecting rod gear of the steam engine.
Will it be possible for it to rotate, pulled and pushed by the steam, as the young marquis said?
Time passed by little by little, and Liu Ziye was both nervous and expectant as she tried to replicate the steam engine, the most core power machine in the Industrial Revolution of her era.
After a while, the four heard a clear sound of iron pulling and rubbing.
Then the connecting rod on the steam engine slowly began to move, and the crank at the end of the connecting rod began to rotate under the push and pull. At first, the movement was extremely difficult, but as time passed, the speed of both the connecting rod and the crank began to accelerate.
"It's done!"
Liu Ziye waved his hand excitedly.
Fu Zhen'er, Ahuan and Abi were also very excited.
"Yes, Ziye! You really did it!"
Liu Ziye also turned around and high-fived him in celebration. Ah Huan and Ah Bi, just as Liu Ziye had imagined, were already jumping for joy in a balled-up embrace.
As the fuel in the first furnace ran out, the steam engine gradually stopped.
Liu Ziye looked at the hourglass he had set up next to him.
Ah Huan and Ah Bi no longer needed any instructions. They immediately straightened their clothes and sat at the table in the workshop. They spread out their steam trial record book and recorded the type and quantity of fuel for this furnace, as well as the crank speed and rotation time obtained by the fuel.
Next, what stood in Liu Ziye's way were, first, the closed nature of the steam engine itself, so as to minimize the heat loss after the fuel was burned; second, the discovery of a new type of fuel with more lasting and stronger heat generation, namely coal.
At present, even though there is no black gold fuel like coal, this steam engine can be used in the Queping mine after several adjustments and improvements.
For example, the most widely used power machinery in his Queping Mountain Mine is the mine car track that transports ore.
Today, the pulling power of this track still comes from the hydraulic power at the top after gear conversion.
In the absence of better alternative fuels, the power that a steam engine can generate may be limited. Wouldn't it be better if she could just add a few more of them at different nodes on the track?
After that, all that was needed was someone to stay by the steam engine and continue adding fuel to keep this most important mining track running.
She once thought that the idea of building a road proposed by Fu Zhener was the first key step for her to gain points by building Xiguan. This was because this plan came from the development concept that she had deeply rooted in modern society.
If you want to be rich, build roads first.
Next, Liu Ziye, like a project founder or industrial planner, gathered her core construction team to discuss her plans for further transformation of the mine, especially the application of steam engines, to unify their thinking and complete the division of labor.
A month flew by.
If Fu Zhener had not seen it with her own eyes, she would have been unable to believe the changes that had taken place in this mine between when she first arrived and now.
However, at this moment, he no longer had enough time to stay here, like in the past month, living under the same roof with his sworn brother Liu Ziye, working closely together to overcome difficulties and personally completing one transformation after another.
Fu Zhen'er was riding on a horse, and opposite her, Liu Ziye was also sitting astride her mount.
Fu Zhen'er was followed by five or six people. Both sides of each person's horse were tied with supplies prepared in advance. There were two members of the Fu clan, three or four private guards of the Xiguan Marquis' Mansion, and the other one was Xiying.
The team led by Liu Ziye was relatively large.
"Brother Fu, I hope we can all meet again in Yucheng in late autumn when the leaves fall, as we agreed."
Liu Ziye held the reins and spoke to Fu Zhener on the horse, which was occasionally shaking.
"Okay, let's meet in Yucheng then."
Having spent the last month of this summer in Queping Mining Valley, a cool breeze blew across the open space outside the valley. Everything that needed to be said about the plan had already been said. There was no need to say more at this point.
Hao Wenchang stood on the flat ground of the Queping Mountain residential area and said goodbye to the two groups. "Young Marquis, Young Clan Leader Fu, I have only one thing to say as you depart. Regardless of whether we gain anything, we at the Xiguan Marquisate, and indeed the entire Fu clan, are eager for your safe and sound return! This is not just what I want to say today, but also what Mr. Du has repeatedly instructed me to convey to you in his letters!"
Liu Ziye nodded: "Don't worry, Mr. Hao, we are both aware of this."
"Okay, that's good."
After finishing the conversation, Fu Zhen'er took the lead and said, "Ziye, I will go ahead!"
After saying this, he kicked his horse's belly and turned with his team into the wilderness heading west and south.
Liu Ziye watched Fu Er's team go farther and farther away, until they turned into black dots in his sight that were difficult to distinguish.
She turned around and said to Jin Jie, the escort of her team, "Let's go, let's set off too!"
The sound of horses' hooves clattered on the gravel and sandy ground as they marched in a line towards the northwest.
"Young Marquis! You must remember what the master said! We are all waiting for your return!"
The shouts that Ah Huan and Ah Bi had only burst out at this moment were carried over in waves by the autumn wind and the sound of horse hooves.
However, Liu Ziye seemed not to have heard her at all, and ran in the direction she was going without looking back.
She wanted to go on an adventure, and Fu Zhener also wanted to go on an adventure.
Originally, her plan did not include Fu Zhen'er's team. Fu Zhen'er was the future patriarch of the Fu clan, and he had clan responsibilities that he should assume.
Being able to help her without complaint in his spare time was already a good situation that Liu Ziye had envisioned.
However, when she revealed her next plan to Fu Zhen'er, Fu Zhen'er expressed her clear opposition to her for the first time ever.
"no!"
Fu Zhener said firmly.
"You have never really experienced an adventure, even though you have a map of Xiguan County in your hand. However, when you personally experience every unfinished place on the map, you cannot predict what you will face here." Fu Zhener said.
"Exploration is an extremely risky endeavor. Although I've explored occasionally before, I've never ventured into such deep waters, places that have remained untouched for nearly a century. For example, the salt lake on the north shore of Xisai Lake only extends a dozen miles north. And your plan involves exploring tens or even hundreds of miles deeper! Ziye, tell me, is this really necessary?"
"Is it really worth risking your life to do it?"
How did Liu Ziye answer Fu Zhen'er at that time? He seemed to be as firm as ever and said, "Yes, for me, this is extremely necessary."
"I won't blindly venture into those dangerous places, Brother Fu. My purpose isn't exploration, you know. I'm just looking for better and more perfect fuel. As long as I achieve that goal, I won't act rashly and put myself in danger."
After Fu Zhen'er heard what he said, she lowered her head and thought for a moment.
Finally, he raised his head, looked at Liu Ziye and said, "If this is really extremely important to you, then don't go. Let me go in your place."
Liu Ziye was shocked: "No, you don't even know what kind of fuel I want..."
"Then tell me, tell me what the fuel you want looks like. I will take this information and find it for you." Fu Zhener interrupted Liu Ziye.
Liu Ziye tried to make an excuse: "I can't explain it clearly..."
"No."
However, before Liu Ziye could finish speaking, Fu Zhener interrupted him again.
"You must be clear. Ziye, if you didn't already know exactly what you were looking for, I believe you wouldn't have set out on this journey aimlessly."
Liu Ziye was stunned by what Fu Zhener said.
She didn't know how Fu Zhener deduced this, but it was indeed the truth.
Only she herself knew that what she was looking for was not mysterious at all. She was absolutely sure that coal mines must be widely present on this continent.
All she had to do was find it, explore it, and like the people in the Industrial Revolution, transform this black mineral that had been deposited by nature for billions of years into black gold that burned and drove everything.
Liu Ziye heard Fu Zhen'er finally say to him earnestly and firmly: "So, tell me."
So today is here.
Although Fu Zhen'er took over the plan to look for coal, in addition to coal, Liu Ziye also had to continue to explore other mineral deposits waiting to be mined on the fiefdom she had obtained.
Du Hui also came to Queping Mountain once a month before.
When Du Hui came, Liu Ziye gave him something.
While she is constantly expanding her career value, Du Hui's energy should never be wasted.
For her ultimate mission blueprint, she fought in all directions as a warlord who conquered the world, but at the same time, she was the chief military advisor in the rear who coordinated and constructed everything.
Military Advisor Du Hui took over the task assigned by Liu Ziye and felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was more important.
But at the same time, Du Hui felt relieved that the layout of their young marquis was indeed the same goal as he had imagined!
All the injustices suffered by Prince Xiguan ultimately stemmed from this.
He once thought that the King of Xiguan had already seen through him and really wanted to live in Xiguan County. But after learning about the box of blueprints left by the King of Xiguan, Du Hui finally confirmed that
King Xiguan never gave up.
He has been accumulating enough strength for himself to stand up again.
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