Chapter 965 Airport
The steam engine used by Jin Feng is already the second generation of the improved iron smelting workshop, with smaller size and smaller sound.
However, the sound is only lower than before. Compared with the internal combustion engine, the sound is still very loud and the taste is a bit harsh. The driving experience is far worse than that of a hot air balloon.
The only benefit is that it is fast and not restricted by terrain.
The Qin and Sichuan and Shu capitals are mountainous. If you ride a horse on the ancient Taurus Road, it will take more than ten days at the fastest.
Now that the road is blocked with heavy snow, it is even more difficult to move forward in the mountains and is extremely dangerous.
Because the heavy snow filled the ditches, maybe I could step into the pit with one foot.
If you have an airship, you don’t have to worry about the terrain. In addition, it happened to be northeast winds that day, and it took less than three hours to reach Xihewan.
However, the airship did not enter the village directly, but began to turn in Changshegou, and took a half circle outside the village, flying towards the river beach west of the village.
"Why don't you fall down directly?" Kitachixun asked with a frown.
"Madam, Your Majesty lists the village as a no-fly zone. Without her approval, no hot air balloons or airships can fly over the village." The eagle explained with a smile.
"I asked Wuyang to order it."
Jin Feng was afraid of Kitaki's misunderstanding, so he explained: "Now the Tubo people also know how to make hot air balloons. If they make hot air balloons like us, and then sneak into the village to launch a sneak attack, it will be troublesome.
For safety and landing convenience, I asked Wuyang to lay out the river beach west of the village and build an airport for airships and hot air balloons."
After saying that, Jin Feng pointed to a large open space by the river.
This place was originally the most important grain-producing land in Xihewan, but now it has been requisitioned by Jin Feng to build an airport.
The so-called airport is actually just to sort out the open space, pour cement on it, and make it into a cement floor.
The specifications are not even high in the playground of Jinfeng’s previous life school, let alone compared with the regular airports in the previous life.
But no matter how simple it is, this is the first serious airport in Dakang and the world's first regular airport.
There is an open space in the middle of the airport, with square grids painted, and a circle of houses are built around the open space for rest and use by the bodyguards and pilots on duty.
At this time, two hot air balloons and an airship were landing, and there were people on the ground waving small flags to direct.
"I'm quite busy!"
Kitachihiro looked down curiously.
There was no such place when I left.
"The wind is strong today, and there are much fewer hot air balloons. When the wind is low a few days ago, there were hot air balloons everywhere." The eagle said with a smile: "There are not enough pilots in the village now."
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
The same goes for transportation.
I don’t want to walk when I have a war horse; I don’t want to ride a horse anymore after experiencing a hot air balloon; I don’t want to use a hot air balloon anymore after seeing the convenience and speed brought by airships.
Now the Ninth Princess basically relies on airships to convey important orders.
The Eagle also specially trained a group of pilots to be responsible for flight missions outside of combat.
Seeing the airship Jin Feng was riding over, the staff on the ground quickly waved the small flag in their hands.
The eagle also picked up the small flag and waved it at the bottom a few times, then drove the airship to the northwest corner.
"Sir, this is a special landing ground prepared by Your Majesty for you." The eagle explained, pointing to a yard in the northwest corner.
Jin Feng asked Princess Ninth to build the airport, but he didn't know that Princess Ninth had left him a landing ground.
However, Jin Feng did not object, but nodded in agreement.
"fine."
A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Now I don’t know how many people want to kill themselves and their families. Even if Jin Feng doesn’t consider himself, he still needs to consider the Ninth Princess Guan Xiaorou and the others.
Compared with the previous royal family, the Ninth Princess is already very frugal.
Not to mention the throne ceremony was very simple. After being ascended to the throne for so long, I still lived with Guan Xiaorou in Jinfeng's small courtyard. I usually eat with Guan Xiaorou and the others, and I have not recruited any other guards.
Overall, the life of the Ninth Princess was not much different from before ascending the throne, which led to many villagers who met the Ninth Princess and still called her His Highness Ninth or his wife, and they all forgot that she is now the emperor.
The Ninth Princess and Guan Xiaorou had known that Jin Feng was coming back and had already been waiting at the airport in advance.
The eagle landed on the ground in an airship, and both of them came to meet.
"The head of the family!"
"Husband!"
"Thank you for your hard work!"
Jin Feng rubbed the heads of the two, feeling a little distressed.
Guan Xiaorou is better. As long as Jin Feng is there, she is unwilling to take care of the business, and she never wants to compete for favor. She spins and threads at home every day and lives a free and easy life.
The Ninth Princess is not as lucky as her.
She was born to be a worrying life. The villagers felt that there was no change in the Ninth Princess and before ascending the throne. That was because they didn't know how much things the Ninth Princess did after ascending the throne and how many imperial edicts had been issued.
Sichuan and Shu have just experienced earth-shaking changes, but their current stability has a lot to do with the Ninth Princess' ability to maintain stability.
The Ninth Princess still has no serious team. Apart from Jin Feng, the national teacher, the military officer has given each of Qinghuai and Qing Xinyao a general and Qin Ming an imperial guard commander.
As for Zhang Liang, Liu Tie and others, they have never come back, and the Ninth Princess has not given a reward and is preparing to let them come back.
The civil servants were even more pitiful. Except for Zuo Zhiyuan who was trained in the capital, who came to Xihewan with Jin Feng to escape, the others were killed by the fourth prince. This led to the shortage of civil servants under the Ninth Princess, and even the prime minister has been
No, the six ministers are all vacant. Read the Book of
Zuo Zhiyuan used to serve as the Minister of Works. The Ninth Princess originally wanted to promote him to be the Minister of Works, but Zuo Zhiyuan refused.
He didn't want to be an official at the beginning, so he followed Jin Feng to Xihewan.
Now Jin Feng has created a steam engine and an airship, which has shocked Zuo Zhiyuan. Now he is sleeping in the iron smelting workshop and laboratory all day long, and has no interest in government affairs.
I have to say that after working in any industry for a long time, we cannot underestimate it.
Zuo Zhiyuan is a craftsman family and is very talented in machinery. Now he has figured out the principles of the steam engine and can also improve it.
The airship that Jin Feng was riding was improved by Zuo Zhiyuan.
Such people are born to be good materials for scientific research, and letting them become officials is a waste.
So the Ninth Princess did not force Zuo Zhiyuan to be the Minister of Works, but let him do it in the laboratory.
However, with the lessons of Wei Laosan's past, the Ninth Princess asked Qin Ming to select several absolutely loyal imperial guards to protect Zuo Zhiyuan.
Although Zuo Zhiyuan was obsessed with machinery, he was also from a family of officials. As soon as he saw the imperial guards, he guessed the purpose of the Ninth Princess.
However, Zuo Zhiyuan did not show any resistance.
Because he also knew very well what the steam engine meant, if he was replaced by Princess Ninth and Jin Feng, it would be impossible to pass it to an outsider.
Now Jin Feng handed over his skills to him without reservation. Isn’t it normal to send a few people to stare at him?
Some people died, but not completely...
Chapter completed!