Chapter 229 Do you think this thing is edible?
Zheng Qiaozhang was still thinking, but Yunshu had already propped up his chin and asked curiously:
"You say, if this kettle is big enough, then the white smoke rising from it could possibly pull a boat?"

Pulling the boat?

Zheng Qiaozhang's mind suddenly moved:
"If that's the case, then wouldn't it be possible to build a ship that can sail on its own?"

"Maybe!"

Yun Shu nodded casually:
"But it will probably take quite some time, and the cost of a ship that can sail on its own will certainly be much higher than an ordinary ship.

It is impossible for the Ministry of Revenue to pay more money.
So this time we will just make a ship like the one in the drawing.

After all, even if we can really build our own ships in the future, we can’t build so many at once, and these ships will certainly still be useful.”

"That's what His Highness said."

Tang Yuanlin responded:

"Then I will think about it for two more days. After the blueprint is finalized, I will make a smaller model to try.
After confirming that there were no problems, we started building ships in large quantities."

"Grandfather, it's up to you."

Yunshu has understood since childhood that professional matters should be left to professionals.

She stood up calmly:

"It's getting late, I'll go back to the palace first."

"Your Highness is greeted with respect."

Hearing that Yun Shu was leaving, Zheng Qiaozhang immediately followed suit and bowed his hands, making a gesture of farewell.

But in my mind, I am still thinking about the problem of self-driving ships——

Princess Saint Ann's words just now clearly indicated that she believed that self-driving ships could be built!
He thought about it carefully and felt that this should be feasible.

The question now is, how to make use of this "white smoke"?

It's impossible to really build a big teapot to boil water in front, right?
……

The Ministry of Works was busy every day in order to produce the number of ships ordered by Emperor Xuanwu as soon as possible.
I heard that many shipyards were summoned by the court to work together.

But Yun Shu did not worry about this matter anymore after returning to the palace that day.

She didn't even pay much attention to Zheng Qiaozhang's steam engine development progress.

The main reason is that she doesn't have time to pay attention to it anymore -

It was not known whether it was because she had completely emptied the national treasury at once, but Emperor Xuanwu, who had previously promised to let her attend court a year or two later, suddenly changed his mind.

She was asked to attend court every day.

I get up early in the morning every day to listen to a group of old men quarreling!
Yun Shu didn't even dare to think about how painful she would be if Emperor Xuanwu issued such an order when she had no interest in the position of crown prince at all!
Although...it's not much better now.

Just like many poor students actually want to be a top student in their hearts, they have clearly made up their minds to listen carefully to every class in the future.

As a result, when class time comes, my mind wanders uncontrollably.

Although Yun Shu had made up his mind to learn more about the Tiansheng court,

But the major factions in the court quarreled every day over various political differences.

It might seem interesting at first.

But after hearing it so many times... who can resist getting distracted?
These old men are so rude. When they get angry, they can even use the other party's private dislike of taking a bath to attack him.
Yun Shu almost mastered the skill of sleeping standing up!
"Holy Ann, Holy Ann? Holy Ann!"

"My son is here!"

It took three consecutive calls to finally call back Yun Shu, who was distracted. Looking at Yun Shu who was still clearly confused,
The corner of Emperor Xuanwu's mouth twitched imperceptibly, and he spoke in a dignified tone:

"The method you proposed at the Spring Ploughing Ceremony, which is to raise rice seedlings in advance and then plant them directly when the time comes, has already been tried in the imperial farm outside the city. Now the rice ears grown in the farm have been harvested, and the yield per mu can almost reach more than 400 kilograms, which is 100 kilograms more than the ordinary planting method.

You have made great contributions this time. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

Seize, seize less?

The yield per mu is 400 kilograms, and this is after the increase in production?
Having been accustomed to hearing about the successful results of modern experiments with yields of more than 2,000 catties per mu, or even 3,000 catties per mu, Yun Shu suddenly heard such a small number and silently chanted in his heart, "Grandpa Yuan will live forever."

Then he raised his eyes obediently:

"Can I give you any reward?"

Emperor Xuanwu: “…”

Logically speaking, he should have said it generously at this time.

But based on his understanding of this kid...

Oh, if he had just said that, she would probably make a big fuss next!
Glancing at her quietly, Emperor Xuanwu said calmly:

"As long as it's not too excessive, it's fine."

what……

It seems that her plan to change the morning court time to 8 o'clock in the morning is not going to work.

Yun Shu retracted her expectant look:
"I haven't made up my mind yet, can I save this reward for now?
I will ask you for it when I have thought it over."

Haha, she really had thought of something outrageous again just now!
Fortunately, he predicted it in advance.

Emperor Xuanwu nodded proudly:

"allow."

……

After finishing another day of morning court, she returned to Fengyang Palace. As she passed by the front yard, she thought that the rice had already been harvested, and her potatoes might be almost grown.
Then she turned to the corner and looked at the pots of potato flowers that Yun Chuhuan had given her before.

Sure enough, more than a month later, the flowers in the pot had already wilted, and the stems and leaves of the plant above had turned yellow and begun to wither.

“All these flowers are dead!”

Seeing Yunshu squatting in front of these pots of flowers, he seemed to be looking at something.
Tingxue came over with Fu Fu in her arms, took a look, and exclaimed softly:
"What a pity! Not even a pot of it was left."

"Who says it's not?"

Yun Shu blinked:

"Go get me a small shovel so I can dig it up and see if its roots are rotten or something."

"……Yes."

Digging soil or something like that would be an incredible thing for other princes and princesses.
But when it comes to his own prince, it is perfectly normal.

Tingxue hesitated for only a moment, without even a hint of emotion on her face. She quickly put Fu Fu down and turned around to find a small shovel for Yunshu.

Yun Shu was not vague either. He lifted his sleeves and shoveled down.

After all, it is something grown in a flowerpot.

Even though this flower pot is much larger than an ordinary flower pot, it is still a flower pot.

Yun Shu used only one shovel to dig out several potatoes the size of a baby's fist.

Of course, the moment he picked them up, Yun Shu still showed a look of curiosity and excitement:

"Tingxue, do you think this thing is edible?"