Chapter 262 Marriage
After hearing Jin Shengman's words, Li Yan also showed a look of hesitation on his face, political marriage, etc. Although he was a little repulsive from the bottom of his heart, especially the other party is a tricky woman like Jin Shengman, which makes him feel even more unsure. But if the other party really fights to the death, he will have to pay a considerable price, especially the loss of personnel, which is probably not less. He is just starting out now and when he needs manpower, every subordinate is extremely precious and must not be wasted easily.
While Li Yan was weighing her hands, her eyes kept staring at Jin Shengman, which made Jin Shengman feel a little uncomfortable. Her face turned red and turned her eyes away, not daring to look at Li Yan. After all, no matter how strong she is, she is just a woman, and she also took the initiative to propose marriage with Li Yan, which made her instinctively feel a little shy.
"Okay, I agree to marry each other!" Li Yan weighed the pros and cons, and finally said to Jin Shengman with a certain expression. As soon as he said that, Wu Meiniang immediately pouted with an unhappy face. With such a strong opponent, she might have a hard time in the future.
When Kim Seung-man heard Lee Ye agreeing to marry, a hint of ecstasy immediately appeared on her face. Her plan finally succeeded. Although she lost all her life's happiness, the Queen of Silla was unable to get married. Now in the crisis of destruction of the country, she can convince many people to support her. Moreover, compared with the survival of the country, what are the personal gains and losses calculated?
"But I need to report this matter to my father and mother first. If they have no objection, this marriage can be truly established. Moreover, the position of the princess has been determined, so it is impossible to give it to you again." Li Yan then said. Marriage with the Queen of Silla is not a trivial matter. Li Shimin and Concubine Yang must be agreed in advance. Moreover, the position of the princess will always be literary and no one can take it away. He must explain this in advance.
"No problem, I'll wait for your reply!" Jin Shengmanqiang said calmly. Reporting to the Emperor of Tang was a necessary process. She was prepared for it. And she also knew that Li Yan had a very good relationship with the current Princess Qi. Her queen seemed noble, but in Li Yan's eyes, it was nothing at all, and she was still holding on to her ambitions.
In this negotiation atmosphere, the marriage between a man and a woman was determined, which made Li Yan feel a little uncomfortable, and his eyes at Jin Shengman were also strange. However, he came today not for marriage, but something more important was there.
"Okay, now the marriage is settled, so I'll hand over the child to me quickly!" Li Yan said impatiently. Maybe he had a slight resistance to this marriage instinct, so he didn't want to stay here for a moment, let alone see Jin Shengman again.
"Please wait!" Compared to Li Yan's impatientness, Jin Shengman's attitude towards him changed greatly. His face was no longer as arrogant as before, but instead became extremely respectful and had no sign of resistance to Li Yan's words.
After Jin Shengman finished speaking, he stood up and went into the bedroom inside. After a while, he carried a baby girl about two months out of it. Because the weather was getting hotter, the baby girl was only wrapped in a thin blanket. She is sleeping well now, with a pink and tender face, and looks extremely cute.
Li Yan carefully took the baby girl from Jin Shengman. This was his own sister, but she had no mother when she was born, and her father was far away thousands of miles away. The only one closest to her was probably the only one who was her brother. Thinking of this, Li Yan couldn't help but feel a desire to protect herself as a brother in her heart.
"Thank you for taking care of your little sister during this period!" Li Yan smiled and looked up at Jin Shengman and said. The little baby girl's face was healthy and rosy, and she knew she was well-behaved. This made Li Yan feel a little more grateful to Jin Shengman, and her tone of speaking softened.
"No...you're welcome!" This was the first time that Kim Seung-man saw Lee Ky being so gentle to him. He felt a little uncomfortable at first, but when he thought that he had been taking care of the child for so long, he had to give him away. After all, since his cousin passed away, the matter of the child has been made public in Silla. In order to protect the safety of the child, Kim Seung-man has always kept her by his side. It can be said that he has long regarded her as his child, but now she wants to send the child away. How could she be willing to give up?
Li Yan kissed his sister's pink cheeks, which made the sleeping little guy a little dissatisfied. He waved his chubby little hand and turned his face to continue sleeping. Li Yan looked at him and felt very interesting. Suddenly he thought of a question, looked up and asked Jin Shengman again: "By the way, does she have a name for her little sister?"
Although Jin Shengman was reluctant to leave, he cheered up and replied: "Before my cousin passed away, he named this child Sitang!"
"Si Tang?" Li Yan was stunned after hearing this. Although it was just a simple name, the deep affection contained in it was enough to move him. Unexpectedly, the former Queen of Silla was still a love-infatuated woman. It was a pity that the heavens were jealous of beauty and died at a young age. However, Li Yan thought about it again and felt that the other party was a blessed person. After all, if she had been alive, she would watch her destroy her country and then send her to Chang'an, which would probably make her even more painful.
Kim Seung-man's purpose of coming to Denshu has been achieved, so on the second day after Lee Ky came back, he immediately took a boat back to Silla. After all, they were still in a war with Baekje. However, before she returned, she received a promise from Lee Kyung, which was to suspend trade with Baekje. With this support, although Silla could not turn around immediately, they at least had some advantages. I believe that they would soon be able to snatch the lost territory back. After the marriage between Lee Kyung and Kim Seung-man was truly confirmed, Lee Kyung would give Yu Silla greater support, but Silla was no longer the Silla now.
After sending Jin Shengman away, although Li Yan was eager to return home, he wished he would set off to return to Chang'an immediately, but before leaving, there was still one thing to do, but this matter was not troublesome and it didn't take much time.
At the east gate of Dengzhou City, Li Yan stood there with a group of people, including Li Ke, Li Yun and Li Zhen, four princes, and Lu Hong and Zhao Fu were also with each other. In front of them were two parallel railway tracks. Beside Li Yan, there was a 16 or 17-year-old girl holding a drawing, and was discussing something with Li Yan.
"Please look at your highness. The railway tracks have been laid, from the east gate to the port not far away, and at the current speed of the train, it takes half an hour to complete a trip, and it takes just one hour to go back and forth..."
Zhao Yifan pointed to the route on the drawings and explained the newly born train in detail to Li Yan. While listening, Li Yan calculated in his mind that he had walked ten miles in half an hour, and ten miles were about five kilometers in later generations. After that, the speed of the train was only 5 kilometers per hour. Thinking about the magnetic levitation train with a speed of nearly 1,000 kilometers per hour in later generations, it was simply the difference between a snail and a cheetah.
Although I was a little dissatisfied with the speed of the train, it was the first train in the world after all. It was good to have this speed. Although a child ran faster than it, at least the load capacity of this thing was not small. It could pull six cars at a time, but if the carriage was full of people or things, the speed would drop a little again.
"Yifan, how long does it take for the train to come back?" After listening to the original train introduced by Yifan, Li Yan couldn't help but feel more anticipated. After all, as long as the train appears, the steam engine ship will not be far away. As long as there is a steam engine ship, it will definitely bring an unprecedented explosion in the ocean trade, and that is the best time for him to explore outward.
"Your Highness, don't worry. In order to test the performance of the train, the train will be driving continuously between Dengzhou and the port every morning. If someone wants to get on the train, he can get on at any time. Everything is still in the free stage, but after the test is completed, it will probably be charged. Now the train has been out for more than half an hour, and it is estimated that it will be back soon!" Zhao Yifan said with a smile. As someone who designed the steam engine and the train, Yifan is very proud, but what she most hopes to design is the steam engine ship.
While the two were talking, a mechanical roar suddenly came from a distance, and the sound was extremely regular and did not sound harsh. When they heard this sound, not only Li Yan and Yifan stopped talking, but Li Ke and others next to them also turned their heads and looked around.
Compared to Li Yan, Li Ke and Li Yun, Li Zhen only knew that there was a fresh object for them to visit, but Li Yan didn't say what it was. However, when they saw two railway tracks on the ground before, they were very surprised. Although the steel production of Datang increased greatly with the promotion of coke and the new steelmaking method, it was not as luxurious as using steel to pave the road, right? For this reason, Li Ke also blamed Li Yan for saying a few words. After all, laying such a long railway track requires a lot of steel. However, Li Yan smiled and did not rush to explain.
The roar of the train was getting closer and closer, but the tracks passed through a forest in front, making Li Yan and the others unable to see the true appearance of the train at all. They could only see that above the woods, balls of black smoke kept spraying out, and it looked like some beast was moving slowly inside.
"Woo~" With a long whistle, a train that kept spraying black smoke finally rushed out of the woods. Although the appearance of the train looked very strange to Li Yan, the head seemed to be a large rectangular box, and the wheels below also looked a little slender, but in general, it was still somewhat similar to the trains in later generations.
Chapter completed!