Ling Yi immediately felt his fighting spirit vanish.
If only we could bring a scientist from the modern world!
Otherwise, with my mediocre skills, I might lead the Great Tang astray.
Not just one scientist, but if possible, historians, agricultural scientists, chemists, and farming experts...
I just don't know which world the Personal Space Space-Time Anchor will be; it would be great if it were the modern world.
But it seems that what I'm doing now isn't big enough to open the next Space-Time Anchor.
To be honest, what the Tang Dynasty lacked at that time was not industrial development, but agricultural development.
However, Ling Yi genuinely has absolutely no knowledge of agriculture.
He only knows about high-yield crops like sweet potatoes, Potato, and corn, but the key problem is that he doesn't have any of them right now.
I wonder if Dharma Master Xuanzang followed the route I drew for him.
Although the line he drew was indeed a bit roundabout, and it took an overland route.
It would probably take at least three to five years, maybe even ten years, to come full circle.
As Ling Yi built a locomotive in his Personal Space, he pondered a question, "If I could fly, that would be perfect. I could go wherever I wanted!"
Speaking of flying, what things can fly?
A hot air balloon? It seems impossible to control its direction. Once it's in the air, it's hard to control, and the main problem is that it's too slow.
Hmm, no, that's not right either. I have my own Personal Space that can absorb and release energy, so it seems like I should be able to control the direction, right?
An airplane? That's out of the question. At best, Ling Yi can make a kite. Hmm, a kite? He can control the absorption and release of energy, so it's not like he can't control the kite to fly freely in the air.
The most reliable option seems to be a helicopter, but it's far too complicated to build, and steam-powered helicopters are simply unreliable.
The power is simply insufficient.
Iron Man? Why would I think of Iron Man? He can't even handle a helicopter, why would I think of...?
wrong.
Ling Yi realized that he seemed to have overlooked a very serious problem.
Since one's Personal Space can control energy, why can't it provide the power for flight?
For example, you could make Iron Man Armor, and like Iron Man, control the direction of energy output—wouldn't that actually allow you to fly?
Ling Yi suddenly became excited, rubbing his hands together and saying, "Whether it works or not, we'll know once we try."
Ling Yi immediately created a pair of iron boots, and after putting them on, he controlled the heat energy from his Personal Space to be released from his feet.
"Bang!"
A tremendous force, accompanied by a plume of smoke, sent Ling Yi flying. He screamed as he crashed into a wall before bouncing back to the ground.
Fortunately, Ling Yi absorbed the surrounding air at the crucial moment, creating an air cushion in front of him, which prevented him from suffering any harm.
Otherwise, he would probably be bedridden for half a month after that.
"It seems the thermal energy isn't working well. Not only is this thing difficult to control, but it also can't generate sustained power; it can only explode, but it can't create a jet effect."
Ling Yi then tested the wind energy. He knew that Ling Yi energy is the energy generated by the movement of air.
Ling Yi can control the flow of air within his Personal Space, generating potential energy that he can then release. However, this potential energy cannot generate any reaction force on himself.
Ling Yi didn't quite understand how this thing worked. To put it simply, it was like putting a straight water pipe into flowing water.
Water enters from one end and exits from the other, but the water flow does not create any counter-propulsion force from the direction of the outlet.
Ling Yi scratched his head, then used his Personal Space to create an iron pipe with one end closed.
Holding the iron pipe in his hand, he focused his mind and channeled the heat energy from his Personal Space into the pipe.
"Pfft, boom!"
A tremendous force propelled the iron pipe from Ling Yi's hand, sending it flying through the villa's entrance while glowing red-hot, before it veered diagonally towards the concrete ground in the yard.
It bounced and scurried Dingdang way before finally coming to a stop against the courtyard wall.
Ling Yi's eyes lit up; this method was feasible.
With a wave of his hand, Ling Yi retrieved the steel pipe into his Personal Space, and it reappeared in his hand the next moment.
Since the last time the Personal Space gave me feedback, Personal Space has undergone Xiaoxiao upgrade. Although other functions remain unchanged, its range has been increased to an astonishing three thousand meters in radius.
A day later, Ling Yi had crafted a suit of Iron Man Armor.
It looks somewhat like Mark II, and is made entirely of pure silver cesium.
However, in terms of sturdiness, this thing is far superior to the Mark II.
Ling Yi had no idea how many layers of iron he had compressed or stacked.
Even Ling Yi suspected that this thing had been compressed down to the atomic level.
To enhance shock absorption, Ling Yi also added a thin layer of iron mesh inside the armor.
Ling Yi put a lot of Kung Fu Hustle into making the joints flexible, creating chains that were actually soft nets.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have taken a whole day.
Like the Mark II Armor, the hands and feet also have thrusters.
The next day, after the morning court session, Li Shimin and the others, to express their gratitude to Ling Yi for the steam locomotive he had given them the day before, decided to drive together to Ling Yi's manor.
Good heavens! Thirteen steam locomotives, billowing thick smoke, paraded through the city from the palace, truly like a horde of demons passing through the streets, causing the common people to flee in terror.
When they arrived at Ling Yi's house, the thirteen cars stopped abruptly, billowing thick smoke that shrouded the villa in a layer of gray clouds.
No wonder it is said that industrial development inevitably leads to environmental pollution.
There's no place like this that isn't polluted.
Even Ling Yi was startled when he saw this.
Ling Yi then waved his hand, absorbing all the heat from these vehicles into his Personal Space, and the thirteen steam locomotives instantly shut down.
Li Shimin and the others were also a little embarrassed. Although driving was very exciting, the noise they made was really too loud.
However, when they saw Ling Yi walking out in a suit of silver armor, Li Shimin and the others' eyes lit up again.
"Forget about this. It took almost half a mountain of iron ore to make it."
Ling Yi wasn't joking. With his method of compression, he could compress not just half a mine, but the entire mine.
Of course, Ling Yi didn't mention that the thirteen steam locomotives, as well as the half-decker train in his Personal Space, were also included.
"Sir, why did you have this armor made for no reason?" Cheng Yaojin approached Ling Yi with drool in his mouth, and his hand involuntarily reached out and tapped on the outer shell of the armor.
"Wow, this thing is really sturdy. It'd probably be invincible on the battlefield."
"Any fights going on now? How about you fight me, Old Cheng?" Ling Yi took two steps back and said with a look of disgust.
"Ahem, sir, you must be joking. I, Old Cheng Old Cheng, know my own limitations. I'm afraid that if you were to strike me once, I wouldn't even be left with ashes."
"Yes, I need to lay railway tracks for the trains soon. Old Li, tell the people from the Ministry of Works to speed up the iron smelting."
Li Shimin said helplessly, "With the iron smelting method you provided, plus the basic large-scale iron mine you pointed out, the efficiency of both iron ore and iron smelting is now very high."
"But transportation is a major problem."
"Then let's lay a railway track towards the mine first."
No one knew what railway tracks were, let alone what a train was; they simply did whatever Ling Yi told them to do.
For a period of time afterward, the refined iron ingots were continuously transported over. Ling Yi used his Personal Space to improve the locomotive and carriages while laying railway tracks to various mine locations.
After three months of hard work, and with autumn approaching again, nearly 3,000 kilometers of railway tracks were finally laid.
Ling Yi finally took out the DIY train and placed it on the tracks.
The train has a total of twenty-two carriages, with an extra-large locomotive on each side.
The locomotive alone is six meters high, four meters wide, and sixteen meters long.
Of the twenty-two carriages, the two carriages connecting the front and rear locomotives were both loaded with coal.
Since it's a steam locomotive, coal is indispensable.
To increase the power of the pressure valve, Ling Yi couldn't make it too delicate; he could only make it larger, since he wasn't a professional.
The reason for having two locomotives, one in front and one behind, is mainly to save the trouble of turning the train around.
The most troublesome parts are the braking system and the reversing system.
Ling Yi almost lost all his hair because of this.
Fortunately, the Personal Space is very efficient, allowing all the parts to be assembled randomly. Otherwise, if they had been purely handmade, even ten more years wouldn't have been enough for Ling Yi.
Looking at the enormous thing in front of them, both Li Shimin and the onlookers were Heavenly People.
Thanks to the popular science articles in newspapers, the people of the Great Tang had already gained a concept of steam engines and steam locomotives.
But can something this big really move?
Today is the test drive. To create hype, Li Shimin specially arranged a test drive ceremony, standing on the hood of the car and giving a long and eloquent speech.
They really put on a show.
As Li Shimin gave the order, Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, and other court officials each took a shovel and solemnly added a shovelful of coal into the steam furnace.
Afterwards, they each boarded the train, leaving the remaining tasks to the drivers specially trained by Ling Yi.
This DIY train is extremely simple to build.
There are only three levers and one pull ring.
The pull ring is used to release the steam pressure in the steam engine, and one of the levers is used to shift gears. There is only one gear; the more power, the faster the speed.
The other two levers are used for deceleration and shifting into reverse, respectively.
For safety reasons, Ling Yi specially designed the reverse gear lever so that reverse gear cannot be engaged when the car is not moving.
Otherwise, if a car suddenly shifts into reverse while traveling at high speed, the car might survive, but the people inside could be killed.
Fortunately, the materials used in this car were specially treated by Ling Yi, making it difficult to damage under normal circumstances.
As for the train wheels, Ling Yi completely Simulation the style of train wheels from later generations, with grooves and an inward tilting design.
Well, Ling Yi didn't understand the reasoning at first, Later testing it, he truly understood the real significance of the wheel design.
It is precisely because of this design that the train runs more stably and is less likely to derail.
As thick smoke billowed out, the train began its clattering journey.
Hearing that familiar voice, Ling Yi couldn't help but feel his heart surge with emotion.
This is even more exciting than Ling Yi creating steam locomotives and Iron Man Armor.
I, Ling Yi, personally DIYed a train in the Great Tang. Isn't that awesome?