Chapter 52 Fan Xian sighed, this world is too crazy!

"Is Kyoto just ahead?"

Fan Xian lifted the curtain of the car and took a deep breath when he saw the tall city wall in front of him.

For some unknown reason, his father, Si Nanbo, suddenly called him to Kyoto.

And he was almost not given the chance to refuse.

It just so happened that Fan Xian was also very interested in Kyoto.

After several months of fermentation, the newspaper founded by Li Chengde in Kyoto had already spread throughout the Qing Kingdom.

Even though Danzhou is indeed remote, it is still inevitable to come into contact with those newspapers.

Fan Xian had a complicated expression when he looked at it.

He didn't know what kind of world he was living in. He thought he had figured it out.

But when the newspaper appeared, he suddenly realized that he still knew nothing about this world!
Zhu Xi, Wang Yangming, Cheng Hao, Lu Jiuyuan...

In the world he remembered, these names were all well-known historical figures!

But their names appeared on it.

Of course, the front page of that newspaper,

The purpose is clearly stated: to use the writings of sages as inspiration to promote freedom of speech.

Fan Xian expressed doubts about this.

He once asked the teachers in Danzhou City and was sure that those people did not exist in this world!

So, the question is, who did this?

Fan Xian had a bold guess...

There are other people who have traveled to this world just like him!
Moreover, this person is in Kyoto!

From that day on, he looked forward to meeting this fellow villager whom he had never met before.

However, I am also concerned about other issues.

In addition, his grandmother did not want him to come to Kyoto, so Fan Xian had been delaying until now.

Seeing that Si Nanbo was sending people to take him away from Danzhou, his grandmother could no longer stop him.

Fan Xian entered Kyoto in trepidation.

The black carriage passed slowly along the street, and no one on either side of the road cast curious glances at it.

When they arrived in front of Fan's house, the carriage stopped in the shade.

Fan Xian held Teng Zijing's hand and got off the carriage.

After looking at the Sinanbo Mansion in front of him for a moment, he slowly walked into the Fan Mansion.

Kyoto is so big that he didn't know where to go to find the person who seemed to be his fellow villager.

Moreover, I was not fully prepared mentally.

You can only inquire about the relevant information first and then make plans.

After passing through a very deep courtyard, Fan Xian finally arrived at the inner courtyard, but was somewhat surprised.

A servant had been waiting here for a long time. "The master said that when you arrive, you can go directly to the study to find him."

Fan Xian pondered for a moment and followed.

Without giving him time to prepare himself mentally, a steady voice came from the study, "Why don't you come in?"

Fan Xian gave a bitter smile and pushed the door open.

The middle-aged man in front of him was the father who had abandoned him in Danzhou for more than ten years.

The face is solemn and the facial features are regular.

You can tell at first glance that he has a serious personality and never smiles.

After a while, Si Nanbo sighed gently and said, "She looks exactly like your mother."

Fan Xian did not say anything and responded in silence.

"How have you been in Danzhou these years?" Si Nanbo's brows revealed a sense of fatigue.

"It's okay."

On the way to Kyoto,
You should have already known from Teng Zijing why I was so anxious to get you to Beijing this time."

"Yes."

"What do you think?" Fan Xian thought for a moment, looked puzzled, and asked, "Why me?"

Fan Jian seemed to have known that he would ask this question, and asked back, "Did you know that you have a younger brother and sister?"

"I know." Fan Xian's eyes were filled with even more doubt.

He had never seen that younger brother before.

But my younger sister went to Danzhou when she was young and stayed there for more than a year. The two of them corresponded with each other and had a good relationship.

He sent "A Dream of Red Mansions" to Fan Ruoruo bit by bit through letters.

However, when I later learned that there might be other people from my hometown in this world,
He felt that he had exposed himself too early.

"Ruoruo is now the director of the No. 1 Bookstore in the World. Her current job is mainly to help His Majesty with some newspaper printing tasks."

Fan Jian calmly said words that sounded terrifying to Fan Xian.

As a time traveler, Fan Xian knew the role of newspapers very well. It was a sharp weapon for controlling speech!

But such a divine weapon was actually controlled by Fan Ruoruo? That yellow-haired girl?

In Fan Xian's imagination, the person who printed newspapers for the royal family must be an old scholar of high moral character and high prestige.

It could also be a royal relative.

Or maybe even his fellow villager!

It was hard for Fan Xian to accept that he had to associate such a serious matter with that little yellow-haired girl.

Fortunately, he had a strong ability to accept things and he quickly calmed down.

But Si Nanbo's next words made him completely unable to control his emotions.

"Your brother, my youngest son, has a royal estate outside the city with a workshop."

"It is said that the steam engine has been mass-produced recently and is now used in all workshops."

"In a few days, the steam locomotive will be built, and your majesty may go to watch the ceremony."

Fan Xian's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

What did he hear? !

The second son of Si Nanbo's mansion, his brother whom he had never met, actually invented a steam engine? !

Could it be that his fellow villager is actually his younger brother? !
No, Fan Xian had an even more terrifying idea.

Everyone in Si Nanbo’s mansion is a time traveler!
His mother, his brother, his sister...even his father, could be time travelers!
That's a steam engine!
An important achievement of the First Industrial Revolution!

And it's not the original steam engine.

But the kind that has been mass-produced and even used in workshop production!

What was even more incredible to him was that steam locomotives had been invented!
The next step is to lay the railway!
But why didn't he hear about these things when he was in Danzhou?
It felt to him as if he had suddenly stepped into the civilized era from ancient society!
Steam engines are out.
Then his advantages are almost gone, and he can only lead the world into the electrical age at a rapid pace.

Of course, he is a liberal arts student.

Not very good at this.

He also felt that even without him, the world would soon be able to complete the second and third industrial revolutions.

After all, when his father Si Nanbo mentioned steam locomotives, it seemed like it was commonplace and not surprising at all!

This at least proves one thing.

Either all the people in Sinanbo’s mansion are time travelers, or the steam engine is not considered advanced technology in this world.

It’s just that Danzhou is too remote and he has no chance to contact it.

And he discovered something even more terrifying.

His father, Si Nanbo, was the Minister of Revenue, in charge of the court's purse.

And his sister Fan Ruoruo controls the throat of Qing State and holds the position of public opinion.

The younger brother whom he had never met was a technical expert and industrial leader of Qing State...

This world is so crazy!
At that time, there was only one reason why Si Nanbo called him to Kyoto, and that was to ask him to take over the inner treasury.

He was originally confused. How could a little-known person like him have such qualifications?

Now he understands.

Si Nanbo is his greatest asset!

So, Fan Xian couldn't help but lower his voice and asked, "When do you plan to start a rebellion?"

(End of this chapter)