Chapter 604: Talented Youth Young Master Bai |
Publish Time: 2026-06-29 07:26:53
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In the light drizzle, Wang Zheng’s carriage finally arrived at Gaojia Village.
By then, it was already noon of the second day.
The rain had lightened a bit; a cool, fine drizzle fell gently.
Song Yingxing and Wang Zheng had switched to the electric small train in Chengcheng County, so this group stepped down from the train station and stood directly at the busiest area near Gaojia Village as soon as they disembarked.
The electric small train naturally shocked and impressed Wang Zheng, but this belonged to a “half-magic, half-physical” creation; ordinary people couldn’t conceive how to achieve it, so that was that—it wasn’t among his research goals.
Song Yingxing smiled: “Let’s go to the school; there are more strange things to see there.”
“Hmm!” Wang Zheng raised his foot and was about to move forward when suddenly a “woo” whistle sound rang out from the road ahead, somewhat like a train whistle but much softer.
He couldn’t help freezing in surprise: “What’s coming?”
Song Yingxing also paused, then realized and chuckled: “It seems Young Master Bai’s research has made progress.”
Wang Zheng: “Oh? Is that you mean the talented youth Young Master Bai, the one who can solve the rainy-day problem when the magical car can’t run?”
Song Yingxing: “Exactly!”
In the time they spoke those words, a bizarre vehicle appeared on the road ahead.
It was a wooden-framed tricycle, shaped very much like an ancient, worthless, rickety cart, but its engine had a huge pot installed… and water was boiling inside that pot.
The “woo” whistle sound moments ago had been emitted by it.
It was rushing rapidly straight toward where Song Yingxing and Wang Zheng stood, driven by a young man clothed entirely in white—so unbelievably handsome it was startling, with the white ribbon of his robe fluttering in the wind behind him, making him seem almost like an immortal.
Song Yingxing said: “This is Young Master Bai.”
His words barely left his mouth when Young Master Bai, along with the vehicle, sped past them…
Young Master Bai shouted from the vehicle: “Oh no, I forgot to install brakes on it!”
Song Yingxing: “!!”
Pedestrians on both sides of the road: “!!!”
Young Master Bai warned: “People ahead, move aside fast! The experimental vehicle has no brakes; I can’t dodge you.”
The people on the road instantly scattered in all directions like startled birds.
Young Master Bai, still mounted on the vehicle, kept charging forward, charging and charging until farmland lay ahead; unbraked and without any doubt, he plunged straight into the field.
The vehicle overturned; Young Master Bai tumbled head over heels several times, his white clothes mottled and filthy-black.
He scrambled up from the field, dusting off the dirt while giggling: “I succeeded, I succeeded, hahaha!”
At this moment, Wang Zheng understood: “This vehicle moves using a power source like that spinning machine.”
A grimy-faced Young Master Bai laughed boisterously: “Yes, it’s a vehicle made to run using a steam engine; I named it—car!”
Wang Zheng looked at the car overturned in the field but still spinning its wheels, and couldn’t help feeling a trace of awe: “What an incredible thing; it just keeps going on the road by boiling water.”
But Song Yingxing frowned: “Little White, I’ve had a look at your car and feel it still has major flaws.”
Young Master Bai exclaimed: “Ah, Old Song, you sensed it too?”
Song Yingxing nodded.
“The small boiler on this vehicle is really too small. It can only provide very weak power, so you had to build a wooden body and didn’t dare use heavy steel materials.”
Young Master Bai nodded.
“Yes, with steel, I was afraid this small boiler couldn’t handle it.”
Song Yingxing continued,
“Since its power isn’t strong and its carrying capacity is also weak, it can’t transport much coal. That means it will run out of fuel not long after burning.”
Young Master Bai spread his hands.
“Indeed, this is a problem. Its endurance is very weak; as soon as it leaves the village, it will stop right away.”
As they spoke those words, a large group rushed over from the road in the distance. They were Young Master Bai’s “research students” who were pursuing their studies while helping him with research. Once they graduated, they would become top engineering technicians in Gaojia Village, with a chance to get ultra-high wages of fifty taels of silver per month.
Thus, these “research students” were extremely hard-working. A group of them charged forward, lifted the “car” from the field, placed it right back on the road. Someone also carried over a large bag of coal to add fuel to the boiler.
Young Master Bai leaped onto the vehicle in a flash.
“Continue the test!”
The research students said,
“Teacher Bai, be careful.”
Young Master Bai laughed heartily and waved to Song Yingxing.
“Old Song, help me think about how to optimize this car, give it stronger power, better carrying capacity. Help me think, I always miss things alone… Ah… it’s charging out again…”
The vehicle carried Young Master Bai and rushed away in a flash.
Young Master Bai yelled out,
“Oh no, I forgot again that it doesn’t have brakes. Everyone ahead, clear the way… I can’t stop…”
That vehicle carried Young Master Bai and charged toward the school direction in a flash.
At a road curve far away, it flipped into the field again with a splashing sound.
A large group of research students chased after,
“Teacher Bai, are you alright?”
Young Master Bai, covered in dust, got up.
“I’m fine, but… my car fell apart, ah ah ah, it fell apart…”
That car was built with a wooden frame; it couldn’t withstand two or three flips and had already scattered into a heap of scrap.
Young Master Bai’s heart ached until he couldn’t breathe!
At the edge of the field, he screamed in fear.
A group of research students tried hard to comfort him,
“Teacher Bai, don’t be sad. We’ll go find a carpenter and build another one.”
Young Master Bai said,
“A wooden body won’t work; it’s too weak. Hurry up and research lighter, stronger materials.”
The research students chattered all at once.
“Aluminum? Aluminum is light.”
“But aluminum isn’t strong.”
“Let’s try mixing aluminum and iron together.”
“Would that explode?”
“It shouldn’t! Aluminum and iron can’t explode, unlike magnesium.”
“Then let’s try.”
“Hey, really, it won’t explode?”
“No no, rest assured.”
Young Master Bai said,
“My waist… seems like I hurt it in the fall just now…”
The research students were shocked and quickly lifted Young Master Bai.
“Fast, fast, fast to see a doctor.”
The group, in a flurry, headed for the hospital in Gaojia Village’s business circle.
Wang Zheng stared at this scene and opened his mouth in astonishment.
“Your village truly is a vibrant place.”
Song Yingxing smiled.
“This is called academic atmosphere; we are working hard to establish it.”
Wang Zheng said,
“Your village really is far ahead.”
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