Jinrong similarly does not support the emperor's travel, at least not now.
He pondered and said, "Imperial Father, if you go now, you truly won't see anything. Wong Qiao and others spent nearly a year just trying to stabilize the trial operation of the steam engine. This trial, I fear, will also require some effort."
The emperor looked at the dossier sent up from the Mechanical Workshop, truly unwilling to give up this chance to witness history. According to Jinrong and Jiang Yifan's grand descriptions, if this thing successfully works, it indeed could greatly increase the output of the Iron-smelting Furnace.
Not much, just increasing iron material output by one to two tenths, the court's tight usage of iron for weapons, ships, and construction could be greatly alleviated. Moreover, continuing to build iron tracks would not be an issue.
