My hotel is full of emperors throughout history.

Chapter 16 Without oxen or horses, how exactly does this thing work?

"I'll wear these for now! I'll change back when I get back."

Chen Mo gave Li Chengqian and Li Shimin two sets of clothes.

The two of them didn't delay and changed into their new clothes on the spot.

"Hey kid! Get me a set too!"

Upon hearing that they were going outside, Zhu Di immediately perked up.

"I want to go to that hospital too! And see what the outside world is like!"

Chen Mo glanced at him but didn't object. He went into the house and took another set.

Then, he took out his phone and quickly checked the orthopedic clinic information of nearby top-tier hospitals.

"Let's go, it's not far from here. If we go now, we can probably still get an appointment!"

Chen Mo put away his phone, picked up his car keys, and greeted the three of them.

"registered?"

Li Shimin heard a new word, but he didn't pay attention to it and followed Chen Mo out the back door.

There is another courtyard behind, but it is much smaller than the front courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, there was a dusty-looking, somewhat old Wuling Hongguang van.

This is the vehicle that Chen Mo's father used to haul goods and for personal transportation back in the day. After the hotel business went downhill, it was left here to gather dust.

Li Shimin and the other two looked at the iron box with curious eyes.

Chen Mo stepped forward and pulled open the car door.

"Splash!"

With a slightly harsh scraping sound, the car door was pulled open.

"Due to limited resources, the three of you will have to make do and ride in my imperial carriage!"

"Is this your car?"

Li Shimin hesitated, then looked at the bread cart again.

A metal box with transparent glass on top and four black wheels at the bottom... No oxen or horses to pull it?

How can it move?

Li Shimin frowned.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, had already boarded the carriage and was curiously touching this and that, looking just like a curious child.

"This chair may be worn out, but it's actually quite comfortable to sit in!"

Zhu Di touched the seat below and muttered to himself.

"I wonder what it's made of!"

Seeing Zhu Di board the carriage, Li Shimin and Li Chengqian, with some doubt, bent down and crawled into the carriage as well.

The car had simple fabric seats and a faint smell of gasoline and old car.

"Hold on tight! Fasten your seatbelts!"

Chen Mo got into the driver's seat, fastened his seatbelt, and pointed to the side to remind them.

"seat belt?"

The three of them stared at the ribbon, completely baffled.

Chen Mo had no choice but to lean over and pull their seatbelts over, then fasten them with a click.

While the three were still observing the structure of the seat belt.

Chen Mo inserted the key and gave it a sharp turn!

Buzz—rumble!

The sudden startling sound and vibration of the engine startled Li Shimin, Zhu Di, and Li Chengqian.

"Don't panic! Start up normally!"

Chen Mo quickly reassured him, skillfully shifting gears, releasing the handbrake, and gently pressing the accelerator.

The bread truck emitted a wheezing roar and slowly began to drive out of the yard.

"Holy crap! It moved! It really moved!"

Zhu Di was utterly shocked.

"How the hell did that even start moving?"

"I'm curious too!"

Li Shimin also spoke up, looking ahead with a face full of shock.

Chen Mo drove the car out of the yard, explaining as he drove.

"This relies on gasoline. By burning gasoline, the engine runs, which in turn drives the wheels to turn, and that's how it runs."

"Gasoline? Engine?"

Li Shimin and the other two were all stunned, feeling as if they were listening to a book from heaven.

"How should I put it? The principle is similar to that of a steam engine..."

Chen Mo wanted to explain something, but he felt it was too troublesome and wouldn't make any difference, so he simply stopped explaining.

The vehicle gradually began to move smoothly, and the scenery outside the window began to move backward at a constant speed.

Li Shimin, Li Chengqian, and Zhu Di inside the carriage were completely stunned!

Li Shimin gripped the handrail above the carriage window tightly, his eyes wide open, staring at the streets, pedestrians, and all sorts of strange-looking cars rushing past outside, his face filled with disbelief.

It runs on its own without being pulled by oxen or horses, and at such a high speed and with such smoothness?!

This is comparable to the legendary wooden ox and flowing horse, and even surpasses them!

If this item could be used on the battlefield, wouldn't it be invincible?

"Incredible skill...truly incredible skill!"

Li Shimin murmured to himself, his heart filled with unparalleled shock.

He had fought his entire life, ridden the fastest horses, and sat in the smoothest imperial carriages, but compared to this car, it was all child's play.

It seems his imagination was too simplistic!

His vision of the future was much like the farmer's belief that the emperor used a golden hoe to till the land.

Li Chengqian was no less shocked than his father.

After the initial fear subsided, intense curiosity took over everything.

He peered out the car window, curiously observing the world outside, watching the pedestrians in strange costumes, the endless stream of all kinds of vehicles on the road, and the huge electronic screen in the distance…

"Father...Father, look! That building is so tall! And what is that glowing thing?"

Li Chengqian couldn't help but point out the window, his voice trembling with excitement.

Li Shimin looked in the direction his son pointed, and his heart was filled with emotion. He could only shake his head and sigh.

"Unbelievable...truly unbelievable..."

Zhu Di's eyes widened, as if afraid of missing something, and he kept making clicking sounds.

Those eyes never left the window.

"Damn it! If my Ming Dynasty could be this developed, then when I retire, my old man wouldn't be able to beat me anymore, right?"

Zhu Di thought to himself.

"They might even have to create a separate family tree for me!"

"By then, let alone Zhu Yunwen! Even my elder brother would probably have to call me the Yongle Emperor!"

The more Zhu Di thought about it, the more excited he became.

Looking at the reactions of the three people in the rearview mirror, Chen Mo felt amused and a little smug.

He lightly pressed the accelerator, and the bread truck roared as it accelerated and merged into the traffic.

"Hold on tight, the hospital is just around the corner!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Mo turned the steering wheel, and the vehicle began to turn.

The centrifugal force generated by the slight tilt of the vehicle as it turned caused the three people, who had never experienced it before, to let out a low gasp and instinctively grab onto anything they could.

Then, the car slowly drove into the parking lot, came to a stop, and turned off the engine. The car instantly became quiet.

Li Shimin and his two companions were still reeling from the sight of the modern splendor outside and hadn't quite come to their senses yet.

It wasn't until Chen Mo opened the door and called them to get out of the car that the three of them snapped out of their daze.

"We're here! This is the hospital."

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