Although the New Year and the lantern-grabbing contest happened during this period, the students didn't slow down their pace in developing the steam-powered train.
Even during the holidays, the students would be at school every day for the whole day.
On the first day after the school holiday had started, he observed that the steam locomotive was taking shape.
However, the problem of an inadequate supply of steel was looming.
Although the steam engine train was smaller and simpler than what he had seen before, the amount of steel they needed was about twice as much as they currently had.
Ren Baqian got the empress to supply the school with 4,000 kilograms of steel. Including the steel, they were given earlier to make the steam engine and the addition of the railway track in the school's backyard, the total amount was 5,000 kilograms.
After that, he went to the captive camp.
