Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

After a month, the matters related to the vassal kings' expedition finally came to an end.

As for how to mobilize troops and collect grain, we will leave it to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue.

Just before the vassal kings left the capital, Zhu Qizhen suddenly announced that there was a major event that celebrated the whole world and asked everyone to witness it together.

These princes were busy organizing the war. After receiving the notice, they all wondered, what was going on?

Ru Ning and others who are already ulterior motives are even more suspicious now.

All are vassal kings, please note that they are all!

Could it be that the emperor has made a condom and is about to take everyone down?

Everyone used the eyeliner in their hands to inquire about information.

Soon, news came out that it was the first railway in the Ming Dynasty that opened to traffic, and the emperor asked all the vassal kings to go for a test drive together.

That night, King Ning tossed and turned, and did not sleep all night.

He has been surprised since he arrived in the capital.

Now that I think about it carefully, I will first promise you the benefits, give soldiers, food and territory, and then everyone is happy and relieve all their vigilance, and then they will take everyone together in a flash?

Since ancient times, the Heavenly Family has been ruthless, and the Emperor can really do such a thing.

After thinking about it, he decided to take the risk of taking leave and said he was sick.

If the emperor really intends to kill him, it is impossible to let him go. It will instead arouse his suspicion.

So, he sent someone to the carriage overnight to rent a carriage and prepared to escape at any time.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen didn't know that King Ning had so many scruples. He summoned all the vassal kings to come and test the driving, but he just caught up.

The first railway in the Ming Dynasty led to Tianjin and was progressing very smoothly.

From the capital to Tianjin Wei, the terrain was relatively flat. After the route was planned, the Engineering College organized people to first use gravel to cushion the roadbed, then lay sleepers, and then dozens of steel workshops started construction.

With the support of the research results of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering, steel has long been upgraded to more than one level.

The current technology is to use oil quenching and heat treatment and tempering during the smelting process. This steel has extremely strong hardness and wear resistance and can fully withstand the weight of the train.

However, in this era, the smelting efficiency is still too low.

In desperation, Zhu Qizhen had to spend money desperately, and put more steel stoves and more craftsmen.

Anyway, the court is not short of money now, so it’s all done!

In the industrial park outside the city, countless workshops stand one by one, with thick smoke rolling every day. Then, the smelted steel rails are sent to the construction site through temporary wooden rails.

And here, under the arrangement of the joint team of the Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Sciences, all walks of life advance together to lay down the tracks.

Overall, the railways in this era are still relatively fast to pave, because they have no technical content. As long as a young man goes to the construction site to study for a few days, he will be able to do it.

As the saying goes, the disciples of the church starve to death, but it is completely different here.

The old craftsman brought out his apprentice. As long as he succeeded in his master and changed from an internship to a formal craftsman, his master would receive an additional monthly salary as a reward.

Driven by such a trend, newcomers know that they are well treated and try their best to learn, while old craftsmen also think it is profitable, so they do not hide their own personalities and teach them desperately.

From the capital to Tianjin Wei, a distance of only 300 miles was adopted, and the progress was much faster than expected.

So in order to recruit workers, each workshop actually had to go hundreds of miles to recruit blacksmiths. In order to trick people, it was all-out of everything. What kind of housing subsidies are allocated, and even daily necessities are prepared for you.

alright.

There is even the crazy one who even takes on a wife.

Nowadays, the industry of craftsmen is already very popular. Not to mention the daughters of various villages and towns, even the ladies of wealthy families are willing to lend them to craftsmen.

In just over a year, countless workshops and transactions emerged along this railway like mushrooms after a rain.

Even fools know that they can make money by following the railway, which once caused a sharp increase in the population of the entire capital.

Seeing that the capital was about to explode, Zhu Qizhen had to introduce a settlement policy, so he calmed down a little.

Sometimes, there are problems when it develops too fast, such as inflation has intensified.

With the reopening of the sea trade, the development of the silver mine in Japan has begun to flow in large quantities.

After all, this thing is hard currency. No matter how much the price rises, it can still be controlled within an acceptable range.

Zhu Qizhen was not impatient about this, because the most anxious thing about inflation was the dignitaries and nobles and gentry.

Seeing that the arable land is no longer profitable, even if it is profitable, the risks are already huge now.

The money saved by the family has not decreased, but its purchasing power has been declining.

Originally, you could buy a cow for ten taels of silver, but now it costs fifteen taels.

As a result, everyone no longer dared to save the spare money they had, and they devoted all of them to the workshop.

It turns out that this is a win-win move.

For him, the money invested in the workshop was constantly appreciating.

The employment problems of local people have been solved and their living standards have been improving.

For the imperial court, industry was developing rapidly.

Finally, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, which cost tens of millions of silver and had a total length of 300 miles, was opened to traffic.

In fact, the railway tracks are very simple, and even every station has no special decoration.

The starting point is located at Chaoyangmen, built with concrete and has been decorated long ago.

The biggest benefit of concrete is one word, fast!

The bachelors of the Academy of Engineering sweated and checked the junction between each section of sleepers and rails, constantly knocking and hitting, for fear of any mistakes.

You know, this project took eight months of hard work, and everyone's sweat could be found on every section of the railway.

Chen Huai, President of the Academy of Engineering, and Belin, Acting President of the Academy of Sciences, are reporting the final results.

"Your Majesty Qizhao, all inspections along the line will be opened to traffic!"

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "Then let's get in the car!"

Huaien immediately shouted in his unique sharp voice: "The emperor has an order, the auspicious time has come, get in the car!"

Not only were there more than a dozen vassal kings, but also ministers of the various ministries and cabinet ministers.

However, everyone around this cold iron guy began to retreat.

Can this thing go?

Moreover, you don’t need human traction on horses, you can walk by burning coal?

Among the onlookers, a low-key carriage was quietly parked among the many carriages.

King Ning stared carefully at the front and whispered: "If something is wrong in front, drive away from the capital immediately, the faster the better!"

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PS: Confirmed, fever 39°, my head was drowsy, and I didn't proofread the typos, so let's do it~~
Chapter completed!