After nightfall, Chongzhen chatted about railway transportation with Jiang Tianyi, Zheng Sen and other scholars as well as the Guozi students from the Staff Section.
"In a word, the freight rate of railway transportation is not much higher than that of sea transportation, but the timeliness is far better than that of sea transportation. Moreover, sea transportation is easily affected by seasonal weather. In typhoon weather, it is more likely that the ship will capsize, losing people and goods."
"Rail transportation is much more reliable and is almost not affected by the weather."
"Needless to say, water transportation is far less cost-effective than railway transportation."
"As for carriages, horses and civilians, it is even more incomparable to railway transportation. The cost-effectiveness ratio is more than a hundred times worse."
Having said this, Chongzhen added: "Therefore, it is the general trend for railway transportation to replace water transportation for long-distance cargo trafficking between regions. The era of canals has passed. In the future, canals will only have short-distance trafficking. Of course, cross-continental transportation
Transportation between places still has to rely on sea transportation, after all, the railway cannot be built on another continent."
The scholars present seemed to understand. Another continent?
Is there really another continent in this world? I’m afraid it’s not an island like Fuso. Li
Zheng Sen asked: "Your Majesty, can a train really pull dozens of carriages? Can each carriage really carry tens of thousands of kilograms of goods or carry hundreds of people?"
"It's more real than your flying car." Chongzhen said with a smile.
"If it is a railway built on plain terrain, such as the Beijing-Beijing Railway, it is possible to pull hundreds of carriages. It can pull thousands of tons of cargo from Beijing to Nanjing in just one trip, and it can also transport tens of thousands of troops together in one trip.
All weapons and equipment were delivered from Nanjing to Beijing within twelve hours."
"Oh my God." Zheng Sen said, "This is too fast."
Jiang Tianyi said: "If this is the case, we still need to build a direct railway to Xi'an."
Chongzhen said with a smile: "Of course the railway to Xi'an must be built, and it is not enough to go to Xi'an. It must also be built to Gansu, across the Hexi Corridor, and extending to the Western Regions. By then, our Ming Dynasty's infantry and cavalry armies can easily reach Gansu within seven days.
Once we reach the Western Regions, the Western Regions will also be permanently included in the territory of our Ming Dynasty."
Zheng Sen said: "Your Majesty, this is a big project."
Chongzhen said: "Of course it takes ten years and millions of workers to complete it."
"Are we actually needing millions of workers?" Jiang Tianyi was dumbfounded upon hearing this, "Your Majesty, where can we find so many workers? And how much does it cost?"
A ruthless look flashed across Chongzhen's eyes: "If we want to build the Beijing-Beijing Railway and the direct railway to the Western Regions in a short period of time, we will definitely not be able to rely on hired labor alone. Firstly, there are not so many laborers to hire, and secondly, we cannot afford the wages.
, so we can only use other methods to make up for it, such as recruiting criminals to serve, or arresting people."
"Arrest people?" Zheng Sen said in shock, "Where to arrest people? Shaanxi?"
"Of course overseas." Zhu Cijiong said, "How can we capture the people of the Ming Dynasty?"
Chongzhen smiled and said nothing. He only talked about his plan of vacating the cage and replacing the birds with Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong.
However, this is a long-term population project, and it is impossible to see results without fifty years of work.
While they were talking, there was a sudden noise in the direction of Weiyuan Gate in front of them, and then a prince came over excitedly and reported to Chongzhen that Lian Yong, who was guarding Weiyuan Gate, had surrendered.
"Let's go and take a look." Chongzhen immediately stood up and left the tent.
Zheng Sen, Jiang Tianyi and Zhu Cijiong quickly followed.
Soon, Lian Yong, who surrendered to the city, arrived in front of the Ming army camp.
What surprised Chongzhen was that Lian Yong actually brought a big gift - Wu Sangui.
"Convict Fang Guangchen, please kowtow to the Holy Lord Jin'an. Long live our emperor." Fang Guangchen addressed the convict and performed a great ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times to Chongzhen.
Chongzhen didn't even look at Fang Guangchen.
Jiang Tian immediately shouted: "Take it with me!"
At that moment, two princes stepped forward and pushed Fang Guangchen to the ground.
"Eh, eh, eh, eh." This was obviously beyond Fang Guangchen's expectation, and he shouted hurriedly, "Your Majesty, although the criminal is guilty, he has also made great achievements. The criminal led hundreds of people in the city to practice bravely in front of the formation, and captured him
The great traitor Wu Sangui, this is a great achievement, which is enough to atone for his sins. Your Majesty, you cannot treat me like this."
Wu Sangui burst out laughing happily when he saw this.
"Fang Guangchen, now you know what kind of person Chongzhen is."
"I have told you a long time ago that Chongzhen is too small to accommodate people."
"You are the only idiot who still dreams that Chongzhen will forgive you." Li
"How dare you, a thief." Zhu Cijiong could not tolerate Wu Sangui's arrangement of his father. He immediately stepped forward and slapped Wu Sangui on the cheek.
Zhu Cijiong slapped him very hard this time.
Wu Sangui's entire body was slapped sideways.
When I turned back, I saw that the entire right cheek had become slightly swollen.
"Hahaha, good fight, great!" Wu Sangui laughed out loud, "Come again, try harder!"
"Hey, I have never seen such a mean request in my life, but since you have something to ask for, I will satisfy you." Zhu Cijiong said as he pulled out the blunderbuss and used the jujube wood butt of the blunderbuss to hit it hard.
He slapped Wu Sangui hard on the left side of his face.
There was only a snap sound, and Wu Sangui was knocked to the ground by the butt of the rifle.
After a long time, Wu Sangui finally sat up from the ground. Everyone looked over again and saw that Wu Sangui's entire left cheek had become swollen, and even his left eye was almost narrowed into a slit.
Wu Sangui opened his mouth again and spit out four big bloody teeth.
"Are you still being tough?" Zhu Cijiong asked with a ferocious smile, "Do you want to reward you again?"
Now Wu Sangui didn't dare to say harsh words anymore, because if he said harsh words again, he would only be asking for trouble.
"Okay, don't beat this traitor to death." Chongzhen stopped him at the right time. "How can we beat a traitor like Wu Sangui to death in one fell swoop?
Wu Sangui couldn't help but shudder when he heard this.
What do you mean you can't be beaten to death at once?
Are you going to take him back to Beijing and have him cut into pieces?
"Wu Sangui, you guessed it right." Chongzhen said with a ferocious smile, "A great traitor like you must be cut into pieces with a thousand cuts. Otherwise, it is not enough to serve as a warning to those who come after you!"
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"Emperor Dog, I, Wu Sangui, may regard thieves as my father and lead wolves into my house, but you, Chongzhen, are not a good bird either."
"The Ming Dynasty was rich in nine states and had hundreds of millions of people, but it was ravaged by tens of thousands of soldiers of the Eight Banners in the Jiannu area. Isn't it because you, the dog emperor, are petty and willful, and don't know how to use people at all."
"The national crisis in Jiashen was caused by you, the dog emperor."
"But you put the blame on the civil servants and generals, which is really ridiculous." Li
Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong was furious again and wanted to teach Wu Sangui a lesson.
"Jiong'er, don't pay attention to him." Chongzhen stopped Zhu Cijiong and said to Wu Sangui, "You want to anger me so that I can give you a pleasure, right? Your efforts are in vain and useless."
After saying this, he added: "Keep this traitor in custody."
"Take him down." Jiang Tianyi signaled to Guo Zisheng to take Wu Sangui down.
Fang Guangchen and hundreds of Lianyong who surrendered to Xiancheng were no exception, and were all taken into custody.
Of course, in the end, these brave practitioners will still get a relatively fair treatment.
There are four to five million thieves in training. Chongzhen can't capture all these training soldiers to build the railway. If he really does this, there will be no one in Beizhi to farm.
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At least we saw weapons at Shanhaiguan.
However, the situation in Yanzhou Prefecture was calm.
As soon as Xu Yingwei led the 3rd town to Yanzhou Prefecture, Jiang Xiang surrendered directly to Kaicheng.
Looking at Jiang Xiang who came to surrender with his hands tied, Xu Yingwei was both relieved and regretful.
Fortunately, Jiang Xiang surrendered, and the people of Yanzhou Prefecture were spared the disaster of weapons.
Unfortunately, as soon as Jiang Xiang surrendered, the 3rd Town lost an opportunity to meritorious service and be rewarded, because according to the new army's military regulations, enemy surrenders are not counted on the head, and there is no reward.
Precisely because of this, Jiang Xiang was not less angry with the New Army officers on the way to Beijing.
However, it was limited to verbal mockery. Xu Yingwei did not allow the new army to beat Jiang Xiang, because Xu Yingwei knew that frontier generals like Jiang Xiang who had rebelled against the country and surrendered to the enemy must return to the capital alive to accept the trial of the three halls. If nothing happens,
If so, he will be sentenced to death after three trials.
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At the same time, after five days of running wildly, Bumbutai, Fulin and his mother and son fled to Guihua City under the protection of Yabulan and other more than 300 bagalas with yellow flags.
When he heard that Bumbutai and Fulin were naturalized, Ombutchuhu'er was stunned on the spot.
What happened? Why did the Qing Emperor and the Queen Mother suddenly come to Guihua City?
Is something serious going on? Did the Qing soldiers lose the decisive battle with the Ming army?
However, even if the battle is defeated, the country will not be destroyed at once and the city of Beijing will be lost, right?
In any case, the Qing Dynasty had an army of 700,000 to 800,000 Manchu, Mongolian and Han troops. How could the Ming army swallow them all in one bite?
Full of questions, Ombu Chuhuer and hundreds of followers hurried out of the city to greet him.
Ombu Chuhu'er was still very respectful to the Qing court, because had it not been for the Qing court's help, the Dongtumute tribe where Ombu Chuhu'er was located would have been exterminated by Lin Dan Khan.
Later, with the support of the Qing court, Dongtumote was able to return to the Tumut River with lush water and grass.
So when he saw Fulin and Bumubutai coming from a distance, Omubu Chuhuer rolled his saddle and dismounted his horse, kneeling on the ground: "I, Tumote's tribe, Zasak Omubuchuhu'er, kowtow to your Majesty the King."
An, please kowtow to Queen Mother Jin An."
Fulin had not yet recovered from the shock of losing his country, and seemed a little uneasy.
Bumbutai could only dismount his horse and help Ombutchuhu'er up, and said sadly: "Aha, we orphans and widows came to Tumut River specially to seek refuge with you. If you refuse to take us in, we, mother and son, will
There is really no way to survive.”
After saying this, Bumbutai made a gesture to lead Fulin to kneel down, which frightened Ombutchuhuer and quickly stopped him.
"What are you talking about, Queen Mother?" Ombutaihu'er said in panic, "Not to mention the Tumut River, even the entire Mongolia belongs to the Emperor and the Queen Mother. If you want to live here, you can live here. This is yours.
