The work shed in front of us has transitioned from a classical style to a purely industrial style. The main body is made of steel, so the ceiling of the work shed is extremely high and the span of a single beam is also extremely large.
So the whole feeling is that the space is extremely huge.
A huge "monster" lies across the huge shed.
At first glance, I can see that this monster is full of strong cyberpunk style, because all kinds of pipes, flanges, and valves are basically exposed to the outside, without any decoration to cover them.
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But it was painted with paint, and it was painted vermilion.
The overall shape is not much different from Chongzhen’s hand-painted motorcycle head.
Although the work shed is large, the locomotive that stretches across it is not small at all.
Weng Zhili walked up to the locomotive and said with a proud look on his face: "Your Majesty, and all your lords, the locomotive built by our Daming Railway Factory is 5 feet long, 1 foot wide, 9 feet high, and weighs about 300,000 kilograms."
I heard that the locomotive weighed 300,000 kilograms, and the dozens of civil servants and military officials present suddenly burst out in amazement.
One of the servants couldn't help but ask Weng Zhili: "Shopkeeper Weng, can such a heavy iron guy really run? The steam engine doesn't seem to have that much horsepower, right?"
The power unit of horsepower was still introduced.
1 horsepower is equal to lifting 150 kilograms of weight 1 meter in 1 second.
"No problem at all." Weng Zhili said with a smile, "The steam engine used in our locomotive is the same specification as the one used by the Zhou Yu, with a power of 3,000 horsepower."
The 3,000-horsepower steam engine is the most powerful one currently available.
So when he said this, Weng Zhili seemed confident.
Weng Zhili's confidence is not a bluff, but based on facts.
Because the train factory has tested it many times before, it is fully operational.
Not only can the locomotive run, but it can also drag multiple train tracks loaded with stones without any problems. The transportation capacity of the train is really as exaggerated as the Holy Spirit said!
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's start quickly."
After saying that, Chongzhen took the lead in boarding the locomotive.
"Your Majesty..." Zhang Shenxing wanted to stop him at first, thinking that no one could say whether this thing was reliable or not. Your Majesty, you are worth a thousand gold, so don't go up there for now. But before he could speak, Chongzhen had already
After getting on the train, Zhang Shenxing had no choice but to follow the other officials.
However, the cab of the locomotive simply cannot accommodate so many officials.
Seeing that the officials behind were trying to squeeze onto the locomotive, Weng Zhili quickly stopped him: "Ladies and gentlemen, the locomotive simply cannot accommodate that many people, but it doesn't matter. We have also prepared a carriage with a large number of seats.
There is enough room for all of you to take a seat. Sirs, please come this way."
Only then did the officials behind realize that there was another carriage parked on the track behind.
At that moment, officials from the six ministers and below, as well as people from various departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, all boarded the carriage at the back. There were actually rows of benches in the carriage, enough to seat hundreds of people.
The civil servants and military officials were amazed as they sat down.
Some officials even stuck their heads out of the car windows to look out.
Thanks to Chongzhen, a time traveler, China's trains did not repeat the old path of another world and designed the first train to look like a carriage, but instead looked like a train.
Weng Zhili couldn't care less about entertaining these officials and returned to the locomotive.
There were much fewer people on the locomotive. In addition to Chongzhen, Zhu Cixiang and his son, there were only seven people including the four prime ministers of the cabinet and the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ma Mingluo.
Xiang Chongzhen saw the ceremony, and Weng Zhili said again: "Drive!"
The two workers at the back of the locomotive immediately opened the boiler door to the maximum, and then shoveled the anthracite inside. The fire in the boiler soon reached its peak.
Another worker opened the valve forcefully.
With a "chi" sound, the front of the car started to move.
The four pavilion elders exclaimed one after another. They were sixty or seventy years old, but they acted like children at this moment, completely shocked by the scene in front of them.
"Oh my God, I can really run!"
"This thing is so amazing. It can run away by burning coal!"
"Slow is a bit slow, but it's good to be able to move."
"What Shoukui said is that as long as you can move, you can find a way to slowly increase your speed."
Although they were very surprised, several cabinet elders still relied on their status and put forward suggestions for improvement.
After all, he is a leader. Regardless of whether he understands something or not, he must put forward some suggestions for improvement, otherwise he will not be able to reflect his level.
Chongzhen almost laughed out loud after hearing this. He couldn't wait to see what the expressions of the elders would be like when the locomotive started running completely. Did they drop their reading glasses?
By the way, it seems that the four pavilion elders are not wearing reading glasses?
At this time, Liu Lishun suddenly let out a sigh and asked, "Hey, how do you drive back?"
Weng Zhili said with a smile: "Liu Ge, Mr. Rong, must first connect to the carriage behind, otherwise the adults in the carriage will be left behind, hahaha."
"Oh, oh oh oh." Liu Lishun nodded hurriedly, "That makes sense, it really makes sense."
While the few people were talking, the locomotive had already slid back dozens of steps along the rails. Then, with a click, the locomotive and the carriage were connected together through the connecting mechanism.
Because there was a time traveler like Chongzhen, Zhan’s hooks were directly used to connect the carriages.
Of course, Chongzhen just drew a sketch, but inspiration is enough for many things.
There are actually many skilled craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty. As long as you can provide a processing sketch, they can make it for you.
With the sketch drawn by Chongzhen, Weng Zhili and several old craftsmen from the train factory spent only half a month to figure out the specific structure. Therefore, this is now called Weng's hook.
With just a slight touch, the carriage was firmly connected to the locomotive through Weng's hook.
After learning this, the four pavilion elders and Ma Mingluan were once again amazed.
This thing is really magical. It can be hooked with just a slight bump. It is really convenient.
However, Chongzhen had already passed through the aisle and arrived at the back door of the locomotive. He happened to see the workers opening the front door of the carriage, and then he saw the officials sitting in the carriage at a glance.
"Hey, Your Majesty!" The officials stood up and rushed to the front door of the carriage.
However, the workers at the train factory had already put wooden boards on the Weng's hooks, and tied a number of iron chains between the carriage and the front of the train. The walkway bridge was quickly built, and there were even six iron chains on both sides to serve as guardrails.
Chongzhen immediately crossed the bridge and entered the carriage to meet the officials.
Zhu Cihong, the four pavilion elders and Ma Mingluan also followed one after another.
By this time, the locomotive had started moving again, and this time it was moving forward.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Mr. Mengge..." The ministers in the carriage hurriedly greeted Chongzhen and others.
Although they had only been separated for less than a moment, it felt like they were reunited after a long separation, and the four elders were also very excited.
Although they do not understand the industrial revolution, they can vaguely realize the significance of trains.
With trains in the Ming Dynasty, the connection between the two capitals will be closer, and the wealth from Jiangnan can be transferred to the capital faster, and the losses will be greatly reduced, which will undoubtedly greatly reduce the cost of governance.
As the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, I still have this basic level of political literacy.
As time went by, the train moved faster and faster, and Chongzhen finally heard the familiar clicking sound again, which was the sound made when the steel wheels rolled over the joints of the rails.
Chongzhen estimated that the driving speed was about 30 kilometers per hour.
At this speed, it will take about two days and nights to reach Nanjing.
For Chongzhen, this speed was almost ridiculously slow, but for the ministers, it was already so fast that it was scary. An old minister even turned pale with fright and almost fainted.
But more officials were extremely excited and their faces were filled with anticipation.
After a while, the train left the inner track of the train factory and boarded the Beijing-Beijing Railway.
By the way, the switch mechanism was also a concept and sketch provided by Chongzhen, and then Weng Zhili led the craftsmen of the train factory to build it.
Of course, the current turnout mechanism is completely manual.
In order to save transportation costs, the Beijing-Beijing Railway was basically built along the canal. Therefore, after leaving the train factory area, what caught the eyes of Chongzhen and his ministers was the scenery along the canal.
However, the scenery along the canal is far from beautiful, and the land is largely barren.
Ma Mingluan was afraid that Chongzhen would be unhappy, so he explained: "Your Majesty, most of the land on both sides of the canal from Beijing to Tongzhou is imperial estate. It could have been leased to the landless people for farming. However, after many years of war,
The population of Beizhi has dropped sharply, and most of the refugees have fled to the south of the Yangtze River, so it is easy to recruit refugees for farming."
"I know this." Chongzhen nodded to show that he knew.
"Not only Huangzhuang, but the entire Beizhi and even the entire northern land are depopulated."
After years of war, Beizhi's population was originally depleted, and most of the remaining young men were forcibly recruited by the Jiannu slaves to train for bravery, Green Camp artillery and the Eight Banners Han Army. After the defeat of Baliqiao, they were captured by the Ming army to build railways. Therefore,
It's not just Huangzhuang that is deserted, the entire Beizhi is almost deserted.
This is why Chongzhen attached great importance to agriculture in Jiangnan and Huguang.
Because within three years, agricultural production in several northern provinces will never return to its original state, then within these three years the capital and several northern provinces will have to rely on Jiangnan and Huguang to supply food.
Therefore, there must be no problems with grain production in Jiangnan and Huguang.
Otherwise, large-scale famine would break out again under the Ming Dynasty.
Now that he had said this, Chongzhen decided that it would be better to choose a day than to hit the sun. He took advantage of this opportunity to hold an office meeting on the train and work with the cabinet to decide on a land plan that would determine the fate of the country for a hundred years in the Ming Dynasty.
"Your family, the capital, and several northern provinces have been restored for some time."
Chongzhen's eyes swept over the faces of Zhang Shenxing and other cabinet ministers, and then continued: "It seems that there should be a clear explanation on how to deal with the land in the prefectures and several northern provinces."
Upon hearing this, all the ministers looked away from the car window.