In the northwest suburbs of Tianjin, a huge station is under construction, and a huge construction team of several thousand people is busy.
In an era without construction machinery, large-scale projects were almost always completed by relying on human sea tactics.
Although the Ming Dynasty is the most powerful and advanced country on the planet at this time, it still requires a huge amount of manpower to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction. It often requires thousands of people. When necessary, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people can also be organized.
Got up.
Liu Jin brought Zhu Houzhao, accompanied by He Yun, the general manager of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway Company, to inspect the construction of the railway.
"Your Highness, isn't this scene spectacular?"
Standing on a hillside, I looked at the lively scene in front of me. Thousands of people gathered together to work. It seemed chaotic, but it had a clear division of labor, order and order.
Four-wheeled carriages transporting soil, rocks, and materials shuttled back and forth from construction site to construction site. A large amount of cement was transported and poured continuously on the pillars that had been fixed everywhere.
Seeing such a heated scene in front of him, Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh, Ming Dynasty is no longer the Ming Dynasty it used to be.
In the past, if you wanted to organize thousands or tens of thousands of people to carry out infrastructure construction, you would have to recruit farmers in the form of corvees to complete the project.
Serving as a corvee is definitely a very, very difficult thing for farmers, because during the period of corvee service, not only do they not get any reward, but they also need to bring their own food and mats to live in.
In the era of turmoil and famine, the people themselves had little food at all, and they often died of exhaustion or starvation while doing corvee labor. In the past dynasties, peasant uprisings often broke out while doing corvee labor. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were
There was no way to arrive at the designated place on time to serve, so he revolted.
Such things happened frequently in the Ming Dynasty. Especially in the early Ming Dynasty, there were all kinds of heavy corvee services, and many people imitated Zhu Yuanzhang.
This shows that corvee service was definitely a life-threatening matter in ancient times.
But things are different now. The imperial court has abolished the corvee system. If you want to organize people to work on big projects, you need to pay money. With the motivation of money, everyone does things completely differently.
The atmosphere is full of enthusiasm, and everyone is working hard. There is no need for supervision, because the amount of work is related to one's income. The more you work, the more you get, and you will naturally work very hard when doing things.
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Next to the vast construction site, under the shade of some big trees, a large number of people came to do small business. Some came here to sell mung bean porridge and herbal tea, some sold snacks, and some ran noodle stalls and noodle stalls.
spread.
The business is also quite good, with an endless stream of customers coming to spend money. During the break, I drink a bowl of herbal tea and sit under the tree, and all the fatigue seems to disappear all of a sudden.
"It's okay, I think thousands of troops look better."
Zhu Houzhao looked a little bored and said that he didn't quite understand why Liu Jin had to force himself to come over to see the construction site. What was there to see at the construction site? Isn't it just a group of people working together and sweating.
"Your Highness, the Ming Dynasty's thousands of troops and horses are indeed spectacular and majestic, opening up territory for the Ming Dynasty, but what we see in front of us is also a large army and an infrastructure army."
"They wielded pickaxes and built spacious, flat cement roads connecting the four directions for our Ming Dynasty. They built the prosperous and bustling high-rise buildings for our Ming Dynasty. They built busy ports for our Ming Dynasty."
"Without them, our Ming Dynasty would not be as prosperous as it is now."
Liu Jin smiled and said.
After hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao was thoughtful, and he also cheered up and looked carefully, but soon his attention was focused on some steam engines.
"Woo~"
I saw a steam engine making bursts of whistles. Driven by the steam engine, a machine was constantly rotating, transporting a large amount of soil, sand and gravel.
"Haha, Lao Liu, did you see that machine? It was invented by our research institute. It can transport items by using the power of a steam engine."
Zhu Houzhao was slightly proud. He was really happy to see the items researched by his research institute here.
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Jin looked over quickly, and then searched carefully on the construction site, and soon found steam engines. The steam engines were connected to machines, or used to transport items.
Or it can be used to mix sand and gravel, etc.
Obviously, as the technology of steam engines becomes more and more mature, various machines surrounding steam engines are constantly being researched and then applied to various fields.
Needless to say, factories and workshops have begun to use a large number of machines on construction sites.
Seeing this scene, the smile on Liu Jin's face became even brighter. This was exactly what he had expected and the result of his hard work.
The power of technology has begun to take root in this land. As long as it continues to thrive, you no longer have to worry about being bullied.
This is the result of what Liu Jin has been working hard for.
Not for the Zhu family dynasty, not for my own glory and wealth, but for the land I love so much, for my descendants, for the descendants of Yan and Huang to be able to stand up on this planet in the future, and for the descendants of the descendants who don’t have to go through this.
Hundreds of years of suffering.
In order that future generations would not have their backbones broken and become soft-legged shrimps and shepherd dogs, so that future generations would not have to learn those barbarian words and be constrained by barbarians everywhere.
The large amount of machinery used on the construction site in front of him made Liu Jin feel very pleased that his efforts were not in vain.
Although the current Ming Dynasty still has many unsatisfactory places, it is becoming more and more powerful. The living space of the descendants of Yan and Huang is unprecedentedly broad. The self-confidence of the Ming Dynasty people is always overflowing, and their arrogant heads make those barbarians consciously
dirty.
"Let's go, let's take a look at our railway~"
Liu Jin happily walked to the construction site of the railway.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin, a little confused, and didn't understand why Liu Jin was so happy all of a sudden.
Soon, Liu Jin arrived at the railway construction site.
The construction of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway adopts the method of constructing multiple sections at the same time. Construction is started simultaneously in Tianjin, Beijing and the intermediate areas.
Tianjin is not only building a train station, but also building a railway.
Here at the railway construction site, we can see a large number of workers constantly busy.
Railways are different from highways in that their construction requirements are much higher.
First of all, the railway must be very flat, and the gradient must be less than 25% per thousand. This is mainly because the trains run on rails and the friction coefficient is very small, so the train's climbing ability is very poor.
Secondly, the railway should be as straight as possible. Long trains need to make large turns and turns, otherwise they will easily derail.
Also, the train's roadbed must be stable and its weighing capacity must be strong, otherwise the train's powerful tonnage will easily crush the roadbed.
All these made it much more difficult to build railways, and the construction costs were much higher than those of roads. This was why Liu Jin had to raise a large amount of funds, often spending millions of taels of silver on it.
"Your Highness, Mr. Liu~"
"The construction of our railways must first equalize the land. After the land is leveled, it must be rolled over and over again. After confirming that it is completely solid, it can then be poured with concrete."
"After the concrete is poured, a hardened base is formed. The gravel layer is laid on the base, and then the railway sleepers are laid, and the rails are laid on the sleepers. Only in this way can the railway be repaired."
He Yun pointed to the railway under construction and introduced it in detail.
Following his introduction, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao also quickly looked over. The railways were being built very quickly. In some places, sleepers and rails had already been laid, and the roadbed was being excavated at the front, so they could clearly see that,
Visually see the entire railway construction steps.
"Well, it looks very strong."
Liu Jin listened carefully and watched carefully.
This railway seems to be similar to the railways I have seen in later generations, and the structure looks the same. This familiar small gravel, which is commonly known as gravel, will be seen in movies, TV, or on my own in later generations.
I’ve seen it before on the train and it’s really familiar.
Now seeing it here in the Ming Dynasty, and then looking at the Ming Dynasty people who are doing construction around it, it gives Liu Jin a dream-like feeling, and it always feels a bit unreal.
However, all this really happened in front of me.
"It seems that the engineering college I founded was not a waste of money. At least, Ming's infrastructure technology is definitely quite advanced. Originally, it meant that the construction of the railway might not meet the requirements. Now it seems that I have thought too much.
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"As infrastructure enthusiasts, even during the Qin Dynasty, we had already built the Great Wall, which is just a railway. It is not a problem for the skilled craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty."
Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The descendants of Yan and Huang are very smart, definitely not inferior to any nation on earth.
As long as their thoughts are not constrained, the creativity of the descendants of Yan and Huang can continue to burst out and create all kinds of miracles.
In fact, this has been proved. As the new schools founded by Liu Jin continued to cultivate various talents, the Ming Dynasty's science and technology fields, medicine fields, infrastructure fields, shipbuilding fields and many other fields began to comprehensively develop.
Take off.
"Haha, the ridiculous feudal dynasty always uses all kinds of things to constrain people's minds and educate the people to make it easier for them to rule. However, it harms this smart, hard-working and wise nation!"
