The first day of October happens to be a Saturday. According to the latest Ming Dynasty's Mu Code, Saturday and Sunday are the days for Mu, and there is no need to go to work, so naturally there is no morning morning.
Liu Jin got up very early, had breakfast early, put on his usual plain clothes, and then headed towards the palace and arrived outside the Meridian Gate.
Here, the three ministers of the cabinet, the six ministers, the minister and other ministers of the fifth rank and above in the court also arrived one after another. None of them wore official clothes, and they gathered together with each other smiling and talking and laughing.
On the weekend, everyone is very relaxed. There is no need to go to morning or deal with state affairs. They have time to do some things they want to do and can relax appropriately. This mood is naturally very good.
"Liu Jin, come here~"
Seeing Liu Jin coming, Zhang Mao quickly waved to Liu Jin and signaled Liu Jin to come over.
By Zhang Mao's side, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, the elders of the three cabinet ministers, were naturally indispensable. The four of them also talked about this matter very animatedly.
"Liu Gong, Li Gong, Xie Gong, Zhang Gong~"
Liu Jin walked over and saluted several people.
"Is your train going to work?"
Zhang Mao waved his hand and asked.
"Mr. Zhang, as you said, you will know whether he can do it or not after taking a train."
Liu Jin was immediately speechless. Forget it if ordinary people doubt it. Even you, Lao Zhang, doubt it. This is too much.
"If this train really works, how about we all spend money to build a railway from Tianjin to Jiangnan?"
Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin's confident look, smiled, and then lowered his voice and said.
"..."
Liu Jin was speechless for a moment, thinking that Lao Zhang, you really didn't know the powerful transportation capabilities of trains, and you had already set your sights on one of the most valuable lines in Ming Dynasty.
"Haha, when the time comes, you must count on me~"
When Liu Jian heard this, he immediately touched his mustache and said.
He has also tasted the sweetness now.
He, Li Dongyang and others all bought shares in the Egyptian Canal stock. Each of them seemed to have bought 100,000 shares. Calculated at more than 30 yuan per share, this is worth more than 3 million taels of silver.
Such a rapid growth rate is simply unbelievable and unbelievable, but it is really happening. It is many times faster than setting up plantations, pastures, businesses, factories, etc. As for buying land,
There is no comparison at all with the small amount of grain collected from tenant rent.
Therefore, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others are constantly selling off their property in their hometowns to raise funds, and are always ready to invest in some new industries with promising prospects.
In this regard, it is natural to follow Liu Jin's pace closely. Whatever Liu Jin does, everyone can just follow it. There is no need to use any brains. Just follow it and win easily.
Just like the Egyptian Canal Stock, you just need to invest some money, and the rest is just waiting to count the money.
"Haha, it counts as my share."
When Li Dongyang and Xie Qian heard that there was a good thing about getting rich, they quickly smiled and said.
"Definitely, definitely~"
Liu Jin could only nod quickly. It was a good thing that these civil servants were willing to work with them to develop the railway. The ruling power of Ming Dynasty was still these civil servant groups. As long as they were willing to follow the change, Ming Dynasty would naturally develop faster.
After everyone chatted for a while, Emperor Hongzhi and Prince Zhu Houzhao also walked out of the palace in plain clothes.
All the ministers quickly saluted Emperor Hongzhi in unison and said hello.
"No need, no need~"
"We are traveling in plainclothes today, so don't tell us too many rules, just feel free to do it."
"Let's go and see our Ming Dynasty train together."
Emperor Hongzhi was smiling all over his face. To be honest, he couldn't wait to experience the train.
In the past few days, Zhu Houzhao was chattering beside him every day, constantly bragging about how powerful this train was, how comfortable it was, and so on.
This made Emperor Hongzhi feel itchy in his heart, and he couldn't wait to see this train.
The group quickly transferred to a four-wheeled carriage and arrived at Xincheng Railway Station in the South District of Beijing.
As soon as they got off the four-wheeled carriage, everyone couldn't help but be shocked. The entire train station was already crowded with people, and thousands of people had gathered in the large square outside the train station.
Obviously, these are the people who are ready to take the train and want to experience the train.
There are so many people who are curious about this new thing called trains.
"Dad, did you see that everyone is very interested in the train I invented?"
Zhu Houzhao boasted to Emperor Hongzhi with some pride.
"If your train doesn't work, you will make a fool of yourself then."
Emperor Hongzhi was smiling all over his face. His son had a promising future, and he was naturally the happiest person to be a father.
He knew that Zhu Houzhao did not like to learn things like the way of governing a country or the way of being a king, but he liked military affairs, craftsmanship and the like. In the eyes of scholars, these are actually trivial things.
However, Zhu Houzhao was able to rely on these things to develop some things that were useful to the Ming Dynasty and the people, such as harvesters, cultivators, etc., which could be regarded as doing good things for the people, and he felt very gratified.
"How could it not work~"
"Hmph~"
"Everyone will know whether this train will work after taking a ride."
Zhu Houzhao raised his head slightly, looking very confident.
This made the three pavilion elders, six ministers and others on the side couldn't help but smile.
The prince is still young after all.
Fortunately, Emperor Hongzhi's health is very good. Since the intestinal carbuncle was cured, Emperor Hongzhi's health has gotten better and better. He used to look like a dying old man, but now his face is rosy, his body is getting stronger, and even his hair is growing slowly.
It's getting darker slowly, and I guess it won't be a problem to live for another few decades.
"Haha, okay, let's go experience this train~"
Emperor Hongzhi immediately laughed happily.
Soon, Emperor Hongzhi took the civil and military ministers from the DPRK and China through the special VIP channel. There was no need to queue up or check tickets. There was already a special train waiting at the train station.
"This train station is very big~"
Walking slowly inside the train station, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but sigh.
Soon, everyone arrived at the platform where they took the train, and immediately saw the special train parked quietly on the railway track.
"Is this a train?"
"Why does it look a bit like a big snake to me~"
Zhang Mao looked at the train in front of him and couldn't help but look forward and back carefully.
"This train is mainly composed of two parts~"
"One is the locomotive at the front. The locomotive is actually a steam locomotive, which uses a steam engine to provide power to drive the train forward."
"The last section is a carriage, which can be used to carry passengers and transport goods."
Without Liu Jin's need to speak, Zhu Houzhao proudly began to introduce his masterpiece to everyone.
"Your Highness, how much cargo can this train carry at one time, and how many people can it transport?"
When Liu Jian heard this, he thought about it and asked quickly.
"If it is only used to transport people, it can tow up to twenty-five carriages. However, for safety reasons, we usually only tow twenty carriages. Each carriage can have a hundred carriages in normal design.
The seats can accommodate 100 people, so it can carry 2,000 people at a time!"
"Of course, if the situation is urgent, more carriages can be towed and more people can be towed."
Zhu Houzhao proudly introduced the carrying capacity of the train to everyone.
"Can it carry two thousand people at a time?"
When Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao and others heard this, they couldn't help but slightly widen their eyes in disbelief.
This is too terrible. Carrying two thousand people at a time, this number is naturally not worth mentioning in future generations, but for this era, this is definitely a very terrifying number.
"Hmph~"
"If it is used to carry goods, it can hang thirty or forty carriages at a time, and it can carry at least 200,000 kilograms of goods at a time."
Zhu Houzhao looked at everyone's disbelieving eyes and immediately continued with slight dissatisfaction.
"Carrying 200,000 kilograms of cargo at one time?"
Everyone widened their eyes slightly again, and couldn't help but take a closer look at the long behemoth in front of them. They really couldn't imagine that such an iron lump could not only run on its own, but also have such a huge body.
carrying capacity.
"Can this iron lump really pull two thousand people at once?"
"Carrying two hundred thousand kilograms of cargo?"
Liu Jian looked at the train in front of him in disbelief, and then looked at the tracks and the railway paved with rubble. He always felt incredible. He originally thought that this train might be very powerful, but he just thought that it might be stronger than a four-wheeled train.
The carriage must be more powerful, and I would never have imagined that it would have such a powerful transportation capability.
"Humph, of course~"
"The current train technology is not too mature yet. If a more powerful steam locomotive is developed in the future, its carrying capacity can be even more powerful."
Being suspected, Zhu Houzhao snorted dissatisfiedly and said.
"If it can really transport two thousand people and more than 200,000 kilograms of cargo at one time, then this railway will be really amazing."
After hearing this, Liu Jian couldn't help but sigh.
Once the train comes out, it will really rewrite the history of the Ming Dynasty.
"Haha, of course, it is definitely something amazing, and it will definitely rewrite the history of our Ming Dynasty. It is the beginning of an era."
Zhu Houzhao laughed happily.
"Haha, let's go, let's take a ride on this train and see how it is."
Emperor Hongzhi was very happy. If the train really had such a powerful carrying capacity, it would be of great significance to the huge Ming Dynasty.
In the future, as long as the railway is built, the Ming Dynasty's rule will be extremely stable. Emperor Hongzhi can't wait to try this train.
