At this time, Nan Yanxi, who was far away in Zhongzhou, had just finished a morning meeting.
Since the capital was established in Zhongzhou, Nan Yanxi postponed the early morning dynasty for an hour.
According to the current time, the meeting has become eight o'clock in the morning.
Although the time was late, the frequency became more frequent, from once every five days as prescribed in Daxia to once every other day.
In addition, the format of the morning meeting has also changed.
In the past, everyone was standing, but now everyone is sitting, sitting at a long table to discuss things together, and there is also hot tea to drink.
There is also a special breakfast hall outside the main hall. If you have not eaten breakfast, you can have a bite here in advance.
Therefore, the current Ming Dynasty is no longer like it was before, just like overcoming a tribulation.
During this period, the world was at peace, good news came from various states, counties and counties, and various reforms and constructions were being carried out steadily and had produced results.
Therefore, there is nothing important in recent morning meetings, and they usually end in less than an hour.
There were fewer things going on today. We only had a few casual chats in the court hall, drank some tea, and then left the court early.
Nan Yanxi had nothing to do, so he took a few servants and strolled around the palace.
The current Daxia Palace has been renovated by Nan Yanxi, and a large number of complicated palaces and courtyards have been removed.
The originally grand Bactria Palace was divided into two parts: the palace city and the imperial city.
The imperial city is where I live, and it is divided into the front palace and the back palace. The front is where I work and hold meetings, and the back is where I and the girls live.
The palace city is where all government agencies are located, and where senior officials of the imperial court and the royal family and nobles live.
There are also the command offices of the Imperial Guards and the Defense Forces, as well as the headquarters of many scientific research institutions established by the imperial court.
Nan Yanxi wandered around and unknowingly came to a newly established government office, the Daming Industrial Research Institute.
This department was newly established after the pacification of Daxia. It is a comprehensive department with many detailed small departments under it.
All kinds of military and people's livelihood are covered. The currently popular research on power generation and storage, rail train research, advanced iron smelting technology, etc. are all included in this list.
These things were previously in charge of the few young people who were promoted when they were in Nanhai. Now because there are too many departments, many people have been transferred to detailed departments.
The foreign girl Tina is now in charge of the comprehensive management department of the Daming Industrial Research Institute.
Nan Yanxi vaguely remembered that although the girl was young, she was very energetic and always had weird and whimsical ideas.
Since their first meeting in Nanhai, Nan Yanxi has never seen her again, but has only heard a lot of news about her.
The current rail train project was proposed by her.
Arriving at the door of the Yamen, Nan Yanxi walked in without waiting for an announcement.
After just a few steps, Tina trotted up to meet her. Speaking in a slightly less fluent Central Plains dialect, she held her hand and said, "See the Emperor."
As she was about to kneel down, Nan Yanxi hurriedly stepped forward to support her: "Haha... No, no, no, I don't like having others kneel on me..."
"Ah haha..." After hearing this, Tina smiled generously: "That's great, I don't really like kneeling to others."
As he spoke, he stood up.
Seeing her being so straightforward, Nan Yanxi not only muttered in her heart, this foreigner really doesn't understand what it means to be polite, she speaks so straightforwardly.
But no matter what, if you are open and bright, as long as you do practical things, you are better than those who are vain and conciliatory.
After getting rid of the red tape and customs, Nan Yanxi went straight to the topic and said with a smile: "You don't have to be nervous. You are an expert in these research-related things."
"I came here today just out of curiosity and asked how your progress is."
Tina nodded and stretched out her hand in a gesture of invitation: "Your Majesty, please come in and let me introduce you in detail."
The two of them walked in side by side. First, they gave Nan Yanxi a seat and ordered the servants to serve tea. Then Tina handed over a roll of drawings.
Nan Yanxi gently took it and opened it. There were many shapes and characters densely drawn on it, which Nan Yanxi could not understand at all.
After rummaging around inside, he finally found a full picture, and Nan Yanxi finally got some clues.
It seems to be a long thing like a series of carriages, with rows of small wheels underneath.
At the bottom, there seem to be two long iron bars.
Seeing that Nan Yanxi didn't quite understand, Tina smiled and stepped forward to explain: "Your Majesty, you see...this is the concept I proposed, the train."
"This is the front of the locomotive. Inside is a modified and upgraded steam engine that burns coal. As long as there is no shortage of water and coal, it will have a steady stream of power."
"There are carriages one by one at the back. You can choose the number of carriages to be mounted according to the type and weight of the things being carried."
"From the time we proposed the idea to now, we have gone through three stages, and now we have made very important progress."
"Thanks to the strong support of the imperial court and you, our train has quickly passed the research and development stage and entered the testing stage."
"The latest trains can reach a speed of one hundred and twenty miles per hour (1 hour and 2 hours) (1 kilometer is 2 miles)."
"After all, if we send it from Zhongzhou City to the border of Dongzhou, it will be 1,200 miles and we can get there in about ten hours."
"If it's to pull people, it can't be hung in thirty carriages. Even if each carriage carries fifty people, that's fifteen hundred people."
"Your Majesty, you can imagine if we build two round-trip railways from Zhongzhou to Dongzhou, a distance of 1,200 miles."
"Place twelve trains, one train every hour, non-stop day and night, then fifteen thousand soldiers will only need twenty hours to reach the border of Dongzhou."
"This is just to attract people, and the effect is not obvious. If it is baggage, various types of artillery and ammunition, food, medicine, and logistics baggage."
“If you transport these by train, you don’t have to worry about whether the weather is muddy or the road is rugged, nor do you have to worry about the horse power of mules and horses and the physical strength of people.”
"Twelve hours of non-stop operation, day and night, can carry more supplies than a mule and horse carriage can carry for half a year."
"Not only that, we can also apply it to various mining areas and quickly transport various mineral resources to wherever they are needed."
What Tina said was so miraculous that Nan Yanxi was confused when she heard it, but it sounded like she was really powerful.
The troops march, because they have to worry about the infantry and baggage trains. They usually march sixty miles a day. If you hurry up, you can only march eighty miles against the sky at most.
This has to exclude objective factors such as rain and mud, road landslides, mountains and ridges, and rugged roads.
If 15,000 people march from Zhongzhou to the border of Dongzhou, the normal march will take more than 20 days, and if it is urgent, it will take 15 or 16 days.