As for this train, it takes more than 20 hours and can be delivered in two days and two nights.
If it were to continue day and night for fifteen or six days, it would require more than a million troops at least. This is just a line.
If this railway were connected all over the country, from Nanzhou to Shuozhou, from Ganzhou to Yuzhou, etc... it would spread like a spider web.
Then... wouldn't this bring the country into a fast and excellent pace?
This is a good thing. After all, transportation is the lifeblood of a country, just like the blood vessels in the human body that carry blood.
Although Nan Yanxi doesn't know much about science, he still understands this truth.
Tina spoke in great detail, as if she wanted him to understand what was going on in a short time.
However, Nan Yanxi heard it in confusion, and could only say that he had only a partial understanding, because more of his attention was attracted by the huge and close beautiful scenery somewhere.
Different educations have shaped Tina's more open character than the Chinese, her clothes are bolder, and her behavior is informal.
In order to explain better, Tina stood directly beside Nan Yanxi, leaning forward and introducing seriously.
The already open lapel of his clothes suddenly leaked out when he leaned over.
Smelling the unique fragrance and looking at the beautiful scenery in front of her, Nan Yanxi couldn't help but mutter in her heart, she was really dissatisfied.
The bodies of these foreigners are just bigger than those of the Central Plains people. They are really big, round and white...
It seems that drinking milk and eating beef really works, but if it doesn’t work, I will have to let the girls drink milk and eat beef when I get back.
After getting to know each other for a while, Nan Yanxi left.
Before leaving, he gave Tina a lot of encouragement and asked Tina to speed up the progress and come up with a plan for the next ten or twenty years.
If it is feasible, then comprehensive railway construction must be carried out, but the prerequisite is that experimental results must be produced first.
At present, the most important thing before the Ming Empire is to use force against the Yan Dynasty.
But now that winter has entered, the southern border is okay, but the northern border is already frozen for thousands of miles. When it snows a few more times, it will really be unsuitable to mobilize troops.
Use this time to quickly conduct an experiment on the railway and other related supporting research.
As for the location, Nan Yanxi decided to place it in Haizhou, which was the Nanhai Kingdom at that time.
Haizhou has a special topography and is composed of a large number of islands. There are about eight major large islands, which are also the eight with the richest mineral deposits.
Nan Yanxi hopes that after entering the experimental stage, she can conduct experiments and improvements on these large islands first.
By connecting all eight islands to rails and combining them with the already-available local ferries, the minerals on the islands can be quickly transported to any place in the country that needs it.
If the test is successful, then one or two railway lines will be built in the south first. It would be better if the construction can be completed before the use of force against Dayan.
At the same time, Nan Yanxi also put forward preliminary ideas for her.
If her railway line idea is feasible, then the whole country will be mobilized to build six major railway lines.
In the east-west direction, there is one line from Ganzhou to Xinzhou, and from Yuanzhou to Shuozhou.
Chuzhou passes through Zhongzhou and ends at Dongzhou.
There is one line from Nanzhou to Yuzhou via Qingzhou.
In the north-south direction, there is a line from Ganzhou to Nanzhou via Chuzhou.
Yuanzhou passes through Yunzhou, Zhongzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou into one line.
It runs from Shuozhou via Liangzhou, and from Dongzhou to Yuzhou.
Then we will build some short-distance auxiliary lines to connect several nearby states, like a big network, spreading across the country.
If it is really built, it will be much more useful and less laborious than digging a canal.
The movement of people, the transportation of goods, and the mobilization of troops are simply perfect!
Nan Yanxi felt excited after thinking about it, and immediately ordered her eunuchs to allocate more manpower and funds to Tina, asking her to produce results as soon as possible.
Tina also patted her chest and promised to come up with the final experimental results within a month.
Seeing how confident she was, Nan Yanxi left with satisfaction.
Not long after returning to the imperial study, I received a letter from Li Yu, the governor of Shuozhou.
The above describes in detail the current situation in Dayan, the current situation of Lin Xiaofeng and Lin Xiaoyun, and their attitude towards cooperation.
At the same time, I also wrote down my own conjectures and suggestions for the future.
Nan Yanxi is very satisfied with Li Yu's performance. This guy has also grown a lot and is no longer the irritable prince he used to be.
Regarding his suggestion to support the Yingzhou Yan army with a small amount, Nan Yanxi decided to let him decide on his own.
The two brothers Lin Xiaofeng and Lin Xiaoyun wanted to reap the benefits. Nan Yanxi understood that anyone who was not a fool would have this idea.
However, having an idea is one thing, being able to do it is another.
With the current power and combat command level of the two brothers, let alone the Ming army armed to the teeth, even the defeated Ming army general Xiang Jun could not defeat them.
Are you still talking about reaping the benefits?
Then I wrote back and asked him to figure it out. It doesn't matter if you have bad ideas, but you can't go too far and you have to cooperate with the work.
If the two brothers are really disobedient, don't wait and let Li Yu lead the Shuozhou army to destroy them first.
Now Lin Xiaofeng and Lin Xiaoyun, in Nan Yanxi's eyes, are two little ants that can be crushed to death at any time.
Keep it if you are obedient, and its use is limited to showing the officials and soldiers of Yan State who have surrendered to Xiang Tianxing.
All the princes of the previous dynasty could be retained by the Ming Dynasty, let alone officials and soldiers like them.
This can dismantle Xiang Tianxing's power as quickly as possible...that's all.
After replying to Li Yu and sorting out the matters at hand, Nan Yanxi hurried back to the harem.
In half a year, Li Jingmo's belly has become very big, and in two or three months, she will almost give birth.
Not only her, but sisters Mo Yunxi and Mo Qingyan, as well as four daughters, Xiang Ning'er and Yang Yuxuan, have also been pregnant for several months.
Now Nan Yanxi takes care of the five of them in every possible way.
A large number of maids and female officials were sent to follow, for fear that something would go wrong.
Today, by coincidence, the harem had nothing to do, so the five girls got together and chatted in the Chaoyang Courtyard.
Seeing Nan Yanxi come in, the girls quickly stood up and saluted, but Nan Yanxi was shocked.
Hurry up and waved: "Don't stop ... you are sitting and sitting, but don't move your fetal gas, you are not so polite to see you ..."
The girls looked at each other and smiled. Mo Yunxi opened her mouth and said, "What? You came back so early today, are you okay?"
Nan Yanxi walked over, took a sip of fragrance on each of their faces, and found a comfortable place to lie down.
Then he said with a smile: "You... why are you worrying so much when you have a baby? Just feel free to raise the baby for me."
As soon as these words came out, Mo Yunxi blushed and spat: "Bah, you want to take care of me as a mother? I don't care about you..."