Chapter 530: Ying Zheng: Didn't expect you to have such a habit
"You call this thing a horse-riding train?"
Qin Feng stood astride the horse and looked at the huge thing that was constantly spraying steam in front of him with a shocked face.
The terrifying roar made the surrounding officials tremble with fear.
In fact, Qin Feng was no less surprised than them.
The black iron lump in front of me, with steaming water vapor rising into the sky, looks more like a legendary monster than a product of science!
It pulled five huge carriages behind it, slowly accelerating amidst the sound of whistles.
However, even if it accelerates to the extreme, it is almost as fast as the black horse under Qin Feng's crotch. ωωw.
Soon, the Wuzui horse neighed impatiently, raised its four hooves, and rushed out.
He easily surpassed the giant creature in front of him.
The Xianyang special train of the Qin Empire successfully tested!
Although Qin Feng was very dissatisfied with the slow speed, Ying Zheng's eyes were filled with gleaming light.
He jumped off his horse, gently caressed the locomotive as if caressing his lover, and murmured:
"Good stuff, good stuff!
Horses don't run around the clock, but this thing does!
It only needs to eat some black stones, and then it can travel to the ends of the earth at such a speed without resting!
If the tentacles of the railway were spread all over the Qin Dynasty.
Then Great Qin will build the foundation of eternity!"
Having said this, Ying Zheng's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he couldn't help but murmured:
"If this thing is built to every corner of the world map, wouldn't our Great Qin become a supreme empire?"
Qin Feng thought about it and realized that it was really the case.
Since ancient times, an important reason for the expansion of powerful central dynasties such as the Great Qin, the Great Han, and the Great Tang was distance.
If the distance is too far, the consumption of food and grass will be doubled several times, or even dozens of times!
In ancient times when food production did not increase significantly, this was a devastating blow to the Central Dynasty!
As a result, many dynasties suffered serious losses in national strength due to problems with expeditions.
For example, in the late period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, people's livelihood was in decline and people's resentment boiled.
There are also many unlucky people who even lost their great country because of the expedition.
For example, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was a great grievance.
Because of the heavy consumption during the expedition to Goguryeo, an uprising broke out and his family was stolen by the Guanlong clan.
The emergence of railways completely solved this problem!
Wherever the railway is built, the Great Qin Xuanjia Army can be deployed!
The place where the railway touches is the killing field of the Great Qin Xuanjia Army!
Qin Feng could already imagine the scene of a steady stream of great Qin warriors starting from Xianyang and transporting them to Rome day and night.
It's a pity that Caesar the Great hasn't been born yet, otherwise we could have sent a black bull to fencing with him!
Qin Feng kicked the locomotive a few more times and cursed:
"Go back and tell the Mo family that this thing is not good enough.
The kinetic energy conversion rate is too low, so we still need to find ways to increase the speed."
Qin Feng knew that the earliest train speed was only eight kilometers per hour, and the speed developed by the Mohists was almost the same.
It takes about five or six hours for a horse to cover a hundred kilometers.
The converted speed is twenty kilometers per hour.
Not to mention too much, the Mo family raised the speed to ten kilometers per hour. Isn’t that excessive?
Qin Feng thought about it and felt that it would be better to tell it in person. This matter was very important.
We cannot wait for mass production before upgrading.
Today, Da Qin's smelting has not yet reached a level where it can be wasted.
In the final analysis, the population is still too small!
Seeing Qin Feng mount the black horse, he ran towards the direction of the Qin Empire's workshop.
Ying Zheng also mounted a pure black Dawan horse and followed closely behind.
"If you guessed correctly, this black horse belongs to Xiang Yu, right?"
Ying Zheng muttered.
Qin Feng nodded and said:
"Yes, after Xiang Yu died, it would be a pity to keep this divine horse, so I will ride it."
"I didn't expect your kid to have such a hobby. He likes to ride things that others have ridden."
"??????"
Qin Feng is numb. This man can't chat. Can he stop talking?
However, judging from Ying Zheng's normal expression, it seemed that he was not driving on purpose.
But the wheel of the car has indeed pressed on my face!
The two were silent for a long time before Ying Zheng spoke again:
"How long will it take if the railway is expanded to the entire Daqin?"
Qin Feng counted on his fingers and said:
"The Yellow River embankment is still being repaired. In recent years, there has been more and more rain. If the embankment breaks, I'm afraid the Central Plains will be doomed.
Large-scale land reclamation plans are also underway in the Northeast. The black soil there is so fertile that it would be a waste to keep it.
The project of diverting water from the Yellow River for irrigation in the Sanjin area cannot be stopped, and the saline-alkali land in Qi also needs to be treated.
The three straight roads leading to the Baiyue Land must be accelerated, and the supply of food and grass is the top priority.
As for the large-scale breeding of war horses in the grassland, the Chencang path connecting Shu is widened and the plank road is reinforced..."
"Wait! Stop, stop, stop!"
Ying Zheng felt dizzy after hearing this.
He does know that the entire Daqin has been like a huge construction site in recent years, with continuous construction relying on the supply of grain and grass from Baiyue Land and Guanzhong.
But because many things have been dealt with by the cabinet, I only need to approve them, so I didn’t even notice that there were so many!
Moreover, they are all large-scale projects, and no one of them can be stopped!
Ying Zheng scratched his head and asked with some lack of confidence:
"Then can we squeeze out some manpower and start putting the railway project on the agenda?"
Qin Feng frowned and thought for a long time, subconsciously wanting to find Xiao He and ask him to answer this question.
But at this time, Xiao He's pen was probably smoking in the cabinet, so how could he come out for a walk?
Therefore, Qin Feng can only roughly estimate:
“Maybe we can’t squeeze out more people.
In the old Xianbei land, the reclamation of black soil was done by captured local barbarians.
But they weren't very tame either. They rebelled when they had nothing to do, and many of them were killed. The progress of the project was also relatively slow.
Huns were also used in the large-scale breeding of war horses.
Even the construction of the straight road to Baiyue relied on the large number of foreign slaves captured by the army over the years to barely scrape together enough manpower.
As for these projects involving the national economy and people's livelihood, every one of them is very important."
Ying Zheng's molars hurt after hearing this.
Is this the trouble with happiness?
Daqin is booming and has reached the point where it is running out of manpower.
He thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said:
"I heard that Li Xin and the others recently conquered Loulan.
Loulan has a population of 300,000, but how about selling 100,000 of them into slavery?
And they vigorously purchased slaves from the domestic people and put them into the project!"
Qin Feng sighed, shook his head and said:
"I'm afraid that's not possible. It was precisely because people bought slaves to cultivate their own fields that they had time to work in workshops, which promoted the prosperity of industry and commerce.
As for Loulan selling 100,000 strong men as slaves? Then I’m afraid they’re going to do the opposite!
And now Li Xin and the others still need the outpost of Loulan to resist the attack of the Western Region Allied Forces!"
