Chapter seven hundred and eighty seventh governing the country and making peace
Ribbon-cutting is a ritual in modern society that did not exist in the Ming Dynasty. Updates are fast and there are no ads.
But this kind of ceremony can quite reflect the festive feeling of new things coming into existence from scratch. The long ribbons are like construction sites or construction site barriers built by vehicles and ships, and cutting them with scissors indicates that the construction on the construction site has been completed.
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Li Zhi felt that this ritual was very good and decided to promote it in the Ming Dynasty. At least in one town and six provinces, this ritual can be implemented.
At this time, in the train station next to Jinzhou Pier, placed in front of a "Fanjiazhuang Type II" locomotive, was the ribbon that Li Zhi and Emperor Zhu Youjian wanted to cut.
Although Zhu Youjian was wearing the official uniform of the governor, he still stood in the middle. Li Zhi and the governor of Liaodong Province Zheng Yuan and others stood beside him. Next to them were Wang Chengen, Wang Dehua, and Chen Sanduo, the railway minister under Li Zhi.
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Many people from Liaodong Province came to watch the opening of the Liaodong Railway Network. The ribbon-cutting scene was buzzing with people, at least tens of thousands of people crowded there.
When the common people saw that Prince Li Zhi had given up the middle position to a foreign official wearing a second-grade civil servant uniform, they were a little confused. People asked each other one by one, trying to figure out who the dignitary in the middle was.
Some said he was the governor of Shuntian, and some said he was the governor of Shanxi, Xuanda. They were all random guesses. After asking around, no one knew the details.
The master of ceremonies looked at the towering clock tower on the pier, saw that the hand pointed to ten o'clock, and shouted: "It's time!"
Li Zhi, Zhu Youjian and others all raised the scissors in their hands and cut the red ribbon.
As soon as the ribbon was broken, a wooden ball above everyone's head was suddenly opened, and the colorful confetti was thrown down violently, scattering all over Zhu Youjian and Li Zhi. The two drum bands at the train station and the pier played drums at the same time,
The crackling firecrackers were also lit, pushing the atmosphere to a climax.
The people in Liaodong Province suddenly clapped their hands and cheered loudly.
Zhu Youjian looked thoughtfully at the energetic and enthusiastic people of Liaodong Province.
"Wang Chengen, why do I think the people in Liaodong are so different from the people in the capital?"
Wang Chengen raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, it is said that the people in Liaodong are richer than those in Fanjiazhuang. As the princes work hard in the bitter cold land, their lives are getting better day by day, and they are naturally full of vitality. Moreover, it is said that the princes of Tianjin are promoting public morality every day.
, so the people of Liaodong have a special temperament."
Zhu Youjian nodded. With dozens of Dongchang fans, he boarded the Fanjiazhuang Type 2 locomotive under the leadership of Li Zhi.
Considering that the train is a facility that will be used for hundreds of years, the railway track designed by Li Zhi is wider than that of later generations, and the carriage is very spacious. There are six cushioned seats side by side in the carriage, and each seat has its own armrest.
.There are glass windows on both sides of the carriage, making the entire carriage very bright.
Zhu Youjian led the two eunuchs and sat down.
Seeing Zhu Youjian sitting down, Li Zhi waved his hand and the steam locomotive started to start.
"Woo~"
The train wheels slowly started to rotate, moving on the smooth rails, faster and faster, heading towards Shenyang.
The train slowly pulled out of the train station. Zhu Youjian saw many people from Liaodong on horseback waiting for the train by the window. These good people from Liaodong Province didn't believe it when they heard that trains were much faster than horses. When they saw it,
When the train leaves the station, he whips his horse and gallops along the railway, vowing to see which one is faster, the horse or the train.
Liaodong Province is a land of bitter cold. These people who immigrated from Tianjin and Shandong have a tough temperament to survive in the ice and snow, which is different from the people in Fanjiazhuang.
Zhu Youjian watched the behavior of these busybodies with great interest.
At the beginning, the speed of the train was still very slow. The horseback riders running on the cement road left the train far behind. But as the train accelerated, the speed difference between the two sides gradually narrowed. Later, as the horses ran faster and faster
As I became more and more tired, the train began to catch up with the dozens of horse riders in front of me.
Zhu Youjian sat by the window, watching the train go faster and faster, his face gradually became nervous.
The horseback riders in front were getting closer and closer, and finally the train reached a top speed of fifty kilometers, easily leaving all the horseback riders behind.
Zhu Youjian grabbed the armrest of the seat nervously.
However, the train drove extremely smoothly, without any bumps, and even the tea on the small table was not spilled. Slowly, Zhu Youjian felt relieved again. He looked out the window at the scenery of Liaodong moving quickly behind, his eyes
It's full of amazing looks.
Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua were even more timid. Watching the train go faster and faster, their faces turned white with fear. They huddled in the backrests of their seats, not daring to move.
Zhu Youjian looked at the two eunuchs with a smile, took a sip from the tea cup.
Putting down the tea cup, Zhu Youjian praised Li Zhi: "Prince Tianjin, this train is really a wonderful thing! What does this train rely on to pull it?"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this train is pulled by a steam engine. This steam engine not only drives the train, but our ironclads are also driven by steam engines. In the private sector, steam engines drive large waterwheels to lift water, and in factories, steam engines drive machines to operate automatically.
, extremely useful.”
Zhu Youjian took a breath and sighed: "Wonderful! Indescribable!" After a pause, Zhu Youjian said: "Prince, can you also sell this steam engine to Beizhili? If the people in the capital also use it,
Using your steam engine, I'm afraid it can improve a lot of people's livelihood."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Sell! Of course you can sell it. The people of Beizhili can naturally come to Tianjin to buy various steam engines. We are responsible for training and using them."
Zhu Youjian nodded and asked again: "This train runs so fast, how many miles can it travel in one day and one night?"
Li Zhi replied: "Your Majesty, this train can travel two hundred miles an hour and more than two thousand miles a day and a night. In the future, when the train from Tianjin to Henan is opened, starting from Tianjin Station, you can reach Kaifeng in one day."
Zhu Youjian was stunned when he heard Li Zhi's words.
What is the concept of traveling more than two thousand miles in one day?
Then when going to Henan, wouldn't it be necessary to take a train to Tianjin?
Zhu Youjian did not want to see Henan and Tianjin so closely connected. Such a convenient railway meant that Li Zhi could control the vast land on both sides of the railway with a small number of troops.
After hearing Li Zhi's words, Zhu Youjian suddenly felt that it would be impossible for the court to take back the management rights of Henan from Li Zhi in his lifetime.
After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian took a breath and sighed a little.
Zhu Youjian looked at the scenery outside the window and pondered for a long time.
But no matter what, these lands in Liaodong were recovered from the hands of the emperor Zhu Youjian. This alone is enough to make Zhu Youjian famous in history.
Zhu Youjian suddenly raised his head and asked Li Zhi: "I used to be trapped in the Forbidden City. I could only understand the outside country from a few words in the memorials. Not only could I not understand the tragedy of the disaster area, but I also didn't understand the situation under the rule of the county king.
Things are changing with each passing day. Today, when I visited Tianjin and Liaodong, I realized how big the world is and how amazing the creation is."
"I want to ask the prince for advice on how to govern the country and bring peace to the country!"
