Lei Hu, who had just returned to Dongdu, received good news.
After nearly ten years of research, Lu Miaozi, a descendant of Momen, finally developed a steam locomotive and successfully tested it in the experimental area.
In other words, the train era of the Wu Empire is coming!
Lei Hu did not hesitate, put down his government affairs, and took a boat directly to the canal. It took him ten days to reach Suzhou, where he saw Lu Miaozi, who had been waiting for a long time.
This guy is no different from ten years ago. On the contrary, his eyes are shining and his aura is calm. His strength is actually several points stronger than when we first met him. He has reached the late stage of innateness. He is indeed worthy of the name of genius.
At this time, his face was filled with joy. When he saw Lei Hu, he came over directly and laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, fortunately, I have successfully developed a steam locomotive and it is in good condition after the experiment!"
"very good!"
Lei Hu smiled and said: "After I see the prototype of the steam locomotive, we will discuss it in detail!"
With that said, he waved his hand and asked Lu Miaozi to lead the way, and first went to the Steam Locomotive Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry in Suzhou. He was not sloppy at all, leaving the officials in Suzhou's military, political and academic circles looking at each other in confusion.
Woo woo woo...
Looking at the iron lump that was making a sharp whistling and running slowly on the railway track in a strange manner, Lei Hu showed a satisfied smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, the steam locomotive designed according to your ideas can tow ten carriages at a time, and each carriage can carry ten thousand kilograms of cargo!"
Lu Miaozi looked excited and stood aside and loudly explained to Lei Hu: "Coal is used as fuel for steam locomotives. One hundred kilograms of high-quality coal can run hundreds of miles!"
"Steam locomotives are still in their early stages, and there is room for improvement in many areas. As long as new materials are developed, steam locomotives can be even faster!"
Lei Hu nodded with satisfaction and asked directly about the idea: "How much does the rail cost and is it easy to lay it?"
"There are about ten tracks in one section, so laying them will be a bit troublesome!"
Lu Miaozi looked a little embarrassed and reluctantly explained that some of the problems encountered were all difficulties with materials. It was enough for experiments, but it was unknown what problems would arise once the production scale was expanded.
"Then let's try laying a track in Kuaiji. If we find problems, we can slowly solve them!"
Lei Hu is not in a hurry, the physical object has been made, and the next problems are just some technical problems, which can be solved slowly.
With steam locomotives and railway tracks, the transportation level of the Wu Empire would reach a huge level, and the area it could control would be much wider.
According to normal circumstances, the geographical scope that the Wu Empire can directly control is best to start from Dongdu and end within a month's journey.
Previously, the maximum area that could be controlled was five to six thousand miles in radius, and it had to be a plain area, otherwise the control area would have to be reduced by more than half.
But with a train, it's different. Being able to run all day long and traveling thousands of miles in a day is just the simplest situation. Even in that way, you can control an area with a radius of thousands of miles.
When the train speeds up, no matter how complex the terrain is, the area that the Wu Empire can directly control will be greatly increased, which is quite remarkable.
A wider area means richer resources and greater living space.
This is definitely good news for Lei Hu's policy of promoting everyone like a dragon. As long as the planning is reasonable and the resources are allocated properly, it is not difficult to provide tens of millions of people with all the means to practice martial arts.
With Rumaeko's ability, steam locomotives and rails could have been manufactured five years ago, but they have always been stuck in material problems, so they have been stuck in the laboratory and cannot be completely successful.
Lu Miaozi spent most of his time in researching and matching materials. Fortunately, Lei Hu was neither stingy nor eager. He sent many famous craftsmen into the laboratory to help, and also collected many scattered Mohist true meanings.
, improve Lu Miaozi’s abilities in other aspects.
Emperor Tian pays off his conscientious people!
In the autumn of Wuxing's tenth year, Lei Hu finally got the result he wanted.
It is conceivable that from now on, the Wu Empire will embark on a rapid development process. With the emergence of railway tracks and steam locomotives, the entire empire and the people will undergo earth-shaking changes.
He has already thought that when the rails can be mass-produced, he will first build railways from the Eastern Capital to Guanzhong, and from Guanzhong to the major vassal states in the Western Regions, so as to make the connection between the Central Plains and the vassal states closer.
As for the laying of railways within the Central Plains, this is another project that is more ambitious than digging the Grand Canal. It may take a hundred years to complete. Lei Hu is not worried about time. He has enough patience to wait slowly.
He stayed in Susu for several months. In addition to focusing on the large-scale production of steam locomotives and rails, he spent most of his time touring Jiangdong to check the development of his hometown in Jiangdong.
He hopes that the development of Jiangdong will always be within the prescribed scope. This place is too important to him and the Wu Empire to tolerate any negligence.
No, after a round of inspection, some bad signs were discovered. Some people and forces want to repeat the previously established rules, so no wonder Lei Hu is ruthless.
Jiangdong is the basic base for his control of the world. The food production here supplies the entire Wu Empire. The talent cultivation here is the most important source of officials and military officers in the Wu Empire. The number of warriors here is large, but they are the most defensive in the entire Wu Empire.
A well-behaved group of people.
In short, Jiangdong is the foundation for Lei Hu to rule the world. He does not allow any person or force to destroy the good atmosphere and customs that were finally formed.
Seeing some bad signs, he was not polite at all, and directly started to clean up those restless existences. In a short period of time, hundreds of officials and even more staff were reorganized or directly dismissed.
He was deprived of his position and a small personnel adjustment incident broke out.
Fortunately, Jiangdong's rules were strict, and those with bad intentions were somewhat measured and did not go too far. Lei Hu did not intend to kill them all, and the matter quickly calmed down.
There is no shortage of talents in Jiangdong. Whether there are vacancies for officials or staff, they can be filled quickly. A small disturbance did not cause any ripples.
Returning to the experimental site, Lei Hu told Lu Miaozi to work hard and not stay in Suzhou. Dongdu had already urged him to go back and take charge of the overall situation.
Returning to the Eastern Capital by boat, he spent a few days dealing with the backlog of government affairs. With the help of great talents such as Wei Zheng and Xu Xingzhi, the entire Wu Empire was running in an orderly manner. As long as things were done in accordance with the established rules, even if Louzi got out of the way, it would be fine.
control range.
As soon as the backlog of government affairs was settled, the minister in charge of Jianghu affairs came to report, and a group of well-known gang bosses jointly requested to see him.
"Your Majesty, they heard about the desert temple..."
The minister in charge of Jianghu affairs put it very bluntly and said with a wry smile: "I want to see the mystery of the desert temple!"
Tsk!
Lei Hu chuckled and said leisurely: "They are really well-informed!"
"Your Majesty, how to reply to them?"
The minister in charge of this aspect asked for instructions: "Will Your Majesty receive them?"
"No need to meet!"
Lei Hu said very straightforwardly: "Tell them clearly that two masters of Buddhism and Taoism are currently participating in research in the desert temple. We will organize them to go there after they come back. Now is not a good time for them to go there!"
"Your Majesty, do you want to tell them this?"
"Yes, just tell them that if you have any objections, go find trouble with Buddhism and Taoism!"
The court minister in charge of Jianghu affairs didn't talk nonsense. He really made these words clear to the leaders of Jianghu gangs outside, which instantly aroused countless angry words.
Why can the Buddhist and Taoist families get great benefits and go directly to the mysterious desert temple for enlightenment and improvement, while they can only wait and wait?
Why are all the benefits available to Buddhism and Taoism, and they can only eat scraps?
There are those who are extreme in nature and simply run to the vast desert without stopping to find the mysterious desert temple.
Most of them are secretly forming alliances, preparing to put pressure on the top leaders of Buddhism and Taoism when they come back. They must ask Buddhism and Taoism to offer enough benefits, otherwise they will never agree.
Naturally, there are some heroes in the world who feel that the so-called desert temple is just a deception, or that it is a mysterious place that Emperor Wu Leihu accidentally found. It is not as exaggerated as in the legend, so they disapprove and have no intention of continuing the search.
In short, the leaders of Jianghu gangs gathered in Dongdu have their own ideas and there is no need to go to the same place.
They will not make up their minds easily before seeing the true face of the mysterious desert temple.
Lei Hu didn't feel the slightest burden about this. No matter how much trouble the Jianghu gangs outside made or whether they had evil intentions, he didn't bother to pay attention to it.
Is it possible that there are still people who dare to attack the Dongdu Imperial Palace?
At this time, he focused more on finding information about the temple dedicated to the Moon God.
That's the good thing about being an emperor. As long as the message is passed on clearly, there will naturally be smart subordinates who can help check the information, compare possible situations, and put the final results on his desk for his reference and choice.
However, it took half a month for his shrewd staff to select several possible candidates.
Either a famous tribe on the grassland, or a leader among the mountain barbarians in the southwest.
The most famous among them is the Da Yueshi who produced horses with Han blood during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
The name of the clan has the word "month" in it, and according to the relevant information recorded in the text, it can be confirmed that the Da Yueshi's belief is the worship of the moon god.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Dayuezhi was a rare and powerful tribe on the grassland. It is not impossible to say that the fire of civilization appeared in the Dayuezhi part of the world, and that a powerful grand master also happened to appear.
No matter what, with such a big goal, no matter what the current situation of Da Yuezhi is, whether it has completely disappeared from the grassland, Lei Hu is interested in exploring it.
Lei Hu took one look at the next target selected by his men, and his heart was trembling. An inexplicable smile appeared on his face. On the white glossy paper, two big words stood out: Secret Tribe!