"There is such a good thing, why didn't you tell us earlier?" Zhu Song said.
"Yes, brother Huang, why didn't you tell us about such a good thing earlier?" Zhu Yun also said.
"Originally, I wanted to move them to various provinces to fill the vacancies of the relocated Han people, but I never thought of giving them to you. Since I didn't want to give them to you, why would I tell you?" Yun said with a smile.
What Zhu Song and Zhu Yun were talking about was the migration of natives from the Hanzhou continent to the Central Plains. Yun came first to speed up the digestion of Nanyang and stabilize the rule of the vassal state. Secondly, he came to reduce the proportion of natives in the Hanzhou continent. Thirdly, he came to
In order to improve the utilization efficiency of the natives of Hanzhou, we discussed with Yun to transport the natives from Hanzhou to the Central Plains and then distribute them to the vassal states in Nanyang.
But a few days ago, after Yun and Wenyuan talked about the handling of the Eiei feudal clan in Kanto, Wenyuan told him: "Father, although we cannot exile more Han people to the Eiyō feudal clan, we can hand over the natives of Hanzhou to
What about these two vassals? Moreover, many natives of Hanzhou live in cold places in the north. If they are sent to Nanyang, they will probably not be able to withstand the local climate, and many people may die. Instead, it would be better to send them to Kanto. Therefore, my son thought
Some natives of Hanzhou should be sent to Guandong and handed over to the great uncle and fourth uncle of the King of England."
"My father forgot." Yun said with a smile at that time: "The natives of Hanzhou can indeed give some to the King of England and King Yong." He then said to Wenyuan: "My father spoke to them two days ago. You
You were there too, why didn’t you say anything at that time?”
"My father is talking to my uncle and my fourth uncle, so how can my son interrupt? When my father and my uncle and my fourth uncle have finished talking, and it's time to have lunch at noon, my son has no time to talk." Wen Yuan said: "Son.
I wanted to talk to my father before the meal, but when my father mentioned that it would take three generations to completely conquer Nanyang, all my son thought about was what his father said at that time, and he forgot about it. Today, my son has digested what his father said at that time, and talked with his father.
Talk about it."
Yun nodded and said nothing more. Then he told Zhu Song and Zhu Yun about the matter. But in order not to show favoritism in allocating the Hanzhou natives, Yun played a trick and pretended that he wanted to allocate all the Hanzhou natives.
He stayed in the provinces of the Central Plains, and was deliberately overheard by Zhu Song and Zhu Yun when discussing the matter with Wenyuan. Zhu Song and Zhu Yun took the bait and asked to give them some Hanzhou natives. Yun pretended to be in trouble, and after another
After much haggling, I agreed to them.
"Brother Imperial, we have agreed that every year I will give half of my uncle to be Hanzhou natives and half to my younger brother." Zhu Yun said again.
"Don't worry, I will never go back on what I promised. When have you ever seen me go back on my word?" Yun looked at Zhu Song and Zhu Yun.
"I made a mistake." Yun apologized and said with a smile.
"Guan, I am becoming more and more curious about things that can allow the track to transport more goods. What is it?" Zhu Song said.
"We've already arrived at Jiangpu. We can reach the capital in the afternoon. It's only half a day, so why bother?" Yun said.
"The closer we get to the capital, the more curious I become." Zhu Song said, "Since we are only one and a half days away, what can't we say?"
"If you haven't seen the real thing, you may not believe it. It's better for you to see the real thing." Yun said again.
Zhu Song wanted to say more, but when he saw Yun's expression was a little strange, he was afraid of making him angry, so he didn't dare to ask anymore, so he could only keep the question in his heart.
The boat soon arrived at the pier in the capital. The group got off the boat and headed to the palace. After having dinner and chatting for a while, Zhu Song, Bao Qing and Yun left the palace and went to their mansion in the capital to rest.
After they left the palace, Yun immediately asked Xiyao a few words. After receiving a positive answer, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, it was successful, otherwise it would have been embarrassing this time."
"What's so embarrassing?" Min'er asked curiously after hearing the second half of the sentence.
Yun glanced at her daughter, then did not answer, but asked: "You also have your own mansion, why don't you go back to your mansion and stay in the palace?"
"What, dad doesn't want his daughter to live in the palace anymore? Dad doesn't like his daughter anymore?" Min'er immediately said: "Even if dad doesn't want his daughter to live in the palace, dad doesn't like his daughter anymore, there is still mother, mother will definitely
I won’t dislike my daughter, and I won’t drive her away!”
"There is no such thing!" Yun immediately remedied. "I'm just a little curious. It's not that I don't like Min'er, and I won't kick you out of the palace!"
Yun comforted her for a while, and then Min'er turned her anger into joy and stopped being angry with him. 'You really shouldn't say such things casually just to change the subject. You might as well tell Min'er the truth.' He couldn't help but think in his heart.
'When I saw it, it was what my father said casually to change the subject. But I finally had such an opportunity for my father to make me happy, so of course I couldn't let it go. As for what it was that my father didn't want to tell me at that time, it doesn't matter.' Min
I thought.
That night Yun rested in Kunning Palace. The next morning after going to court, Yun sent someone to call Wen Yuan and Min'er, and gave Min'er a few words to let her leave the palace first. He took Wen Yuan to meet Zhu Song.
He and Yunzhi walked out of the city.
Not long after, they came to a place outside the city. Zhu Yun looked up and saw a courtyard in front of him, which was blocked by a wall. The courtyard was huge and the walls were so long that he couldn't see the side at a glance.
At this time, there was another "rumbling" sound from the yard. Zhu Yun turned his head and asked: "Brother, is this the place where new firearms are researched? Although if it can be researched, it will have a longer range, greater power, and higher cost."
Low-cost firearms are naturally a good thing, and my brother also wants the soldiers of the British Empire to have such good firearms. But what I want to see now is something that can transport more cargo on the track, not firearms."
"This is either a place to research new types of firearms, or a place to research things that can transport more cargo on rails. This 'boom' sound is not the other 'boom' sound, you can hear it if you listen carefully," Yun said.
"It is indeed not the sound of a firearm, but what on earth could make such a sound?" Zhu Yun listened carefully again and found that it did not sound like a firearm, but he asked very curiously.
Yun smiled without answering and walked into the courtyard. Zhu Yun and others hurriedly followed. Wen Yuan was last. Judging from his expression, it seemed that he already knew what Yun wanted them to see.
As soon as he entered the yard, Zhu Yun saw many tracks laid on the ground, and they were not iron-clad wood tracks, but tracks made of pure iron. The tracks were twists and turns. Yun estimated that they must be several miles long. At the far end
There seemed to be something parked on the track, about one foot high and five to six feet long. However, the parked thing was pitch black and it was hard to see what it looked like.
At this time, the "rumbling" sound had stopped, and Yun led them to a small pavilion about one foot away from the track. At this time, Min'er appeared in everyone's sight, and she walked to the pavilion and saluted everyone.
Finally, he came to Yun's side and said something. After hearing this, Yun ordered: "Since we are ready, let's demonstrate it."
"Yes." Min'er agreed, walked out of the pavilion and gave instructions to a servant. The servant took out a brown flag from his waist and waved it a few times.
"It's like a war, with flag language." Yun leaned next to Zhu Song and whispered.
Zhu Song smiled and was about to speak when suddenly the dark thing made a loud noise. The two hurriedly turned around and saw white smoke coming from the top, and then there was another "rumbling" sound.
That dark thing actually moved!
"Then, what is that thing that can move on its own?" Yun stuttered. Zhu Song also looked at the dark mass in surprise.
However, no one answered their questions. They could only hear a "rumbling" sound. Along with the sound and the shaking of the ground, the thing drove towards this side at a slow speed and soon arrived near the pavilion.
However, it did not stop near the pavilion but continued to drive forward. It did not slowly stop until it circled around the yard and came to the pavilion again.
After it stopped, a man who was supposed to be wearing a blue coat, but his coat was stained very dirty, came down from it, walked up to Yun, saluted and said: "I have seen your Majesty, Zhang Xuexi, and your highnesses."
"Are you Min'er's husband?" Yun looked at him and said, "This is what you are studying? What exactly is it?" Yun was in Guandong. Although he knew that Min'er was married, he probably heard that Zhang Xuexi was Gezhi.
However, due to the distance, Zhang Xuexi’s research results have not been published in the newspaper, so it is not clear what he is researching.
"Your Highness, this is a vehicle that I am researching. It is powered by a steam engine and can run on the track. Your Majesty named it a train." Zhang Xuexi replied.
Yes, Yun specially brought Zhu Song and Zhu Yun to the capital to let them see with their own eyes the train. The train, like the airplane, is a revolutionary means of transportation. After the invention of the train, there was finally a low-cost means of transport.
Land transportation means that land transportation can be compared with sea transportation, which can not only greatly promote the economic development of inland areas, but also improve the control of remote areas by countries with vast areas, which is of great significance.
Of course, such a useful thing must be promoted in the Ming Dynasty. But if you have not seen a train with your own eyes, it is difficult to believe that such a thing as a train really exists. You will gradually invite all the vassal kings from the northwest, southwest and other places.
Go to the capital to see the train, and then build a track connecting the Central Plains and the vassal state.
"Uncle Twenty, Yun," Yun said, "Maybe the speed of the train is still very slow, not as fast as a fast horse, and the speed of delivering messages is still not as fast as the 600-mile express, but the speed of the train is not the fastest.
As research continues, the speed of trains will become faster and faster, until they can catch up with or even surpass fast horses. Moreover, trains can transport ten times or even dozens of times more goods at a time than railroad carriages. How useful is this? How useful is it for you?
After seeing it with my own eyes, I shouldn’t need to say anything more.”
