Regarding the trend of other princes proclaiming themselves kings and emperors caused by Liu Bei, Wang Xuan's intention was very clear and he would ignore it and ignore it.
"They can do whatever they want. We can just do our own thing. After the political system is completely improved, I don't think Cao Cao will be able to stop the army. When the time comes, the army can push forward, and one side will be equal."
Push and build at the same time." Wang Xuan gently rubbed a jade pendant in his hand and said casually.
This is a gadget that has been refined in recent days. It refreshes the mind, has a certain gathering effect on spiritual energy, and slowly improves the wearer's system, so as to achieve the effect of prolonging life.
This thing was refined for Liu Bei. Wang Xuan hopes that Liu Bei will live as long as possible. It is already 196 years ago. Although according to history, Liu Bei died in 223 years, he still knows what will happen now.
Isn't there a saying that says, "Born in sorrow and dying in happiness"? Historically, Liu Bei's life was full of wanderings, and he was indeed very troubled. Is this the secret of Liu Bei's life of more than sixty years?
Generally speaking, except for the founding emperor, most of the later emperors were short-lived. In Wang Xuan's opinion, it was because their living conditions were too good. Faced with so many concubines in the harem all day long, in order to maintain their glory, they had to engage in some crooked ways and squeeze them out early.
It became inevitable. Anyway, Wang Xuan was afraid that Liu Bei's death would delay his important events.
Regarding the jade pendant given by Wang Xuan, Liu Bei felt a slight lightness on his body as soon as he took it, and his mind became a little clearer. He suddenly beamed with joy. After learning that Wang Xuan had made it himself, Liu Bei hung it around his neck without saying a word.
Place it close to your body.
Liu Bei has already experienced Wang Xuan's magic. Not to mention that he can always pull out all kinds of exaggerated things from his chest, even the bronze tripod used when offering sacrifices to heaven has already astonished Liu Bei.
Afterwards, Wang Xuan also specifically asked Liu Bei to put the bronze tripod away. In fact, Wang Xuan never expected that the bronze tripod would become the coordinate of luck. Is it because it is a weapon for worshiping heaven?
After settling this matter, Wang Xuan did not go home directly, but went to the scientific research institute. Liu Bei became interested after hearing about it, so he followed him. When he went out, he happened to meet Liu Bei who came to eat and drink.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu also made an appointment to go together.
Recently, Wang Xuan is experimenting with railways. Anyway, the current iron output is increasing rapidly year by year, so he is planning to build several major trunk lines in Dahan.
When it comes to railways, most people’s impressions are that they came from the United Kingdom, and horse-drawn carriages were first used to travel on railway tracks. In fact, there are records that horse-drawn carriages running along wooden tracks appeared in ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago.
, of course, there are also some reports that the Qin Dynasty of the same era also had similar facilities.
Wang Xuan attaches great importance to railways. Both the carrying capacity and the speed of this thing are far superior to the current four-wheeled carriages.
The carrying capacity of a four-wheeled carriage can reach about four times that of a two-wheeled carriage, and even if a horse-drawn carriage is used, the carrying capacity can reach ten times that of a four-wheeled carriage, and because of its safety, it can be driven day and night.
The speed is even different, especially in this special world, where the horse's endurance and speed far exceed normal standards. According to Wang Xuan's estimation, there is no problem at all in maintaining a speed of forty miles.
In this way, traveling thousands of miles in a day is no longer a fantasy, but should be a daily situation.
In Wang Xuan's opinion, an important factor that troubled the land area of various dynasties in Chinese history was 'speed'.
The speed of information transmission, the speed of mobilizing troops, and the speed of mobilizing materials.
Many times in ancient times, emperors changed twice, and the border areas didn't even know about it. This kind of thing really happened more than once, and there were many short-lived emperors.
The speed of information transmission is too low, so the further away the place is, the less control the court has. Even if local officials and local wealthy families cause big troubles, it may take about a year for the information to be transmitted to the central government. What the hell?
Let the central government manage it.
I want to send a new official there, it may have been two years after the incident... This is because the official did not die on the way. After all, not everyone is Tang Monk, and he will survive in nine or eighty-one difficulties. In ancient times,
Under medical conditions, it is not unusual for him to die halfway through a long journey for a year.
Therefore, railways and canals connecting the north and the south must be built, which can greatly shorten the communication costs between the two places and effectively ensure centralization of power. Only with a larger land area and longer rule can Wang Xuan learn more.
Much luck.
When we arrived at the Research Institute, today was the agreed time to test the railway. The railway seems simple, just two parallel rails, but in fact it is not. After all, it is not a simple matter of building a straight road.
Needless to say, when it comes to steering, depending on the terrain, many detailed conditions such as angle and slope need to be considered.
"Where are the railways and railway cars that Zai Zhi mentioned?" The carriage did not go directly to the institute, but came to a fenced open space outside the city. After getting off the carriage, Zhang Fei looked at the empty place and couldn't bear it.
He kept shouting.
"Back to Marquis Wuyong, this is the test site. The railway is laid on the ground. You can see it if you get closer. As for the railway car, it is in the room over there." The person in charge of the test site greeted him respectfully and explained to Zhang Fei.
road.
The physical test site this time is very large, covering an area of ten square kilometers.
"The test site is so big!?" Zhang Fei said with some surprise.
"Isn't this nonsense? This requires tests including different soil textures, climbing at different slopes, turning, the maximum tolerable breaking angle, etc. Do you understand?" Wang Xuan stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Fei aside and walked towards the test site.
go.
"Uh... I don't understand." Zhang Fei understood the meaning of each word, but when combined, it was a bit difficult for Zhang Fei.
"Don't ask if you don't understand, you'll just cause trouble!" Wang Xuan shouted back without even looking back.
Zhang Fei's face became even darker when he was criticized. Guan Yu had a cool look on his face. He looked at Liu Bei with slightly narrowed phoenix eyes and suppressed his smile. In fact, they didn't understand what they were talking about at all. With Zhang Fei
This is the advantage of going out. You don't have to worry about embarrassing things at all. Zhang Fei will take care of everything when he comes back, and these two people can just follow behind and develop.
The person in charge of the reception quickly lowered his head, acting as if I didn't hear anything, didn't see anything, and I didn't exist.
Walking into the test site, it turns out that the terrain has been transformed into a somewhat complicated environment. Fortunately, the site is large enough, otherwise it would be impossible to simulate so many terrain features.
Zhang Fei was used to being scolded and had no intention of getting angry. He quickly walked two steps to the front and looked at the dark rails buried on the ground in surprise, "This is the railway!?"