Experiments on rails stalled, and it didn't matter that the craftsmen of Ryokuni were able to make tracks, even longer than Ma Yue had requested, but they were unable to make the two rails fit together perfectly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It's funny to say, but it's the fact that today's cast iron technology can make big guys, but it can't perfectly forge two locks that fit together perfectly from end to end.

However, the problem was improved after a carpenter came up with a wedge.

The so-called wooden wedge is a unique wood falcon technology invented by carpenters when making utensils because of the high cost of iron nails and lack of practicality, and the use of wood blocks to make the wood fits together perfectly...... However, this process also has its drawbacks when used on rails, as the falcon cannot be disassembled once it is fitted, and the process of fitting is also very laborious due to the weight of the rails.

But in any case, at least he had rails that could be laid on the ground, and as he collected the elastic timber for pillows from all over the place, Ma Yue was able to see how useful the railroad carriage he envisioned could be on the undulating ramps.

In addition, this winter, the craftsmen of Longdu succeeded in making an iron-burning blast furnace at the boundary between the middle and upper reaches of the Lingshui River, which was not difficult, it was just a stone process. Such a stone blast furnace is almost no different from the blast furnaces of the previous ironmaking division in terms of iron-smelting work, which is still far from a steam blast furnace imagined by Ma Yue.

The cylinders were brainstormed in the craftsmen's canon, and soon there was a solution, and whether it was a large blower or an iron pipe, a wooden shaft or a flywheel, it was intact, but the steam engine could not be functional.

Because there was no suitable material for the piston at the junction of the wooden shaft, the piston needed to be relatively soft and supported by a lightweight substance, which could be met by loose gum, but the production cost was somewhat high, and it was difficult to mass-produce. In addition, in addition to the possibility of breathability, the co-cast iron pipe is also difficult to polish and smooth on the inside...... The road to using steam energy is still very far away, no matter how far Tsushima is still in the world.

But no matter what, he had to work this matter to the end, even when he was dying, as long as the prototype of the steam engine could appear, no matter how inefficient it was, it was enough to make him smile.

He knew very well that the reason why the oriental civilization was crushed in modern times was that he despised industry, and when he came to this step, many of the things he was thinking about were no longer in his lifetime. Today's status and power make everything in the world seem to be within reach, and he is no longer satisfied.

What he really cares about at this time is how much he can do for future generations, and what role he will occupy in history in the future?

In an era where technology is limited by productivity at every turn, research industry is a thankless task, costing a lot of money and potentially losing money.

But he knows very well that he is responsible for all this!

Under the constraints of the times and civilizations, whether it is productivity, technology, or political innovation, it must be from top to bottom, because everything in the feudal era was built under the dynasty.

Even a king like him seems a little thankless to do these things, do you want to count on the mission of innovating technology to those landlords?

Despite the existence of employment relations, the production of small workshops was still in the hands of the government-run factories, and Ma Yue was unable to delegate this power to the common people, and he was not even willing to hand over the iron-making division of Liangguo to outsiders.

What if someone else betrays? With his assembly line work, with his blower, he went to others, and set up a powerful enemy for himself for no reason, why did he do this?

The tyrants in charge of the tenants would not bother to study new agricultural techniques, because this may not be a road that can be taken, and besides, all the existing conditions are not bad, hundreds of acres of land, thousands of servants are clustered...... With the cost of technology, it is completely possible to buy a little more land and hire a dozen tenants...... That's a real income.

What's more, who are the high-ranking officials and nobles with this condition in this era? The princes, the most unfortunate are also the warlords, and the kings who divide the land and rule only have such conditions...... They are people who prefer to spend their goods on recruitment.

If there is a sword, a person has a horse, are you still worried about having no land?

In this environment, technology is something that no one else can count on.

Ma Yue can only rely on himself. Cultural, economic, military, technological...... He has been waiting for too long, and now it has been twenty years since the establishment of Liangzhou Academy, twelve years since the trade route to the Western Regions, and even the military reform of Liangzhou soldiers and horses has begun drastically since Ma Yue led Liangzhou as a pastor.

All this ...... He has waited too long, maybe his preparation is still not enough, today's Liangguo still does not meet the standards for setting off the industrial revolution, and today's culture is difficult to compare with the embryonic period of capital in the Song and Ming dynasties.

But he can't wait.

Seeing the hoarfrost on his temples every morning in front of the bronze mirror, he had to accept a reality, although his ambitions were constantly stimulated by the military power that rampated the world...... His body was getting old.

Hoary.

……

Henan Yin, Luoyang, Imperial Palace.

On the Hall of the Garter.

"Get out, get out of here!"

From inside the hall came the majestic voice of a man, low and magnetic, but now it was full of anger for some reason.

Then, there was a crashing sound.

The palace maids and eunuchs who knelt on the ground and withdrew from the main hall were careful not to even dare to breathe, God knows what happened to His Majesty...... In these years, the emperor is getting more and more difficult to serve, and he is angry for no reason in three days, and his temper has increased year by year in the past few years, almost doubling with age.

The middle-aged old eunuch fell backwards and covered his forehead, His Majesty suddenly lost his temper like a fried hair just now, and the bronze wine bottle smashed on the old eunuch's head at once, and he didn't even know that he didn't serve well at all. However, there is no place to reason for this.

"Ugh." The old eunuch sighed, what can be done if the slave was beaten by the master? The old eunuch now misses the time when he first entered the palace thirty years ago, when the first emperor was still alive, treating the eunuchs personally, and the thirteen permanent servants were all feudal marquis, how majestic it was to call for wind and rain in the court? But what about today?

Zhang Hou and Zhao Hou are gone, and even the lieutenant Jian who can be called a martial marquis among the eunuchs is also gone...... Twenty years have passed, twenty years!

Today's eunuchs have experienced the bloody wind and rain in the palace gate, and those who survived were only small roles that were not worth mentioning back then...... This is not a human life at all!

Compared to these, even if they want to be pointed out by thousands of people like back then, they are willing!

"Ouch."

Retreating, suddenly the old eunuch bumped into a person, hurriedly turned around, this time he was shocked, and hurriedly bowed his head to admit his mistake, "Prime Minister Cao Cheng don't blame, Prime Minister Cao Cheng don't blame, the old slave is definitely not intentional." ”

The person who was touched behind him was none other than the number one scholar in the imperial court today, the prime minister who led the government after Yuan Benchu, Cao Mengde!

"It's all right, get up." Cao Cao squinted a pair of narrow eyes, with traces of a smiling smile on his face, looked at a large bag of eunuchs with red and swollen forehead, and asked softly, "Emperor...... Angry again? ”

Today's Cao Cao looks a little older than Ma Yue, with black hair mixed with nearly half silver threads, and there are many wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but his mental state is still good. Holding power and controlling the government is a double-edged sword, he will consume more energy and bring more power to people.

The old eunuch lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Cao Cao at all, and whispered: "Your Majesty drank wine today, and somehow ...... it"

"I see." Cao Cao probed his hand and motioned to the eunuch that he didn't need to say any more, and looked at the palace maid and eunuch tremblingly standing in the Jiade Hall outside in two rows for a long time, and then turned his head to look in the direction of the west, and then sighed and walked quickly towards the main hall. "I'm going to persuade the emperor not to give His Majesty any more drinks in the future."

Secretly sighed in his heart, this Liu Xieke is really the son of the first emperor, but his temper is much better than that of the first emperor. When Wang Meiren died, Cao Cao was still in Luoyang, and there were rumors that the first emperor took a step to kill Queen He's slave and maid, and he also knew a little about it.

Fortunately, the emperor has not killed anyone, at least.

Of course, Cao Cao knew why Liu Xie was angry, and he was also very aware of the depression in Liu Xie's heart, all because he gave an order to lay off officials at the court meeting a few days ago, and ...... Liang Wang Ma Yue.

Today, Luoyang has become a puppet government...... No, they weren't even puppets, because neither Liangguo nor Jiangdong respected the orders of the imperial court, and they didn't even need the power of the imperial court.

Why do they need to raise a puppet when they can do it themselves?

Luoyang, on the other hand, still has the functions of hundreds of officials, hundreds of generals and captains, and all kinds of officials...... But they can't play their role at all now, so many officials, but the court has to continue to provide them with money, Luoyang can't afford to raise these money and grain, and the most fertile land near Luoyang is all in the hands of the big nobles, not the imperial court.

Now it is not the imperial court that is raising those civil and military officials, it is Cao Cao's Yanzhou and Liu Bei's Jingzhou who are raising them. Of course, Cao Cao wanted to abolish the hundred officials, but why did the imperial court, which controlled a radius of 200 miles of land, feed so many people who didn't do anything?

This is also Cao Cao's determination that took almost several years to finally make up, he wants to give the court a real big change, it is better to simply tear his face, cut various official offices, remove various officials, and completely replace them with his own staff...... In a place as big as Luoyang, Cao Cao's own shogunate could manage it in an orderly manner!

Of course, in addition to cutting officials, Cao Cao also believes that Liu Xie's recent drunkenness and tantrums are also related to what Gan Xingba, the general of Liangguo Hengye, did under Luoyang City some time ago.

In all dynasties, no emperor can stand such an insult! was besieged by a foreign general and led the troops to show off his might, but he was so frightened that the forbidden army did not dare to move.

"Your Majesty, you are drunk again."