Liangyi Palace, the door of the province of Nayan Huangfu Wuyi, Zhongshu Province Zhongshu Ling Li Jing, Shangshu Province three servants shot Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi, Yang Shanhui and the nine Shangshu under his command are all there, in addition to the nine Siqing, in addition to the military department Shangshu Li Jing, who is still in charge of military affairs in Yiling, the central officials of the Great Sui are basically complete.

Jiang Xingben, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, who was full of joy, saluted Yang Tong on the main throne and said: "Qi Shengshang, since ancient times, the march is indispensable to guides, but if the army reaches the endless grassland and Hanhai in the north, it is easy to lose its way. This is just a grassland, if you strayed into the vast Hanhai that is not divided between east and west, north and south, I am afraid that there is still a worry about the annihilation of the whole army. Although there have long been guide cars and magnetic spoons that indicate the direction, because of the heavy and manual rotation, the direction is not very accurate, and it has become a top priority to find something that is more convenient to point to than the guide car and magnetic spoon. After many studies by He Chou, the waiter of the Ministry of Industry, and the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, they finally developed a lightweight and accurate compass, which can accurately and clearly distinguish the direction even in the dark wind and sand. ”

Jiang Xingben said, handing over two round boxes, one large and one small.

Yang Tong first looked at the palm-sized disc, and saw that there was a long pointer in the middle of this compass, and the pointer was surrounded by four directions, east and northwest, and the top of the pointer was a glass cover, which was particularly delicate and suitable for marching. As for the big compass, it is even more delicate, not much different from the compass used to look at feng shui in later generations, with dense heavenly and terrestrial branches written on it.

Yang Tong took the compass in his hand, walked off the dragon seat, and shook it vigorously as he walked, finding that no matter how hard he tried, no matter where he went, the arrow under the glass always pointed south.

Yang Tong exclaimed, "The reason why I lost my way in the Hanhai is because the yellow sand in the sky is the same everywhere, and there is no reference to distinguish the direction at all, and the wind and sand are so large that a simple compass can't be used at all." Now with this sealed compass, the southeast, northwest and northwest are clear at a glance, and it also gives our army the capital to crisscross the desert, and the same is true for sea navigation. ”

The compass is very famous, but Yang Tong knows that the production method is quite simple. Did you make a simple compass with a sewing needle? All these years of marching and fighting, also using a simple compass? Just a compass used before? Compared with the Ministry of Industry, the gap will come out.

"Holy? Wechen has studied the compass made by the Ministry of Industry in the past few days, and found that it contains a strong sense of heaven and earth? When, where, no matter what the wind is under? The pointer is pointing all the way to the north, which is really ingenious. Kong Yingda was full of praise and said: "Weichen believes that the new compass is not only suitable for military and navigation, but also can assist the imperial court to map more accurate maps of mountains and rivers. ”

"What Kong Shangshu said is extremely true." Yang Tong looked at the compass in his hand, and said in his heart, isn't this thing just for looking at feng shui?

"Holy!" Yang Shidao arched his hand and said: "Fishermen by the sea make a living from fishing? Do they want to get a little more? Often risking their lives, they sail deeper into the ocean, and the weather at sea is unpredictable. When they notice that the weather has changed, they make mistakes in their busy schedules and can't find the exact way back? Therefore, there are many tragedies every year, and we implore the Holy One? Let the Ministry of Industry make a large number of this simple new compass and promote it to coastal fishermen as soon as possible. ”

"Quasi-play! Not just to coastal villages? Also teach them how to use the compass. Looking at the simple compass that only had the southeast, northwest, and northwest, Yang Tong said to Jiang Xingben: "Then add four scales to the carved disk: southeast, northeast, southwest, and northwest." And the standard of east wood green, south fire red, west gold white, north water black, and middle earth yellow color the engraved plate. ”

"Wechen obeys." Jiang Xingben thought about it for a while? I understood what Yang Dong meant? If it's colored? The compass will be based on text recognition, and more color recognition.

He also said, "Wechen has one more thing to announce to the saint. ”

"What?" Yang Tong asked with interest.

"Back to Shengshang, the double-track track between Luoyang and Daxing has been completed."

"How's it going?" Yang Tong suddenly became even more excited, when he came to Daxing, he also saw the track built by the Ministry of Industry between Daxing and Luoyang, but it was not completed at that time, and he could not experience it in person.

Jiang Xing saluted: "Please also ask the Holy Lord to move to the sand table room of the Thousand Autumn Palace." ”

"Let's go." Yang Tong couldn't wait to walk to the sand table room. This huge Great Sui sand table was completed not long ago, the Sui army made the sand table mainly by a large number of scouts in various places to inquire about the news, drawn into a map, so the sand table around the city and the plain area is more accurate, but the mountains, rivers and lakes can only provide a general information, but with the strengthening of the Great Sui's control over the world, and Yang Tong's emphasis on accurate terrain, so the Ministry of Industry has invested a lot of talents in surveying and mapping, so that the Great Sui map and sand table have been improving and perfecting, like some well-known mountains, fields, rivers, cities, roads, passes, and bridges have been clearly presented on the sand table.

On the track connecting Luoyang and Daxing, a delicate model of a 'train' has been placed.

"Holy Lord, please see." Jiang Xingben pointed to the track with a wooden stick and introduced: "Since there is no better material at present, the track and sleepers are made of pine, and if there is a new material in the future, it will replace pine." ”

"Pine wood is soft, so why not use hard wood?" Yang Tong was a little puzzled.

"Saint, the sleeper is not only exposed to the sun and rain in the wilderness, the wind blows and freezes, but also half of it has to be buried in the tamped soil, if it has not undergone special treatment, it is easy to decay, compared to other hard miscellaneous materials, even if the pine is buried for a hundred years, it is still intact, so only need to pay attention to the bare part, so as to save at least half of the process and financial resources."

"I've seen it for a long time, Jiang Shangshu continued." Yang Tong motioned for Jiang Xingben to continue.

"Whoa." Jiang Xingben said: "The track and sleeper are pine, and the roadbed is a solid dirt road, which is level with the sleeper, so as not to stumble." As for the load-bearing capacity of the rail car, it is distinguished by the length of the car and the number of wheels. The model that the saint saw in front of him was the largest rail car at present, with a total of sixteen wheels, which could carry about 10,000 catties and only need eight horses to pull it. As long as the coachman is skilled, he can travel 500 miles a day, and the track from Luoyang to Daxing is only more than 800 miles, that is to say, he can run once in two or three days, and only need to change horses three times along the way. ”

"The rail car with a weight of 10,000 catties can travel 500 miles a day, if it is built on a large scale, the materials from Luoyang to Daxing in the future do not need to be requisitioned and transferred, and it can save time, which is definitely a huge leap." When Yang Tong said this, he asked again: "Can you use sixteen horses to drag a thirty-two-wheeled cart?" Isn't that just a doubling of the volume? ”

Jiang Xingben said with a wry smile: "Weichen has also thought about it, and I think the possibility of success is still very strong, but the load capacity of the car is limited, and if it is overcut, the car and wheels will not be able to bear it." ”

"That is, the track can withstand more weight, but the car can't, right?"

"Not bad."

"It's so simple." Yang Tong shook his head, people in this era are still relatively rigid in their brains.

"Please make it clear to the Holy Lord." Jiang Xingben asked excitedly.

"The wheels and bearings of a car can't withstand such heavy cargo, so you can change to a four-wheeled, six-wheeled, eight-wheeled vehicle, and then string these small cars together, isn't it the same? Moreover, changing the height of the car to a length can not only avoid overturning, but also make the bearing capacity of the track change from a point to a surface, and the life of the track will also be increased. ”

Yang Tong continued: "And this wooden rail is not corrosion-resistant, and it can be slowly replaced by a rail in the future!" You first make a mold according to the pattern of wooden rails, and as soon as you pour the iron juice, a complete rail will come out. Of course, the rails are not easy to nail to the sleepers, so it is necessary to leave nail holes in the mold beforehand. ”

"What the Holy Lord said is like an initiation, which makes Weichen suddenly!" Jiang Xingben's eyes lit up, and he bowed excitedly.

"You have to develop your imagination to the fullest, and you can't just stick to the old ways. Only in this way can we create more and more new and strange things. Yang Tong asked: "Have you tried this car?" Ann is not safe? ”

"Rest assured, this car has been built twenty-five, each car has been rerun four times, and there has been no accident in one hundred trips. If the car is lowered and lengthened according to the way the saint said, it will not only be safer than it is now, but also dare to let the horses run at a faster speed, not to mention traveling thousands of miles a day, but at least it can be a hundred miles faster than now. ”

Traveling thousands of miles a day sounds fast, but in fact it is about forty-two miles per hour, which is naturally not fast for Yang Tong, who has taken planes and high-speed trains, but for this era, such a transportation speed is already the top. If it is used for military purposes, it will be even more remarkable, eight horses and 10,000 pounds of heavy goods, the materials needed to go out can be transported away with only a few hundred horses, the most important thing is that these materials can replace 100,000 or even more people, and the efficiency is more, the loss on the road is almost negligible, only this point, the future by the track, canals, official roads composed of the transportation network is enough for the Great Sui Dynasty in the future war, firmly occupy the initiative.

Of course, this is only an ideal state, and it will take a long time and a lot of manpower and material resources to build the track to achieve this ideal.

"The names of the rail car and the horse-drawn carriage are not good, so I will make it a holy martial car in the future."

"Thank you, God, for your name."

Yang Tong pondered for a moment and said: "From today onwards, the Ministry of Industry will increase the track department, and the skilled craftsmen engaged in the track will be assigned to the track department, specializing in this industry, improving it on the existing basis, and must strive for excellence." ”

"Whoa."

"The first track has been successful and has proven its worth, so it's time to build a new one."

"People are people who have built tracks, everyone has experience, and the roadbed doesn't have a lot of skills, so it's not too difficult for them to build new tracks. But I don't know where the Holy One wants to cultivate? Jiang Xingben said with a smile.

"Let's extend from Daxing to the Western Regions!" After the Great Sui, the center of gravity was in the west, and Yang Tong planned to get the 'Longhai-Lanxin line' out first. Not to mention laying sleepers immediately, but you can first go to the mountain to dig the road and tamp the roadbed, even if it is not successful in the future, it can also be used as a flatter, wider and newer new official road.

"Whoa."

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A group of people returned to the Liangyi Hall and took their seats.

"In recent years, the Ministry of Industry has made remarkable achievements, and various skills have affected all walks of life and all aspects. I won't say much else, but now I'm going to talk about the academic aspect. Yang Tong said: "Before the invention of papermaking and movable type printing, books were regarded as heirlooms by the family, and the number of books in the family became one of the symbols of wealth and status. But now, if anyone proudly says, 'I have a collection of thousands of books,' in front of the public, the people around him will probably look at him with the eyes of a fool. ”

When everyone heard this, they laughed in understanding.

"Now that books and knowledge are no longer monopolized by a very small number of people, we are a big step forward in academics. But what does it mean that nine out of ten people are illiterate? Yang Tong glanced at everyone and replied to himself: "It shows that books still can't produce knowledge in the hands of these people, and the only difference between it and white paper is that there are more strokes they don't understand......

In the face of this, everyone's hearts are very uncomfortable, because this is an old historical debt, and it cannot be made up for without a hundred years.

"We can now use cheap books to improve literacy, educate the next generation through Yixue, and they can also understand through Yixue and books. But that was later. Yang Tong continued: "At present, there are too many illiterate people, and these people are relatively simple-minded, and there is not much ability to distinguish between right and wrong, the vast majority of people like to follow the general trend, people are also clouds, every year when natural disasters and man-made disasters occur, this kind of people are often the first to be bewitched by the group, if people with ulterior motives provoke it, the political situation will soon be turbulent, and even many of the people's stability maintenance decrees, but also because of the deliberate misinterpretation of people with intentions, so that the people think that they are aimed at themselves. Therefore, many things are actually disasters caused by the misunderstanding of the people who do not say it by the imperial court. In view of this, I decided to issue a newspaper in the world, explaining the imperial decrees one by one, and firmly controlling the initiative in the hands of the imperial court. ”

In fact, newspapers existed in ancient times, but the circulation area is narrow, really to take care of it, "Di Bao" is the earliest newspaper, as early as the Han Dynasty, each county and state set up a "Di" in the capital, its function is equivalent to the local news agency in Beijing, focusing on conveying the news of the court, where the emperor's edicts, ministers and relevant officials appointment, dismissal and transfer are the contents of the palace officials need to collect and copy. "Di Bao" was originally copied within the imperial court, and then posted on the palace gate, and copied publicly, so it is also called "palace gate copy" and "Yuanmen copy", which is actually the earliest way of news release.

Yang Gongren agreed: "This method is very good, as long as the decree and article are issued, it can be printed with movable type printing and distributed to all counties, counties, and towns. ”

"Not only government decrees, but also major events." Yang Tong said.

"Big event?"

"Not bad!" Yang Tong nodded and said: "Koubian of the Ertu Coalition Army is a major incident related to the fortunes of the country and the people. However, the people of the world do not know the strength of the Ertu Alliance, let alone the harm of the Ertu Koubian. If we had a newspaper all over the world before, then we could write an article in the newspaper to express the strength and dangers of the Ertu coalition army one by one, so that the people would know that Ertu was as powerful as the Eastern/Turkic in the past, and if the Great Sui did not fight, there would be endless troubles. Will it support the Great Sui to fight? ”

"This!!"

Everyone's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

They finally understood the true meaning of Yang Tong's newspaper.

If there is a war in the future, it is entirely possible to preemptively strike at the people through this kind of newspaper and erect a banner of justice in the hearts of the people, so as to achieve the effect of gathering public opinion and inspiring the morale of the army.

The ministers of the DPRK and China were all extremely shrewd, and they soon realized that the benefits brought by this kind of newspaper were far from being as simple as announcing a decree, but on the contrary, it could play a vital role in all aspects, and they could not help but pay more attention to this kind of newspaper.

"In addition to national events, you can also publish some news closely related to the people in the Di newspaper, such as how to prevent fire, how to give first aid to injuries, how to raise fish and sheep to fatten; It can also be printed in a special page for current events, customs and customs, anecdotes, biographies of celebrities, excellent articles and poems of imperial examination candidates and students of the academy, etc. Yang Tong said.

Fang Xuanling arched his hand and said: "According to what the saint said, this mansion newspaper covers a wide range of topics, and a mansion newspaper is equivalent to a book, and Xinying can't bear it at all." Moreover, what the Holy Lord has to do is to issue the world's Di Bao, which is huge and heavy, how to deliver it to all places in time? ”

Yang Tong replied: "The center of the newspaper is located in Luoyang, and a printing point is set up in Daxing, Taiyuan, Zhuojun, Yecheng, Jiangdu, Jiangling, Qi County, and Pengcheng. This newspaper is created every half month, and its name is "Half Moon Talk of the Great Sui". ”

"Holy Lord, the minister thinks you can give it a try." Yang Gongren thought for a while: "However, "Da Sui Half Moon Talk" is a freshman book after all, for the sake of prudence, Weichen suggested that it be tried in Luoyang and Daxing first. ”

"Of course." Yang Tong nodded, "The first few copies of the "Great Sui Half Moon Talk" were first jointly founded by the ten departments of Shangshu Province, and when the experience is mature, which department will indeed manage it." ”

"Whoa."

"The content of the first "Half Moon Talk of the Great Sui" is provided by everyone." Yang Tong knew that everyone liked the 'first' that might go down in history, so he said so.

Sure enough, he found that the ministers were short of breath and their eyes began to be bloodshot, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "After everyone goes back, just write as much as you like, as long as you have something to say and have good writing, you can sign and publish it, and you can write poems and songs." ”

"Whoa."

The crowd answered with a loud voice.

It's louder.

"Of course, some core secrets can't be written."

"Rest assured, the ministers understand."