"It's moving, it's really moving!"

Zhu Houxi couldn't help but slap his face, happily like a child. The next second, he flew on his horse, galloped on his horse, and galloped after the train.

The steam smoke of the train sprayed on his face, and Zhu Houxi didn't care, he only knew that he shouted frantically and chased after him. made Wang Yue have to act like a fool and follow Zhu Houxi.

I really haven't seen the world, isn't it just a little broken train? If you take the high-speed train once, and you don't faint excitedly, let's have a little fun, okay?

Although Wang Yue was slandered, from the corners of his upturned mouth, Wang Yue's excited heart could also be seen.

The steam engine is not easy to develop.

A full-fledged steam engine, with thousands of parts, is mounted on a train, and the number of parts increases by an order of magnitude.

Then push up the industrial chain, parts processing, metallurgical steelmaking, mining and coal mining...... The number of workers needed has increased by another order of magnitude, reaching a scale of hundreds of thousands.

To provide services for this whole set of industrial chains, the high-end ones have financial loans and guaranteed financing, and the low-end ones have craftsmen to take a bath and eat...... The entire industrial cluster is calculated to be one million.

In other words, the whole of Beijing, Tianjin, Chengde, Daning, including Baoding, Tongzhou...... In these areas, excluding the court officials, border soldiers, and some businessmen and students, almost all the people in the city were consciously or unconsciously involved in this industrial chain.

Is it hard to organize a million people?

It's really hard.

These million people are not simply let them farm or fight.

Instead, there should be a clear division of labor, each responsible for different areas, and effective cooperation.

Think about what the British do?

First, sheep ate people, forcing people to the city, and then in the process, they continued to colonize outward and seize overseas markets...... When the market is large enough and the labor force reaches its limit, there will be no labor force in the countryside to move to the cities.

That's when there is a strong demand for technology.

Then, relying on the capitalists with huge amounts of money in their hands, they use the power of capital to lead technological progress, organize production innovation, and realize the industrial revolution......

In fact, judging from this process, because it belongs to the state of barbaric development, there is really no superiority at all, on the contrary, it has also caused great waste, and one of the biggest problems is that it is completely dominated by capital. And capital only thinks about making profits, thinking about continuous appreciation and expansion.

Capital will hardly consider the overall situation, what is the country, what is the people, of course, making money is the most important.

As Wang Yue, who had read the script in advance, he naturally had a more comprehensive consideration.

From an early age, he was training a team of craftsmen.

These people originally came from the artisan household, including the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and the Inner Court, and Wang Yue integrated them together. It started with the production of gunpowder and gunpowder.

Constantly increase, continue to cultivate, encourage technological progress, and strive for excellence...... Then it developed into mining, metallurgy, manufacturing machine tools...... Along the way, by now, more than 50,000 industrial-related craftsmen have accumulated around Beijing.

This forms the talent base for the development of steam engines.

What is particularly valuable is that with the popularization of basic education, the number of craftsmen has increased rapidly, and within three years, it can be doubled.

There's no way, there are too many readers, so you can't all run to officialdom.

In fact, there are always a few people who can enter the official career, and the vast majority of ordinary people are honest workers, if they can master a craft, with technology, and eat while standing, it is already very valuable. When you reach middle age, you will understand that when you are young, you really think too much......

After establishing the foundation of craftsmen, Wang Yue also did one more thing...... Like the British, Wang Yue disdained the way of the industrial revolution by relying on overseas markets.

In the final analysis, the fruits of industrial development should benefit the people, and the people should be able to get benefits.

This raises the question, how can the people benefit from industry?

Again, it's not a simple question.

Wang Yue's prescription was to establish a unified market, which is why he abolished Caoyun.

If this canal has nothing, it will be navigable at will, and it will not be bothersome at all.

The problem is that on both sides of the canal, there are too many interest groups, and they are like fortresses.

Divides the entire market into countless small blocks.

If you don't deal with them, you want to let the industry develop and benefit the world, which is wishful thinking.

All in all, Wang Yue relied on years of layout, and finally came to fruition, and it was time to reap the fruits of victory.

"Good! That's great! ”

Zhu Houxi chased the train and ran for more than thirty miles, soaked with hot sweat, he reined in the war horse, and Wang Yue also stopped.

The train didn't run fast, and at the beginning, Zhu Houxi could even easily run to the front of the train and show off his might at the people in the car.

But gradually, after more than ten miles, the horses began to sweat, but the train not only did not slow down, but also ran more vigorously.

In the process of galloping, Zhu Houxi became more and more aware of the preciousness of the train.

Loaded a lot, running fast, and tireless, what kind of artifact is this?

Wherever the train passes, all the manpower and material resources along the way can be concentrated...... Even rulers who no longer have brains understand that once the train is repaired, the exchange of goods and goods in ordinary times can be greatly facilitated.

In wartime, more supplies and troops can be mobilized.

In the past, the surrounding small vassal countries relied on the high sky and the emperor to be far away, relying on the geographical advantages, relying on the climate, and did not obey the control of the Central Plains.

And the Central Plains Dynasty is indeed limited by national strength and can't control them.

It's different now, as long as I fix the train, whoever dares to make trouble with me will be able to send the soldiers and horses over within ten days and a half months.

Before these grandsons could react, they beat him up!

Thinking of this, Zhu Houxi couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.

"You've really given me a baby!"

Zhu Houxi was ecstatic and slapped Wang Yue's shoulder hard.

But at this moment, suddenly the train slowed down and stopped!

What's going on?

It's not going to break, is it?

Zhu Houxi was shocked, and soon, Zhu Heng and Chen Yiqin ran over panting, both of them had black and gray faces, just baring their white teeth, and laughing.

"Back to Your Majesty, the train is fine, it's just that there is not enough coal, and someone has already transported it. We pondered that we would have to build supply stations along the line in the future, otherwise no matter how much coal the train carried, it would not be enough! “

Zhu Houxi bowed his head, there is nothing to say, this is as it should be.

But he soon realized a problem, a big problem.

The train is so good, so the money must not be less, right?

……

"Wang Yue, have you calculated, how much will it cost?"

While resting, Zhu Houxi dragged Wang Yue alone and asked.

"It depends on the terrain of the road, the difficulty of the project, the cost of raw materials, and the cost of freight...... However, according to the most conservative estimates, even if it is a plain terrain with no river barriers, it will cost tens of thousands of yuan per mile, after all, the railroad track alone is not a small expense. If you encounter a river and need to build a bridge, the cost will be more than 15,000. And that's not even counting the train costs. ”

Wang Yue didn't continue to fool Zhu Houxi, after all, at this time, he would rather say more, after all, Zhu Houyu had already taken the bait, could he refuse the temptation of the train?

The answer is obvious, Zhu Houxi thought for a long time, and shook his fist violently.

"This railway has been repaired, and it will be repaired if it is smashed and sold for iron." He paused, then suddenly whispered again, "Do you have a good idea?" If you can save costs, tell me quickly, don't sell it. ”

Wang Yue spread his hands, "Your Majesty, this idea is ready-made, the biggest expense for road construction is nothing more than materials and labor, the Guo family and the Qiu family have got a lot of laborers from Annan before, now?" Perhaps the Wa Kingdom could be included as well. In fact, there are a lot of laborers in Xiyi, but the road is too far away, and it may not be cost-effective to transport laborers over. Of course, you can also try it. ”

Zhu Houxi's eyes rolled, and he suddenly sneered: "Wang Yue, don't sell Guanzi, I don't believe you will let Xiyi go, you tell me, is there a better way?" ”

Wang Yue said with a smile: "Your Majesty is really like lightning, I wonder if those Xiyi can scramble to buy indulgences." Wouldn't it be better if the imperial court could issue a batch of bonds and collect money from Xiyi to build roads! ”

Using Xiyi's money to build roads for Daming, this is of course a good thing.

"I'm afraid they won't take the bait!"

"Then it depends on Xu Jie's and Yan Shifan's ability." Wang Yue said with confidence.