The things that promote the progress of the times are always in the hands of a few people, and Zhao Zhen used Gewu to make the transportation monster of the train appear on the land of China, but the irony is that the trains have appeared and Zhao Zhen wants to build a bicycle but it is impossible.

The bicycle chain has very high requirements for the forging process, even if it can be replaced by something like hemp rope cloth strips, but there is no rubber as a shock absorption, the self-riding of the wooden wheel on the bumpy road will still be very painful, even if the Great Song Dynasty has a cement road, but the road surface is much bumpy compared with later generations.

It can be said that today's Da Song Gewu is the product of application, and there will only be things that are within the scope of ability and can be used effectively, even if the technical ability is reached, but if it is not practical, then no one will do it, because no matter how exquisite the things are made, it is a joke if they have no practical effect.

The logic of the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty was not systematic, but it had the most classic logic in China, that is, practical logic, and in their opinion, anything that was useless should not be wasted time to make.

For example, the bicycle drawings sent by Zhao Zhen to the Gewu Institute anonymously were abandoned by the scholars of the Gewu Academy and the craftsmen who were the prisoners, which made Zhao Zhen depressed for a while, but if you think about it carefully, it is true, not everything can adapt to this era.

Zhao Xiaowu's train came back, but it was dragged back, to be precise, it was dragged back by more than a dozen horses along the track in the opposite direction, Zhao Zhen saw this spectacular and funny scene, and laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his waist, this Zhao Xiaowu was excited to only care about the test, and forgot that the track could not turn around, and the fact that there was only one locomotive.

After driving for thirty miles, Zhao Xiaowu reacted and hurriedly tried to find a way to stop the train, but it was even more difficult for this behemoth to start, and it was even more difficult to stop, because of inertia, even if the gas valve on the steam engine was broken, the train still moved forward a long way.

Zhao Zhen looked at his face full of soot, like an African little black man, Zhao Xiaowu touched his chin and said, "Simply put, your train has no brakes......?" ”

"What are the brakes?" Zhao Xiaowu's face was ignorant, but Zhao Zhen couldn't get angry at all when he saw his appearance, and said with a helpless smile: "The brake is what makes the train stop!" Are you making my train unable to stop?! ”

"If the airlock is closed, there is no steam supply, and the train will naturally stop, but it depends on the speed of the train at the time......"

Zhao Zhen waved his hand: "Find a way to make the train stop faster, and by the way, build another locomotive and put it on the buttocks, so that you don't have to turn around." ”

Zhao Xiaowu nodded: "Well, this point Weichen has long considered, but he hasn't had time to bring someone to make it, today is mainly to try whether this train can achieve the expected effect, are the officials still satisfied after seeing it?" ”

Zhao Zhen clenched his fists: "Except for the holy drive that you didn't wait for, everything else is quite satisfied!" ”

"Then Weichen is relieved!" Zhao Xiaowu replied proudly instead of being ashamed, with a successful smile on his face, so that Zhao Zhen didn't know what to say.

In the end, he sighed helplessly: "You have to cooperate with Fan Zhongyan of the Highway Administration Yuan, report to him in detail the speed and transportation capacity of the train, and cooperate with him to speed up the railway from Tokyo City to Xijin Province, which is very important to me and the entire Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Zhao Xiaowu nodded abruptly and said: "Weichen obeys the order, and he will definitely rush to work at full speed to share his worries about His Majesty's relocation of the capital!" ”

Zhao Zhen is finally satisfied, it seems that this Zhao Xiaowu is not a person who only knows how to immerse himself in things, and he also pays attention to political affairs, otherwise he would not think of the connection between the train and the relocation of the capital, for the Great Song Dynasty, for the people's livelihood, like this...... Very good.

There is this kind of high-profile thing happening during the New Year, which adds a lot of topics to the lively New Year, and allows the people of Tokyo City and even the entire Great Song Dynasty to actively participate in it.

So the matter about the train has become a topic on the people's wine table and tea table, and no one can avoid it after tea and dinner, so they always have to talk about their own views and ideas, and it is natural to associate it with the matter of moving the capital.

Even ordinary people can express their opinions, let alone scholars and officials?

But what Zhao Zhen paid the most attention to was the reflection of the envoys of the foreign dynasty, for the powerful Gewu of the Great Song Dynasty, the foreign ministers were extremely admired and envious, of course, jealousy was also indispensable, although the test run of the train was guarded by the forbidden army, but it was not forbidden to watch, since the people could watch, the envoys of the foreign dynasty could do the same, this is a kind of deterrence, showing the strength of the Great Song Dynasty.

At this time, the fastest response and the quickest action were the envoys of the Wa Kingdom, and when the envoys of other countries were either sour or admired, he found a rare opportunity and asked to meet Zhao Zhen, the reason was also very simple, the Wa State planned to ask the Great Song Dynasty for the manufacturing process of the steam car, and he hoped to introduce the train of the Great Song Dynasty into the Wa Kingdom.

But his request was quickly rejected, and Zhao Zhen was surprised by the reflection of the envoys of the Wa State, the territory of the Wa State was very small compared to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and once the introduction of trains would play a very important role in the Wa State, and even change the political structure, but only if the Great Song Dynasty agreed to this fanciful request.

This is obviously impossible, even if Zhao Zhen is confused, he will not agree, the train seems simple, but there is a lot of knowledge involved in it, and the most important steam engine is also a favorable instrument for the development of the Great Song Dynasty, how can it be easily shown, let alone given to the Wa Kingdom!

At this time, the Great Song Dynasty stood at the top of the world's civilization, the worship and jealousy of the Great Song Dynasty coexisted with it, and there were not many women of the Great Song Dynasty who went to the Great Song Dynasty......

Zhao Zhen didn't understand how such a nation could surpass China? Closed to the rest of the country? Stuck in the road? I'm afraid it's more of the stupidity of the emperor and courtiers......

In order to avoid this mistake, Zhao Zhen set the islands of the Wa Kingdom as the goal of the Great Song Dynasty in the imperial study as early as possible, conquering, immigrating, and assimilating them, making them the inherent territory of China, just like Liuqiu.

This is a long process, after all, the Wa State and the Great Song Dynasty face each other across the sea, even if the Great Song Dynasty's sea ships are powerful and the soldiers are elite, but they must reach the Wa State, and the landing operation has a certain risk.

At this time, the envoys of the Wa Kingdom did not understand Zhao Zhen's thoughts, and they were still asking the Great Song Dynasty to give him the technology of the train and bring it back to the Wa Kingdom: "The foreign minister pleases Your Majesty, the train is a precious thing to my country, like the ......wings of a bird in the sky."

But apparently the envoys of the Wa Kingdom only saw the benefits of the train, but did not see its complexity, Zhao Zhen had a whim, and felt that he should sell the train to the Wa State, at this time the Wa State simply did not have the ability to manufacture the train, and the technology could not keep up with the W Guo Guang What is the use of the drawings?

Even Zhao Xiaowu didn't dare to pat his chest to ensure that every manufactured train could operate normally, how could he build a train in the Wa Kingdom, thinking of this, Zhao Zhen felt that this deal could be done, what he valued was the silver and gold mines of the Wa Kingdom......