Yang Hao has always disliked businessmen, whether in his past life or in this life, businessmen are a group of mercenary villains in his opinion, homeless and countryless, with milk is a mother, although the words are extreme, but the inherent concept of people is difficult to change.

What capitalism seems to him is, nothing more than a change of exploitation, and it is not much better than his own authoritarian rule.

Yang Hao always believes that he is a person with lofty ideals, that the great harmony of the world is the ultimate goal of human civilization, and that his own Daqi is on the right path.

As for the merchants, the existence of the Qi State for a day will not allow them to enter the stage of history.

Although there is no obvious hierarchy between the four people of Qi State, the status of the workers and peasants, especially the craftsman class, in the hearts of the people is second only to the scholar class.

Yang Hao's father and son talked for a long time, and Qu's death touched him a lot.

According to his age, the difference between Yang Hao and him is no more than five or six years old, and a good person who was alive some time ago said that he would die if he died, and the fragility of his life made him have to think about the future of Qi State.

Yang Zhi, as a prince, has been instilled with his own thoughts by Yang Hao since he was a child, and strives to make him another self.

It's just that people's growth environment is different, and his eldest son is still too different from his own.

He couldn't ask for anything, he just didn't want to leave and die in the future.

July 20 of the sixth year of the emperor's reign, Chang'an suburban railway station.

On this day, countless forbidden troops surrounded the newly built railway station.

Yang Hao and hundreds of civil and military officials waited here early, and on the day of the opening of the first train in Qi Country today, most officials did not know about the train.

But everyone who knows the inside story is looking forward to the upcoming test.

Yang Hao sat on the chair, watching the workers busy over there, and couldn't help but feel a lot happier.

The carriages of the train are only four short cars, and there is no long dragon-like scene, but it means that the Qi State has officially entered the steam age since then.

As long as the railroad is laid, the territory of Qi will be as stable as Mount Tai.

With a few whistles, the station suddenly became noisy, and everyone looked curiously in the direction from which the sound came.

It's just that the train is some distance away from here, and the people behind can only see white smoke rising in the distance, but they can't see what happened, although they want to come forward to watch, but Yang Hao and the other bigwigs can only wait patiently again.

"Your Majesty! The train is ready, can you try it? ”

The station master bowed.

Yang Hao nodded: "En!" Let's start, drive to Dongsheng Town, a few kilometers away, if everything is okay, I want to share this car with all my ministers, don't be careless. ”

"Command!"

When the chief stepped back, he saw a man in uniform waving a small flag, and the locomotive whined again.

"It's moving! It's moving! ”

The ministers looked excitedly at the slowly starting train,

"Your Majesty! This... What a miracle! What a miracle! ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

Yang Hao said with a smile: "This is not a miracle, this is human power!" It's the power of knowledge. ”

"Yes, the power of knowledge!"

The Ministry of Rites praised.

As the train picked up speed, the huge body passed by, and the rumbling sound frightened the faces of those who saw such a behemoth for the first time.

In the blink of an eye, on the railway that spread into the distance, only a white dot remained.

In less than an hour, the whining train reappeared in everyone's sight, and everyone who watched was amazed.

The station manager checked the train and hurriedly came to report.

"Your Majesty, the train is running normally."

Yang Hao got up when he heard this: "Okay!" Ladies and gentlemen, take a test ride on this car with me. ”

After speaking, when he took the first step towards the train, the ministers hurriedly followed.

Boarding the train and looking at the richly decorated carriages, my heart was filled with emotion.

The last time I took a train, I still remember in my previous life, there were already high-speed trains with speeds of hundreds of kilometers per hour in that era, and my slow steam car was far from enough compared with such advanced technology.

The only thing similar to his previous life is the connection of the car doors, because this place is the place where he spent the most time in the car to school when he was a student.

The picture of cigarettes, beer, drinks, mineral water, and the salesman pushing a unique cart through the crowd in a strange way seems to have happened yesterday.

The memories dissipated, and Yang Hao sat down in the first position, this carriage was originally prepared for the princes and ministers, and the decoration was extremely luxurious.

The wooden windows are designed to be sliding, and Yang Hao and several important ministers sit together, feeling this big car that is very different from the carriage.

The tracks of Qi have appeared for many years, and the horse-drawn rail cars have also been running for a long time, but the tracks were only used for cargo transportation in the past, and they were not as comfortable as they are today.

The officials discussed everything about the train, looking east and west, everything was so novel.

At this moment, a shrill whistle sounded, startling the people in the carriage.

Yang Hao looked at the nervous expressions of several people in front of him and said: "Relax a little, this whistle is to remind us that the car is going to drive, such a behemoth is driving, if you accidentally run over people, it will be dangerous, this car runs much more smoothly than the carriage, but you have to sit firmly when it starts." ”

Before several ministers could react, they only heard a bang, the body shook, and under the effect of inertia, several people's bodies leaned forward uncontrollably, if it weren't for the iron table in front of them, they would have lost their honor in front of the king.

But soon, the body stabilized, and looking at the slowly receding scenery outside the window, Li Yang couldn't help but praise: "It's amazing, this car is so huge that it can be as fast as a horse-drawn carriage." ”

"Your Majesty! Is this car really driven by the steam engine? ”

The military department is still the book.

Yang Hao nodded and said: "Yes, it is the steam engine used in the iron factory, which is only used to pull the car after improvement, and its principle is basically the same. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were focused on the new Ministry of Works.

Seeing this, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu said with a smile: "Although Your Majesty said it simply, you can know that our Ministry of Industry has not built this train, and it has been working day and night for several years of research and development to have today's thing."

This train can travel thousands of miles a day with only coal and water, and it is a real national weapon.

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Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Li Yang hurriedly asked: "Traveling thousands of miles in a day, doesn't this mean that it can be reached in two or three days from Chang'an to Qinzhou, even if it is Yumen Pass, it will be just around the corner." ”

Seeing the incredulous expressions on everyone's faces, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu explained: "Not really, this is just an ideal situation, the train will naturally not run all the time, just like the horse-drawn rail car, the coal burns out and naturally needs to be replenished, and this delay will naturally be slower."

The Ministry of Industry established the Railway Department to supervise the railways at the stations in Daqi.

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