Quiet!

The inside of the hall is so quiet that you can hear the falling needles, and the bright sunlight shines into the room through the rear glass window, making the palace very bright.

In this palace, Qiao Andong only felt that his palms were sweating, and he never thought that one day he would meet the saint and meet the emperor. Even now, he still feels a little dizzy.

"Naturally, someone will investigate the affairs of the railway company, and I have arranged for someone to be responsible for this matter."

The Chinese people are really smart, and the railway companies have only been in operation for a few years, and they find loopholes in them, and then exploit them, so as to reap huge returns.

This is not what Zhu Mingzhong is most angry about, after all, this kind of thing cannot be avoided even if it is strictly supervised. What really annoys him is that those people are directly blocking the development of new technologies for the sake of profit.

This may be the 17th-century version of the so-called "interest groups do not hesitate to suppress new technological inventions for personal gain".

In history, such things are not uncommon, and perhaps in another time and space, the invention of the railroad may have suffered a similar experience, who knows?

Now, what really intrigued him was the young man in front of him who had invented the train!

This is the most important thing, although as early as a month ago, he had written out the basic principles of the train, and even drew a sketch, but he had been hesitating when to send it to Qinghe Academy, but he never thought that a nineteen-year-old young man would actually design and manufacture a train.

Indeed, whether from the perspective of the future or the present, the train is not complicated, and its principle is also very simple, but in history, it still took decades for the train to be invented. Sometimes, people are not necessarily very enthusiastic about the adoption of new technologies.

However, it seems that this cannot be used in Daming, and it seems that the Chinese people have always welcomed the application of new technologies. Just like the steam engine, in less than a year, Daming's steam engine has increased from zero to hundreds, and this year it has increased to a thousand, and there is no problem at all.

However, who would have thought that the train that had just been invented would be almost killed by interest groups!

"How did you come up with the idea of inventing a steam locomotive?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Xiaomin is, when I was riding the train, I wondered if I could use other things to replace horses, and later after I came into contact with the steam engine in the library, I suddenly thought that it could be applied to the train to replace horses."

At the beginning, Qiao Anton stammered a little when he spoke, but slowly he became more and more fluent, and then explained his thoughts one by one.

“…… Therefore, Xiaomin finally decided to build it, of course, without the support of the bank, I am afraid that Xiaomin alone will definitely not be able to build it. ”

Listening to Qiao Anton's explanation, Zhu Mingzhong just nodded slightly, he didn't say anything, when he looked at this young man, he sighed in his heart that he was so fast, he would associate the steam engine with the train, and finally put his ideas into reality.

Perhaps, he didn't know the significance of this invention!

With trains, everything changes!

It may not only be transportation that will be changed, but many things will be changed, and people in this era may not be able to understand all this, but one thing is certain, the invention of the train...... Just in time!

"Oh, in this way, I can be regarded as having a little credit, Taichang is my industry!"

After saying this sentence with a smile, Zhu Mingzhong pondered for a moment, and then said to Qiao Andong.

"You go back, I will personally order someone to do the steam locomotive test, you just have to go back and wait for the news."

Because the railway company still needs evidence to clean up, Zhu Mingzhong did not mention this matter, but only told Qiao Andong that the steam locomotive would be on the road as soon as possible.

In fact, with the intervention of the emperor, everything became very fast, almost after Qiao Anton's nervous exit from the palace, the palace attendants went directly to the railway company, a few hours later, Qiao Andong was taken to the railway company, and the manager of the railway company, who had never met after many visits, received him warmly and personally, and agreed to arrange a train test in the next few days.

March 22 of the seventh year of Xingqian, this day, it seems to be an ordinary day, the weather is fine, in addition, there is nothing different from the past, but in the station of Zhongdu, it seems to be very lively, a steam locomotive is placed on one of the tracks, this steam locomotive is called "Voyager", Gu said that it is the name given by the emperor himself. Behind the steam locomotive hung a coal and water wagon converted from a flatbed wagon, as well as 20 wagons and 4 passenger cars. Passenger cars were hung in the middle of the trains, reserved for officials of the imperial court and railway companies, and the 20 carriages were loaded with a variety of goods, weighing a total of 160 tons, which even ordinary horse-drawn trains could not carry.

In this regard, the officials of the railway company naturally have their explanation - since it is a 12-horsepower steam locomotive, it should be calculated according to the pulling force of 12 horses, what they said seems to be extremely reasonable, but as the inventor of the steam locomotive, Qiao Anton, who knows the stakes well, he naturally knows what kind of small calculations those railway company officials are making.

Despite knowing Thaksin's dirty intentions, Qiao Anton had no ability to refuse their arrangement, even with the support of the emperor, after all, the emperor could not interfere in everything. Besides, he had to prove to everyone that the steam locomotive was better than the horse-drawn carriage.

At this time, the station was decorated with lights, gongs and drums, and not only the officials of the railway company came, but also the officials of the imperial court and well-known merchants in the capital were invited to participate in the ceremony. Without exception, everyone was there in dress and holding their heads high to celebrate the event. The reason why they rushed here was because they had heard that His Majesty would come in person.

However, what disappointed them was that the palace gave a short notice that His Majesty would not be there in person. This was a disappointment for many, after all, many of them wanted to take the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the dragon, but after a moment of disappointment, they were also full of interest in the steam locomotive, which was known as "a thousand miles in a day".

Just when people were interested in steam locomotives, Zhu Mingzhong, dressed as an ordinary person, appeared at the station, of course, he did not enter the VIP ranks, but only crowded in the crowd of people watching the excitement, he was not willing to dominate. Perhaps today's news should be more about steam locomotives than the emperor.

It's a train!

When the manager of the railway company led several executives of the railway company to step into the carriage, he glanced at Qiao Andong with a complicated expression, and looked at several court officials around him, especially the pavilion assistant Zhu Daxian, who must have been Zhu Daxian who put the steam locomotive up to heaven and cut off their financial route.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, although they have all kinds of dissatisfaction in their hearts, but no one dares to say it, after all, they are facing the first assistant of the dynasty. However, this did not prevent them from racking their brains to add obstacles to the operation of the train.

"Gefu, you see, the people are so enthusiastic, in my opinion, you might as well hang another passenger car at the back of the car, take a carload of people, so that they can also have a look, I don't know what Gefu thinks? After all, this is a steam locomotive, and the power is infinite. ”

Faced with this suggestion, Zhu Daxian just set his eyes on Qiao Anton to see how he responded.

Facing Zhu Daxian's gaze, Qiao Anton thought for a moment, and then said proudly.

"Today, it is a big day for the steam locomotive to start running, and indeed as Manager Feng said, the steam locomotive is indeed infinitely powerful, and the steam locomotive is also a miracle that has never been seen in the world! It is deserving that the people should be allowed to share in this miracle and experience the miracle of traveling thousands of miles every day! ”

Since Qiao Anton did not refuse, of course Zhu Daxian would not refuse, and soon added another carriage, although the price of the ticket was very expensive, but it was quickly sold out. Of course, Zhu Mingzhong also bought one, but in fact, the people who bought the tickets were not ordinary people, most of them were reporters, they were all attracted by this "thousands of miles a day" steam locomotive, and naturally they didn't mind spending twice the price to become the first batch of passengers of the steam locomotive, after all, only a few reporters were invited to the middle carriage.

"The train is moving!"

Just as the reporters in the carriage were discussing the steam locomotive word by word, I don't know who shouted. Almost as soon as the train moved, the whistle whistle on the station startled people who had never heard such a strange sound, especially the men, women and children on the platform.

Even the reporters in the carriage who had seen the world were shocked to the point that their hearts were beating. Then, the steam locomotive, which was dragging 23 passenger and freight cars, spewed smoke like a fire dragon, and began to drive out of the carriage with the characteristic roar of the steam engine.

The speed of the train that had just run was not fast, and the people who stayed at the station were all shocked by this magical locomotive, some of them were amazed, some admired, and more looked at the steam locomotive leaving the station with a kind of amazement.

Who would have thought that one day the train would not need to be pulled by horses? As long as there is coal and water, you can drive!

It's a miracle!

When the reporters in the carriage were discussing the steam locomotive in surprise, Zhu Mingzhong, as a passenger, was also excited, personally doing the transportation that represented the steam age, and he naturally thought of the changes that the train would bring to the world in the future.

It can not only shorten the space, so that "a thousand miles of Jiangling in one day" has become a reality, more importantly, the emergence of steam locomotives, will promote the construction of railways, and then promote the industrial development of the Ming Dynasty.

"Everything has been changed......"

Looking at the reporters who were excited because of the speed of the train, Zhu Mingzhong believed that tomorrow, all the newspapers will write this news, whether they are aware of the role of the railway in the future, but it is certain that Daming will be like this train, never stop moving forward......

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