Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "That's good, set up a new trading company, which is specifically responsible for managing this matter, and let Lao Shi be in charge, let Mongolia collect cashmere, which is better than wool and can be used to make high-end clothes." ”

Shi Yuanya was overjoyed and said, "The slave and maid have thanked the saint for his trust. The slave must have done it properly. ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "According to the rules, recruit accounts from the official school, and the East Factory is responsible for supervision, you can't interfere with them, your hands and feet must be clean, if I hear anything, I will cut off your hands and feet." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "It's been an old man who has used it for a long time, what are the factory ministers doing so murderously." ”

Wei Zhongxian replied: "Holy Lord, the rules must be set first, and the ugly words must be said in front. The older the elderly, the more the slaves and maids don't want anything to happen to them. If you do a good job, the saint will naturally be rewarded, and if you take the greedy money, it will be hot. ”

Shi Yuanya also smiled: "I know that the factory is for the good of the big guys." We are deformed people, with a good master, it is a great blessing, on weekdays the factory also takes care of us, the slave maid in front of the saint and the factory man swear, as long as the slave and maid in charge of the trading company has an accident, the slave maid herself will take this head to apologize. ”

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Whoever has the problem is beheaded, you just have to take care of it yourself." If management and accounts are separated, there will be no big things, some small things, who will shout and shout and kill. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Factory minister, Wang Chengen said that the agricultural cooperative has been opened in Shandong, and the report box of your East Factory must be a snack, and no one else must be allowed to get into the report box." ”

Wei Zhongxian replied: "The slave has set up a report investigation department in the East Factory, which is only responsible for opening the report box, and there must be three people at the same time when it is opened, and then it will be directly sealed and then converged to the East Factory's branches in various provinces, and then two supervisors will accompany the scribe to clean up, copy the report letter, and then sign it by three people." The original manuscript will be retained in the provinces for future inspection. ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "This method is so rigorous, did the factory chen come up with it himself?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Holy Lord, how can a slave have this ability. However, the slave and maid gathered the people below to come up with ideas together, and finally got this rule. ”

Zhu Youxiao sighed: "The factory minister has a heart. Although the factory minister does not read much, he thinks of a much stronger way than most readers. ”

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Although the slave and maid did not study, they followed the saint every day, and Zhuge Liang still knew about the three stinky skins." The saints are gods and know everything, and slaves and maids can't do it, so they can only brainstorm. ”

Zhu Youxiao laughed: "Even brainstorming knows that the factory minister is good." It's a pity that those who are conceited and read a lot always think that they can know all the knowledge and do everything well. In this way, the factory minister is the real smart person. ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled like a flower: "If you follow the saint, you will naturally become smarter, and the slave maid is stained with the light of the saint." ”

A few days later, the Ordnance Bureau came to report that a steam locomotive had been made. Zhu Youxiao took the ministers and monks to the Ordnance Bureau.

Mao Yuanyi was putting the finishing touches on the various parts of the steam engine, and Sun Yuanhua was sitting in a large shed with the emperor's ministers. Mao Yuanyi waved his hand in the distance, and Sun Yuanhua said, "Your Majesty, you can start the test drive." ”

Zhu Youxiao couldn't wait to say, "Let's start quickly." ”

Sun Yuanhua said two words to a person next to him, who waved a small flag and waved it left and right three times. Mao Yuanyi saw the flag, got into the carriage, and instructed the craftsmen to add coal to the boiler.

Seeing the white smoke rise, after a whistle, the steam locomotive slowly began to move, the track was a total of five miles long, and after the locomotive turned around, Sun Yuanhua said: "Your Majesty, the speed is one hour and twenty miles." Because the circle of rails is too small and then just started, the speed is slow. ”

Soon the locomotive made three turns. Sun Yuanhua looked at his pocket watch and said, "One hour and thirty-six miles." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Add a carriage to see." ”

Sun Yuanhua asked the person next to him to wave the small flag. Mao Yuanyi had someone drag a carriage over from the side and pick it up behind the locomotive.

The car started again, and after three laps, Sun Yuanhua reported the speed: "Your Majesty, one hour and thirty miles." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "How much has the Jingguan Railway been built?" ”

Bi Ziyan replied: "Starting from Gongji City in the capital, it has been repaired for thirty miles, and a station has been repaired. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Sun Qing, just experiment on this road that has been repaired, one is to speed up, and the other is to test the convenience of auxiliary facilities. Tianjin Wei has been experimenting with using the steam engine on the ship, the principle is the same, you can communicate with each other, I am going to use the steam ship to sail. ”

Sun Yuanhua asked, "Your Majesty, should you rebuild a new ship or just use the original one?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "With the original ship, it will not completely lose power after the steam engine has a problem." If I want to build a new ship, I am going to build it with steel, and there are still some problems with this, so I have to take my time. ”

A few days later, the Ordnance Bureau began to build a railroad from the Ordnance Bureau to Gongji City, so that trains and carriages could be transported to the Grand Railway. There is a big station in Gongji City, which is outside the Soldier City, and there are more than ten railroad tracks and triggers in it, which can park a large number of trains and carriages.

After more than a month, the Binggong line was finally repaired, and it took more than eight miles a month, which can be regarded as very fast. Zhu Youxiao asked to try the train by himself, but was stopped by the ministers, and finally Xu Guangqi and Wei Zhongxian were the representatives of the test ride, Mao Yuanyi himself was the captain, and Sun Yuanhua tested the speed.

The car started, and in the humble carriage, Xu Guangqi and Wei Zhongxian each sat on a large chair, listening to the sound of the rails rubbing against the wheels, and feeling the vibrations from the chairs from time to time.

By the time Zhu Youxiao arrived in a carriage with his ministers, the train had already arrived at Tongzhou Station for a long time. Sun Yuanhua excitedly reported: "Your Majesty, a straight road, two carriages, and a speed of one hour and forty-eight miles. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "How does Mr. feel?" ”

Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "Sure enough, it is a weapon of the country, the old minister only feels that the wind is galloping, and he will arrive in Tongzhou in a while, which is much faster than riding a horse." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "The speed should still be improved, the point is that the disadvantages are not the advantages, and there is something that is not satisfied." ”

Xu Guangqi said: "It's just that sitting in the car vibrates too much, but if you only pull goods, there should be no problem." ”

Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and asked Mao Yuanyi: "Is there a spring under the carriage?" ”

Mao Yuanyi shook his head and said: "Because I only think about pulling goods, I don't install springs." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "To install a spring, even if it is just to pull goods, the spring can also reduce the impact of the car on the wheels and improve the service life." What's more, we will also build buses in the future. ”