Lei Hu, who had just returned to the Eastern Capital, got a piece of good news.

After nearly ten years of research, Lu Miaozi, a descendant of Momen, finally developed a steam locomotive and successfully tested it in the experimental area.

In other words, the train era of the Great Wu Empire is coming!

Lei Hu was not verbose, directly put down government affairs, and directly took a boat to reach the canal, and it took ten days to arrive in Gusu, where he saw Lu Miaozi, who had been waiting for a long time.

This guy is no different from ten years ago, on the contrary, his eyes are shining and his breath is calm, and his strength is even stronger than when he first saw him, and he has reached the realm of the late stage of congenital, and he really deserves the name of genius.

At this time, he was overjoyed, and when he saw Lei Hu coming over directly, he laughed and said: "Your Majesty, fortunately, the minister has successfully developed the steam locomotive, and the car is in good condition after the experiment!" ”

"Good!"

Lei Hu smiled: "After I have seen the prototype of the steam locomotive, let's talk about it in detail!" ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand and asked Lu Miaozi to lead the way, and first went to the Steam Locomotive Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry in Gusu, without dragging mud and water at all, leaving the officials in the military, political and academic circles of Gusu at a loss.

Woowoo......

Looking at the iron bumps that were whistling sharply and running slowly on the railroad tracks in a strange way, Lei Hu's face showed a satisfied smile.

"Your Majesty, the steam locomotive designed according to your idea can tow ten carriages at a time, and each carriage can carry 10,000 catties of goods!"

Lu Miaozi's face was full of excitement, and he stood aside and explained loudly to Lei Hu: "The fuel coal of the steam locomotive can run about hundreds of miles per 100 catties of high-quality coal!" ”

"At present, it is still an early steam locomotive, and there is room for improvement in many places, as long as new materials are researched, the speed of steam locomotives can be faster!"

Lei Hu nodded with satisfaction and asked directly to the point: "What is the price of the rails, is it good to lay?" ”

"A section of railroad track is about ten times, and it is a little troublesome to lay!"

Lu Miaozi's expression was a little embarrassed, and he reluctantly explained some of the problems encountered, all of which were difficulties in materials, and the words used in the experiment were enough, but once the scale of production was expanded, it was unknown what problems would occur.

"Then try laying a track in the territory of Huiji, and slowly solve the problem if you find it!"

Lei Hu is not in a hurry, the real thing has been made, and the next problem is just some technical problems, which can be solved slowly.

With steam locomotives and railroad tracks, the transportation level of the Great Wu Empire will be raised to a great level, and the area that can be controlled will be much broader.

According to the normal situation, the geographical scope that the Great Wu Empire can directly control is best to take the eastern capital as the origin and a month's journey as the end.

In the past, it was possible to control an area with a radius of five or six thousand miles at most, but it had to be a plain area, otherwise the control area would have to be reduced by more than half.

But with the train, it is different, you can run all day and night, and a thousand miles a day is just the simplest situation, that is, you can also grasp the area with a radius of 10,000 miles.

When the train speeds up, no matter how complex the terrain environment is, the area that the Great Wu Empire can directly control can be greatly improved, which is quite remarkable.

A broader area means more abundant resources and a larger living space.

This is definitely good news for Lei Hu to promote the policy that everyone is like a dragon, as long as the planning is reasonable and the resources are properly allocated, it is not difficult to supply tens of millions of people to all practice martial arts.

With Lu Miaozi's ability, the steam locomotive and railroad tracks could have been built five years ago, but they have been stuck in material problems, which has been stuck in the laboratory and cannot be completely successful.

More time was spent on material research and proportioning, but fortunately, Lei Hu was not stingy or eager, and sent many famous craftsmen into the laboratory to help, and also collected a lot of scattered Mojia Zhenyi to improve Lu Miaozi's ability in other aspects.

The emperor lives up to his wishes!

In the autumn of Wuxing's tenth year, Lei Hu finally got the desired result.

It is conceivable that from now on, the Great Wu Empire will embark on the fast train of development, and with the emergence of railroad tracks and steam locomotives, the entire empire and the people will undergo earth-shaking changes.

He had already thought that when the rails could be mass-produced, the first thing to do was to lay the railways from the eastern capital to Guanzhong and from Guanzhong to the major vassal states in the Western Regions, so that the connection between the Central Plains and the vassal states would be closer.

As for the laying of the railway in the Central Plains, this is another project that is even bigger than the excavation of the Grand Canal, and it will take a hundred years to complete, but Lei Hu is not worried about time, he has enough patience to wait slowly.

He stayed in Gusu for several months, and in addition to paying attention to the large-scale production of steam locomotives and rails, most of his time was spent inspecting Jiangdong and checking the development of Jiangdong's old nest.

He hoped that the development of Jiangdong would always be within the prescribed range, and it was too important for him and the Great Wu Empire to be overlooked.

No, after a round of inspection, I found some bad signs, and some people and forces wanted to repeat the rules that had been formulated before, so it was no wonder that Lei Hu was ruthless.

Jiangdong is the basic plate of his rule in the world, the grain production here supplies the entire Great Wu Empire, and the talent training here is the most important source of officials and officers in the Great Wu Empire, and the large number of warriors here is the most well-behaved group of people in the entire Great Wu Empire.

In a word, Jiangdong is the foundation for Lei Hu to rule the world, and he does not allow anyone and force to destroy such a good atmosphere and atmosphere that has been formed with great difficulty.

Seeing some bad signs, he was not polite at all, and directly set out to clean up those restless existences, and in a short period of time, hundreds of officials, and even more workers were reassigned to their posts, or they were directly deprived of their posts, and a small personnel adjustment storm broke out.

Fortunately, the rules in Jiangdong are strict, and those who have bad intentions are still a little measured, and they haven't done too much, and Lei Hu has no intention of killing them all, and the matter quickly calmed down.

There is no shortage of talents in Jiangdong, whether there is a vacancy for officials or a vacancy for workers, it can be filled quickly, and a small turmoil has not caused the slightest wave.

Returning to the experimental field, Lei Hu explained that Lu Miaozi worked hard and did not continue to stay in Gusu, and the eastern capital had already urged him again and again, so he had to go back to preside over the overall situation.

Returning to the Eastern Capital by boat, it took several days to deal with the backlog of government affairs, with the help of Wei Zheng and Xu Xingzhi and other great talents, the entire Great Wu Empire was running in an orderly manner, as long as things were done according to the rules formulated, even Louzi was within the controllable range.

As soon as the accumulated government affairs were dealt with, the minister in charge of Jianghu affairs came to report, and a well-known gang boss jointly asked to meet.

"Your Majesty, they heard about the Desert Temple......"

The minister in charge of the affairs of the rivers and lakes said very bluntly, and said with a wry smile: "I want to see the mystery of the Desert Temple!" ”

Tut!

Lei Hu chuckled lightly and said leisurely: "They are well-informed!" ”

"Your Majesty, how do you reply to them?"

The minister in charge of this matter asked: "Has Your Majesty received them?" ”

"There's no need to see each other!"

Lei Hu said very bluntly: "Tell them clearly, right now, the two masters of Buddhism and Taoism are participating in the Desert Temple, and they will organize them to go over after they come back, and now is not a good time for them to pass!" ”

"Your Majesty, do you want to tell them that?"

"That's right, just tell them that if you have any opinions, you can go to trouble with the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism!"

The minister in charge of the affairs of the rivers and lakes did not talk nonsense, and really made these words clear to the leaders of the gangs outside, which caused countless angry words for a while.

Why can the two families of Buddhism and Taoism get great benefits, and they can go directly to the mysterious desert temple to attain enlightenment and ascension, and they can only wait?

Why are the benefits of Buddhism and Taoism, and they can only eat leftovers and burn cold?

There are those who are extreme, so they simply don't do anything, and go directly to the vast desert, taking the initiative to find the location of the mysterious desert temple.

More are secretly allied, ready to wait for the high-level leaders of Buddhism and Taoism to come back and exert pressure, and they must ask the two Buddhism and Taoism to spit out enough benefits, otherwise they will never agree.

Naturally, there are some heroes in the rivers and lakes, who feel that the so-called desert temple is just a trick, or a mysterious place that Emperor Wu Lei Hu inadvertently found, which is not as exaggerated as the legend, and they don't think so, and they don't have the intention of continuing to search.

In short, the leaders of the gangs in the rivers and lakes gathered in the Eastern Capital, each with their own thoughts, could not use one place at all.

Without seeing the mysterious Desert Temple in its true face, they wouldn't make up their minds easily.

Lei Hu didn't have the slightest burden in his heart about this, no matter how much trouble the gangs outside had, or if he had bad intentions, he didn't bother to pay attention to it.

Is it possible, and there are still people who dare to storm the Eastern Capital Palace?

At this time, he was more focused on finding information about the temple where the moon god was sacrificed.

As long as the news is passed on clearly, there will naturally be shrewd subordinates to help check the information, compare possible situations, and put the final results on the desk for his reference and choice.

However, it took half a month, and the shrewd people under him have already selected several possible targets.

Either the famous tribes on the grassland, or the best among the southwestern mountain barbarians.

Among them, the most famous is the Da Yue clan, which produced a Han blood BMW during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

There is the word moon in the clan name, and according to the relevant information recorded in the text, it is certain that the belief of the Otsuki clan is the worship of the moon god.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Dayue clan was a rare and powerful tribe on the grassland, and it is not impossible to say that the fire of civilization appeared in the part of the Dayue clan, and there happened to be a strong great master and a strong man.

No matter what, such a big target, and no matter what the current situation of the Otsuki clan is, whether it has completely disappeared from the grassland, Lei Hu has an interest in exploring.

The next target to be selected by his subordinates, Lei Hu glanced at it, and showed an inexplicable smile on his face, only to see that on the white and brilliant paper, two big characters were particularly conspicuous: Secret Clan!

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