Chapter 627: The World Reshuffles
The flutter of the carriage...... In fact, in Zhang Jingyi's view, it is understandable.
It would be hellish if there was any comfortable experience for this thing in this day and age.
Woowoowoo......
The sound of steam was heard.
Then...... The carriage continued to clang.
Especially the wooden carriage, which shook violently.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse sat in this carriage, his whole person was almost numb, and the muscles on his face were constantly shaking.
Old Half a Day...... The Emperor of the Apocalypse came to his senses.
Seeing the chaos in this carriage, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was quite bold and shouted: "Stay where you are, don't trample on them." ”
In this case, chaos is the deadliest.
Once trampled on each other, a few people would have to die in this carriage today.
Fortunately, most of these ministers who accompanied the car were old and frail, so they couldn't trample on them.
After a slam slam.
Suddenly, people were surprised to find something.
Sun Chengzong took the lead in shouting: "Your Majesty, look at ......"
He pointed out the window, as if he had seen a ghost.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse was actually quite nervous in his heart, but he didn't dare to show that he also had a fearful side.
Even the bravest people are inevitably timid when facing the unknown.
At this time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had to turn his head and look out the window.
The view outside the window...... It's actually retreating.
The speed of regression is slow.
But slowly...... The speed began to pick up slightly.
It's like...... This iron house...... In the walk in general.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked surprised, and was speechless in surprise for a while.
The ministers in the carriage also showed incredible expressions.
Obviously...... In the eyes of many, this is really incredible.
Because...... It's amazing.
"Such a big iron lump, if you want to pull it, how many horses will it take." Someone subconsciously authentic.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse was still dumbfounded as he looked out the window at the scenery that was receding faster and faster.
The iron house, as if it had come out of a huge shed, began to run around the wilderness.
Under his feet, there was a loud sound of 'trans-tooth' and 'trans-tooth'.
The sound of the whistle, hissing from time to time, was like the roar of a wild beast.
The vibration of the carriage is no longer as big as it used to be, but it is not small.
"This car...... What's going on? "The Emperor of the Apocalypse can barely suppress the noise only by increasing the volume.
And Zhang Jingyi also felt the steam train at this time, and couldn't help but have a lot of regrets in his heart, there was almost no comfortable riding experience, and it seemed that the main functionalization could only be to pull goods.
As for speed, hahaha......
The only good thing about it is that it moves.
But energy is an artifact in this world.
Zhang Jing said: "Didn't Your Majesty keep saying that the wooden ox is flowing and the horse is flowing?" This is the minister's wooden ox and flowing horse, Your Majesty, you see...... It can walk on its own! ”
"Not pulled by horses?" At this time, some people already think that this is a fantasy.
Some people felt as if they were dreaming, touching their foreheads.
Some people think it's scary and want to jump out of the car.
Fortunately...... The doors were not welded, but they were closed.
Zhang Jing said: "Of course it's not a cow or a horse, such a big iron lump, how can ordinary cows and horses pull it?" It's steam ......"
The Emperor of the Apocalypse asked a very professional question: "Why does it move?" ”
So Zhang Jing said: "Your Majesty, do you remember the original 100,000 why?" There is a thing introduced in this book, called steam, and if Your Majesty thinks about it, the water in the kettle boils and becomes water vapor, and when the water vapor expands, it will open the lid of the kettle, as if someone is exerting force. That being the case, then why don't we make a larger furnace that is more efficient and more sealed? ”
"When the furnace is boiled, a lot of water vapor is created, and this water vapor is sealed, and it is also sealed, and the greater the force is transmitted, so that with the help of something, this force can be transmitted to the wheels. It's like...... The waterwheel, like the windmill, can be worth countless cattle and horses if I use this power. And cattle and horses need to rest, need to eat and drink, but this big stove only needs to be filled with water, and then the coal is continuously burned, which can make the power of this car inexhaustible. ”
The Emperor of the Apocalypse is a little clear.
In fact, as long as he knows the principle of burning the boiler, as for other things about how to transmit power to the wheels, it is exactly what he is best at, and he is also a professional carpenter!
His eyes lit up suddenly, and he couldn't help but say, "Alas, why didn't I think of it in the first place? It turns out that it can be applied like this! Zhang Qing, haha...... You're such a genius. ”
Zhang Jing said happily: "Where is it, the main thing is to get close to Your Majesty, and you have been influenced by Your Majesty's skills, and over time, you will be enlightened." ”
The Emperor of the Apocalypse said very truthfully: "Where is it, I am far inferior to you, I really didn't expect that there is such a thing in the world." ”
"This is also the blessing of the ancestors and the ancestors, and I should be prosperous in the Ming Dynasty."
At this time, someone really couldn't help it.
After all, everyone has come out of the initial fear.
However, Chen Yangmei, the secretary of Dali Temple, sneered: "Having said that, but what is the use of this thing except for fun?" ”
Zhang Jing couldn't help but look at Chen Yangmei in shock, and almost gave this guy a roll of the eyes!
This brain...... It's clear that there is a huge surprise with Your Majesty!
He really couldn't understand how Chen Yangmei was admitted to the imperial examination, and then he was still suppressing bandits in the southwest.
So Zhang Jingyi said seriously: "What's the use? Just such a car, it is enough to carry 100,000 catties of grain, 100,000 catties, and it is only a conservative estimate! However, Chen Gongke knew that if this car of 100,000 catties of grain was transported to Guanzhong, even if it only traveled twenty or thirty miles in an hour, it could also walk three hundred miles in one day, and within ten days, this car could arrive in Xi'an in Guanzhong. But you know, this car ...... How many people are needed? There won't be more than ten! Ten people drove this car, responsible for the rotation rest, within ten days, can send 100,000 catties, or even 230,000 catties of grain, to Xi'an, along the way, the loss is almost negligible. Do you say it's awesome? ”
As soon as Zhang Jing said this, everyone was strained and speechless.
Zhang Jingyi then said: "It turns out that the grain in my Ming treasury, a pound of grain, can only be implemented two or three taels, a relief, the loss is amazing, the loss of this halfway food, there are enough twelve or three taels." (In the Ming Dynasty, a catty was sixteen taels.) )
"But now...... A pound of grain in the treasury is a real pound of grain, whether it is transported to the border towns in the war or sent to all parts of the world, it can be implemented, do you know how much grain has been saved in this process? ”
"Again...... In the past, you had to transport grain, you also had to levy a large number of conscripts, countless people, had to put down their own work, concentrate on transporting grain, if this car can be applied, then how much manpower is saved? A car can be worth nearly hundreds of thousands of manpower...... And most importantly...... It takes a lot of time to transport the grain, and when it is transported to the place where it is to be transported by manpower, the daylily is afraid that it will be cold! ”
"But now...... I only need to have dozens of such cars, and I can deliver food and all supplies to the victims within ten days and a half months. Come...... Tell me, what's the use of this thing? How much time, how much material and food, and how much manpower can be saved? ”
When Chen Yangmei heard this, her eyes widened in shock.
For a moment, he was directly dumbfounded.
If...... He thought of a terrible possibility if ...... It's really as Zhang Jingyi said...... A car can transport 100,000 catties, and it can reach thousands of miles away in ten days and half a month, and only a few manpower is needed...... So......
He suddenly found that his old ideas began to slowly collapse.
It's horrible.
This means that the affairs of the whole world will be reshuffled.
War has become a different kind of situation, and it does not take a year and a half or even years of hard work to prepare in advance. The original army of one million was almost composed of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and seven or eight hundred thousand people, so ...... There will be no more million-strong armies in this world, and the number of people will plummet.
A battle that will be fought?
And charity?
And the circulation of commercial goods?
And also......
Chen Yangmei, who used to be a magistrate, of course, knows better that the main direction of use of common people's forced labor is transportation, yes...... Transportation accounts for seventy or eighty percent of the manpower.
But if ...... It's really like what Zhang Jingyi said...... So should the conscription be massively reduced and abolished?
In fact, conscription is the heaviest burden than paying taxes, on the one hand, it is extremely the other hand, it is uprooted, and on top of that, it can be months...... are completely detached from production.
You must know that every time the court levies soldiers, it is a miserable thing for the people, and there are more men to escape from forced labor than to evade taxes.
He is the one who knows the local situation best.
If...... If it really reaches this level, then when he was the county magistrate, the problems he encountered can be solved.
At this time, I saw Zhang Jingyi say again: "In addition, there are also people's activities...... A ...... alone If you had to go out and trek through mountains and rivers in the past, how long would it take? Can ...... now It's thousands of miles away, and it's only three or four days. Let me ask you, how useful is this for local governance? Chen Gong was a county magistrate, and I think how long did it take you to go from the capital to your place to serve as an official? ”
"Eleven months ......" Chen Yangmei said subconsciously.
At the beginning, the place where he served as an official was called Tongzi County, this Tongzi is located in Chongqing and Zunyi in the later generations, not to mention the difficult road, and it is thousands of miles away from the capital, it is really thousands of miles, if it encounters rain and snow along the way, the road is difficult to walk, and it is impossible to walk, this road stops and stops, eleven months...... It's pretty fast.
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