Compared with remote and backward places, the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven after all, and the people's acceptance and recognition of new things are generally high, and since Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, a series of big moves have opened the eyes of the people of the capital.

There is no freshest, only fresher, which is undoubtedly the most perfect interpretation of the things that appear in the capital.

In the second year of Jiajing, the Tongzhou Ironworks, which claimed that the annual output was enough to be equivalent to the amount of all the earth-made iron mills in the Ming Dynasty, would produce 20 million catties of ......

The unit of catty is no longer suitable for iron production, and now it is popular to use it!

One ton is equal to two thousand catties!

In other words, the iron smelted by Tongzhou Ironworks in a year is almost 10,000 tons!

The iron output of 10,000 tons is terrifying for the people of this era and even for the well-informed scholars, how many ordnance and how many agricultural tools can be made from so much steel?

Since there is output, it is natural to use it rationally, otherwise it is overcapacity, which is a typical waste.

But everyone was wrong, they thought that there was already so much steel that it was jaw-dropping, and even thought that there would be countless tons of steel that would eventually be piled up in the warehouse and rusted, the Holy Monarch told the world......

Inadequate! Far from enough! It's not enough!

Daming's steel production today is far from enough even if it has increased hundreds of times!

No one believed the Emperor's words, not including the workers of the ironworks, because the Emperor's words were beyond their comprehension.

But soon they believed, and they couldn't believe it......

But believing does not mean agreeing, for example, why wrap precious steel in cement to make columns to build houses, reinforced concrete? Can you make the house stronger? Isn't a mortise and tenon structure a house sturdy? So why did the wooden house in the palace survive for 150 years?

It's okay to build a house, after all, it's a place to live, and it's not a waste, but what the hell is it on the ground?

From the second year of Jiajing to the beginning of the third year of Jiajing, countless rails were dragged out of the Tongzhou Iron Works, and then divided into four columns, saying what double channel has been paved from Tongzhou to the capital!

That's real steel, such a waste really makes all the people who see it drip blood in their hearts, if these railroad tracks are made into agricultural tools, countless people's homes will not benefit a lot!

What is the use of laying railroad tracks? What the people saw were square bucket carts, as well as iron boxes loaded with four wheels, which could fly quickly and quickly when pulled by horses.

There are still some practical uses, but compared to steel resources, it is obviously a waste.

It is undeniable that although Emperor Jiajing carried out drastic reforms after ascending the throne, these reforms did cause a lot of damage to the interests of the privileged class, but for the common people, they either had little impact or benefited from the reform measures.

Therefore, the people have a good impression of Emperor Jiajing, after all, an emperor who likes to clean up those privileged people who are high above is difficult not to arouse the favor of the people.

As for the court, there are a lot of complaints about the emperor's abuse of steel, and the cabinet, ministries and even officials at all levels continue to make excerpts or advise in court, thinking that the emperor should use good steel on the blade, after all, there are too many places in the world where steel is used, and the emperor should not waste it like this.

It's a pity that the emperor did not accept loyalty as always, and the government and the opposition could only cry out in vain......

However, at today's court meeting, the emperor suddenly mentioned why he was abusing steel to lay the Narauszi railroad tracks, and asked the Manchu officials to accompany him to Tongzhou!

Tongzhou Railway Station!

A two-hundred-meter-long steel monster crawled silently on the railroad tracks, like a long green dragon.

Thirteen years! Since the age of ten, Zhu Houwei has arranged craftsmen to engage in the research of steam engines, from the capital to Huzhou, and then from Huzhou to Tongzhou!

Countless days and nights, dozens of craftsmen pounced on the steam engine, according to Zhu Houwei's idea of continuous research, overcome countless problems, and finally a month ago, the first steam engine was born in the Ming Dynasty and even the whole world.

Within a month, the steam engine was put into practical use after repeated experiments.

"Epoch-making changes, changes unseen in 3,000 years, can be called a milestone in the industrial revolution!" Zhu Houwei's eyes moved away from the locomotive, and he sighed endlessly.

It's a pity that these few words make a group of people standing at the top of the pyramid in the Ming Dynasty sound unclear, so the black-bellied officials have even been slandering whether the emperor has hysteria......

"This is what Your Majesty said about an iron car that can carry thousands of catties of goods and travel thousands of miles a day?" Yang Yiqing seemed to have thought of something.

"Not bad." Zhu Houwei said with a smile: "But the name of the iron car is not good, I like to call this car a train, a thousand miles a day, wind and fire, the name of the train is more appropriate, as for ten thousand catties, it is only five thousand tons, it is easy to pull this car!"

The officials who came to Tongzhou didn't believe it, but they didn't refute it, after all, the emperor brought them to Tongzhou because he wanted them to see it for themselves, if this iron monster could really move, wouldn't it be to slap his face under the emperor's slap and give him a pump?

A gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall, and he can't do anything to find a smoke, that's stupid......

Yang Yiqing's eyes narrowed slightly, he couldn't believe it, but with his understanding of the emperor, it seemed that he couldn't believe it, but he really couldn't accept this, what kind of train could carry thousands of catties of goods a day.

That was the biggest subversion of what he had ever learned!

If it really can, then there is no way to explain it except for miracles, so on the other hand, doesn't it mean that the words of the saint are wrong?

This point is even more unacceptable to Yang Yiqing, but the paradox is that Yang Yiqing knows very well what it means if it is true!

It means that the transportation of goods and even grain will become extremely convenient, and land transportation will replace water transportation as the mainstream.

It means that the form of war will be completely changed, if Emperor Jiajing's vigorous development of firearms has changed the mode of war, then the emergence of trains will minimize the logistical pressure during the war, and the mobilization of military force will become extremely fast.

It means that the grassland issue may really be completely solved in the Jiajing Dynasty!

This is the most critical, the grassland border troubles have plagued the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years, the tyrants such as Qin Shi Huang can only build the Great Wall to passively defend, and the strong Han Wudu can only beat the Huns like dogs, but can not completely solve the grassland troubles, and now the Jiajing Dynasty can completely solve it?

Then there is no doubt that Emperor Jiajing will definitely surpass Emperor Qin and Han Wu and become the first emperor of the ages in the true sense!

And they, the ministers of the Jiajing Dynasty, will inevitably be able to live forever!

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