After nightfall, Chongzhen chatted with Jiang Tianyi, Zheng Sen and other scholars, as well as Guozisheng from the General Staff Section, about railway transportation.

"In a word, the freight of railway transportation is not much higher than that of sea transportation, but the timeliness is far better than that of sea transportation, and sea transportation is easily affected by seasonal weather, and it is more likely that ships will be capsized and dead in typhoon weather."

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"Rail transport is much more reliable and almost unaffected by the weather."

"Needless to say, the cost-effectiveness ratio is far inferior to that of railway transportation."

"As for the carriages and horses, it is even more incomparable with railway transportation, and the cost-effectiveness ratio is more than 100 times worse."

Speaking of this, Chongzhen said: "So long-distance cargo traffic between regions, replacing Cao Yun by railway transportation is the general trend, the era of the canal has passed, and the canal will only be left with short-distance traffic in the future, of course, the transportation between the continents still has to rely on shipping, after all, the railway can not build another continent." ”

The scholars present seemed to understand or not, another continent?

Is there really another continent in this world? I'm afraid it's not an island like Fuso.

Zheng Sen asked, "Holy Lord, can a train really pull dozens of carriages?" Can each carriage really load tens of thousands of catties of goods or ride hundreds of people? ”

"It's more real than your speed." Chongzhen said with a smile.

"If it is a railway built on the plains, such as the Liangjing Railway, it is possible to pull hundreds of carriages, and it is possible to pull thousands of tons of goods from Beijing to Nanjing in just one trip, and it can also send tens of thousands of troops and all the weapons and equipment from Nanjing to Beijing in 12 hours."

"Oh my God." Zheng Sen said, "This is too fast. ”

Jiang Tianyi: "If this is the case, we still need to build a direct railway to Xi'an." ”

Chongzhen said with a smile: "Of course, the railway to Xi'an must be repaired, and it is not enough to go to Xi'an, but also to Gansu, build the Hexi Corridor, and extend to the Western Regions, when my Ming infantry army can easily reach the Western Regions within seven days, and the Western Regions will also be permanently included in my Ming Dynasty's territory." ”

Zheng Sen said: "Holy Lord, this is a big project. ”

Chongzhen said: "Of course, it is not enough to cultivate without ten years of work and millions of laborers. ”

"Millions of laborers?" Jiang Tianyi was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, "Holy Lord, where did we go to find so many laborers?" And, how much does it cost? ”

Chongzhen's eyes flashed with a ruthless color: "If you want to build the Liangjing Railway and the direct railway to the Western Regions in a short period of time, it will definitely not work by hiring labor alone, first, there are not so many laborers to hire, and secondly, you can't afford this salary, so you can only use other methods to make up for it, such as requisitioning criminals to serve, and arresting people." ”

"Arrest?" Zheng Sen was stunned and said, "Where are you going to arrest people?" Shaanxi? ”

"Overseas, of course." Zhu Cijiong said, "How can you catch the people of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Chongzhen smiled and said nothing, his plan to change the cage for birds was only talked to Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong.

However, this is a long-term population project, and it is impossible to see results without 50 years of work.

As he was talking, there was a sudden uproar in the direction of Weiyuan Gate in front of him, and then a prince of the country came over excitedly and reported to Chongzhen that Lian Yong, who was guarding Weiyuan Gate, had surrendered.

"Let's go, we'll see." Chongzhen immediately got up and walked out of the big tent.

Zheng Sen, Jiang Tianyi and other scholars, as well as Zhu Cijiong, hurriedly followed.

Soon, Lian Yong, who surrendered the city, came to the camp of the Ming army.

To Chongzhen's surprise, Lian Yong actually brought a big gift - Wu Sangui.

"Sinner Fang Guangchen, please ask the Holy Jin'an, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Fang Guangchen called the guilty officer and bowed three times and nine times to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen didn't even look at Fang Guangchen.

Jiang Tianyi shouted: "Take it with me!" ”

When even two Guozi Sheng stepped forward and pushed Fang Guangchen to the ground.

"Huh, hey, huh." This was obviously beyond Fang Guangchen's expectations, and he hurriedly shouted, "Holy Lord, although the sinner is guilty, he also has a great merit, the sinner led hundreds of people in the city to practice bravely before the battle, and captured the big traitor Wu Sangui, this is a great merit, enough to atone for the sin, the saint, you can't treat me like this." ”

Wu Sangui laughed happily when he saw this.

"Fang Guangchen, now you know what kind of person Chongzhen is."

"I told you a long time ago that the amount of Chongzhen is small and difficult to accommodate people."

"It's just you, an idiot, still dreaming that Chongzhen will forgive you."

"Dog thief dares." Zhu Cijiong didn't allow Wu Sangui to arrange his father like this, and immediately stepped forward and slapped Wu Sangui on the cheek.

Zhu Cijiong fanned extremely hard.

Wu Sangui's entire body was fanned to the side.

When I turned back again, I saw that the entire right cheek was already slightly swollen.

"Hahaha, good fight, cool!" Wu Sangui laughed out loud instead, "Come again, work hard!" ”

"Meaning, this king has never seen such a cheap request in his life, but since you have a request, this king will meet you." Zhu Cijiong pulled out the short gun as he spoke, and then slapped Wu Sangui's left side of the face with the butt of the jujube wood gun.

only heard a snapping sound, and Wu Sangui's whole person was fanned to the ground by the butt of the gun.

After a long time, Wu Sangui finally sat up from the ground, and everyone looked at it again, only to see that Wu Sangui's entire left cheek was already swollen and high, and even his left eye was about to squint.

Wu Sangui opened his mouth again and spit out four bloody teeth.

"Are you still hard-mouthed?" Zhu Cijiong smiled and asked, "Do you want to reward you again?" ”

Wu Sangui didn't dare to say cruel words anymore, because if he said cruel words again, he could only ask for hardship.

"Alright, don't beat this traitor to death." Chongzhen stopped at the right time, "How can a traitor like Wu Sangui, who is willing to degenerate, recognize a thief as his father and lure a wolf into the house, be killed at once." ”

When Wu Sangui heard this, he couldn't help but shudder.

You can't be killed at once, what do you mean by that?

Is this to escort him back to Beijing with a thousand cuts?

"Wu Sangui, you guessed it." Chongzhen smiled cruelly, "A big traitor like you must be cut with a thousand knives, otherwise it is not enough to quit for the latecomers!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Wu Sangui also let go.

"Dog Emperor, although I, Wu Sangui, recognize the thief as my father and lure the wolf into the house, but you Chongzhen is not a good bird."

"The Ming Dynasty was rich in Kyushu and hundreds of millions of dollars, but it was ravaged by tens of thousands of soldiers of the Eight Banners in the Jiannu District, not because you, the dog emperor, were small and stubborn, and he didn't know how to use people at all."

"The Jiashen national disaster was fundamentally contributed by you, the dog emperor."

"It's ridiculous that you instead put the blame on the military generals of Wenchen."

Hearing this, Zhu Cizhen was furious again, and he wanted to step forward to teach Wu Sangui a lesson.

"Jiong'er don't pay attention to him." Chongzhen stopped Zhu Cijiong, and said to Wu Sangui, "You want to provoke me so that I can give you a good time, right?" It's completely futile and useless. ”

After saying this, he said, "Take this traitor into custody." ”

"Hold on." Jiang Tianyi motioned to Guo Zisheng to escort Wu Sangui down.

Fang Guangchen and hundreds of Lian Yong, who sacrificed the city and surrendered, were no exception, and they were all taken into custody.

Of course, in the end, these Lian Yong will still get a relatively fair disposition.

There are four or five hundred thousand Lian Yong from the thief, Chongzhen can't catch all the Lian Yong to build the railway, if he really does this, there will be no one to farm in Beizhi.

……

At least there were sword soldiers on the Shanhaiguan side.

Yanzhou Mansion is not prosperous.

As soon as Xu Yingwei led the 3rd town to Yanzhou Mansion, Jiang Hao directly surrendered to Kaicheng.

Looking at Jiang Hao, who came to surrender with his hands tied, Xu Yingwei was both relieved and regretful.

Fortunately, Jiang Hao surrendered, and the people of Yanzhou Mansion could be spared the disaster of swords.

It is a pity that as soon as Jiang Hao surrendered, the third town lost a chance to receive a meritorious award, because according to the military regulations of the new army, the surrender of the enemy army is not counted by head, and there is no reward.

Because of this, on the way to Beijing, Jiang Hao was not less angry with the soldiers of the new army.

However, it was limited to verbal ridicule, Xu Yingwei did not allow the new army to beat Jiang Hao, because Xu Yingwei knew that border generals like Jiang Jiu, who had committed treason and defected to the enemy, must return to Beijing alive to accept the trial of the three halls, and if nothing else, he would be sentenced to death after the trial of the three halls.

……

At the same time, after five days of running wildly, Bumu Butai and Fulin's mother and son fled to Guihua City under the escort of more than 300 yellow flags and bayalas, including Yabulan.

Hearing that Bumu Butai and Fu Lin had arrived at naturalization, Emu Buchu Huer was stunned on the spot.

What's the situation? Why did the Qing Emperor and the Empress Dowager suddenly run to Guihua City?

Is there something big going on? Could it be that the Qing soldiers suffered defeat in the decisive battle with the Ming army?

However, even if you lose the battle, you won't destroy the country at once, and the city of Beijing will be lost, right?

In any case, the Qing Dynasty had an army of seven or eight hundred thousand Manchus, Meng, and Han, and the Ming army could swallow it in one bite?

With a stomach full of questions, Embu Chuhuer hurried out of the city with hundreds of retinues to greet him.

Embu Chuhu was still very respectful to the Qing court, because if it wasn't for the help of the Qing court, the Eastern Tumut Department where Embu Chuhu was located would have been exterminated by Lin Dan Khan.

Later, with the support of the Qing court, Dongtumut was able to return to the Tumut River, which is rich in water and grass.

So when he saw Fulin and Bumu Butai coming from a distance, Ombu Chuhuer rolled the saddle and dismounted, kneeling on the ground: "The ministers of the Ministry of Mutmut Zasak Omu Buchu Huer, please ask the emperor Jin'an, and the queen mother Jin'an." ”

Fu Lin had not yet recovered from the blow of losing his country, and he seemed a little distracted.

Bumu Butai could only dismount and help Ombu Chuhuer up, and said sadly: "Aha, we orphans and widows have specially come to Tumut River to join you, if you refuse to take them in, our mother and son will really have no way to live." ”

After speaking, Bumu Butai made a gesture to take Fulin to kneel, which frightened Ombu Chuhuer and hurriedly stopped it.

"Where is the Queen Mother?" Ombu Tai Huang said in a panic, "Don't talk about the Tumut River, even the whole of Mongolia belongs to the emperor and the queen mother, you can live here if you want to, this is your home." ”

Well, that's what Bumu Butai is waiting for.