After a month, the matters related to the vassal king's expedition finally came to an end.

As for how to transfer troops and how to collect food, it will be left to the military department and the household department.

Just before the vassal kings left Beijing, Zhu Qizhen suddenly announced that there was a major event that the whole world celebrated, and asked everyone to witness it together.

These princes have been busy with Zhang Luo's expedition, and after receiving the notice, they all wondered, what is the matter, and the whole world celebrates?

Ru Ning Wang and others were already harboring ghosts, but now they are even more suspicious.

All are vassal kings, attention, it's all!

Could it be that the emperor has made a trick and is ready to serve everyone in one pot?

Everyone used the eyeliner in their hands to find out the information.

Soon there was news that it was the first railway in the Ming Dynasty to open to traffic, and the emperor asked all the vassal kings to go to test the train together.

That night, King Ning tossed and turned, and stayed awake all night.

Ever since he came to Jingshi, he has been surprised.

Now that I think about it carefully, I first promised you benefits, gave food to the soldiers, and gave the territory, and then everyone was happy, and after all the vigilance was lifted, the card land suddenly took everyone away?

Since ancient times, the heavenly family has been ruthless, and the emperor really did this kind of thing.

After thinking about it, he decided to take a risk and take a leave of absence, saying that he was sick.

If the emperor really plans to kill them all, it is impossible to let himself go, and calling the illness will cause the emperor to be suspicious.

So, he sent someone to rent a carriage at the carriage and horse shop overnight, ready to flee at any time.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen didn't know that King Ning still had so many eyes, and he summoned all the vassal kings to come to test the car, purely to catch up.

The first railway in the Ming Dynasty was to Tianjin, and it was progressing very smoothly.

From Jingshi to Tianjin Wei, the terrain is relatively flat, after planning the route, the School of Engineering organized manpower, first take gravel to pad the roadbed, then pave sleepers, and then, dozens of steel workshops are fully started.

With the support of the research results of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering, the current steel has long been upgraded by more than one grade.

The current technology is in the process of smelting, quenching heat treatment with oil and tempering, this steel has extremely hard and wear resistance, and can fully withstand the weight of the train.

It's just that in this era, the smelting efficiency is still too low.

In desperation, Zhu Qizhen had to desperately smash the silver, put more steel furnaces and more craftsmen.

Anyway, the imperial court is not short of silver now, and the cultivation is finished!

In the industrial park outside the city, countless workshops stand one by one, and smoke billows every day, followed by smelted steel rails, which are sent to the construction site through temporary wooden rails.

And here, under the arrangement of the joint team of the Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Sciences, all roads went hand in hand to lay the railroad tracks.

Generally speaking, the railways of this era are still relatively fast to be paved, because there is no technical content, as long as it is a young and strong young man, go to the construction site to learn for a few days, and it will be.

As the saying goes, the disciples of the church starve the master to death, but here it is completely different.

The old craftsman brought out the apprentice, and as long as he successfully graduated from the apprenticeship and changed from an internship to a full-time craftsman, the master would pay an extra month's salary as a reward.

Driven by such an atmosphere, the newcomers know that the treatment is good and they work hard to learn, while the old craftsmen also feel that it is profitable, so they do not hide their selfishness and teach desperately.

From Jingshi to Tianjin Wei, the distance of only 300 miles was carried out in sections, and the progress was much faster than expected.

So much so that in order to recruit workers, each workshop actually has to go hundreds of miles away to recruit blacksmiths, in order to deceive people, it can be said that they do everything they can, what kind of housing subsidies, allocation of dormitories, and even living utensils are ready for you.

There is even a madness that actually has a daughter-in-law.

Nowadays, the craftsman industry is already hot, not to mention the ladies of various villages and towns, and even the ladies of large families are willing to lend to craftsmen.

In just over a year, along this railway, countless workshops and trades have sprung up.

So much so that fools know that they can make money by following the railway, which once caused the population of the entire capital to increase dramatically.

Seeing that the Jingshi was about to explode, Zhu Qizhen had to introduce a settlement policy, which stopped a little.

Sometimes, there is a problem with moving too fast, for example, when inflation increases.

With the reopening of maritime trade and the development of silver mines in the country, silver began to flow in large quantities.

After all, this thing is hard currency, and no matter how much prices rise, they can be controlled within an acceptable range.

Zhu Qizhen is not impatient about this, because the most anxious about inflation is precisely those high-ranking officials and gentry and old wealth.

Seeing that arable land is no longer profitable, even if it is profitable, now the risk is huge.

The amount of money in the family has not decreased, but the purchasing power has been declining.

Originally, ten taels of silver could buy a cow, but now it costs fifteen taels.

In this way, everyone's spare money in their hands no longer dares to save, and all of them are invested in the workshop.

It proved to be a win-win-win-win move.

The money invested in the workshop is constantly appreciating in value for himself.

The employment problem of the local people has been solved, and the living standard has been improving.

For the imperial court, industry was developing at a rapid pace.

Finally, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, which cost tens of millions of silver and a total length of 300 miles, was opened to traffic.

In fact, the railroad tracks are very poorly built, and even at each station, there is no special decoration.

The starting point is at Chaoyangmen, which is built of concrete and has long been decorated.

The biggest benefit of concrete, in one word, fast!

The bachelors of the engineering academy sweated and checked the junction between each section of sleeper and the railroad track, constantly knocking and knocking, for fear that there would be a mistake.

You know, this project took eight months of hard work, and you can find everyone's sweat on every section of railroad tracks.

Chen Huai, President of the Academy of Engineering, and Bei Lin, Acting President of the Academy of Sciences, are reporting the final results.

"Your Majesty, all the inspections along the line have been completed, and it can be opened to traffic!"

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "Then let's get in the car!" ”

Wynne immediately shouted in his distinctive sharp voice: "The emperor has decreed, the auspicious time has come, get in the car!" ”

There were not only more than a dozen vassal kings present, but also scholars from various ministries and cabinets.

However, everyone surrounded this cold iron guy, and their hearts began to retreat.

Can this thing go?

Moreover, there is no need for horses to be towed, and coal can be burned?

In the midst of the onlookers, a lowly decorated carriage was quietly parked among the many carriages.

King Ning cautiously stared ahead, and commanded in a low voice: "If you find something wrong ahead, drive away from Jingshi immediately, the sooner the better!" ”

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ps: It's diagnosed, I have a fever of 39 °, my brain is groggy, and I haven't proofread any typos, let's make do with it~~