"Husband, how are you? Where did it hurt? Let the concubine take a look! ”

The West Palace of the Forbidden City in Beiping.

Concubine Zhao Ling'er threw herself on the side of the bed regardless of her posture, looking at Zhu Zhangui who was lying on the bed with a slightly pale face with tears in her eyes.

Yushou wanted to untie Zhu Zhangui's clothes to check the wound, but she was afraid that her hand would hurt her husband, so she was about to cry.

Zhu Zhangui reached out and wiped the tears from the corners of the beauty's eyes.

"It's okay, it's just a little bit of a minor injury, just rest for a few days!"

The battle by the Yuma River was completely subsided with the death of Arutai.

The Tatar tribes fled and surrendered, and the newly unified steppe once again fell into a state of leaderlessness.

After confirming that Zhu Zhangui's injury was life-threatening, the tension and worry in his heart slowly eased.

Later, despite Zhu Zhangui's opposition, he directly sent his personal guards to send him back to Beiping, so that he could recuperate from his injuries and not come out to make trouble again before his injuries were healed.

He also said that the rest of the matter should be settled by the old man of him, and let Zhu Zhangui go back and wait for the grassland to be received with peace of mind, the Khan of the day.

Zhu Zhangui was very suspicious of this, this old man wanted to be himself, but he was embarrassed to bring it up himself, so he put this name on his grandson's head, reminded the generals around him, and turned around to tell the people on the grassland that don't forget to give him the title.

And a few days after Zhu Zhangui returned to Beiping, Zhao Ling'er and his daughters, who received the news from the south, hurried over.

Although the old man in the letter did not say how serious Zhu Zhangui's injuries were, with their understanding of Zhu Zhangui, it was definitely not easy to be sent back.

The girls were worried all the way, and they couldn't help but keep falling tears when they thought of the bad.

When she arrived at the Jinling Palace, Zhao Linger was anxious, regardless of the posture of the princess, and ran over directly, and the other girls slowed down because they were holding the child.

"Your Highness, how are you? It's not better! ”

As soon as Zhu Zhangui appeased Zhao Ling'er, Ji Yun, Yu Qingyao, and Hu Shanxiang also rushed in with the child, looking at Zhu Zhangui with a worried face.

Zhu Zhangui's eldest daughter was lying next to Zhu Zhangui, blowing with her small mouth, and knocking Zhu Zhangui on the shoulder while blowing.

"Daddy, do you hurt? I'll give you a whoop! ”

Zhu Zhangui laughed out loud, rubbed the little girl's head dotingly, and pushed her little head with her.

"There was a little fairy who treated me with fairy energy, and my father's pain disappeared in an instant."

After receiving the compliment, the little girl giggled happily.

After teasing a few words with the eldest daughter, Zhu Zhangui looked at the girls and asked.

"Why are you here?"

"Grandpa wrote that you were here alone and afraid that no one would take care of you, so he asked us to come over." Zhao Ling'er, who grabbed Zhu Zhangui's hand and explained.

Zhu Zhangui couldn't cry or laugh.

"I'm just a little injured, do I need to make such a big fuss?"

"Humph! It's still a small injury, and your grandfather said that you almost lost your life on the battlefield. ”

Before the girls could reply, a cold snort sounded outside the door, and then Zhang walked in angrily.

But when he saw his son's pale face, Zhang, who was still a little angry in his heart, stepped forward with a distressed face, lifted the brocade quilt covered by Zhu Zhangui, untied the clothes on his body, looked at the chest and abdomen wrapped tightly in gauze, and tears fell down.

The son is the meat that fell from his mother's body, no matter how bad he says, but his heart still hurts uncomfortably.

Hu Shanxiang and his daughters also covered their red lips with their hands, and their eyes were full of tears.

They couldn't imagine how many injuries their husbands had suffered on the battlefield to be bandaged like this, and how painful the wounds should be.

Zhang's hand trembled and slowly stroked the gauze.

"How can this be, so many generals don't go, why let you go!"

At this moment, Zhang complained a little bit about the old man in his heart.

This is the old man's own grandson, the future heir of the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial grandson of the golden body, can he use such a hard work, is there no one in the Ming Dynasty?

Zhu Zhangui smiled and grabbed his mother's hand, and said softly: "My father's prestige in the army is not high, and I don't work hard as a son, who can control those arrogant generals in the future!" ”

"Besides, the country belongs to our family, and our family is not desperate, so why should people risk their lives to protect it!"

Zhang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, reached out and gently twisted Zhu Zhangui's ears.

"If you have a lot of reasons, you can do it! Sooner or later, I'll have to be to death. ”

Zhu Zhangui showed a smirk, and hurriedly shouted pain in his mouth.

Zhang knew best how to do it himself, and seeing this stinky boy's pretentious appearance, he couldn't help but poke Zhu Zhangui's head.

"If you want to eat, my mother will make it for you!"

Seeing a few daughters-in-law, who looked like they wanted to wear, and knew that they had disturbed the private words of the little ones, Zhang got up and left.

"I want to eat the lotus seed soup made by my mother!"

Zhu Zhangui hurriedly replied.

Zhang answered, then gave the personal maid a look, and asked the maid to leave with the little ones scurrying around in the house.

When the door closed, several women stepped forward and carefully helped Zhu Zhangui tie his clothes and cover the quilt.

"Why didn't Sanbao and Jiubao come?"

Looking at the daughters, Zhu Zhangui found that his two Bengali daughters-in-law did not come, could it be that the foreign daughter-in-law did not feel sorry for her husband?

"They were also going to come, but the Chamber of Commerce has come to many Bangladeshi businessmen during this time, and the transaction volume is very large."

"I was worried that the people below would have problems if they couldn't understand the language, so I asked them to deal with these things and come back."

Zhao Ling'er, who was wiping Zhu Zhangui's face with a towel, explained, and then added:

"Grandpa said in the letter that the Forbidden City has been almost built and will move here in the next two years."

"So I thought about it for a while, and decided to move the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce here before moving the capital. It's easy to manage, and the two younger sisters will also follow the first batch here! ”

Zhu Zhangui nodded.

The old man had already explained the matter of moving the capital to him when he came back, and he would be responsible for it after Zhu Zhangui's injury improved.

With so many departments in the imperial court, it is impossible to move them all at once, and there must be an order.

There are so many things about Zhu Fat, and the matter of moving the capital will be handed over to him, and the old man is afraid that he will really be tired of this fat son, so he will let Zhu Zhangui, who is recuperating from his injuries, deal with it.

"Don't set up the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, let them go to Tianjin Wei! Just set up an office here in Jingshi. In the future, we mainly took the sea, which was too far from the sea to be inconvenient. After a little contemplation, Zhu Zhangui moved the place of the chamber of commerce's headquarters.

Zhao Ling'er didn't ask why, nodded and responded.

In this era, the husband's words are heaven, and even if it is wrong, the wife will support it unconditionally.

"Anything else?"

After seeing several wives, Zhu Zhangui was in a good mood and looked a lot better.

Hu Shanxiang hesitated for a moment, glanced at Zhao Ling'er, and said softly after seeing him nod.

"The artisan battalion reported good news that the first locomotive had been built and had been trialed in the camp. Although it is not as fast as the wind as you said, Your Highness, it is still much faster than an ordinary carriage! ”

"What, the locomotive is built!"

Hearing the news, Zhu Zhangui sat up excitedly, then gasped and lay down again.

"Oops, look at you!"

Seeing that Zhu Zhangui was startled, worried that his wound would crack Zhao Ling'er, he lost his temper for the first time.

Zhu Zhangui smiled awkwardly and apologized to Zhao Ling'er, who raised his eyebrows coldly.

"I'm too excited for a while, don't be angry, madam."

This lady instantly extinguished Zhao Ling'er's newly rising qi, and then snorted lightly, lifted the quilt, and checked Zhu Zhangui's wound.

Hu Shanxiang on the side stuck out his tongue in embarrassment, thinking that he had known that Zhu Zhangui was so excited, so he would wait for a few days to heal.

After confirming that the wound was fine, Zhao Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief and warned: "Don't get up again, otherwise we won't talk to you!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhu Zhangui nodded again and again in assurance, and then looked at Hu Shanxiang expectantly.

"How's the carrying capacity!"

Hu Shanxiang thought for a while, and replied with some uncertainty: "The slave maid didn't go to see it in person, after all, there are all men, and it is not suitable for the slave and maid to go with a female after all, so I asked my father to go." ”

"My father was very happy when he came back, saying that with this thing, it would be much easier to transport grain and grass to the army in the future, and there was no need to worry about consumption."

"I haven't said how much I can pull, I guess it should be a lot! However, my father said that if he wanted to install a locomotive around the palace, he could show the strength of the Ming Dynasty to the people and officials of the Ming Dynasty, and it would also make the people of the world pay attention to the skills of craftsmen and attract more talents. ”

Daddy's idea, Zhu Zhangui agrees very much.

Huaxia has not paid attention to craftsmen for too long, and Zhu Zhangui has repeatedly rewarded good craftsmen with heavy money, but there are still many people who remain suspicious.

There are many masters in the artisan camp, all of whom were invited by their apprentices who came to work under Zhu Zhangui.

Without the help of these apprentices, Zhu Zhangui really couldn't invite this group of masters hidden in the people.

As for the transportation capacity praised by his father, Zhu Zhangui remained skeptical.

Although the craftsmen in the artisan camp have the drawings he roughly described, the technical means of science and technology are not something that can be understood just by looking at them, and they need a little research and pondering.

Zhu Zhangui estimated in his heart that with the volume of the original locomotive he knew, it would be good to be able to pull one or two tons of things and add a few people.

Thinking of the locomotive, Zhu Zhangui was itching in his heart, and he couldn't wait to fly to Jinling and study the official locomotive with the craftsmen as soon as possible.

As long as there are locomotives, the Ming Dynasty's troop projection and transportation capabilities will be greatly improved.

From the northern grasslands in the north, to the land of Liangguang in the south, and to the desert in the Western Regions in the west, the Ming Dynasty can easily grasp it.

The reason why the ancient imperial court could not control such a large territory was the lack of communication and transportation was the most fundamental reason.

If these two things are solved, communication and transportation can be carried out at all times, and there is no place that cannot be controlled.

Strengthened transport capacity can also speed up the development of commerce, the gathering of minerals, and the transportation of various resources.

With the strengthening of the General Assembly, the military and economic system of the Ming Dynasty will be multiplied several times.

If there is a place to spend money, those landlords and old riches will not bury their silver in cellars.

If you don't spend money, it's just a pile of stones, and only money that can be spent is silver.

Thinking of the benefits of the locomotive, Zhu Zhangui saw Ji Yun who was massaging his legs and invigorating his blood.

"Yun'er, what I arranged for your uncle, how did he do!"

Ji Yuan, who was seriously massaging Zhu Zhangui's legs, hurriedly replied: "Uncle has already told the concubine when he came, he has already done the things you explained, the route has almost been planned, and this time with the help of the local people, the most perfect route has been found." ”

"When I came, my uncle asked the concubine to ask you, whether the route should be directly handed over to the Ministry of Industry to be repaired, or whether you would consider it after you went back!"

"What's there to wait for!"

The distance, planning and construction methods of the railway have already been worked out, and the locomotive only needs to be shown and sat on it, so how can there be a waiting car before building the road.

For the track of the train, Zhu Zhangui studied it with the craftsmen for a long time and set the width at two meters.

In the previous life, most of the tracks in my country were 1.4 meters, and it is said that this distance was set by the British Empire at the beginning, and it was exactly the distance of the wheels of the carriage.

It is also said that some unreliable king decided the distance with two horses' butts.

Later, when the Qing Dynasty built the railway, it also introduced foreign equipment and experts, resulting in the size of the railway.

Some people have proposed to increase the width of train tracks and increase the transportation capacity of our country. However, because the cost of changing was too great, and many of the equipment at that time were imported from abroad, they could only be used according to the size of other people, so that the transportation capacity was greatly insufficient.

Of course, the main thing is that there are too many people in our country, and if you put it in a small pot with a small population, such a huge high-speed railway route may not necessarily see a car for hundreds of miles.

With the lessons of the past, Zhu Zhangui will naturally not set the standards of his previous life.

However, how wide is it is a problem, the carrying capacity of the train has been strengthened, but the power will definitely be insufficient, resulting in the speed will be reduced, if it is reduced, it is better not to change.

After research and discussion with the craftsmen, it was finally decided to settle on a distance of two meters.

The craftsman battalion started to produce track when the project was finalized, and it has been nearly two years now, and it is estimated that a lot of reserves have been reserved.

As for the fixed cement and steel, this is not a difficult problem at all.

The newly learned books and universities have special content on this, and the craftsmen studied it for a month, and then they made cement and steel.

Although it cannot be compared with cement in the 21st century, it has reached the level of the middle of the 19th century.

Thinking of the railway, Zhu Zhangui couldn't lie down a little, and hurriedly said to Zhao Ling'er, who was fanning him next to him.

"You immediately write in my name to the Ministry of Industry, Jinyiwei and the artisan battalion, and ask them to immediately start building the route from Jinling to Beiping."

"There is no need to levy the conscripts on the other side, there are so many prisoners in the north that they cannot be allowed to eat dry. After a while, I'll send someone to escort a batch back, so that they can use these captives to build the railway!" ”

"I don't care how they repair it, I'll give them a year, and within a year I want the railway to be officially formed, and I have to ensure quality and quantity."

"When the time comes, I will personally let people check it, and if there is any problem, all the responsible persons will be dismissed and investigated!"

"They were also told that if the railroad was repaired at the specified time, and the quality and quantity were guaranteed."

"The few people in charge of this matter, I don't care what his identity is, after the completion of the project, I will apply to the old man for a knighthood!"

Zhu Zhangui is ready to place a heavy bet.

As long as these people can really repair the railway from Jinling to Beiping within a year, and the quality and quantity are guaranteed, how many titles will be given?

ps: Tomorrow's update time may be a little later.,In the afternoon, I'm going to attend the writers' symposium of Dianniang.,Update before 10 o'clock at the latest.。