Chapter 577

The First Emperor of Fire sat on the train with the hundred officials, feeling the benefits of the train.

The First Emperor called Li Si, Yao Jia and Xiao He to his side, and Wei Ze was beside the four.

"Your Majesty, if you pull this window up, you can make it quieter." Wei Ze closed the window as he spoke, and the officials in other positions also closed the windows.

The First Emperor leaned back in his seat and said, "Tell me what you think of this train." ”

Yao Jia was the first to say: "Your Majesty, this train is indeed a big capacity, but it is too limited to this track, and the minister can only go forward and make a U-turn, which is very inconvenient." ”

The First Emperor looked at Wei Ze and said, "Can these problems be solved?" ”

Wei Ze hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this track was also created by His Highness, and the ministers and others have also tried not to use the track, but if the track is not used, the carriage behind the front of the locomotive will be uncontrolled." ”

"And if the carriages are fixedly connected, the huge body will not be able to turn at all when turning, unless the road is built to be half the length and width of the body."

"Your Majesty, this track is also the best after several tests."

Wei Ze continued: "As for the trouble that the train can only move forward and turn around, it is actually Lord Yao who is too worried. ”

"When this locomotive was designed, it adopted the idea of pushing forward and pulling back, which can not only pull the carriage forward, but also push the carriage forward."

"And because it is now a test section, we do not have the front of the car at the tail, as long as the front of the train is hung on both sides, the capacity of the train will be increased by at least half, and there is no need to turn around after arriving at the station

。 ”

"Well, good idea." After hearing this, the First Emperor gave affirmation.

Wei Ze arched his hand and said: "This is all the mention of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the ministers dare not take credit." ”

"It doesn't have to be much, the credit goes to you." The First Emperor said.

The First Emperor looked at Li Si beside him and said, "Prime Minister, please also tell me your opinion." ”

Li Si arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the appearance of this train is a great good thing for my Great Qin. ”

"For the military, it can quickly transport grain and grass, save manpower and horsepower, and reduce losses, and can also quickly transfer and gather a large number of troops to Daqin."

"If it is used for civil affairs, take the Xianyang imperial examination as an example, and the reference scholars will be exempted from the hard work of long journeys."

The First Emperor nodded, looked at Xiao He, and said, "Xiao Aiqing, you can also talk about it." ”

Xiao He arched his hand and said, "The Prime Minister and Lord Yao have said it, and the minister has only one idea here." ”

"If this train is used for trade, it can greatly improve trade, after all, a large part of the price of goods is determined by the cost of transportation."

"And this train can greatly reduce the cost of transportation, thereby reducing the price of my Daqin."

"Yes, yes, it seems that this train is indeed a good thing. Wei Qing, when will this train be put into use? The First Emperor said.

Wei Ze arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the transportation of the train depends on the laying of the rails, and the train can go wherever the rails go." ”

The First Emperor looked at Xiao He, and Xiao He immediately understood.

Xiao He asked Wei Ze: "How much silver is needed to lay this railway?" ”

Wei Ze immediately took out a small notebook

handed it to Xiao He, and after Xiao He opened it and looked at it, he immediately frowned.

Xiao He handed the notebook to the First Emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, now my Great Qin's national strength is only afraid of building one or two short-distance railways. ”

The First Emperor also frowned, this was a little different from what he imagined.

Xiao He said: "Your Majesty, the minister proposes to connect Dongjun, Luoyang, and Xianyang by railway, because Dongjun and Xianyang are the most prosperous places for my Daqin commerce and trade, and Luoyang is the capital of my Daqin in the future, and there must be no railway." ”

"After that, the treasury is abundant, but Luoyang can be the center, expand to the main cities in the north and south, and gradually establish the railway line of Daqin."

The First Emperor nodded and said, "The three of you will discuss, write a recital, and discuss it with the hundred officials tomorrow morning." ”

"No." The three of them bowed their hands in unison.

The First Emperor took the train for two or three times before getting off the train, and the First Emperor was very happy about this train ride, and all those who participated in the production of the train were rewarded.

Nowadays, the Daqin steam engine and even the train have come out, but there is no industrial revolution.

In fact, there are two reasons that cannot be bypassed.

The first reason is that the emergence of Qin Xi has accelerated the development of science and technology in Daqin, but the amount of knowledge that Daqin has now and the speed of business development have not kept up.

As a result, even if the steam engine appeared, it could not be fully used in commercial development.

The second reason is that the steam engine was officially researched by Daqin, not the people, and Daqin kept it a secret, and the popularity rate of the people was not high, so it could not cause work

The industry has revolutionized.

Although the steam engine did not cause the industrial revolution in Daqin, after the popularization of education and the exposure of Qin Xi's junior high school physics, chemistry and mathematics to the people of Daqin through education, there were still many small inventions in Daqin, and there were already a little sprouts.

It stands to reason that if Daqin had given support to these small folk inventions, Daqin's industrial revolution might have come earlier.

But unfortunately, the local officials did not care about these things, and even the merchants did not have the slightest interest in them, which led to the fact that the invention and creation of the people did not get a good opportunity for development, so that Daqin missed an opportunity.

And at the current stage, when people read books, the first thing they think of is not to research inventions, but to whether they can get a fame.

After all, Daqin is still a feudal society, and in such a society, the social status of officials is the highest.

Whether it is a farmer or a businessman, as long as he has the opportunity, he will strive to gain a reputation and become a member of the Great Qin bureaucracy.

Of course, although the reform of Daqin improved the status of merchants, it did not cancel the rule that merchants could not be officials, so merchants were only dedicated to business, and their sense of belonging to national affairs was not very high.

Later, Qin Xi also discovered this, so he asked the emperor to give the merchant a chance to admonish.

Every year, the merchants can send five representatives to participate in the court, and submit the opinions and needs of the merchants to the court.

If there is no such move, if the businessman loses his sense of belonging to Daqin, there will inevitably be a huge hidden danger in the future.

The emergence of Qin Xi brought different ideas and many cross-era things, making Great Qin even stronger.

But at the same time, this also makes Great Qin face more unprecedented problems, once these problems cannot be solved, Great Qin may collapse at any time.

Now it is the first emperor who has suppressed all the problems and given the court enough time to solve the problems, otherwise it may be like a mess.