Zhu Yuanzhang saw the current Zunhua County Order, and his face was kind.

"I'm just here to see, let's go into the city first."

The Zunhua County Order hurriedly said yes and led Zhu Yuanzhang to a track on the side, which was also the result of He Qiu's original guidance.

What can be seen everywhere in the entire Zunhua City is the railroad tracks, some similar to the railways of later generations, but in fact they are not the same thing at all.

Most of the railroad tracks in Zunhua City are horse-drawn carriages, also because the Zunhua Iron Works needs too many coal mines and iron ore every day.

It was too slow to pull by manpower, and after discussion, it was decided to use the railroad carriage that He Qiu had mentioned before.

In this way, it can be pulled more and faster, but in this way, the amount of iron consumed is a little too much, but fortunately, Zunhua is originally a steel production area, and it is not worrying about this.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the carriage, his eyes were shining, as an emperor who had personally led the troops to fight, he quickly saw the military use of this kind of thing.

So Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to ask.

"How many things can this carriage pull? How many miles do you travel per day? How much iron is consumed? ”

"Your Majesty, this thing is called a rail-mounted carriage, and it can carry more than twice as much weight as a carriage on flat ground.

Not only that, but it also runs twice as fast as ordinary carriages, and it also saves horsepower more than ordinary carriages, and the tracks consume more iron, but they can also be replaced with wooden tracks, but they have to be replaced often. ”

"Can such a track be laid throughout the country?"

The Zunhua County Commander hesitated, and said with some hesitation.

"This matter has also been discussed with the master craftsmen of the iron factory, which is more difficult, one is that such a track is more expensive to lay.

In addition, the terrain of Daming is very different, but it is difficult to solve the uphill problem even on the track, once the slope is steep, it is difficult to climb up, and it is only suitable for flat land at present. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little regretful, but soon, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that laying tracks to the grassland would not have this problem.

The Monan grassland can be called a flat land, if the Ming Dynasty can run such a track through the entire grassland, it can completely control the entire grassland, and it is nothing to count with the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the Warat people.

"You study where the railcar can be implemented in various parts of the Ming Dynasty now, and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households will participate together, and it is important to lay the track on the grassland as soon as possible."

He Qiu listened on the sidelines, very amazed, he didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to have such a vision and be so lenient about technological progress.

This is too big a gap with the historical Tatar Qing, and the Tatar Qing laying a track is afraid of damaging the dragon vein, which is really embarrassing.

After driving in Zunhua City for a while, the smell around me became more and more choking.

Zhu Yuanzhang coughed suddenly, and the Zunhua County Order was a little anxious, so he hurriedly bowed down and said.

"Your Majesty, or don't go inside."

Although Zunhuacheng knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was coming, he had already cleaned it in advance, and his face was very clean, but it was impossible for them to stop the blast furnace just because Zhu Yuanzhang was coming, and it was still very difficult for the blast furnace to stop running, and the loss was also very large.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't go inside the factory, the blast furnace that was still emitting black smoke and the layer of dust that had been drifting in the city still made Zhu Yuanzhang feel a little uncomfortable.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not such a stubborn person, he pondered for a moment, but still sighed and said.

"Then let's do it, I get out of the car and take a brief look in the city, and the specific details will be seen by the Duke of Cao Guo on my behalf."

Zhu Yuanzhang himself hoped to take a good look at this important industrial town, the steel heart of the Ming Dynasty, but his body told him that no.

In this way, for the sake of the people of Zunhua City, Zhu Yuanzhang also needs to make concessions.

Li Jinglong came out with some excitement to receive the order, got out of the carriage majestically, and walked to the inside of the iron factory with a team of men, carefully investigated the situation, and then reported to Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Zhu Yuanzhang got out of the carriage with a group of people and walked around the city for a while, he soon found that something was not quite right, and the accompanying officials asked aloud.

"Are there many monks in Zunhua City? Why are they all short haircuts? ”

Zunhua County ordered the intelligence to stand up and ask for guilt.

"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen. You really don't know anything. Working in an iron factory, it is very hot all year round, and if you have long hair, it is easy for sweat to drip into your eyes, and it is very unhygienic.

In addition, there were more than two cases in the iron factory where the hair was wrenched into the machine because of the long hair, which caused the head to catch fire, and the workers also had experience and spontaneously cut their hair. ”

"But the body is skinny, and the parents who receive it, this move is really not ......"

"Alright." Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted the questioning of the accompanying officials, "Or is the lives of the people more important, what do you do by paying attention to these details?" ”

Zunhua County Commander looked at Zhu Yuanzhang very gratefully.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

With this controversy, Zhu Yuanzhang only felt that he was also a little tired, and he didn't even visit Zunhua properly, but just took a hasty turn, stopped for a day and returned to Beiping.

Next, Zhu Yuanzhang did not go directly to Monan, he still went to the front line of the Great Wall first, wanting to see how the local military households survived.

After all, as Zhu Yuanzhang re-reformed the military system, he didn't know what the current situation was in the military, and he was standing too high.

Jin Yiwei, a tool, didn't dare to really tell Zhu Yuanzhang the truth about such a thing, and he had always been vague.

This is the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang became so angry after He Qiu told Zhu Yuanzhang about the problem of military households.

It's only been a few years, and the forces in the army have been stirred up, and it can still make his eagle dog Jinyi guard dare not speak out, what if he waits any longer?

Is it that the problem of military households will be covered up forever under other problems, and no one will dare to mention it again?

He Qiu followed Zhu Yuanzhang to the front line of the Great Wall, and he was also very curious.

In his previous life, he came to visit the Great Wall, but it was the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty that had been repaired, and now the Ming Dynasty has not built the Great Wall in the Beiping area.

After all, the military pressure faced by the Ming Dynasty now comes more from the northwest, and the Ming Great Wall near Beiping in later generations was built in the Jiajing Dynasty.

Today's Great Wall does not have the majestic and winding Great Wall of later generations, let alone those attached military facilities.

Maybe the Ming Dynasty in this life will not need to build this part of the Great Wall in the future.

During the Hongwu period, although the imperial court also allocated funds to repair some of the Great Wall relics and beacon towers left before, it did not attach much importance to it.

The Ming Dynasty's troops went all the way outward, and there were very few Tartars who could invade the front line of the Great Wall, and naturally, the original local Great Wall ruins, and those rammed earth city walls, seemed to be crumbling.

What's more, most of the first line of the Great Wall is in the mountains, the land is barren, and it can't support many people, and the military households who came to garrison it back then may not be very reluctant.

Now, with Zhu Yuanzhang's reform of the military system, a large number of guards have been relaxed and turned into counties and towns, and the military households among them have almost gone.

What's more, the industry in Beiping has developed, and there is a shortage of manpower everywhere, so I go to work on the construction site, and I earn more than I farm in a year.

Everyone is not stupid, of course you know which one to choose.