Zhu Biao also saw the drawings.

Like Zhu Yuanzhang, he was shocked by what was painted on this drawing.

It wasn't until he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice that he came back to his senses.

The brain reacted slightly for a moment, then walked over, exchanged corners with the eunuch, and then retreated.

Show this steam train diagram to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military.

Something beyond their understanding made everyone stunned.

Everyone struggled to stretch their necks and squint, like flocks of ducks forced to puff out their eyes because their necks were lifted.

Some even subconsciously take two steps forward in an attempt to look more closely.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw it.

He motioned to Zhu Yuanzhang and the eunuch and asked them to take down the drawings so that everyone could see them up close.

Zhu Biao and the eunuch walked down with the drawings.

Expand again.

The civil and military ministers gathered around and scrambled forward.

I'm afraid that if it's slow, I won't be able to see clearly.

The minister who squeezed over first couldn't help but show smugness on his face.

Then immediately look down and take a closer look at the picture.

"This is the train."

"It's so long."

It's almost as long as their house grows.

Can such a car run on the road?

"Didn't Chu Ze say that there was fire? What about fire? ”

In the sound of this group of chirping, Chu Ze accurately captured this sentence, and then was speechless for an instant.

He looked over at the crowd.

Who's this?

So attached to fire.

The discussion continues.

For them, the real value of the train is far from enough to attract them.

They are more concerned about how the car runs and whether it can run.

After everyone saw it, Zhu Yuanzhang asked people to get the drawings back.

"Chu Ze, tell me, this fire ...... Trains, right? Zhu Yuanzhang is very unaccustomed to this name, what is the name is not good, he has to shout a fire word, so he is awkward, "Can this train really work?" It's so long, how can you run? ”

In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, there are mountains and rivers.

There are also places where you can't even pass by horse-drawn carriage.

Can you pass so many cars?

There is another picture presented by Chu Ze.

He had seen it, and there were only two straight lines, and there were some horizontal lines in the center.

What's the use of these things?

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know anything.

He had to ask Chu Ze to explain it to him.

Chu Ze had already prepared the answer.

"Yes, it can."

"If you want it to go faster, you need rails. It's the other drawing that we present to the emperor together with the train. Chu Ze pointed to the piece of paper in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand.

This piece of paper is much smaller.

Just like Zhu Yuanzhang saw, there are just some horizontal and vertical lines on it.

It looks abstract.

If he hadn't said that it was a railroad track, Zhu Yuanzhang would have thought it was a ladder.

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the drawing and looked at it again, then handed it to the eunuch and asked him to show it to Zhu Biao.

After Zhu Biao finished reading it, he asked the ministers to read it again.

This piece of paper is far less eye-catching than the train.

Everyone looked at it, and they were even a little speechless.

Zhu Biao took the lead in asking: "Chu Ze, let's ask you, what is the purpose of this railroad?" ”

Everyone listened with their ears open.

"As you can see, it's made up of two equal rails, and there are countless sleepers in the center, which you can see, those horizontal lines. Underneath these things, there is also a gravel paved. Together, these things make up the railroad tracks. Rails can make the train run faster and smoother. As for what the emperor asked just now, how to run with such a long body, in fact, it is to build roads in the Ming Dynasty first, pave the rails, and then let the train run on it. Wherever the rails can be paved, the train can reach. ”

Chu Ze simply said the initial relationship between the railroad tracks and the train.

Everyone was confused.

Zhu Yuanzhang moved his hand, his expression a little tangled.

He...... It seems that I understand, but I don't seem to understand.

I have something to say, but I don't know where to start.

This feeling is very unpleasant.

He struggled for a while, and simply returned the topic to the roots.

"We didn't understand what you said. But when you talk about laying railways, we understand. But according to what you say, only where the railroad tracks arrive, the train can go, does that mean that we have to spread the railway all over the Ming Dynasty, and the train can run all over the Ming Dynasty? ”

Chu Ze thought about it and shook his head again.

"In fact, there is no need to be so troublesome, we can set up a railway station at an important transportation hub in some cities."

"Whoever wants to take the train, go to this place."

"Wherever you want to transport something, you can also transport it to the railway station first, and let the transporter or consignee transport it away from the railway station."

If the railroad tracks are paved all over the Ming Dynasty, not to mention how time-consuming and laborious this is, just talking about the materials will waste a lot.

Besides, where does the current Daming have such ability.

Let's lay the railroad tracks in a few cities near Yingtian first.

After Chu Ze finished speaking, the adults of the household department stood up.

There was a shrewd light in his eyes.

Chu Ze even felt that this person had an abacus on his face, and his opening was related to money: "Lord Wang, forgive us for taking the liberty of building these things, I don't know how much it will cost?" ”

Chu Ze had never thought about this question.

Whenever he had any idea, he just did it.

Money, he lacks.

On the outside, he looks like a beautiful scenery, but in fact, he has a breeze on his sleeves.

But on the other hand, he is not lacking.

As long as he asks for money, no matter what he does, Zhu Yuanzhang will basically be satisfied.

Especially when it comes to manufacturing.

As long as he wants to do it, as long as the things he does are beneficial to the imperial court, he doesn't need to think about money.

When Lord Tobe asked this, he asked Chu Ze.

He was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a smile in his eyes: "Aren't you a household?" Isn't it your job to account for the silver taels? ”

Ask him?

He doesn't know.

Zhu Biao lowered his head and chuckled silently.

When Tobe heard this, his brows furrowed suddenly.

Such a large project, as soon as you hear it, you know that it will cost a lot of money.

He was supposed to ask for an accurate number, so he was prepared.

As a result, Chu Ze told him that even Chu Ze himself didn't know how much it was.

This......

"Your Majesty, Prince Jiaping's idea is good, but our treasury is not full, shouldn't we think about this matter?"

Tobe's words are right.

In fact, today's treasury is not overflowing, but bottoming out.

This can be seen in these two disaster relief efforts.

Even the people are running out of food, where is the spare money to build any trains?

It's not that he said that this train is a sight to behold...... No, no, this train doesn't even look good, and it's impossible to use it.

The main thing is that the cost is too high.

As the head of the household, he is in charge of the world's money.

The money had to be spent, and he couldn't hear the splash, and he would probably die of rage.

Hubu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, only hoping that he could dismiss Chu Ze's whimsical opening so that he could keep his inventory that was thinner than cicada wings. (End of chapter)