The richest group in the early Ming Dynasty was naturally the noble generals.

The concept of landlord is too broad.

Officials, scholars, nobles, generals, merchants, and mine owners can all be said to be landlords, because they all have a large number of acres of land.

And the line between them is not so clear.

The children of military attachés, merchants, and landlords in the countryside were also scholars.

The Ming Dynasty promoted large-scale education and vigorously supported it, and the literacy rate was more than the sum of the world, which is the highest in the world today.

Changing the mode of social production naturally includes the mode of consumption.

An extra-long body compartment.

The craftsmen polished the surface, painted it with red lacquer, and carved delicate openwork patterns on the guardrails.

Each component is not a matter of cost, but of luxury.

With the industrial capacity of China Heavy Industries, it has naturally created a pleasing handicraft, the first carriage to provide nobles with travel.

The four-wheeled carriage does not require the horse to be weighed, but only needs to provide the pulling force.

The smooth friction between rails and iron wheels is many times less than that of traditional road surfaces.

Unlike later railways, this new railway does not have iron sleepers.

Just like the first railway in Britain hundreds of years later, the rails were laid directly on the rammed road.

There is a lot of gravel mixed in the road, which makes the road more fortified and does not become muddy when it rains.

The shortcomings of this railway are innumerable compared to the railways that have matured in later generations.

It can't be too fast, and there should be a limit to the load capacity.

It may not take two or three years to renovate the roads and replace the tracks.

……

But it's cheap.

The biggest cost is actually the labor cost.

Iron ore is worthless, cheaper than coal mines, and there are more useless iron ores in coal mines, and China Heavy Industries can buy them all in one go.

As for the tools of the engineering team, livestock, etc., they are all recycled, and the longer the railway, the lower the cost.

The most important thing is that there is no technical content in building it, and it is built quickly.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beijing, and the following year Cixi returned, taking a train to plead guilty to the Qing emperors.

In four months, more than 70 miles of railroad was built, which was a railway with iron sleepers and a steam locomotive.

"The 100-mile railway, the engineering team only took three months, with this experience, the engineering team will build the railway in the future, the same 100 miles, it only takes more than two months"

Zhu Gaochi said proudly.

Beiping, Shandong, and Liaodong are all suitable for building railways, and the most difficult is in the south, because of the dense waterways, which need to build bridges.

The horse-drawn carriages on the railroad tracks clicked and rattled, which was smoother and more stable than on the road.

The table tops with brightly colored silk cloth and the water in the wooden tray teacups swayed incessantly, which could not have originated in horse-drawn carriages and on the road.

The sons and daughters of Xungui and Wuxun all felt incredible, and many of these people still gave up their people and rode freely.

In the ninth year of Hongwu, the edict elected the second son of the chief of the prince, the marquis, the governor, and the commander of each guard as a loose horseman and a staff member, and was subordinate to the governor's mansion, serving as a guard, or acting as a guard.

The crowd was amazed by the new things along the way, and they asked one after another.

A total of two carriages.

In the front row are the sons and daughters of the nobles, and in the back are the ladies and ladies of each province.

A total of 13 families with 52 passengers.

They are all the sons and daughters of various families, the only exception is Yuan Hong, only he is a concubine, and many people are unwilling to deal with him.

However, some people know his relationship with Yan Wangfu, and he is so close to the eldest prince of Yan Wang, so he naturally has a kind attitude towards him.

"Will there be a railroad after that?"

"Of course, in the future, the entire Beiping Prefecture will build a railway, and you can take the rail car wherever you go, which is not only comfortable but also convenient."

In order to promote the railway, Zhu Gaochi became a salesman.

There are only a dozen or so families in front of me, and dozens of passengers, but you can't look at it that way.

Young people are the most receptive to new things.

And they are the sons and daughters of the nobles at the top of Beiping.

As long as they want to call it a horse-drawn train, it won't be long before people will use the railroad to get around.

The travel of railways will definitely change the way people travel.

Because the advantages are obvious.

But Zhu told that to speed up the process, more things had to be done.

"Our families communicate with each other, we should communicate more, the sisters in the family have nothing to do at home, and they seem depressed all day long."

"Every month in the future, we will organize several outings, and all families can participate."

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

"Okay."

"As long as the eldest prince is here, I will definitely come, and I will not be left behind once."

"Me too."

"The eldest prince really values love and righteousness, and my sisters are also boring and bored, every time they meet me when they go out, they will ask me to bring some things home from outside to relieve my boredom."

Someone said sincerely: "I'm not as powerful as the eldest son, I can talk about moving the house, but the eldest prince can come forward to gather all families, and the sisters of all families will be benefited, and they don't have to be stuck at home anymore." ”

Zhu Gaochi smiled and nodded.

Of course, this man is exaggerating.

Although the ladies of each family don't go out often, they don't go out of the door.

Every female family member goes to the temple, and there are always several times a year.

There are also the comings and goings of the ladies of each family.

However, it is true that this time is a kind of freedom, a breakthrough in behavior.

That is, if you have this face, if you change to an ordinary noble child, you will definitely not be able to organize it.

"The second sister in the family, when she learned about today's events, she was happy for a few days, and she talked about the good of the eldest son on the ninth day, and my ears were almost cocooned."

"Hahaha."

Everyone you say, I say a word, and the topic always revolves around Zhu Gaochi.

It's an amazing feeling.

Zhu Gaochi has the illusion that he is the center of the world.

"This matter can be handed over to Yuan Rong, and Yuan Rong will organize everyone in the future to form a regular practice, and everyone will be happy."

Zhu Gaochi pointed at Yuan Rong.

Honorable and ordinary people are different.

Xungui is already the apex of life, what the children of each family have to do is to maintain the lintel, and the starting point of their career is the end of ordinary people.

This kind of ecological chain has led to the fact that Xungui attaches the most importance to the interpersonal relationship with each family.

Ordinary people have to rely on their own talents to fight for opportunities, and nobles have to rely on interpersonal relationships to maintain or get good opportunities.

Although Yuan Rong is a noble family, he can't inherit this right, but he can be valued by the eldest prince, this is his chance.

The attention of the two generations of Yanwangfu, Yuan Rong must be established.

Seeing this, the young disciples became more and more polite to Yuan Rong, at least no one would ignore him anymore.

"Eldest Prince, I have a reluctant request, take this opportunity to speak today, and hope that Eldest Prince, Haihan."

Suddenly, someone said, and the people fell silent.

"Tell me, as long as we can help, we will definitely not sit idly by." Zhu Gaochi can only say this.

"Our family's business, if we want to take the railway, we also ask the eldest son to open a convenient door, and the price is still said."

Everyone suddenly realized that this guy was really shrewd.

Zhu Gaochi was speechless.

Where is this asking him for help, is taking the initiative to send a deal.

It is certainly cost-effective to transport by rail, but there is always a process and run-in for the development of new things and acceptance by the market.

This man does have a heart.

The two didn't have much communication in the past, and naturally they didn't have any feelings, but it was just because of their identity.

"The price must be cheap, I'll ask the guys in the outer cabinet to go to the shopkeeper of your shop to negotiate."

"Thank you, eldest son, for making it happen."

"Then I am also shameless, and follow to ask for personal favors, the eldest prince is also a fulfillment of one, and the fulfillment of two is also a fulfillment." The other stammered.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

Zhu Gaochi pointed and smiled helplessly.

The atmosphere in the carriage was hot.

Another carriage.

Listening to the loud laughter coming from the front, the warblers and swallows couldn't help but smile, and the outing was not just a play for their families, but a new communication.

The eldest prince of the Yan Wangfu came forward for the first time and officially invited the children of each family, although the way was strange, but the Yan King did not stop it.

Naturally, before the children of each family went out, they were instructed by the elders that even if they couldn't get ahead, they couldn't lose face.

"Jingle bells."

When they arrived at the two-room simple station, which was also the end of the trip, the driver on the front of the car shook the bell.

The first four-wheeled carriage, two carriages, came down the sons and ladies, and the maids.

A second four-wheeled carriage, a carriage, came down with the retinue of each family.

Fangshan is huge.

There are mines in it, but there are also mountains with beautiful views.

"Who's my brother-in-law?"

Zhu Yuegui looked at the sons in front of her curiously, and Zhu Yuying hurriedly stepped forward to cover the third sister's mouth.

"Hee-hee-hee."

The young sons couldn't help but turn their heads, and under the gaze of the grandmothers, they withdrew their gaze one after another, but they still secretly glanced at them from time to time.

Unconsciously.

The princes' chests were straightened, and they didn't shoot Zhu Gaochi's ass like just now.

He spoke louder, trying to let the other side hear it, as if they had all changed people.

The ladies of each family are too.

They didn't look over there, as if they weren't curious at all.

The atmosphere of the scene is subtle and wonderful.

In any case, this way of communicating, without the presence of the elders in the family, has indeed won the love of young people.

Beiping City to Fangshan sixty miles.

The road is bumpy in a carriage, and the ladies of each family will not travel so far on weekdays, at most in the suburbs of Beiping City.

Today, I was able to go so far today, and it only took an hour, and the journey was not tiring at all, and it was full of fun.

Before it started, young people were already looking forward to the next time.

The terminus of the railway is still ahead, connected to the railroad built by the mine owner himself, but the environment is not quiet.

So I only stayed outside Fangshan.

In an open space, the servants set up the tables and chairs they carried, and the maids visited all kinds of fruits and pastries one by one.

The older retinue stayed in the distance, and the grandmothers were in the middle.

"Yuan Hong, you go over there and ask, there is Xu Ji osmanthus cake here, do they want to eat it." Zhu Gaochi deliberately sent Yuan Hong over there.

Yuan Hong's face was stiff, he no longer had the calm bearing, and he was at a loss like a fool.

When he approached the next table, he was even more unbearable, walking with his hands and feet, causing the ladies to cover their mouths and laugh, and Zhu Yuying had already lowered her head.

"Hahaha."

The children at this table laughed even more exaggeratedly, and some even slapped the table and laughed wildly.

The corners of Zhu Gaochi's mouth rose.

Young people are always lovers of new things.

(End of chapter)