Chapter 627: World Shuffle
The tremor of the car... Actually, in Zhang Jingyi's opinion, it is understandable.
If this thing can have any comfortable experience in this era, it would be a real ghost.
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The sound of steam came.
Then... the carriage continued to clang.
Especially this wooden carriage trembled violently.
Emperor Apocalypse was sitting in this carriage, his whole body was almost trembling, and the muscles on his face kept shaking.
It took a long time... Emperor Tianqi came to his senses.
Seeing the chaos in the carriage, Emperor Tianqi was quite brave and shouted: "Stay all in place and cannot be trampled on."
In this case, chaos is the most deadly.
Once they trample on each other, a few people must die in this carriage today.
Fortunately, most of these ministers who followed him were old and weak, so they could not trample on them.
After a sudden shock.
Suddenly, people discovered something in surprise.
Sun Chengzong took the lead and shouted: "Your Majesty, look..."
He pointed his finger out the window, as if he had seen a ghost.
Emperor Tianqi was actually quite nervous, but he didn't dare to show that he was also afraid of his fear.
Even the bravest person is inevitably timid when facing unknown things.
At this time, Emperor Tianqi had to turn his head and look out the window.
The scenery outside the window... was actually retreating.
The speed of retreating is very slow.
But slowly... the speed began to speed up slightly.
It's like... this iron house... is walking.
Emperor Tianqi looked surprised and was so surprised that he couldn't speak.
The ministers in the carriage also showed an incredible look.
Obviously... this seems to many people really incredible.
Because... it's so amazing.
"If you want to pull such a big iron lump, how much does it take?" someone said subconsciously.
Emperor Aoki was still dumbfounded at the scene that was retreating faster and faster outside the window.
This iron house seemed to have already left a huge shed and began to surround the wilderness.
Under my feet, there was a huge noise of "splitting teeth" and "splitting teeth".
The sound of the whistle was roaring from time to time, like a wild beast roaring.
The vibration of the carriage was no longer as big as before, but it was not small.
"What's going on with this car?" Emperor Apocalypse could barely suppress the noise by only increasing the volume.
Zhang Jingyi also felt the steam train at this time, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of regrets. He had almost no comfortable experience in riding. It seemed that the main functionalization could only be to transport goods.
As for speed, hahaha...
The only benefit is that it can move.
But being able to move in this world is a magical tool.
Zhang Jing said: "Didn't Your Majesty keep saying that the wooden ox flows through the horse? This is my wooden ox flows through the horse. Your Majesty, look... it can leave by itself!"
"Didn't it be pulled with a horse?" At this time, some people already thought it was a fantasy.
Some people even feel like they are dreaming and touching their foreheads.
Some people think it's so scary and want to jump off the car.
Fortunately... although the car door was not welded to death, it was closed tightly.
Zhang Jing said: "Of course it's not about the cattle and horse pulling it. How can ordinary cattle and horse pulling it? This is steam..."
Emperor Apocalypse asked a very professional question: "Why does it move?"
So Zhang Jing said, "Does Your Majesty remember the 100,000 why? This book introduces something called steam. Your Majesty think about it. When the water in the kettle boils, it turns into water vapor. When the water vapor expands, it will push the lid of the kettle open, as if someone is exerting force. Since that is the case, why don't we make a larger, more efficient and sealed furnace?"
"When the furnace is boiled, a large amount of water vapor is created, and the water vapor is sealed, and it is also sealed. The greater the power it is transmitted, so that it can be transmitted to the wheels with the help of something. It is like... a water wheel and a windmill. With this force, it can be used for me to use countless cows and horses. And cows and horses need to rest and eat and drink, but this big furnace only needs to be filled with water and then use coal to burn continuously, which can make the vehicle inexhaustible power."
Emperor Aoki can see through it at a glance.
In fact, as long as you know the principle of burning a boiler, as for other things about how to transmit power to the wheels, he is exactly what he is best at. After all, he is also a professional carpenter!
His eyes suddenly lit up and he couldn't help but say, "Oh, why didn't I think of it at the beginning? It turns out that this can be used! Zhang Qing, haha... you are such a genius."
Zhang Jing said happily: "If you don't know where, you mainly get close to Your Majesty, and you are influenced by Your Majesty's skills. Over time, you will be enlightened."
Emperor Tianqi said very realistically: "If you don't know, I am far inferior to you. I really didn't expect that there is such a thing in the world."
"This is also the great blessings of our ancestors, and we should revive our Ming Dynasty."
At this time, someone could not help it.
After all, everyone has come out of their initial fear.
However, Dali Temple Minister Chen Yangmei sneered: "After that being said, what's the use of this thing besides being interesting?"
Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but look at Chen Yangmei in shock, just about to roll her eyes!
This mind... is clearly full of great surprise to His Majesty!
He really couldn't understand how Chen Yangmei passed the imperial examination and then continued to fight bandits in the southwest.
So Zhang Jing said seriously: "What's the use? Just one truck is enough to carry 100,000 kilograms of grain. 100,000 kilograms of grain, but Mr. Chen knew that if this truck was transported to Guanzhong, even if it only took twenty or thirty miles in an hour, it could still take 300 miles in one day. Within ten days, this truck could reach Xi'an in Guanzhong. But you also know, this truck... only needs many people? It won't exceed ten! Ten people drive this truck and take care of the wheel rest. Within ten days, they can deliver 100,000 kilograms or even 2.3 million kilograms of grain to Xi'an. The loss along the way is almost minimal. Do you think it's amazing?"
As soon as Zhang Jing said this, everyone was furious and couldn't speak.
Zhang Jingyi then said: "It turns out that the grain in the Ming Dynasty treasury, one pound of grain can be implemented, only two or three taels of grain can be implemented. One relief will be extremely costly, and the food consumed in the middle is twelve and three taels of grain." (One pound in the Ming Dynasty was 16 taels.)
"But now... a pound of grain in the national treasury is a real pound of grain. Whether it is transported to border towns or sent to all parts of the world, it can be implemented. Do you know how much grain has been saved in this process?"
"In addition... in the past, you had to collect a lot of labor service. Countless people had to put down their work and concentrate on transporting grain. If this truck could be used, how much manpower would be saved? A truck could be worth nearly hundreds or thousands of manpower... The most important thing is... It takes a lot of time to transport grain. When it is transported by manpower to the place to transport, the daylily is probably cold!"
"But now... I, Daming, only need dozens of such cars, which can be used to send food and all the supplies to the victims within ten days and half a month. Come on... Let's talk about it, what's the use of this thing? How much time can this save, how much materials and grain, and how much manpower can it have?"
After hearing this, Chen Yangmei's eyes widened in shock.
For a moment, I was stunned.
If... he thought of a terrible possibility, if... as Zhang Jingyi said... a train can transport 100,000 kilograms, and can reach thousands of miles in ten days and half a month, and only requires a few manpower... Then...
He suddenly realized that his old ideas began to collapse slowly.
It's really terrible.
This means that the affairs of the whole world will be reshuffled.
The war has become another way, and it does not take a year or two or even several years to prepare for the preliminary preparations. The originally claimed army of millions is almost composed of more than 100,000 war soldiers and 700,000 or 800,000 civilians. Then... there is no million troops in this world, and the number of civilians will plummet.
Have a battle that can be fought at will?
Any relief?
Is there any commercial circulation?
besides……
Chen Yangmei, who once was a local official, certainly knew better that the main direction of use of the people for corvee service was transportation, yes... transportation accounts for 70% to 80% of the manpower.
But if... it is really as Zhang Jingyi said... then should the corvee labor be reduced and cancelled in large quantities?
In fact, compared to paying taxes, corvee is the heaviest burden. On the one hand, it is extremely hard, and on the other hand, it is leaving home. In addition, it is also possible that it may be completely out of production for several months.
You should know that every time the imperial court recruits a troop, it is a very painful thing for the people. In order to escape labor, there are more male men than those who evade taxes.
He is the one who knows the actual situation in the place best.
If... it really reaches this level, then the problems he encountered when he was a county magistrate could be solved.
At this time, Zhang Jingyi said again: "In addition, there are people's activities... If a person... had to travel far and travel through mountains and rivers in the past, how many days would it take? But now... even thousands of miles away, it only takes three or four days. Let me ask you, how much useful is this for local governance? Mr. Chen was a county magistrate. I think how many days did you spend when you went from the capital to your place to serve as an official?"
"Eleventh month..." Chen Yangmei subconsciously said.
Chapter completed!