All the civil and military officials in the court were discussing.

Wu Zhi reported to Song Huizong and told the people present that the iron lump in front of him was called a steam engine, and the iron wheels were train wheels.

The train is still in production for the time being, so it only brings two wheels and rails.

The railway tracks are eight meters long and were carried in by Wu Zhi people.

Generally, metal objects are not allowed in the main hall. Wu Zhi had already informed him before coming. Song Huizong learned about it in advance, but he didn't know what it was.

When Wu Zhi told them that this was a steam engine, everyone still didn't understand.

In their eyes, the iron lump was very big, with rotating wheels beside it, many metal pipes were coiled, and a huge round copper utensil, similar to a large copper bottle, three feet long.

"Steam engine? What is this for?" Song Huizong was curious.

Wu Zhi patiently explained the role of the steam engine. When everyone understood Wu Zhi's explanation, they were shocked in an unprecedented sense.

According to Wu Zhi's explanation, a steam engine can evaporate moisture through coal mines to form a conversion power.

It sounds incredible.

Wu Zhi asked someone to use a coal mine to ignite it, but soon white steam came out, and the temperature of the hall suddenly surged.

A rumbling sound came from the ears of the ministers. The courtiers who were closer were so scared that they quickly retreated. After all, they had never seen a big guy making such a roar.

Woo woo...

As the wheels started, the wheels rotated at high speed and whined, and everyone was amazed.

The steam engine has really refreshed everyone's worldview.

This is power machinery without manpower. The ministers with a little bit of mind understand that this is a new thing that changes the entire Song Dynasty.

Song Huizong was very excited.

Next, Wu Zhi concealed the role of train wheels and rails.

Wu Zhi: "Your Majesty, we are making the train box. Once it is made, we can install the iron wheels and install the steam engine on the locomotive to drive the driving.

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As long as a special railway transportation route is established in the Song Dynasty, such as Yanyun's goods, transported through train-specific routes, the efficiency of cargo transportation between the two places can be increased by dozens of times. In the long run, it will undoubtedly provide a strong promotion effect for the trade of the Song Dynasty."

While speaking, Wu Zhi asked someone to connect the two iron wheels together with a metal stick and slide on the rail. The iron wheel slid several meters on the rail, which was very stable.

Song Huizong was very happy. This was something that reformed the Song Dynasty's industry. Even if he didn't understand it, he was shocked by Wu Zhi's explanation.

At present, Wu Zhi spoke out the cost of building a train and the idea of ​​building a railway dedicated line.

Without thinking, Song Huizong immediately allocated 10 billion yuan to build a railway track in Yanyun and the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty.

Because Yanyun is developing very well now, the two places can maintain good trade exchanges.

This is just the first railway line, and laying a large amount of stones also requires a lot of human and material resources. If it is not enough, Song Huizong will continue to allocate funds.

The courtiers had no reason to refute this idea, and their attention was all pulled away by the running steam engine.

It feels amazing to see a steam engine that rotates automatically without artificial intelligence.

Wu Zhi achieved his goal, and Song Huizong was still studying next to the steam engine. Zheng Shen, Zheng Juzhong, Song Jiang, Yue Fei, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and others were all watching and marveling.

Of course, there are Hua Zixu and others.

"This thing is good!"

"How powerful is this thing?"

"A five-meter-long train box can pull more than fifteen of these steam engines. This is a railway track specially built for trains, which can save power. As long as the steam engine runs slightly, it can pull at least tens of thousands of kilograms of cargo!"

Wu Zhi's words came to everyone's ears and once again brought storm to the court.

Such a small thing is actually stronger than a horse?

Wu Zhi smiled again and said, "If the train track volume is established, not only can we pick up goods, but we can also sell tickets to attract people.

In this way, it is much more convenient for the people to visit relatives, and the court also makes money, so building railways is a good thing that benefits the country and the people!"

Wu Zhi described that if a large number of railways are built, it would be more convenient for the people of the world to go home to visit relatives or go out to do business.

The ticket money provided by people coming and going is also an extremely amazing number.

Even the railway track project can provide at least hundreds of billions of profits every year.

Of course, this is under the establishment of a certain scale.

Under Wu Zhi's description, Song Huizong's face turned red with excitement. Think about it, the entire Song Dynasty was well-connected and all the people paid money when they went far away. How much money did the imperial court make?

Compared to this, some of the previous investments are nothing.

Song Huizong: "Wu Aiqing, can this thing keep running?"

Wu Zhi: "Of course, as long as there is a coal mine, it is OK even a day and a night! If the two places have built tracks, one back and forth, the train can rest for a while. There is no big problem with long-term operation. Even if there is a problem, our Business Department is also developing day and night. Such a steam engine is only the first, and there will be a second, third, and even more in the future!"

"The railway in Yanyun and Central Plains is the first, and there will be other transportation routes in the future. The roads are connected to finance and transportation routes such as railway tracks. Our Song Dynasty's economy and trade will reach an unprecedented peak!"

"Okay! Wu Aiqing, this steam engine is so amazing!"

Song Huizong highly agreed, and a group of court officials next to him were also talking, and they were very surprised by such a steam engine.

When the steam engine was carried away, the courtiers were still a little reluctant and seemed to have not seen enough.

In addition, when the steam engine was developed in later generations, it also shocked the whole world, not to mention that it was in this era when mechanical things were lacking in ancient times, it was unimaginable.

Many court officials had a doubt, that is, why did Wu Zhi understand so many things that he invented could affect the Song Dynasty.

But who can know this? They can't figure it out, and they can only blame him for being a genius.

Not a genius, why do you know everything?

Could he be the God from heaven?

To be honest, they would not believe this, after all, no one has seen a god before.

Even when they retired from the court, the court officials did not stop. They gathered together in groups of three or three to talk about how the steam engine Wuzhi was made.

The principles and various wonderful ideas like magical skills, but in the end, I couldn't talk about anything, so I could only admire Wu Zhi more and more.

With the grant from Song Huizong, Wu Zhi was much simpler to do things.

The construction of the railway has now begun.

Many people have been recruited across the country to carry stones, dig roads, and fill stones. Major places have also established rail steel mills and have begun to continuously manufacture them in large quantities to provide efficiency for the construction of railways.

The route plan between Yanyun and the Central Plains is not difficult. It is best to take a straight line. Wu Zhi has also looked at the map and tried to bypass the mountain roads. In ancient times, many places were unmanned areas, so there was no big problem.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner, and now cement roads across the country are under construction.

It has promoted many local employed people, and the people have made money as a result.

When the cement roads in some places are completed, you can start to get on the road.

People's carriages drive on a wide concrete road. The road surface is flat and can run faster. There are roads where people walk on both sides, and the carriages are in the middle, which do not interfere with each other.

Fortunately, the road is relatively wide, and Wu Zhi has also formulated certain traffic laws.

Because there is a road, people coming and going are more convenient, which naturally increases the frequent movement of the people. Generally speaking, the carriages are driven on the right, while the people are at the edge, and a line is also divided in the middle. The carriages driving on the right cannot cross to the left.

Otherwise, if something happens, traffic law will be violated.

This way, it is easy to divide responsibilities for some things on the road.

But the people were obedient because it was formulated by Wu Zhi and everyone was convinced.

A month has passed.

The railway has begun to be paved for a distance, and the business department's train research and development has reached a certain level, and several large train boxes have begun to be equipped with iron wheels.

Compared with the old green trains, the train box is a little worse. It is relatively simple and needs to be more solid in the future. There are no seats inside because they are all used to transport goods.

Trains that pull people still need to be manufactured later.

But as more and more workers are working, these are also in the process, and Wu Zhi is not in a hurry.

And just today.

Wu Zhi is in the Business Department and is watching the factory situation.

There were crackling sounds inside, including iron ore, uu reading books www.uukanshu.com The railway tracks and iron sheets were made, and the workers did not wear any clothes even in this cold weather because it was too hot inside.

Countless sweaty people are busy, knocking and beating.

At this time.

A little eunuch rushed over and said, "Suang Wu, it's great that you are here."

"What's the matter?" Wu Zhi was panicked when he saw the eunuch.

Little eunuch: "Your Majesty asked the villain to come to Wu Xiang, saying that the Empress was having a difficult childbirth. It has been two hours since then, so I came to call you over."

Wu Zhi was a little confused.

This...he is the prime minister!

How to do some delivery work?
To be continued...