Chapter 1644: Weapons
Looking at the situation outside through the crystal window, Zhu Houzhao became more and more curious.
In fact, from the report from the factory guards, he heard that Zhenguo Mansion had enclosed land in the suburbs of Beijing and built high walls with a radius of several miles, and was strictly prevented and prohibited.
Originally, the factory guards mean that the Zhenguo Mansion is extremely dangerous to do this. This is at the foot of the emperor, a major area in the capital. If you don’t want to enclose land and build walls, you will still be idle. This is a taboo. Who knows if you are raising dead soldiers and preparing for rebellion?
However, Zhu Hou took care of the report and ignored it at all, and just let Ye Chunqiu go.
Zhu Houzhao is very clear at this point. He is not like his ancestors, but he does not doubt people and does not doubt people.
He could trust Ye Chunqiu.
If this were not the case, how could there be the legendary Eight Tigers at that time? Didn’t these Eight Tigers be rampant just now because they received unconditional trust from Zhu Houzhao?
Now, Zhu Houzhao was really taken into this high wall where idle people were not allowed to enter, and Zhu Houzhao had countless questions in his heart. What is this? Is it a weapon workshop? Or...
But Zhu Houzhao thought about it carefully, if it was just a workshop with ordinary weapons, why would it take so fast to surround it? It was too luxurious.
Even if you try the cannons, it is inappropriate because it is too easy to hurt innocent people. Therefore, in general, the weapons workshops of Zhenguo Mansion, especially those such as artillery, are transported to Tianjin Wei's ring edge test firing.
Zhu Houzhao kept guessing in her heart, but she had no idea for a moment. She only felt that the carriage had been here for a long time and finally stopped.
Ye Chunqiu, who was ahead, had already gotten off the horse, and came to Zhu Houzhao's car and said, "Please get off the car."
Zhu Houzhao got out of the car and suddenly, he didn't have time to smile with Ye Chunqiu.
I saw that in front of him was a giant, nearly three people tall, covered in iron, a chimney above his head, and a row of wheels below, all cast in fine steel, and two tracks below the wheel.
Zhu Houzhao looked at this "big figure" in surprise, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.
After a long time, his eyes shone with light and he said in surprise: "What is this?"
"Steaming car." Ye Chunqiu replied: "It all depends on your majesty's great blessing. The craftsmen of the Zhenguo Mansion raised two years based on my ideas, spent hundreds of thousands of silver taels, and hundreds of craftsmen worked hard. The steaming car had just emerged. I have been improving and experimenting for it for half a year. Now, it has finally been finalized. I plan to name this steaming car Zhengde. I wonder if Your Majesty is willing?"
Zhu Houzhao still didn't quite understand what it was, but looking at the giant made of steel, with unparalleled momentum, he suddenly realized how spectacular and terrifying it would be if such an armored chariot rushed into the formation of the Tatars' cavalry!
So Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask excitedly: "Is this... a weapon to deal with the Tatars?"
Ye Chunqiu smiled and said, "No, Your Majesty, this is a powerful weapon to deal with all enemies. All over the world are the king's land, but some people regard our Ming Dynasty as an enemy. Your Majesty can use this steam car to defeat it. However, its function is not to be used to rush to the battlefield."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned and frowned in confusion and said, "How can it kill the enemy if it doesn't charge?"
Ye Chunqiu said: "He can send hundreds of thousands of troops from the capital to Ningxia thousands of miles away at any time within half a month. Once Qinglong is attacked, the vanguard of the capital can arrive at Qinglong for assistance in just one day. Your Majesty, do you still remember the southern expedition during the Yongle period?"
Of course, Zhu Houzhao knew that this was a war that Emperor Wen conscripted Annan.
Ye Chunqiu said: "In May of the fourth year of Yongle, I issued a proclamation to him to conquer Annan and dispatch troops. But in December, our Ming army and horses had just entered Annan. It took seven months to gather the army and prepare food and fodder. Your Majesty, seven months. If there is this steamed car, as long as your Majesty makes up his mind and a decree, a month will be issued, and countless troops can be deployed on the border of Annan at any time. All the food and grass can be supplied in a sufficient supply, and it will be sent to the front line. Your Majesty thinks that this steamed car is much sharper than artillery."
A short story from Ye Chunqiu made Zhu Houzhao realize that he finally knew the function of steaming cars.
At this time, Ye Chunqiu said again: "In addition to being able to transport quickly, more importantly, the biggest benefit of this steamed car is to save people's strength. People's strength is valuable. Any war, 200,000 troops need to recruit hundreds of thousands of people to help the war. This not only causes the people to suffer from corvee labor, but also causes many young and strong laborers to delay production. It can be said that it is a waste of people and money. Now, all this can be solved. Your Majesty, with this steamed car, there will be no more local emperors in the world with high and far away emperors. This is Amaterasu Daming."
The leaves are blowing in the sky.
Zhu Houzhao was confused when she heard this. Is it so powerful? Uh... But why does it feel like she is fooling me?
Ye Chunqiu knew Zhu Houzhao naturally. Seeing Zhu Houzhao's blank expression, he understood it in his heart. He was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would not believe it, so he said, "Then, please ask Your Majesty to get on the bus."
Testing novel products has always been Zhu Houzhao's favorite thing, not to mention that the person around him was Ye Chunqiu. Zhu Houzhao did not hesitate and directly followed Ye Chunqiu to the car behind the steaming car.
When he got to the car, Zhu Houzhao was surprised again.
The carriage was extremely large, with rows of chairs fixed, but it was very uncomfortable to sit. Zhu Houzhao felt his farts so he was annoyed for a moment. At this moment, the carriage suddenly began to shake violently. Zhu Hou could not take care of this, and his face changed. From the crystal glass window, he saw thick smoke rolling outside, and the huge white smoke rising into the sky. Just when Zhu Houzhao didn't know what to do, he suddenly started to move, like a shaking old cow, starting to move slowly, and a cracking sound was made under the carriage.
Before Zhu Houzhao could react, she saw many scenes outside the window starting to retreat, faster and faster. The shaking of the carriage was reduced a little at this time, but the rumbling sound was still continuous.
Zhu Houzhao's entire chin was about to fall down, but this thing actually moved?
He couldn't help but say to Ye Chunqiu: "There is no horse in front of you."
Ye Chunqiu nodded and said, "Your Majesty, there is no horse."
Under the limitations of conditions, the steamed cars in this era were extremely noisy, and Ye Chunqiu almost shouted at Zhu Houzhao, so that Zhu Houzhao could hear it clearly.
Chapter completed!