Chapter 515 Railway Tracks! An Epoch-Making New Thing!
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There was no shortage of capable officials in the Ming Dynasty.
For example, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, had outstanding political achievements, especially financial management. Emperor Yongle affectionately called him his "little abacus."
Another example is Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who was simple and upright, and was highly praised by both the government and the public. At that time, people called him the famous prime minister in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jian Shu, and he had the style of honoring his ancestors.
There were really not a few talented officials in the Yongle Dynasty.
At least Yang Shiqi asked himself that he was far inferior to Xia Yuanji and Jian Yi now.
Therefore, facing this compliment from Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, Yang Shiqi was really flattered.
Zhu Gaoxu saw his uneasiness and smiled: "Husky, Jian Xia is old. The future cabinet and the future Ming Dynasty will be the era of Yang Pu, Yang Rong, and Yang Shiqi!"
"Why does Your Highness value your subordinates so much?"
Puzzle and confusion filled his heart, forcing Yang Shiqi to ask this question.
Zhu Gaoxu was stunned when he heard this and didn't know how to answer.
Why do you value Yang Shiqi?
Because you are the first of three people who will go down in history!
Because it was you, Yang Shiqi, who single-handedly shaped the cabinet’s overwhelming power!
Because it was you, Yang Shiqi, who successfully broke the balance between civil and military affairs and ensured the pattern of civil servants adhering to government!
During the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, there were many wise ministers and famous generals, but you, Yang Shiqi, are definitely one of the best!
Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Husky, you can doubt my handsomeness, but you can't doubt my vision."
"Over the years, I have dealt with a lot of civil servants, but I have never killed the truly talented and capable officials, the people who are truly useful to the Ming Dynasty!"
"You count Yang Shiqi, you count Yang Pu, especially Yang Rong, that idiot. If I hadn't seen him useful to the court, I would have killed him long ago!"
Yang Shiqi: "???"
Where is love?
I thought it was love?
It turned out to be like that!
One word that hurt the heart, and the conversation stopped there.
Seeing Yang Shiqi's face full of sadness, Wang Jing was extremely surprised.
Damn it, my prince is very charming, but it’s not that big, right?
As the group went down the mountain, the road suddenly became wider.
But before they had gone a few steps, everyone stopped and looked at the strange thing in the middle of the road in a daze.
In the middle of the road, two long iron bars were seen, extending from the Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant to the depths of the mine.
"Your Highness, King of Han, what is this?" Yang Shiqi stared at this thing, vaguely feeling that it was not simple.
After all, he was a man known as the "Nanyang Prime Minister". Of course, Yang Shiqi would not think that the Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant had too much iron and had no place to use it and buried it in the ground. It must have other uses, but he didn't know it.
So the question is, what is the use of these polished iron bars on the ground?
Eunuch Haishou took the lead and said proudly: "My lords, this is the railway track specially built by our Zunhua Iron Factory based on the suggestion of His Highness the King of Han!"
"Iron ghost path? What is it?"
Everyone was confused and looked at Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu.
The latter had an impatient look on his face and obviously didn't have the intention to spread common sense.
"My lords, in fact, this thing was first used in smelting plants and appeared very early."
"The iron ingots smelted in the iron factory are too heavy. Even in the factory, after coming out of the furnace, they are cooled and shaped, then transported to the warehouse, and finally transferred to various weapon workshops and other workshops. It’s extremely inconvenient and requires a lot of manpower.”
"So some craftsmen came up with this method. They cast this kind of rails and laid them in the factory. Then they made some grooved iron wheel cars. This kind of iron wheel can just be embedded in the track. superior."
"In this way, only one or two people can push a cart of heavy iron ingots around the factory, which greatly saves manpower and improves smelting efficiency."
Eunuch Haishou patiently explained, and everyone nodded.
Sure enough, the wisdom of craftsmen is endless.
This mine cart iron track was developed through continuous exploration in production practice.
If it were officials like them who stayed in the capital and enjoyed themselves, they would never be able to come up with such a clever trick.
However, since it is inside the ironworks, why should it be laid outside the ironworks?
Before Yang Shiqi could ask, Eunuch Haishou explained thoughtfully: "As early as two years ago, His Royal Highness the King of Han accidentally mentioned this matter to our family. We can try to lay railway tracks around the iron factory, especially in mines and city stations. The road is waiting..."
"Facts have proved that His Highness the King of Han is really wise. He spent a lot of money in the early stage, but the benefits in the later stage are huge!"
“When there were no such railway tracks before, the only way to drag the selected ore to the mining area was to rely on animal power and manpower.”
"However, in the past three years, the Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant has grown rapidly and has gradually become short of manpower, so we can only think of other ways."
"Our family has decided against all opinions and decided to adopt His Highness the King of Han's suggestion to vigorously build railway tracks and first use railway tracks to connect the iron factory and the mine!"
"After the railway track was built, a big problem was indeed solved. A few horses can drag dozens of mine carts. The efficiency is much higher than in the past. It also allowed our Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant to solve an urgent need."
While Eunuch Haishou explained patiently, he did not forget to flatter His Highness the King of Han.
But a eunuch is a eunuch, and what he says sounds nice.
After hearing these truths, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, especially Yang Shiqi.
What a good thing!
This is really good stuff!
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Zhu Gaoxu, however, looked at the people talking and asked a soul question.
"If this kind of iron track replaces the previous post road, or is laid on top of the post road, do you think it is possible?"
Everyone: "???"
What?
Post road?
Railroad tracks?
How can it be?
How much investment does it take...
"Why is it impossible?!"
Yang Shiqi looked at Zhu Gaoxu in disbelief with a shocked face.
Yes, why is it impossible?
The Zunhua Iron Smelting Plant has already achieved this. Next, the imperial court only needs to promote the technology of laying iron tracks to all major iron smelting plants in the world. Based on these iron smelting plants, it will start to lay a series of iron tracks to connect every village and town. A city, finally... replaced the post roads with railway tracks!
You know, what railway tracks bring is efficiency and time!
If railway tracks could be laid all over the world, what would the Ming Dynasty look like?
His Highness the King of Han is truly a man of God!
At this moment, a sound of "ding, bang, bang, bang" came from the distance.
Everyone looked up in the direction of the sound and saw several large horses running towards them from a distance.
Behind the horse, there were more than a dozen mine carts being dragged. Each mine cart was loaded with ore. In the blink of an eye, they were in front of everyone from a distance.
Looking at the mine carts passing in front of him, Yang Shiqi confirmed his suspicion.
The horse is dragging a mine cart, and the mine cart is filled with ore.
Can it be turned into a carriage in the future, with people in it and goods loaded?
Why is it impossible? !
Zhu Gaoxu walked up to him and smiled proudly.
"Husky, did you see that?"
"Are you willing to leave with such a great Ming?"
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