"It is precisely that the railway from Yancheng to Jinghai is open. The railway department is preparing for the first trial operation. I hope Your Highness will visit." Zou Rong's eyes seemed to have light, and he rubbed his hands excitedly as he said.

This railway department is currently under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Works is also directly responsible for the laying of railways.

Zhao Xu nodded and felt excited.

This is Dasong, the first railway in Dongtu, and it was built entirely on its own technology.

At the same time, it means that not only in terms of steamships, but now in terms of railways, Jiangbei has also achieved a catching up with the western steam industry.

In the future, the technological upgrade will be a one-sided transcendence.

"I will naturally go to such an important thing." Zhao Xu smiled, "When will I test the train?"

"It's OK at any time." Zou Rong said.

"Well, then the day after tomorrow, let the people come and visit the grand occasion." Zhao Xu said.

He was preparing to go to Jinghai to inspect the construction of ships.

While trying the driving, you can experience the steam locomotive while going straight from Yancheng to Jinghai.

This Yancheng is only about 180 miles from Jinghai, only 90 kilometers.

In the past, it often took more than a day to arrive.

If the steam engine is running fine, it will take only one and a half hours to reach Jinghai.

I'll go in the morning and come back in the afternoon.

However, the first test drive was naturally stable. In addition, he took it personally, so the railway department would definitely not dare to run at full speed of 60 kilometers per hour.

But even if it is 30 kilometers per hour, it only takes three hours to reach Jinghai.

From more than a day before to one and a half hours today, it can be seen that steam locomotives are a huge change in transportation mode.

People, merchants, officials and goods no longer need to waste a lot of time on the road, which can improve the efficiency of the entire Jiangbei.

This is like blood flowing in the blood vessels of the human body. The speed of oxygen transport can undoubtedly determine the person's ability to move.

In the future, Jiangbei will enter an era of high efficiency.

"Yes, Your Highness." Zou Rong laughed twice and bowed to leave.

After Zou Rong's figure disappeared, Zhao Xu sent someone to Wuji Palace to ask Zhao Heng to visit the test drive of the steam engine locomotive.

Although this Emperor Dasong does not have any rights at present, he is at least still the mascot of Dasong.

Furthermore, he let the emperor see his ability with his own eyes and made him regret his once mean treatment of the Ninth Prince.

In addition to Zhao Heng, he also asked Yang Feng and other old ministers in Jinling, as well as royal family members such as King Chun, and asked them to come together.

One servant after another of the royal palaces took the order and left.

This incident spread like wildfire, so naturally Yang Susu, Feng'er and Luan'er also knew about it.

Halfway through his way back to the bedroom, Yang Susu came with Feng'er and Luan'er.

"Your Highness, I'm going to go too." Yang Susu and Feng'er exchanged glances and begged.

Since seeing a steamboat in Jinghai last time, Yang Susu has not only been interested in knitting female workers.

Zhao Xu can understand this too.

After all, Yang Susu also studied since childhood and has a wide range of knowledge than ordinary girls.

In addition, the strong scientific atmosphere in Yanzhou and his intentional or unintentional influence, it is normal to be curious about affairs that are completely different from poetry, books, rituals and music.

Of course, the most important point is that sometimes when Zhao Xu chats with Wang Chong and others, she seems to be listening to a book of heaven, making herself look pale.

Chatting with Zhao Xu also reduced many topics.

She was born into a family of military generals and was also a gentle person on the outside and strong person on the inside. Because almost all the men of the Yang family died on the battlefield, she was a daughter and could not go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, so she always had the idea of ​​being a woman as good as a man.

So he secretly competed.

However, if it were just like this, she wouldn't have been like that.

Another thing is that under the instruction of Zhao Xu, Mi Zhuang has been spreading new Confucianism with other great scholars recently.

The core of this new Confucianism is to target the old Confucianism, and to remove the dross.

On the one hand, it overturns the traditional old learning of only the classics of the sages, and on the other hand, it advocates the new learning of the Gongshu model.

And it is encouraged that both men and women can enter school.

Therefore, since the King of Yan had this idea, she, as the princess, wanted her husband and wife to follow her.

"Go, of course I have to go. The deputy commander of the steam engine locomotive this time is a woman." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

The reason why he made the railway trial operation so grand was that in addition to demonstrating Jiangbei's strong steam industry strength and enhancing the confidence of the people from the people to the officials, he also wanted to take the opportunity to educate the public.

One of the purposes of education is to show the female deputy commander, so that everyone realizes that women can do some key tasks, so that the people no longer obstruct girls from entering school.

According to the information provided by Liu Fu to him, 90% of the boys who have been admitted to school from the imperial court.

In this feudal society, girls can only wait for marriage in the boudoir, and women have no talent and virtue to continue.

After all, the competition between modern countries is a competition of comprehensive national strength and talent.

The more students enrolled, the more talented people can be selected.

If the male loses girls, it means half of the students are missing.

Another educational purpose is to make the public realize the importance of technology.

Even the emperor and ministers attended the trial run of the steam locomotive, which left a deep impression on the people, and changed the slanderous statement of strange tricks and tricks.

"Is that true? Since that's the case, I'm going to have a look." Yang Susu smiled and revealed two dimples.

Zhao Xu shook his head. Yang Susu was two years younger than him, only eighteen years old. She was a lively and energetic age. There was indeed no need to let her be a canary in a cage.

Then he thought that asking the princess to actively learn various scientific knowledge is also a spur to other women.

If another institution is established, it would be even better if she was specifically responsible for the difficulty of enrolling girls.

As soon as he thought of this, he nodded secretly.

Another day passed.

On the third day, Zhao Xu and Yang Susu first went to Wuji Palace to invite Zhao Heng and Concubine Mi, and then went straight to the station located east of Yancheng.

At this time, Liu Fu, Yang Feng, Chun Wang and others all arrived, and the people who came to see the fun were crowded with people. They stood on both sides of the railway and formed a thick wall of people.

"Please, Your Highness."

As soon as Zhao Xu arrived, Zou Rong immediately came to Zhao Xu and led everyone into the station.

While walking in, Zhao Xu observed the old-style station.

There is no luxury of a contemporary railway station. There is only a row of houses with red tiles and red walls on the north side of Yancheng Station. This is the office of railway workers.

In front of the house is a row of pillars, with a canopy being picked out above the pillars.

There is also a row of canopies opposite, and the middle of the canopy and the canopy is covered with gravel, and there are two railway tracks above the gravel.

A steam locomotive was parked on the starting rails, and six cars were pulled behind the steam locomotive.
Chapter completed!