Wanli did not ask Shufan for money anymore. The sky became warm. The young man who sold honeycomb coal in northern Zhili collected the account and it was time to pay tribute to the emperor.

But the warm weather is not just about making money.

As the weather gets warmer, the railway to the south of Tianjin is about to start construction, and the soldiers and horses in Guihua City in the North Attachment must also start to take action. A large amount of material preparation not only will the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue have to leave the accounts, but the emperor is also used to rewarding the soldiers who went on expedition separately.

This is all about spending money.

Senei's long caravans came out of Datong, branched out of four routes, stepped on the desolate ancient roads in the valley, carrying a large number of military supplies to the city of Guihua.

Caravans from all over the world gathered together. As early as last autumn, Emperor Wanli issued an edict to recruit caravans that dared to transport materials from the mouth. Although there was no reward, they still remained high. The registered officials in charge of the city of Tong from the 15th National Congress this year did not have a holiday. Merchants from all over the country received goods from Beiyang and gathered in Datong, waiting for the ice and snow outside the mouth to melt and lead the team to set off.

The court did not give rewards, but gave these merchants who were escorting military funds the power to trade outside the border. In addition to hardware, gunpowder and other military funds, two trucks of supplies were escorted to the border, and a truck of goods was allowed to be sold.

When the tax was released, they paid 10% of the tax at the Senei market price. After that, the court did not care which tribe the merchants sold the goods to; the court did not care about the high price of the goods - this was never seen before.

The Ming Dynasty's trade blockade against the north has lasted for two hundred years. It is obvious that this is an opportunity for merchants to make a fortune, not to worry about safety.

Not to mention that the general of the foreign relatives of the Britannia was leading his army to march towards Guihua City, the court itself was stationed in Guihua City with powerful soldiers from Beiyang, and the guards were also used as guards to go out with them. People said that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The court had no choice but to use the Jin Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty as a springboard for the empire to the north and even the northwest. Now Guihua City has gathered all the officers and soldiers. After a winter, all the supplies are in short supply. The baggage must be transported, but once the guards are launched for escort, the battle will be a loss.

For example, the railway from Tianjin to Changping is open today, and the section from Yanqingwei to Xuanfu and Datong is also open. Only the more than 80 miles of road from Changping to Yanqingwei is not open - Badaling and Wuding River. That section of road is the most difficult to repair, and it is only secondary.

Isn't it afraid that the railways built in China are now faster than those built in Beiyang, and they rely on more military households and are easy to manage. The on-site inspections were completed two years ago. The wooden rails were built from Beiyang and led directly to Changping by Qinglong Army. The Changping General used a large chariot to guard the railway along the way and transported them to Yanqing garrison. The hundreds of households in the garrison worked their own work, and the military households were busy with labor service, and the people were busy with labor service during the slack farming. They worked intermittently for a year.

Even if it is slower, the construction workers can only get close, otherwise they will not be able to afford them.

Since Qi Jiguang went out of the border, the north has been using troops continuously and the food consumption is high. The pass is not able to launch large-scale local corvee labor, so he can only pay wages and cannot afford food.

But the terrain of that road was difficult, with few military households and few people along the way. The result of that road has not been repaired so far is the road from Tianjin to Changping. The Ming Dynasty had an extreme transportation capacity beyond imagination in the past. In just 26 hours, the latest model of the Qinglong Army could travel 400 miles to deliver a huge amount of goods to Changping, but it was blocked as soon as it passed by Changping.

The eighty miles of road will take four days with a carriage.

After that period of the road, the speed suddenly increased and arrived in Datong within twenty-seven hours.

However, if you want to deliver the goods from here to Guihua City, the nearest road is still 400 miles, and there is no railway. Fang Fengshi's date for the baggage team is limited to 15 days for light-loaded baggage and 30 days for heavy baggage.

This means that the food rations for half a month will be consumed as road consumption, and they will have more road consumption to accept later. In this way, no matter where the battle goes, it will definitely be a loss-making business - where can I find enemies on the grassland that will have more rewards than road consumption?

Fang Fengshi didn't want to lose money, so he went to ask Wang Chonggu, the Minister of War who had retired and returned home, and eventually prompted the court to make such a decision.

The baggage was handed over to merchants to transport it out of customs. Several military soldiers were inserted into the caravan to guard the caravans. The chariots and horses loading the baggage were prepared by the court. The shapes of all carriages except the artillery carriages were unified. According to the weight, quasi-commerce merchants were trafficked into the Jin Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty. Merchants had to bear the food of the flag army and transport the baggage to Guihua City within the specified time. After being delivered to Guihua City, they could choose where to sell goods by themselves.

Some flag troops will continue to follow them and assume the responsibilities of protection, surveying, mapping, guide and supervision.

Around Beijing, the Ming Dynasty had sufficient experience in mass-making large trucks. It was the earliest to move the capital from Yongle to Jiajing to rebuild the three halls. The demand for carrying large quantities of goods caused the imperial court to manufacture large trucks, two-wheeled, four-wheeled, six-wheeled, eight-wheeled, and even built six-wheeled, and when the latter was too practical.

In order to save costs after the imperial court used up, these big trucks would be sold to the surrounding people at a discount. Of course, two-wheeled trucks and four-wheeled trucks would be sold at a cost. Later, when they were used up, they would come to the people to buy them, and they would sell them after they were used up... They would be remade if they couldn't buy them.

The steering of the Ming Dynasty four-wheeled vehicles was not very convenient, but it was not as inconvenient as the general perception. It was indeed difficult to turn without a steering device for four-wheeled vehicles, but the four-wheeled carriage is different from the four-wheeled carriage. It is more like a six-wheeled truck. It is just that the front of the car is livestock, and the left and right wheels are not stuck with the axle. The two-wheeled speeds are different when turning, so the livestock turns naturally.

However, buying this time can no longer solve the problem. Because of the track problem, they need to use cars that can run on the track, so they can only build large trucks with uniform specifications from Beiyang, all of which are concave four-wheeled vehicles wrapped in iron on the outer edge. The body is nailed with cast iron sheets and four lines of characters on it.

The first four-wheeled vehicle was built by the Beiyang Military Weapons Bureau.

The second act of the earth road loads 1,200 kilograms.

Three-character stone road single horse loads 4,000 kilograms.

The railway load capacity is 8,000 kilograms.

This time, Beiyang still did not use steering tools for the bottom of the car, but it added bearings, because whether it is reed or steering shaft, the load load will be smaller or easily damaged. The more complicated the thing is broken, the harder it is to repair it. It is common sense. It is damaged under the conditions of not being connected to the village and not being connected to the store outside the frontier. If the shaft is broken, you can change to a spare shaft, but if the load-bearing steering tool breaks, it means that the car is scrapped.

Besides, Beiyang did not intend to bring the enjoyment of military supplies. The popularization of anything in large quantities, decoration, and comfort are not important, practicality is the most important.

For example, the big Qinglong, which Emperor Wanli loved the most, made Zhou Sijing very busy. The application of railways made hundreds of the largest models of Huoding Star Lords were produced and put into use as the front of the Qinglong military train. The Steam Bureau had no time to decorate them and put them in an iron shell.

Even the iron shells on the outer hood were outsourced by Zhou Sijing to the Beiyang Shipyard.

Low cost.
Chapter completed!