"What is that? I watched it packing bags of food onto the train, as if it was food!"

"It's food, the food prepared to be transported to Liaodong!"

"Oh, so that's it. It's said that Liaodong will be able to be self-sufficient, right?"

"It's more than that. My cousin in the yamen said that starting next year, Liaodong will be self-sufficient, and starting from the next year, it will be able to supply North Korea with food! In the court's plan, Liaodong can grow a lot of food."

"Hey, what are you talking about? You can talk about Liaodong food. I'm convinced you!"

"Haha, just chat, just chat. By the way, you shouldn't have to load so much food on the carriage on the train, right?"

"From this attitude, I must have to load the train! Tsk, there are so many!"

"There are too many of these. Can this fire-burning car be able to move?"

"It should be able to pull, otherwise, how could it be so much?"

“…”

No matter what the onlookers are talking about, their focus is that they can load so much food on the train, which is worth more than twenty carriages. Is this possible?

With such questions, they watched the food loading onto the train while waiting for the train to start.

Finally, all the food was loaded onto the train, and the carriage drove away from the station, and even Emperor Chongzhen and others were a little further away from the locomotive.

After an official asked for an order, he issued a driving order to the driver on the locomotive.

At this moment, everyone looked at the locomotive, and they stared at the train, seeing whether they could pull so many things!

Wait, wait, wait...

In fact, I didn't wait much time, but in the hearts of these waiting crowds, it seemed that they had been waiting for a long time. Just when they thought the train was not working, they suddenly heard a long "flute" sound, and the head of the train was spitting out a large mouthful of smoke like a god.

"Hey, it's moving, it's moving, it's moving..." Someone saw through the fog and saw that the train seemed to be moving, and he couldn't help but scream in surprise, just like a child seeing a novel toy.

"It's moving, I've seen it, the train moves..." Everyone else agreed happily when they heard it.

However, some people were a little worried about watching it. The train did move, but why is it so slow? If you really need this speed, it would be better than a carriage when Tongzhou is in the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month!

However, just as they thought this way, the train slowly got faster and faster, making a charming sound of "Kongcha Kongcha".

"Wow, it's getting up soon, finally it's getting up soon, look!"

In the surprise, there was more smoke. But no matter what, you could finally see the train passing through the smoke, appearing in front of them, and then driving forward along the railroad tracks.

The speed of this train is ultimately just the speed of ordinary people trotting. People around you can jump on the train as long as they get a run.

However, the train dragged ten cars and pulled the cargo capacity of about twenty carriages. This surprised everyone who saw it: just burning coal can generate such a lot of strength?

The key is that you don’t have to eat grass, don’t worry about getting sick, you can run by burning coal. From the cost, the more things you transport and the farther you transport them, the greater the advantage of the train will be!

When many traders saw this, they immediately realized the benefits that this steam train could bring. Most of them know how to calculate and immediately settle the accounts for the people around them. Not to mention, everyone who heard it was surprised.

Of course, some people say that grapes are sour, and they say sarcastically among the crowd: "Now you are comfortable in business, you can save a lot of money and make a lot of money!"

When a businessman heard this, he immediately said happily: "Don't say that, brother, we are doing business. The cost is reduced, and of course, the price of sales will definitely be reduced. It's not that everyone can get benefits!"

When the others heard this, they all praised the train happily: This guy who eats coal is amazing, really amazing!

However, compared to them, Emperor Chongzhen was just as immense as he looked at the train's butt.

In order to make the train that debuted for the greatest sensation, he specially asked the prince to create the most powerful locomotive that he can build. After the experiment, he hung the most train carriages, and did not use tools such as pulleys and booms. He used manpower to carry them from the carriage in front of the audience, giving them an intuitive impression of how much transportation volume the train is!

Overall, this effect was good. Emperor Chongzhen's eyes swept over. Whether it was a high-ranking official in the court, a student in the Imperial College, or the ordinary people, they were all excited and whispering to the people around them, which was obviously very appreciating the steam train.

"At this time, no one will stand up and call for pollution, right?" Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself, and then returned to the palace.

As for ordinary people, of course they would not leave so quickly. There are many half-aged children who even run behind the train, laughing and joking, just like celebrating the festival.

After Emperor Chongzhen returned to the palace, he issued an intention to start the construction of railways in the country first.

The first one is: from the capital to Yangzhou Prefecture, and from Yingtian Prefecture to Guangzhou Prefecture; this is a vertical line, and it is probably the busiest railway line.

The second is: from the capital to Hanzhong and then to Gansu, it will go to Tianshan and even further in the future. This railway is one for people's livelihood, and the other is to play a very important role in the wars in the Western Regions and the final rule over the future.

The third article is: the capital to Shenyang, Liaodong, and to Busan, North Korea; although this line is included in the plan to start construction, it does not require completion as soon as possible. After all, the population of Liaodong and North Korea is too small; however, in the future, the transportation of materials will still be indispensable. Another point is that the improvement of transportation will play a very important role in the imperial court's rule on the border, so this railway will eventually be built.

The fourth article is: Guihua City goes to Hanzhong and then to Sichuan, pass Yunnan, and finally to Dongwu. The construction of this railway will be very difficult, and it will be included in the plan like the third article. It will be calculated as much as it can be built. When the railway construction experience becomes more abundant, it will not be too late to complete it. The main purpose is of course to extend the control of the Ming Dynasty to the Indian Ocean and then to the Middle East.

In addition to these four railways being stipulated by Emperor Chongzhen’s decree, provinces can decide whether to build railways based on their own needs and connect them to these four backbone roads. Plans are proposed and submitted to the emperor for approval.

After Emperor Chongzhen issued this decree, the cabinet was naturally responsible for planning and implementing the relevant content. As for Emperor Chongzhen himself, he had to solve the next problem, that is, the issue of electricity.

Not to mention other things, just like the train nowadays, there is a problem when driving at night. The locomotive has no headlights and cannot see the road conditions ahead. Although it is driving on the railway track, what if there is a problem with the railway track?

If the train does not drive at night, it would be a waste. Therefore, the solution to the train's nighttime driving is to open the road with a pissy light in front of the train to check the safety of the railway tracks. If you find any problems, send a signal to the train driver behind you.

Fortunately, the train is not fast, so this method is also effective.

Of course, the most important thing is to ensure that the road guard team often checks the safety of the rails. After a long time, the road driver can be removed and the angrily wind light can be hung on the locomotive.

It is still very simple to generate electricity. Electromagnetic induction can cause electricity, just cut the magnetic field. However, conductive copper wire is a problem, wrapping copper wire is a problem, and filament is a problem...

There are actually quite a lot of problems, but if they are not applied on a large scale, there are solutions after all.

For example, copper wire can be modified by skilled craftsmen after drawing the machine tool to achieve the requirements of consistency in thickness as much as possible;

Insulators include ceramics, glass, rubber, etc. Of course, rubber trees are still in South America today; but South America is the sphere of influence of Portugal. When Emperor Chongzhen signed an alliance with Portugal before, he made requirements, including books, talents, etc., including requirements for the introduction of rubber trees.

But at this time, the Portuguese did not have a deep understanding of rubber trees, and they still had to introduce them to South America, which took time. However, it would take time. It is estimated that they could also introduce them to the Ming Dynasty within the next two years.

There is also a need for glass for light bulbs, which is no longer a problem. After the development of Daming Glass Factory in recent years, under the stimulation of economic benefits, any kind of glass can be blown out.

As for vacuum, it is not a problem. At this time, in Europe, there were already people paying attention to vacuum matters and successfully realized it two years later, and a series of experiments were still being conducted in the vacuum. If Kischer did not come to the Ming Dynasty, he would have drained a vacuum in 1650 to verify the conclusion that sound could not spread in the vacuum.

In the original history, tungsten wire was not discovered to be the best for use as a filament after a long time. However, Emperor Chongzhen had the knowledge of later generations, so he naturally jumped to this point directly.

Of course, these statements seem simple. If you really want to make them, they will inevitably take a lot of time, manpower and material resources. But Emperor Chongzhen was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so he did not lack these.

While he was busy with these things, it was already snowing in the Western Regions. Hong Chengchou had to stop the matter of reorganizing the Mongols. He had to wait until the spring of the next year before he could continue.

However, in a farther northwest, in a large cowhide tent, someone was discussing what Hong Chengchou was doing. It can be seen from their words and deeds that they were very unhappy.
Chapter completed!