Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 580 Pioneer gallops along the Beijing-Tianjin Road, the Qing captives and traitors all lose their souls!
"Woo-!"

Boluo subconsciously looked around the sound of the long cry, as did Chen Zhilin, Gong Dingzi, Chen Mingxia and other hard laborers of the road construction brigade, and saw a scene that shocked them at the same time.

I saw that following a slanting column of thick smoke, a strange iron car with a length of twenty or thirty feet, pulling twelve carriages in a row, was rumbling forward along the railway two or three hundred steps away from the official road. Fast as a galloping horse!

That thunder-like aura seemed to be able to crush any obstacles standing in front of it into pieces!

All the slaves stared at the strange car with their eyes wide open, until it went far south, and even the smoke column disappeared, and then they gradually came back to their senses.

Boluo swallowed his dry throat, only feeling shock and fear in his heart.

Before that, when working in the road construction brigade, he also heard others talk about the railway and the train.

It's just that although the road construction brigade has contact with the outside world, there is still a big gap. Not to mention him, a prisoner of the Eight Banners, even those traitors and slaves, few normal people are willing to talk to them.

It is said that the wives of slaves such as Gong Dingzi and Chen Zhilin divorced them in order to prove to Daming that they had nothing to do with the traitors and get better treatment.

Therefore, it is also quite difficult for the people in the road construction brigade to obtain outside information, and the discussion on trains and railways is naturally very vague.

Therefore, Boluo originally only listened to the train as a story, thinking that the railway must have other uses, rather than passing any trains on it.

But now it seems that the train is really passing through!
And the momentum of this train is so terrifying!

'The speed of the train is like a galloping horse, but it is as powerful as the rumored dragon, and it has more than a dozen carriages.

If Daming built this railway to Liaodong, and used trains to transport troops, grain, grass and other armaments, wouldn't it greatly save the consumption of transportation? '

Although Boluo couldn't see through all the benefits of the train, even if he only thought of one or two points, his scalp felt numb and his heart sank.

He looked at the railway again, and couldn't help thinking: Is there really no hope for Daqing?
Officials such as Chen Zhilin and Gong Dingzi, who were demoted to the Qing Dynasty, felt even more complicated.

Ever since they were captured by the Ming army and became traitors and hard laborers, they lived in regret every day.Some people tried various methods, hoping to obtain forgiveness from Emperor Zhaowu and the court, so as to alleviate their crimes and stop doing hard labor.

However, none of them succeeded.

Later, someone inquired that Emperor Zhaowu had something to say: Officials of the Qing Dynasty will never forgive him!
Even if they try their best, they can at most get a better job in the hard labor team, at most they will be exiled to the frontier to open up wasteland after many years of hard labor.

There is no way to live a normal life.It is absolutely impossible to regain the appointment of the court.

Not only that, but the imperial court ordered the compilation of "Biography of the Traitors" to record their deeds of being sent to the Qing Dynasty to serve the Qing Dynasty, so that they would be forever nailed to the pillar of shame in history, and their stigma will last forever!
As a result, some people began to feel hopeless, began to hate Daming and Emperor Zhaowu, and hoped that Daming would end as soon as possible every day.

However, after more than half a year, under their curse, Daming not only did not die, but became better and stronger in all aspects.

Now there are railways, trains and other miracles.

This made Chen Zhilin and others even more desperate, and regretted their choice of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty and serving as a Qing official.

"What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and work!"

The captain of the Ming army who oversaw this section cracked his whip crisply, bringing all the slaves back to their senses. Under the threat of the whip, they had no choice but to keep working hard.

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After Du Yinxi, Zhang Kuang and other senior officials left, most of the common people, as well as Hou Dongzeng, Tao Runai and other parent officials and responsible officials remained at the train station.

But as time went by, more and more people left.

Many people thought it was foolish to wait here. After all, they all guessed that the train would take at least a day or two to return. Many people just wanted to watch it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

As a result, before dark, people living near the railway heard the unique sound of the whistle and the sound of the train's iron wheels crushing the rails.

'You came back so soon? ! '

Many people are surprised.

Immediately, I couldn't help thinking: This train didn't turn around before reaching Tianjin, right?
As gentry, Zhang Rui and Geng Xin's family fortune is not as rich as before the Qing soldiers entered the customs, but they are also separated from labor production. In addition, they are both very interested in railway transportation, so they have been waiting outside the train station.

This was originally a subconscious behavior, but I didn't expect to wait for the train!

"At this time, it was only five hours before the opening of the railway in the morning, and the train came back? Could it be that he turned back before going to Tianjin?" Zhang Rui guessed.

Geng Xin said: "Shouldn't it? If you don't go to Tianjin and you turn back, what's the point of this first trial run?"

"Then is it possible that the train can go to Tianjin in more than five hours?"

"It's a round trip." Geng Xin looked at the unloading train in front of him, his eyes were bright, "Look, some of those carriages are loaded with military supplies, and some are loaded with sea goods. They must have come from Tianjin turned around!"

Inside the train station, Ni Yuyi and other officials from the Railway Bureau, as well as Hou Dongzeng, Tao Runai and other officials from Shuntian Prefecture, all had smiles on their faces.

Unlike the few people outside who were still watching and guessing, they were sure that the train came back from Tianjin, because the train not only brought goods from Tianjin, but also officials from the Beizhi Railway Bureau guarding Tianjin Station.

As for what the people around them think, they don't care.

I believe that after a long time, all the people will understand the difference between trains and horses, carriages, and boats, and they will also know how much convenience trains will bring them.

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June [-]th of the first year of Zhaowu.

In the afternoon, when the sky was getting dark and Zhu Yu was about to go back to the old house in Zhulin, the Telecommunications Office received a telegram from the Telecommunications Office of the Yamen of the Governor of Beizhili. Du Yinxi, Zhang Kuang and other relevant officials jointly reported that they had taken the Beijing-Tianjin Railway from Beijing to Beijing. It only took nearly 11 hours to go to and from Tianjin.

This also includes their stay in Tianjin for more than half an hour.

That is to say, if the train returns immediately from Beijing to Tianjin, it will take at most ten hours and twenty minutes.

Of course, when the train arrives in Tianjin, it must be repaired—adding coal and water, the train driver and other train personnel changing shifts to rest, and so on.

As for loading, as long as enough manpower is prepared, it can be completed at the same time as adding water and coal.

After reading the telegram, Auntie Zhu immediately asked the Telecom Office to call back, to give verbal rewards to the relevant personnel first, and then the substantive rewards will follow.

And I told Du Yinxi, Ni Yuyi and others to pay attention to the follow-up railway operation and patrol work, so as not to make mistakes.

At the same time, it was decreed to name the first train on the Beijing-Tianjin Railway "Pioneer", implying that this train will become a pioneer in the great construction of the railway and the development of the strong Ming Dynasty!

The next day.

All cabinet ministers and officials above doctorate level from the Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Finance were summoned to the Hall of Martial Arts to hold a special meeting on "Railway Transportation".

At the meeting, Zhu Yu first notified the ministers of the smooth opening of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway.

Naturally, all the ministers were overjoyed and congratulated the country one after another.

Afterwards, Aunt Zhu discussed with the ministers about the construction of the follow-up railway.

This time, Ma Shiying, who has always been cautious in his speech in the court, mainly to cooperate (to cater) to Aimee Zhu, was the first to speak.

"Your Majesty, I think this second railway must be built in Nanzhili. Today, Nanzhili is not only the center of the imperial court, but Su, Song, Chang and other prefectures have always been important places for our Ming's financial and taxation. If we have the convenience of the railway, the economy It will definitely be more developed, and our Daming’s finances and taxes will also be significantly improved!"

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