Brother Zhu Youxiao

"Woooo-"

"Move, move!"

"It's really moving!"

On the third day of the winter month in the tenth year of the Apocalypse, when the siren sounded from the Xicheng Station in the capital, the train that had been publicized for nearly a year finally passed numerous audits and finally appeared before the eyes of the people of Ming Dynasty.

The railway, which was originally scheduled to open to traffic at the end of September, was delayed for more than a month, mainly due to lack of experience.

Fortunately, if everything is resolved now, the problems of other railways will also be solved, and the construction period will not be delayed like the Jingmen Railway.

As the railway from the capital to Mentougou, its starting point is naturally in the direction closest to Mentougou, west of the capital.

Therefore, Jingcheng West Railway Station, a concrete structure station built in the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty, became the first station in the Ming Dynasty, and today it welcomes batch after batch of visitors.

Considering that the population of Ming Dynasty might increase in the next 50 years, at the beginning of station design, Zhu Youjian asked the Ministry of Industry to let the station be built according to the capacity of the local population divided by ten.

Therefore, as the first station put into use in the Ming Dynasty, Jingcheng West Station covers an area of ​​13 mu, with a total construction area of ​​about [-] mu. There are ten platforms in the station, a total of [-] platform surfaces, and four lanes, which can accommodate [-] people. People are waiting for the bus.

Wei Pingyang belonged to the standard beauty of the Ming Dynasty. The facial features on the goose egg face were just right, the lips were not smudged but red, the eyebrows were not painted but green, and his eyes were watery.

Affected by the openness of the late Ming Dynasty, the people are still keen to discuss these, especially in this period when everyone can have enough to eat.

"Perhaps this is the shortcoming of the small clan controlling the big clan."

"Stay overnight with you tonight..."

"Sell tickets, sell tickets!"

"Don't worry about this." Zhu Youjian interrupted Cao Huachun's conjecture and reminded him:

"Have you heard from Yang Wenyue?"

She's a little clumsy in her demeanor, but certain things just need to be that strange to be fun.

Zhu Youjian looked at Wen Tiren, wondering if this guy would be playing the same tricks as in history.

Wen Tiren was reporting, but after the end, Zhu Youjian just made an understatement.

Their tasks are very simple, and their wages are very low, that is, each person takes care of each mile of railway, ten yuan a day, and a monthly salary of three hundred yuan a month.

As the clothes are gone, the jade neck and fragrant shoulders come into view, even a virgin who knows nothing, will also learn without a teacher.

Of course, if he was stubborn and refused to leave, no one would dare to speak against him.

The average train carries [-] passengers, so a penny is already the cost price.

For this purpose, the Ministry of Industry set up a railway department according to Zhu Youjian's words, and the railway department recruited many regular workers.

"understood……"

Some of them led horses, some led donkeys, but most of them were pushing two-wheeled bicycles.

"What does this thing eat and drink? How does it move?"

Looking at the document in his hand, Zhu Youjian couldn't help shaking his head. Although he knew that the literacy rate and steel production in the Qing Dynasty were declining compared with the Ming Dynasty, he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would erupt even faster than the Qing Dynasty. .

After the ride, I am afraid that even if Zhu Youjian does not promote it, the officials will clamor for it.

After closing the booklet, Zhu Youjian no longer read it, because he probably knew in his heart that if the world had an industrial output value, then Daming would basically occupy about [-]% of the global market.

"The land route is about 15 taels of silver, but it takes ten days, and the water route is about 20 taels of silver, and it takes three days." Wen Tiren reported the shipping cost, which made Zhu Youjian a little more relieved.

"Based on one person for three days, let's count from imperial concubine to concubine Ping." Zhu Youjian said helplessly, after all, he did not have sex with these five people for a month.

"The princess said, you haven't left the Changchun Palace for a month, and the five empresses from the East and West Sixth Palaces are still waiting to have a bridal chamber with you..."

"But even so, the profit per mile is still about 75 taels for 26 carriages sharing freight. The entire section of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway costs [-] taels of freight, while the profit of the Ministry of Industry is about [-] taels for the whole train. "

It's just that these multi-wheeled bicycles, which were originally used for freight, were eventually favored by the porters and bearers in the capital without exception, and they placed orders with the imperial shop.

After being busy, the two maids brought two glasses of imperial wine, Zhu Youjian picked up the wine glasses, and after the blushing Wei Pingyang joined hands (handed over a cup of wine), the four bed warming ladies also got out of the bed.

"I'll sleep by myself!" Zhu Youjian turned around speechlessly.

"An industrial steam engine may offset five to twenty times the manpower. In this way, nearly 200 million employees in the factory..."

Looking at the five signs, Zhu Youjian thought of what had happened between him and Yuan Xibin during the month of their newlyweds, and felt that his steps were vain.

"The second voyage to the west should arrive in Ceylon in half a month."

But even so, the industrial output of Ming Dynasty has basically reached the level of the Qing Dynasty during the Westernization Movement, which shows the poor industrial foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

About three hours later, footsteps sounded again, and the person who came in was Cao Huachun holding a thick document.

"Your Highness..."

In just two years now, Daming's total steel output has reached 32 tons, more than tripled, and coal output has also tripled.

"Wan Qing, ah, Wan Qing...you are really bad, people don't know what to say about you..."

Cao Huachun glanced at it, only to realize that His Royal Highness had already processed all the memorials.

Ordinary people need to spend a lot of energy to steal the rails, after all, these rails are fixed.

"Heh..." Zhu Youjian couldn't help but sneer when he thought of the dirty faces of the officials.

Although it is also very expensive, most bearers and porters can still afford it after gritting their teeth, and they can pull goods and people, which meets their daily work needs.

"The servant girl knows, today His Highness turned over Empress Wei..."

In the capital, even a donkey costs four taels of silver, while a tricycle costs only two taels of silver.

Not just two rounds, but three rounds.

Perhaps they are considered labor only for the feudal clans who migrated to Levia.

According to the data when the Mining Department was established two years ago, the output of state-owned and private-owned steel in Daming was only a meager 1000 tons, and raw and wrought iron was only 14 tons.

Not only them, but outside the station, many people surrounded the fences on both sides of the railroad tracks.

Although he was complaining a second ago, after hearing the flop of Wei Pingyang, Zhu Youjian turned around honestly and led people towards Wei Pingyang's palace.

"The industrial steam engines in the fourth version of the steam engine factory are estimated to be available on the market in the middle of the next year."

"There are still some..." Wen Tiren hastily bowed, and then said:

A day's salary can take a ninety-mile train, and many people are still very interested.

"The next official ordered..." Wen Tiren bowed in response, and Zhu Youjian also continued to ask him about the status of several other railways.

Cao Huachun kept reporting, and the content made Zhu Youjian feel very comfortable.

In Zhu Youjian's plan, this railway has always been an industrial railway, carrying all kinds of machines shipped out by the Armament Academy.

"India and Europe still have large populations. Although the cloth, satin and pig iron produced by Guochao meet Guochao's own needs, there is a huge market outside of Guochao that is twice the population of Guochao."

"It's too expensive, I can't sit still..."

These two railways are of greater significance to the people's livelihood of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway.

Fortunately, because this is the fourth version of the steam engine-operated train, even with a full load of goods, its speed can still reach [-] miles per hour, about [-] kilometers per hour.

After he finished speaking, he took Wei Pingyang's hand and walked into Wei Pingyang's bedroom, and pulled her to sit beside the bed.

"Workers cannot be laid off. Behind these 200 million hired workers are 200 million households, tens of millions of people. If they are laid off, what will these people eat?"

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Youjian turned around, he heard Wang Chengen's voice asking him to turn over his cards.

Its strength lies not in its speed, but its endurance.

But if we really want to talk about people's livelihood, we still have to look at the remaining nine railways...

It's cheap to go home by boat or car, but you can return to your hometown thousands of miles away for fifty or sixty cash, but the time wasted on the road is more than half a month.

Footsteps sounded from behind, and Zhu Youjian could tell that it was Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen was usually...

"Brother Huang, have they been to see the train of Jingmen Railway?" Zhu Youjian walked to the window, looked at the scenery of the square outside the Hall of Carriers, and asked with his back turned.

Although the train ride is a bit noisy, it can greatly reduce the time for the officials to go home.

Some people lamented while others questioned. Just like the British who saw the train for the first time in history, the people of Ming Dynasty also questioned the speed of the train.

Of course, poor peasants and low-income classes can also take the train, but with their personalities, they will not choose to take the train unless the train runs through the whole line and returns to their hometown every year for the New Year.

Moonlight flowers dark cage light dawn, servants slowly help Jinbuyao

Turning around, Wang Chengen took an eunuch with him, and the eunuch carried a tray in his hand, on which there were five names of Wei Pingyang, Li Shaoxi, Zhou Sujie, Tian Xiuying, and Chen Xiangjun.

This is not enough, it has to reach more than [-]% to form a monopoly.

"How much does it cost to transport [-] catties of goods by land and water?"

After all, for the train, it takes four hours to travel from Tianjin to Beijing. The time saved in this process can save many businessmen from suffering.

"The construction speed of government roads in all provinces is very fast. By the winter of this year, the imperial court had built a total of [-] kilometers of government roads, [-] kilometers of railway embankments, and [-] kilometers of railroad tracks."

Where he didn't leave, it was obviously Yuan Xibing pestering him not to let him go.

"The next official resigns..." Seeing that Zhu Youjian had nothing else to say, Wen Tiren left in a sensible manner, and the hall of Chengyun fell into silence again, only the voice of Zhu Youjian handling the memorial was left.

"Can't the price of this ticket be lowered?"

"Long live they have already seen the train during the train trial camp experiment, and took a lap."

When the people were watching the train in full swing, Zhu Youjian was still busy processing the memorials in the Qi Palace, and met with Wen Tiren from the Ministry of Industry.

Although he had been with Yuan Xibing for a month, and he had warned himself not to be greedy for beauty during the day when he was dealing with government affairs, but after seeing Wei Pingyang, maybe it brought some freshness, Zhu Youjian still couldn't help it.

Saying that, Zhu Youjian stood up and raised his hands.

"Officials of the seventh rank and above from the cabinet, the sixth department, the sixth division, and the governor's office of the fifth army tried the ride, and they were all amazed when they got off."

After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Slaves have calculated, based on the current factory efficiency and the estimates of the Military Academy, it is not a good thing to promote industrial steam engines on a large scale."

The time they wasted was long enough for the railway soldiers to arrest them.

"Tell me, how is the status of the imperial store this year?"

In the first year of the Apocalypse, coal cost three pennies per catty, but now it has been reduced to one penny per catty, and the price of trains is only fuel, and the price per mile is 160 six pennies, including labor is [-] pennies.

The Ministry of Industry does not need them to fight those who try to steal the rails, it only needs them to blow the wooden whistle and shoot the arrows.

"Your Highness, it's time to flip the brand."

When Zhu Youjian took over and opened it, he said calmly:
"Two prices, one for weighing, and one for packing."

"Let's go."

It can be said that the Ministry of Industry did not make any money in passenger transportation, and it is too early to say as for freight transportation.

It's just that the group of people in Levia didn't have much consumption power, and Daming already had enough reformed laborers, so he didn't treat these people as human beings, or even as labor.

Really counting on freight money still depends on the other eight railways, and the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, which will open at the end of next month, is what Zhu Youjian is concerned about.

For the common people, the advantage of the train is that it saves time, and this is especially true for poor peasants and low-yielding common people.

Although she is a lady from a wealthy family, there will always be someone who will teach her how to serve her husband before marriage. Although Wei Pingyang is shy, he still follows the steps, step by step.

For the nine railways, the Railway Department is expected to recruit 2 workers and station three battalions of railway soldiers.

What's more, the wages of some technical craftsmen in the capital range from [-] to [-] yuan, and the price of this train basically serves the middle and high-income classes.

"One person for three days..." Hearing this, Wang Chengen raised his head dully: "Do you want to live in Changchun Palace for the next two days?"

Right now they are crowded in the station watching the moving train, although their mouths are full of startled words, but they are not cursing monsters like the people in the late Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian was not very satisfied with the price of a bus ticket, but this was already the cost price offered by the Ministry of Industry.

Zhu Youjian remembered the matter of Qi State, and rubbed his eyebrows. Cao Huachun shook his head when he heard the words: "There is no reply for the time being, but I think there should be no shipwreck based on the number and size of the expedition ships."

Zhu Youjian comforted Cao Huachun, and Cao Huachun bowed his hands back when he heard the words: "Your servant understands..."

Cao Huachun entered the hall to salute, Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, and then let him talk about business first.

"..."

Wang Chengen followed, Cao Huachun returned the salute on the spot, he still had things to do.

Since the construction of the bike park at the beginning of the year, up to now, the annual output of [-] vehicles has been stabilized. As the city closest to the bike park, Beijing is naturally the first to enjoy the convenience of bicycles.

Wang Chengen noticed that His Royal Highness was angry, and immediately turned around and opened Wei Pingyang's signboard.

"The profit of each car is set at ten taels of silver. It is not a bad thing to make some profits."

"Clang clang clang-"

Wei Pingyang wanted Zhu Youjian to eat something, but Zhu Youjian glanced out the window and found that it was dark, then shook his head and said:
"At Yinshi (three o'clock in the morning) I have to go back to Changchun Palace, so it won't matter if I miss a meal."

It's just that even though they said so, their feet showed no signs of moving.

"let's go."

After all, Wei Pingyang is the imperial concubine of the Xuanchengbo Mansion, and should be in front of Li Shaoxi of North Korea.

This arrangement was made by Zhu Youjian, because he knew very well that if the common people benefited, the officials would not necessarily promote it, but if the officials benefited, they would definitely promote it.

"Tickets are on sale. From Beijing West Railway Station to Mentougou, the money is calculated in miles. One penny is three miles! One penny is three miles!"

Once the train is connected, the local rule is no longer a problem. The key is the sea rule. For example, the Old Port and Nanzhou, which are far away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.

"It's better..." Zhu Youjian nodded, then got up.

Getting ready, Wei Pingyang raised his head and met Zhu Youjian who was bowing his head.

What Zhu Youjian needs is obedient people and people who do practical things, and he himself is a responsible person, and he will not pass the responsibility to his subordinates, so Wen Tiren still dares to do things in some details.

Some drivers sitting on tricycles pointed to the train and discussed, and some literati beside them listened to their quarrel and echoed a few words from time to time.

"The increase in output value in the past two years will not be fast, but you don't need to worry."

Zhu Youjian actually said a little less, because the combined population of Levia, North and South America at this moment is almost 5000 million people.

"This year Guochao produces 29 tons of steel, 320 tons of raw and wrought iron, 420 million tons of cement, and [-] million tons of coal..."

"Your Highness is merciful..." Wen Tiren heard the words, and immediately patted Zhu Youjian's flattery, but Zhu Youjian continued:

While crowds of people were watching the trains leaving one after another, the workers of Beijing West Railway Station also started beating gongs and drums to promote the fare prices.

Except for the Armament Institute and the factories in Huangdian, Mentougou has nothing worthy of freight transport by private merchants, so it cannot earn money for freight transport.

In general, each railway is being built in an orderly manner. Basically, after the front roadbed is stable, the subsequent sleeper rails will follow.

"Your Highness..." Wang Chengen hesitated to speak:

The reason why there is no Yuan Xipin is because no matter where Zhu Youjian goes to rest, he must return to Changchun Palace to accompany Yuan Xibin after the rest. This is the etiquette system.

"Your Highness, should we eat before going to bed?"

Seeing this scene, Zhu Youjian also knew that Cao Huachun was here to summarize, so he put down his pen.

Of course, it is still too early to say this, the Jingmen Railway has only just been put into operation, and the Beijing-Tianjin Railway will also be completed by the end of next month.

"Sure enough, it's still ancient..."

"For weighing, it is calculated according to three mile per hundred catties. For packing boxes, one car can hold five tons of goods, and the price is fifteen yuan per mile, which is about ten yuan cheaper than weighing."

He thought that the shipping fee was a little high, but it actually seemed to be about the same.

For example, for the current freight pricing, Wen Tiren visited many parties before finally setting the price.

The post station has been transformed into a railway station, each station has a team of railway soldiers, and there is one station every ten miles.

Zhu Youjian was too busy with things at hand to watch the trial operation of the train, but hundreds of officials had plenty of time, so tens of thousands of officials in Beijing basically experienced the feeling of taking the train in advance.

From ancient times to the present, the capital of a dynasty has never lacked rich people, especially rich people who like to try new things.

"Your Highness, I can't come down now."

"Let's get back if there is nothing to do."

It's just that Wen Tiren is not a fool after all, he is the kind of cook who watches his master cook. Chongzhen likes to shirk responsibility, so the more the Chongzhen Dynasty did, the more mistakes they made. Wen Tiren simply didn't do anything, because not doing it was good.

Although the industry has begun to revolutionize and the price of coal has fallen, it is impossible to achieve results at the beginning.

When the two sat back on the bed, the four of them put down the bed curtain, leaving only Zhu Youjian and Wei Pingyang in the couch-sized space.

But even so, the price is still set a bit high, so Zhu Youjian said:

"There are a lot of things produced, so the Huangdian will find ways to sell them to Europe."

Of course, Zhu Youjian wanted to promote the prefectures, while Baiguan wanted to promote the front door of his hometown.

For this, Zhu Youjian can only rely on steam ships and the army to control it.

"I'm not leaving..." Hearing this, Zhu Youjian was at a loss for words.

This speed, not to mention riding a horse, even the bicycles that are popular in the capital can surpass it.

Except for Chenghua and Wanli, even the lustful Taichang and Longqing had to abide by this rule, not to mention Zhu Youjian.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian looked up at the weather, only to find that it was dusk.

I'm afraid they can't wait for the train to be repaired to the door of their hometown, so that they can go home and enjoy it when they get off the train.

In short, about a quarter of an hour later, Zhu Youjian appeared in Wei Pingyang's Yongshou Palace, and Wei Pingyang who saw Zhu Youjian also seemed very excited, and quickly got up to salute.

"Bullshit, how many horses are needed for so much cargo? How can it be loaded?"

"If the price of coal falls with mining, the price of train tickets will also fall. In short, passenger transport will not make money, but freight will make less money."

"Your Highness Chitose..."

It's just that he improved so much, Zhu Youjian frowned slightly:

Hearing the fare price of three miles per penny, almost all the people shouted and said they wanted to leave.

"What is the freight rate of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway?"

"Could it be that there are horses hidden in it?"

In the final analysis, one penny and three li are still affordable for most of them. After all, this is the capital city, and the wages of ordinary laborers are around [-] pennies a day.

Seeing this, the maids of the Yongshou Palace immediately took off their coats and got into the couch to warm the beds for the two of them. Although there was not enough time, the etiquette was there.

"Three miles for a penny? This is too expensive!"

For a thousand miles, it only takes a day and a half for a train, and the more than 300 yuan they need to pay for the ticket can be earned back with the time saved.

"Let's not turn over today..."

Although it is very low, the basic recruitment is also older people.

"Sell a ticket, I want to sit back and forth."

Since it runs from the west of the capital to Mentougou, and the mileage is less than [-] miles, the construction cost of the entire railway is not high, and the number of passengers passing by is not much.

"Returning to Your Highness, the Ministry of Industry checked the freight and porter's money from Tianjin to Beijing, and finally prepared two kinds of freight pricing."

Looking at Wei Pingyang, who held hands and blushed while sitting by the bed, Zhu Youjian was constantly speechless.

Passenger transportation requires cost, and freight transportation needs to be profitable. This is the rule established by Zhu You, so Wen Tiren also greatly increased the freight fee.

At the moment when his hands were put on his fragrant shoulders, even if Zhu Youjian couldn't speak, Wei Pingyang knew what to do...

As long as the trains are repaired, the imperial court's control over the local area will be improved, and if you want to conduct a household census, it will be much easier to conduct a census of cultivated land.

"Your Highness is benevolent..." Wen Tiren flattered him again, but this time Zhu Youjian didn't talk nonsense with him:

Some people wanted to touch them at close range, but they were stopped immediately by the workers in charge of guarding the railway tracks.

The imperial court did not announce what the iron car used as power, so the common people did not know what this behemoth ate and what it used.

You must know that the steam engines currently used in major mines and factories are still the third version, and the number is only more than 1000.

It's just that these major national events are really too far away for the common people.

Another four court ladies began to undress Zhu Youjian and Wei Pingyang.

The blue and white train pulled out from the station, with billowing steam and ear-piercing whistle, rumbling and pulling a cart of Mimai along the track towards Mentougou.

Wei Pingyang is the daughter of a noble family, a lady of a wealthy family, and pays more attention to etiquette, so she can't help but blush when Zhu Youjian pulls her to sit by the bed.

"Brother Xiuyuan, although this iron cart is good, it still runs too slowly. It's better to ride a horse."

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly after listening, and continued: "The railway soldiers and workers can be used to accommodate some disabled soldiers."

"Me too!"

Standing in the Chengyun Hall, Wen Tiren in front of Zhu Youjian bowed respectfully, took out a memorial book from his sleeve, and handed it over with both hands.

"After the southern Kunlun inspector Si has established his foothold and the feudal vassals have moved to Levia, the dynasty can also try to go to Europe for trade."

Not surprisingly, in another ten years, the industrial output value of the Ming Dynasty will be able to beat the industrial output value before the demise of the Qing Dynasty.

But that was dealing with Chongzhen, and Chongzhen was Chongzhen, and Zhu Youjian was Zhu Youjian.

It is Zhu Youjian's helpless move to use their self-interested ideas to promote trains.

Hand in hand, hold the wrists into the gauze rose, warm the incense burner and raise the paper tent

Detox Boluo Shilan soup lightly, both of them play in the water like mandarin ducks

Little reddish hidden weeds, pieces...

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Nine o'clock in the evening