Brother Zhu Youxiao

"Move, move!"

"It's done!"

At the beginning of April, when the noon sun shone directly on the earth, and the roasted earth dripped into smoke, a group of excited people shouted excitedly in a majestic palace square.

In front of them was a passenger car with wires attached to its back.

At this time, the passenger car is walking on the road, the only shortcoming is that it is slow.

However, this speed is also what everyone needs.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, a man's voice came out at this time, and everyone turned around to look at the words, and then hurriedly bowed:
"Alright, Your Highness, according to the data from the R&D Institute, the speed of this tram can reach up to 49 miles per hour, and it can carry [-] people."

"Next, as long as the overhead cables are built, the public transportation problems in cities around the world will be solved!"

After all, the leading man also straightened up, and walking in front of him was a middle-aged handsome man close to six feet tall.

Behind the man, there are two eight or nine-year-old children in round collar robes.

These three people are the current Qi State Supervisor, Qi Shizi Zhu Bomu, and Qi Taisun Zhu Zhongzhu and Zhu Zhongshu.

Zhu Bomu took the experimental materials in their hands in front of everyone, and nodded after reading them: "How about the cost?"

"It depends on the size of the city, the tram lines, and the frequency of each line." The bachelor replied seriously:

"Currently, the cost of cables is 300 taels per mile, and the price of trams is 5000 taels per car. A city of the size of Xijing City probably needs at least 36 lines, and each line must be staggered to run at least ten shifts."

"Calculated, it will take nearly 200 million taels, which can meet the travel of at least 40 people every day."

"If it is a city of the size of Tokyo City and Zhongdu City, the cost should be reduced to 150 million taels, and the provincial capital is about one million taels."

The bachelor quoted a price, but Zhu Bomu didn't care about it, but asked: "What if the three capitals, the provincial capital, and the government are all laid?"

"The price is probably not less than 5000 million taels, which is equivalent to the annual tax of the dynasty." The bachelor calculated a little and then gave an approximate amount.

"Hehe..." Hearing the amount, Zhu Bomu smiled, and handed the information in his hand to the bachelor:
"This tram can be convenient for the people, so it should be built more, but you have to consider the safety issue."

"Your Highness, don't worry..." The bachelor took the information, smiled and looked at the Qiwang Pavilion in the distance:

"King Wen thought about it as early as 80 years ago. In the 150 three cities built during the reign of Tianqi, a public road was reserved in the middle of the road, which is what people call a green belt now."

"Now it is enough to build dark rails on the green belt, and most of the county towns built in Qiansheng and Xianjia years were built according to the design drawings of King Wen, so as long as you want to build, the roads don't need to be repaired."

The bachelor's words revealed King Qi Wen's foresight, and Zhu Bomu also looked at the King Qi Pavilion after hearing the words, and couldn't help but sigh:
"Sometimes, I'm also curious as to why my great-grandfather can see so far."

While sighing, Zhu Bomu could not help but smile:
"I asked Grandpa what kind of person Great-Grandfather was, but Grandpa always said that Great-Grandfather was an ordinary person."

"Ordinary people?" Hearing this, the maesters couldn't help laughing.

They don't believe that that person is an ordinary person, after all, the current world structure and technological progress still haven't stepped out of his shadow.

Thinking of this, the bachelor was just about to say something, but he didn't want Zhu Bomu to explain in advance:
"I will tell the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to take over with you, and then use the trams in various prefectures so that the people can enjoy the convenience."

"In addition, the research on the electric subway has to be accelerated, and the internal combustion engine and generator are also up to you."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness..." The bachelor saluted back, and at the same time talked about electricity:
"Your Highness, don't worry about the research question, but judging from the current power system in our country, if you want to run trams, you have to build power plants in various places in advance."

"Thermal power generation will definitely be the main force for long-term power generation in the future. As for hydropower generation, although we also think what King Wen said is correct, the current technology is not enough to build many rivers. If there is technology, hydropower generation can be regarded as a member of my country's electric power industry." general."

"Okay..." Zhu Bomu could only nod when he heard the scholars say so:
"I will discuss it with my father, and then in the next few years, we will vigorously build thermal power plants. After all, in addition to trams, there are also large power consumers such as street lights waiting for us."

After all, Zhu Bomu also bowed to signal that he was leaving, and then, in the return gift of the bachelors, he took his two children to the Chengyun Hall behind him.

He took the two children up the high steps. It has to be said that the hundreds of steps in front of the Chengyun Hall of Qi Wang Palace almost became the daily exercise of Qi Wang's family.

When he walked to the front of the Chengyun Hall, Zhu Bomu, who had good physical strength, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then walked into the hall with the two little ones who were sweating profusely.

However, when he walked into the hall, he felt that the atmosphere was not right.

He cast his eyes on the Xuqin Hall on the side, and then motioned for the two little ones to sit and rest in the Chengyun Hall, while he walked towards the Xuqin Hall.

Walking into the hall, he saw more than a dozen important officials from the Governor's Mansion, the Changshi Mansion, and the Six Departments. On the throne, his father Zhu Yiming was frowning and holding a memorial in his hand.

"What's the matter?" The atmosphere of Qi State was open, Zhu Bomu bowed and saluted, and asked everyone curiously.

Cao Guogong Cao Shengwen, who has a good relationship with him, gestured with his eyes, Zhu Bomu walked over, and then Cao Shengwen replied in a low voice:
"Guochao Old Port South China Sea..."

Cao Shengwen mentioned the "Nanhai incident" that broke out a few days ago, which made Zhu Bomu frown, and then turned his attention to his father.

Sensing Zhu Bomu's gaze, Zhu Yiming also put the memorabilia back on the table and rubbed his sore brows:
"It seems that this matter was arranged by the nobles of the country. It is estimated that Li Fu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will demand severe punishment for the nobles when he hears the news."

After Zhu Yiming finished speaking, many officials also spoke one after another:
"The crown prince and the others were sent away a few days ago, and this happened in the next kingdom..."

"It seems that the party struggle within the country can't be suppressed anymore. This time even the army has been mobilized."

"Now we need to know what the attitude of the soldiers in the Guochao Army is. Logically speaking, the soldiers should support the New Deal."

"Turbulence is certain, and civil war will definitely not happen. After all, there is no such sign and soil in the country."

"The most urgent task now is to send a letter to Long Live as soon as possible, and it is right to stand in line with the new policy of the imperial court."

"The vassals who have good relations with our country should also be reminded to remind them not to make mistakes in principle. Maintaining the suzerain-vassal system is what every vassal state should do."

"Xungui's actions intensified the conflict and involved the affairs above the temple into the public eye. It is estimated that the country has already started to block the news."

"So many of their people have been arrested, and it's normal for them to be anxious..."

In the Xuqin Hall, many high-ranking officials were talking about the "Nanhai Incident" of the Ming Dynasty. Although they didn't think that a civil war would break out, they were inevitably a little worried.

"The policy of three increases is very correct. Now the demands of the townspeople, army soldiers, and grassroots officials have been satisfied by the imperial court. The nobles are just jumping over the wall in a hurry."

After a while, Zhu Bomu opened his mouth to speak, and all the high-ranking officials shut their mouths one after another, nodding in response to Zhu Bomu's words.

Many of them have never been to Daming, and they don't know much about its national conditions, but Zhu Bomu is different.

He was sent by the late king to live in Daming for more than [-] years. He knew better than them the national conditions of Daming and the demands of various classes.

"During the Xianjia period, workers, soldiers, and grassroots officials complained a lot about wages and salaries."

"Now the New Deal has met their demands, and the grievances of the people have been quelled a lot."

"The peasants have always been grateful to the imperial court, so no matter how you look at it, the noble faction can't threaten Long Live."

Zhu Bomu analyzed, then frowned and said:
"It's just that even so, I'm afraid Wansui won't clean them up. After all, the Huangdian still needs checks and balances, and Jiang Ding and the others won't let Xungui fall. If Xungui falls, they should be worried..."

Zhu Bomu's words made everyone nod, and they all knew why it was Xungui who made the move this time instead of a civil servant.

Under the current situation, officials with a little bit of power would not think of directly exploiting the people, after all, Ming's greatest interests lie in the Imperial Store.

For the officials, as long as they are not afraid of death, a little blood from the imperial store every year is enough for them to drink.

As for the private market in the hands of Xungui and big private businessmen, they simply don't like it.

Even if the nobles are down, they will not gobble up the private market, because they know that the emperor needs someone to check and balance them.

Therefore, if Xungui wants to completely fall, unless there are other forces that can take over for them, the civil servants may give them a hand to prevent them from falling too early.

If they fall, the emperor will probably concentrate on dealing with them...

"Looking at it this way, the Wangdian rotation system established by His Royal Highness King Wen was relatively advanced. At least our country does not have this worry."

Cao Guogong Cao Shengwen swallowed his saliva. He is a warrior and doesn't know much about politics, but he also knows that the main reason why there are not as many problems in Qi State as in Ming Dynasty is that Qi State is more transparent.

The Wangdian of the State of Qi adopted a rotation system, and many officials had to be forced to change to other places once they had been in power for three years, and all their subordinates were disrupted.

Such a system is very effective in the era of underdeveloped information transmission, but it also slows down the development of Wangdian, and everyone is not very motivated.

However, with the advent of the telegraph, this system may have become obsolete.

Thinking of this, Cao Guogong Cao Shengwen couldn't help looking at Qi Wang Zhu Yiming who was on the throne.

"State your position first, let the group of people see the attitude of the clan."

Zhu Yiming didn't want to meddle too much in Daming's state affairs, after all, the relationship between Qi and Daming had already become problematic by this time.

With the increasing population of Qi Fan's clan, many people feel that the throne belongs to Qi Fan, but it's just that King Wen was soft-hearted back then.

Even now, many clans feel that Qi State has the strength to compete with Daming.

Zhu Yiming hated those clans very much, but it was impossible for him to execute them, after all, those people hadn't given five clothes to him yet.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yiming felt that his energy could no longer keep up with state affairs, so he couldn't help but make a final statement before the end of the shift:
"I will go to the Hejian Mansion in the north to escape the summer heat in a few days, and the state affairs will be supervised by the son."

"The ministers are waiting for you..." Hearing Zhu Yiming's words, all the ministers stood up one after another, bowed to each other and retreated one after another.

After they all retreated, Zhu Yiming looked at Zhu Bomu.

"Sit over here." He beckoned.

Seeing this, Zhu Bomu also walked over, then bowed and said:

"Father, people from the Three Houses and Five Households came to look for me just now, hoping that the internal funds can increase their family's salary."

Zhu Bomu told the reason why he came here, Zhu Yiming frowned after hearing this, and said dissatisfiedly:

"The annual domestic income is only 50 taels. The family's annual expenditure of 3000 taels is more than enough. Now they want to increase it. It is getting worse and worse!"

The "three houses and five houses" in Zhu Bomu's mouth refers to Zhu Cijiong's fifth son, Zhu Heyao's family.

Zhu Heyao was born in the third year of Qiansheng. He is now 56 years old. There are two sons, one daughter, five grandchildren, and a total of 16 people in his family including female dependents.

Since Qi State is a hereditary nobility system, Zhu Heyao is only a county magistrate at this time, and his annual salary is only 1000 taels, plus the three children who are lieutenants, their salary is only more than 2000 taels.

The former king Zhu Hexi felt that their family had many heirs, so he added a few hundred taels to make up three thousand.

3000 taels of silver is definitely a huge sum of money in Qi State where the per capita annual salary is 30 taels, but even so, Zhu Heyao always came to the palace to ask for money with his old face.

In this regard, it is only false that Zhu Yiming is not angry.

But compared to his violent temper, Zhu Bomu smiled amicably:
"I sent people to check their expenditures and found that they were all living relatively frugally."

"This uncle, I'm afraid he just wants money for his children and grandchildren. Even if you don't give it to Dad, he won't say anything. If you give it to him, he will be grateful to you."

"Is that so?" Hearing his son's explanation, Zhu Yiming also smiled helplessly.

The clan of Qi Fan has been passed down for five generations now, and the population has already exceeded a thousand, but among them, those who can still receive the salary of the clan's mansion are only a mere hundred.

As long as the fourth service is released, the palace will no longer care about their livelihood, and they can only find ways to start some small businesses by themselves, or join Enke to enter official careers.

As for joining the army, it is not allowed. After all, every clan has the blood of King Wen, and military power is a taboo they cannot touch.

"Okay, you can take Brother Zhu and Brother Shu to play, they will go to Daming next year."

When Zhu Yiming talked about his two grandchildren, he couldn't stop smiling.

"Yes..." Zhu Bomu bowed back with a smile, and then said:
"Scholar Wang from the Academy of Sciences just said something about trams and power plants, I..."

"You will supervise the country in a few days, and you can do it yourself." Before Zhu Bomu could speak clearly, Zhu Yiming interrupted him.

Seeing what his father said, Zhu Bomu bowed in return, then turned and walked out.

However, he stopped after walking a few steps, then turned around and glanced at his father, and said with a little worry:
"Although the class conflicts in the country have been alleviated due to technology, I estimate that based on the internal situation, unless this new policy can solve the civil servants headed by Jiang Ding and the Qin, Ma, and Qi families headed by Xungui, otherwise... "

Zhu Bomu didn't say much, because Zhu Yiming interrupted him by raising his hand.

Facing such a severe situation, Zhu Yiming put down his hands with a smile:
"We, Qi Fan, have been in charge of the affairs of the state for four generations. I don't want you to bear such a big burden."

"If something happens to Guochao, we will help if we can, and if we can't help, don't trap ourselves."

"Remember, we Qifan don't owe Guochao, it's Guochao who owes us."

Zhu Yiming's words were a little heartless, but it was true.

Qi State now holds more than [-] million national debts of Ming Dynasty, which is almost one-third of the amount of national debt issued by Ming Dynasty.

Every national debt is a burden on the people of Qi. Zhu Yiming really wants to maintain the suzerain-vassal system, but if the price of this maintenance is the decline in the lives of the people of Qi, then he would rather the collapse of the suzerain-vassal system.

At least after the collapse of Ming Dynasty, Qi State can still support it and rebuild the system.

If it doesn't work, Qi can also rebuild the system by itself.

"Retire, boy..." Zhu Bomu knew Zhu Yiming's words in his heart, but when he thought of Zhu Bohai who was the emperor at the moment, he still couldn't bear it.

He withdrew from the Xuqin Hall, and took Zhu Zhongmao and Zhu Zhongshu away from the Chengyun Hall.

Not long after he left, Zhu Yiming also ordered someone to pack up and go to Hejian Mansion to recuperate from the summer heat.

Zhu Bomu took the two cubs out of Qi Palace, and was going to take them out of the city for an outing.

Walking out of King Qi's Palace, what was waiting for them was a black car. There were six cars in front of and behind the car, as well as soldiers standing beside the car in black clothes with pistols around their waists.

After getting in the car, Zhu Bomu looked at the two little ones beside him playing simo, while he looked out the window.

The convoy started quickly, and drove out from the Luoyang Gate on the left side of Qi Palace, and came to the auxiliary road of Xijing City.

On the left side of this auxiliary road is the Qi Palace, and on the right side is the Six Departments Yamen, so most of the people who appear here are officials, and there is nothing to see.

After a while, when the vehicle came to Xuanwu Avenue, the surroundings suddenly became lively.

There are many workers commuting to get off work by bicycle on the bicycle lane. They wear short clothes and long trousers, which are as simple as the common people in the field, so accidents are not easy to happen.

After they go home, they will take a shower, change into round-neck robes or priestly robes, drags and other clothes to rest, or go for a walk in the street.

Zhu Bomu looked past them and looked at the pedestrians on the sidewalk.

Since it was time for school to end, many students in round neck robes were on their way home in small groups.

They are carrying schoolbags, these schoolbags are of different styles, some are on the shoulders, some are slanted, each has its own characteristics.

Now it is the seventh year of No.90 of the founding of the Qi State. Although there are no street lights and no electricity in the homes of the people, there are already buses, cars, trucks, motorcycles and other products on the streets.

The life of the people in Qi State is very good. Whether they are farmers or workers, basically a family of five can earn between 60 taels and 150 taels a year.

People may not necessarily buy cars and trucks, but many people still buy motorcycles priced at 50 taels.

On the road, there are not a few people riding motorcycles, most of them are grassroots officials and workers.

Prices in Qi State have always been very cheap. The reason is that specific policies to benefit the people were formulated as early as Zhu Youjian's period.

That is, "the four items of clothing, food, housing, and transportation of the common people should not exceed two-thirds of their income." Therefore, the Qi kings of all dynasties have maintained prices while increasing wages by a small amount.

It is normal for Qi to do so. First of all, it has a vast land and sparse population, and has many resources.

In addition, Europe and West Kunlun are both markets for Qi's products, so it is relatively easy to maintain this situation.

As long as they don't live too extravagantly, basically every citizen of Qi can still save some spare money.

Therefore, when motorcycles appear, many people can still bite their teeth and buy a motorcycle.

This phenomenon exists not only among urban workers, but also in local villages.

Since it is the slack time for farming, some farmers who purchase chemical fertilizers and pesticides will also go to the city.

Sitting in the car, Zhu Bomu could clearly see many farmers riding three-wheeled motorcycles, with more than a dozen bags of chemical fertilizers and various pesticides in the cargo compartment behind them.

Looking at this scene, Zhu Bomu was very happy, but he couldn't help thinking of the people of Ming Dynasty.

He is very clear that it is normal for such a scene to appear in Qi, but it is not possible to appear in Daming for the time being.

The size of Daming is too large, and the class solidification is relatively serious. It may take a long time for the common people to use these cars and motorcycles.

Thinking of this, Zhu Bomu couldn't help but think of the Nanhai incident, and couldn't help but worry about the people of the Ming Dynasty.

"Alas..." He sighed a long time, then rubbed the center of his brows, looking out the window at the people of Qi who had been at peace for a long time, he couldn't help closing his eyes:
"Let's end it sooner, I hope that the people of the Kingdom Dynasty can also enjoy life earlier like the people of Qi Kingdom..."