I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 246 If you want to be rich, build roads first, and if you want to be strong, transport is busy.

"Husband, how are you? Where is the injury? Let the concubine take a look!"

The West Palace of the Forbidden City in Beiping.

Concubine Zhao Ling'er threw herself on the side of the bed regardless of her posture, looking at Zhu Zhangui, who was lying on the bed with a pale face, with tears in her eyes.

Yushou wanted to untie Zhu Zhangui's clothes to check the wound, but she was afraid that her hand would hurt her husband, so she almost cried out of anxiety.

Zhu Zhangui reached out and wiped the tears from the corners of the beauty's eyes.

"It's okay, it's just a slight injury, just rest for a few days!"

The battle by the Yinma River completely subsided with the death of Alutai.

The Tatar tribes fled and surrendered, and the grasslands that had just been unified fell into a leaderless state again.

After the old man confirmed that Zhu Zhangui's injury was not life-threatening, the tension and worry in his heart were slowly let go.

Later, regardless of Zhu Zhangui's objection, he directly sent his personal guards to send him back to Peiping, allowing him to recuperate well, and he was not allowed to come out to make trouble until the injury was not healed.

He also said that the rest of the matter can be settled by him, the old man, and let Zhu Zhangui go back and wait to receive the grassland with peace of mind, Khan that day.

Zhu Zhangui was very suspicious of this. This old man wanted to be the old man himself, but he was too embarrassed to bring it up, so he put this name on his grandson, reminded the generals around him, and told the people on the grassland later, Don't forget to give him the title.

As for Zhu Zhangui, just a few days after returning to Beiping, Zhao Linger and his daughters who received the news from the south hurried over.

Although the old man in the letter did not say how much Zhu Zhangui was injured, but based on their understanding of Zhu Zhangui, it is definitely not a big deal to be sent back.

The girls were worried all the way, and they couldn't help but shed tears when they thought of the bad things.

When they arrived at the Jinling Palace, Zhao Ling'er ran over impatiently, ignoring the concubine's posture. The other women were slower because they were holding their children.

"Your Highness, how are you? Are you feeling better?"

Just as Zhu Zhangui comforted Zhao Linger, Ji Yunyu Qingyao and Hu Shanxiang rushed in with the child in his arms, looking at Zhu Zhangui worriedly.

Zhu Zhangui's eldest daughter was even lying beside Zhu Zhangui, puffing her pink mouth and blowing, while blowing back, she tapped Zhu Zhangui's shoulder.

"Daddy, do you feel pain? I'll give you a whir!"

Zhu Zhangui laughed out loud at being teased, rubbed the little girl's head fondly, and tipped her head against her.

"The little fairy treated me with fairy energy, and my father's pain disappeared in an instant."

After being praised, the little girl giggled happily.

After chatting with the eldest daughter, Zhu Zhangui looked at the girls and asked.

"Why are you here?"

"Grandpa sent a letter saying that you are here alone because you are afraid that no one will take care of you, so you let us come here." Zhao Ling'er, who was holding Zhu Zhangui tightly, explained.

Zhu Zhangui couldn't laugh or cry.

"I only suffered a small injury, do I need to go to war so much?"

"Hmph! It's still a minor injury. Your grandfather said that your life was almost lost on the battlefield."

Before the girls could reply, there was a cold snort outside the door, and then Mrs. Zhang came in angrily.

But when he saw his son's pale face, Mrs. Zhang was still a little angry in her heart, and instantly walked forward with a distressed expression, lifted the brocade quilt covered by Zhu Zhangui, untied his clothes, and looked Tears streamed down her chest and abdomen, which were tightly wrapped in gauze.

The son is the flesh that fell from the mother's body, no matter how hard he said it, his heart still hurts.

Hu Shanxiang and his daughters also covered their red lips with their hands, and their eyes were filled with tears.

They couldn't imagine how much their husband had been wounded on the battlefield to be bandaged up like this, how painful those large and small wounds must be.

Zhang's trembling hands slowly stroked the gauze.

"How could this be so, so many generals won't go, why should you go!"

At this moment, Mrs. Zhang felt a little bit resentful towards the old man.

This is the grandson of the old man, the future heir of Daming, the grandson of the empress dowager. Does he need to work so hard? Is there no one in Daming?

Zhu Zhangui grabbed his mother's hand with a smile, and said softly: "My father's prestige in the army is not high. If I, a son, don't work hard, who can control those arrogant soldiers in the future!"

"Besides, the country belongs to our family, and our family members don't work hard, so why let them risk their lives to protect it!"

Mrs. Zhang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, stretched out her hand and gently twisted Zhu Zhangui's ear.

"As long as you have many reasons, just do your best! Sooner or later, I will be pissed off."

Zhu Zhangui showed a smirk, and shouted pain in his mouth.

Mrs. Zhang knew best how many attacks she had made. Seeing the brat's pretentious appearance, she couldn't help poking Zhu Zhangui's forehead.

"Whatever you want to eat, mother will make it for you!"

Seeing several daughter-in-laws looking eager to see through their eyes, and knowing that he had disturbed the private conversation of the younger ones, Mrs. Zhang got up and left.

"I want to eat the lotus seed soup made by my mother!"

Zhu Zhangui answered quickly.

Mrs. Zhang complied, then winked at the personal maids, and told the maids to leave with the little guys running around in the room.

When the door was closed, the girls stepped forward and carefully helped Zhu Zhangui fasten his clothes and covered him with the quilt.

"Why didn't the Three Treasures and Nine Treasures come?"

Looking at the girls, Zhu Zhangui found that his two Bangladeshi daughter-in-laws were not here. Could it be that the foreign daughter-in-laws don't feel sorry for their husbands?
"They also wanted to come, but during this period of time, many businessmen from Bangladesh have come to the chamber of commerce, and the transaction volume is very large."

"I was worried that the people below would not understand the language and cause problems, so I asked them to deal with these matters before coming back."

Zhao Ling'er, who wiped Zhu Zhangui's face with a towel, explained, and then added:

"Grandpa said in the letter that the Forbidden City has almost been built and will be moved here in the next two years."

"So I thought about it, and decided to move the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce here before moving the capital. This is also convenient for management, and the two younger sisters will come here with the first batch!"

Zhu Zhangui nodded.

The old man had already told him about the move of the capital when he came back, and asked Zhu Zhangui to take charge of it when he recovered from his injury.

With so many departments in the imperial court, it is impossible to move them all at once, there must be a sequence.

Zhu Pangpang had so many things to do, and the matter of moving the capital was left to him. The old man was afraid that he would be exhausted by this fat son, so he let Zhu Zhangui, who was recovering from his injuries, handle it.

"Don't set up the headquarters of the chamber of commerce in the capital, let them go to Tianjin Wei! Just set up an office here in the capital. In the future, we will mainly use sea transportation. It is too far away from the sea and it is inconvenient." A little thought, Zhu Zhangui Moved the headquarters of the chamber of commerce.

Zhao Ling'er didn't ask why, she nodded and agreed.

In this era, the husband's words are the sky, even if it is wrong, the wife will support it unconditionally.

"Anything else?"

After seeing several wives, Zhu Zhangui was in a good mood and looked much better.

Hu Shanxiang hesitated for a moment, glanced at Zhao Linger, and said softly after seeing him nodding.

"The artisan camp reported good news, saying that the first generation locomotive has been manufactured, and it has been tested in the camp. Although it is not as fast as your Highness said, it is faster than ordinary locomotives. Get on the carriage a lot faster!"

"What, the locomotive is finished!"

Hearing the news, Zhu Zhangui sat up excitedly, then took a breath, and lay down again.

"Oh, look at you!"

Seeing Zhu Zhangui startled, worried that Zhao Linger's wound would open, she lost her temper for the first time.

Zhu Zhangui smiled awkwardly, and apologized to Zhao Linger who was frowning coldly.

"I'm too excited for a while, madam, don't get angry."

The sound of Ma'am instantly extinguished Zhao Linger's newly raised anger, and then snorted softly, lifted the quilt, and checked Zhu Zhangui's wound.

Hu Shanxiang stuck out his tongue in embarrassment, thinking that he knew that Zhu Zhangui was so excited, so he would wait a few days for the injury to heal.

After confirming that the wound was fine, Zhao Linger breathed a sigh of relief and warned, "Don't get up again, or we won't talk to you!"

"Yes yes yes!" Zhu Zhangui nodded again and again, and then looked at Hu Shanxiang expectantly.

"How about the carrying capacity!"

Hu Shanxiang thought for a while, and replied with some uncertainty: "The servant did not go to see it in person. After all, there are only men there. After all, it is not suitable for a servant to go with a female family member, so I invited my father to go."

"Father was very happy when he came back. He said that with this thing, it will be much easier to transport food and grass to the army in the future, and there is no need to worry about consumption."

"I didn't say how much it can pull, but I guess it should be quite a lot! But my father said that if I want to install a locomotive around the palace, it can show the strength of Ming to the people and officials of Ming, and also let people all over the world value the skills of craftsmen. , to attract more talent.”

Zhu Zhangui agrees with Dad's idea very much.

China has not paid much attention to craftsmen for too long. Zhu Zhangui has offered a lot of rewards to good craftsmen many times, but there are still many people who are skeptical.

There are many master craftsmen in the craftsman camp, all of whom were invited by their apprentices who came to work under Zhu Zhangui.

Without the help of these apprentices, Zhu Zhangui really couldn't invite this group of masters hidden in the folk.

As for the transportation ability praised by the old man, Zhu Zhangui is skeptical about it.

Although the craftsmen in the craftsman camp have the blueprints he roughly described, but the technical means cannot be learned by just looking at them, and need a little research and pondering.

Zhu Zhangui estimated in his heart that based on the volume of the first-generation locomotive he knew, it would be good if it could pull one or two tons and add a few people.

Thinking of the locomotive, Zhu Zhangui felt itchy in his heart, wishing to fly to Jinling and work with the craftsmen to research the official locomotive as soon as possible.

As long as he has locomotives, Ming's troop projection and transportation capabilities will be greatly improved.

From the northern grasslands in the north, the Guangdong and Guangxi regions in the south, and the deserts of the Western Regions in the west, Daming can easily control them all.

The most fundamental reason why the ancient court could not control such a large territory was the lack of communication and transportation.

If these two things are resolved, communication and transportation can be carried out overnight, and there is no place that cannot be controlled.

The strengthening of transportation capacity can also speed up the development of commerce and trade, the collection of minerals, and the transportation of various resources.

If it is strengthened, Ming's military and economic system will double several times.

With a place to spend money, those landlords and rich people will not bury their silver in the cellar.

If money is not spent, it is just a pile of lumps, and only money that can be spent is considered silver.

Thinking of the benefits of the motorcycle, Zhu Zhangui saw Ji Yun who was massaging his legs to promote blood circulation.

"Yun'er, how is your uncle doing with the things I arranged for him!"

Ji Yuan, who was seriously massaging Zhu Zhangui's legs, quickly replied: "When my uncle came, I already told my concubine that he has already done what you told him, and the route has almost been planned, and this time it is still in the hands of the local people." With the help, I found the most perfect route."

"When the time came, uncle asked my concubine to ask you whether the route should be directly handed over to the Ministry of Industry for repair, or should we think about it after you go back!"

"What's the wait!"

The distance, planning, and construction methods of the railway have already been worked out, and the locomotive just needs to be photographed to sit on it. There is no such thing as waiting for the train before repairing the road.

For the train track, Zhu Zhangui studied with the craftsmen for a long time, and set the width at two meters.

In the previous life, most of the tracks in our country were about 1 meters. It is said that this distance was set by the British Empire, which happened to be the distance between the wheels of a carriage.

It is also said that some unreliable king decided the distance with two asses.

Later, when the Qing Dynasty built railways, it also imported foreign equipment and experts, resulting in the dimensions being based on foreign ones.

In the founding of our country, someone proposed to increase the width of the train track to increase the transportation capacity.However, because the cost of modification is too high, and many of the equipment at that time were imported from foreign countries, they could only be made according to the size of others, so that the transportation capacity is extremely insufficient now.

Of course, the main reason is that our country has too many people. If you put it in a small pot with a small population, such a huge railway and high-speed route may not necessarily see a car for hundreds of miles.

With the lessons learned from the past, Zhu Zhangui will naturally not set the standards of his previous life.

However, how wide it is is a problem. The carrying capacity of the train has been enhanced, but the power will definitely be insufficient, resulting in a decrease in speed. If it is reduced, it is better not to change it.

After research and discussion with the craftsmen, it was finally decided to set a distance of two meters.

The Craftsman Camp began to produce tracks when the project was finalized. It has been nearly two years now, and it is estimated that there are quite a lot of reserves.

As for the fixed cement and steel, it's not a problem at all.

The new book, the university has a special content about this, the craftsmen studied it for a month, and then made the cement and steel.

Although it cannot be compared with the cement of the 21st century, it has reached the level of junior high schools in the 19th century.

Thinking of the railway, Zhu Zhangui couldn't lie down a little bit, and hurriedly said to Zhao Linger who was fanning him next to him.

"In my name, you immediately write to the Ministry of Industry, Jinyiwei, and the Artisan Camp, asking them to immediately start building the route from Jinling to Beiping."

"There is no need to conscript the corvee. There are so many captives in the north, and they can't let them eat. After a while, I will send people to escort a batch back, and let them use these captives to build the railway!"

"I don't care how they repair it, I will give them one year. Within one year, I want the railway to be officially formed, and the quality and quantity must be maintained."

"At that time, I will have someone check it myself. If there is any problem, all the people in charge will be dismissed and investigated!"

"Also tell them that if the railway is repaired within the stipulated time, and the quality and quantity are guaranteed."

"I don't care what the identities of the persons in charge of this matter are, I will apply to the old man for titles after the completion of the work!"

Zhu Zhangui plans to make a big bet.

As long as these people can really repair the railway from Jinling to Beiping within a year, and if the quality and quantity are guaranteed, how about giving a few titles?

ps: Tomorrow's update time may be a little later. In the afternoon, I will participate in the writer's symposium of Dian Niang, and the update will be before 10 o'clock at the latest.

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