The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 570 Zhu Yuanzhang’s Mercy
"It seems you care a lot about steam engine wagons."

Zhu Di was a little surprised by his son's excited performance. He hadn't seen his son behave like this in many years.

The carrying capacity is only nine thousand kilograms, and the speed is also slow, only 38 miles per hour, which is not as fast as riding a horse. Although it can be seen that it works, it is not worthy of such surprise.

"The efficiency of steam engine trains is still very low, and the demand for roads is very high, but it is definitely the direction of the future."

Zhu Gaochi said with certainty.

In the West, which started the industrial revolution, many countries achieved great results one after another. Not only did they surpass the East in technology, but they also far surpassed the East in terms of social models.

For example, the birth of the steam engine automobile.

The original steam engine automobiles had a very simple structure and low technical content, and there was no difference between the times.

French Army technician and artillery captain Nicolas Gounod. In 1736, the 38-year-old Gounod resigned and returned to France as a technical officer in the French Army.

The then French Minister of War, Duke Chauiseil-Apollois, was a powerful figure in the government who also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Navy. He supported Gounod's idea, studied steam vehicles for towing cannons, and allocated [-] livres The funds are used as prototype trial production costs.

It took Cournot six years to build the world's first practical steam car in 1769.

The steam engine used was the first-generation Newcomen steam engine, not the second-generation Watt steam engine.

The second generation of Watt steam engines had just been invented this year and had not yet been put into production, and one was in England and the other in France.

The technology of the steam engine was not a difficult problem.

The Watt steam engine is not difficult, and the Newcomen steam engine is even simpler. What is difficult is the replacement of human power by machines and the social model of machines producing machines.

However, the French Minister of War, Duke Chauiseir-Apollois, was dismissed from his post, and the government also died. Cournot's follow-up research was also stopped. It was only half a century later that the steam engine car was seen again.

Technological inventions before modern times were mainly made by craftsmen, and the same was true for automobiles including steam engines.

Unlike the West, today's Ming Dynasty is guided by Zhu Gaochi, and there will be no interruptions or regressions, or the slow fermentation of the natural market. Therefore, practical steam engine trains have received greater support.

The steam engine truck invented by Jinzhou uses a second-generation steam engine, which is more efficient than the steam engine truck invented by Cournot and has high practical value. It does not consume as much coal as the Newcomen steam engine, and the cost of use is also lower.

in short.

The steam engine truck invented by Jinzhou already has the basic conditions to be put into the market.

Although Zhu Di couldn't understand it, he still chose to believe in his son on the road to industry. The boss's words were so useful that he also became interested in the new steam engine truck.

The steam engine truck was loaded into the steam engine ship, escorted by technical personnel from Jinzhou, and transported to Yingtianfu by sea.

"This is what His Royal Highness the Grandson values ​​so much."

Several officials who came to greet it looked at the big box and peered through the gaps between the wood. They could only see a dark patch and nothing.

"Let's go."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to see it when I get to the capital."

on the pier.

The disassembled parts were transported into large wooden boxes on horse-drawn carriages and then transported to the capital by train.

The steam engine wagon invented in Jinzhou is only one word different from the steam engine train.

The importance of steam engine trains has been widely known. Under the praise of newspapers, people burst out with great enthusiasm and were full of curiosity about this guy. What kind of difference would it make.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who gradually rarely went out, also heard the noise.

"It's rare to find something rare."

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little hunched over and looked much shorter than before.

At that time, the construction site in the new city was gone, and those old friends went to all over the world. When they were drinking, they might occasionally chat about the talkative old man they met in the capital.

Zhu Yuanzhang also missed that time very much.

However, forgetting each other in the world can be regarded as a beautiful fate.

Li Daoxin no longer interfered with Jin Yiwei's affairs and accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang on the streets of the capital.

Little has changed in the old Beijing area.

The further you go, the greater the changes. The road is built wider than the original straight road. It is paved with stone bricks and is very solid. It is separated by rails in the middle, and pedestrians go on each side.

There are tea sellers, sweet water sellers, sugar cane sellers, ice drink sellers, etc. on the streets to provide pedestrians with the opportunity to quench their thirst.

The hut at the end of the road is a little further back, with road signs hanging in front to guide pedestrians.

"I heard that His Royal Highness the Emperor Grandson was very excited and valued this thing very much."

Li Daoxin smiled.

"This kid just likes to mess around."

Zhu Yuanzhang was scolding, but he was smiling at the corners of his eyes.

on the street.

Men are wearing all kinds of clothes, including long shirts, short coats, I-type suits, Chinese uniforms, new clothes, etc. There are also more women, wearing all kinds of dresses.

From Qin and Han Dynasties to Tang and Song Dynasties.

Beautiful styles were produced one by one, and even partial adjustments were made to highlight the beauty of the women.

Because of the cheapness of coal and the popularity of briquettes, many ordinary people in the city began to use irons.

The clothes were ironed and looked like new.

Girls in twos and threes gather in groups, holding exquisite folding fans or paper fans in their hands, and the hanging ornaments on their bodies are sparkling, making them lively and cute.

There are also men and women traveling together.

The carriages coming and going also have different styles, with many patterns carved on the outside.

"The people are living well."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

The streets of the capital were in order.

Two inspectors patrolling the streets walked over majestically and placed their names in the boxes installed on the pillars at the fixed store entrances. At the end of each month, the inspectors in the inspection department would change. The roll call in the street box.

Make a circle today, a cross tomorrow, and an A grade the day after tomorrow, so that the patrol officers cannot be lazy.Any attendance missed will be deducted.

In order to avoid the loss of the box, it is specially installed at the entrance of some shops.

The store clerks are willing to help take care of it, and with the presence of patrol inspectors, the safety of the place is ensured. The stores are willing to take on this effortless task.

"Shhhh."

Sudden.

A shrill bamboo whistle sounded in the distance. People who heard the sound looked over. The two patrol officers put down what they were doing and hurried towards the sound.

The man who retired from the army still had good physical fitness, and his legs ran very fast, and he disappeared around the corner of the street in a short time.

"Mr. Huang, let's wait."

Li Daoxin didn't know what happened and chose to stay where he was.

"What can happen?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very curious.

A lot of people came over and looked surprised.

"Don't run."

"stop."

Several panicked people appeared, followed by several patrol officers.

Two of them were knocked down and struggled with the patrol inspector behind them. Another one ran desperately, his face turning pale as he ran.

"If you run away again, I'll shoot you."

The man didn't seem to understand.

The patrol officer behind him took out a short gun, but on the busy street, the patrol officer did not dare to shoot. The gun's accuracy was not good enough, and it injured passers-by, and he was also killed.

Seeing that he couldn't scare the other party, the inspector Ding had no choice but to put away his blunderbuss and continue to catch up.

Li Daoxin winked.

far away.

Someone stretched out a leg and tripped the runner.

"What a good boy, you can really run,"

"Thanks."

Inspector Ding Chai said in surprise, there are very few people who can run better than him.

"What's going on? What do these people do?"

asked the passerby who had just helped.

Inspector Ding Chai shook his head helplessly: "A few Koreans secretly came to Daming to work."

"Oh."

The people around suddenly realized.

There are more and more maids from Korea and Japan in the Ming Dynasty. Even if the chance is one in a thousand, they have used various tricks to attract many men from Korea and Japan.

The main reason is that foreign labor is cheap, and local small workshops are willing to risk fines and use illegal labor.

There was a report in the newspapers a few days ago about the need to crack down on these phenomena.

The use of maids from the Goryeo and Japanese countries was already the bottom line, and the existence of a large number of foreign cheap workers was not allowed to disrupt the internal labor order of the Ming Dynasty.

"I really didn't expect it."

When Zhu Yuanzhang learned about it, he was surprised.

Daming's changes were so rapid that he couldn't even recognize them.

"It's so far away."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't react. He really couldn't imagine how they came to Ming Dynasty.

"Sir, you haven't been to the beach for a long time. There are many ships on the sea now. The more ships go to North Korea, who knows if there are some people on board."

"Aren't they afraid of being punished?"

"Some ship bosses think that the more they earn, the more they earn. And how can they check it on the sea?"

"It's true that people and wealth have died, and birds have perished for food."

Several Koreans are still struggling. They finally arrived in Ming Dynasty. They have no way out and do not want to be transported back to their country.

"Not honest yet."

The inspector Ding Chai struck several times with his stick before the Koreans stopped struggling.

Not all retired personnel are patrol inspectors, but patrol inspectors must be retired personnel. According to the employment regulations of the Inspection and Inspection Department, the recruitment targets must be recruited from retired military personnel.

Not to mention there were seven or eight patrol officers present, even if there was only one, he would not be afraid of these three unarmed Goryeo people.

Of course.

If these people had weapons in their hands, the patrol officers would not be polite, and what they would receive would not be sticks, but lead.

A sudden accident on the street became the talk of the day among people around him.

"Whether it is a vassal state that loves China or not, it still needs to be taken care of." Zhu Yuanzhang said sympathetically, and Li Daoxin also nodded.

Many people could not understand the emperor's grandson.

The kindness in Chinese people’s bones.

As long as people agree with Chinese civilization, they will show the greatest kindness.

There are many foreign people, not to mention the Japanese country. Koryo has always regarded itself as a vassal state, and the people's hearts are towards Chinese civilization. The emperor's grandson is too harsh on them, but he just wants to make a living.

(End of this chapter)