Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 356 The Covenant
The weather is cold day by day, and the breath turns into ice.

In such a cold weather, Zhu Changyuan was not idle.

Once an agreement was reached with Huang Taiji, he ordered Zhu Jinbiao, the commander-in-chief of Gaizhou City, to send a thousand-man army to the Dagushan Iron Mine in Shili Tieshan.

Then, a development area was delineated on the north side of the mountain, and camps were set up on the spot and martial law was imposed. No one was allowed to enter within three miles.

In the designated development area, Zhu Changyuan transported a large amount of machinery from modern society, including crushers, drilling machines, rock drills, and even a large truckload of explosives.

In addition to this, of course, there are a few cars used to transport ore, and naturally, a large steamer is left behind, and it is placed on dry land.

Then, the soldiers were ordered to build a sidewalk from the ground directly to the ship, so that cars could go up and down conveniently.

Immediately afterwards, the exciting mining work began intensely. Although the weather was severe and cold, it couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the soldiers.

The draft and deadweight of the big ship is 30 tons, but it is not in the water now, as long as it can hold it, let alone [-] tons, even [-] tons, [-] tons, it is not a problem.

Anyway, at the very least, there is no need to worry about the ship being crushed by iron ore.

At the same time, the work of the sun and the moon is also going on intensely. Whether it is the production of steam engines or the research and development of steelmaking equipment, they are all in full swing, and the progress even exceeds Zhu Changyuan's original node plan.

After everything was arranged, there would naturally be someone to do the work, and Zhu Changyuan himself was leisurely drinking tea and listening to ditties in Yanming Palace.

After getting along with Zhu Changyuan during this period, Chen Yuanyuan's mood became much brighter. At least, she no longer sang the kind of tunes that "everything is turned into mud and dust, and only the fragrance remains the same".

Occasionally, under the guidance of Zhu Changyuan, I can sing some cheerful male and female tunes.

It's just that Zhu Changyuan really wanted to eat, looking at the woman who was smoking like jade in front of him, but, in order to take into account the appearance of eating and his long-term relationship in the future, he forcibly held back.

"My lord, it's getting colder and colder, Yuanyuan made you a dress."

While speaking, a maid brought the clothes to Zhu Changyuan. Zhu Changyuan reached out to take them, shook the clothes away, and was slightly taken aback: It turned out to be the same as Zhang Yan, sending a black cloak.

He stretched out his hand to take it, put it on his nose, closed his eyes and took a deep sniff, and said playfully, "Is there Chen Ji's scent on it?"

Chen Yuanyuan blushed, and spat: "My lord is talking nonsense."

This is also because I have been with Zhu Changyuan for a long time, and I know that he is a relatively casual person, and generally does not care about etiquette and other issues. He is usually very kind, unlike other high-ranking people who put on a bad face when they have nothing to do.

This made Chen Yuanyuan feel kind inexplicably.

"You go down."

With a wave of his hand, Zhu Changyuan dismissed all the maids around him, then gently put the cloak that Chen Yuanyuan gave him and him on the table, and said with emotion: "Let's keep this thing for your Maolang." .”

Chen Yuanyuan's body trembled suddenly, and he asked tremblingly, "Why did your lord make such a statement?"

"Perhaps he is more suitable than me."

Zhu Changyuan said something seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.

Chen Yuanyuan suddenly felt an inexplicable pain in her heart and said nothing.

Zhu Changyuan asked again: "Let me ask you a question I asked you before. If, I mean, if, when you meet Mao Pijiang again one day, you find that he already has a relationship, what will you do?"

"No!" Chen Yuanyuan shook his head, and said firmly: "I have an appointment with Maolang, and he will definitely not let me down."

Zhu Changyuan smiled softly and said, "I just said, if."

Chen Yuanyuan was taken aback for a moment, her thoughts racing.

In fact, although she said she was determined, deep down, she was a little shaken.

There are too many things about childhood sweethearts, falling in love at first sight but finally abandoning them, no matter in history or in dramas.For example, the talents of the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun, fell in love at first sight, but in the end, the song "White-headed Song" became popular in the world; Woolen cloth?Another example is the famous great talent in the Tang Dynasty, who wrote "Once the sea was difficult for water, except Wushan is not a cloud." Yuan Zhen, who vowed to guard his dead wife like a jade, went to Sichuan to seduce Xue Tao just after his wife died. Ruyu girl was fascinated by him, but in the end, he pulled away and left.

Literati, the most unreliable thing is love.

However, Chen Yuanyuan was born too early, and she still doesn't know the story of the later generations Hou Fangyu and Li Xiangjun.

"Concubine, I don't know either!"

After a long time, Chen Yuanyuan heaved a long sigh, and seemed a little dispirited.

"Then follow me!" Zhu Changyuan stretched out his hand to hold Chen Yuanyuan's hand in his own, and looked at Chen Yuanyuan's jade-like picture with extremely sincere eyes, and said solemnly: "This king treats you like thousands of miles of rivers and mountains."

Pointing to his heart again, "If the river is like a belt, and Mount Tai is like a sharpening, this heart will never be peaceful!"

Looking at Zhu Changyuan's eyes, listening to this sincere oath, a warmth surged in her heart for no reason, which even made her feel afraid.

Hastily pulled his catkins out of Zhu Changyuan's warm hands, his voice was slightly choked, and he said in a low voice: "My lord respects himself!" He took three steps back and sat on a stool near the window.

Bow your head, tears have already stained your eyelashes.

"It is said that there is a woman named Dong Xiaowan in the south of the Yangtze River. She is extremely beautiful, and she is a stunning beauty. Do you know Yuanyuan?"

Zhu Changyuan asked for no reason.

Chen Yuanyuan raised her head, with a dull expression, and said: "Dong Xiaowan is my concubine's friend, and we are like sisters." He smiled bluntly and said, "Would you like to wait for me to be an intermediary?"

Zhu Changyuan nodded and said, "The famous flower has its owner!"

"Ah?" Chen Yuanyuan was surprised at first, then seemed to understand something, sighed, and said: "It seems that the prince doesn't like prostitutes anymore."

Zhu Changyuan shook his head, "It's not that I don't like prostitutes, but that Dong Xiaowan really has something to belong to."

Chen Yuanyuan didn't know what Zhu Changyuan wanted to express, she shook her head firmly and said: "No, it's just spreading rumors. Although Xiao Wan has fallen into the world, she has high eyesight. I'm afraid it's difficult for ordinary men to catch her eyes."

"Next year!" After thinking for a while, Zhu Changyuan said, "In the second half of next year, when I'm more or less busy with the things at hand, I'll take you to the south of the Yangtze River, and you will naturally know about it."

"Take me to Jiangnan!"

Chen Yuanyuan's eyes suddenly lit up, "My lord really means what he says."

If he could go to Jiangnan, he would meet Maolang not far away, and Chen Yuanyuan felt a little excited in his heart.

"nature."

Zhu Changyuan said indifferently: "I grew up in the bitter cold of Liaodong. I haven't seen the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River and the stunning beauty of Jinling. When the time comes, I must feast my eyes."

But he said in his heart: Lao Tzu was originally from Nandu City in modern society, and Nandu City and Jinling in later generations can be regarded as overlapping geographically.

After a pause, he continued: "The former promised you that he will help you find your Maolang. I don't want to be a person who doesn't keep his word. Especially for you, Yuanyuan, I really can't refuse."

Chen Yuanyuan was naturally moved in her heart, nodded, and said, "Well, just follow the orders of the prince."

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The winter in Liaodong seems to be a little longer and colder.

Although Zhu Changyuan took advantage of the resources in his hands to build a heating system in the entire palace with coal, but because the ancient houses were large and not insulated, he still felt that this winter was too cold.

Of course, he has a relatively good physique, and he has already reached the highest level of body cultivation "Yi Jin Jing", so naturally he will not be afraid of the severe cold here.

However, others were not so lucky.

For example, the soldiers who were mining on Shili Iron Mountain were screaming from the cold.Fortunately, Zhu Changyuan is more humane. Once the iron ore excavated is almost enough for the early stage, he stops mining.

However, on Riyue Island, after a winter of hard work and without rest, the current scientific research has begun to bear fruit.

A huge steam locomotive was built.

Moreover, after the test on the construction of the train track, although its operating capacity and load capacity cannot reach the effect of the original design, it is also a happy event for Zhu Changyuan.

At least, it's ready to use.

It’s nothing more than adding a few carriages when pulling coal!
As for the steelmaking equipment, it was more complicated, so until the winter passed, all the remodeled equipment was only installed in place, and debugging and use had not yet started.

However, if there are no problems, it should be soon.

Whether it's a steel mill or a steam engine, neither is the most urgent thing right now. Even if these things are completed later in the first half of the year, it doesn't matter much.

In fact, for Zhu Changyuan, the most urgent thing right now is the route design from Fuxin to Jinzhou.

This work is the key. In the spring of the next year, whether people can be organized to build roads in time and open up the connection between the open-pit coal mine and the sea outside is the key.

As long as this railway can be opened up one day earlier, the production efficiency of the entire road will increase by one day, and the impact on the entire parallel world will come one day sooner.

Fortunately, under Zhu Changyuan's constant urging and the deliberate inclination of a large number of resources, these blueprints were finally designed before the winter passed.

Zhu Changyuan took a look. The design and selection of the entire railway is basically close to the east side of the Daling River. It extends from Fuxin City in the north to the south, along Lushan Mountain, and reaches Jinzhou. It crosses Daling River near Jinzhou. Linghe once, and then go straight to the sea.

Gently put down the drawing, Zhu Changyuan nodded and said, "Very well done."

The railway only crosses the Daling River once, that is to say, only one bridge needs to be built, and the rest are all filled with earth and rocks.

(End of this chapter)