MTL - Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty-v2 Chapter 1727 Greedy work

  Chapter 1727 The Merit of Greedy Heaven

  Zhu Houzhao looked for the man enthusiastically, and immediately asked, "Are you ready?"

   "Okay, I specially arranged the train in advance today. Your Majesty, this car has been overhauled, so there shouldn't be any problems, but in order to prevent it from happening..."

   Before the man finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "What precautions, you bastard, believe it or not, I will slap you."

   Seeing His Majesty raising his hand to fight, the station master of this station looked astonished. The emperor he imagined should not be like this!

  Fang Jifan said earnestly in the aside: "Your Majesty, the test drive is important."

  Zhu Houzhao just turned his hands away and said, "How many carriages are attached to this car?"

   "According to the order and the rules, eight carriages were hung up, with 30 people in each carriage."

  Zhu Houzhao nodded.

  This number is the maximum full load value of a steam car. In the past... this number is very scary. One car can carry 240 people. Such a capacity can only be carried when it is fully loaded.

  But under normal circumstances, most of the time, steam locomotives running in Beijing are often fully loaded. Not only will they be fully loaded, but many people will even get on the train.

  After all... there are so many people, especially in the case of peak passenger traffic.

  So... at this time, the train started to struggle. Just hearing the roar, it was going very slowly, and the speed of twenty miles per hour was not bad.

But even so, this speed is amazing for this era when people basically rely on walking to go out. Ordinary people have long been accustomed to relying on trains to travel. On the one hand, there are a large number of workshops, and many people have changed from farmers to After becoming a worker and becoming a worker, people gradually began to have a concept of time. On the other hand, although the railways of this era are not very friendly to passengers, the price is still relatively low.

   Zhu Houzhao first helped Queen Mother Zhang out.

  Questioningly, Queen Mother Zhang said: "This is Heling and Yanling...they designed it?"

  Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Exactly, exactly, Queen Mother, you wait here, I will go to test the car first."

  Someone brought a seat to Empress Dowager Zhang and served tea.

Queen Mother Zhang was not in a hurry, she didn't dare to go into the iron lump, she always felt it was scary, although she knew it was generally safe, so she took a sip of tea, but she was thinking in her heart, when her two brothers would start Blind thinking about this.

  Thinking of this, she couldn't help looking at Fang Jifan.

It is said that this steam locomotive is closely related to the emperor and the successor. The emperor has always disliked his two uncles. Although she tried to persuade him, but when the two brothers were mentioned, the emperor hated him so much. The Queen Mother was worried.

  Thus...the matter of the two brothers building steam locomotives must have nothing to do with the emperor, so...could it be Jifan?

From Queen Mother Zhang's point of view, Fang Jifan is a stable and honest person. She still remembers the last time Fang Jifan went to greet her. She mentioned these two uncles, showing her concern and letting Fang Jifan take good care of her. In a blink of an eye...

  Empress Zhang was thinking in a mess, and couldn't help but feel a little worried. These two brothers are not only useless, but also unreliable.

  But at this time, Zhu Houzhao had dragged Fang Jifan into the car. Fang Jifan looked out the window through the glass, and then... at the front of the car, coal shovelers started to burn the boiler, and with a roar, the carriage began to vibrate.

  As a guinea pig, Fang Jifan was a little nervous, but Zhu Houzhao sat with his legs crossed.

   Immediately afterwards, the vibration became more violent, and the steam locomotive finally started to move. Through the glass window, it was clear that things outside the window began to move backwards, and then... the steam locomotive began to run wildly.

  Fang Jifan didn't have much perception of this.

  But at this moment, Zhu Houzhao suddenly became energetic: "This is not small, Lao Fang... this is not small."

  Suddenly his eyes lit up, he was indeed an expert, and he knew the difference just by feeling it.

   Along the railway tracks, the steam locomotive is still running wildly, and it seems to be extremely powerful.

  On the locomotive, thick smoke billowed from the chimney.

  The speed of the steam locomotive with eight carriages began to get faster and faster, so that... the vibration of the carriage became more and more obvious.

  Fang Jifan looked at the scenery moving faster and faster outside, but felt that it was normal.

  Zhu Houzhao danced with his hands and feet: "Quick, really fast. Lao Fang, this is already fast. Have you ever been in such a fast steam car? It really is, it is..." He rubbed his hands excitedly.

  Fang Jifan was calm in his heart, thinking to himself, not only has he sat on it, but he has also sat on it many times faster than this. This thing is not as good as an old antique.

  In fact... In other compartments, there are mostly personnel from the research institute and the station. At this moment, they all feel incredible.

  Under such a fully loaded condition, the race is as easy as if there is no carriage at all.

   Many compartments are already boiling.

   For researchers, this is obviously... another new door opened in front of them. In this new direction, perhaps... numerous results are about to emerge.

   And for the people at the station...they see...silver.

  Countless silver...

  Theoretically speaking, the loss of the same pot of coal brings different transport capacity, which means different income.

  The current railway is actually not very profitable. On the one hand, it requires a lot of personnel and wastes a lot of coal, and even includes many expenses such as maintenance and depreciation.

   But once...in a certain aspect, you can save a lot of money, or the same trip can bring more capacity, which means...profit...

   Only with profits can more people have meat to eat.

  The steam locomotive began to run with all its strength, without stopping all the way, like a bull, along the track, extremely reckless.

  Zhu Houzhao held the armrest and kept admiring: "Quick, too fast, oops, Lao Fang, I'm going to fly."

  Fly you uncle...

  Fang Jifan still sat still like an old monk, and couldn't help complaining in his heart, is this called flying? The green leather cars of later generations can hang you.

  After a trip, finally...the steam train followed the circular line and returned to the starting station of Xishan.

  When the train slowly began to slow down and gradually stopped amidst the smog.

  Zhu Houzhao jumped out of the car.

  A few academicians who accompanied him hurried over.

   "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

   Zhu Houzhao's face was flushed, and he asked excitedly, "How long did it take?"

The person who answered was also very excited: "It took four quarters of an hour to go around the new city. Your Majesty, it is almost twice as fast as the previous steam locomotive. This is still fully loaded... If it is empty, I'm afraid Even more astonishing."

  Fang Jifan was listening, also calculating in his mind.

   Calculated in this way, the speed has reached more than forty miles per hour. Compared with the speed of an old ox pulling a cart in the past, it is indeed terrifying to do this under a full load.

  Zhu Houzhao said in surprise: "Twice as fast?"

   "Yes." The academician who timed the time said firmly: "The clock of the minister is the most accurate, if your majesty doesn't believe it..."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "This is all right, this is all right, speaking of it... my two uncles, why are they so capable? Come, come, call them back to Beijing, I want to wait for them to come back and ask for advice." One or two."

   As he said, Zhu Houzhao looked left and right with his hands behind his back, and said in his mouth: "Where is the mother, where is the mother?"

  He looked around for Queen Mother Zhang.

  The Empress Dowager Zhang was still sitting there, with someone waiting on her side, but she was surprised to hear the roar of steam locomotives at the entrance of the station, and see countless people cheering and rushing towards that direction.

After a while, I saw Zhu Houzhao coming excitedly, looked at her happily and said: "My queen, it's amazing, it's amazing, does my mother know how amazing this is? This is like reinventing the steam locomotive. The two uncles are worthy of it." It's my uncle, haha..."

   Seeing Zhu Houzhao excited, Queen Mother Zhang was stunned.

  She couldn't understand what was so great about it.

   But at this moment, someone has already slipped out excitedly, and ran all the way to the exchange.

  Fang Jifan suddenly came to his senses: "No, Your Majesty... This is too bad, we made too much noise."

   "What, what do you mean?" Zhu Hou looked at Fang Jifan, unable to react for a while.

  Fang Jifan said: "There is such a big movement, someone must inquire about it. I'm afraid that once the news comes out, it will be such a major benefit. In this exchange, the stock of Xishan Jianye related to the railway will skyrocket."

  Zhu Houzhao also understood this, and after listening to it, he suddenly realized something.

  He shivered violently, stared, and hurriedly shouted: "Yes, yes, Liu Banban, Liu Banban."

   Liu Jin hurriedly stepped forward: "The servant is here."

Zhu Houzhao quickly ordered: "Hurry up...go to the exchange and inquire about it. I'm afraid it's too late to buy back stocks now, but...if it goes up sharply, it may not be a bad thing. Would you refuse to invest in money? On the same railway tracks, the steam locomotives running can double the transport capacity, or double the speed. This is a pot of coal with double the goods and people, so... the operation of future railways can be regarded as It's really profitable, don't worry if they don't invest money, Lao Fang... the future of the railway construction in Ming Dynasty will be expected."

  Liu Jin listened to Zhu Houzhao's instructions, hurriedly prepared a fast horse by herself, and went to the exchange like crazy.

   For Zhu Houzhao, a huge prospect has already appeared in front of his eyes.

   In the past, what was the purpose of planning these railways and asking for money everywhere? Isn't it just... Many people think that the payment for the construction of the railway is too slow and the profit is not enough?

  But once...this situation changes, it will mean... countless people will start to look favorably on the railway.

  And this...is the real event that benefits the country and the people.

"Mother, I can't wait any longer. I want to go to the stock exchange myself." Zhu Houzhao said impatiently, "I want to see...if it's as old as Fang's guess. , This is more beneficial than training a hundred thousand elite soldiers."

  Queen Zhang: "..."

  (end of this chapter)