Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 773
"What is that? I saw the bags being loaded onto the train, as if they were food!"

"It's food, food ready to be shipped to Liaodong!"

"Oh, so this is it. It is said that Liaodong will be self-sufficient, right?"

"But it's not just that. A cousin of mine who works in the government office said that from next year, Liaodong will be self-sufficient, and from the year after next, it will be able to supply food to North Korea! According to the imperial court's plan, all Liaodong can be grown A lot of food came out."

"Hey, whatever you are talking about, we can all talk about Liaodong grain, I'm impressed by you!"

"Hehe, chat casually, chat casually. By the way, so many grains on the carriage should be loaded onto the train, right?"

"Looking at this posture, it should be loaded on the train! Tsk tsk, there are so many!"

"This is too much, right? Can this burning car be pulled?"

"It should be able to move, otherwise, can you pretend so much?"

"..."

No matter what the onlookers were talking about, in the end their focus was on loading so much food onto the train, which would be worth more than 20 carriages. Is this possible?
With such doubts, they stared at the grain loading onto the train while waiting for the train to start.

Finally, all the grain was loaded onto the train, and the carriage drove away from the station. Even Emperor Chongzhen and others were a little farther away from the locomotive.

After an official requested the order, the driver of the locomotive was given the order to start.

At this moment, everyone looked at the locomotive, and they stared at the train to see if it could pull so many things!
Wait, wait, wait, wait...

In fact, it didn't take much time, but in the hearts of these waiting crowds, it seemed that they had waited for a long time. Just when they thought the train was not going to work, they suddenly heard a long sound of "pipe", and the top of the train looked like a fairy. He exhaled a big puff of smoke.

"Hey, it's moving, it's moving, look, it's moving..." Someone saw through the fog that the train seemed to be moving, and couldn't help screaming in surprise, just like a child seeing a novel toy.

"It's moving, I saw it too, the train is moving..." When the others heard it, they all echoed happily.

However, some people were a little worried. The train was indeed moving, but why was it so slow?If you really want this speed, it will be better than a horse-drawn carriage when Tongzhou is in the Year of the Monkey!

However, just as they were thinking this, the train slowly got faster and faster, making a rhythmic sound of "Koncha Koncha".

"Wow, I'm getting up soon, I'm finally getting up soon, look!"

Among the sounds of surprise, there was more smoke.But no matter what, the train could eventually be seen coming through the smoke, in front of them, and moving along the tracks.

The speed of this train, in the end, is only the speed of ordinary people trotting.The people on the side can jump on the train as long as they run up.

However, this train dragged ten carriages and pulled the carrying capacity of about 20 carriages.This surprised everyone who saw it: just burning coal can produce such a great force?
The key is this guy who can run by burning coal without eating grass or worrying about getting sick.In terms of cost, the more things you transport and the farther you transport them, the greater the advantage of this train will be!
When many merchants saw this, they immediately realized the benefits that this steam train could bring.Most of them were good at calculating and immediately calculated the accounts for the people around them. Needless to say, everyone who heard it was very surprised.

Of course, there are also some people who say that grapes are sour because they cannot eat them. They say in the crowd angrily: "Now you will be more comfortable doing business. You can save a lot of capital and make a lot of money!"

When a businessman heard this, he immediately said cheerfully: "Brother, don't say that. If we do business, the cost will come down. Of course, the selling price will definitely be lowered. Everyone will benefit, right! "

When the other people heard this, they all made the same reasoning. Immediately, they all happily praised this train: This guy who eats coal is amazing, really amazing!

However, compared to them, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the butt of the train, but his heart was normal.

In order to achieve the greatest sensational effect for the train that debuted for the first time, he specially asked the prince to build the most powerful locomotive that can be built at present. Tools such as rods are transported from the carriage by manpower in front of the audience, so that they have an intuitive impression of how much the train transports!
Overall, this effect is good.Emperor Chongzhen glanced around. Whether they were high-ranking officials of the imperial court, supervisors of the Imperial College, or ordinary people, they were all excited and whispering to the people around them, obviously admiring the steam train. There are plus.

"At this time, no one will stand up and shout about polluting the atmosphere?" Emperor Chongzhen thought in his heart, and drove back to the palace.

As for ordinary people, of course they will not leave so soon.Many half-grown children even ran behind the train, laughing and joking, just like a holiday.

After Emperor Chongzhen returned to the palace, he made a plan to start building railways on major traffic arteries across the country.

The first is: Jingshi to Yangzhoufu, Yingtianfu to Guangzhoufu; this is a vertical line, and it is estimated to be the busiest railway line.

The second is: the capital will go to Hanzhong and then to Gansu, and will go to Tianshan or even further in the future.This railway is firstly used for people's livelihood, and secondly, it will play a very important role in future wars in the Western Regions and the final rule over there.

The third line is: from the capital to Shenyang in Liaodong, and from Shenyang to Busan in North Korea; although this line is included in the plan to start construction, it does not require completion as soon as possible.After all, the populations of Liaodong and North Korea are too small; but in the future, Tielu will still be indispensable for the transportation of materials. Another point is that the improvement of transportation will play a very important role in the imperial court's rule of the border. Therefore, this railway will eventually It is also to be built.

The fourth is: from Guihua City to Hanzhong, then to Sichuan, across Yunnan, and finally to Dongwu.The construction of this railway will be very difficult, and it is also included in the plan like the third one. As much as it can be repaired, it will not be too late to complete the railway construction experience.The main purpose, of course, is to extend Daming's control over the Indian Ocean, and then the Middle East.

Except for these four railways, which were ordered by Emperor Chongzhen, provinces can decide whether to build railways for other railway lines according to their own needs, and connect them with these four backbone roads.Propose a plan and submit it to the emperor for approval.

After Emperor Chongzhen issued this decree, the cabinet was naturally responsible for planning the specific implementation.As for Emperor Chongzhen himself, he had to solve the next problem, which was the problem of electricity.

Not to mention anything else, there is a problem with the current train traveling at night. There is no headlight on the locomotive, so it is impossible to see the road conditions in front of it clearly.Although it is said to be traveling on railway tracks, what if there is a problem with the railway tracks?

And if the train does not run at night, it would be too wasteful.Therefore, the current way for trains to drive at night is to have knights clear the way in front of the train with wind lamps to check the safety of the tracks.If there is a problem, signal to the train driver behind you.

Fortunately, the train is not fast, this method is also effective.

Of course, the most important thing is to always check the safety of the railroad tracks.After a long period of time, you can remove the clearing knight, and hang the wind lamp on the locomotive to make it work.

Generating electricity is very simple. Electromagnetic induction can generate electricity. All it takes is cutting the magnetic field.But the copper wire that conducts electricity is a problem, the insulator wrapping the copper wire is a problem, the light filament is a problem...

There are actually quite a few problems, but if it is not a large-scale application, there is a solution after all.

For example, copper wire can be corrected by skilled craftsmen after machine tool drawing, so as to meet the requirements of consistent thickness as much as possible;

Insulators include ceramics, glass, rubber or whatever.Of course, rubber trees are still in South America today; but South America is the sphere of influence of Portugal. When Emperor Chongzhen made an alliance with Portugal, he made demands, including books, talents, etc., among which were the requirements for the introduction of rubber trees.

But at this time, the Portuguese did not have a deep understanding of rubber trees, and they had to go to South America to introduce them, which took time.However, if it takes time, it is estimated that it should be able to be introduced to Daming within the next two years.

There is also the need for glass for light bulbs. This is no longer a problem. After several years of development, the Daming Glass Factory, stimulated by economic benefits, can blow out any kind of glass.

As for the vacuum, it's not a problem either.At this time, in Europe, some people are already paying attention to the vacuum, and successfully realized it two years later, and are still doing a series of experiments in the vacuum.If Kircher hadn't come to Daming, he would have drawn a vacuum in [-] to verify the conclusion that sound cannot travel in a vacuum.

Historically, tungsten filament was not discovered to be the best filament until much later.However, Emperor Chongzhen had the knowledge of later generations, so he naturally jumped to this step.

Of course, these talks seem to be simple, but if it is really done, it will inevitably take a lot of time, manpower and material resources.But Emperor Chongzhen is the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, he does not lack these.

While he was busy with this, it had snowed in the Western Region.Hong Chengchou's reorganization of the Mongols had to stop.We have to wait until next spring to continue.

However, in the far northwest, in a large cowhide tent, some people were discussing what Hong Chengchou was doing.It can be seen from their words and deeds that they are very unhappy.

However, one of the young men seemed a little hesitant, and said to the person sitting in the middle: "Father Khan, this seems a bit inappropriate?"

(End of this chapter)