Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 315 Peanuts and Melon Seeds in Boiled Water

The newly built official cement road from Tongzhou to the capital was put into use soon.

In this regard, all travelers are very much looking forward to it.

You know, although it was only about forty miles from Tongzhou to the capital, it actually took a day for most means of transportation.

The ancients came and went, it was impossible to walk with empty hands.Luggage is unavoidable, the difference between more and less.

After walking for half a day, about twenty or thirty miles, you need to rest.

The speed of a horse-drawn carriage is about the same as that of a person walking. It is better to be empty. The heavier the load, the more frequent rests are needed, so as not to tire the horse.

Therefore, on the ancient roads, there was a station every thirty miles, which was for travelers to rest.

And Tongzhou is about forty miles away from the capital. If you don't hurry, you will take a rest in the middle.That is to say, eat and rest at a place about twenty miles away, and continue on the road in the afternoon. It is estimated that it will be evening when we arrive in the capital, which is a day.

In addition, even if a person travels directly in a carriage, it is actually impossible to go fast.

In addition to the reason to protect the horses, there is another important reason, that is, the ancient carriages did not have any shock-absorbing measures. The official road must also be uneven, or there are potholes.

Under such conditions, sitting in a carriage, unless there is a lot of fat on the buttocks and has a built-in shock absorption function, or you have to sit for a while and take a break.

For all these reasons, the land route from Tongzhou to the capital is basically defined as a one-day journey.

It is also for this reason that if ancient people traveled far, if there was a waterway to take a boat, they must have taken the waterway.You can bring more things, and there will be a lot less bumps.

Of course, if you are in a hurry, it will definitely not take a day.The fastest, such as riding alone without any hesitation, can get from Tongzhou to the capital in less than half an hour.

In general, the quality of the road was a very critical factor in the speed of ancient traffic.

The new official road built by the cement road is not fundamentally different from the original mud official road, and it can be seen at a glance that this is a road.

Moreover, the cement-built road is not only flat, but also not muddy or potholed even if there is water.In other words, no matter whether it is raining or the snow is melting, there will be no pain like a mud road.

Based on the understanding of this cement road, many people's expectations for the road from Tongzhou to the capital are shortened to half a day.

Get up early in the morning and go on the road early. Under normal circumstances, you might be able to have lunch in the capital at noon.Naturally, everyone was very happy to be able to arrive at the capital so quickly.

Of course, there are also those who are not happy, that is, those who originally provided a rest in the middle of the journey.However, after all, these people are only a small group of people, and they cannot stop most people from looking forward to the cement road.

On the day when the cement road was announced to be open, many people who had no idea at first had an idea to walk this road.People from the capital, go to Tongzhou to see the excitement of Tongzhou Bay; or people from Tongzhou, go to the capital for a stroll or something.

The ultimate goal is actually to feel the feeling of this new official way.Otherwise, these days, and it is foreseeable that in the next few days, what relatives, friends, and people around are talking about must be this new official way. I don't know anything, so I seem a little ignorant.

On the side of the capital, the soldiers of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division blocked it, and on the other side of Tongzhou, it was blocked by the local government servants of Tongzhou; when the opening time came, all the waiting carriages, including those on foot, crowded onto the level The cement road, along the way, is full of talking and laughing comments on the feeling of walking on this road.

"Not to mention, this place is really flat. Look, the carriage is much more stable!"

"No, this time, if I want to say something, I just read in the car and saw Tongzhou. No one dares to say that I am pretending, right?"

"Look at the speed, I think it will work, I will definitely reach Tongzhou at noon!"

"Don't say that the weather is good now, even if it's raining, it's not a problem to finish walking in half a day!"

"..."

After feeling the same, almost everyone naturally began to talk about the key to the new cement road that brought them convenience.

"In the future, if all the official roads use this concrete road, then you can go to further places for outings, right?"

"That's right. After the road is repaired, at least Tongzhou will become part of our capital. If we leave in the morning, we will have lunch in Tongzhou and then return to the capital!"

"Ah, this cement is really powerful, it can be used to build roads, and it's so good!"

"That's not true, this is something invented by the emperor, can it be bad?"

"..."

Undisputedly, as the inventor of cement on this plane, Emperor Chongzhen was naturally loved and admired by the common people.

However, while praising Emperor Chongzhen, there will naturally be some other voices.

It's not their fault. Walking on this new-style official road and putting a fence, you can see the parallel railway. Looking at that road, they can't figure it out. It's strange that they can say good things.

"Tell me, what is the road over there? It looks so strange?"

"Didn't you see the iron on the ground, so it's called the railway?"

"Who is this road for? It's too inconvenient! Carriage, that's even more impossible! I don't know what to think, but this kind of road can be called a road?"

"Who knows, anyway, the road over there belongs to the Imperial Household Railway Department. It is said that the court has issued a notice that people who take that road will be charged a fee."

"Charge fees? Haha, who would be stupid to take such a strange path?"

"..."

This view basically accounts for the thoughts of most people who have seen the railway.Because of this, they didn't have any idea about charging money from people who walked that way in the palace. If they did, it was just a joke.

Of course, there are also some people who have different views.

"I bet there are people who go that way!"

"How to say? Who is stupid!"

"Not stupid! Some people who want to curry favor with the people in the palace will go that way? No matter how expensive they are, they will go!"

"Hey, if you put it that way, it's really possible!"

"Also, those eunuchs in the palace may forcibly stop people and let them go the other way, do you think it is possible!"

"It's definitely possible during the Tianqi period, or maybe it was before, but it's impossible now, the emperor Taizu has appeared, and today's son Shengming must not allow such a thing to happen!"

"Shh, that's not necessarily true! We ordinary people probably won't, but those big businessmen and rich masters might be targeted and let them take the railway over there!"

"Hey, from what you said, it seems possible. But it's better to take that railway than to have your house ransacked?"

"..."

Those who are on their way are on their way, but those idlers who come to experience the new official way are mostly chatting while walking.

That's it, walking, walking halfway, people from Tongzhou who went to the capital, and people from the capital who went to Tongzhou, were suddenly dumbfounded.

On the opposite side of the official road, there are densely packed people coming towards him, and the road is blocked!
Today, the first day, I don't know how many people have passed this official road. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a sea of ​​people.After all, the capital and Tongzhou are both very wealthy places in Ming Dynasty, and there are many princes and buddies who are too idle to panic.No matter how wide the road is built, it can be paved completely.

So, as soon as the people on both sides converged, they shouted to make way for each other.

There is a fence on one side of the official road, and the railway is on the other side. The court has expressly stipulated that no one is allowed to climb the fence, otherwise they will be jailed.

There is no problem on the other side, it is the field, and I can go down this February, and there is nothing to grow anyway.

But the key question is, why should I go down the official road to make way for the people on the opposite side?

That's it, on the first day of the opening of the new official road, there was a huge traffic jam!
Even if there are so many people, even if someone wants to make the way, go down, it won't work!
So, it's a tragedy!
I originally wanted to go to Tongzhou or the capital to have lunch, and then go back and pretend to say that I had lunch in Tongzhou or the capital today, so I was hungry halfway.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, at the feet of the emperor, there were no fights, but scolding was the mainstream voice.

Those who are really in a hurry must step off the official road and continue on the road on the muddy ground with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

It's okay to be idle, it's just that people are fighting for a breath, and the Buddha receives a stick of incense, so why should I play it, it's a bar!
There are also some quick-witted and quick-witted, who immediately took out the food in their luggage and sold it in public.

"Peanuts and melon seeds boiled in water, please give way!"

"Eggs, tea eggs, quail eggs, please excuse me!"

"..."

On this day, the confrontation was not over until the official yamen received the news and quickly sent cavalry to clear it.

After this news spread to the palace, Emperor Chongzhen burst into laughter.

However, he immediately remembered that in the videos he had seen from Liu Weichao, there were lines drawn on the road to regulate pedestrians and so on.

This can be!
So, Emperor Chongzhen immediately told his courtiers about this idea, and asked his courtiers to do this.

Follow the principle of keeping to the right to regulate the road.

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen was not angry about the remarks about the railway from the people. He even had a kind of expectation, and dared to say that the railway is useless, and the toll is even more useless.Just wait and see.

No, the railway stations on both sides of Tongzhou and Jingshi were also built soon, and the day that Emperor Chongzhen was looking forward to slapping his face finally came.

After dawn, Emperor Chongzhen made a clear decree that he would go out of the palace in person, and he would take the empress and prince with him!

　The three days at the end of the month seem to be double the monthly pass. Everyone save the monthly pass to vote at the end of the month.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)