Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 937
On the mine side, in fact, more Indian chiefs and officials at all levels are in charge.

Human lives are worthless to primitive tribes, because they don't live long in the first place.If they can complete the task assigned by the Spanish master, they will get more benefits.

It can be said that the fate of the Indians at the bottom is really miserable.

Qian Muming took his robes and his clansmen, and quickly took away the mines near them, but unfortunately, his father and his younger brother did not live long enough to wait for him, and even the corpses could no longer be distinguished. .

Because the Indians who died in the mine were all buried in mass graves by them, and there was no way to tell them apart.

Most of the experiences of other soldiers were similar to Qian Muming's, but they were either a little bit luckier or a little bit more miserable.

Needless to say, later, under the testimony of Qian Muming and others, not only did the Indians know that their ancestors actually came from the Ming Empire, but now society will be rebuilt here. Of course, this is in the Ming Dynasty. under the leadership.

And one of Zheng Zhilong's most important tasks is naturally to wipe out the Western colonists here, rebuild the order here, and prepare for the subsequent feudal lordship.Of course, the most famous mining areas will do their part and will not be given to the vassal.

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In the autumn of the 27th year of Chongzhen, the people of the capital were moved by the news and flocked to the largest Chang'an Avenue, the road leading directly to the Forbidden City to watch.Rich people have already booked restaurants and teahouses facing the street, the kind by the window, waiting to see the next scene.

Such a grand event happened only when the imperial court army captured a large number of Jian captives for the first time after the Battle of Jizhou, and escorted them to the capital to offer them up.

This time there was such a grand event again, but it did not mean that there were prisoners again.

In the 27th year of Chongzhen, there were no prisoners who were qualified enough to make the people of the capital move.

However, it can be seen from the excited discussions of the people in the capital that this is definitely a good thing.

"It's been a year now, and now the court has finally built it?"

"Yeah, it's a bit unexpected. I thought that His Royal Highness had already been opened in the Forbidden City, and it should be available soon, but it still dragged on for so long!"

"Don't be dissatisfied. According to my brother-in-law at the Academy of Sciences, the car originally driven by His Royal Highness had a lot of problems, and there are still many things that have not been resolved. This time, thanks to Tianting's great efforts Support, updated a lot of Gephysics content, and finally can really start mass production.”

"Even so, mass production is still limited, and some key parts still need to be handcrafted!"

"Is the difficulty really that high?"

"That's not true, this is really usable, it's an earth-shattering good thing on land, and carriages are about to be phased out again!"

"..."

While they were discussing, suddenly, they heard something outside, and then someone shouted loudly: "Here we come, we come..."

So, everyone ignored the gossip, and stood by the window one after another, or rushed out to see something new.

Sure enough, I saw a few steel cars driving on the street, painted with green paint and flying flags, approaching mightily and domineeringly.

Seeing this, they became excited.

"Wow, such a big car! Look, the funnel at the back is so big, it can hold a lot of things!"

"Fucking funnel, is your funnel like this? This is a carriage, just like a train carriage, except there is no cover!"

"Slip of the tongue, haha, slip of the tongue. I don't know how much money this car will cost. It's very convenient to buy a cargo truck!"

"No, did you see it? There is almost no sound when driving over. This is also strange. I didn't see the chimney!"

"The one with the chimney is a steam engine. This is the most advanced internal combustion engine in our Ming Dynasty, do you know?"

"That's right, this is an internal combustion engine. It is said that the iron bulls in Guihua City and Liaodong are all from internal combustion engines. This is actually not a rare thing!"

"I'm afraid you don't know it. The internal combustion engine used to burn gas, but this one burns oil. No, it's called gasoline!"

"..."

Amidst their discussions, ten large trucks lined up on Chang'an Avenue, enjoying the attention of the people in the capital.

It is estimated that there has never been a large truck that can be treated like this and has been warmly welcomed by so many people.

These big trucks drove all the way to the Forbidden City and stopped at the Hall of Martial Arts.

Emperor Chongzhen, the crown prince Zhu Cihong, the chief minister of the cabinet Sun Chuanting, etc., the most senior officials of Ming Dynasty all gathered here.

Emperor Chongzhen watched the big truck stop, and after the factory guard who escorted the truck got off, he smiled and said to Sun Chuanting and the others: "Let's go, go to the arsenal outside the city, and let everyone see the latest good thing of our Ming Dynasty, the cavalry. nemesis!"

For this era, cavalry is always the king on the battlefield. Its mobility and impact make everyone wish they had a powerful cavalry army.

Although it is said that today's Ming Dynasty has the Mongolian grassland, and even after owning the Western Regions, the number of cavalry troops is already the largest in the world.

However, Daming's enemies still have many cavalry troops, and they can still pose a great threat to Daming, including the vassal states.

But now, Daming actually has a cavalry nemesis. The news made everyone present very happy and eager to see what kind of cavalry nemesis this is.

After Emperor Chongzhen gave an order, Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony and the admiral of Xichang, took his Xichang subordinates and got on the two large trucks in front.Of course, Wang Chengen must be sitting in the driver's cab.

Afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen sat in the driver's cab of the third large truck, and the carriage was filled with the most senior officials of the Ming Dynasty, including the Six Departments and Jiuqing.In the fourth car were Prince Zhu Cihong and the senior Ming officials who couldn't fit in the third car.

The fifth and sixth cars are also other officials, and after that, they are the factory guards and generals.

Ten large trucks, all full of people.

Then, after Emperor Chongzhen ordered, his car honked the horn, and the whole convoy began to move in an orderly manner.

Originally, it was actually possible to build a few more small cars for Emperor Chongzhen and others to travel.

However, this proposal was rejected by Emperor Chongzhen.He thinks it is better to build big trucks first, and as for small cars, we will talk about it later.

Just like that, the first time the Emperor Ming traveled, he no longer took a dragon chariot, but a big truck.

If this scene is photographed and sent to Liu Weichao, people will probably think that this is as unreliable as Guan Yu riding a bicycle. How can ancient emperors travel by big trucks!
Not too long, the convoy arrived at the arsenal outside the city.

The prosperity of the capital has nothing to do with this place. There are officers and soldiers from the capital camp guarding the periphery, and no one is allowed to approach without a warrant.Even the nearby hilltops are occupied by the Beijing camp.

After Emperor Chongzhen got out of the car, he looked at the courtiers who got out of the car one after another, and asked them with a smile, "How do you feel about riding in this car?"

Upon hearing this, Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said with a smile, "Everything is fine, but it's a bit dry!"

Today's Daming seems to be not as cold as in previous years. This time, it happens to be the time when the autumn tiger is rampant.

Of course, Ni Yuanlu was just joking like that, because he knew that the current emperors were not those temperamental emperors in the early years who would chop off people's heads at every turn.

As far as the current situation is concerned, especially after Tianting clearly expressed its support for Daming, Emperor Chongzhen seems to have nothing to worry him about.

"Hahaha..." No, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this.

I can feel that he is in a very good mood.

The same is true for Sun Chuanting. In the past, he had a completely dead fish face, and it was difficult to see his expression on his face.However, today's Sun Chuanting often smiles.

No, seeing Emperor Chongzhen smiling happily there, he also smiled.

After Emperor Chongzhen stopped laughing, Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "This kind of large truck can carry a lot of goods and run smoothly. If there is enough gasoline, it can be driven all the time. It is better than a horse-drawn carriage. How many times."

After a pause, he added: "Nowadays, the official roads of our Daming, at least in the mainland, have basically built concrete roads, which can just be used to run such large trucks. From then on, there is no place for water transportation. Where there is no railway, using this kind of big truck to transport will make our transportation in Daming faster!"

In the past, the rulers of the dynasty actually wanted the people to be crucified in the place where their household registration was located, and they didn't want them to run around.

But today's Ming Dynasty is different.With the change of ideas, the convenience of transportation, and the expansion of territory, of course, more, the living standards of ordinary people have improved, and they have a little money, so they want to go out for a walk.

Ordinary people, go to the next county to have a look, and those with better family backgrounds go to the prefecture, or even the provincial capital to meet and broaden their horizons, which is a common thing.

At this time in Ming Dynasty, the proportion of taxes collected was not as dependent on land tax as in the past, and the proportion of commerce was rising rapidly, which also objectively reduced the restrictions on the travel of the people.

After Sun Chuanting commented on the big truck, Minister of the Ministry of War waited a little less troublesome. He was more interested in seeing what the cavalry nemesis was?
So, after Sun Chuanting finished speaking, he quickly brought it up tactfully.

When Sun Chuanting heard it, he was of course very curious, so he mentioned it to the emperor.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw them like this, his face was full of smiles, and he stopped entertaining them. He immediately waved his hand and led his courtiers into the gate of the arsenal.

(End of this chapter)