My Daming New Empire

Zhu Di asked again: "Can't the steam engine be enlarged?"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said with a smile: "Imperial Ancestor, the horsepower of a steam engine does not depend on the steam pressure tank, but on the cylinder. This issue will be discussed in detail by my grandson when I visit the steam engine factory."

Zhu Di sighed: "I wish that one day, my Daming railway will reach every border. At that time, my Zhu family's country will be as stable as Mount Tai."

"There will be a day when this matter can't be rushed. So far, my grandson has only built a section of railway to Dangtu Ma'anshan, and I can no longer afford to build roads."

Zhu Diqi said: "But the silver taels are not enough?"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "It's because there is not enough iron material, and the bridging technology is not up to the demand."

The Ming Dynasty built the railway, and the labor was very cheap, but the iron material consumed was astronomical compared to the current output.

Another key reason is that the bridge-building technology is not up to standard. Let alone building a bridge over the Yangtze River, it is just an ordinary big river. If you want to allow trains to pass, the load-bearing capacity is not enough.

Zhu Zhanji has asked Carl Soli and Wu Zhong to study hard to solve this problem, but it is difficult to solve it when the cement grade is not enough.

Without the construction of railway bridges, the construction of railways is still just a dream.

In order to increase the production of iron, Zhu Zhanji didn't care too much now, so he sent people to Ma'anshan to survey the iron ore, and successfully found several iron, copper, gold, and associated mines in the Xiangshan area.

In Caishi Town, a large iron and steel factory is already under construction. Coal is transported by ship from Huaibei, and iron is smelted in Caishi Town. In a short period of time, this iron mine will become the main steel production area of ​​Ming Dynasty.

The two chatted, took a tour, and returned to the carriage.The train let out a long whistle and began to move slowly.

Zhu Di, who was sitting on the soft sofa, watched the scenery outside the window slowly move back, and couldn't help but said: "This train is very smooth, great kindness."

Everyone laughed, and anyone who took the train for the first time would be amazed at the smoothness of the train.

Only now did Zhu Di have time to chat with Jian Yi and the others, although he was a little dissatisfied with these sloppy ministers, thinking that they were too thorough to turn to Zhu Zhanji.

But Zhu Zhanji is his grandson after all, and more importantly, he already has the intention of abdicating, so he has no intention of finding fault.

The train entered Yingtianfu along the Shuiguan Bridge, traveled south along the bustling area of ​​Yingtianfu, and when it arrived at the arena, it merged into the East-West Line.

Zhu Di was very curious from the very beginning, and he was amazed by the tens of meters wide road.Seeing the towering outline of the arena, he was even more surprised and speechless.

"What kind of house is there? Why is it built so high?"

Jian Yi and the others also looked over to Zhu Zhanji.Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Imperial Ancestor, that is a dwelling built for ordinary people in Yingtian Mansion. People in a neighborhood can live in one building now, saving a lot of land."

Zhu Di frowned and asked, "You must not violate the rules!"

"They are all slightly lower than Fengtian Temple, and there is no violation of the system."

Zhu Di nodded again and said: "This strategy is very good. In this way, Yingtian Mansion can accommodate an additional million people."

After passing the Gongyuan and the area around the Qinhuai River, the train soon arrived at the Huangcheng District, where the completed parliament building directly caught Zhu Di's attention.

He stared at the parliament building for a while before saying, "It's too ugly."

Everyone laughed again, Jian Yi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, although ugly, it is quite practical."

Zhu Di already knew about this parliament building in his report, and asked, "It really can accommodate 2000 people, and the voice of speech is clearly visible?"

Everyone nodded, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji, and said with a smile: "There are a lot of ghost ideas."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Grandson is applying what he has learned."

"Where to learn, where to use?"

"Life can be learned everywhere, and life can be used everywhere."

In terms of learning, no one can match Zhu Zhanji.His thoughts are not shackles, and he has learned a lot in later generations.

No one can teach Zhu Zhanji in this regard, so he pushed the reason into his life.Many trivial things in life are integrated by him and become innovations.

Zhu Di was quite satisfied with the answer, nodded, and looked out the window again.

After leaving for three years this time, many places in Yingtian Mansion have changed so much that he can't recognize them anymore.

The train arrived at the Polytechnic Institute in the east of Xiamaqiao. The teachers and students here had been notified a long time ago. At this moment, a welcome team formed along both sides of the train track and saluted the train.

Zhu Di couldn't help but waved to those students, then turned his head and asked, "It seems that there are no fewer students from the Institute of Technology than the Imperial College."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "The Imperial College has tens of thousands of students, and the Institute of Science and Technology has only recruited the first batch of students, only 3000. It will take two years for the students of the Institute of Engineering to surpass the Imperial College."

Zhu Di asked again: "Guozijian Gongsheng is a candidate for officials, why has there been a lot less people who have been appointed officials in the past two years?"

Zhu Zhanji had thought of an excuse a long time ago, and replied: "The emperor returned to the country, and the development of Nanzhou will start soon. Now the Guozijian's [-] tribute students may not be enough for the needs of Nanzhou."

Zhu Di just said indifferently: "Science and technology colleges teach students to work, farm, build roads, and build bridges. This is a good thing. But don't forget, Confucianism is the foundation of the country."

Zhu Zhanji saluted and said, "Grandson dare not or forget."

The Polytechnic Institute is the terminus of the East-West Line. When we got here, the train slowed down, made a detour, and returned to the main road. Next, we will go all the way west to visit the Jiajiang Industrial Zone.

After leaving Qingliangmen, Zhu Di felt that his eyes were not enough.Originally, this was a desolate outer city, but now, it seems to be more prosperous than the inner city.

Today when Zhu Di came back, all the train routes stopped, but there was an endless stream of carriages going back and forth on the roads on both sides of the train road.

On both sides of the wide road, there are car repair shops, food shops and other shops everywhere.There is also the new-style residential area that is already inhabited, which has added a lot of popularity to this place.

The residential quarters built by the Ministry of Industry and Internal Supervision have started the second phase, and the third phase, Zhu Di was dumbfounded by the large area of ​​unit buildings, and repeatedly said that he would go in to take a better look at another day.

And here in the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, it has changed a lot.Counting from the 13th year of Yongle, it has been built for seven years, and it is still seven years of rapid development.

Except for the roof and windows, all kinds of factory buildings are not much different from the factory areas of later generations.

In particular, the four huge chimneys of the special steel plant give people a heartfelt shock of the power of industry.Many people are afraid that a gust of wind will blow them down when they see it for the first time.

At this time, Zhu Di didn't think that the chimney would violate the regulations, and asked, "Why is it built so tall? It's probably 50 meters!"

"The emperor is wise. Many people thought it was [-] meters high when they saw it for the first time. In fact, this chimney is a little lower than the Tower of Truth."

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji again, but didn't speak.This is the biggest knot in his heart. He built a Baoen Temple and a Pagoda of Baoen Temple. As a result, when it was completed, Zhu Zhanji actually moved all the monks away and renamed it the Truth Sect.

The original pagoda of Baoen Temple is now renamed the Pagoda of Truth by him.

He dared to do such a thing before he was dead, this kid really should be taught a lesson.

However, the original resentment has dissipated, and Zhu Di also knows what Zhu Zhanji's purpose is to surpass a truth religion.Instead of creating a pagoda of Baoen Temple with a false name, it is indeed not appropriate to use this place as the headquarters of Shinrikyo.

But having said that, not talking about him now is to give him face, and when there is no one else, he should be taught a good lesson.

Let him know who is the grandpa and who is the grandson.

Here at Yuejianglou Wharf, countless soldiers got off the boat, and not all of them were qualified to go to the arena to participate in the Triumph Conference.Some people were on duty, some went home, and some people went to the arena according to the arrangement with great interest.