Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Zhang Shutang saw the emperor's gaze and thought Zhu Youjian was worried about the safety of the underground well. He hurriedly explained:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the underground well has also been taken care of. Not only is it surrounded by large bluestones, but I also had someone directly cast a cylinder out of steel.

Even if someone quietly digs stones and opens a tunnel, the whole poured underground well will make a sound if there is any slight movement.

The specially built three-story cellar will further amplify the sound.

What's more, on the third underground floor, in addition to the regular patrols, there are also hidden stake supervision.

Don't worry, Your Majesty!

Drilling in from an underground well is harder than breaking through a wall! "

Zhu Youjian didn't expect that his casual glance would cause Zhang Shutang to explain for a long time.

Hearing this, he just nodded without explaining anything.

Since retaking the capital, his prestige has risen again.

Today, although Jiangnan is still out of control...

However, whether it is the territory under the jurisdiction of Nuergandu, the territory under the jurisdiction of Sanxuan and Liuwei, or the land of Mongolia.

The most prosperous territory of the Ming Dynasty, except for a few places such as the old port, has been initially recaptured by him!

Even in the Japanese pirate country and the Southwest Peninsula, they surpassed their ancestors!

Everyone present was an official within the new Ming Dynasty system, so they naturally knew about the emperor's use of Li Zicheng to invade the Western Regions.

The initial official residence designated by His Majesty to Li Zicheng was Suiye City, the former hometown of Li Bai, the poet of the Tang Dynasty!

The records of Daoli Kanyu left by the Tang Dynasty are very clear - Xi'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is [-] miles away from Suiye City!

In the northwest of Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, outside Kaiyuanmen, there is a stone tablet.

It was written by Yu Shinan, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and said:

"It's nine thousand and nine hundred miles from Anxi to Anxi."

This is the most domineering sentence of the Tang Dynasty - "The road to the West is nine thousand nine hundred miles away."

I'm talking about Chang'an, the distance to Suiye City, an important border town in the Western Region of the Tang Dynasty.

(The modern straight-line distance is 3050 kilometers and the road distance is 3792 kilometers.

I purposely traveled to the northwest. The mountains along the way were majestic, with peaks rising straight from the ground, mountains stretching for hundreds of miles, and tunnels everywhere.

The altitude here is relatively high, the air is thin, and you don’t even dare to run.

After even a little exercise, I feel out of breath.

It was unrealistic for ancient people to cross mountains and ridges on this road. Therefore, in ancient times, people had to take a detour to avoid these mountains.

This is the reason why Chang'an is [-] miles away from Suiye City. )

There is a song called "Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Miles Away - Remembering the White-haired Army of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty".

Song cloud:

Return the trouble,

The lonely city of Qiuci is still there.

The flowing water is far away,

Huang Tian said long and long.

Longtou sent the envoy back to the post to say goodbye.

Shake Baicao...

The calamity fire burns for a long night, and the wolf star shines in its four corners.

Arrows cover the sky, and Han Jingjing falls.

The body is buried in the loess, and the soul is high in the blue clouds.

……

(I still remember the short film that made me cry...)

Suiye City, this important town in the Western Region of the Tang Dynasty, is about to return to its mother's arms.

Everyone present is an official doing practical things.

Zhu Youjian's support for Li Zicheng was so strong that everyone could clearly see it.

Obviously, in another three to five years, the territory of Ming Dynasty will reach its peak in Chinese history in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor!

And this peak is not the nominal enfeoffment state of Meng Yuan.

His Majesty the Emperor vigorously promoted the construction of railways, and the highways were not delayed.

Everyone looked at Wang Zheng.

This Ming Dynasty royal heavy equipment bureau chief was highly valued by His Majesty, and he devoted himself to the research and development of steam engines.

The fastest railway line today is the one from Handu towards Nanyang.

The railway from Handu to Yexian covers a total distance of 508 miles.

On this line, the latest triple-expansion steam engine head has been used.

The triple-expansion steam engine represents the foundation of steam civilization and has matured.

From the single-cylinder, reciprocating type to today's triple-expansion type, Wang Zheng is the biggest contributor!

After using the triple-expansion steam engine, it only takes a day and a night to drive from Handu Station to Ye County and then back to Handu.

You know, this is passing through Dengzhou, Nanyang, and Fangcheng, three stops.

Moreover, these are densely populated areas.

No matter which station you go to, you need to stop for half a stick of incense.

If there are no stops, the time spent will be even shorter.

(Steam trains generally travel at about 60 kilometers per hour.

A triple-expansion steam engine is one in which steam is discharged after performing work in three cylinders.

It is the pinnacle of steam civilization. It was used until World War II in history, and was even used in our country until the 90s. )

With the technology that Ming Dynasty has accumulated today, even if it is not updated, as long as the railway is built——

If there is a change in the Western Frontier, it will only take ten and a half days to get from Handu to Suiye City!

This is the time for the army to mobilize to Broken Leaf City!

(In the steam locomotive era, it took one week to travel from Xi'an to Xinjiang.)

Everyone looked at Wang Zheng's eyes with envy.

When the emperor comes back this time, he will definitely reward Wang Zheng heavily!

Wang Zheng already lives in a courtyard with six entrances. This time, he will get a courtyard with at least nine entrances.

If he changes the yard again...

Wouldn't that be the same as the prince's palace?

……

Wang Zheng didn't bother to guess what other people were thinking.

Not to mention that he was highly favored by the emperor today. Even before he was admitted to the imperial examination, he regarded researching technology as his lifelong career.

Especially now!

Wang Zheng had already taken the key from his entourage and opened a door.

Inside the room, the layout is still the same.

Zhu Youjian casually opened a box, shining with golden light.

What was inside turned out to be gold cakes!

Gold cakes of different shapes were stacked in the box, and the radiance they emitted covered the entire room with a layer of golden light!

Zhu Youjian nodded.

The storage effect is really good!

The handling fee for bank storage is only [-]%. This price is so low that it has no friends.

It even seems to be losing money!

However, in fact it cannot be calculated like this.

These gold and silver are in hand, even if they can only be used for three months - because the condition for low-price storage is to store them for a minimum of three months.

In other words, within these three months, Zhu Youjian can completely mobilize this money!

It seems that after three months, it has to be returned, so there is no advantage.

However, this three-month transition period has helped Zhu Youjian a lot!

It can be said that for every 100 million silver dollars he absorbs, Zhu Youjian is sure that within three months, he can use this silver to earn at least [-] in interest!

You know, the dividends of development are the biggest!

The seemingly one percent custody fee gives depositors a huge advantage.

In fact - in a period of rapid development, if you cannot outperform the market, you are depreciating!

In the period when precious metals were used as currency, precious metals were used to measure the value of chicken butts.

Precious metals during this period have no value in maintaining their value.

In a period of rapid development, saving money means shrinking assets!