Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 809

[Chapter 809]

“Unbelievable!”

Zhao Heng couldn’t help poking his head out of the window, looking at Jinghai City, ignoring a gust of wind hitting his face.

He still refused to believe it until he saw the word Jinghai on the city gate, then he retracted his body and remained silent for a long time.

Zhao Heng was concerned about the speed of the steam locomotive, while Concubine Mi was just like an old mother who was pleased with her son’s achievements.

Seeing Zhao Heng and the ministers as if they had never seen the world, she was always cheerful, and looked at Zhao Xu with eyes full of doting.

In addition, there is a trace of moisture in the corners of the eyes.

She thought of Zhao Xu’s near death in Yanzhou all these years, and it was not easy to achieve today’s glory.

“This is a sharp weapon for marching and fighting and transporting grain and grass. With this sharp weapon, He Chou can’t expel Beidi.” Yang Feng sat on the chair all the time, and suddenly stood up with a pat on the table, his eyes shining.

Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasty has conquered many territories outside the Central Plains, including Ningjindusi in the northeast and Jiaozhi in the south.

But then one by one was lost.

why? It is that these places are too far away from the center of the Central Plains Dynasty, and the cost of ruling is too high.

Moreover, once the power in this place rises, the Central Plains Dynasty will consume a lot of manpower and material resources to make expeditions.

During the heyday of the Central Plains Dynasty, it could still withstand such a toss.

Once in decline, these areas will become a heavy burden for the court.

It can only be occupied by the rising forces.

At present, Ning Jin Dusi is an example.

As a veteran of many battles, Yang Feng is naturally very clear about this point.

But with this steam locomotive, these places have shortened the distance from the center of the Central Plains dynasty.

If there is a change, tens of thousands of troops and a large amount of food and grass can be pulled over in just a few days.

It was thinking of this that made him lose his composure.

“What the old general said is true.”

“Oh, it’s true.”

“After that, whoever says that Yanzhou’s steam industry is a strange skill, I’ll just talk about it.”

“…”

Sitting in Yang All the generals around Feng understood the meaning of Yang Feng’s words, and started talking about it.

Liu Fu and other civil servants also talked about each other, and they couldn’t stop admiring the steam locomotive.

Zou Rong looked pale, and then said loudly: “This is just a trial run, the speed of the locomotive is only half of the full speed, if you really run, you can reach Jinghai in less than an hour.” After

a pause, he continued Said: “And this time only six carriages have been prepared, but in fact it can pull twenty carriages, each carriage is 25 meters long, and can seat 120 people, so this trip can pull 2,400 people. ”

Tsk tsk!” Everyone sighed after hearing the words.

Zou Rong was even more proud, “This is just pulling people. If the carriages are replaced with freight carriages, one carriage can carry 60 tons, and 20 carriages can pull 1,200 tons. This is 20,000 shi of grain.”

The generals and officials kept nodding.

The 20,000 shi of grain is enough to feed an army of 100,000 people for a month.

The most important thing is that in the past, it took a lot of manpower to transport grain, and the peasants also had to eat on the way to transport the grain from the place of production to the battlefield.

This food is naturally the food transported.

It would be good if half a stone of grain was transported to the battlefield.

In addition to burning coal, steam locomotives obviously do not need food.

In the event of a war, domestic grain and manpower can be greatly reduced.

Zhao Xu smiled and said nothing, just let the ministers and generals discuss.

At this moment, Yang Susu gently touched Zhao Xu’s arm, his eyes were full of admiration.

“Hey, hey…” The steam locomotive slowly slowed down after entering Jinghai County, and finally entered the station.

Because Zou Rong notified the Jinghai government office about the test run in advance.

The county magistrate of Jinghai and a group of officials have been waiting for a long time.

Zhou Yi led the admirals, and Chen Shou led the officials of the Naval Department.

“At the end of the day, I will see the emperor, and my highness.”, “The minister, I will see the emperor, and my highness.”…

The door of the carriage was opened, Zhao Xu and others got out of the car, and Zhou Yi and Chen Shou hurriedly saluted one by one.

The people on this train were all high-ranking and powerful, but they were too busy.

The county magistrate of Jinghai even took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe the sweat on his forehead from time to time, and stammered a bit when he spoke nervously.

The common people also jumped down from the sixth car, their eyes rolled around, looking at this strange city with excited expressions.

Due to inconvenient transportation, they never left Yancheng in their entire life, and it was the first time they had walked so far.

However, soon there were railway workers to entertain them.

Starting in the morning, it is already noon and it is time for lunch.

Zhao Xu also ordered Jinghai county magistrate to lead Zhao Heng and other officials and ministers to dinner.

He packed lightly and went straight to the shipbuilding workshop with Chen Shou and Zhou Yi.

This time he planned to go back at night.

“Your Highness, after the steamship was launched, I expanded the dry dock. Now Jinghai Shipyard has thirty-six dry docks.”

When the group arrived at the coast, Chen Shou pointed to a row of docks along the coast.

The craftsmen in the dock are busy, and each steam ship has taken shape.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Together with Jinghai Shipyard, Pingcheng Shipyard was expanded and expanded to eight dry docks, reaching thirty dry docks.

This is already the maximum number that Jinghai Hepingcheng Shipbuilding Workshop can expand.

After all, there is a limit to where the shipyard is suitable for building dry docks.

In particular, the Pingcheng Shipbuilding Workshop lives in an inland river, and the available space is even smaller.

As soon as the first steamship was launched, he realized that the time had come to conquer the oceans.

Currently, Britain has the most powerful sea force at sea, and has mature steamship construction technology.

There is no other way to defeat this navy that has been on the sea for hundreds of years except to build ships.

Moreover, a large number of ships must be built in a short period of time.

Otherwise, once Britain reacts and deploys the navy mainly in the East Sea, he will be in trouble.

At the same time, Jiangbei’s water transportation also requires a large number of steamships, and it is even more necessary to increase shipbuilding capacity.

“The current situation of the navy cannot be said to be absolutely safe, and you will have to suffer for a while.” Zhao Xu said to Chen Shou.

In order to improve shipbuilding efficiency, all current sailing warships are handed over to Pingcheng Shipbuilding Workshop for construction.

Because the navy’s first warship was born in Pingcheng.

The sail warship construction technology of Pingcheng Shipbuilding Workshop is very mature.

As for the Jinghai County Shipbuilding Workshop, all of them build steamships.

If all goes well, another thirty-six steamships will be commissioned from Tranquility Shipyard alone in August.

At the end of the year, there were 30 sailing warships in Pingcheng Shipbuilding Workshop.

At that time, the Yanzhou Navy will have 90 sailing warships and 60 steamships.

“It’s okay to suffer a little bit, as long as Da Song’s navy can sail across the sea, I will be willing to die even if I am exhausted.” When Chen Shou said, his expression was moved.

This is the most simple wish of him and every official of the Naval Department.

They only hope that today’s hard work can be exchanged for Dasong’s future prosperity.

Otherwise, what’s the point of building a ship.

(end of this chapter)