Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1186, powerful carrying capacity
The first day of October happened to be a Saturday. According to the latest Ming Dynasty's rest and muting code, Saturday and Sunday were days for rest and bathing, and there was no need to go to work, so naturally there was no morning morning.

Liu Jin got up very early, had breakfast early, changed into his usual plain clothes, and then headed towards the palace, and came outside the Meridian Gate.

Here, the elders of the three cabinets, the six ministers, the ministers and other ministers above the fifth rank in the court also arrived one after another. None of them wore official residences, and they gathered together with each other laughing and chatting loudly.

On weekends, everyone is very relaxed. They don’t need to go to court in the morning, and they don’t need to deal with state affairs. If they have time to do something they want to do, they can relax properly. This mood is naturally very good.

"Liu Jin, come here~"

Seeing Liu Jin coming, Zhang Mao quickly waved to Liu Jin, signaling Liu Jin to go over.

By Zhang Mao's side, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, the three elders of the cabinet, were naturally indispensable, and the four of them chatted very vigorously about this matter.

"Liu Gong, Li Gong, Xie Gong, Zhang Gong~"

Liu Jin walked over and saluted several people.

"Is your train okay?"

Zhang Mao waved his hand and asked.

"Mr. Zhang, what you said is that you will know if he can do it after you take the train once."

Liu Jin was speechless for a moment, it's okay for ordinary people to doubt, but even you doubt Lao Zhang, that's too much.

"If this train is really going to work, how about all of us paying for the construction of a railway from Tianjin to Jiangnan?"

Looking at Liu Jin's confident look, Zhang Mao smiled, then lowered his voice and said.

"..."

Liu Jin was speechless for a moment, thinking that, Zhang, you really don't know the powerful transportation capacity of the train, and you have already set your sights on the most valuable line of Daming.

"Haha, when the time comes, I must count the old man~"

As soon as Liu Jian heard this, he immediately stroked his mustache and said.

He also tasted the sweetness now.

He, Li Dongyang and others have all bought shares in the shares of the Egyptian Canal. Each of them seems to have bought [-] shares. Based on the current calculation of more than [-] yuan per share, this is worth more than three million taels of silver.

Such a rapid growth rate makes people feel unbelievable and unbelievable, but it has actually happened. It is many times faster than any plantation, pasture, business, factory, etc. As for buying land There is no comparison at all for the little grain that is collected from tenants and rented.

Therefore, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others are also constantly selling off their hometown properties to raise funds, and are always ready to invest in some promising new industries.

In this regard, it is natural to follow Liu Jin's pace closely. Whatever Liu Jin does, everyone just follow along. You don't need to spend any brains, just follow along, and lie down and win easily.

Just like the Egyptian canal stock, just put in some silver, and the rest is just waiting to count the silver.

"Haha, it's also a part of the old man."

When Li Dongyang and Xie Qian heard that there was a good thing to get rich, they quickly said with a smile.

"Definitely, definitely~"

Liu Jin could only nod his head quickly. It is a good thing that these civil servants are willing to build the railway together. The ruling power of Ming Dynasty is still these civil servant groups. As long as they are willing to follow suit, Daming will naturally develop faster.

Everyone chatted for a while, and in the palace, Emperor Hongzhi and Prince Zhu Houzhao also came out in plain clothes.

All the ministers hurriedly saluted and greeted Emperor Hongzhi in unison.

"No, no~"

"Today is a trip in plain clothes, so don't talk too much about the rules, just let everyone feel free."

"Let's go, let's go and see our Daming train together."

Emperor Hongzhi was all smiles. To be honest, he couldn't wait to get off the train.

In the past few days, Zhu Houzhao was chattering by his side every day, constantly bragging about how, how powerful, how, how comfortable this train is, and so on.

This made Emperor Hongzhi itchy, and he couldn't wait to see the train.

The group quickly changed to a four-wheeled carriage and arrived at Xincheng Railway Station in the southern district of the capital.

Just after getting off the four-wheeled carriage, everyone couldn't help being shocked. The entire train station was already crowded with people, and tens of thousands of people had already gathered in the large square outside the train station.

Obviously, these are people who are going to take the train and want to experience the train.

There are too many people who are curious about the new thing of trains.

"Dad, did you see that everyone is very interested in the train I invented?"

Zhu Houzhao boasted to Emperor Hongzhi proudly.

"If your train doesn't work, you will make a fool of yourself."

Emperor Hongzhi was full of smiles, his son was promising, and being a father was naturally the happiest.

He knew that Zhu Houzhao didn't like learning about the way of governing the country and being a king, but preferred military affairs and craftsmen. In the eyes of scholars, these are actually trivial ways.

However, Zhu Houzhao was able to use these things to research some things that are useful to Daming and the common people, such as harvesters, cultivating machines, etc., which can be regarded as doing good things for the common people, and he also feels very gratified.

"How could it not work~"

"Hum~"

"Everyone will know if the train will work after a ride."

Zhu Houzhao raised his head slightly, looking very confident.

This made Sange Lao, Liubu Shangshu and others couldn't help but smile slightly.

The prince is still young after all.

The good news is that Emperor Hongzhi's health is very good. Since he cured the intestinal ulcer, Emperor Hongzhi's health has become better and better. He used to look like a dying old man, but now his complexion is ruddy, his body is getting stronger, and even his hair is slowing down. Slowly turning black, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to live for another few decades.

"Haha, okay, let's experience this train~"

Emperor Hongzhi immediately laughed happily.

Soon, Emperor Hongzhi took the civil and military ministers of the DPRK through the special VIP channel, without queuing up or checking tickets. There was already a special train waiting in the train station.

"This train station is so big~"

Walking slowly in the train station, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help sighing.

Soon, everyone came to the platform where they took the train, and immediately saw the special train parked quietly on the rails.

"This is the train?"

"It looks a bit like a big snake to me~"

Zhang Mao looked at the train in front of him, and immediately couldn't help looking forward and backward carefully.

"This train is mainly composed of two parts, right~"

"One is the locomotive at the front. The locomotive is actually a steam locomotive, which uses the steam engine to provide power to drive the train forward."

"The latter section and section are all carriages, which can be used to carry passengers or transport goods."

Without needing Liu Jin to speak, Zhu Houzhao proudly introduced his masterpiece to everyone.

"His Royal Highness, how much cargo and people can this train carry at one time?"

When Liu Jian heard this, he thought about it and asked quickly.

"If it is only used to transport people, it can tow up to twenty-five carriages. However, for safety reasons, we usually only tow twenty carriages. Each carriage can have a hundred carriages in normal design." Seats, take a hundred people, counting it, it can carry two thousand people at a time!"

"Of course, if the situation is urgent, we can tow more carriages and pull more people."

Zhu Houzhao proudly introduced the carrying capacity of the train to everyone.

"Can it carry two thousand people at a time?"

When Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao and others heard this, they couldn't help but widen their eyes slightly, a little in disbelief.

This is too scary. Carrying [-] people at a time, this number is naturally not worth mentioning in later generations, but for this era, this is definitely a very scary number.

"Hum~"

"If it is used to carry goods, thirty or forty carriages can be suspended at one time, and at least two hundred thousand catties of goods can be carried at one time."

Zhu Hou looked at everyone's disbelieving eyes, and immediately continued with a slight dissatisfaction.

"Carry [-] catties of cargo at one time?"

Everyone widened their eyes slightly again, and couldn't help but carefully looked at the long giant in front of them again. It was really unbelievable that such a lump of iron could not only run by itself, but also possess such a huge body. carrying capacity.

"This iron lump can really pull two thousand people at a time?"

"Carrying [-] catties of cargo?"

Liu Jian looked at the train in front of him in disbelief, and then looked at the rails and the railway made of gravel. He always felt incredible. He originally thought that this train might be very powerful, but he just thought that it might be more powerful than a four-wheeled train. The carriage should be stronger, and it is absolutely unexpected that there will be such a powerful transportation capacity.

"Hmph, of course~"

"The technology of this train is not very mature now. If a more powerful steam locomotive is developed in the future, its carrying capacity can become even stronger."

Suspected, Zhu Houzhao hummed dissatisfied.

"If it is really possible to transport [-] people at one time and carry more than [-] catties of goods, then this railway will be really amazing."

Liu Jian couldn't help sighing after hearing this.

Once the train comes out, it will really rewrite the history of Ming Dynasty.

"Haha, of course, it must be a great thing, and it will definitely rewrite the history of my Ming Dynasty. It is the beginning of an era."

Zhu Houzhao laughed happily.

"Haha, let's go, let's go, let's take this train and see how it goes."

Emperor Hongzhi was very happy. If the train really had such a powerful carrying capacity, it would be of great significance to the huge Ming Dynasty.

In the future, where only railways can be built, Ming Dynasty's rule will be extremely stable. Emperor Hongzhi can't wait to try this train.

(End of this chapter)