Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 207, sea fish enter Beijing

On the official road leading to the capital, on the neat and wide concrete road, more than a hundred four-wheeled carriages were advancing rapidly. Although the speed was far less than that of a person riding a horse, it was as fast as wind and electricity.

But because the concrete road is very smooth, the speed of the four-wheeled carriage can reach [-] kilometers per hour.

Calculated to be [-] kilometers in one hour, it sounds like this speed is very slow, very slow, especially compared with various advanced transportation tools in the later generations, this speed is almost the same as riding a bicycle.

But this is ancient times, this is the Ming Dynasty, and the speed of [-] kilometers per hour can be maintained while pulling more than [-] catties of cargo, which is an extremely terrifying speed.

This means that it only takes half a day to travel from Tianjin to Beijing. Of course, the premise is that this speed can be maintained all the time, and the cement road between Beijing and Tianjin can only be completely repaired.

"This cement is really an artifact of the country!"

"If all the official roads in my Ming Dynasty can be built with cement, it will be very simple and easy for my Ming Dynasty to gather the power of the whole country."

On one of the four-wheeled carriages, Li Dongyang lifted the curtains of the carriage and looked at the rapidly receding scenery around him. Sitting in the carriage, he could hardly feel any bumps. It was very comfortable. This was the first time he had done so on this long-distance trip. Relaxed and comfortable.

This made him sigh again for the magic of cement. The cement road is so flat that he can't feel any bumps.

However, this kind of ease and comfort did not last long. When the convoy left Tianjin for about [-] kilometers, the cement road was over and they had to go to the original official road again.

Li Dongyang looked at the bustling construction team, and at the same time silently calculated the distance in his heart, and then tried to determine his position with some common landmarks.

"It's unbelievable. In just a few days, almost [-] kilometers have been repaired. Calculated at this speed, otherwise, in a few days, the cement road can be repaired to the capital."

"The artifact of the country~"

After some calculations, Li Dongyang was shocked by the speed of road construction, which was too fast.

"Ouch~"

However, before there was too much emotion, the motorcade driving on the old official road not only slowed down a lot, but also began to become bumpy. Even though there were a lot of cotton wool and quilts in the carriage, it was shaking. It was so powerful that Li Dongyang kowtowed at once.

This made him lose the mood to appreciate the scenery outside the window. He held on to the handrail of the carriage firmly with both hands, constantly feeling the bumps of the carriage, and tried his best not to be knocked again.

By the time Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing and others arrived in the capital, it was already the morning of the next day. Because it was too late, they had to rest on the road all night.

Excluding the rest time in the middle, it took about four hours to actually spend on the journey, of which the first half of the journey only took one hour, but the second half of the journey took a full more than three hours.

"Finally arrived in the capital, this old official road is really too bumpy."

Opening the curtains on the car, Li Dongyang couldn't help but rub his back. Although the four-wheeled carriage has amazing transport capacity, it is really not comfortable to walk on the old official road. His old bones They were about to be shaken to pieces.

"There are more and more disaster victims here in the capital, and all of them are skinny and hungry. If this continues, something big will happen."

Soon, Li Dongyang's attention was on the disaster victims who could be seen everywhere on both sides of the official road. It was different from the bustling scene here in Tianjin, but it was a different scene here.

The victims gathered together, their eyes were shining like wild beasts, and they seemed to be eating people. They were so hungry. All the trees that could be seen had their bark stripped off, and they just grew out in spring. all the young grass is eaten up.

Many children's stomachs are bulging, not because they are full, but because they eat too much and too much food that is difficult to digest.

"Those food dealers should all be damned~"

Li Dongyang couldn't help cursing in his heart. Only after witnessing all this with his own eyes, could he truly understand the horror of the famine. He hated those who joined forces to raise the price of food and expel the country's wealth.

When the convoy entered the city, they encountered some troubles, because there were too many disaster victims gathered in the capital, so the capital was under martial law, and random entry and exit were strictly prohibited to prevent the disaster victims from rushing into the capital and causing troubles.

At every city gate in the capital, a large number of disaster victims gathered here. At the same time, there was a big pot cooking porridge, and the victims lined up one by one with big bowls to wait for the porridge.

This is a big family in the capital, and the food promised and donated by many ministers in the court to Emperor Hongzhi at that court meeting. If not, the capital has already been in chaos.

Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing's carriage entered the capital very smoothly. Although the situation inside the capital is much different than that outside the capital, after all, those who can live in the capital are considered wealthy families. Everyone has some savings in their hands. It's because the food has already risen to the sky. In this short period of time, everyone can still persevere.

But the careful Li Dongyang still found that the business of the pawn shop has suddenly become extremely prosperous. There are long queues at the door of every pawn shop, and a large number of people are queuing up to prepare pawn items in exchange for silver to buy food.

As for every grain store here, a large number of people gathered at the door. Everyone looked at the price of grain hanging on the door of the grain store, and while swearing at these black-hearted grain merchants, they couldn't help touching their shriveled skin. Pocket, I can only stare at the waiter, shopkeeper and the like in the store with a pair of angry eyes.

As for the waiters and shopkeepers in the grain store, although the business is not good and there are not many people buying grain, they are not worried at all, instead they gently laugh at the angry crowd outside.

This grain store here is like a huge gunpowder keg, which can explode instantly with a little spark. On the one hand, there are hungry people who are hungry and waiting for the food to be cooked, and on the other hand, the grain merchants who are sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, raising prices every day, are in the same situation. Water and fire, one touch will ignite, and one touch will explode.

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