Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 583 See Where You Go

The spring is warm inside and outside the capital, and the snow on Yanshan Mountain has begun to melt, and the army can finally go out.

At this time, the railway line from Jizhou City to Zunhua City has been laid, and the railway line from Zunhua City to Xifengkou is also being laid intensively.

Sitting on the luxurious special train, looking at the continuous chariots on both sides, Taichang couldn't help sighing: "Maybe Huang Taiji never imagined it in his dreams. If he stays in the Horqin Grassland honestly, he may be able to enjoy himself for a few more years, but His ambition is not dead, and he still wants to unify all the tribes of the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties and then counterattack Daming. Sigh, sometimes, it is not a good thing to be too ambitious."

Uh, all the civil servants and military generals didn't know how to answer the words.

Ambition is a thing that many people have. The problem is, who dares to discuss this issue of ambition with the emperor.

In fact, Taichang sent his thoughts out of the thought of this chaotic world.

If it weren't for some people's ambitions, how could there be wars everywhere in this world?
It is really not a good thing to have too much ambition, because the realization of someone's ambition requires thousands, even hundreds of thousands, millions, and tens of millions of people to sacrifice for it!

It turned out that he was also very ambitious, but he has gradually calmed down. Now, he is thinking more about how to reduce the sacrifices of his soldiers.

Of course, these are not suitable to be mentioned.

He sighed secretly again, and then pointed to the map among the crowd and asked, "Meng Hou, when will the railway line reach the Chahar Grassland?"

This is really hard to say.

Bi Maokang thought for a while, and then explained in detail: "Your Majesty, after leaving Xifengkou, you will find the Yanshan Mountains. This train can't travel on the uneven mountain roads like a troop chariot. Therefore, many places have to be excavated. We can even build a bridge over the mountains, so as to ensure the smooth running of the railway line, Wei Chen reckons that if there are only a few hundred thousand young and strong, it will take at least two months to build the railway to the edge of the Chahar grassland."

This speed is too slow.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said decisively: "Call another 20 young adults, and we must build the railway line to the Chahar Grassland within a month."

Uh, this.

Hearing this, Bi Maokang cautiously reminded: "Your Majesty, the season of spring plowing is coming soon. If we recruit so many young adults, it may have an impact on the spring plowing of the entire Northern Zhili!"

This is indeed a problem.

North Zhili is actually dominated by craftsmen and Tunwei. There are not many farmers who actually farm. It is already the limit to recruit more than 20 young adults. If another [-] young adults are recruited, it is estimated that many fields will be deserted. to farm.

At this time, the spring is already warm and the flowers are blooming, and it is the season of farming, so we can no longer frantically recruit the young and strong of Beizhili.

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "Where's the Nanzhili side, the spring plowing should be almost over by now, right?"

Bi Maokang is from Nanzhili, so he has a better understanding of the situation in Nanzhili. He thought about it again, then nodded slightly and said: "The spring plowing in Nanzhili is more than a month earlier than here, and it should be almost busy at the moment. It's over."

Taichang said without hesitation: "That's fine, just pull people over from Nanzhili. Now the railway line in the south has been built to Zhejiang. There should be many young people in Nanzhili who have built railways, right? "

This one.

Bi Maokang carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, labor in Nanzhili is more expensive. Usually, they will find something to do during the slack season. If we pull people here like this, they may lose a lot of money."

What is this.

Taichang said without hesitation: "It's not that we don't give money, how much money can they earn a month?"

Bi Maokang reckoned: "At this moment, they should be able to earn three or four taels of silver a month. We usually only pay them one or two taels of silver a month when we recruit young men to work."

Taichang said without hesitation: "Then we will give them five taels of silver for a month."

Hearing this, Bi Maokang couldn't help being surprised and said, "Your Majesty, 20 young and strong men are worth 100 million taels a month!"

Taichang said indifferently: "What is this little money? We are not short of money. They have worked so hard to build mountains and bridges. We can't let people lose money, right? Besides, they will be motivated if they pay more. Two silver coins a month, and the young men recruited in North Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Liaodong are also counted according to this. You inform the prefectures in South Zhili that this time they are recruiting young men who specialize in railway construction. They will work for at least half a year and harvest in autumn It’s time to let them go back.”

Well, if this were done before, it would be unimaginable.

Two to three million taels a month, tens of millions of taels in half a year!
You know, during the Wanli Dynasty, the tax revenue of the entire Ming Dynasty was only 500 million taels a year.

Fortunately, at this moment, in order to speed up the construction of the railway, the emperor raised his hand to pay tens of millions of taels.

Alas, it is still easy to do things with money.

For five taels of silver a month, the young and strong in Nanzhili would probably rush to come.

Bi Maokang hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang thought for a while, then asked again: "Zhisheng, when do you think Dashou will be able to build the railway to the Horqin Grassland?"

Sun Chengzong heard the words and reckoned: "The railway over there is not very easy to repair. I estimate that it will take at least a month or more."

Taichang thought about it again, and said simply: "Then let Zu Dashou lead the [-] Liaodong iron cavalry over here first, and send troops from Xifengkou together, and let the [-] infantry guard the young and strong laborers slowly repair in the Liaodong side. We will advance from the Chahar Grassland to the Horqin Grassland first, and it is estimated that we will be able to advance to the Horqin Grassland in about a month."

Uh, do that?
Sun Chengzong was stunned for a moment, and then carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, if the Liaodong side does not attack at the same time, we will be threatening the enemy. If Huang Taiji finds something is wrong, he will definitely run away."

Taichang smiled slightly and said, "Where is he going? Will he continue to run north? The weather is not so cold at the moment. If he runs north again, he won't be frozen to death!"

The weather is really unusually cold at the moment. It is estimated that the winter here in the capital is minus [-] to [-] degrees, and that in Liaodong is probably minus [-] to [-] degrees in winter. The Horqin Grassland is already cold enough. If Huang Taiji If you run north with people, you will really freeze to death.

Just kidding, minus fifty or sixty degrees, who can handle it without heating?
At this moment, Jiannu should not be able to make any heating. Even if they could, they would have to build an airtight brick house to cover the heating. With the current tent, it is impossible to cover it. Live heating.

Sun Chengzong thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "If they run further north, they will freeze to death. Liaodong is so cold now that it is unbearable. When winter comes, they can only lie on the kang Wait, it’s unbearably cold after being on the kang for a long time.”

Pushing the army from the Chahar Grassland to the Horqin Grassland is equivalent to cutting off the road to the south. The Horqin Grassland is surrounded by highlands and deserts to the west, Liaodong and Nuergandusi to the east, and it is freezing cold to the north.

I'm afraid there is really nowhere to run for Huang Taiji if he engages in such a thing.

At this moment, Daming's transportation capacity is really not ordinary. When Zu Dashou received the news, he immediately took the [-] cavalry on the train in batches. In less than five days, the [-] Liaodong cavalry had been transferred to the outside of Zunhua City. .

At this time, the railway has been laid near Xifengkou, and the young men recruited by Nanzhili have also gathered here one after another by train.

Standing at the height of the Xifengkou Great Wall, Taichang held up his binoculars and scanned the vast mountains to the north, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

After a while, he put down the binoculars and asked, "Meng Hou, is it really no problem to build a railway in this mountainous area?"

Bi Maokang said confidently: "Your Majesty, don't worry, now that there are cement and steel bars, it is not a problem to build a railway in this kind of mountainous area. It is not the first time we have encountered this kind of mountainous area. There are many places in Shanxi that are similar It’s almost the same here, we’ve all cultivated experience.”

That's good.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but looked at the northern sky and murmured: "Huang Taiji, let's see where you go this time!"

(End of this chapter)