At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 337 What is the combat power of the train?

After discussing specific matters, Jinbatu returned to Uzang with the imperial decree.

When I first hid from Wusi, I brought a lot of goods and drove cattle and horses. It took me three months to get there. On the way back, I packed lightly and took a train. It took only half a month to get there.

This is also the first time that Jinbatu felt the power of technology. At the same time, he also understood what the New Deal is.

Although in King Chanhua's memorials, they talked about the New Deal and kept silent about the New Deal, in fact, they didn't even know what the New Deal was.

At most, it's just some hearsay, maybe it's about business, trade, or more, it's not clear.

Jinbatu walked there himself and was greatly shocked.

Uzang is located on a plateau with mountains everywhere, so the transportation is extremely inconvenient.

What would it be like if a railway could be built here?
On the Uzang side, Chanhua Wang Sangdu was puzzled by the news that Jinbatu had returned to Tibet.

Because he sent Jinbatu to Beijing this time with the intention of provocation, and he never thought that this person would come back alive.

We have prepared all the funeral affairs here, and we are waiting for the pre-war mobilization to tell the soldiers that Jinbatu was killed by the Ming tyrant, and we want to avenge him...

In the end, they came back!

Something is wrong...

In order to guard against fraud, when Sangdu met Jinbatu, he was fully prepared.

The knife and axeman was ambushed outside the tent, and if the situation was not right, he would rush in and chop him into minced meat.

Obviously, Jinbatu didn't know that this trip had brought him into trouble.

"Report to the king, great joy, great joy!"

Seeing Jinbatu's cheerful expression, Sang Du was a little confused about the situation, so he asked, "Why, the Ming court agreed?"

"Exactly, the request made by the king has been agreed!"

Sang Du has been annoyed by various things recently, and when he heard the good news, his face also showed joy: "500 million taels of silver, 50 shi of grain, all...agreed?"

At the end, his tone even trembled a little.

This is not a small amount of money. If you have this money and food, what kind of battle will you fight?
Jinbatu nodded, and said: "The imperial court has issued an imperial decree, and the Uzang New Deal leading group will come to announce the decree later."

Sandu Dun was puzzled and asked, "What group?"

"It's the Uzbek New Deal Leading Group. In short, the imperial court appropriated funds to help the king launch a new deal in Uzbekistan, and formed a special group to take charge of this matter. This group was led by the cabinet scholar Yu Qian, and the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry The main role is to guide the implementation of the New Deal, and to supervise the use of money and food.”

After listening, Sang couldn't help but be stunned.

"They need to supervise the use of money and food? Isn't it the money and food for us? What does Emperor Ming mean?"

"This one……"

Jinbatu thought for a while, and then said: "Before my subordinate left Beijing, I had a detailed discussion with Mr. Yu Qianyu. The main thing is to build the railway. We recruit people here to mine mines, stones, forests and other materials, and then they will follow the progress. Distribute money and food."

"Railway, what railway?"

Sang Du looked confused. He had heard of big roads, small roads, and monkey roads in his life. He had never heard of railways in this world. Could it be that this road was paved with iron?
Jinbatu then explained: "On the way back to Uzang, I was lucky enough to see their railway, which is really paved with steel, from Beijing to Nanjing. To be honest, my subordinate is also very puzzled. However, the train is convenient and does not require human or animal traction, if you have not experienced it yourself, you will not believe it even if you are beaten to death!"

Hearing this, Sang couldn't help but gasp, it really is a road paved with steel!

Steel, from the city of Beijing to the city of Nanjing, how rich is the imperial court?

Iron and steel have always been military supplies. Since the Song Dynasty, the smuggling of ironware has been prohibited at border crossings. At that time, the Khitan and Xixia banned horses from entering the Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty prohibited iron saltpeter from being given to Khitan and Xixia.

This situation has continued to this day. Some of the mutual markets opened by the Ming Dynasty prohibit the sale of ironware.

In the mutual market from Sichuan to Uzbekistan, most of the tea from the Ming Dynasty was exchanged for horses in northern Tibet. This road is the famous ancient tea-horse road.

Later, Wu Sizang gradually felt that something was wrong. You didn’t give me the iron, but replaced my horses. You know, horses are also strategic resources. If this happens, I’m not at a big loss?
Since then, Wusizang began to prohibit the sale of horses to Daming, so the ancient tea-horse road gradually declined.

Until recent years, as Daming's firearms became more and more important, traditional shields and armor were vulnerable to Suihuo guns. Therefore, Daming's trade in steel was not so strict. However, steel is still a strategic resource after all. Always high.

Even iron pans are rare items for us, but you are lucky, using steel to pave the road is simply...unreasonable!
Also, what is the train?

Sang Du was full of confusion and asked, "You didn't find out that they used steel to pave the road. Why did they build this kind of railway?"

Jinbatu nodded and said: "My lord, the railway is for running trains. This kind of train is even more wonderful. It doesn't need to be pushed or drawn by horses. You just need to throw coal into the stove to make the train run, and the speed is even higher. Amazing, tireless. As long as the coal is running, the train will run."

The more Sangdu heard it, the more surprised he became. There are still cars that eat coal in the world?

"My subordinates also found out that the Ming court not only built trains, but also built a coal-burning iron-clad ship. It is said that the giant ship is ten times larger than your palace, and its power can be imagined."

An ironclad ship, and it still eats coal!

Sandu felt that his brain was not enough, because he didn't even know how to imagine.

There are still such monsters in the world, with a steel body, huge, fed with coal, and tireless...

What kind of monsters did the Ming court create?
Suddenly, he thought of a very important question, and hurriedly asked: "Is the train used for war? How many soldiers and horses can the combat power of a train be worth?"

Jinbatu shook his head and said, "The train I see is just a tool for carrying people and goods."

Only then did Sandu breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was just pulling something. If they pulled the train to the battlefield, it would be invulnerable to weapons and guns. If it ate coal, it would become infinitely powerful. Who would still be an opponent?

This is no wonder, because he thought the train was a steel monster, like cows, horses and mules, it was alive after eating.

After thinking about it again, regardless of his train and iron-clad ships, the Ming court promised to give money and food, which is a good thing.

Isn't it just to send some civilians to build roads for you? Seeing that this battle will not be fought for a while, a large number of civilians are idle, and the Ming court pays and takes care of the food. Go!
(End of this chapter)