Accompanied by a series of loud noises, why did we set up Jingxi Road Mining Company at the beginning?

Looking at the smoke and dust that was exploding in the distance, Shi Yiwen continued to say.

The company, in "Datong" and "Biography of Ci", said that the money of several people is the meaning of operation. Zhuangzi said that the accumulated problems are high, the combination of small things is large, and the combination of public things is called "company". Since a company is established by collecting several people's wealth, it is naturally for profit. Are you right?

While speaking, Shi Yiwen pointed to the sand table on the table and said to Zhang Weiliang.

Look, a total of 57 miles of railways were needed to be built from Mentougou Coal Mine to Beijing. Thanks to the Duke's Mansion, all the land used for road construction was collected.

What is the biggest benefit of having the Duke of England as a partner?

It is not just because the Duke's Mansion of the Ministry of Works saved a lot of trouble during the land acquisition. Even the Duke's Mansion of the Ministry of Works also helped a lot. Just like Li Ruizhi, who is in charge of road construction now, was the Duke's Mansion who dug up officials from the Duke's Duke's Mansion of the Ministry of Works. In the Daming Road Administration, the Duke's Mansion was basically responsible for the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges. As an official, Li Ruizhi was proficient in road construction, but he was never valued. He was just an ordinary minor official, so he was dug up by the Duke's Mansion.

Not only Li Ruizhi came, but he also brought several disciples, all of whom were engineers who were good at road construction and bridge construction. They could not be proficient in engineering construction and arithmetic as ordinary craftsmen. Even when Shi Yiwen took out half of the "Military Light Railway Project" and asked them to refer to the information on building light railways in the book. When building this railway, Li Ruizhi and others were surprised by the methods and arithmetics of building roads and bridges listed in the book, they quickly mastered the knowledge. This is the most rare thing.

Without the help of the Duke's Mansion, Shi Yiwen himself would probably be difficult to find the right talents in such a short time. It is precisely because of this that he realized that there were also many engineering and technical talents in ancient China, just like there were many engineers who were neither officials nor craftsmen in the various departments of the Ministry of Works. In addition to the Dushui Qingli Department, there were many construction engineers in the Qingli Department of the Construction and Repair.

When the Ministry of Works implemented the project, officials were responsible for supervision and management, and craftsmen worked, among which officials were engineers responsible for specific construction. However, most of them made a living by the techniques passed down from family and teachers, and these technologies have not yet developed into science.

Therefore, Shi Yiwen specifically asked them to copy the blasting operations and medications one by one when building roads, and finally compile them into a book and conduct specific research. In fact, science has developed in this way.

It is no difficulty in expropriating land. As long as the money is given enough, the people will naturally be willing to sell the land. Anyone can do it well.

Turning his head to look at Shi Yiwen, Zhang Weiliang looked at the sand table again. The capital of Wanping City on the sand table has been removed. That is to avoid unnecessary trouble. From the sand table, you can clearly see a railway line - two iron black rails. Now the rail has become wooden rails, coal-soaked tar wooden rails.

Zhiyuan, will you really change to railroad tracks in the future?

Even though the rails have now become iron-clad wood rails, it is still a bit incredible in Zhang Weiliang's opinion, especially when the iron factory saw the wooden rail road used for testing in half, and when he saw a few horses easily pulling the heavy cart, Zhang Weiliang still felt that it was unrealistic.

Nodding slightly, Shi Yiwen smiled.

certainly,

While his fingers gently crossed the railway made of iron wire on the sand table, Shi Yiwen explained to Zhang Weiliang.

Railways are the key to transporting coal. With this road, we will continue to transport coal from Mentougou to Beijing and Zhangjiawan. It is now on wooden rails, but when the time is ripe, this is our first railway in the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!