Xiaohuangmen looks like this, but its rank in the inner palace is not low.

And being able to be taken by Eunuch Wang Yun and taught by his ear, I think he is a smart person.

Just like just now, Qi Xingyun wanted to

Qi Xingyun wanted to draw, and Wei Zhong did a good job, holding down the corners of the paper that were blown up by the wind.

Qi Xingyun took the paper and pointed at the picture and said, "You can call a human-powered rail car a hand-rolled car. It can be designed for two people or four people."

"Using the lever principle, it drives the inclined axis, and the inclined axis drives the crankshaft. It weighs less than two hundred kilograms, and can probably carry three to four hundred kilograms of cargo."

"It perfectly meets your requirements. It doesn't require horsepower, just manpower, and it runs very fast. It can run about eighty miles in an hour. It's not very fast, and it doesn't pull much, but it's easy to make."

Zhang Tingyu and Shen Yicong looked at this picture for a long time, then they both bowed their heads and said, "Your Majesty is wise, this solves a big problem."

Qi Xingyun knew that human-powered rail cars would eventually be eliminated, and said with a smile, "Whatever the big problem is, it's just a small problem."

"When several racecourses come out, Yuzhou will probably be the main force in freight transportation. My two-person car is still too small."

Zhang Tingyu carefully put away the words drawn by the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know something. This track costs a lot of money."

"Especially for this iron-clad wooden track, seven thousand guan for one mile is not enough. The track leading from the capital to the north cost nearly 7 million guan."

"Not counting the cost of each station and the replacement of the entire rail track in the future, it is an even higher figure."

"Actually, the Science and Technology Garden is under a lot of pressure. The road has been repaired, but it has not been usable for a long time. There are so many people waiting to catch the Science and Technology Garden's pigtails so that they can read this book."

When Qi Xingyun heard this, his face suddenly changed and he said loudly, "I wonder who dares to do that?"

Qi Xingyun is annoyed by this kind of people the most. They just ignore the good state affairs and look for shortcomings.

"They don't give time, they don't give them a chance, they don't look at everything, they even get entangled and form groups, and they destroy this kind of national governance that benefits the country and the people."

"Their purpose is very simple. When the imperial court has no money to build roads, they will take them for themselves when the roads are auctioned off."

"That's for the imperial court, that's for the profit of Jinqiaoyinlu"

"vile"

Qi Xingyun was so angry that Eunuch Wang Yun and Wei Zhong immediately fell to the ground, not even daring to take a breath.

The emperor was not so angry when he killed more than a hundred ministers in the main hall.

Even Zhang Tingyu lowered his head and did not dare to speak. He originally only wanted to complain about the difficult national affairs, but he did not expect to make the emperor so angry.

Zhang Tingyu certainly has the right to complain. As Qi Xingyun's current top minister, he will soon take over from Wan Jin and become the chief minister.

Unexpectedly, a small complaint about the Science and Technology Garden's inability to design products of a suitable quality and a few thoughtless chats aroused the emperor's anger.

Qi Xingyun was still angry. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Even if a horse pulls a horse and runs on the track, it will be faster than a horse-drawn carriage and less energy-consuming."

"Every one counts, who says the track needs to stop."

"Ignoring the outside of the court for now, the courtiers inside the court will all be fined half a year's salary for the first time, and they will be thrown to the north to grow pasture for the second time. The next time they will be exiled to Lingnan."

"If you don't do it for the second time, I will dismiss you from office and throw you to Lingnan. It will be a rebellion. You will eat the food of the imperial court. If you don't serve the imperial court, it will be a hindrance. Even if you cut it off, it won't be enough. Eunuch Wang Yun will write it down and make it a regular practice."

Eunuch Wang Yun asked tremblingly, "The emperor has said that he will abolish the track, should he be deposed and returned to the court or should he be beheaded?"

"What do you think?" Qi Xingyun asked with eyes wide open.

Eunuch Wang Yun didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he recorded the crime as beheading.

Zhang Tingyu also wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't dare to ask, so he remembered it as beheading.

After all, beheading is not too much. The emperor said that a gentleman's words are hard to catch up with.

"Your Majesty, why are you so angry?" Zhang Tingyu looked around, and it was only appropriate for him to ask.

Queen Zhao had been paying attention to Qi Xingyun. When she saw Qi Xingyun being so angry, she also came over. She supported Qi Xingyun and said, "Your Majesty, don't be too angry. What happened? What to solve? Being angry will hurt your body, Wei Zhong,

Go get some tea."

Wei Zhong quickly got up and went to the car to get water.

Empress Zhao said with a smile, "Drink some water to calm the air. I made some ginger and brown sugar tea before setting off to dispel the cold and warm the stomach."

Qi Xingyun finally calmed down most of his anger. His anger was indeed somewhat unreasonable.

He looked at Zhang Tingyu and asked, "Master Zhang, what do you think this is under our feet?"

Zhang Tingyu stamped his feet and said, "Your Majesty, we have Daqi under our feet."

Qi Xingyun nodded. Zhang Tingyu's answer was the standard answer, but that was not what he was talking about.

He stepped on the gravel under his feet and said, "There is ballast under our feet."

"Grandmaster Zhang, what's the use of this ballast?" Qi Xingyun asked with a smile.

Ballast is the layer of small stones under the iron-wood track.

Queen Zhao also looked at Zhang Tingyu curiously.

Zhang Tingyu said, "Drainage and shock absorption. It rained heavily this summer. Without this layer of ballast, how could we drain the water? Each of the imperial boats weighs 500 kilograms. Plus the cargo, without this layer of stones, it would have been crushed."

"There is another wonderful use, Bachelor Zhang." Qi Xingyun said with a smile.

The stones for ballast are all from the upper reaches of the Zhuoshui River and can be laid after they are mined and screened. They are all carefully selected coarse sand and gravel. Horses can also run on them." Qi Xingyun smiled and stamped his feet.

He said, "This means that this track can also transport goods back and forth in winter."

"Horses cannot run freely in winter because the ground will freeze. This is why there is an attack window."

"However, with the track, winter freight will no longer be affected by the weather. Winter war preparations and spring attacks."

"Every place touched by the track is flat soil"

Zhang Tingyu tasted this sentence in silence and said with a smile, "That's exactly it."

Qi Xingyun stepped on the ballast and walked a long way. Eunuch Wang Yun ran over, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, everything is ready and we can set off."

Qi Xingyun kicked a stone and said, "Grandmaster Zhang asked me why I was angry. I was actually worried about the auction of salt, iron and tracks when Da Qi's court was short of money."

"Eunuch Wang, add another sentence to the sentence I asked you to write down just now."

Qi Xingyun took a deep breath.

Regardless of whether they are rich businessmen or officials, when the country's political affairs are in chaos, they will become crazy and turn into worms of the country, madly pounce on these things to suck blood.

Use various legal and illegal means to devour domestic products.
Chapter completed!