Looking at the scenery and trees on both sides of the road being regressed, Emperor Chongzhen secretly estimated in his heart.

It's similar to the electric car in later generations, and it's even slower. Calculated by the speed, it's about 30 kilometers per hour?

Compared with the speed of 100 kilometers in later generations, the trains in the Ming Dynasty were undoubtedly slow and could not even win the electric car.

However, this kind of garbage that Emperor Chongzhen despised infinitely, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty and even the whole world, this garbage is a black technology existence.

When other countries did not have the concept of steam engines, the Ming Dynasty had taken the lead in applying steam engines to machine tools and railway transportation.

This is Emperor Chongzhen’s biggest plug-in.

It doesn't matter whether you understand technology or not. As long as you know roughly what's going on, you can draw up a plausible theories and then insert them into some lonely classics. Everything can be explained. Anyway, no one dares to grab Emperor Chongzhen and insist on asking for a clear statement.

Wen Tiren and others were sitting in the carriage and they also felt it was quite magical.

The train that Emperor Chongzhen took did not use the royal train, but specially transferred a car for passengers to operate in the future, even the front of the car.

The distance between the rails was much wider than what Emperor Chongzhen saw in later generations, and the width of the carriage was the same. A group of civil and military ministers, together with the Jinyiwei and Neichang, nearly 200 people sat down in the same carriage without looking crowded, but they felt a bit spacious.

After looking around with curiosity for a long time, Wen Tiren bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the speed of this train seems to be much faster than when it was just running?"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and turned his eyes to Cui Yongan, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Railways not far away: "Why should Cui Aiqing of the Ministry of Railways talk about the matter on this train?"

Cui Yongan bowed and pointed to the train on the bike, then said, "Your Majesty, the front and carriage assigned this time are no longer the first generation of things.

The first generation of carriages and carriages must have experienced them. The fastest speed is only 50 or 60 miles per hour, which is faster than a ox cart and much slower than a horse cart.

If the train did not require fodder, it could be kept day and night, and the carrying capacity was large, I was afraid that this thing would be completely useless.

The front of the car used now is the 13th year Chongzhen model, and the same is true for the car. It is the second generation front of the car and car that has been finalized after countless improvements by the Royal Academy.

Nowadays, each carriage can carry 200 people. If you squeeze it, you can hold about 260 people, or even close to 300 people.

Twelve cars are formed according to each train, and nearly 3,000 people can be transported at a time, which is already half the troops of the garrison.

Even if you load so many people at once, the speed of this train can still run 120 miles forward at every hour, and it is guaranteed to not shake too much.

In other words, if you run forward desperately regardless of the amplitude of the shaking of the car body and the safety of the personnel in the car, your speed can reach about 140 miles per hour."

As soon as Cui Yongan finished speaking, the entire carriage fell into silence.

Every hour is 120 miles, and there are 12 hours a day. If this thing is replaced without changing cars, it would be possible to travel more than 1,400 miles a day?

Anyone who can travel 800 miles a day can be called a divine horse. What is the one who travels more than 1,400 miles a day? An existence that is even more awesome than a thousand-mile horse?

The problem is that Qianlima is not without it. Emperor Chongzhen must have several horses at home, but who else has this thing?

The train is different. The Royal Academy not only researched this thing, but even produced it. This means that the entire Ming Dynasty will be filled with horses everywhere in the future?

What is particularly important is that this thing does not require food to eat! The carrying capacity is large! Ordinary people can spend money to rent a thousand-mile horse by spending money?

As for the train to burn coal and water, how big is it?

Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty produces coal by itself, what if the Ming Dynasty doesn’t produce a piece of coal? There is an open-pit coal mine on Xinming Island, just send someone to pick up the coal mine!

In fact, the vassal kings of Tang, Zhu Youjian, King Qing, King Qin, etc., have made a fortune by relying on the continuous coal production of the coal mine alone. This is due to the lack of power in the South China Sea Fleet.

It can be imagined that if the fleet's capacity problem was solved, Zhu Youjian and other vassal kings would simply sit on the mountain of gold to pick up silver!

Wen Tiren suddenly felt a sense of distress: "Your Majesty, Xinming Island..."

Looking at Wen Tiren who wanted to speak but stopped, Emperor Chongzhen was simply confused: "Xinming Island? What's wrong with Xinming Island? What we are talking about now is the train, why is it related to Xinming Island again?"

Wen Tiren said: "Your Majesty has granted Xinming Island to many vassal kings. The coal mines there should have been from my Ming Dynasty and could be subscribed to the Ministry of Revenue."

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As soon as Wen Tiren's words fell, Guo Yunhou felt that his heart had been broken into countless small pieces. Xinming Island, coal, train, cost, silver...

Countless similar words began to circulate in Guo Yunhou's mind. After looking at Wen Tiren, he immediately decided that Zhu Youjian, the vassal kings, such as coal, could the vassal kings possess?

But before he could come up with any good idea, Guo Yunhou felt a little discouraged again, and finally gave up his plan to cheat the prince.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little unreliable. He often thought about it one after another, and he was so happy that he didn't care about the lives of the ministers.

But Emperor Chongzhen had one thing very good at least, that is, his words always counted. For example, if he wanted to kill someone, his whole family would definitely kill him, and he would not even leave a chicken.

Since Emperor Chongzhen had sealed off all Xinming Island, he would definitely not find any reason to take it back. The coal produced on Xinming Island, and the local Ming Dynasty also produced coal.

The most important thing is that if the coal mine is recovered this time, will the iron mine be recovered next time?

These vassal kings did not see the benefits, and would they still be so active in going overseas? Can those people agree?

Even if they were killed, the Ming Dynasty would still have to send people again. At that time, wouldn’t it be the minister of the Ministry of Revenue?

Wen Tiren was not too concerned about whether Guo Yunhou, the Minister of Revenue, would be very annoying. He snatched things from the vassal kings, and Wen Tiren also had no psychological pressure.

The question is, once there is a quarrel with the King of Tang and others in this matter, will it affect the plan of relocating the title of the vassal king? Will it force the people of the King of Tang?

The charge of forcing the rebellion of the vassal kings was too great. Except for Emperor Chongzhen, no one in the entire Ming Dynasty could stand it, even if he was the chief minister of the cabinet.

Looking at Wen Tiren and Guo Yunhou who were eager to speak but stopped, Emperor Chongzhen smiled faintly and said, "Okay, isn't it just a coal mine? I, the Ming Dynasty, never missed this thing.

Besides, the King of Tang and others did not take the coal mine for themselves, instead of transporting the mined coal back to the Ming Dynasty. This is a good thing."

There is not a thing about coal in the Ming Dynasty, and Xinming Island is very different from the two places of the Mughals and the Ottomans.

The Mughals and Ottomans combined are the places where the native chickens, camels, and other big dog families in later generations are located. There is dark oil there, and there are not too many things in the Ming Dynasty.

These two places must be kept in your hands and transported the oil back to the Ming Dynasty.

Xinming Island is different. The minerals that can be found on it are basically available in the Ming Dynasty, and the output is not as low as oil.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen decided to continue to maintain his image as a person of all words and stop plotting against the coal mines on Xinming Island.

But after thinking about it, Guo Yunhou set his mind to other places: "Your Majesty, now the South China Sea Fleet, the North China Sea Fleet, and the East China Sea Fleet are fighting on the ocean. If the coal from Xinming Island is to be transported back to the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to have a fleet.

I think it is better to form another fleet to specialize in maritime transportation?"

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Isn't the Ministry of Transportation already forming such a fleet before?"

Guo Yunhou's old face turned red with a slight slightest view, and then said with confidence: "The Ministry of Transport is the transportation of the world, whether on land or on the ocean, so the focus cannot be placed alone on coal.

However, how important is coal on Xinming Island? The daily life of the people of our Ming Dynasty requires coal and railways. If the Royal Academy can successfully transplant the steam engine onto the ship, the fleet will also need a large amount of coal.

Therefore, I think it is only a single fleet that is responsible for transporting coal from Xinming Island."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "So, it is best if this fleet is directly under the Ministry of Revenue? Isn't crying with me this time?"

Listening to Emperor Chongzhen's joke, Guo Yunhou said for granted for granted: "Your Majesty, coal has become a country's important weapon, and it is related to the people's livelihood and the safety of the world. You must be careful!

As for the national treasury, even if the Wei ministers are trying their best, they will have to squeeze out some money to form such a fleet. Otherwise, how would Wei ministers have the position of Minister of Revenue?"

Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that Guo Yun wanted to laugh: "Forget it, let's just follow Guo Aiqing. But the things at sea are changing, and the matters to be paid attention to are extremely complicated. I just hope that Guo Aiqing will not complain."

After Guo Yunhou bowed and thought it was, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to Cui Yong'an again: "I have read the memorials handed over by the Ministry of Railways and have also discussed with Mr. Wen and others.

But I still have a few questions, so it’s better to ask Cui Aiqing in person, as this is more intuitive."

Cui Yongan felt nervous, afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would ask some messy questions again, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Please make it clear that I know everything."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I just want to ask, the Ministry of Railways' plans for future plans and what routes to open in the future?"

Cui Yongan then felt relieved as long as it was not involved in the issue of ticket prices, other issues were actually easy to say.

He reached out and gestured from the map spread out on the table, and Cui Yongan said, "Your Majesty, according to the current situation, the few lines planned by the husband can be fully opened to traffic and officially started operation before the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.

However, the route from Quanzhou to Nanjing was based on the meaning of Hongbutang, and at the same time, a route from Haojingao to Nanjing was built, which was expected to be completed and opened to traffic before the 20th year of Chongzhen.

In addition, the routes along the capital to Chengdu Prefecture will also be completed before the 17th year of Chongzhen. At the same time, the routes from Chengdu to Mengyang and Chengdu to Menggen will start. The expected completion time is 20 years of Chongzhen, and the latest will not exceed the 22nd year of Chongzhen.

The parts of the above routes that have been completed, except for the call from the Military Office, will be run for a period of time in the remaining time, with freight as the auxiliary mode of passenger transport."

After listening to Cui Yongan's words, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai again.

Wen Tiren thoughtfully: "If the railways in many places can be completed quickly, I, the tiger-bearing warriors in the Ming Dynasty, are there many warriors in the armor, why should I be afraid of the locals making trouble? It's just the Ministry of Revenue?"

Guo Yunhou said: "If there are so many lines being started at the same time, the Ministry of Revenue will not be able to provide the money, but it will inevitably affect other aspects. Unless it can make an investment soon after the money is taken out, the Ministry of Revenue will definitely not dare to approve the allocation of silver."

Guo Yunhou's face almost wrote these four big words "crazy hints".

In short, it’s just a saying that the treasury has money. Once the commercial tax starts to be collected, it is impossible to stop. No one in the court will let go of such a large piece of fat.

After the Ming Dynasty's commercial tax was collected into the treasury, there was really not much money to spend except fighting wars and buying food to deal with natural disasters.

And this was just the silver from the Ming Dynasty, and before the silver flowing in from the vassal states was included, and Emperor Chongzhen did not like to build gardens, a large amount of silver slowly accumulated.

But what if the treasury has money? Take it out and build the railway?

No problem, if you share this part of the income to the treasury, I nodded and agreed to let the treasury take out the silver. Otherwise, you will repair it slowly. No matter how much money there is in the treasury, it will not support your consumption of starting work at the same time.

Emperor Chongzhen was almost angry and laughed.

Why are there such shameless old men in the court of the Ming Dynasty? I never thought that Guo Yunhou, you, a gentleman with a handsome hair and a handsome face, have become like this now!

Faced with Guo Yunhou's crazy hints, Cui Yongan turned his attention to Emperor Chongzhen. How could such a big thing be decided by a mere Left Minister?

Emperor Chongzhen was also very distressed.
Chapter completed!