Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 340 Lu Xiangsheng

When Zhao Wen got on the steam locomotive, he found that the operation of the current steam locomotive was basically the same as that of the steam locomotives in the [-]th and [-]th centuries. Overall, it was still very good.

That is, there is no iconic headlight in front of the steam locomotive. After all, there is no electricity now. Without electricity, there will naturally be no headlights.

After Zhao Wen got on the steam locomotive, he asked Sun Yuanhua and Song Yingxing's students to start the steam locomotive again.

Zhao Wen stood beside the front of the steam locomotive, watching the steam locomotive moving slowly, with a smile on his face all the time.

Although the speed is not as fast as the steam locomotives of later generations, it is amazing in this era.

After driving around, Zhao Wen jumped off the steam locomotive.

Song Yingxing and Sun Yuanhua looked at Zhao Wen who jumped down, and rushed to meet him, "My lord, how do you feel?"

Zhao Wen stood beside the steam locomotive, patted the front of the steam locomotive, and said sincerely: "Not bad, not bad, you have done a great job. It can be said that this steam locomotive has been completely successfully manufactured by you."

"It's thanks to your lord. If you don't have your blueprint, even if you give us ten years, we can't make this kind of thing." Sun Yuanhua stroked his beard and said respectfully.

Zhao Wen walked around the steam locomotive for a few times, and then said: "Now that the steam locomotive has been built successfully, we must step up production now, and build a few more workshops for manufacturing steam locomotives, and strive to manufacture five more during the Chinese New Year this year." come out."

"As long as the first one is manufactured, the subsequent ones will be easy to manufacture. We have already manufactured three steam locomotives, and the craftsmen who make steam locomotives are basically familiar with the manufacturing method. Let experienced craftsmen bring new craftsmen, and the manufacturing speed will be faster." That’s a lot faster. In my opinion, five steam locomotives can still be manufactured between now and the end of this year.”

Song Yingxing looked at the three steam locomotives in front of him and said.

Zhao Wen nodded, then pointed to the railway under the steam locomotive, and said to the two of them, "The production of the railway used by this steam locomotive should also be stepped up, and the laying of the railway in Xuanzhen should also be accelerated."

The railway width formulated by Zhao Wen is five feet, which is about 1.665 meters wide.

This width is wider than the widest railway in later generations.

"My lord, before you left, we stepped up to make the rails. Now the rails manufactured can almost go from Xuanzhen to Longmen Fort, then from Longmen Fort to Zhangjiakou Fort, and then from Zhangjiakou Fort to Xuanzhen."

Sun Yuanhua looked at Zhao Wen and explained in detail for Zhao Wen.

"It is about 130 miles from Xuanzhen to Longmen Fort, [-] miles from Xuanzhen to Zhangjiakou Fort, and [-] to [-] miles from Zhangjiakou Fort to Longmen Fort.

In this way, you have built a total of more than 330 miles of railroad tracks.Although these railroad tracks seem to be many, they are still a little small. "Zhao Wen frowned.

Although there are few, Zhao Wen also understands that it is not easy to manufacture so many rails in less than a year.

Song Yingxing hastily explained: "My lord, now we have freed up many iron-making blast furnaces for the manufacture of rails. In the future, the production capacity of rails will continue to increase."

Zhao Wen nodded, "It's just right, now that the rails have been manufactured, let's lay the railroad in time.

Try to connect the three places of Longmen Fort, Zhangjiakou Fort and Xuanzhen within half a year.

After these three places are connected, a triangle is formed.The entire Xuan Town will almost be covered.

In the future, not only these three places, but also all the military castles in Xuan Town will be connected by railway. "

Zhao Wen looked at the three steam locomotives parked at the test site, and couldn't calm down for a long time.

"By the way, the construction of this railway is a major event, so I am going to set up a railway bureau to manage the construction of the railway. I think Mr. Song Yingxing Song will be responsible for the management of this railway bureau." Zhao Wen looked at Xiang Song Yingxing's eyes were full of expectation.

A trace of excitement flashed across Song Yingxing's face, "My lord, do you really leave it to me? Can I really do it?"

"Your ability is well known. I believe you can manage it well. I'm relieved to hand over the Railway Bureau to you." Zhao Wen encouraged.

Sun Yuanhua also stroked his beard, and looked at Song Yingxing with a smile on his face, "Your Excellency says you can, you can."

"Since that's the case, then I'd rather be respectful than obedient." Song Yingxing cupped his hands towards Zhao Wengong and said sincerely.

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A few days later, Zhao Wen handed over the bandits captured earlier to Song Yingxing. In addition to these captives, Zhao Wen also handed over three hundred soldiers to Song Yingxing.

These soldiers are mainly used to supervise these rogues, after all, these rogues are not kind.

Also handed over to Song Yingxing was the route planning map drawn by Zhao Wen.

In Zhao Wen's planning map, these three sections of railway are not just as simple as connecting three cities.

During these three days, the railway will connect as many military forts and towns along the way as possible, and make the covered area as wide as possible.

After Song Yingxing took Zhao Wen to give him the road map and captured the captives, he led them to start the railway gradually.

When the railway gradually started, Song Yingxing started construction from Longmen Fort, Zhangjiakou Fort and Xuanzhen at the same time in order to speed up.

In this way, the speed of laying the railway will be much faster.

In the northeast corner of today's Xuanzhen, a huge station began to be built.

The people nearby all ran to the vicinity of the construction site to watch curiously. They looked at the railway made of steel on the ground, and they were very puzzled.

This was the first time they had seen roads paved with steel. For a moment, these people were very surprised.

Among these common people, stood a scholar wearing a square flat crown, 32 three.

The scholar frowned tightly as he looked at the station under construction and the railway laying ahead.

"It is said in the history books that when Emperor Shihuang built the Chidao, he had people cut the towering giant wood into long strips with grooves carved on it, and then laid them on the ground. The carriages could run fast on it. Today, the Xuanzhen Chief Soldier laid this kind of The road seems to be quite similar to that of the first emperor.

But, why did he use steel to pave it?The price of this steel is much more expensive than the price of trees. Could it be that the general soldier of Xuan Town was burned with a lot of money?Or is there another picture?I really can't figure out what kind of carts insist on running on this kind of steel railway. "

The scholar pinched the beard on his chin, his face full of doubts.

"Master, why don't we go directly to visit the chief soldier of Xuan Town? With the official position of an adult, it is impossible for the general soldier of Xuan Town not to see the master." A man who looked like a servant stood behind the scholar and whispered to him.

The secretary sighed, and said: "With my official position? Now that I am the chief assistant of the court, I have long been unhappy. This time, His Majesty ordered me to go home to visit my relatives. The name of the envoy, but I feel that it won't be long before the traitor Wen Tiren will do something to me."

The servant also said quite angrily: "My lord, the chief minister of the court is really not a thing, he is the Tianxiong army who is greedy for you. Now the whole court, except for the soldiers and horses of Xuanzhen, is your Tianxiong army. A strong army.

Although Guan Ning's iron cavalry is not bad, but Guan Ning's iron cavalry is full of army leaders, the court can't control it, and the chief assistant of the court can't control it, and can't get in, so he will focus on you. "

This scholar is none other than the famous Lu Xiangsheng in history.

Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly and said, "What can I do? Today's imperial court is full of treacherous officials. There was Zhou Yanru before, but now there is Wen Tiren.

Previously, there were rumors in the capital that Wen Tiren encouraged His Majesty to take action against the general of Xuanzhen.I also don't understand, Xuanzhen's soldiers and horses are not what they used to be, how can they move easily?I don't even think about it, if Zhao Wen is really forced to turn against him, what good will it do for the court? "

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head with a wry smile, then squeezed out of the crowd.

"Being able to make steel into a railway proves that he has a huge amount of steel in his hands. If he wants to, he can pull out hundreds of thousands of troops at any time. At that time, who in the whole world can stop it? Wen Tiren is really stupid." Lu Xiangsheng With a long sigh, he took the servant behind him and walked into the distance.

At this moment, a few strong young men in black squeezed out from the crowd, looking at the direction where Lu Xiangsheng was leaving, his eyes were full of solemnity.

"There is something wrong with this person. A[-], A[-], you keep an eye on them. A[-], come with me to report to your lord."

The leading man in black looked at the people behind him and said in a low voice.

"Subordinates take orders!"

After a few breaths, the two men in black chased towards Lu Xiangsheng.

In the office area in front of the General Military Mansion, two men in black stood in the room where Wang Qi was.

These two men in black are none other than two of the men in black just now.

Wang Qi looked at them, frowning tightly, "Tianxiong Army? Greetings to the Lord? Did they really say that?"

"Returning to my lord, this person looks like a scholar, and they stayed on the railway side for a while.

During this time, we heard him talking about the court and your lordship.I think there must be something going on here, so I'm here to report to your lord to see how to deal with it. "

These people are the secret guards led by Wang Qi.

When Liu Changfu told Zhao Wen that Wen Tiren was going to deal with Zhao Wen, Zhao Wen asked Wang Qi to increase his investigation of the faces of the students in Xuanzhen, so the scene just now happened.

The reason why Wen Tiren was able to know about Zhao Wen's conscription was not because the hidden guards were not good, and Zhao Wen's conscription was a matter of relying on the people, so the secret guards did not block the news, so Wen Tiren found out.

But even if he knew, it was nothing to Zhao Wen.

Wang Qi murmured about Tianxiongjun a few times, and then said: "Don't startle the snake, I'll report to the lord, and see what the lord has to say."

(End of this chapter)