The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 418 The First Train in the Tang Dynasty

Time passed unknowingly, and Datang was running at high speed like a tightened clockwork.

Various internal innovations were carried out in a stable and orderly manner, and externally, the Datang army was invincible, making Siyi tremble.

But what makes Siyi feel fortunate is that Datang's focus is on the Western Regions and Eastern Seas.

Those who feel uncomfortable about this are the countries of the Western Regions, Tubo, Western Turks, and the three kingdoms of Liaodong.

There is a saying that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Peigong, and Datang's use of troops in these two directions is equivalent to putting a knife on their necks.

But the initiative was in Datang's hands, and they had no other choice but to organize the army and strictly defend.

Another thing that makes all the officials, especially the honorable class, very happy is that the construction of the five model vassal states went very smoothly.

The imperial court assigned the population to the countries according to their ranks, and together with some manpower recruited by the princes and kings themselves, they successfully built the framework of the country and established a sound administrative organization.

The rest is to operate slowly.

The court's service can be said to be very good, and even the future development plan has been prepared for them.

It is nothing more than engaging in internal affairs construction, reclaiming farmland, and so on.Foreign is to conquer and absorb the local aborigines to enrich the country's population.

There is a saying that the Japanese slaves are the most active immigrants.

When the vassal state announced that, regardless of tribe, as long as they entered the country to register and register, they could become citizens of the country, and the land was returned to them.

The Japanese slaves began to flee, especially the Japanese slaves in the border areas, and they fled even more.

The vassal states signed an agreement with the East China Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Protectorate, asking them to help transport the Japanese slaves who wanted to escape.

How much is paid for each one shipped.

The imperial court of the Japanese Nu Kingdom was naturally unwilling and protested several times.

It's just that Liu Rengui and others promised very well, what to do or what to do, they didn't restrain themselves at all.

The Japanese slave country has no choice but to strictly control its own population.

But the stricter they are, the more the people can't stand it, and they run away more actively.

Especially for the Wanu people in those areas bordering the Ainu people, the escape was even more serious.

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In the construction of the vassal state, the honorable class also helped each other, mainly to provide administrative talents.

Their purpose is very simple. Only by personally participating in the construction of these five vassal states can they better understand how to build a country from scratch.

What experience can be used for reference, and what pitfalls need to be avoided.

Among them, Taoism is particularly prominent, providing a large amount of materials and talents for the vassal states in terms of internal affairs.

In terms of expansion, they used their beliefs to help them educate many natives, saving a lot of trouble.

The key is that Taoism does what it says and does not get involved in the political power.

After the framework of the country was established, all power was handed over, and only missionary work was done.

Some people who are greedy for power and don't want to let go, it's also easy to get together and let them go back to the vulgar.

In short, what Taoism has done in this matter is beyond reproach.

The power of role models is infinite, and many nobles have already made decisions.

After the approval of their own vassal states, they also asked Taoism to sign a construction plan.

The development of Taoism is naturally flourishing, and it has completely stepped on Buddhism.

With the spread of Journey to the West and Lao Tzu Hua Hu Jing, Lao Zi Hua Hu into Buddha has gradually been accepted by the common people.

The Buddha itself is the Tao gradually penetrated into the hearts of the people.

The key is that Taoism took the initiative to preach and educate Siyi, which won the heart of the court.

In terms of issuing degree certificates, the imperial court made a blatant tilt and gave Taoism more quotas.

Of course, the premise is that [-]% of these quotas must be used for missionary work abroad.

The various sects of Taoism have also tasted the sweetness brought about by expansion, and they are very active in this regard.

It can be said that the teaching is quite a bit like the Buddhists preached everywhere in the past. It is said that the footsteps of the preachers have reached Luzon Island as far as possible.

And Zixiao Temple has more and more the posture of a Taoist holy place, and Wu Shu's strong attributes are fully stimulated.

With the support of Sun Simiao and Chen Jingke, he became the acting leader of Taoism, and he could not finish his affairs every day.

Chen Jingke was also not idle, running between Zixiao Temple and the Academy.

It's better to go back to Zixiao Temple, as long as I can accompany my wife and children, it's really busy to go to the academy.

He has to participate in the construction of the academy, the construction of the factory area, the construction of the railway, etc.

Even if there is an actual person in charge of these projects, he is probably the shopkeeper.

But it was about future plans, how could he let it go.

The end result is that he has more control than anyone else.

However, the results are also very fruitful. The factory area has been fully on the right track, and the construction of various workshops has been completed and put into production.

Even the steam airport they built together produced four small steam engines.

Don't think it's too little, it's the most difficult thing to start from scratch.

Through these four small steam engines, they have trained a group of qualified technicians, and then they can be mass-produced.

As for the four steam engines, they did not fall into the hands of others. Two were kept for personal use, and the other two were sold to different workshops of the factory.

The construction of the academy is also very fast. The [-] enrollment quotas planned by Chen Jingke are all filled, and there are still more.

The arrival of new students makes everyone more busy, but with these new forces, each project has sufficient manpower.

Although these freshmen don't have any skills at all, they are highly malleable, and it's no problem to be a simple labor force.

And through this kind of practical labor, their knowledge and knowledge can also be increased from the side.

You have to ask them if they agree...you can only say that if you don't let them participate, they will feel that you look down on them.

Time soon entered October, and Chen Jingke also ushered in a personal happy event.

Yi Nu gave birth to a son, but because of her petite body and narrow pelvis, she had to undergo caesarean section.

Zixiaoguan was already very familiar with caesarean section surgery, and had summed up the appropriate surgical method, so she didn't suffer too much.

The birth of this child did not cause much commotion, only some well-connected people sent congratulatory gifts.

However, the eldest grandson Wugou still sent a gift, and the youngest son even came to visit in person.

After all, from the point of view of ritual, this child should call her mother.

The concubine should also call the mistress his mother, this is the rule.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, concubines and concubines could not call their birth mothers their mothers, but only their mistresses.

Now it is the Tang Dynasty, and the rules are not so harsh.

But as a concubine to give birth to a child, you also have to call the mistress as your mother.

Of course, you only need to call Xiao Sizi your mother, not Wu Shu.

Because Wu Shu is the daughter-in-law of the Sun family, and inherits the incense from the Sun family.

Both Yi Nu and Yuzhu are concubines of the Chen family, and they can only respect the eldest wife of the Chen family, Xiao Sizi, as their mother.

Yi Nu was also very grateful for the courteous treatment of the Queen and the little Si.

There is another group of people who are ecstatic about the birth of this child, that is Yang Tianlu and others.

After all, this child is their backer.

When the second son was born, Chen Jingke also put aside his mundane duties and stayed at home with the mother and son.

But this time he only stayed at home for five days before leaving.

It's not that he doesn't pay attention to this child, but that there is another major event that makes him have to leave.

That's when the tracks are finally laid.

Riding a horse all the way to the academy, he deliberately walked along the railway.

From the Yanping Gate in the southwest of Chang'an City to the academy and then to the factory area, a total of [-] miles, [-] bridges of various sizes were erected.

All of them are hardened pavement paved with stones, covered with sleepers, and rails are erected on the sleepers.

If you don't look at the surrounding environment, but just look at this railway track, you will think that you have traveled back to the 21st century.

All the way to the academy, where I met Li Tai, Cheng Huailiang, teachers, students and academy staff.

Chen Jingke came to the crowd and asked directly, "How?"

Li Tai said excitedly: "It's done."

Chen Jingke said cautiously: "Are you sure there will be no problems? The matter of the train has attracted much attention. We must fire the first shot."

Li Tai said affirmatively: "Don't worry, there will be no problems. We built two locomotives, one at the front and one at the end."

"If one has a problem, there will be another one. It is impossible for both of them to have problems."

Only then did Chen Jingke smile and said, "Okay, everyone did a good job."

Then he went to visit the train himself.

Because it is a small train, the front is only six meters long, and there are ten carriages in total, five for carrying people and five for goods.

The passenger carriage is very similar to the green leather train in the previous life, and glass windows are installed extravagantly.

To be on the safe side, the train has a front and rear respectively.

This also has the advantage of saving you the trouble of turning around.

Start the front car when you go, and start the rear car when you come back.

The speed of these two cars is not very fast. The fastest speed in the first gear is about ten miles per hour, the second gear is about twenty miles per hour, and the third gear is about thirty miles per hour.

Don't feel slow. In the previous life, when the train first appeared, the speed was only seven or eight miles per hour, and it lasted for decades before entering the double-digit era.

Chen Jingke took out a relatively mature steam engine, which can reach a maximum speed of about [-] miles per hour, which is already very fast.

After visiting around, Chen Jingke said with satisfaction: "Very good, Erlang, you come with me into the palace, please come and participate in the train launching ceremony."

"Hui Liang led everyone to overhaul the train several times to ensure that there will be no problems."

"After the gate of Chang'an City is closed at night, we will drive the train to Yanpingmen Station while it is still dark, and we will leave there tomorrow."

Cheng Huailiang said: "Leave it to me, and make sure everything is ready."

After that, Chen Jingke and Li Tai went to the palace together and invited Li Shimin to participate in tomorrow's train launching ceremony.

Li Shimin is very clear about the progress of the production of the train. He already knew that it has been successfully produced, but he is very happy to hear that it can finally be used.

Immediately send people to inform the civil and military officials in Beijing that they will go to Yanpingmen to participate in the launching ceremony tomorrow morning.

Soon the people of Chang'an City knew that the legendary train would be launched tomorrow.

In addition to being excited, everyone is also looking forward to tomorrow's arrival.

Naturally, such a big matter as the construction of the railway cannot be hidden from people.

It can be said that from the very beginning, everyone in Chang'an has been paying attention to this strange road.

After all, it is difficult for everyone to be curious about laying stones and laying good iron on the road.

The common people are just purely curious, and the officials all want to see what is so magical about this railway, and it is worth such a large investment.

That night, Zhang Shigui sent an imperial army to do security work outside Yanping Gate, and the emperor would not allow any problems when traveling.

For safety reasons, Li Shimin did not directly say to take the train, but only said to participate in the ribbon-cutting or something.

The railway is too easy to be tampered with, and the news cannot be known in advance.

The next day, as soon as the gates of the city were opened, the common people who had already heard about it rushed to both sides of the railway tracks to watch the commotion.

Chen Jingke had already been prepared for this, and all the road guards were dispatched, and the imperial army was also used to guard along the way, and the people were not allowed to approach the railway.

It didn't take long for Li Shimin to bring the queen, a group of civil and military ministers, and some sages from the people, and a group of more than a hundred people came here.

The common people were naturally very excited to see the emperor, and they didn't know who started it, and began to shout long live.

Li Shimin first took people to visit the train station, and then came to the train.

It was the first time for everyone to see this kind of iron lump, so they were naturally very curious, and they were more suspicious that this thing could even run?
Everyone didn't just observe the train, but also checked the goods loaded on the carriages at the back, making sure that all the carriages were full before they were satisfied.

At the same time, this is also for the officials to see, to let them know what is loaded on the train.

Many people scoffed when they saw that things that usually took hundreds of horse-drawn carriages to be pulled for several days were piled up in five carriages like this.

They don't believe that this so-called train can really pull so many things, and they probably will make a fool of themselves in a while.

However, what they didn't expect was that Li Shimin suddenly proposed to let everyone take the train with him to experience it.

This frightened some of them, and they dared not say no. After all, the emperor has gone, how dare you say no?
Li Shimin could only be discouraged from getting on the train with reasons such as the train was too dangerous and a gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall.Many people even scolded Chen Jingke for bewitching Junfu and taking risks.

As long as the emperor doesn't get in the car, they don't have to go.

But Li Shimin had made up his mind a long time ago, how could he be persuaded by them, and just said that if you are afraid, you can do whatever you want.

After he finished speaking, he turned around and boarded the prepared carriage under the leadership of Chen Jingke. Zhangsun Wugou, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and others also turned and followed.

Now they really had no choice but to follow up tremblingly.

Li Shimin took the second car.

The first section is too close to the locomotive and the noise is relatively loud. Besides, the emperor's guard work must be done well. The first and third carriages are full of guards.

The interior of the carriage has been temporarily covered with carpets, tea and snacks are ready.

However, this kind of ordinary one-hundred-seat carriage was originally designed very crudely, no matter how it is arranged, it will remain the same.

But Li Shimin and others took this kind of vehicle for the first time, and everything in it was very new to them. They kept walking around, curious about everything they saw, and asked endlessly.

Chen Jingke patiently gave answers one by one.

Soon the news came from the front of the car, whether everything is ready to start.

(End of this chapter)