Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 58 Yujing
Entering the palace of His Majesty the Holy Son of Heaven, it seems that all bad luck and accidents have been kept out of the customs.The smooth and stable Silver Dragon crossed the smooth and stable Beijing-Shanghai line, and the cheap "inner cabin" made him unable to see anything but the two in front of him.

Lu Huaiyang sat there upright, with his back not even touching the cushions, and closed his eyes to rest his mind.Wen Yuan is eager to learn knowledge from books—he went out for a while and didn’t keep up with the comics updates, and was just smirking at the last issue of the comic book.

"Ah, I really can't keep up with the fashion of young people."

Yangzhou has a bad point - the exchange of information with Kinai is slow.In Yangzhou, only a few national publications such as Yingtian Daily can catch up with the news in Guinea in real time.Only they will send the "urgent election report" on the transoceanic telegraph line at different times every day.

As the name suggests, it is to extract important information and send it across the ocean in an expedited manner.Yingtian Daily is a morning newspaper, and Yangzhou can receive the "Quick Selection Evening News" of that morning newspaper.Most of the press releases can be kept, and the serial novels can only be released in advance, half of which are airlifted a week in advance, and the advertisements are fixed slots.

This can only pass text, but not images.It is even later when it comes to comic books, because the schedule of comic publications is even tighter than that of newspapers sometimes, because the work of cartoonists themselves is uncontrollable.The distribution in Yangzhou can't be called "publishing", it's just airlifting the joint issue.

In the entire empire, only the jurisdiction of Lanfang Company can keep pace with Kinai, specifically the three cities of Pontianak, Xingzhou and Java.Moreover, Lan Fang is in tune with Guangzhou Mansion, not Yujing.

Shang Luo remembers that he was really interested in chasing comics when he was a child.But after I moved to Yangzhou, I could only read the combined periodicals, and gradually I didn't bother to read them.Now that he has moved back, he plans to try to revisit it in two days.

[By the way, I actually have a question I've always wanted to ask you.The situation was more urgent before, and I didn't have time to ask. 】

Seeing Lu Huaiyang dozing off, Apollonia appeared.

"You still want to ask me? Can't you go and check?"

[I can only look up information, but I can only ask local people for ideas and cognition.I want to ask, what does Yu Jing mean?What is the specific scope of Yujing?Because the Ming Dynasty did not have the administrative division of "Yujing" at all, but many places were directly counted according to Yujing.Is Yujing Nanjing?Or is it God? 】

"Yujing refers to Yujing super urban agglomeration, because the intelligence of the world's capital needs to be undertaken by more than one city. The specific scope is a large number of connected urban agglomerations radiating from Yingtianfu as the center, all the way to Songjiang Mansion by the sea They are all regarded as Yujing; as for Nanjing, this is a historical concept, which is not used much now. Nowadays, Nanjing generally refers to Nanjing City, which is the urban area within the Nanjing City Wall. After all, the imperial palace is not in Nanjing City.”

[It turns out that the Son of Heaven doesn't live in Nanjing? 】

"Did you forget that I said there was a 'Palace Museum' before? The old palace has been changed into the Palace Museum. It seems that it was in disrepair when the capital was moved back then, and there was land subsidence, and all three halls have collapsed. The new palace was built in At the southern foot of Zijin Mountain, and later on the top of Zijin Mountain, a 108-meter-high Ziwei Hall was built with reference to the Vientiane Shrine in Luoyang."

[Yes, yes, I just want to ask this.That's too exaggerated, why did you build such a big spectacle on the top of the mountain? 】

"Well, it's actually because of political reasons. It may be difficult for you to see it in public publications, but we all know it - the reason is that all buildings are regulated, and Fengtian Temple is the highest-level building. The total height is 35 meters. In theory, no other buildings can be taller than it. Although there are tall buildings such as Yueyang Tower and Yellow Crane Tower, they are not official buildings, and they are not in front of the court.

"But with the development of the times, Yingtian Mansion has become very expensive, and it is imperative to build skyscrapers. Wouldn't it be over the limit for skyscrapers to be taller than Fengtian Temple? So after the six ministries discussed it, it was agreed that the court should build it first. A big one! So the 449-meter Ziwei Temple was built on the top of the Zijin Mountain at an altitude of 108 meters. Adding the Xumizuo, it is nearly [-] meters. Now no one can be taller than the imperial palace, and skyscrapers are also taller. It’s not over the limit.”

[High, this trick is really high, can I see it when I get off the car? 】

"I really can't see it. In fact, I can see it on the train, but this is the inner cabin, and I can't see the outside at all. When I arrive at the station, I will change trains in the station. My home is in the city of Nanjing. There are no trams in the city, only the subway. , so I came out to the door of my house. If you don’t take a detour, I remember that you can’t see it, and the surrounding buildings are very dense. But I’m going to meet Daozu soon, and I have to go to Jinyiwei, so I can watch it up close. "

Shang Luo took a sip of ice water.Although he didn't go to other places in the car, he had to give a good review because of the self-contained ice machine.When Rome, where the Great Western Railway has been completed, he doesn't mind taking this "land cruise ship" all the way to Constantinople.

While talking, he suddenly felt a push from his back——

"Here we are." Lu Huaiyang opened his eyes.

"It's here? It's Yingtian?" Calculated the time, it seems that it is indeed time to arrive, "But don't you stop at other stations in the middle?"

"Of course it doesn't stop. The Beijing-Shanghai main line runs directly from Songjiang to Yingtian, and it doesn't stop in the middle. It's because it's too reluctant to run at an operating speed of 200 kilometers per hour with a steam engine. It takes at least half of the time to accelerate so quickly. Hours. If you stop in the middle, the average speed will be more than 100 kilometers per hour, which is no different from the normal speed. I heard that the Railway Bureau is researching the use of high-speed internal combustion engines and electric transmissions to speed up. It is estimated that it will be faster. Because they last year I have already figured out the marine internal combustion engine, and I just need to bring the submarine internal combustion engine up.”

"I said, Lu Qianhu, will we get involved in something if we run so fast?"

"Time waits for no one, and there are so many qi practitioners who are willing to take risks to rush forward, which is a good thing. It is better than all qi practitioners hiding in the mountains to cultivate immortals. We cultivate, but we enter the world and not escape the world. Longevity and long-term vision, longevity is for long-term vision, to see the world well—oh, by the way, speaking of this, did Captain Lin tell you about Lanfang’s moon cannon? It’s Lanfang’s latest big gun action."

"So you know?"

"Of course we know that they cut down the mountains of Borneo. Who doesn't know. And the previous generation's national name actually came to the court to report. We only thought they were doing a feasibility study. As a result, the current generation After inheriting the title of Marquis of Yanping, he seems to be much more radical than previous dynasties. Did he ask you to visit Nanyang? I heard that their plan was not going well, and a mountain was blown up two days ago."

"That's what he said."

Lu Huaiyang looked at the desktop and thought for a while: "Now I have a case in hand, and I'm busy these days, and you have to be busy with your graduation in the past few months. After you finish your work, Jin Yiwei has to go to their place to inspect Take a moment. If you’re going, come with us. There’s virtue in exploring frontiers, and we’re supposed to lend a helping hand.”

(End of this chapter)