Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 650: Changes in the Ming Dynasty
Creak~
The sound of carriages traveling broke the peace here. On the newly built official road to Xishan, the endless stream of cars and people all reflected the changes in the suburbs of Beijing.

"Come on, give way."

But at this moment, I saw a strong man pulling a strange-looking iron cart, shuttling between the cars and the crowd, shouting from time to time as he ran.

"Look, it's a man pulling the cart!"

"It really is!"

"You don't know much about it. This is called a rickshaw, also called a Song Gong vehicle."

"What do you mean?"

The strong man pulling the cart walked swiftly, attracting everyone's comments and attention wherever he passed. The young man sitting on the cart with his legs crossed seemed to enjoy this feeling, with his chin slightly raised and a faint smile on his lips.

"It's really enlightening. This thing runs pretty fast!"

When the rickshaw passed by a place, Zhu Yujian, who saw it through the wooden window, raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "Rickshaw, when did this thing appear in Xishan? Why haven't you seen it in the capital?"

"It's been there a long time ago."

Zhu Youjian glanced at Zhu Yujian and showed a helpless expression, "As early as April, the memorial submitted by the Shaofu to the emperor contained this kind of introduction."

"The rickshaw you just saw is also called Song Gongqi. It was originally forged by Song Yingxing of the Military Cleaning Department to facilitate the transportation of heavier parts. It is widely used in various industrial workshops in Xishan. It gradually spread among the people. Song Yingxing accidentally found out about it, so he thought that since the goods can be hauled, what about the people? So he came up with the current rickshaw. "

"Is there such a thing?"

Zhu Yujian widened his eyes and said.

If Zhu Youjian didn't say this, he really wouldn't know this.

"When the imperial brother asked us to sort out the memorial of Shaofu Yousi, you didn't remember it at all?" Zhu Youjian glanced at Zhu Yujian angrily.

"Why didn't you remember it?"

Zhu Yujian frowned and said: "The Shaofu is under the jurisdiction of the Military and Civil Affairs Department. Up to now, a complete military industry system has been established in Xishan, Changping, Huairou, Shunyi, Miyun, Qinhuangdao, Tangshan, Tianjin, Baoding, Fangshan and other places. In order to satisfy this part of the industry The needs of workshops and supporting industries such as smelting, non-ferrous metals, and coal..."

"You remember it better than anyone else when it comes to military preparations."

While Zhu Yujian was chatting, Zhu Youxiao, who had closed his eyes to rest, slowly opened his eyes and looked at Zhu Yujian, "As for other people, you don't care at all?"

Zhu Yujian laughed.

"Your Majesty, you are right."

Zhu Shugui, who was sitting next to him, looked at Zhu Youxiao with a smile and said, "Brother Jian is interested in war. As long as it is related to war, he doesn't know as much as Brother Jian."

Under Zhu Youxiao's gaze, Zhu Yujian glared at Zhu Shugui, meaning to tell him to stop talking nonsense.

But Zhu Shugui seemed not to have seen it, and continued: "Your Majesty, in addition to the Song Dynasty official car I saw, I also know a car called a bicycle, which is called the prince's official car among the people."

"It is said that Wang Zheng, the chief officer of the Ship Cleaning Department, specially built a type of car in order to reduce the time on the way when he was supervising shipping at the Tianjin Guanzhuang Shipyard. This royal car is divided into two wheels, and There are three-wheeled ones, and there are many styles of three-wheeled ones, one can ride in the front or one can ride in the back.”

"The prince's car was also built in many shipyards in Tianjin, and it began to spread in Tianjin. After the young master's official learned about it, he specially sent people to Tianjin. After seeing it, he drafted a plan to build a prince's car factory and give it to the young man. All industries under the jurisdiction of the government are distributed to reduce transportation time and increase the efficiency of transshipment of goods. "

"Look, you're worse than a child!"

After Zhu Youxiao listened to what Zhu Shugui said, he pointed at Zhu Yujian and said something.

"My lord~" Zhu Yujian was speechless.

"Your Majesty, I am younger than Brother Jian, but I am older!" What Zhu Shugui said made Zhu Changzi and others in the car unable to hold back their laughter.

"Ha ha……"

Being disturbed by Zhu Shugui in this way, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing, but in Zhu Youxiao's heart, he also felt sighs and emotions.

Ming Dynasty has changed a lot without realizing it.

Perhaps rickshaws have almost disappeared in later generations, and even if they do exist, they are collected by others, but bicycles are the only thing on the streets.

But what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that the above things actually appeared in the Ming Dynasty. With the improvement of productivity, some things that carry the production link will be born.

Of course.

Whether it is rickshaws or bicycles that appear now, the wheels are all made of wood. After all, the rubber tree has not been discovered yet, which will inevitably make their experience worse. As for the rickshaws, bicycles, and wheels that are equipped in the industries under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu They are all made of iron and have enough carrying capacity, but they will make a squeaking sound during transportation.

This also made Zhu Youxiao wonder when the Ming Dynasty would set foot in that land and introduce rubber trees to the Southeast Asian countries. In this way, the development of some fields might be able to gain momentum in advance.

But this should take a long time.

After all, the official power of the Ming Dynasty is still limited to the Dongfan area. Even if it gets involved, it is only under the intervention of Zhu Youxiao who sent the inner court officials there. As for the central level, it is estimated that it will have to wait for a long time.

"Your Majesty, don't these private houses built in the suburbs of Beijing choose suitable locations to build city walls?"

While Zhu Youxiao was thinking a lot, Zhu Yujian remembered something, ignored Zhu Shugui and the others' smiles, looked at Zhu Youxiao and said.

"In the past two years or so, many private houses have been built in the suburbs of our capital city to house the unemployed people in various places. If we don't build city walls, I'm afraid..."

"What are you afraid of?"

Zhu Youxiao calmed down, looked at Zhu Yujian and said: "Are you afraid that foreigners will invade the capital? Or are you afraid that it will be difficult to manage the private houses in the suburbs of Beijing?"

"All of them."

Zhu Yujian replied.

"There is no money in the internal funds, and there is no money in the treasury."

Zhu Youxiao said: "For now, we can only maintain it like this."

Zhu Yujian was speechless for a moment.

In fact, Zhu Yujian didn't know that Zhu Youxiao had never planned to enclose the Minfang Districts that were being built in various suburbs of Beijing within the city wall.

With the development of intensive manual manufacturing, city walls will become an obstacle to development. What's more, when thermal weapons fully mature, the role of city walls in defending against enemies will only continue to be weakened.

If this is the case, then why waste time and money on building a city wall?

What's more, the situation mentioned by Zhu Yujian is limited to the capital city. It is a small probability situation. After all, when it comes to the siphon effect, which city can compare with the capital city? Which city can support countless unemployed people?
Except for the capital, nothing else works!
That's exactly what happened. Zhu Youxiao had already asked the Shaofu to plan and develop the suburbs of Beijing on the basis of balance.

The future capital of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be accompanied by the development of intensive manual manufacturing, and will gradually differ from the previous architectural model.

However, this cycle will be very long, measured in ten years. Since this is the case, then we can guide it slowly. Ming Dynasty never needs vigorous changes, what Ming Dynasty needs is quiet changes that moisturize things. , let the conservative group gradually get used to it, so that in some cases, it is far better than drastic action.

(End of this chapter)