Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 110 The real steam train is done!

No matter how miserable Zhu Yunwen's ending was, it was not something Cao Wei should care about.

Zhu Yunwen's move was called "You will not survive if you do your own evil."

Arriving at the Imperial Study Room, after obtaining Zhu Yuanzhang's permission, Cao Wei pushed the door open and entered.

"Your Majesty." Cao Wei bowed his hands politely.

"Well, what's the matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at him.

"Your Majesty, over at the Manufacturing Bureau... the steam train is completed." Cao Wei said with a faint smile on his lips.

"Oh? Finished?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became energetic, his eyebrows were raised high, and he straightened up while sitting, "But as you said last time, the train that can carry a thousand people has been completed?" There was a hint of urgency in Zhu Yuanzhang's tone.

A train that carries thousands of people and travels thousands of miles without rest!So important!

Cao Wei nodded solemnly, "Your Majesty, that's right!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately overjoyed and grinned, his face smiling like an orange peel.

"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands at the desk, "This time you have made a great contribution again. Let me remember it for you. When Ma He retrieves high-yield grain from overseas, we will count it together!"

Cao Wei bent down slightly, "Your Majesty, the credit for the successful development of this train is due to the craftsmen of the manufacturing bureau who have worked hard day and night. I have no shame in accepting this credit."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed out loud.

He understood that Cao Wei came to him again to ask for credit from the craftsmen.

Can Cao Wei take credit for the successful completion of the train?
Without Cao Wei taking the lead, the craftsmen who made the warehouse would be hard-pressed.

Although Cao Wei had been going to Mobei with the Northern Expedition since May, Cao Wei must have already arranged the train manufacturing plan and design drawings.

Of course, the craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau have merit, but they are far less than Cao Wei. After all, Cao Wei can design trains, but the craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau cannot.

In the same way, Cao Wei may design and manufacture more things in the future, but the craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau may not be able to.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was always happy when the train was built, and the craftsmen did have merit. There was nothing difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to answer Cao Wei's request.

"Okay, let's give all the craftsmen in the manufacturing bureau one more year of Lumi, and we will distribute it on a selected day. How about that?"

"On behalf of all the craftsmen in the Manufacturing Bureau, I would like to thank Your Majesty." Cao Wei replied.

A year's salary, that is, fifteen shi of rice grain, is equivalent to a year's salary of the craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau, which is enough to make the craftsmen happy for a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again: "Since the train has been successfully developed, can we go and see it now?"

It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to the train developed this time and is also very curious.

Cao Wei nodded, but seemed to have thought of something.

"Your Majesty, how about this. Since Your Majesty wants to review the train, then build a railway between the Manufacturing Bureau and the Imperial City. Then bring in more people and let the train try to run. This way we can better see the performance of the train. How about it, let all the adults in the court see that our manufacturing bureau is not just for free."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and pointed at Cao Wei, then nodded.

"Sure, I'll do as you said, but how long will it take to build the railway?"

Cao Wei mentally estimated the distance between the manufacturing bureau and the imperial city.

"Two days are enough."

After coming out of the palace, Cao Wei rushed to the Ministry of Works and found Yan Zhenzhi.

"Old Yan, lend me some help."

The distance from the Imperial City to the Manufacturing Bureau is about eight or nine miles, and the total manpower of the Manufacturing Bureau is only more than 200. It is almost impossible to successfully build a railway in two days.

But as long as there are enough workers, this goal is not so difficult to achieve.

There are not enough craftsmen in the Manufacturing Bureau, but there are many people in the Kaihai Bureau. After all, Kaihai Bureau is a serious court portal. Besides, there are not many people in the Ministry of Industry...

Yan Zhenzhi handed over the matter in his hand to a servant beside him, turned to ask Cao Wei: "How many people do you want to borrow?"

Cao Wei said lightly, "Not many, only about [-]."

The corners of Yan Zhenzhi's mouth twitched immediately, and he asked in a low voice, "What do you want so many people for?"

More than 1000 people can rebel if organized!
Cao Wei chuckled and immediately told the whole story.

"Has the train been successfully developed?" Yan Zhenzhi was a little stunned. "I didn't expect that the workers in the manufacturing bureau did such a good job of keeping secrets. I was surprised that no news came out."

Knowing the real purpose of Cao Wei's loan, Yan Zhenzhi no longer hesitated. He immediately transferred more than 800 people from the shipyard and another 200 people from the Ministry of Works, looking for craftsmen with certain skills.

"Old Yan, you are so righteous!" Cao Wei gave Yan Zhen a thumbs up, and then quickly left the Ministry of Industry.

When Cao Wei returned to the manufacturing bureau again, the manpower Yan Zhenzhi ordered to be transferred was already waiting outside the manufacturing bureau.

Song Ping, Zhao Heng and others were immediately called. Cao Wei first told them Zhu Yuanzhang's rewards to them, and then told them the task of building the railway.

"These people are all skilled. You can assign them at will and let them do whatever they want. The only thing is that the railway must be completed in two days."

With the blessing of a year's Lumi reward, everyone was full of energy and enthusiasm. Song Ping, Zhao Heng and others beat their chests loudly.

"Don't worry, sir! If we can't finish the work in two days, we will pluck all the birds and make them into wine!"

"Fuck you," Cao Wei cursed with a smile, and everyone started laughing.

Immediately afterwards, without any delay, Song Ping and Zhao Heng began to allocate manpower, dividing the work between groups.

Not only must we ensure that each group has experienced craftsmen from the manufacturing bureau to lead others in the work, we must also coordinate with the steel mill to ensure the supply of rails...

that's it,
Others are still living their lives, and all the craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau have begun a new round of battle.

Only some farmers will see countless people busy in the fields in the western suburbs.

Two days passed in a flash.

[Countdown to return: 05 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes and 18 seconds]

Before dawn, Cao Wei was woken up from his dream by the maid Xiaoyu outside the house.

"Master, someone from the Manufacturing Bureau is here."

Cao Wei was so excited that he immediately sat up from the bed and hurriedly walked out without even wearing a coat.

"What about people?"

"Yes, over there in the lobby." Xiaoyu lowered her head shyly when she saw Cao Wei's disheveled appearance.

Cao Wei came to the lobby and saw Song Ping and Zhao Heng.

"Sir!" Seeing Cao Wei's arrival, the two of them stood up from their chairs, "Fortunately, we have fulfilled our mission and completed the construction of the railway on time!"

Cao Wei came closer and saw that the two of them looked haggard and their eyes were bloodshot. It seemed that they were exhausted from the past two days.

"Okay! Well done!" Cao Wei patted their shoulders and asked: "Have you measured again? There can't be any mistakes this time!"

"Don't worry, sir! We tested the entire railway three times! We even tried running it once, and there was no problem at all!" Cao Wei nodded, "That's good! Thank you for your hard work. Go back and tell your brothers. Go back and do well. Rest."

"Brothers, you are not tired! When we came here, they said they wanted to see how the train actually runs!"

Cao Wei laughed dumbly.

After such a fuss, Cao Wei couldn't sleep. After getting dressed, he waited until it was time to go to court.

When they arrived at the palace, Yan Zhenzhi found Cao Wei and came over.

"How is it?"

Cao Wei gestured to him, "It's done!"

After waiting for a moment, the voice of the chief eunuch came out.

"Go to—to court!"

Immediately, the palace door slowly opened, and Cao Wei followed the crowd into the main hall. Zhu Yuanzhang was already sitting on the dragon chair, and beside him was Zhu Xiongying.

"Wei Chen sees His Majesty!"

"No gift, flat!"

As soon as the officials straightened up, Cao Wei stood up with his head held high.

"Your Majesty, I have some happy news to report."

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very cooperative, "What's the matter? Just tell me."

"I said before that a train that can carry a thousand people has been successfully developed. I hope that your Majesty will move it for inspection."

After Cao Wei finished speaking, everyone in the court immediately started talking.

When I first heard it, I thought it was like a book from heaven. A train that could carry thousands of people and travel thousands of miles without sleep was actually successfully built?

Although they still think it is impossible, since Cao Wei dares to say this, it must be true!
Suddenly, everyone became curious.

The small train they saw in the manufacturing bureau before could only carry a few dozen people. What would the train that could carry a thousand people look like this time?
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded, "The train is of great importance to the Ming Dynasty. Now that it has been built, it is natural to go and take a look."

With that said, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up.

"My dear friends, please come with us and take a look."

The officials did not dare to have any objections and responded continuously.

Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to move to the Western Suburbs Manufacturing Bureau.

After a while, the emperor's chariot was ready outside the palace. Zhu Yuanzhang got on the chariot, followed by hundreds of officials, and walked slowly towards the direction of the manufacturing bureau.

Not long after leaving Yingtianfang City, everyone saw a huge boulder. There were two railroad tracks on the road behind the boulder, extending into the distance with no end in sight.

A moment later, everyone finally arrived at the manufacturing bureau.

The craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau and more than a thousand workers transferred from the Kaihai Bureau and the Ministry of Industry were already waiting. Not far from the Manufacturing Bureau, there were many surrounding people watching the excitement and seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's arrival. , saluted quickly.

Between them was a long steam train, with the locomotive at the front and fifteen iron carriages hanging behind the locomotive.

When everyone saw the tall and mighty steam train for the first time, they couldn't help but marvel!
Such a big steel guy has really attracted people's attention!
According to Cao Wei's guess, the first time Ming Dynasty officials saw a steel steam train was probably equivalent to the first time people in later generations saw a moving Gundam model.

"You said, this train is entirely made of steel, how much does it weigh?"

"In my opinion, it's almost the same as a warship on the sea."

"Can this thing really run?"

……

While everyone was talking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang got off the chariot with the help of Zhu Xiongying and came to the locomotive to take a closer look.

But even if Zhu Yuanzhang was the Hongwu Emperor, he didn't know anything about steam trains. After watching it for a long time, he only felt that this train was really big!
"Cao Wei," Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and looked at Cao Wei, "Let's get started."

Cao Wei nodded and gave the order, and a craftsman entered the locomotive and got ready.

"Your Majesty, do you want to get in the car and experience it?" Cao Wei asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang was itching in his heart. After thinking for a while, he nodded and took Zhu Xiongying to the carriage behind the locomotive.

Cao Wei turned back to the civil and military officials and said, "The train will leave soon. If you are interested, you can also get on the train and experience it."

After Cao Wei finished speaking, Lan Yu, Xu Yungong, and Yan Zhenzhi boarded the train without hesitation. Gradually, more and more officials got on the train, and in the end no one was left behind.

However, many of the carriages behind were still empty at this time.

Cao Wei then waved to the craftsmen who had been busy for two days and shouted, "Get in the car, get in the car, first come, first served."

Suddenly,

More than 1000 people crowded in at the entrance of the manufacturing bureau, and all the carriages were packed to the brim within a few seconds!

Cao Wei also boarded the carriage where Zhu Yuanzhang was, and then shouted to the front,
"Start!"

The craftsmen inside the locomotive began to light the fire and add coal, making the combustion chamber under the boiler roar...

Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting inside the train, holding the hand of Zhu Xiongying who was sitting next to him, and looking out through the window set up on the carriage.

Suddenly, he felt the car body move and felt a very strong sense of frustration.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was his illusion, but the next moment, he saw the scenery outside the window slowly receding, which made him feel slightly dizzy.

Some of the officials riding in the same carriage as Zhu Yuanzhang shouted, "It's moving! It's really moving!"

For a moment, everyone was amazed!
There were almost 60 people in their carriage, and there were a total of fifteen carriages in the train, which could accommodate almost a thousand people!

The weight of a thousand people, plus the locomotive and body are also made of steel, the weight of the entire train is simply impossible to estimate!
Such a train, which weighed an unknown number of kilograms, actually began to move slowly. What kind of huge power was needed to do this?

At this moment, there was only one thought in everyone's mind.

This train is truly ingenious!
As the pressure of the locomotive's boiler increased, the speed of the train became faster and faster, and everyone felt that the scene outside the window was passing by quickly.

"This speed is probably faster than a carriage!" someone said.

Everyone was shocked again!
This train pulls nearly 1000 people, but it can still run so fast!

In the past, this was something they would never have dreamed of!
Everyone looked at Cao Wei standing at the door of the carriage.

This time, they were really convinced!
No matter what position they hold, if you ask yourself, they definitely don't have Cao Wei's abilities!
Unknowingly, some changes are slowly taking place in their hearts towards the "wonderful skills and tricks" that they once looked down upon...

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the scenes flashing by outside the window, thinking in his mind, what would it be like if trains could be connected throughout the Ming Dynasty in the future?
The more he thought about it, the hotter his chest became...

The distance of eight or nine miles is really not that far. Soon after the train picked up speed, it began to slow down and brake until it stopped steadily at the end of the railway track.

Just as Cao Wei was about to ask everyone to get out of the car, he heard someone bend down and vomit with a "wow" sound...

(End of this chapter)