Become a feudal king from today

"Incredible!"

Zhao Heng couldn't help but stick his head out of the window and look at Jinghai City, regardless of the gusts of wind hitting his face. ReadМ

He still refused to believe it until he saw the word Jinghai clearly on the city gate, then he shrank back and remained silent for a long time.

Zhao Heng focused on the speed of the steam locomotive, while Mi Fei was just like an old mother, pleased with her son's achievements.

Seeing that Zhao Heng and the ministers acted as if they had never seen the world before, she was always cheerful and looked at Zhao Xu with doting eyes.

In addition, there is still a trace of moisture in the corners of the eyes.

She recalled that Zhao Xu had narrowly escaped death in Yanzhou over the years, and it was not easy for him to achieve today's glory.

"This is a sharp weapon for marching and fighting, and for transporting grain and grass. With this sharp weapon, there is no need to worry about being unable to expel Beidi." Yang Feng had been sitting on his chair, but suddenly he patted the table and stood up, his eyes shining.

Since ancient times, the Central Plains Dynasty has conquered many territories outside the Central Plains, including Ningjin Dusi in the northeast and Jiaozhi in the south.

But then they were lost one by one.

Why? It's just that these places are too far from the center of the Central Plains Dynasty, and the cost of governing them is too high.

And once a power rose in this place, the Central Plains dynasty would spend a lot of manpower and material resources on expeditions.

During the heyday of the Central Plains Dynasty, it could still withstand such torment.

Once they declined, these areas would become a heavy burden for the imperial court.

It can only be allowed to be occupied by rising forces.

Currently, Ningjin Dusi is an example.

Yang Feng, as a veteran of many battles, naturally knows this very well.

But with this steam locomotive, these places have become closer to the center of the Central Plains Dynasty.

If something unexpected happens, tens of thousands of troops and a large amount of food and grass can be pulled over in just a few days.

It was precisely the thought of this that made him lose his composure.

"That's what the old general said."

"Oh, now that you say it, it's true."

"From now on, no one will say that Yanzhou's steam industry is a miraculous skill. I will just talk about it."

"..."

The generals sitting next to Yang Feng understood the meaning of Yang Feng's words and started talking one after another.

Liu Fu and other civil servants also talked to each other, and they couldn't express their admiration for steam engines and locomotives.

Zou Rong looked proud and said loudly: "This is just a trial run. The speed of the locomotive is only half of the full speed. If it really starts running, it will reach Jinghai in less than an hour."

After a pause, he continued: "And there are only six carriages prepared this time. In fact, it can pull twenty carriages. Each carriage is 25 meters long and can seat one hundred and twenty people. This trip can pull Two thousand four hundred people.”

"Tsk, tsk!" Everyone sighed after hearing this.

Zou Rong was even more proud, "This is just to pull people. If the carriages are replaced by freight carriages, one carriage can carry 60 tons, and 20 carriages can pull 1,200 tons, which is 20,000 shi of grain."

The generals and officials kept nodding.

These 20,000 shi of food are enough to feed an army of 100,000 people for a month.

The most important thing is that in the past, not only did civilians transport food, which consumed manpower, they also had to eat on the way to transport the food from the production area to the battlefield.

This food is naturally transported food.

If one stone of grain is transported to the battlefield and half a stone is retained, it would be good.

In addition to burning coal, steam locomotives obviously do not need to eat food.

When a war breaks out, domestic food, grass and manpower can be greatly reduced.

Zhao Xu smiled and said nothing, and just allowed the ministers and generals to discuss.

At this time, Yang Susu gently touched Zhao Xu's arm, her eyes full of admiration.

"Bangchi, bangchi..." The steam engine locomotive slowed down slowly after entering Jinghai County, and finally entered the station.

Because Zou Rong informed Jinghai Mansion about the test run in advance.

The Jinghai County Magistrate and a group of officials have been waiting for a long time.

Zhou Yi led the navy generals, and Chen Shou led the shipping department officials.

"The general will see the Emperor and His Highness.", "I will see the Emperor and His Highness."...

The carriage door was opened, Zhao Xu and others got out of the car, Zhou Yi and Chen Shou hurriedly saluted one by one.

The people on this bus were all in high positions, but they were very busy.

Magistrate Jinghai even took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe the sweat on his forehead from time to time. He was so nervous that he stuttered a bit when he spoke.

The common people also jumped out of the sixth carriage, their eyes rolling as they looked at this strange city with excited expressions.

Due to inconvenient transportation, they had never left Yancheng in their lives, and this was the first time they had traveled so far.

However, railway employees soon went to entertain them.

Starting from the morning, it is already noon and it is time to have lunch.

Zhao Xu also ordered the magistrate of Jinghai County to lead Zhao Heng and officials to have a meal.

He packed lightly and went directly to the shipyard with Chen Shou and Zhou Yi.

This time he planned to go back at night.

"Your Highness, after the steamship was launched, I expanded the dry docks. Now Jinghai Shipyard has thirty-six dry docks."

The group of people arrived at the coast, and Chen Shou pointed to a row of docks along the coast.

Craftsmen are busy in the dock, and steamships are taking shape.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Along with Jinghai Shipyard, Pingcheng Shipyard was expanded, which expanded eight dry docks to thirty dry docks.

This is already the maximum number that the Jinghai and Hepingcheng shipyards can expand.

After all, there are only so many places in a shipyard that are suitable for building dry docks.

In particular, Pingcheng Shipbuilding Factory is located in an inland river, so the available space is smaller.

After the first steamship was launched, he realized that the time had come to conquer the oceans.

Currently, Britain has the most powerful maritime power on the sea and mature steamship construction technology.

If you want to defeat this navy that has been roaming the seas for hundreds of years, there is no other way but to build ships.

Moreover, a large number of ships must be built in a short period of time.

Otherwise, once Britain reacts and deploys its navy mainly in the Eastern Sea, he will be in trouble.

At the same time, water transportation in Jiangbei also requires a large number of steamships, so it is even more necessary to increase shipbuilding capacity.

"The current situation of the navy cannot be said to be absolutely safe. You will have to suffer for a while." Zhao Xu said to Chen Shou.

In order to improve shipbuilding efficiency, all sailing warships are currently being handed over to Pingcheng Shipyard for construction.

Because the navy's first battleship was born in Pingcheng.

Pingcheng Shipyard's sailing warship construction technology is very mature.

As for the Jinghai County shipyards, all steamships are built.

If all goes well, the Jinghai Shipyard alone will have another thirty-six steamships in service in August.

At the end of the year, Pingcheng Shipyard had thirty sailing warships.

By then, the Yanzhou Navy will have 90 sail warships and 60 steam ships.

"It's okay to suffer a little. As long as Dasong's navy can sail across the sea, I'm willing to die from exhaustion." Chen Shou said with a moved expression.

This is the simplest wish of him and every official in the Ship Department.

They only hope that today's hard work can bring prosperity to Dasong in the future.

Otherwise, what's the point of building ships.