My Daming New Empire

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After asking, I found out that there was a train test run this afternoon, so it attracted so many people to look around here.

"It turns out that the train is so long. It's really amazing. When the train is open to traffic, I must take it once to see what it's like."

Yu Qian was also very curious, but suppressed his curiosity and looked around in the crowd.Suddenly a loud bang from a flute was heard, and a puff of white smoke was seen rising from behind the woods.

Immediately afterwards, they heard a bang, and a bang sound came.

A monster emitting white smoke emerged from behind the woods. The dry branches could not block its figure, and the entire outline could be vaguely seen.Yu Qian and the others were not in a good position, and couldn't help running behind the train turning east.

It wasn't just a few of them running, but almost everyone was running behind the train, wanting to see what the train looked like.

But the speed of the train was much faster than theirs, and they saw one car after another passing behind the woods, and they could not see the end.

By the time they reached a sparsely wooded area to the east, the train was gone.

Yu Qian felt a little disappointed, but heard a young man panting and saying: "No hurry, no hurry, the train has only run the second lap, and every time the test train runs dozens of laps."

When Yu Qian heard this, his heart immediately calmed down. He sat on the lawn and looked at the quiet community on the other side of the river.

There is Xiamaqiao Farm, which is said to have the earliest sewer in the Ming Dynasty. Although each household is small in size and has no back garden, there are several public gardens.

It was the first time His Highness called out the name of the park. He asked the ministers not to build private gardens for themselves, but to invest money in public gardens so that more people can enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Yu Qian has been yearning for this most mysterious place in Ming Dynasty for a long time, but if he wants to enter, he may have to go through many tests.

When seeing the monster of the train, Yu Qian's heart became clearer.Indeed, these techniques should be kept secret.Things that other countries can't make, only my Ming Dynasty can make, and only my family can do it.

He also thought of the Patent Act that His Highness vigorously promoted in 13 years.

Could it be that His Highness was already preparing for today at that time?

He is the same age as His Royal Highness, so he clearly knows that His Highness died of anger in 13 years. At that time, he had already started to plan ahead!

Thinking of this, he felt that His Highness was unfathomable.

"Brother Ting Yi, did you count just now? How many trains are there in total?"

Yu Qian shook his head and asked, "Brother Zhaonan, have you thought about what will happen next year if Chunwei is in high school?"

"The imperial court has its own arrangements, so why think too much."

"Have you forgotten the specialization of officials mentioned by His Highness when he released "Young China"? I am afraid that starting from our current term, the appointment of officials will be fixed, and there will be no more rotations."

Wang Zhaonan thought for a while and said, "I know how to draw, and I also like drawing. If I can design a new train in the future, it must be very good. Brother Ting Yi, how about you?"

"I don't know... When I came to the capital, I felt like a frog in a well. I wanted to be a useful official, but I haven't found my own path yet."

Just as they were talking, the rumbling train came again. This time, they had a good view and could clearly see the train passing section by section. Including the front of the train, there were a total of thirteen sections.

They heard people talking. "It is said that this kind of train has six seats in a row, a total of fifteen rows, and one car can seat 90 people, and twelve cars can seat 80 people!"

Another strong man who was obviously a soldier said: "If Daming builds the railway to the border, and a few more trains like this, thousands of people can be transferred directly to the border."

"Oh, it's too costly, it's difficult..."

Yu Qian raised his head and said: "It's difficult, but it's not difficult. Now that there is a train, the imperial court will obviously promote it to the whole country after the test run is completed. This train can not only carry people, but also transport food. It can be said to be an important weapon of the country."

Wang Gan asked, "Do you know how fast this train can run?"

"Last time, it was mentioned in the mansion newspaper that after testing, it can run 160 miles in an hour. This is not only a thousand miles a day, it is almost two thousand miles."

Wang Gan was speechless. "Then if the train from Beijing to Hangzhou is built, we can get home in a few hours!"

Yu Qian shook his head and said, "In my opinion, His Highness probably won't build the railway to Hangzhou first. The most important thing that Ming should build now is the railway to the northwest."

The soldier stared in the direction of the farm and sighed: "If this is the case, the Northwest is blessed."

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In the distant continent of Dongzhou, Hou Xian led the fleet, like an explorer, to find out the places marked on the map one by one.

From Mexico to Panama, from Ecuador to Peru, wherever the fleet goes, it will send a team of about 1000 people to conduct local inspections.

However, the current military fleet has detected that it has arrived in a large desert area ahead, and Hou Xian knows that his final destination has arrived.

As the commander of the expedition fleet, Hou Xian knows that his main task is not to conquer, but to understand the situation and prepare for future conquests.

But as the captain of an expedition fleet, Hou Xian wanted to leave his name in history, rather than being a passer-by.

In the past more than ten years, he served as Zheng He's deputy commander several times and went to the west together.

But Zheng He alone attracted all the attention, whether it was him or Wang Jinghong, they were all unknown.

As the coach this time, when he set off, he had secretly made up his mind that he would not be willing to be just a passerby.

During the time of the Aztec Empire, Deputy Commander Yi Xin landed on the mainland and will conduct a year-long exploration on the mainland.

He knew that his chance had come.

The fleet has been moving slowly along the long coastline, and many of the tribes it passes are pitifully small.

The people here are pitifully poor, but enviably rich.

They don't know how to smelt, don't know how to farm, they can only hunt and pick. Many tribes are very similar to those primitive tribes in South Africa.

Their life is dependent on the sky, and they don't have the gold and silver that Daming wants.

He has no interest in these tribes. He has only one goal now, and that is the Kingdom of Cusco.

Judging by the strength of those tribes, even the Kingdom of Cusco is not worth mentioning in his eyes.

Not to mention that there are nearly [-] soldiers and craftsmen under his command, even half of them are enough for him to conquer the country.

Of course, before that, he had to fulfill His Highness's entrustment first, to obtain the tree that can flow out white pulp, and the cinchona tree, which is called the sacred tree by the local natives.

Corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and peppers have been obtained during the previous trip.

Many old farmers have gone ashore to study the habits of these crops, learn how to plant them, and obtain seeds.

But rubber trees are only found in the tropical rainforest in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Cusco, after climbing over the mountains.

Because the rubber tree is the most important thing, followed by the cinchona tree, then the pure saltpeter mine in the desert mentioned by His Highness, and finally those crops.

So the current fleet retains at least half of the agronomists and artisans who are good at planting, and more than half of the soldiers.

There is an island in the outer sea mentioned by His Highness, the mainland is triangular, and there is a river bank. Hou Xian let the army approach the shore, and set up camp on the south side of the river, preparing to use it as the army's base camp.

This is actually the city of Lima in later generations. Although this place is known as the city without rain, it is very dry.But here is where many rivers in the Andes converge.