Zhu Gaoxu, who is very honest, feels that not only his master, but also his father is a profiteer, including himself, all profiteers.

"Well, I'll be honest, it's not that simple to build a railway."

Zhu Gaoxu truthfully explained, what surprised him was that neither Zhu Di nor Liu Chun was surprised, in fact, these two people had long known that it was easy to build a road for 2,000 miles, and it would be easy to cross mountains and rivers in the middle.

"And...... My steam engine is very immature. Zhu Gaoxu blushed, and he said very honestly: "Master, I can't guarantee that the steam engine can pull the carriage and run two thousand miles. I mean it might break down the way. If you can't even make a round trip, the steam engine is meaningless. ”

Zhu Gaoxu was ashamed and said: "The disciple can't make a reliable and durable steam locomotive, and the disciple is ashamed of his trust in the master." ”

Zhu Gaoxu lowered his head, who knew that Liu Chun was full of smiles and didn't care.

It's Zhu Di next to him, very dissatisfied, grandma's, this rabbit cub just wants to apologize to the master, you also cheated your father, do you know?

"Your Highness, it's not a surprise to be a teacher."

Liu Chun smiled: "This is the characteristic of all industrial products, the earliest things made, absolutely impossible to be perfect, and even said that there will be a lot of faults, but no one can deny the value contained in it." Liu Chun paused, "I mean, Your Highness will have three to five years to continuously improve the steam engine. During this time, you need to constantly build prototypes, keep experimenting, find problems, and solve problems. I knew that I could really build a steam engine that met the requirements. ”

Zhu Gaoxu was dumbfounded, he opened his mouth wide, "Master, have you thought of it?" That's great! Zhu Gaoxu was ecstatic for a while, but soon he hesitated again, "Master, you said that these costs money, and it is a lot of money, where do you want to get it from?" Zhu Gaoxu swallowed and spat at the mouth, subconsciously looked at Zhu Di, and didn't know if his father's promise was still counted?

Zhu Di finally smiled, "Don't bother thinking about it, if you don't think about this, what are you playing as your father and your master?" ”

These two old finally have a showdown.

As a pit god for many years, this time Liu Chun pulled Zhu Di to dig a pit in a group and set it up together.

There is no need for nonsense about the prospects of the railway and the money scene.

But Liu Chun knows better than anyone that if he wants to build a good railway, the investment required is too great, so big that Zhu Di and he can't afford it.

This is a mega-project that requires the concentration of the nation's efforts.

Zhu Di's previous statement was just a deliberate gesture in order to raise the price.

"What we need to do is to survey the railway line, which is relatively flat in the east, but also hilly, and crosses the Yellow River, the Huai River and the Yangtze River."

Liu Chun muttered: "The Yellow River and the Huai River, there may be a chance to build a bridge for the time being, but the Yangtze River is no matter what, it will not be successful." In order to make river crossings more efficient, we had to come up with a way. ”

Zhu Gaoxu immediately said: "Master, I have thought about it, in fact, we can use a boat to carry a vehicle across the river. ”

Zhu Di groaned: "How big is that ship?" Can it be smooth? ”

Zhu Gaoxu said with confidence: "Father, in fact, I am still studying steamboats. ”

"Steamship?"

"Yes, it's a ship powered by a steam engine, and the sails can be eliminated with the sails back."

Zhu Di straightened his face and said, "Why don't you say big things, are you sure to make it?" ”

"Yes, this one is." Zhu Gaoxu said seriously: "Father, the ship can be built very large and can carry a lot of fuel. It is actually easier to build a steam engine than to build a small one. If the father wanted to, the child could have built a steamship first. It's just that in that case, the replacement of shipping by sea will be even more unstoppable. ”

Zhu Di has a straight face, he now realizes more and more that development and progress are not always good things, at least without adequate preparation, suddenly throwing out a new thing, the impact may be far greater than the benefit.

Fortunately, there are still a few years of work to make up for them.

The issue of the ferry is temporarily finalized.

Then there's the railroad tracks, which is also a big problem.

"We need to multiply the amount of steel we produce, and we need to work out rails that are strong and durable enough to be long. We need to have strict regulations for the entire factory system. ”

Zhu Di had a lot of effort to listen to Liu Chun talk about this, but fortunately, with Zhu Gaoxu by his side, he could easily understand what the master meant.

Since it is called a railway, the first one is to consume a lot of iron.

It is inevitable to increase the production capacity of Daming's steel plant.

Secondly, each rail has strict standards, so it is necessary to abandon the model of small workshops and establish a unified standard for the industry.

"This is not only the rails, in fact, the steam engine is more important, each part, must have a standard size, and detailed technical requirements. Only in this way can it be convenient to repair and save costs. If nothing else, this time the construction of the railway will become an overall upgrade of all industrial sectors. If it was the handicraft workshop stage before, then after this road construction, we will truly enter the industrial age of standardization. ”

"Once we do this, we can continue to copy the experience, build one railway after another in the land of the Ming Dynasty, and then our soldiers and horses can run rampant in the world, once the Great Wall and the sea, are the shackles of the Central Plains civilization, and soon we will be able to break the shackles and make the Ming Dynasty an unprecedented empire." His Majesty's name will also surpass the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and be engraved in the annals of history, for thousands of generations, forever brilliant! ”

Who said that Liu Chun can't make sycophants, but he just doesn't care.

This time the shooting was not very good, Zhu Di was fascinated by it. Fortunately, he knows Liu Chun too well, and the more good things this kid says, the more it means that he is not holding back his fart.

"In a word, how much does it cost?"

Liu Chun sneered, it seemed that he had cultivated Zhu Di and was very used to the routine.

"Your Majesty, this time it's not a problem that money can solve."

Zhu Di said unceremoniously: "That's not enough money!" You just have to be out of the palace for too long, in case you let those grandsons know that I am acting with you, you won't be able to rip off the bamboo. ”

Okay, Zhu Di is frank enough, where is this emperor, he is simply a hooligan leader, but Liu Chun thinks that such a Zhu Di is the real person who does things!

Great, keep it up!

"Your Majesty, I mean that in addition to direct investment, we need to set up a railway school to train mechanics, and also to drive and maintain steam locomotives in the future. Secondly, we have to set up many, many supporting companies. The production of steel, the production of wagons, and the production of sleeper sand and gravel are very large. ”

"Again, the minerals along the route will also be excavated. At present, it can facilitate the construction of roads, and when the railway is repaired, these are the customers of the railway. ”

……

Liu Chun told Zhu Di the overall plan as quickly as possible.

Now the situation is very clear, relying on Zhu Di's investment alone, how much money is not enough. Someone has to be there for it.

"The bait has been dropped, so it's up to the fish to catch the bait."

Zhu Di hurriedly returned to the palace, and Zhu Gaoxu also left, but he didn't doubt whether the master could succeed, because all along, the master had never failed!

His mind is on how to improve a qualified steam engine within a few years, two thousand miles, four thousand miles back and forth, run down safely, no major problems, this is Zhu Gaoxu's greatest wish at present, as for the Zhenguo artifact that is now placed in Tianjin, I am afraid that it will not even be able to run down for two hundred miles, shame!

The planning of the entire railway construction is limited to the three monarchs and ministers, and even Zhu Dapang and Zhu Xiaosan are not clear. Not to mention the two of them, Queen Xu and Xu Miaojin don't know either.

Even the people next to the pillow hid it, Zhu Di and Liu Chun were ruthless.

The two of them didn't know, so they didn't think there was any possibility of revealing the news.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the case now, Your Majesty has made up his mind to swallow it alone, if we want to share some oil and water, we must come up with real money."

Xu Zengshou said to the representatives of several other noble generals: "You may feel a little at a loss, but I remind you, this railway is not to build a road, and then to build a road to the grassland, passing by whose territory, bypassing whose territory, the difference is big, as for the rest, I don't need to say more!" ”

At the same time that Xu Zengshou was talking to these people, Zhu Gaosui also summoned all the princes of the clan.

"It's over, my dad is going to go it alone, if you don't have any interest, just don't say it, but if you still want to get rich, don't miss this opportunity. I know you've just been compensated for the sale of your shares in the Royal Bank, so let's do it together! ”

Zhu Gaosui swung his fist hard.

The plan to build the road has been made clear in six parts and has been fully discussed.

Today's early dynasty is the moment of final decision, whether to do it or not, and how to do it, depends on today. Xu Zengshou came early, in his arms, carrying the common reply of several families.

In a word, if you want money, you want people, and you want mines...... All the nobles are in favor of building roads.

On the other side, Zhu Gaosui's chest was also worth it more than ever.

Not to mention anything else, the redemption of Royal Bank shares alone is as high as 70 million. Attention, although Zhu Di gave the brothers all the money, and the premium was 20%, but I'm sorry, the princes only got paper money, if you want real money, dream about it.

Zhu Gaosui is very sure that now in the Ming Dynasty, he is the person who can mobilize the most cash.

At least it can't be worse than the fourth uncle!

Zhu Gaosui set a goal for himself.

Liu Chun stiffened his face and didn't speak, one is an uncle, the other is an apprentice, there is no way, I don't want to lie to you, what can I do!

Just when Liu Chun sighed slightly, the old thief Bald Daoyan was late.

After he appeared, a large group of civil officials gathered over, hugging each other in front of him, majestic and domineering.

The old thief bald enjoyed the feeling of being embraced, his gaze swept over every minister, and his voice was slow but firm: "Princess, today is the time for us to serve Your Majesty and relieve the king's worries, but the duty of a courtier, have you thought about it?" ”

"Please rest assured, my lord, we are fully sure!" The ministers spoke in unison, and Zhu Gaosui and Xu Zengshou were taken aback...... Obediently, these people took the wrong medicine, right?

When have you ever seen civil officials working together so much, and it was to please the Son of Heaven? The sun is coming out of the west, right?

When Liu Chun saw this scene, he almost laughed out loud, and sure enough, what determines people's choice is neither noble morality nor harsh laws, but tangible benefits!

The railroad pie was so big that even the civil officials couldn't resist asking for a piece.

Clans, nobles, civil officials...... The three most important forces of the Ming Dynasty couldn't sit still and fought in person. It's up to them to see how much they can offer. Liu Chun is looking forward to today's early dynasty!

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