On the afternoon of September 13, the rain stopped, and the afternoon sun was shining in the city of Shenyang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis season in Liaodong is the most pleasant time of the year when the weather is moderate, cool and mild.

On the trail located outside the west of Shenyang City, Sun Jiuniang wiped the beads of sweat on her forehead, looked at the roadbed built by the river, and the original tiredness was dispelled for three points, revealing a smile. Around her, there were countless similar women wearing shorts and trousers issued by the working group, and wearing leather gloves to build the roadbed.

The first batch of women to sign up set off from Shenyang and arrived at Santapu.

The 3,000 women were divided into small teams in the hands of the students who signed up with the army, laying foundations, spreading stones, and laying out sleepers.

Even, even from the harshest of eyes, once they are brought to life, these women are even more efficient than men.

When the first day's work was over, the three thousand women began to rest in the three towers.

Subsequently......

When the next day's work began, the 3,000 women, who had already undergone their initial training, continued their journey to the next destination. They are still beginning to build the initial foundations, and behind them, the next group of refugee women will continue to build on the foundations that have already been partially built. Then arrive at the next rest point.

There, there were military rations that arrived through this rush to repair the road.

The political machine of the Ming Dynasty began to roar, making a sound of full force.

Under this series of arrangements, the pressure on the resettlement of refugees in Shenyang, Liaoyang and other places has dropped sharply. With the construction of the railway tracks, the grain in the rear also began to reach the front quickly.

Countless students recruited from Beijing Normal University, Guozijian, Nanjing Normal School and other places organized this huge project.

Yingkou Port, the Liao River flows into the sea, creating a good port conditions here.

When Zhu Cihong arrived here, it was already in full swing.

The Jinwu Army, the Praetorian Guard, and the Flying Bear Independent Division, which had just arrived, all dispatched men and began to rush for the Cultivator Wharf here.

A huge amount of military supplies from the Imperial Mother were transferred here through the Tianjin Military Port.

Among them, the most eye-catching nature is the slender and beautiful clippers.

These clippers were first arranged.

The first clipper arrived.

There was a flurry in the temporary dock, and in the midst of excitement, someone shouted: "Look, it's iron, it's iron!" ”

"Is it really iron?"

"A boatload of iron?"

"It's not a shipload of iron, it's a shipload of iron!"

……

Countless people shouted with excitement.

Just as later generations often used steel production to measure a country's national strength. The same applies in this era.

And now, a large amount of high-quality steel from the Jingshi Iron and Steel Plant has arrived in Yingkou.

Boatloads of rails were brought down from the ship and loaded into Yingkou Port.

Different from other ports, in Yingkou Port, the sound of tinkling sounded.

Everyone looked intently and found this unusual place.

The sound of tinkling, that's the sound of the wooden wheels of the railroad cars on the tracks.

Taking advantage of the slightly lower location of the port, one after another rail cars slid down from the port station and stopped in front of the pier. Harbor workers rushed out, loaded the railroad tracks, and galloped to the front.

On the railroad tracks, on the soft sandy ground, groups of pack horses snorted and galloped north.

Zhu Cihong stood on the high platform and looked at the port women one by one with great interest: "Half of the sky in Liaodong is already half of the daughter's house." Haha, with this batch of railroad tracks that rushed to Haizhou, we can first urgently transport the grain from Yingkou to Haizhou. In Haizhou, we docked at both ends, all the way from south to north, all the way from north to south. What about the refugees in Shenyang and other hard-hit areas, one station after another, to relieve the pressure of the refugees to be evenly distributed everywhere, and then rely on the completed emergency military track, we can quickly supply the grain delivered by sea to Shenyang! ”

"The track is really a weapon for rejuvenating the country!" The response to Zhu Cihong was Song Yingxing, who rushed over from the Ministry of Works.

Song Yingxing was hired by Zhu Cihong as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in March this year. This famous scientist in history is now 59 years old.

Song Yingxing, who has white hair, is not proud.

In his early years, he had a talent that he never forget, and he was quite loved by his teachers, and when he was a little older, he was all over Fengxin County to learn as a student. During Song Yingxing's enlightenment, he learned about the four masters of the Song Dynasty, Zhou Dunyi, Zhu Xi, Zhang Zai and Cheng Yi. In the end, Song Yingxing chose Zhang Zai's Guan Xue. Astronomy, acoustics, agronomy and craft manufacturing are of great interest. He is also familiar with Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica".

Later, the young Song Yingxing went to Nanchang to take the exam, and won the resonance of giants in high school in one fell swoop.

However, maybe it was because he was young and proud, or maybe he relied too much on his interests, in short, when he took the exam in the autumn of that year, Song Yingxing fell to Sun Shan.

If it's the first time to fall into Sun Mountain, it doesn't seem to be nothing. Such things are so normal in this day and age. It's just that Song Yingxing's reputation has been met before, which seems quite ironic.

For this reason, Song Yingxing and Song Yingsheng went to Jiujiang Bailudong Academy to study. It's a pity that later in the Chongzhen period, it was already the third emperor of Song Yingxing, and Song Yingxing still didn't have a high school jinshi. At this point, Song Yingxing finally gave up.

has been stumbling for several years, that is, in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Song Yingxing only slightly embarked on the right path that people thought at that time: through the election of the officials, he served as the county magistrate of Tongxiang, Zhejiang. Perhaps it was this period of officialdom that made him feel tired and uncomfortable, and it didn't take long for Song Yingxing to return to his hometown to serve his mother. It wasn't until four years later that Song Yingxing got the position of a teacher, which was actually an official position that did not enter the stream.

After that, Song Yingxing went through several stumbles, until he was about to retire in his later years, and he only served as the governor of Fengyang Prefecture.

At this point, history forks here.

According to the original history, Li Zicheng was in turmoil, swept the world, occupied Guanzhong, and according to Shanxi, the troops went out of Juyongguan and captured the Beijing Division. Song Yingxing also returned to his hometown to avoid chaos. Later, Nanming was short-lived, and the Qing people entered the customs and returned to the township with a crown.

However, history has been changed in the hands of Zhu Cihong.

Last year, Song Yingxing was suddenly appointed by the Ministry of Officials and served as the deputy of Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, and the squire of the Ministry of Industry.

Song Yingxing, who is already fifty, is about to retire, and he has not been promoted, and he has not been promoted in the past few years, and there is no sign of prosperity in his career.

However, at this time, he was appointed and sent to Nanjing to serve as a waiter in the Ministry of Works.

At that time, Zhu Cihong was in charge of Nanjing, which was his first adjustment to the Sixth Department of Nanjing.

Many people cast strange glances at Song Yingxing.

The strange thing is that Song Yingxing, a vulgar official, has the opportunity to enter the struggle between two generations of emperors, which is really surprising.

From the Zhizhou of Zhengwupin, to the official rank of Zhengsanpin, it is equivalent to the mayor of a prefecture-level city in later generations, and he jumped into the center and served as a deputy minister.

The jump in rank is secondary, and entering the center is obviously the more important thing.

Regarding these discussions, Song Yingxing was not only shocked by his official fortunes, but also trembling and gossiping. He roughly guessed the mind of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Therefore, he tried his best to cooperate with Bi Maokang's work in the Ministry of Industry, and quietly carried out the work of shipping agency.

Later, when the war broke out, at the beginning of this year, he was too old and frail to adapt to the heavy work of the Ministry of Industry. For this meritorious veteran, Zhu Cihong made three resignations, and after giving enough dignity, he added Bi Maokang as the prince and young master, and approved Bi Maokang's resignation.

At this time, Song Yingxing, who had been in a state of life for half his life, radiated the second spring of his life, and after serving as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he was conscientious and created a powerful military industrial system for Zhu Cihong.

This time, when Zhu Cihong wanted to build an emergency military railway with the powerful national strength of the daimyo, he naturally remembered Song Yingxing's talent for the first time.

That's right, Song Yingxing was able to leave a reputation in history, relying on never the unforgettable talent that had long been forgotten when he was young. He was able to leave a name in later generations because of his masterpiece "Heavenly Creation".

He summarized the knowledge of agriculture and handicrafts in China for thousands of years, made it systematic, organized, and passed on to future generations.

The Chinese civilization, as the only surviving civilization among the four major civilizations, has a long history and relies on the inheritance of these people from generation to generation.

What a waste of such a great talent, who can systematically sort out China's agriculture and handicraft industry, has sunk on top of his career and cannot make the best use of his talents?

Zhu Cihong always thinks about this, not only to reflect on the policy of employing people in the imperial court, but also to decisively entrust Song Yingxing with important tasks.

"What are the problems with the construction of the railway?" Zhu Cihong watched the boats of rails being loaded smoothly, his mood relaxed a little, and he walked towards the rear with Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing thought for a while, then sighed: "Railways are not as good as sea transportation, and you can sail thousands of miles with sails." Although railways can travel hundreds of miles a day, they must be built with complete animal power. Fortunately, this is Liaodong, and after fighting again and again, a large number of gains have been accumulated for our army. The war horses obtained by chopping can make this time there is no shortage of animal power on the military track. However, it is a pity to use horses to pull such a treasure road after all. ”

Zhu Cihong bowed slightly, he understood what Song Yingxing said.

From animal power to mechanical power, this is a revolutionary change. But such a revolutionary development is obviously not what Daming can count on at this moment.

"What is the existing capacity, and is there room for improvement? With this batch of rails, how many people and how many goods can be transported in a day and night on the emergency railway from Yingkou to Haizhou? Zhu Cihong said that, and went to find Ni Yuanlu again.

Everyone sat down in a room, and after a burst of chattering, Song Yingxing thought for a while, and said: "At present, all the chariots and horses have been modified by the baggage camp carts, and the number is small, only three hundred. The Ministry of Industry mobilized 3,000 skilled craftsmen from all over the country, and it took about ten days to arrive. The second phase of the complete set of railcar production equipment transferred from the Jingshi Ordnance Workshop will also be able to arrive in five days. In another month, the minister thought about it, and he could get an additional 500 rail cars. In this period, the old car is easy to transport goods, and one can carry 3,000 catties of cargo. If it is to transport people, it is slightly inconvenient, and only ten people can be transported. ”

Zhu Cihong knows what the rail car looks like now.

It is not a huge train like in later generations, and one carriage can carry two or three hundred people. The current rail cars are actually quite small. In fact, it is a flatbed cart transformation, the overall size is slightly reduced, and a railing is added around it, which is very simple. With such a rail car, there is no problem in transporting goods, but it is troublesome to transport people.

"Three thousand catties ......," Zhu Cihong muttered.

Three thousand catties sounds like a lot, but the whole shipment of grain is actually only twenty-five stones, which can only meet the food consumption of twenty-five strong men for a month.

Although the consumption of women, children, and children is low, considering that most of the refugees have to do heavy physical labor, one stone of food a month is at least.

Fortunately, the refugees do not need to be raised by Zhu Cihong for the rest of their lives. Maybe not for a month.

During this placement.

The refugees took a relay approach, starting from Shenyang and working all the way to Santapu, where they received food urgently transported from the south. After a short rest, they set off from Santapu to the next relay point to get the grain from the sea. In this way, the southbound relay of one station not only takes into account the construction of railways along the way, but also reduces the supply pressure to a minimum.

"Wait, Song Aiqing has improved the new rail car?" Zhu Cihong suddenly thought of something, looked at Song Yingxing fixedly, and suddenly laughed.

was looked at by Zhu Cihong like this, Song Yingxing suddenly felt a little infiltrated.

It seems that in Zhu Cihong's eyes, he is a magical universal treasure chest.

But this engineering talent did not live up to Zhu Cihong's expectations.

I saw Song Yingxing take out a drawing.

Different from the abstract school that most people spend in this era, Song Yingxing's drawings are very solid, the image is three-dimensional, and there are even dotted lines to indicate the internal structure of the carriage: "This is a new type of rail car improved by the minister, if this car is used, it can not only increase the capacity of the rail car to 5,000 catties...... And most importantly! ”

Saying that, Song Yingxing's eyes burned and said: "On the basis of the freight model, I designed the passenger model. A vehicle that can carry soldiers...... Forty people! ”

"The soldiers are wrapped on their backs, and they are fully armed, and one of them is afraid that he has two hundred pounds. How does this go beyond? After Ni Yuanlu was happy, he said with some doubts.

"It's simple, just load it separately." Song Yingxing said with a smile: "After all, the old-style carriage is used on dirt roads, and it is inconvenient to use it on the railway. I'm going to bundle one cargo model with a passenger model this time, and then increase the number of pullbacks to four, which is enough! ”

If so...... In one day and night, 20,000 troops can be transported from Yingkou...... Arriving in Haizhou? If the track connecting Haizhou to Liaoyang is completed, what will it be...... It's exciting! Zhu Cihong muttered, his eyes shining brightly.