"This steam train will eventually lead to the mysterious Hogwarts."
'Hogwarts? '
Hearing this, everyone's eyes were filled with confusion.
They had never heard of such a place, and they had no idea what it was or what it was used for.
But since it came from the mouth of an immortal master, could it be some fairyland?
"Of course, your attention is not Hogwarts, but this steam train."
Ji Boying spoke calmly, drawing everyone's attention back.
Of course, he didn't intend to send all these great disciples to Hogwarts to learn magic. Even if he wanted to, Dumbledore might not agree.
The reason for showing this is because Ji Boying felt that it was a movie projection anyway. Regarding the steam train, the first image that popped into his mind was the 'Express Train 5972' leading to Hogwarts.
Other than that, it’s Mugen Train from Demon Slayer.
But the quality of animation is obviously far inferior to that of real people, and Ji Boying's main purpose is to show these people steam trains, so the first choice is still 5972.
"Brother, can you travel thousands of miles a day with just this thing?"
Lao Zhu watched as the speed of the car became slower and slower, and finally stopped. There was a "long dragon" steaming black steam at the front of the car, with surprise in his eyes.
"cannot."
Ji Boying answered decisively.
"But three or four thousand miles is not a big problem."
Hearing this, Lao Zhu nodded.
Being able to travel three to four thousand miles a day, this is also an extremely terrifying number for the current Ming Dynasty, which is enough to bring about earth-shaking changes in the Ming Dynasty.
The conversation between Ji Boying and Lao Zhu fell into the ears of Li Er, Zhao Da, Boss Chai and Zu Long. When they thought that in the near future, the Ming Dynasty would be able to deploy steam trains that could travel three to four thousand miles a day, their eyes instantly changed. They are all red, out of pure envy.
"Three or four thousand miles is just the beginning."
"You must remember that no matter what you do, you must have enough patience and start from the basics."
"Developing industry is like raising a child. You have to roll around and crawl around. You must first learn to walk and lay a solid foundation before you can start running."
The words fell.
Ji Boying glanced slightly at the group of emperors and princes who were approaching the railway track to observe the 'long black dragon' at close range.
"You must remember this."
"In industrial matters, we must not mess with our lives."
The most feared situation is that the industry of Ming Dynasty is still in the steam age. As a result, the emperor has no desire to eat rabbit meat. Suddenly, an imperial edict comes, requiring that within three years, the Royal Tiangong Institute must go to the moon to retrieve Chang'e's rabbits. Stewed.
This situation is like a certain scene in Journey to the West.
The nine-headed insect ordered Ben Bo'er Ba: Go and get rid of Tang Monk and his disciples.
The boss is not scary. The scary thing is that the boss is uneducated. He will treat you to three dishes one day and ask you to play a game to kill Timi.
"Can't you hear me?!"
Lao Zhu followed up with a shout.
instantly.
The princes and princes of the emperor, who were all focused on the steam train, came to their senses one after another, straightened their backs and stood at attention.
"yes!"
Ji Boying nodded slightly.
What he is most worried about is that after starting the industry, these emperors will give Tiangongyuan various indicators with their eyes closed.
Leave professional matters to professionals. Since you have chosen, don't beep when there is nothing wrong, and don't control blindly. This is the best help for development.
"Master Immortal, can we go in and take a look?"
The one who spoke was Tianqi Song Yingxing.
The other fourteen people also looked at Ji Boying, obviously having the same appeal.
"Can."
Ji Boying finished his sentence.
Wow.
The scene in front of everyone changed, and they appeared in front of the boiler room of the steam train.
"This is coal!"
"Why does burning coal make a steam train go so fast?!"
"………………"
There was a lot of discussion, and it was obvious that it was unrealistic to rely on these descendants of the Zhu family to understand thermal energy conversion.
The fifteen people, Song Yingxing, Zhu Zaiyu, Xu Guangqi, and Wang Zheng, looked at the blazing boiler with bright eyes.
As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.
When they saw the structure of the boiler, the fifteen people began to study it, trying to remember all the structures of the boiler so that they could imitate it when they returned home.
"There is no need to take notes on site. I will give you a model of a steam train later. You can just trace the structural diagram of the model back."
Ji Boying glanced at the fifteen people.
The reason why he wanted to show this group of people live was to let them feel the shock.
"yes."
The fifteen people saluted and said yes, but they obviously had no intention of giving up just like that. They were still thinking about the structure of the boiler, including the fire box, smoke box, pot body, etc.
And just then.
The surrounding scenery suddenly changed.
The long black queue in front of me disappeared, the steam boiler disappeared, and platform "9" was no longer there.
What came into everyone's eyes was a miserable scene, an endless road. On this road, there were bare-chested, skinny workers, immersed in laying railway sleepers.
"After you are familiar with the use of steam engines, the principle of steam trains is not complicated. Once you improve your steel smelting technology in various time and space, you can start building it."
"The real core point and investment of financial, human and material resources lies in the laying of railway tracks."
"The railway you are seeing now is called the Death Railway. When the railway was built, there were white bones lying under every sleeper."
Showing this to people like Lao Zhu is mainly to convey to them the awareness that building railways is a very life-consuming task.
Ji Boying glanced at the workers who were repairing the railway tracks. Behind these workers, there were Baga wearing Japanese military uniforms, holding whips and carrying rifles. They were waving their whips and shouting curses.
"Japanese slave?!"
Wu Zong Zhu Houzhao, who had been listless throughout the class, now stood next to a little boy, listening to the chirping of birds and frowning.
He is very interested in foreign languages. After pacifying the Japanese island, he also learned a few bird songs and could recognize them immediately.
"Um."
"In order to build this railway, the Japanese captured 400,000 laborers, many of whom were descendants of the Han family."
The words fell.
The eyes of these emperors and princes were ruthless. They could not change the fait accompli of other time and space, but they could change their own time and space.
"Classes are closed today. I will issue an imperial edict when I get back. I will order all the Japanese slaves on the Japanese island to be transported back to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. They will have these Japanese slaves to build the railway, and they can only eat one steamed bun a day!"
"Steamed buns? Why are they so extravagant?"
"How can these Japanese slaves be qualified to eat steamed buns?"
"I suggest that local government agencies be ordered to collect the leftover food eaten by folk pigs and dogs. Don't waste it and give it to the Japanese slaves who are building the railway."
"good idea!"
"This is a great plan!"
"………………"
Wu Zong, who proposed the plan, raised his head slightly.
In the recognition of everyone, I finally found some inner confidence.
"Brother, we don't think this method is appropriate."
Listening to the discussion of these children and grandchildren, Lao Zhu couldn't help but frown.
"The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory. If the land expands in the future, the territory will be even more prosperous. If we want to lay railways throughout the Ming Dynasty, especially the railway to Siberia, a lot of labor will be consumed during the process."
"If these Japanese slaves are exhausted and starved to death, who will build the railway for our Ming Dynasty in the future?"
Having said this, Lao Zhu's meaning became clear.
He did not have any humanitarian concern for these little days. He was simply worried that if all the little days died, there would be no free labor to build the Ming Dynasty's railways.
"Father is right."
"Only by thin water can the flow be long. We must ensure a certain level of Japanese slaves in the country so that we can continuously supply the labor of the Ming Dynasty."
At this moment, Abiao, who had just finished checking his scores, stood up, came to Lao Zhu's side, nodded and said.
'Japanese slave? '
These words fell into the ears of Zhao Da, Li Er and Boss Chai, and they were all surprised.
Of course they knew which country 'Japanese' represented, but they just didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty had actually destroyed this cross-sea island country, and they couldn't figure out what the use of spending this energy to destroy this island country was?
As for Zulong Yingzheng, he didn't understand what Japanese slaves meant at all.
After all, 'Japanese Kingdom', the word 'Japanese' is the name of the country given by the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Great Magister Liu Xiu. Zulong, a person from BC, naturally didn't know about it.
"You decide how to arrange the Japanese slaves specifically."
Ji Boying did not get involved in this matter. How to use these small days can be decided by the Ming Dynasty in each time and space.
Because there is a high probability that it will not be used up.
Although the island nation of Xiaori is small, its population base has never been weak. Before Xiaori entered the modern era, during the period corresponding to the Ming Dynasty, the population base had been maintained at around ten million, even during the most serious period of the Warring States Period. There are also seven million stages.
With a population of 10 million, excluding the old, weak, women and children, the labor force that can be used to replace corvee labor is at least two to three million. This scale of labor force is enough to support the current century-long development of the Ming Dynasty.
And even if the Japanese slaves are used up, there will still be a group of black monkeys in the distant land of Africa, which are free labor.
No matter what.
Ming Dynasty has already expanded overseas. There should not be too many foreigners who want to work in Ming Dynasty. There are as many cheap labor forces as there are.
Use global power to support the Ming Dynasty.
"You guys remember one thing."
Ji Boying glanced at the group of emperors and princes with a solemn expression.
“If you want to be rich, build roads first.”
The words fell.
Everyone suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness in their hearts. The surrounding scene changed again. The railways and workers in front of them all disappeared. When the scene in front of them stabilized again, everyone's pupils shrank sharply.
Shocked, being in the starry sky.
To be precise, it is in the earth's low-Earth orbit.
"The world where I am is actually a ball?!"
The speaker is Ying Zheng, the First Emperor of Zulong.
He looked at the big aqua blue ball below, his eyes filled with horror.
Ying Zheng felt that his world view was shattered.
Not only Ying Zheng, but also Li Er, Zhao Da, and Boss Chai, these three people also looked at the aqua planet, their faces were full of surprise and disbelief.
Although the theory of the muddy sky already existed during the Western Han Dynasty: the muddy sky is like a chicken's egg, the celestial bodies are round like projectiles, and the earth is like a chicken's egg with a yellow center.
But as a profession, the emperor generally does not believe in science.
Song Yingxing and the other fifteen people all looked calm, and they could only marvel at the Creator.
Of course they, the top scientists and astronomers of the Ming Dynasty, know very well whether the earth is a ball.
In particular, Xu Guangqi, a famous astronomer, took the lead in introducing the concept of a round earth in his Chongzhen Almanac, and also introduced longitude and latitude, and combined it based on the Tycho star catalog and the traditional Chinese star catalog. The first all-celestial star chart of the Ming Dynasty.
As for Lao Zhu and his group of princes and princes, their expressions also did not change much, because they had all been surprised before.
"Watch carefully."
As soon as the immortal master said this, everyone looked at it with bated breath.
I saw the immortal master raise his hand a little.
moment.
The aqua blue ball below, the territory belonging to China, suddenly had criss-crossing lights appearing.
Ji Boying pointed at these lights and said.
"The red ones are railway lines, the purple ones are sea routes, the gold ones are air routes, and the white ones are highway lines. These four lines constitute the transportation of the future."
Everyone's eyes are focused on these four intertwined lines. Under the intertwining, a unique sense of beauty emerges from their hearts.
Only the First Emperor, Ying Zheng, frowned at this time.
He was thinking about another question.
The vastness of China is actually such a small area?
It turns out that there are so many countries outside of China? !
How could such a vast land not belong to Great Qin? At that moment, the heart of expansion that had been dormant for more than ten years burned in Zulong's heart. This was the spirit in the bones of the old Qin people.
Huh~!
As Ji Boying moved with a thought, the surrounding scene began to change rapidly, like a VCR, with green trains, high-speed rails, passenger planes, supercars...
These pictures flowed rapidly, and finally they all shattered like a dream, and everything returned to the original scene of the main hall.
These princes and princes of the Ming Dynasty are still in the shock caused by the scene just now.
"Fifteen of you, stay in another place."
At the C position of the podium, Ji Boying glanced at Song Yingxing and other fifteen people. The classes that these heads of Tiangong Academy were going to take were different from these emperors and princes. What Ji Boying was going to show them were incidental videos at the back of various textbooks.
"Lianxiang, take you to the second floor."
One word comes out.
Lianxiang had already stepped forward and led Song Yingxing and the fifteen people to the second floor with a smile.
"Brother, what is this?"
Lao Zhu was puzzled as to why he led these people to the second floor alone. Is there anything that he, the emperor and crown prince, could not listen to?
"There are some things that you don't understand and there is no need to listen to them."
Ji Boying patted Lao Zhu on the shoulder.
What I just saw and said to these great emperors is actually a relatively vague conceptual understanding.
More specifically, such as the history of the development of the internal structure of steam trains, thermal energy conversion, such as the internal combustion engine trains after the steam train, and the high-speed railway after that, as well as the principles and development history of steam cruise ships, internal combustion cruise ships, and flying passenger aircraft, as well as the needs The supporting facilities for building these include smelting technology, engineering mechanics, materials science, etc.
These contents are basically boring textbook documentaries.
To ordinary people, this stuff is just boring and incomprehensible.
But for Song Yingxing and other top scientists of the Ming Dynasty, it was an absolute treasure.
"Father, since it is what the immortal master said, it must not be wrong."
A Biao on the side spoke next and saluted Ji Boying again.
"Master Immortal, everyone's results have been calculated and the results have been placed on the table."
Abiao finished his words.
All the princes and princes of the Ming Dynasty who had just taken their seats suddenly tightened their breaths, and everyone's eyes fell on the piece of rice paper on the lesson plan.
Everyone stretched their necks to look at the lesson plans on the podium, almost turning into giraffes.
"Um."
Ji Boying nodded slightly.
In fact, he was also very curious about what the final levels of the emperors and princes would look like based on the formula he came up with.
Who is the top pick? Who is second? Who is the third flower again?
At this moment, Lao Zhu had already withdrawn his gaze from Song Yingxing and others who were heading to the second floor, and turned to look at the rice paper panel behind the podium.
According to the order of classes, after the theoretical class is over, there is the most anticipated practical observation class.
Lao Zhu has been waiting for this class for a long time.
"Exploring the reasons for the fall of Chongzhen"
I can finally go to Chongzhen time and space, and finally see the damned Chongzhen with my own eyes!
Not only Lao Zhu, but others also thought so, and they were all gearing up.
The two most exciting points of a dynasty are the founding and the fall of the country.
"Before the practical observation class officially starts, there will be a quarter-hour break between classes."
Ji Boying glanced at the group of emperors and princes present, then turned his gaze and landed on Zhao Da and Li Er from the outer diocese.
He had just promised Zhao Da and Li Er to answer the questions they wanted to know after the first class.
It just so happens that I can take advantage of this break to get these things done.
"Taizu of the Song Dynasty."
Ji Boying looked at Zhao Da first and called Song Taizu to show his dignity.
There have to be rules for everything.
Since Zhao Da was the first foreign teacher to stand up and teach, and he was still under strong psychological pressure from Boss Chai, it was natural for him to be the first to ask questions.
Li Er next to him had no objection to this point, and everything had to be done in order.
"Master Immortal is too polite. Master Immortal just calls me Xiao Zhao."
Zhao Da traveled through the world in his early years, served as a younger brother in the army, and took on a lot of younger brothers. In addition to his own abilities, he also worked his way up through nepotism, and he was very good at interpersonal relationships. .
"Yes, Xiao Zhao."
"Say your problem."
The immortal master finished speaking.
Everyone's eyes were instantly focused on Zhao Da.
Especially this group of people named Zhu from Ming Dynasty, all of them have curiosity in their eyes.
Just watch the excitement and eat melons, it’s not shabby.
"yes."
Zhao Da took a deep breath and then spoke. He had obviously prepared the question in advance and did not need to think deeply about the preparation.
"Master Immortal, I want to know, I, the Great Song Dynasty, will be able to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun in the future."
The words fell.
Everyone present had different expressions.
The descendants of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty, headed by Lao Zhu, were filled with pride and arrogance when they heard about the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, because the Song Dynasty had been unable to conquer the Sixteenth State of Yanyun for hundreds of years. State, Ming Dynasty completely completed it in just one year.
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which were lost from Shi Jingtang's hands, returned to the Han family for the first time in the hands of Lao Zhu more than four hundred years later.
As for Zulong, he has no idea what the Sixteen Yanyun States are. After all, the times are too far apart and the place names are different.
Li Er frowned, obviously wondering, why are the Sixteenth State of Yanyun still lost? How did you mess up? !
Boss Chai's expression was as solemn as Zhao Da's. Boss Chai was also looking forward to the answer to this question. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were a bone-crushing pain for the Central Plains during the Five Dynasties period.
It's like Shandong, which was cut off from the world after the First World War, is really heartbreaking.
Ji Boying glanced at Zhao Da.
He was slightly surprised by Zhao Da's question.
Ji Boying originally thought that Zhao Da Da Da would ask about the two emperors of Huiqin, but he did not expect that the first person to ask was the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, this was the pain that lasted for three hundred years in the Song Dynasty.
If the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are taken seriously, then the Song Dynasty has never been truly unified. It has always been thought that there is always a missing piece, and more and more missing parts will be added in the future. This is why the Song Dynasty actually has a better success rate in foreign wars. Although it is not low, it is one of the reasons why it falls behind a weak Song Dynasty.
Compared with other dynasties, the international status of the Han, Tang, Yuan, Ming, and Song dynasties is really poor.
After Zhao Da established the Song Dynasty, he changed Boss Chai's unification strategy based on the actual situation and re-established the unification path of first south and then north. However, after the south was settled, Zhao Da discovered that the Liao Kingdom had completed self-integration and wanted to It is no longer realistic to attack by force.
Therefore, Zhao Da slapped his head, built a 'piggy bank', and set up a sealed pile warehouse in Kaifeng. He claimed that after saving enough money, he would buy back the sixteen states of Yanyun from Khitan.
But in fact, everyone knows that this idea is pure nonsense.
There may be hope in other places, but with the dangerous terrain of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, no matter how much money you give the Khitan people, the Liao people will never sell it unless there is something wrong with their brains.
These Khitan people still understand the principle of having a full meal and a full meal.
The Khitan people understand, and Zhao Da certainly understands.
Therefore, the reason why Zhao Da set up such a closed pile warehouse and deliberately made it so public has four essential purposes.
One is to deceive the Liao Kingdom and make the Khitan people relax their vigilance.
The second is to block the mouths of the peace advocates in the DPRK.
The third is that there is an excuse internally to increase military expenditures on a large scale. The core purpose is to create a powerful elite army that can break through the Khitan and take back the Yanyun Sixteen Provinces in one fell swoop.
The fourth is to accumulate wealth for the country.
In addition to the third point, Zhao Da did indeed achieve the other points.
In the year when Zhao Da was assassinated, a large amount of money had been accumulated in Kaifeng's Fengzhuang Treasury, and the country was full of strength.
The reason why Song Taizong Zhao Er was able to attack the Northern Han Dynasty in one fell swoop and make him proud in front of the Liao Kingdom and the people of the world was because of the powerful elite troops left by Zhao Da and the support of the massive money in the sealing treasury.
However.
This seed of hope was created by Zhao Da with all his efforts.
In a place called Gaoliang River, Zhao Er personally brought an end to the war, and also completely closed the door for the Song Dynasty to take back the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
More than twenty years later, Zhao Er's son Zhao Heng put an anti-theft lock on the door and threw away the key very considerately.
At the same time, the huge amount of money in the sealing warehouse that Zhao Da was fortunate enough to save for more than ten years was wiped out by Zhao Er and Emperor Taishan. It is rare to see someone who gnaws on his father, his brother, and his uncle.
(Emperor Taishan: Nickname of Song Zhenzong)
Ji Boying glanced at Zhao Da and did not reply verbally. Instead, he turned around and picked up the pen on the pen holder under the rice paper panel. He wrote like ink and left two lines of words on the rice paper.
"Sorghum River Car God"
"Alliance of Tan Yuan"
Zhao Da looked at the two lines of words on the rice paper with confusion in his eyes, not knowing what they meant.
"Abiao, pay attention to classroom discipline."
Ji Boying glanced at A Biao, who immediately understood what he meant and saluted respectfully.
Then, the Immortal Master glanced at Zhao Da.
"First of all, let's analyze the Gaoliang River Car God."
Say it.
Ji Boying suddenly disappeared, and then disappeared together with Zhao Da, Li Er, Chai Rong and Zulong Yingzheng.
The teaching purpose of the Immortal Master: Explaining a hundred times is not as good as seeing it with your own eyes.
………………
In the time and space of Yongxi in the Song Dynasty, in the third year of Yongxi's reign, it was the eve of Song Taizong Zhao Jiong's second Northern Expedition.
Asking for a monthly ticket! ! !
(End of chapter)
