The simplest first-generation steam engine has already given hundreds of officials a slight shock.
Returned to the political hall.
Xiao Yi continued: "It may take many years to truly forge such a very powerful steam engine, because it will involve a lot of knowledge points, a lot of principles, and even a small accessory. Production is a huge bottleneck.”
"However, no matter how difficult it is, we must persevere. No matter how long it takes, as long as the relay is passed on from generation to generation. With the development of education, the implementation of new learning, and the emergence of more talents, it will be achieved."
"Now, we can assume that iron horses and rails are established as means of transportation. Food, silk, tea, porcelain, etc. from the south can quickly reach the north, and coal, iron or smelted steel from the north are transported to the south and manufactured. Cheap yarn and cotton can be further traded overseas."
"When Daqian's goods can be continuously transported to all continents on this continent, then Daqian will be able to create the greatest value through the most advanced industry and become a true heavenly kingdom."
Without sufficient wealth and population, industrial change simply cannot be initiated.
Fortunately, Xiao Yi pacified the four major northern states in a very short period of time, thus regaining lost territory and a lot of money.
This is considered a primitive accumulation.
The imperial court was short of money before, but after pacifying Xixia, Mongolia, Yuan, and Beiyan, it obtained a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, a lot of food, as well as a vast territory and population.
This is the original soil that can create nutrients for the industrial revolution.
With this relationship.
Xiao Yi can raise special funds to a relatively high level.
Xiao Yi continued, "The reason why Gu said this is that I think there are people in the ministers who understand. They know that one of the problems faced by Daqian today is the vast territory and the problem of unbalanced development between north and south and east and west."
"Due to geographical reasons, the winter in the North is long, so it is considered a bitterly cold place. Moreover, the Anbei Protectorate is a grassland. Apart from grazing, there is basically no way to engage in other production."
"It may take more than ten years or decades to realize the iron horse and carriage. However, before that, we can build roads and cement roads first."
"Then, produce small steam engines and make some small trucks."
"It can also shorten the journey and time, so that people can go from south to north, or from east to west, and it will no longer take months."
"Beidi, Xiliang, etc., due to geographical reasons, the development prospects of these places can be seen."
"But the southeastern land is only so big. It's impossible to move everyone here. As time goes by, the population increases and the demand for land increases."
"It will only cause congestion in the southeast."
"So if the roads are open, cattle and sheep from the North can be transported to the southeast in a few days, and silk from the southeast can be transported to the North in a few days."
"Regional limitations only exist in the innate region and climate, not in the difficulty of traveling."
This is also the benefit brought by Xiao Yi's status as the prince of the prison country.
Throughout the ages.
Reform in the Central Plains has always been top-down.
Of course, such a reform is not actually a complete reform. After all, if the feudal dynasty does not change, then it cannot be said to be a complete reform.
However, if you want to overthrow the feudal dynasty, it is simply impossible at this time.
Because of the development of the entire world, Daqian has definitely been at the forefront and has become the most powerful eastern country.
At this time, it is impossible to jump directly from crawling to running, and it will only be counterproductive.
After all, in an era that was equivalent to the Tang Dynasty in the previous life, if you wanted to carry out social transformation without the highly centralized imperial power, it would undoubtedly be a fool's errand.
Of course, Xiao Yi is the prince who oversees the country. He can subtly and slowly divide the imperial power, but at the same time ensure the existence of the imperial power.
In the future, Daqian may form a system similar to a constitutional monarchy.
The emperor cannot be a mascot. He is still the ruler of the empire, but under him, there are six ministries and nine ministers.
Of course, this system cannot be established now.
Xiao Yi also wants to use the power in his hands to transform Daqian. What we are talking about now is the imbalance of development between the north and the south. Daqian must first put the development center in the southeast, and then at the same time, use the southeast to drive the development of the northwest.
There was silence in the main hall.
People think differently.
What Xiao Yi wanted was to start the industrial revolution and let the Central Plains enter the industrial age earlier, skipping the intervening years of conquest and the development of feudal ideas during the feudal rule period.
It also skipped the point where it would be overtaken by the West in the future, so that it would still be closed to the country later, and it would finally wake up.
And the price of this awakening is really too high.
The people of the Central Plains have suffered from continuous wars for years and suffered huge humiliation, oppression, and persecution.
It is said that the modern history of the Central Plains is a true history of blood and tears.
Xiao Yi didn't want to think that he had already come to this world, but still couldn't change the fate of the people in the Central Plains.
But ministers are different.
Some people only think that what His Royal Highness has done since he took charge of the country has been like an emperor through the ages.
What he did next seemed to be a bit too much.
There are not many people who think this way.
In the final analysis, their ideas are still outdated, and they still have not been able to fully open up the pattern.
But.
This does not have a great impact on development.
The authority of Xiao Yi, the prince who oversees the country, is enough to speak for himself.
Special funds for steam engines have been secured, and special research and development has begun. The first generation of steam engines has also been produced, and large mills have been built in every state and county.
In this way, it will be much more convenient to shell millet and grind wheat into flour.
In fact, temples are the continuation of the economy, and war is the continuation of the temples. International power is the ability of a country to influence other countries in all aspects from the perspectives of war, temples, economy, etc., among which the most fundamental and lasting , it is economic benefit.
Not to mention that we can really build a foundation that will last forever. At the very least, we must keep the Central Plains at the top of the continent and a far-reaching pioneer among the big scientific and technological countries.
Only in this way, even if Daqian changes dynasties and becomes Tang and Ming, it will still be a great country in the East, a country with the most advanced technology, the most advanced scientific research level, and the most advanced scientific and technological weapons on this road.
No matter how.
Daqian has now begun to build Jingsu Road, a main road from Chang'an, the capital, to Suzhou.
Construction began on the first day of May in the twenty-seventh year of Zhenyuan.
Xiao Yi held a grand ceremony outside the capital city, and many people came to watch the excitement.
Sacrifice to heaven and earth.
The station monument of 'Chang'an Station' was buried.
After the ribbon cutting.
Construction officially started.
A steam engine drives a mixer.
After the cement is mixed, it is poured directly onto the road.
Then step on it manually to stir continuously, then smooth it out and wait until it is dry.
There is no cutting machine.
It can only be laid section by section.
Leave a small gap in the middle to avoid thermal expansion and contraction, extrusion deformation, and shortened use time.
At the same time, construction has also begun in Luoyang, Kaifeng, Huaibei, Xuzhou and other places. According to the route, each state is responsible for a section of the road.
The prescribed time is five months.
At the end of October in the twenty-seventh year of Zhenyuan, Daqian vehicles could travel on this main road.
There are several big rivers in the middle. If you can build bridges, you can find ways to build bridges.
You can take a detour to find the most suitable place to build a bridge and build a bridge to facilitate traffic.
