The twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, early.
Zhu Biao came over with fireworks: "Zhu Lichang, let's set this off for you. Don't go under the walls on both sides and set it off in front of the soldiers."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, we will go to the open space in front, which is far away from the tent." The chief said that he was not stupid and knew where to put it safely.
Zhu Biao nodded. The people he brought were eating quickly. They would take them back again this morning. They would not take them here at noon, and also for dinner.
"Huh? Why are there wooden strips on the cement floor? They are grid after grid." Zhu Biao found something on the ground.
"Your Majesty, you don't know, but the people in Xiaqiu Village are getting lazy. They say that the cooking place is far away from Chaoyang Gate and the food is delivered to the shore by water, so we have to bring it here."
Li Chang looked helpless, as if the villagers were really lazy.
Zhu Biao looked at the director with suspicion: "Don't you have a cart? Use the cart to push it."
“There are few things in the cart, there are many of us, and a meal consumes a lot of ingredients, not to mention it is paved with bluestone and is bumpy.
It was obviously not appropriate to build the cement road there, as it would cover the bluestone road and make it unsightly, so we had to think of another solution.
It is convenient to lay the wooden strips on the ground. The cart can be mounted upwards, making it easier to push and pull than the original wheel cart. "
The head continued to explain the reason. They were all forced to do so. Who told everyone to be lazy?
"Where is the car? Let me see how it can be better than the original one!" Zhu Biao wondered, what is there to do in Xiaqiu Village?
"Over there, it'll be ready soon. Okay, look, they are pushing it to the front. There is a small slope in front, and the windlass is stuck on the wooden plank."
As the car grew longer, a car rolled out over there, with four wheels, but they were not universal wheels, and they were different from normal wheels.
Hanhan acted as the main force and moved the car onto the wooden track. When he pushed it forward, the car moved along the track.
Zhu Biao stepped forward, followed the car, and helped push it: "It saves some effort, but not much, not to mention the wheels can't turn at will, it seems..."
"Your Highness doesn't know. The universal wheel is good. How can you push it in the copper mine in Xiaqiu Village?
Send this cart and track into the mine, add a carriage brake device, load it into a cart, and pull it out by animals or people, which is more labor-intensive than carrying it on your back.
The mine cannot lay a cement road, so if the wooden strips are afraid of breaking, they should be thicker and coated with iron, and the pulleys should also be coated with iron. "
The chief finally told me the true function of this thing. If a car with universal wheels is afraid of bumps, old bamboo pieces can be added for shock absorption.
The village is adjusting the research and believes that it will be completed soon, and the baby's stroller and wheelchair will be more comfortable.
Zhu Biao: "..."
He stared at the captain for a few seconds and said, "Okay, what a lazy man. It is really convenient for transporting ore. Wherever there is a track, it will be easy to drive.
It is difficult to build a road suitable for heavy vehicles, but it is relatively easy to build a track. I have seen this track and spliced it together. If any section is broken, you can replace it.
Two wooden strips are used as rails, and the middle connection is used for fixation. If that large open-pit iron mine uses this rail and this car, it can continuously deliver ore to the riverside. "
Zhu Biao spoke highly of it. This idea was so ingenious that no one had thought of it after thousands of years of mining.
"Your Highness, if we talk about transporting ore to the river, the common people here have a diagram. Can you help me correct it?"
Seeing that the other party mentioned the big iron mine, the director handed over the picture he had copied from his arms.
The prince took it and narrowed his eyes, as if he was wondering whether the drawn line was in the right position with the surrounding mountains. He had no idea.
The final location on the Yangtze River shown in the picture is the Huashan District during Zhu Wentian's time. This area is higher in the east and lower in the west. Nanshan iron ore is transported here and it is most convenient to lay tracks.
It wasn't what Zhu Wentian thought about, but it was what he had done before. Why didn't he go elsewhere? Of course it's not as good as this line.
Zhu Biao took a look at it, folded the picture and put it away: "Zhu Lichang, watching the New Year, others are thinking about how to celebrate the New Year, but you are worrying about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
And after making the things and preparing the drawings, you should know how many times this rail car can increase the ore transportation.
In the ancient times of Moti, even though Beiyuan was here, no one had ever figured out how to blast mines with gunpowder or transport rocks by rail car.
Using the two methods together, it should be more than ten times faster than before. During the Ming Dynasty, there was a shortage of both copper and iron. From then on, people had more ironware in their homes. "
"In this case, can Your Highness give the miners double their wages? Yesterday, I went to the city and came back with tears in my eyes. Those who are covered with silk clothes are not sericulture people." Naturally, the head of the village knew more than Zhu Biao, and he wanted benefits for the miners. .
"I'll give it to you. The earth in front of the door will be covered with clay, and there won't be any tiles on the house. My fingers won't be stained with mud, and I will live in a building with scales." Zhu Biao agreed and also said a poem.
"The common people are working hard in front of His Highness, humans! Just like animals, only when they are well fed can they have the strength to work.
The mine carts can be transported by people from the well to the open areas outside. When the distance is long, animals should be used to pull the mines.
Using the iron produced from iron mines to build the axis for mining and transportation is a virtuous cycle. A road with a sharp slope is shorter than a road with a gentle slope. "
The head of the mine also talked about the arrangement of the mine. It is the same as digging in the open-pit mine, except that animals can be used directly.
Zhu Biao nodded solemnly: "I have made a note of it and will definitely follow it. Your track is good and you have to build it to the entrance of Chaoyang Gate.
We will build another doorway to Donghua Gate, and we will build an inner doorway to Donghua Gate at the Prince's Mansion, leaving a special section for splicing at any time.
When the city gate is closed, the spliced section is placed next to it, and then connected again when the city gate is open. This saves us energy when we come to get the food, hey! It's all because I'm lazy! "
Li Chang: "..."
Zhu Biao returned to the Prince's Mansion, pushing a cart with universal wheels. The people who tested the poison were very grateful that Xiaqiu Village had come up with a new thing that allowed them to eat well.
"Are you in a hurry?" Zhu Biao returned to the house and said to the Crown Princess.
"No hurry! Did your Highness encounter something today?" The Crown Princess shook her head.
"Xiaqiu Village has given us another good thing..." Zhu Biao explained the situation while taking out the food and placing it on the table.
"It seems that people should be lazy. The lazier the smarter they are." The princess washed her hands and sat down with a smile.
"Others are busy celebrating the New Year. They are busy thinking of ways to improve the national power of the Ming Dynasty. I will go and inform my father about this in a while. The palace can have a good year this year!"
The more Zhu Biao thought about it, the happier he felt. There were too many things happening this year, but the key was that they were all good things.
Wheat production in drought-stricken areas has only decreased by 10%, and other places have found ways to increase production.
Once the canal is opened, there will be no need to worry about water transportation next year.
The experts from Xiaqiu Village came up with several good ideas before the Chinese New Year.
Wait until the New Year is over to finalize the mine carts and tracks. There is a difference between five people carrying 500 kilograms of ore and five people pulling a mine cart loaded with 500 kilograms of ore.
Even though the mine cart itself has weight, it still saves effort when being pulled. It doesn't take a lot of effort for five people to pull a thousand kilograms of ore up a gentle slope.
With this in mind, Zhu Biao followed him to have breakfast, and even the porridge without sugar seemed sweet to him.
(End of chapter)
