Daming Military Empire

Chapter 271

With the development of Daming, Zhu Cijiong has gradually increased the number of things to deal with. From the end of the new year to now, he basically has no free time. He is full of things all day long. He is so busy that he is dizzy. I finally realized how hard it is to be an emperor, and how tiring it is to manage a superpower like Ming Dynasty.

By the way, doesn't he have a machine for approving memorials for the emperor? There is no need to approve these memorials, and he is still tired. Then his previous emperors were all exhausted!

He doesn't need to review the memorials anymore, but Daming is in a period of vigorous development, and there are so many things that he can't do without personally handling many things.

Like the second batch of munitions sold to Oulu, who dares to say anything if he doesn’t speak, so he has to arrange for the Ministry of Industry to prepare the munitions to be sent to Oulu before the [-]th day of the first lunar month, and arrange for the Nanyang Navy to go to Oulu deliver goods.

As soon as the munitions were sent out, he wanted to arrange for the development of the Northwest. Originally, it was best for him to go, because the development of the Northwest was not only a local matter, but he had to command 30 reserve corps to participate. This is something ordinary people really can't do .

However, if he wants to go to the northwest in person, the development of other places will stagnate again. After much deliberation, he has no choice but to appoint Chen Zilong as the governor of the three provinces, in charge of the military and political affairs of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan provinces. This is a test for Chen Zilong and a test for the northwest. The test of military and government officials at all levels, if he has to come in person to do everything well, then he, the emperor, will really be exhausted. This time he just wants to see if an imperial governor orders all the officials in the northwest , If the command doesn't move, then I'm sorry, he will kill anyone who is disobedient!

After arranging the affairs in the northwest, he would also arrange for Sun Chuanting to lead the Qin army to detain nearly 20 captives and start digging the roadbed for the Beijing Open Line. At this moment, we can only build the railway from Beijing to Kaifeng first, because there are really not enough personnel.Before he planned to build the railway, he didn't expect to expand the capital. At present, most of the labor force is busy in Xicheng District, and he has to divide people to lay the telegraph network. The railway can only be repaired halfway.

Just after arranging these machinery factories, they were built again, and the Dilong was also built. He had to go to observe and guide himself, and then he would try again. After the test, the cement was built again, and he had to teach others how Using cement, the cement problem has just finished teaching the palace test and started again. After the palace test is over and the cable factory is put into operation again, he has to preside over the telegraph communication test and the laying of the telegraph network. After the telegraph work is over, Zhu Cijiong is thinking Finally, I can take a breath, but there is another more important thing.

Because the iron and steel plant has been put into operation again, which means that rail steel can be mass-produced, and the railway from Beijing to Kaifeng can finally be laid. The roadbed for the Beijing-Kaikai Line has been dug long ago, and right now he is assisting officials from the Ministry of Industry in building the railway bridge along the line.

As far as the bridge-building technology is concerned, it was already quite advanced in the Ming Dynasty. Usually, a bridge with a length of more than [-] meters would be difficult for the bridge experts of the Ministry of Industry, but this time it was difficult for these bridge experts.Other small rivers are easy to say, with super large concrete piers, they can be repaired in three or two strokes, but the Beijing-Kaikai Line will cross the Yellow River, and the river is several miles wide. It is conceivable that this bridge is difficult to build. Bridge experts from the Ministry of Industry did not even dare to try cement and steel bars.

Fortunately, it is now the dry season, and the flow of the Yellow River is not large, and the sandbars in the middle of the river are exposed in many places. As long as you find a section of the river where the sandbars are denser and erect the bridge piers, other problems will be solved.

At this time, more than 200 miles north of Kaifeng, in the middle of the Yellow River, nearly 30 people moved the huge arched steel bar connector like ants, and dozens of giant bridge piers more than ten meters high were like jade pillars. Standing in the middle of the river, there are several large blessing boats parked near the pier of a sandbar. Looking at the posture, these people are actually trying to lift the huge arched steel bar connection onto the big blessing boat!

Although the weather was still a bit cold, everyone was busy on the beach in the river with bare feet, and some people even soaked their whole bodies in the water, as if they didn't know what cold was.

On the sandbar near Fuchuan, a group of people dressed as officials were discussing together. They also stood there with bare feet, looking at their flushed faces, it is not cold this day, it is clearly hot!
In fact, the weather is still a bit cold. The reason why their faces are flushed is because they are excited. These are the officials of the Ministry of Industry and bridge experts who are responsible for the construction of the Yellow River Bridge. Once the piers are erected, the natural moat will be conquered. Can they not be excited? !
One of the bridge experts looked at the huge bridge piers and sighed: "I can't believe it, we have actually done it. Building a bridge over the Yellow River is really unthinkable before!"

An official from the Ministry of Industry immediately patted Zhu Cijiong's flattery and said: "If the emperor hadn't come up with this magical cement, we really can't do anything about this Yellow River moat."

Another official from the Ministry of Industry immediately relayed: "Yes, yes, the emperor is really wise and powerful, and he can think of such a magical thing as cement."

At this time, another bridge expert shouted in surprise: "It's been lifted, it's been lifted, they have already lifted the steel keel of the bridge arch to the side of the Dafu boat, Mr. Xu, go and instruct them to use the hoist to lift the steel keel Transfer to the ship."

Upon hearing that, Mr. Xu immediately ran towards the Dafu boat. At this time, another bridge expert looked at the top of a bridge pier and said worriedly: "I don't know if it can be hoisted up at such a high height. If the steel chain breaks, it will be troublesome. "

At this time, the official from the Ministry of Industry who had just flattered immediately pretended to be coercive: "Don't worry, don't look at the size of the steel keel, it is not heavy, and it only weighs a thousand catties when you are dead. When I was in Wang Gong's factory, I ordered someone to hang it The gun barrel weighing two to three thousand catties has been hung for more than a dozen, and there is no problem at all."

In early April, news came from Kaifeng that the construction of the Yellow River Bridge was successful!
Zhu Cijiong almost jumped up when he heard the news, and kept muttering in his mouth: "A bridge flies from north to south, and the natural moat becomes a thoroughfare, a thoroughfare. The Yellow River Bridge has been built. Will the Yangtze River Bridge be far away? I want to repair the railway!" To every corner of Daming, I want."

He hadn't been happy for two days, but Chen Zilong came to press him with a memorial. The time for sowing the seeds seemed to be approaching. Why hasn't Dilong arrived yet? Even if it arrived in Kaifeng, it wouldn't be enough. What about Shaanxi? What about Shanxi?
What to do, it is natural to build the railway to pull it over. Zhu Cijiong gritted his teeth and directly ordered Sun Chuanting to lead the Qin army to escort 20 prisoners to build the railway from Kaifeng to Xi'an, and then ordered Qin Gongming to lead the Liao army to escort 20 prisoners. As for the construction of the Taiyuan-Kaifeng railway, as for the construction of Xicheng District, the main part has been completed anyway, and the Ministry of Industry will recruit tens of thousands of migrant workers to do the rest.

(End of this chapter)