Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 196 County-to-County Project, Four-Wheeled Carriage
The emperor mentioned Du Yinxi's construction of cement roads in Jiangbei, which was managed by the Ministry of Industry.

Zhang Guowei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, replied: "Your Majesty, I visited Jiangbei last winter. Many blockhouses were built, but only one concrete road was built, from Xuzhou to Ningling."

Li Cunming frowned and said, "Why only build a cement road?"

Zhang Guowei said: "One is to transport steel and cement from Foshan to Jiangbei. The distance is long and the supply is insufficient; the other is that Du Yinxi said that compared with cement roads, bunkers are the most urgently needed. Prioritize military needs to prevent Tatars Zi went south to attack Jiangbei."

"Du Yinxi's considerations are not unreasonable. In wartime, the military should be the most important thing." Li Cunming thought for a while, and said, "It's not that I am so happy to make great achievements, but that cement roads are indeed very useful. The most important thing That is, the road surface is hard, and it will not be muddy and bumpy when it rains or snows, and it will not accumulate water, so it is easy to transport materials."

"Now that the imperial court has established a postal system, the requirements for transportation roads must be greatly increased. It is imperative to build cement roads. At least in the Jiangnan area, every state capital must have a wide cement road, which can be connected directly to the network. Nanjing City."

Jiang Dejing gasped: "This is a big deal, I don't know how much it will cost?"

Li Cunming smiled and said: "Jiang Shangshu, you are the housekeeper of the Ming Dynasty, why do you always cry poor?"

"It's better for the housekeeper to cry about being poor than for the housekeeper to instigate the master to waste money!" Yan Ermei said, making everyone laugh.

"Those who know me are Master Yan!" Jiang Dejing laughed.

Li Cunming said: "I also know that the imperial court needs to spend money for every task, and the imperial court has a strict budget for expenditure. I can't break the rules. I will find a way to build the funds for cement roads. I will not take it from the user department." silver."

The ministers were sincerely convinced of the emperor's ability to make money.As soon as the emperor comes out, one can stand up to two, just wait and see the good show.

Li Cunming said again: "The old method is still adopted. Whenever the imperial court wants to implement a new policy, it should select a pilot area. I have decided that the eight counties under the jurisdiction of Yingtianfu will take the lead in building cement roads. County-to-county project!"

Yingtian Mansion has eight counties under its jurisdiction: Shangyuan, Jiangning, Jurong, Liyang, Lishui, Gaochun, Jiangpu, and Liuhe. The county magistrates of these eight counties received an official document from the court, ordering them to take advantage of the spring drought to travel from the county seat. A cement road will be laid directly to Nanjing City.

The eight county magistrates complained one after another. They just said two words, no money!

Li Cunming pinched his teeth, smiled wryly and said: "These eight counties are in Yingtian Mansion, which belong to the most benevolent area under the emperor's feet. They are the most prosperous places in my Ming Dynasty. There are many rich landowners and big businessmen who come to cry for poverty!"

The imperial court adopted a national policy of recuperation, so Li Cunming naturally would not impose additional taxes on ordinary people. He decided to put his hands into the pockets of wealthy businessmen.Do rich people hold a lot of money and don't spend it outside, waiting to take it to the coffin?
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"System, I want to check in again."

"Ding, it is detected that the host's current positive emotion value is 46000, and the negative emotion value is 50000. May I ask what emotional value it costs to log in again? Do I need to double it?"

"Use positive emotion value, increase it ten times!"

"Ding, the corresponding positive emotion value has been deducted. Congratulations to the host Nanjing City for successfully signing in repeatedly and getting a four-wheeled carriage."

A carriage, what's the use of it?

Hey, system father, don't be so wild, okay?
Li Cunming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he went to Babaoku.When he opened the warehouse and saw the luxurious and exquisite four-wheeled carriage, he couldn't help laughing.

The front two wheels of the four-wheeled carriage are mounted on one frame, the rear two wheels are mounted on the other frame, and the rear frame is mounted on the front frame and connected by a vertical shaft. Combination of wheels.

Sitting on the carriage, the seat is cushioned with leather, which is comfortable and soft.It is very elastic to sit on, just like a sofa.It turns out that there are springs installed under the seat, and they are coil springs. What a good thing!

You know, the manufacture of springs is not easy. Song Yingxing tried many times in the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant, but failed repeatedly. Now he only produces leaf springs.

Although the wheels are wooden, they are covered with leather.The spring seat, plus the leather-wrapped wheels, must have a good shock absorption effect.

What is even more surprising is that the load-bearing structure of the carriage is made of steel, and the bearings are actually ball bearings!
The use of ball bearings can be greatly increased. First of all, it can increase the carrying capacity of vehicles: use the least force to pull the most goods, which has a great impact on ancient commercial trade.The increase in transportation capacity has also improved the army's logistics capabilities, which is equivalent to improving combat effectiveness;
Secondly, the wheeled power source can be made bigger and more durable, such as primary power, waterwheel; another example is advanced inventions, steam engine, internal combustion engine, all of which cannot be separated from ball bearings;
At the same time, all kinds of machine tools also need this kind of thing, and as we all know, having a machine tool means a qualitative leap in production technology.

If the Academy of Military Affairs and the Academy of Sciences can imitate ball bearings, will the Ming Dynasty usher in an industrial revolution?

Li Cunming was so excited that he almost knelt down to kowtow to the father of the system, and even thought about dismantling the carriage right now, and he didn't need anything else, as long as helical springs and ball bearings were fine.

"Don't get excited, let's talk about it first when we get the money!" Li Cunming restrained his excitement, he had already thought of a way to make money.

Immediately sent someone to find Bi Dengfu, and after showing him the carriage, Li Cunming said: "Bi Aiqing, put your other things aside first, and imitate the carriage for me."

Bi Dengfu took a closer look at the four-wheeled carriage, climbed up and sat down again, and exclaimed, "It's so comfortable!"

Jumping off the carriage, he told the emperor his views on the four-wheeled carriage: "From ancient times to the present, the carriage has two wheels. Of course, the ancients also had the idea of ​​​​inventing the four-wheeled carriage. But the four-wheeled carriage picks the ground. Only hard and flat ground can play the role of a four-wheeled carriage. The terrain of our country is very complicated, with rugged mountains and bumpy hills occupying a large area, and there are actually not many real plains.”

"Secondly, there are few horses in our country. Even though the horse government was implemented in the Han Dynasty, horses were still not usable by ordinary people, not to mention the waste of the horse government after the Song Dynasty. Horses have always been the shortcoming of the Han people, basically only enough for military use, so Restricted the development and application of carriages."

Li Cunming said: "Bi Aiqing, you said that the four-wheeled carriage will be used with the concrete road, what effect will it have?"

"That's naturally good. The cement road is flat and hard, just right."

"I asked you to make a four-wheeled carriage, not for the common people, but to sell it to the nobles, the rich and the gentry. Do you think they will buy it?"

"Needless to say, this kind of carriage is comfortable and luxurious, and rich people pay attention to enjoyment, so they will definitely flock to it! Your Majesty, you are about to get rich again!"

Li Cunming laughed loudly and said: "If you want to make a fortune, you have to rely on Bi Aiqing and the craftsmen. Look, this kind of ball bearing is the most difficult to manufacture. Can you make it?"

"Ball bearing? Hey, I seem to have read it in some book..." Bi Dengfu patted his head, and then called out, "Oh, there was a Guo Shoujing in the Yuan Dynasty. He made a simple instrument for observing the sky and used it. Ball bearings, I'm going to look for related books."

"You mean that our ancestors invented the ball bearing a long time ago?" Li Cunming was stunned, and at the same time, he felt a great sense of respect and pride in his heart.

(End of this chapter)