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Soon, the staff on the train yelled loudly, telling them to sit still and support them, ready to go back.

Then something incredible happened to them.

Because, they feel that the train seems to be going backwards!

Although it was just a steam engine, it gave everyone the feeling that it was going backwards.

After all, the train didn't turn around, but went back along the railway that came just now. Isn't this going backwards?

And the speed of retreat was the same as before, and it took only half a stick of incense to return to Jianggang Wharf.

After the train stopped, everyone got off in an orderly manner.

But everyone's faces were full of excitement and unsatisfactory expressions.

They experienced the magic of the train for themselves, and they completely believed what the newspapers said before.

Almost everyone is looking forward to the early completion of the railway from Yangzhou to Chang'an, so that everyone can take the train to Chang'an.

"Everyone has experienced the train, how do you feel?"

Li Ke smiled and asked everyone.

"His Royal Highness, the train is amazing!"

"His Royal Highness, when can I take the train to Chang'an City?"

Many ordinary people dared to ask Li Ke.

"In the not-too-distant future."

"However, when the railway is being built, some land will definitely be occupied. At that time, the king will compensate everyone, but I also hope that everyone can understand and support the construction of the railway!"

Li Ke gave everyone a promise, and told everyone that the construction of the railway would occupy land, so he gave everyone a vaccination first.

"His Royal Highness, please rest assured, we will definitely support you!"

Hearing Li Ke's words, everyone naturally had no opinion, and nodded in anticipation.

If the land is occupied by the government, everyone may really have resentment in their hearts.

However, Li Ke wanted to occupy their land for the purpose of building a railway, and that was for business.

Besides, His Royal Highness Qin Wang personally said that he would compensate them.

With the benevolence and generosity of His Royal Highness King Qin who loves the people like a child, the compensation given to them will definitely satisfy them

In this regard, everyone will naturally have no opinion.

Li Ke nodded in satisfaction, and then left Shanghai City.

After these people went back, they also spread the magic of the train everywhere, and they would chat with everyone about the experience of taking the train and how magical the train is.

This undoubtedly makes the popularity of trains very high in Yangzhou and Suzhou, and even many surrounding state capitals know about trains.

And also specially came to Shanghai City, took and experienced the train.

For this situation, Li Ke is also very happy to see the results.

This will not only allow more people to know about the train, but also make Shanghai more famous.

The Great Shanghai Project cannot be built by relying on him alone.

He alone can only build the infrastructure of Shanghai City, but the core of a city is people after all!

population and talent.

How does a new city attract population and talents?

There is only great fame, and great difference.

He just wanted to let everyone in Datang know that a new city was built on the east side of Datang, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, which was different from all the cities in Datang!

This new city is full of opportunities to make a fortune, this new city is full of novelties.

In this way, a large number of people will be attracted to contribute to this new city, making this city completely the economic center of Datang!

Therefore, Li Ke also ordered directly.

All those who come to Shanghai City from other places to experience the train rides are free of charge.

As for this deadline, it is limited to before the two train lines are officially put into operation.

And when those merchants are ready to go to sea for trade, it is when the train line is put into operation.

After a period of preparation, the merchants finally got everything ready.

All kinds of commodities are ready, such as special products purchased from other places in the inland, plus a large number of commodities directly purchased in major workshops in Shanghai City, etc.

Therefore, Li Ke ordered that from now on, the train lines will be closed to the people everywhere, and they will be officially used for the transportation of people and goods between the seaport and the river port.

Ships of special products procured from the inland were continuously unloaded at the Jianggang Wharf, and then many young men came here to ask the merchants if they needed to carry them.

Merchants naturally need to carry, so the two hit it off.

The porters moved the boatloads of goods to the freight cars. After the merchants paid their wages, they sat in the passenger cars and took the train to the harbor wharf.

For freight, the train is of course charged.

Generally, it is calculated according to the combined weight and volume of 5.9.

This fee is still very acceptable to businessmen.

After all, it can help them save a lot of shipping time and reduce a lot of trouble.

And this fee may not be profitable for the train in a short period of time, but it will be a considerable profit after the trade in Shanghai City is fully prosperous.

As for the passenger compartment, it is 1 person and 1 article.

If the freight car in the back has your cargo, then you can ride for free.

In short, everyone is very satisfied with the train fare.

Carriages full of goods arrived at the harbor station, and there were also a large number of porters here, helping the merchants move the goods one by one to the big ship.

After paying the remuneration, customs staff soon boarded the ship to check, such as the ledger and the goods on board, to see if they were correct, etc.

After the inspection is correct, a 10% export tax will be paid.

After paying the tax, the customs will give you a tax bill and a special flag.

Later, when sailing at sea, as long as you hang this flag, you can get the protection of the Datang Navy.

After everything was ready, the large ships slowly left the harbor pier and headed for the distance.

When Li Ke learned that the first batch of large ships for overseas trade had left the port, a smile of expectation appeared on his face.

This is the first step of the great voyage!

As long as these people can successfully earn a lot of wealth and come back, there will be a big explosion in the number of people going to sea to do business next!

At that time, the grand voyage plan will be completely completed!

PS: Second more! .

Chapter 339 Li Shimin's Shock!Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng are here!

"Send Yangzhou Navy and Quanzhou Navy to patrol the seas of various countries and give them a deterrent force!"

Li Ke thought for a while, and then asked someone to send an order to Qu Wenkang.

Now two giant ships have gone to explore the New World, and there are two remaining giant ships.

The Yangzhou navy and the Quanzhou navy, each with one, led the fleets to wander around the seas to the east and south respectively.

The truth is only within the range of the cannons. As long as those overseas countries are within the range of the cannons of the Datang Navy, then the words of the Tang Dynasty will be the truth.

The merchants in Datang are also "reasonable and legal" foreign merchants, and what they conduct is normal commercial and trade behavior.

With the lessons learned from the three countries of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, Datang's deterrence to the surrounding dependent countries is unprecedented.

Coupled with the fact that the navy fleet equipped with artillery went around their sea area, it was enough to deter some of their inner thoughts.

He is not in a hurry to capture them for the time being, and let the overseas trade flourish first.

At the same time, the shipyards in Yangzhou, Dengzhou and Quanzhou also need time to build more giant ships.

Now there are only four giant ships in total, and two more are going to explore the New World. Li Ke thinks that only two giant ships equipped with artillery are not enough.

When the Datang Navy has ten or eight giant ships equipped with artillery, especially the giant steam ships, it will be a ripe time to attack them.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Immediately, someone answered, and then went to the navy base to deliver the order.

After waiting for someone to pass the order, Li Ke sat in the study, his eyes became thoughtful.

He was thinking about one thing, which was how to train talents in the age of great voyages in the future.

Nowadays, it is still possible to recruit from the veterans of the navy, but in the future, with more and more merchant ships and farther and farther places to reach, there is obviously not enough talent.

There are not many navy veterans who are proficient in big ships and familiar with sea navigation.

Although there are many sailors, the navy is an army, so it is impossible to break away from the army and go to serve the merchants, right?

Moreover, even the navy does not have much experience in ocean sailing.

Even if there is, it is just some personal experience, and experience is not necessarily correct, and sometimes there are wrong experiences.

If you rely entirely on empiricism, you may encounter many problems and accidents during ocean voyages.

Therefore, he needs a large number of nautical talents who are proficient in ship control, ocean navigation, and knowledge of various systems.

"Perhaps, the establishment of a nautical academy can solve the fundamental problem!"

Soon, an idea came to Li Ke's mind.

That is, he will establish a nautical college, compile a systematic and detailed nautical teaching material, and continuously cultivate nautical talents.

Only in this way can the ever-increasing demand of merchant ships for nautical talents be met in the future.

"Not only that, but also a tool suitable for determining azimuth coordinates at sea, such as a sextant!"

"And a map of latitude and longitude coordinates, etc."

Li Ke soon had a series of thoughts in his mind.

A sextant is a tool used to determine one's sitting position and coordinates, and is generally used with a map.

And this map is not an ordinary map, but a map marked with latitude and longitude.

At present, Datang does not have a map marked with the latitude and longitude of the earth, and there is no detailed world map for the entire world.

In this world, only he knows the complete world map, and only he knows the most accurate latitude and longitude.

"Next, take Zhuque Street in Chang'an City as the prime meridian, that is, the 0-degree meridian as the basis, and draw a complete map and longitude and latitude lines!"

"And develop an accurate sextant, refer to the map, and use mathematics, use the sextant to calculate the approximate coordinates where you are at this time, and then you can find your location on the map!"

Li Ke made several plans for the development of the next great navigation.

He did not completely copy the latitude and longitude lines on the world map. After all, the original prime meridian is the longitude line that passes through the original site of the Greenwich Observatory.

This time, of course, he will not use this longitude as the prime meridian.

Without any hesitation, he directly chose Zhuque Avenue in Chang'an City as the prime meridian.

First of all, Datang is currently the most powerful country in the world, and it will also be the most powerful country in the future.

And Chang'an City is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhuque Avenue is the north-south main road that runs through the entire Chang'an City.

In Li Ke's view, this is simply the perfect prime meridian!

"The Nautical Academy has me compiling the teaching materials myself, and I have trained a group of nautical talents from the navy as lecturers to teach the students."

"As for the longitude, latitude and sextant, leave it to professionals!"

Li Ke immediately made plans in his mind.

Naturally, he is in charge of the navigation, while the longitude, latitude and sextant are left to professional people.

As for this professional, Li Ke already had a suitable candidate in his heart.

Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng!

Yuan Tiangang was a metaphysician and astronomer in the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty. He was good at physiognomy and astronomy.