Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Youjian looked serious:

"Li Zicheng!

You, my king and my ministers are all here. Under the witness of so many people, I make a promise——

The territory you occupy belongs to you.

You also know my reputation.

I make a rule with you: I will buy the oil you dig out with real money!

——When the day comes when the internal combustion engine becomes popular, this will become a business for a very wealthy country.

This is the most precious wealth that you, Lao Li, left to future generations!

how is it? "

Li Zicheng laughed, using his laughter to hide his calculations. He thought for a while and tentatively said:

"Can His Majesty's assistance continue as before?"

"This is natural!

I asked you to go west to expand the territory, not to herd camels in the desert. "

Zhu Youjian once again reiterated his guarantee:

"As long as I have it, I will provide you with whatever you want!"

Determination flashed on Li Zicheng's face.

He reached out and took off the king's crown from his head, shouting:

"In that case, why should I, Li Zicheng, be afraid!"

"Old brothers, please remember that Li Zicheng will be deposed as emperor today. From now on, our Dashun will be a vassal king under the Ming Dynasty."

After saying that, Li Zicheng walked down the hall as a bachelor, bent down and saluted:

"Your Majesty, Li Zicheng, pays homage to your Majesty!"

……

Li Zicheng's surrender, the happiest person was Li Laiheng.

He felt that from now on, he would finally no longer have to suffer inner criticism.

……

As for Li Zicheng, not only was he not upset, but he looked relaxed since he was relieved of his burden.

He handed Dashun to his men and headed towards Handu before Zhu Youjian.

Li Zicheng has long been famous for the wealth of the Han capital.

He wanted to go to Handu to see for himself.

The emperor drove him northwest, although he did not explicitly say that he wanted to take over Shanshan.

However, Li Zicheng knew that Shanshan was too close to the Han capital.

Not to mention Zhu Youjian, even if it were him, he would still be worried about being occupied by others.

Here, Zhu Youjian will definitely go back!

Once Shanshan is handed over, he, Li Zicheng, will go to the Western Regions.

In this life, I don’t know when I will be able to return to my homeland...

Therefore, Li Zicheng planned to take advantage of this last time to see all the great mountains and rivers of the motherland.

Li Zicheng had passed by Handu countless times.

He was more familiar with Xiangyang City and Nanyang City. Li Zicheng didn't have much impression of Handu, a small mountainous area, except that it was not far from the Qinling Mountains.

Every time I emerge from the tall and majestic Qinling Mountains and see the local super small hills, I feel like I am looking at a toy.

The mountains there are so small!

Even - as if the poplar trees at the foot of the mountain are level with the top of the mountain...

Although this is due to an illusion, it is an indisputable fact that the peaks of Handu are low.

Li Zicheng didn't even delay, leaving Liu Zongmin to take charge of Dashun's internal and external affairs.

Let Song Xiance cooperate with Liu Zongmin...

All the officials who were not on duty for Dashun were given leave by Li Zicheng.

He even personally sent Li Yan away and asked him to go home and reunite with his family.

Li Yan will go home first to celebrate the New Year with his parents, and then go to Runing to find his wife.

His hometown, Huaiqing Prefecture, is more than 100 miles north from Hangu Pass and across the Yellow River.

Li Zicheng wanted to take the ancient Shangyu Road, and Li Yan wanted to take the ancient Xiaohan Road. They took different paths.

……

Along the long [-]-mile grain road, people are still working everywhere.

Li Zicheng stopped several times to ask.

The civilian husband said that His Majesty the Emperor was benevolent and righteous, and had long said that during the New Year holidays, every day's work would be paid five times the wages.

The year is good, the month is good, but the days are hard!

With such a good thing, it’s better to make money as soon as possible.

After all, 20 days of annual leave is equivalent to one quarter's salary.

When he thought of the civilian husband's simple smiling face, Li Zicheng couldn't help but lose consciousness.

As expected, the pros and cons of policies and any flattery of the gentry are all false.

Only ordinary people have the real right to recognition.

Li Zicheng rushed to Shangnan without stopping.

Here he finally saw the train.

Moreover, this train tows more carriages than what Song Xiance told him at the beginning!

……

The railway has been built to Shangnan. Although it has not yet truly entered the most dangerous central area of ​​the Qinling Mountains, the speed of laying is still much slower.

Every time a mountain road is blasted, the rubble needs to be cleared for more than ten days.

Endless peasants used small carts to clear out mountains of rubble.

Although the train lines have been coordinated as much as possible, the railroad almost extends next to the mining area.

However, transfer is still needed after all.

"Wooooow!

Bang bang~ bang bang! "

A train is starting.

Li Zicheng reined in the frightened and restless war horse and looked carefully.

Only four parallel rails were seen, with a distance of more than ten feet in between.

A train filled with gravel drove back in reverse, passed the cross-road, and entered the railroad track on the right.

The empty car at the rear moved forward again.

Someone was holding a small red flag and directing the movement of the train.

When the train stopped, the man took the iron shoe with the word "厶" in front of the wheel and stuffed it under the wheel.

Li Zicheng was surprised and stepped forward to ask.

But the man with the red armband and the flag laughed:

"Sir, you don't know that this is an auxiliary tool to prevent the train from sliding off the track.

Look at this thing, one end is pointed and the other is high.

As long as the wheels are stepped on, it will feel like climbing a hillside, which will naturally prevent the car from rolling. "

Li Zicheng was greatly surprised by the novelty. He squatted down and studied it carefully for a long time...

New Year's Eve.

Li Zicheng traveled quickly and finally arrived outside Handu.

Along the way, his shock never stopped.

After arriving in Handu, I was even more surprised.

There are many trains at the major hub of Handu.

Steam locomotives puffing out black smoke, dragging their long bodies, drove into the hub to wait for dispatch.

Although it is only a single-expansion steam engine, in Zhu Youjian's view, its efficiency is low.

However, Li Zicheng was distracted for a while by these giant giants everywhere.

The official road not far away has been paved with smooth cement road.

After the construction of the ancient road began, Daming had more stones than could be used up, which provided raw materials for the cement factory.

When the steam engine came into use, the big problem of grinding power was solved.

Today in Handu, there are more than a hundred cement manufacturing factories alone...

In the booming Handu, there is prosperity everywhere.

To the whole world, there is no difference between the technology in the late Ming Dynasty and around 1840.

For China, the end of Ming Dynasty - before 1900.

That's right, in the Qing Dynasty, the only things left in the literati's mouth are "sheng" and "sheng" in their mouths...

……

"Oh, how can I compare with him?"

Li Zicheng sighed.