Chapter 928 Summary of the First Quarter of the First Year of Da Ming
In the carriage at the end of the train, the supervisor was holding a lamp to do ideological work for the slaves. In fact, he didn't need to say anything. Since this group of people were captured, the leaders in them have been killed by the Han tribe. The lower-class people among the remaining prisoners of war have long figured it out.
What Xin tribe, what clan, is nothing compared to the Han tribe. If the Han tribe is willing to let them go and give them a civilian identity so that they can live a good life, then they are willing to do it, not to mention that now they have seen the Han tribe's train again, and they have also participated in the construction of the railway.
Just as the supervisor said, when this road is paved, they will be the most experienced and the only batch of railway workers.
They are not afraid of being used, but they are afraid that they are not even worth being used, because then they may be abandoned and killed, just like throwing away garbage.
But after learning this craft, they are no longer ordinary slaves, but road construction workers with value. Such a life and work may not be decent enough, but it makes them feel at ease, because they know that they have value and will not be killed easily.
The workers nodded repeatedly, saying that they understood. They were not fools. They must seize this good opportunity.
The sky was getting darker and darker. A whistle sounded from the front of the train two hundred meters away. The steam pushed the
piston
and drove the wheels to turn. Because of the heavy load, the driving wheel even slipped on the rails. However, after the power and speed came up, the train began to move forward slowly and gradually increased its speed.
Because it had just started and the track was not very long, Lin Fei, who was driving in front, did not dare to speed up, for fear that he would not be able to stop the car at the end and the whole train would rush out of the track. Therefore, it took them four or five minutes to reach the front line of the construction site for a distance of just over one kilometer.
There were no more people at the construction site, only a few craftsmen who were responsible for guarding the tools, so when they saw the train coming, they were not surprised. The two villages that were responsible for installing the rails here had already gone to the front to repair the roadbed because no new sleepers and rails were delivered in the afternoon.
The project had just started and progress was very slow. Lin Fei, who had originally said that the difficulty was low and he would repair ten kilometers a day, did not dare to brag now. From the official start of the project, it was dark the next day, and the mileage that could be opened to traffic was less than two kilometers. How could he explain this to the leader?
He had called Luo Chong over excitedly before, but looking at the current progress, he didn't know when the entire line would be open to traffic.
Luo Chong also saw the situation, so he did not continue to wait slowly in Xingang County, but took Tang Yao and his personal guards to Liuyang County. She Xin sent him a letter saying that the flying fish-type clipper that had been built since the beginning of the year had been completed.
Luo Chong didn't even think about it and took people to Liuyang County directly.
To be honest, if it weren't for watching the train test run, Luo Chong would not have been willing to come to Xingang County. The living conditions here are really bad. It's all saline-alkali land. There is also a salt lake nearby. It's basically a mine
. There's not even anyone growing vegetables. It's too difficult to get something to eat. A group of people went to Liuyang County without stopping. She Xin personally greeted them, and then took Luo Chong to the dock of the shipyard to visit the Flying Fish type speedboat.
Luo Chong brought Tang Yao to the dock and looked at the Flying Fish boat in front of him. At this time, the Flying Fish was still being outfitted, but the big parts had basically been installed. The rudder was in place, the mast was hoisted up, and the sails were hung. Only some internal decorations were still in progress, but it didn't affect the navigation. They could just raise the sails and leave.
Several people set up the bridge board on the trestle and walked onto the deck, watching and listening to She Xin's introduction.
"Chief, this Flying Fish was modified according to your requirements. The width of the ship is only ten meters, which is a little narrow compared to the ships we built before, but the length is 82 meters, so the cargo capacity is not inferior to those three-masted sailing ships built before.
Most of the outfitting of this ship has been completed. If the chief has any transportation tasks, you can give them now. When the materials are gathered here, the outfitting will basically be completed, and the ship can be set sail immediately."
"Well." Luo Chong just responded and continued to look inside the cabin.
Although the ten-meter ship width is not considered wide, it is actually not small. The ships built by the Han tribe in the past were always wider, because they were designed as inland cargo ships. Wider ones are more stable and can carry more, but is ten meters really narrow?
The Black Pearl in Luo Chong's Pirates of the Caribbean is actually only about ten meters wide, and it doesn't look particularly narrow. It's just that this spaceship is designed according to a variant of the clipper ship. In order to reduce the center of gravity and wind resistance, there is no superstructure on the side of the ship, so it looks a little shorter than the Black Pearl, but this ship is long, so its carrying capacity is actually not bad.
Several people walked around on the ship and under the ship. She Xin thought Luo Chong would be very satisfied, but he never thought that he would hear from Luo Chong that they should continue to modify the ship type.
"This ship is not bad, but it still doesn't meet the transportation needs of our tribe at present, and we still need to continue to improve it." Luo Chong took them to the deck and said to She Xin.
"Ah? Improve?" She Xin was a little confused. Wasn't it Luo Chong who asked him to change it in person? Why is it said that it doesn't meet the requirements now?
Is this a change of orders? !
Luo Chong looked at him with a puzzled look on his face, and then explained.
"I didn't say this ship is not good, but some special cargoes are not suitable for this type of ship to transport, so in order to adapt to the shape of the cargo, the cabin layout and other things need to be modified.
This Flying Fish is good, and it is very suitable for transporting personnel and some manufactured goods. The Liuyang County Shipyard can stop producing all the previous models of two-masted and three-masted sailing ships, and switch to this type of Flying Fish, but I have a few more requests.
I want you to use the platform of the current Flying Fish as a basis, change the cabin layout again, abandon some of the top decks, and change it into a sunken cargo ship, mainly used to transport cement and steel bars, which are all Qiongzhou The island is in urgent need of building materials.
Steel bars are usually six meters long, so you need to calculate how to install them to make the most of the space in the cabin. Cement is packed in sacks, but it is very heavy, and it must not get wet, otherwise it will be useless, so you also need to consider how to waterproof it.
This is the first requirement. In the future, all ships built according to the current Flying Fish hull standard will be called small Flying Fish. Then you can build a large Flying Fish ship. The size of the large Flying Fish should be the same as the one you showed me at the Zhengdan Festival, sixteen meters wide and more than one hundred and thirty meters long.
You should also study the cabin and the sunken deck of this big flying fish carefully. I plan to use it to transport steel rails to the south.
Each rail is 100 meters long, and the current small flying fish or other ship types cannot accommodate them. Therefore, we must create a ship type with a cargo hold of more than 100 meters to meet the transportation needs of our tribe. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Understood, Chief, don't worry, I can arrange the production plan right away. "She Xin nodded in understanding. It turned out that the chief was not dissatisfied, but had some special transportation needs. If the rails were one hundred meters long, the existing ships of the Han tribe would not be able to transport them.
Before, Luo Chong thought that the big flying fish was too long and it was not easy to turn and turn around in the inland river. But now, even if it can't turn or turn around, it has to be built. Otherwise, how to transport the rails to the south?
After thinking about it, Luo Chong added again.
"By the way, it's best to think of a way to open a door under the side of this big flying fish, and prevent water from entering. The height of this door is directly aligned with the height of the pier at the dock, so that the car can be driven directly in. I also plan to use this kind of big flying fish to transport locomotives to the south.
You send a working group to the research institute in Xingang County and let the people there cooperate with you. You jointly develop a plan to see what method can be used to drive the train directly from the dock to the cabin of the big flying fish.
At that time, the dock will be built in Weishan County, which is by the lake, with a wider water area, and it is convenient for the big flying fish to turn around. Otherwise, if it gets on the car here, it will be difficult to adjust the direction. "Luo Chong added to She Xin again.
"Yes, I understand, leader, I will select the working group today." She Xin quickly responded.
After explaining the transformation plan of the big and small flying fish, Luo Chong went to the government office of Liuyang County with Tang Yao. The dozen carpenters of Mo Xin had not left yet, and were still carefully making the model of the palace.
Luo Chong brought Tang Yao here to take a look, and then encouraged them a few words.
Tang Yao looked at the exquisite model of the pavilions and towers, and her heart was fascinated.
When it was time for dinner in the evening, Tang Yao suddenly said to Luo Chong.
"Luo Chong, can I go back to the Tang tribe?"
Luo Chong was stunned, put down his chopsticks and looked at her and asked, "Of course, why do you suddenly want to go back?"
"I, you, didn't you say when you were looking at the ship just now that you wanted to send rails and trains to the south? If our two tribes had not merged together, you would definitely not give our Tang tribe such good things, right?!
I don't want the people of the Tang tribe to lag behind the Han tribe too much. If they were also from the Han tribe, they should have been able to use these good things faster. So, I think that
Queen Ji told me that if both of us have thought it through, she would let me go back, and she would officially pass the position of the leader of the Tang tribe to me, and then let me marry you as the leader of the Tang tribe, so that the merger of our two tribes can be smooth."
Luo Chong smiled and did not reply immediately, but secretly thought in his heart, I don't know if this Tang Yao is really naive, or that Tang Ji is too thoughtful.
Let Tang Yao go back and inherit the position of the leader of the Tang tribe, and then marry Luo Chong as the leader of the Tang tribe, so that the merger of the Han and Tang tribes can be more smooth.
This seems to be no problem on the surface, and in fact, there is no problem, and there are many benefits.
For example, merging the two tribes through the wedding of Luo Chong and Tang Yao is not a war, but a happy event. The people of the Han tribe will definitely not have any problems. If the people of the Tang tribe can join the rule of the Han tribe for this reason and live a good life like the people of the Han tribe, they will be very willing.
The most important thing is that the patriarchs of the big clans in the Tang tribe will not have any particularly serious resistance. After all, it was their leader who took the initiative to marry Luo Chong. In this way, the merger of the two tribes is reasonable. Even if they disagree, they can't make any trouble with the support of all the people in the Tang tribe.
At that time, Luo Chong can deal with it calmly whether he uses status and wealth to win over these people or finds a way to get rid of them.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. The more important thing is that the Han tribe absorbs the Tang tribe in this way, and it will be more relaxed for future rule and management.
What is this called? If this is said in another way, it is called getting the country's justice.
The Han tribe merged with the Tang tribe in an open and aboveboard way. As long as the Han tribe does not make any mistakes, they have no reason to oppose the rule of the Han tribe.
Unlike Qiongzhou Island, Qiongzhou was a land that the Han tribe captured by force, so when ruling the local people, they had to be cautious and always worry about whether various policies would stimulate the uneasy hearts of the local people, whether they would cause their dissatisfaction, or even lead to their rebellion.
The Tang tribe didn't have to worry about this at all. They joined naturally, so when the Han tribe took over and implemented policies, they could let go and do it drastically.
In a word, the method that Tang Ji thought of was particularly good for both tribes.
The Tang tribe could develop as quickly as possible under the leadership of the Han tribe, and the Han tribe could eat up a large area of the Tang tribe's territory and population without bloodshed, and they didn't have to worry about whether they would rebel.
This is simply too good, okay!
However, there is another little idea of Tang Ji, which Luo Chong also saw, that is, in this way, to improve Tang Yao's status in the Han tribe and to improve Tang Yao's status around Luo Chong.
Luo Chong already has two wives and children. Tang Ji had met them when Luo Chong was on his southern tour. Tang Yao joined a few years later, which must be a disadvantage. In this way, Tang Yao will not be able to ask Luo Chong for anything in the future.
However, if Tang Yao is allowed to marry Luo Chong as the leader of the Tang tribe and then merge the Tang tribe into the Han tribe, it is equivalent to Tang Yao using the entire tribe as a dowry. Considering such a heavy dowry, Luo Chong can't be bad to Tang Yao, right?
If Tang Yao wants to fight for some benefits for her own people in the future, can Luo Chong not agree? !
However, Luo Chong doesn't care. Even if he has seen through Tang Ji's little thoughts, even if Tang Yao will ask him to allocate more benefits to her family in the future, Luo Chong can accept it.
The size of the Tang tribe is not small, which can be seen from the fact that Luo Chong divided them into eight counties. The area of Lingtu controlled by them is really large, and the population is more than 80,000. Such a large tribe will definitely not be treated differently and want to integrate them all into the Han tribe.
Luo Chong would not ignore these tens of thousands of people. On the contrary, even if he really had to treat them differently, he would definitely favor the Tang tribe. Various policy supports would definitely be more than those of the Han tribe. After all, it was necessary to stabilize people's hearts.
Therefore, even if Tang Yao did not ask Luo Chong to seek benefits for the family in the future, Luo Chong would definitely not treat them unfairly.
After thinking for a moment, Luo Chong agreed directly.
"Okay then, but you don't have to be too anxious. It's best to wait a few more days for you to go back. Otherwise, I will take you home tomorrow, pack you up, and buy some things for you.
Then after a few days, when this little flying fish is equipped, I will arrange for someone to take you back on this little flying fish, so that the journey won't take that long.
In a few days, the group of craftsmen you saw just now will also be going there, the dozen or so people who made the palace model. They will also go to Takuhai County with you, and will be responsible for the construction of the capital, and their families will also move there.
In addition, I plan to arrange a photographer on board to test the speed of this new ship, and also install a batch of steel bars, which will be sent to the construction site of Jiahai County on Qiongzhou Island.
In short, there are many people going there this time, and you can go there with them on the new ship, so that it will be faster."
"Yes, you can arrange it, I'll listen to you, then shall we go home tomorrow?" Tang Yao nodded happily when she heard Luo Chong agreed, and then looked at Luo Chong again and asked.
"Well, you can go back tomorrow. If you want to buy something here, I can go with you tomorrow, and then we can go back in the afternoon." Luo Chong took the initiative to suggest preparing some gifts for Tang Yao.
"No, no, there is everything in Takuhai County. I don't need to bring anything. It's too troublesome." Tang Yao also refused.
After all, with her and Tang Ji's status, as long as it is sold by the Han tribe and available in Takuhai County, it is not difficult for them to get what they want.
So the two of them decided.
The next morning, Luo Chong explained to She Xin that he should send someone to Xingang County to jointly design the train boarding plan, and then took Tang Yao back to his home in Hanyang County.
This trip was not in vain. Although I didn't see the real test run of the train, the test train could indeed pull more than 20 carriages out. Luo Chong saw it with his own eyes. If he wanted to test the train, he only had to wait for the completion of the Xinwei Line Railway. Then Luo Chong could go there.
In Liuyang County, Luo Chong also saw the newly built small flying fish and explained to She Xin the construction of the big flying fish and the improvement plan of the small flying fish.
These two things were just models during the Chinese New Year. Now that the first quarter has just ended, the real objects have been taken out and have initially demonstrated their practical value. This is a very good thing. In
early April of the first year of Da Ming, the Han tribe ushered in the first harvest season. The counties successively harvested the first quarter of grain. The construction projects in the counties were also steadily advancing. The cross-sea bridge in the south has almost enclosed half of the more than 1,000 bridge piers.
You Zhi has also assembled a group of Jinwu Guards and many craftsmen, and then received 3,000 slaves to the location of the capital, and started the initial stage of the construction of the imperial palace, digging the lake to get soil, and laying the foundation.
Here in the north, the shipyard in Liuyang County has also received countless orders. These new ships of large and small flying fish are estimated to be enough for them to make for several years.
The construction of the Xinwei Line Railway has been motivated by the household registration promised by Luo Chong, and the construction materials for paving the road have been switched to train transportation, which has greatly improved the efficiency of building materials transportation. In addition, the workers' construction technology has become more and more skilled, and more and more workers can fix the rails. The construction of the entire Xinwei Line Railway has finally sped up a bit.
It seems that the entire line will be open to traffic by the end of April.
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