I am the king of the dead

Zhu Qiyu was a little disappointed, thinking that this unexpected hook would yield something, but obviously, Yu Qian was always vigilant.

Naturally, Shang Lu couldn't look at the gate, but he could still continue to write history in Niuniwo.

"Your Majesty, the preparations are ready!" Shi Heng came from a distance, bowed his head and said: "As soon as the iron horse should be ready, the good horse also took out the bridle. We only need to wait for Your Majesty's order to start."

Zhu Qiyu looked at the track, the horses were already in place, the iron horses had been placed on the rails, the water had started to boil, steam was coming from the chimney, and the car body was vibrating non-stop.

The sleepers are a steel-concrete structure with a strength of about nine feet, and the track of the road is made of special steel. The cost of the sixty-mile road is about 120 million silver coins, and each mile is as high as [-] silver coins.

The price is so high that Shen Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, wailed endlessly. It is only sixty miles away, but His Majesty wants to build it to Jiayuguan, which is eight thousand miles away. If it is built to extend in all directions, the price makes Shen Yi dare not even think about it. think.

Moreover, this is a policy loss. Even if Chidao is repaired, running Chidao will also be a money-losing business, and it will be difficult to make a profit.

Policy-related losses are opposite to operating losses. Policy-related losses are losses caused by the implementation of imperial government orders, but if you lose on one side, you will earn back on the other side.

Chidao is a fulcrum that leverages the economy and commodity circulation. If you lose ten silver coins on one side, you will earn one hundred silver coins on the other side.

"Let's start." Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.

Xing'an held a scarlet flag and waved it vigorously. After the eunuchs on both sides of the gallop saw the flag fluttering, they let go of the gates that prevented the horses from starting.

"Drive!" The groom shook the whip in his hand vigorously, and the two horses started to start, at first walking slowly, then walking quickly, and finally began to run.

In order to adapt to the running of the horses, the distance between the sleepers is restricted. The closer to the starting point, the closer the distance between the sleepers. Only after leaving the station, the distance between the sleepers is the same width.

And the air intake of the iron horse was twisted, and the screaming sound began to come, and the flywheel drove the gears to start rotating.

In comparison, the starting speed of the iron horse was far slower than that of the good horse. When the good horse had already left the station, the iron horse began to move slowly.

This kind of slow speed made everyone who watched the ceremony lean forward and backward with laughter.

Just such a thing, is it worth letting everyone come out to see it?

"It's moving." Zhu Qiyu said rather pleasantly: "It doesn't matter if you walk slowly, it's a good thing to be able to move."

"Now the steam engine is finally one year old, and it is progress if it can move."

The carriage pulled by the iron horse, even though it was slow, was still moving forward unswervingly, then slowly began to accelerate, and finally disappeared from everyone's sight.

All the people present were discussing in whispers, Zhu Qiyu turned sideways and said a few words to Xing'an.

Xing'an shook his whisk, walked to a platform, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has an order: waiting is not an option, it's better to add some color."

"Your Majesty took out a pair of jade kui, and the iron horse won."

"Yu Shaobao took out three silver coins, and the good horse won."

"Our family took out a thousand silver coins, and the iron horse won."

"Stop investing at three poles in the day, buy and leave."

Zhu Qiyu's pair of Kodama, worth [-] silver coins, was taken out from internal funds. They are absolutely good things. This is his bait. Since it is a bet against each other, it is natural to take out something of equal value.

He just wanted to see if the Hanlin of the Imperial Academy would use real money to oppose Daming's technological progress, and secondly, he wanted to see if the Qingliu of the Ming Dynasty were really as clean as the rumors expensive.

The Hanlins are interested in his money, and Zhu Qiyu is interested in their property and heads.

Yu Qian looked at Shi Heng and asked with a smile, "Won't Marquis Wuqing add some color?"

Shi Heng shook his head and said, "Gambling is banned in the Ming army. I am the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, and I will not participate in this matter."

The prohibition of gambling in the Ming army is a military discipline regulation after His Majesty ascended the throne. Anyone who violates it will be punished, even he, the chief military officer, will not be spared.

"Twelve good horses, six of them have already passed Xitu City!" The commander rode a horse with a scarlet flag on his back, and yelled as he walked into the horse farm of Beitu City and shouted loudly with.

Not long after, another commanding officer walked into the racecourse and shouted loudly: "Twelve good horses, six of them have passed Bagou Mountain! Twelve iron horses, six of them have passed Xitu City!"

The iron horse was a full stop behind.

Zhu Qiyu had been waiting for someone to place a bet, but the nest was obviously not well laid, and no one placed a bet until noon.

"What's the use of only verbal objections! You won't even take out real money!" Zhu Qiyu's tone was a little helpless. The fish pond in the capital of the Ming Dynasty can only be pumped, and he can't catch it, at least he can't catch it. come up.

The fish mouth in the Beiya is obviously not as good as that in the Nanya.

In Nanya, the fish jumped into the fish cage by themselves!

Chapter 815 I lost, but I also won

Zhu Qiyu's mind finally returned to the arena, and the horse commanders kept coming back from the racetrack, reporting the news loudly.

The iron horse is behind, and the good horse is ahead, and it has not changed.

In the eyes of almost all Daming people, the iron horse is ugly and heavy, and it is very difficult to walk, like a monster riddled with illness, full of a kind of unorthodox weirdness, and in the process of marching, the neighing sound of the siren is particularly ear-piercing.

This kind of ear-piercing is not only what people think, even the docile cattle in the field are almost convulsed by the sound of the iron horse's whistle, and the passers-by on the road look at the iron horse walking on the galloping road with surprised eyes. The eyes of monsters.

In the future, literati will only say one thing: [The people of the capital are astonished and unheard of, impeached as a monster, the whole country is crazy, and there are almost major changes. 】

"Just this iron horse, it's not as good as a horse-drawn cart, it's not as fast as a horse-drawn cart, and it's not as stable as a horse-drawn cart. What's the use of this thing? It also calls everyone together." A Hanlin whispered next to Shang Lu Laughing at the shortcomings of the iron horse.

Shang Ren was silent for a moment before replying, "That's true, the current iron horse is not as good as a good horse."

"But ten years from now, 20 years from now, 50 years from now?"

"The carriage is still turning its wheels at the original speed, but what will the iron horse look like?"

The Hanlin said with some dissatisfaction: "It is also possible that after a hundred years, it still runs so slowly, and the iron horse makes such a big movement, if it disturbs the imperial tomb, the ancestors will blame it, how can it be?"

In his opinion, it is ridiculous to make such a strange thing out.

Opponents always use various reasons to oppose, even these reasons are ridiculous.

Is it true that the excuse of disturbing the ancestor's imperial tomb is true?

Whether it is Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanya or Changling Mausoleum in Beiya, whether it is Taizu Gao Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang or Taizong Wen Emperor Zhu Di, if there is a spirit in Jiuquan, seeing the iron horse, I am afraid that I will be crazy.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di conquered Mobei thirteen times. They dreamed of destroying Beiyuan. With such a powerful weapon, why would they not be able to conquer Mobei?

Shang Ren glanced at Hanlin, with drooping eyebrows and eyes, and said with a little coldness and contempt: "Recently, the Imperial Hospital published a book called "On Animals". There is an animal in it, which is a mouse in the field. Living underground, their eyes can only see one inch away at most, and they think that the world is only one inch away, Hu Changxiang from Taiyuan Hospital said, this is called shortsightedness.”

What does it mean to be scolded by scholars?That is, Shang Ren seemed to be talking about rats, but he actually called Hanlin a rat.

As for Shang Ren specifically mentioning Hu Changxiang, Shang Ren had a guess that this Hu Changxiang might be Hu Bi's son.

Because the writing style of this book on animals is so similar to Hu Wei, and Hu Wei is also good at medical skills, it all makes sense.

Sometimes Shang Ren was also puzzled, saying that Hu Min was immoral, but Hu Min's son was now in a lowly business, and all the virtuous courtiers were trying their best to arrange for their sons to enter the officialdom, so that they could last forever.

In the eyes of scholar-bureaucrats, medicine is a square skill.

In compiling history, it is often attributed to medical ethics above alchemy, and medical skills and alchemy are conflated and regarded as cheap professions. Firstly, both of them use the Five Elements Theory as their common theoretical basis; secondly, the two are based on inheritance. There is indeed privacy, mystery, and non-disclosure. This kind of confusion is true in the eyes of Confucian scholars. Therefore, Jiejieyuan is regarded as His Majesty's ashram, Abi Hell.

Hu Wei's "Simple Prescriptions for Prevention and Hygiene" was highly affirmed by His Majesty, and because of this, Hu Wei was awarded a miraculous achievement card, which was envied by everyone.In order to fight Hu Mi, He Zhang gambled his life and lost his arm, so he went outside the Great Wall to win a miracle card.

In fact, in the eyes of most of the elites, Hu Wei just made his own health secrets public.

But Shang Ren only reads books based on interest. He saw that "On Animals" was interesting, so he bought a copy. After reading it for a long time, the more he read, the more fascinated he became. It turned out that the world is so colorful.

But some people's vision is only an inch away.

When Hanlin saw Shang Ren admonishing him, he was momentarily at a loss for words, so he simply shook his sleeves and sat on the other side.

Shang Ren saw that there was no one around him, and somehow knew that he was out of place. The Imperial Academy might not be able to stay any longer.

According to His Majesty’s highest will and Hu’s interpretation of the instructions, Shang Ren’s revision of the history upholds an objective fact, without any personal color, and has not been taboo for the venerable, truthfully recording the orthodox everything that happened over the years.

In this way of writing history, Shang Ren will have no friends in the Imperial Academy.

In officialdom, the largest vanity fair, there are many, many things that are shady, dirty to the point that you can't even talk about them, and you need to use a spring and autumn style of writing.

Shang Ren compiled the history so plainly, turning some secrets that should have been sealed forever into history that everyone judged, and offended too many people.

As the only legal holder of the title of San Yuan Ji Di, Shang Ren is a very smart person. He knows that writing like this will definitely offend people, and he must have no friends, but he still practices like this.

His Majesty's will is naturally will, and Shang Ren can also choose to become an official to avoid many obstacles.

The reason why I didn't become an official, but persisted, because the feeling of telling the truth is to be upright and free.

That kind of poking your head out from the oppression and turbidity, taking a sudden breath of fresh air, that kind of transparency from top to bottom, from inside to outside, is the way to write history in such a difficult situation. reason.

When people talk, they always wear a mask, and they only look at their own buttocks sitting there, speaking insincerely, duplicity, speaking like this, very tiring.

Shang Lu promised that this will be the most authentic history book in all dynasties.

His feeling was very strange, everyone said that His Majesty was a tyrant, and His Majesty's actions were indeed a tyrant, but under the tyrant, what he felt was not oppression, but freedom.

"Twelve good horses, six of them have already passed Xitu City!"

"Twelve iron horses, six of them have passed Bagou Mountain!"

The commander reined in the horse and shouted loudly about the distance. The good horse had already returned, but the iron horse was still nearly one stop behind.

After unloading and loading at the Shijing factory, the iron horse needs to be restarted, causing this backwardness.

The sound of horseshoes came soon, and twelve good horses ran into the racecourse smoothly. After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, the iron horse roared and rushed into the racecourse in Beitu City.

All the cars came back smoothly, the good horse won because it was faster, but the iron horse performed equally well and all came back smoothly.

"Yu Shaobao won a pair of Zhen Yugui with three gold coins, and won a thousand silver coins in Xing'an. He made a lot of money." Zhu Qiyu smiled and said to Yu Qian after seeing the result.

"It's a fluke, thank you Your Majesty for your kindness." Yu Qian said quite calmly.

Is Yu Qianque this pair of Yugui?

He is really not lacking. In Yu Qian’s Jiuzhong Hall, he has specially built a house, which is full of gold, silver, treasures and various rare treasures rewarded by Zhu Qiyu. Does Zhu Qiyu have any rare things, but if there are two copies, he will Give Yu Qian a copy.

It's a pity that Yu Qian never took a look.

For Yu Qian, the Jiuzhong Hall is not his, it is the place where His Majesty gave him to live, and he will move out after he retires.

For such an innocent person, Zhu Qiyu can't let his reputation be damaged and make him a sinner.

"Your Majesty, the iron horse was unfortunately defeated." Shi Heng said with some annoyance.

He originally gave Liangju Chejia some outside tricks to win the game, but the outside tricks didn't work. The iron horses and horses competed for stability and speed on the field, and the game outside the field was obviously extremely exciting.

"If you lose, you lose. The Ming army has been defeated before." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "In the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, after the Second Emperor Beishou, the old Marshal Zongze regained Kaifeng and stayed in Kaifeng as Tokyo."

"At that time, Yue Fei was working under Zong Ze. Once Yue Fei asked Zong Ze: How can I become a famous general who is invincible and invincible?"

"Zong Ze said: You will become a famous general after you understand that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs."

"We have already won, and the road has already started to be repaired. As for the iron horse, it will only be sooner or later. In rainy and snowy days in the future, the price of coal in the capital will not rise ten times or a hundred times. It will not be a disaster every year."

Zhu Qiyu just didn't win twice, but sooner or later.

Yue Fei was invincible all his life, and it was difficult for him to lose on the battlefield, but once he lost, it was at the hands of his lord, Zhao Gou.

This is Yue Fei's tragedy, and in the end he couldn't understand that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs.It was also a tragedy for Zhao Gou, who finally knew that the five permanent members of the monarch, minister, minister, father, and son were just a fig leaf among scholars.

After Yue Fei's death, Zhao Gou's words became less and less effective. Finally, Zhao Gou chose to give up to his adopted son and handed over the world to Song Xiaozong.

Zhu Qiyu is really envious of people with military talent, no matter how he goes against common sense, he can win.

Zhu Qiyu sat up straight and said: "The competition is well organized, Marquis Wuqing is able to handle affairs well, and rewarded with a pair of jade kui, one thousand silver coins, and twelve iron horses."

The reward Shi Heng got was exactly the same as what Yu Qian won.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generous reward!" Shi Heng said happily.

Compared with Yu Qian, Shi Heng's life is extravagant.

The family has raised a lot of singers, and they are showing off in the market all day long. Shi Heng's reputation on the streets of Daming is already rotten.

But during Zhu Qiyu's southern tour, Shi Heng's arrogance disappeared all of a sudden.

What does Shi Heng look like now?

Like generals.

After Sapphire broke the Beiyuan court in Yuerhai, completely abolished Beiyuan's country title, and degraded Beiyuan to the Beiyuan Khanate. After returning to the court, Sapphire, who was already a little crazy, became even more arrogant and pretentious. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to make him the Duke of Liang, but Lan Yu was very dissatisfied with being the Duke of Liang.

It seemed that if he didn't take credit for himself, he wouldn't be him anymore.

"Recently, I created a game called "Chi Dao Project". Are Yu Shaobao and Marquis Wu Qing interested?" Zhu Qiyu started talking about fun.

When Shi Heng heard it, he was full of interest, but Yu Qian was a little dull. He could play it or not, the main thing was Xing'an, it was not fun.

Road planning is a tabletop game, somewhat similar to the popular bridge repairing game in the later generations. Because of the different levels of difficulty, there are different numbers of starting and ending points on the chessboard, as well as various obstacles.

In the hands of players, there are various props such as railway tracks, lane change gates and bridges. Unequal valuation scores.

Zhu Qiyu explained his invention to Yu Qian, and Yu Qian's interest came immediately.

Yu Qian is familiar with planning this matter.