Chapter 10: A single day can travel ten thousand miles, shaking all dynasties.
Chapter 10: A single day can travel ten thousand miles, shaking all dynasties.
Inside the carriage, Xu Miaoyun gripped Liu Yan's arm tightly, her face slightly pale, but her eyes shone with excitement.
"Wow, that's fast! Much faster than a carriage! How fast can this carriage go, my husband?"
Liu Yan thought about it carefully and then said.
"The subway in the city doesn't run very fast, maybe 60 to 80 miles per hour."
"And the high-speed rail out of the city is much faster, reaching speeds of over 300 miles per hour."
"Three hundred li?"
Xu Miaoyun's eyes widened as she looked outside.
Liu Yan nodded, then took the square box out of his pocket and handed it to Xu Miaoyun.
Inside the box was a streamlined white train with a sharp, arrow-like front and the words "Fuxing" (Rejuvenation) written on its body.
"This is a high-speed rail, also known as a high-speed railway. It takes only a little over three hours to travel from Nanjing to Beijing by high-speed rail."
Upon hearing this, Xu Miaoyun counted on her fingers.
"Three hours? Wait, no! Three hours is one and a half hours, isn't it?"
"It only takes an hour and a half to get from Yingtianfu to Beiping?"
"That's right, my Miaoyun is really smart."
Liu Yan smiled and ruffled Xu Miaoyun's hair, his eyes full of affection.
In the fifth year of the Hongwu reign, outside the Fengtian Hall, a sudden gasp of cold air rang out.
Xu Da was so shocked he almost jumped up.
"Only an hour and a half to get from Yingtianfu to Beiping? Isn't that a fantasy?"
"Your Majesty! When I led the Northern Expedition, it took me three months just to march from Yingtian to the capture of Beiping! This... this is only an hour and a half, isn't it? We could arrive in a nap! Not only would it save us the hardship of traveling by carriage, but it would also save a large amount of grain!"
Xu Da was so excited that he was incoherent, his finger trembling as he pointed at the sky.
As a military general, he instantly saw its strategic advantage!
Marquis Changxing, Geng Bingwen, was also filled with disbelief.
"Travel two thousand li in an hour and a half? Doesn't that mean if you have breakfast in Yingtian in the morning, you can have lunch in Beiping at noon?"
Zhu Yuanzhang stood still without speaking. He took two steps forward, his eyes fixed on the Fuxing high-speed train in the sky, his burning gaze almost burning through the sky.
"It takes an hour and a half to get from Nanjing to Beijing!"
Zhu Yuanzhang murmured the same words over and over, a complex light gradually rising in his eyes. It was the desire of a founding emperor for absolute power, and the instinctive yearning of a Han Chinese who had been ravaged by the iron cavalry of the Yuan Dynasty for speed and power.
"If only our Great Ming Dynasty had this too!"
Zhu Yuanzhang turned around abruptly, his piercing gaze sweeping over the assembled officials in the hall.
"Just think about it! If we had this, if there were any enemy activity on the northern border, the Yingtian army could reach Beiping in half a day! If a vassal king rebelled, the imperial army could be at the city gates in an hour! Supplies and provisions could be transported a thousand miles away in the blink of an eye!"
Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice grew louder and louder.
"The world is vast, and distance is no longer a concern! The entire land is within reach!"
Not only Zhu Yuanzhang was so excited, but all the kings, nobles and generals of the Chinese dynasties were breathing rapidly at this moment.
After all, speed is of the essence in warfare, and it is a crucial element in military operations.
Inside the Qianlong court, watching the high-speed train speeding by, the Qianlong Emperor's breathing became rapid.
"If I had this, wouldn't I be able to travel the world at any time!?"
"Seven trips to the south of the Yangtze River are not enough! I want to go seventy times!"
He Shen, standing to the side, was stunned upon hearing this. How could his emperor have such a peculiar idea?
During the Hongwu reign, the officials were also thrilled by Zhu Yuanzhang's words!
Liu Bowen stroked his beard and said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty is right. This creature of later generations is neither horse nor ox, it does not eat grass, yet it can run at breakneck speed, covering thousands of miles a day. If our dynasty could also replicate it, what worries would we have about border troubles? What fear would we have of rebellion?"
After saying this, Liu Bowen sighed helplessly again.
"However, judging from this object, it is neither copper nor iron, but seems to be cast from some kind of refined steel. The body is formed in one piece without the slightest gap, which must be due to extremely high forging skills."
"And that driving force, without the sight of livestock or human power, is of unknown principle. I'm afraid that with the skills of our craftsmen today, it's hard to even come close."
After hearing Liu Bowen's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's passion cooled down a little, but the enthusiasm in his eyes did not disappear at all.
As one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history, and as a ruler who rose from humble beginnings to the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang believed in only one thing: "Man can conquer nature!"
"We know we can't forge it now, but if we start from the Hongwu era, and it takes ten years to forge it, then twenty years, and if twenty years isn't enough, then fifty years. We refuse to believe that even if we exhaust the strength of our Great Ming Dynasty for a hundred years, we still can't create this thing."
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was in high spirits because he had felt a sense of emptiness after ascending the throne, but the world displayed on the screen today made him feel excited again!
He turned to look at Liu Yan, who was smiling and explaining things to Xu Miaoyun in the sky, and suddenly felt that this young man who had "abducted" Xu Miaoyun was not so hateful after all.
At least, he showed us the future of the Ming Dynasty.
At least, he let us know that the Han people's rule has not ended, and that the Han people's skills have reached such an astonishing level.
"Rebuilding China..."
Zhu Yuanzhang murmured Liu Yan's words of evaluation of him, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"Four words, that's quite apt."
Just then, a cold, mechanical voice suddenly echoed in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.
"Ding dong! Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty has joined Xu Miaoyun's live broadcast room."
Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback upon hearing this, and looking around, he saw that his court officials were still in shock.
Before Zhu Yuanzhang could figure out what had happened, the cold, mechanical voice rang out again.
"Ding dong! Congratulations on becoming a viewer of the live stream. You can give gifts to the live stream. Once your gift popularity reaches a certain threshold, you can unlock the 'Time-Space Bridge' feature."
"The host can tip items by touching them. The system will automatically convert the tipped items into popularity points. Note: There is a limit to the number of popularity points that can be converted from tips during each live stream."
Looking around at everyone again, still no one reacted. Only then could Zhu Yuanzhang be certain that the voice in his mind was something only he could hear.
"A time-space bridge?"
Zhu Yuanzhang murmured to himself.
"Could this object allow us to connect with future generations?"
Upon realizing this, Zhu Yuanzhang instantly became excited, constantly rubbing the jade pendant at his waist with one hand.
"Ding! Item detected that can be tipped. Would you like to tip?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was startled when he saw the light screen that suddenly appeared in front of him, but as an emperor who rose from the ashes, he quickly regained his composure.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the empty space in front of him, and the mechanical voice came to his mind again the next moment.
"Ding! Your reward item has been redeemed! Congratulations, host, you have received 50 reward points! You have also gained one opportunity to leave a comment! Once you reach 1000 reward points, you can permanently unlock the comment function!"
While everyone was still in shock, only Liu Bowen looked down and saw the fine dragon-patterned jade pendant on Zhu Yuanzhang's waist turn into a ray of light and disappear from his sight.
"this!"
Liu Bowen did not make a fuss, but his heart was already filled with turmoil!
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