Chongzhen: Why is the emperor's head square?

Chapter 32 Laying the Railway, Redstone Power

Ordinary railway tracks are not powered in flat areas.

Redstone is needed to generate motivation.

In this world, redstone is electricity.

Unfortunately, in my previous life, I usually played Minecraft with friends, and we would end up switching to creative mode.

There was no systematic learning of redstone technology.

If you know redstone technology, your efficiency can be more than a hundred times higher.

Where are iron and redstone stored?

Zhou Liang immediately took Zhu Youjian to an open space more than 100,000 square meters away.

Different items are stored in different places.

Grain was transported to the central station by establishing small relay stations at every ten thousand grids.

The wood was next to the tree farm.

The minerals were naturally located not far from the mine.

After obtaining the iron ingot and redstone.

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Zhu Youjian immediately used the workbench to make a rail, a minecart, a powered rail, and synthesize a redstone.

After being synthesized, it was placed directly on the ground.

His gaze swept over Zhou Liang and Cheng Guoxiang.

"What's placed on the ground is called a rail. The red thing in the middle of the rail is called a powered rail, and the red thing is redstone."

"Watch closely."

Zhu Youjian placed the mine cart directly on the powered railway track.

The mine cart flew off at an extremely high speed.

That speed! Faster than a horse!

Moreover, it seems that they don't even need to eat food!

"Your Majesty, does this item require a continuous energy consumption?"

Zhu Youjian nodded.

"Redstone is a perpetual source of energy."

"With railways, transportation efficiency can be greatly improved."

"However, our iron ore reserves are not large enough to lay railways across the entire village. Also, the railway route needs to be carefully designed."

"So, you should try laying tracks in a small area first to form a route."

Even though this area is nearly 500,000 squares in circumference, it is all flat land.

Without the real world, we need to consider the influence of various factors such as terrain.

However, careful route design is still required.

For example, a certain railway line only goes out, and a certain railway line only comes in.

The construction of railways will inevitably occupy farmland, and these aspects also need to be discussed.

Although the people here only have the right to use the land.

The construction of railways will inevitably occupy some people's land. The taxes levied on the occupied farmland are the same as those levied on farmland that is not occupied by railways, which will inevitably lead to complaints.

This issue cannot be ignored; it needs to be handled properly.

Just as Zhu Youjian and Zhou Liang were discussing these matters.

The villagers and soldiers rushed to Zhou Liang.

"Village chief, something terrible has happened!"

"Captain Zhu Yong and his team encountered a powerful monster while exploring the mine. They have already suffered casualties and need reinforcements."

Zhou Liang was just about to take action.

Zhu Youjian stopped him, saying, "You and Cheng Guoxiang should discuss the railway construction in detail. I will personally go to see you."

Currently, the villagers' guards are equipped with diamond sets of gear.

Creatures that can pose a threat to them, and are in the Overworld.

There was only one creature he could think of.

After Zhu Youjian mounted his horse, he hurried to the mine.

The emperor intervened.

Zhou Liang was naturally not worried.

So he looked at Cheng Guoxiang beside him.

"Could you please tell me your place of origin and your resume so that I can make a judgment?"

Cheng Guoxiang began, "I am from Southern Zhili and once served as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. I will be working for His Majesty in the future, and I hope you will take good care of me."

Oh? Vice Minister of Revenue? That's quite a high-ranking official position.

Given the emperor's extreme distrust of these officials.

They could also find a high-ranking official to be their subordinate.

It seems His Majesty thinks highly of Cheng Guoxiang.

"As colleagues, we should treat each other with sincerity."

"Your primary responsibility is to calculate every single tax payment."

"Do you see those fields of wheat in the distance?"

Wheat? Cheng Guoxiang was somewhat surprised.

Is this wheat?

It's a bit different from reality; it's become somewhat strange.

"In this world, wheat ripens every three to five days... As for taxes, Your Majesty has tentatively set the tax rate at one-tenth."

"Our job is to accurately calculate the tax revenue from these 3.5 million units, and to manage the forest farms and ranches..."

Cheng Guoxiang listened as Zhou Liang explained the rules of this world.

I was deeply shocked.

So, His Majesty was able to provide the military pay for 120,000 soldiers by relying on the taxes collected from this world.

"Eighteen hundred people would be enough to establish this kind of tax."

"Why doesn't Your Majesty open it up directly to the outside world? Why are you being so hesitant?"

Cheng Guoxiang was somewhat confused.

As the emperor, developing this world would be a matter of a single word.

Zhou Liang explained, "His Majesty no longer wishes to concede benefits to the scholar-officials."

These words silenced Cheng Guoxiang.

Also.

If it were to be opened directly to the outside world.

The emperor is unlikely to be able to control the gentry and powerful clans.

In the end, the gentry and powerful will be the ones who benefit.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty declined to this point was not because the country was poor, but because the people were poor.

If the government were to open it up directly, Zhu Youjian would likely still face a problem in the end.

The land produces crops one after another.

However, the national treasury is becoming increasingly empty.

"With Your Majesty's heart set on serving the people, the world can be at peace," Cheng Guoxiang exclaimed.

……

Mine shaft.

When Zhu Youjian arrived.

Zhu Yong and the others have already left the mine.

And they all looked rather disheveled.

"Your Majesty? What brings you here?"

Zhu Youjian glanced around; although they looked a bit disheveled, it seemed that the number of people hadn't decreased.

"Didn't I say that one should not fight against the guards?"

The Guardian not only has an extremely high amount of health.

More importantly, it has formidable offensive power.

Not only does it possess melee attacks, but it can also launch ranged sonic attacks, and its ranged attacks completely ignore any armor and enchantments.

That's a real blow.

Killing the guards is possible, but at a high cost.

And it's meaningless.

"I just felt that this mine was rich in mineral resources. Although there were hidden blocks, I thought that as long as the Overseer wasn't attracted, we should be able to mine this mine."

"It was my carelessness that I failed to eliminate all the shrieking creatures. I beg Your Majesty to punish me."

A villager guard named Liu Xi immediately stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, this is not Captain Zhu Yong's fault. It was my oversight that prevented me from detecting the shrieking creature in time."

"If anyone should be punished, Your Majesty, then punish me."

Zhu Youjian raised his hand to stop the two.

He began by asking, "Have the casualties been tallied?"

Zhu Yong shook his head.

"Fortunately, we all have the immortal totem bestowed upon us by His Majesty, which saved us from death. Otherwise, we would probably all have died inside."

"That monster was terrifying; the Undying Totem shattered with just a touch."

Besides losing a lot of immortal totems.

There were no casualties.

"Since you were not killed in action, I will not hold you responsible."

"Remember this next time: no matter how good the weapons and equipment are, avoid the guards if possible."

to be frank.

He had some doubts.

Is the Shadow Dragon the boss, or the Guardian?

In other words, it can't fly. Otherwise, the Guardian would probably be able to easily defeat the Shadow Dragon, and even go toe-to-toe with the Wither.