Chapter 85 The First Appearance of the Train

In fact, this is because Ying Zheng’s temper has become a little better when getting along with Zhao Yi recently, otherwise it would have been the same in the past.

Then all three clans of the officials in Kuaiji County will be in danger, and as for the Xiang family, their entire family will be executed.

There are also other noble families of the Chu State who will suffer the same fate as the Xiang family, with their entire family being executed, instead of only punishing those related to the Xiang family.

The fact that the Xiang clan rebelled as a whole family while serving as officials in the court made Ying Zheng feel that the nobles of the six countries were even more untrustworthy.

Now Ying Zheng felt that there must be more than just the Xiang family among the nobles of the six countries who were thinking of rebellion.

Those nobles of the six kingdoms are now a hidden danger to the Qin Dynasty.

And it is up to Zhao Yi to solve this hidden danger.

After all, if all the officials of noble origin in the six kingdoms were dismissed, then the Qin Dynasty would have no officials available.

Because 99% of those who can read are of aristocratic origin.

Once Zhao Yi’s teaching materials are in place, we will use them to establish a new education system.

Once education becomes universal, a new system for selecting officials can be implemented.

Replace the officials who came from aristocratic families of the six kingdoms with those who have received a new education.

Of course, Ying Zheng would not dismiss all the noble officials of the six countries. As long as they passed the assessment, they could continue to hold their original positions.

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More than a month after the performance of Yu Ji, Zhao Yi was in a temporary factory.

He looked solemnly at the simple locomotive that had just been assembled in front of him.

The train engineer in the cab used a shovel to shovel coal into the combustion chamber and began to ignite it.

During this month, apart from writing teaching materials and giving lectures, Zhao Yi devoted all his energy to building this locomotive.

There was even no time to give lectures later on.

So he had no time to find his half-sister to maintain the relationship and get information about his scumbag father.

This made Ying Yinman a little depressed, and she began to doubt whether her charm was not enough.

Otherwise, why didn't Zhao Yi come to see me? Is Yu Ji's charm so strong?
Later, Ying Zheng explained to Ying Yinman that Zhao Yi was busy building something new recently, so he had no time.

After asking Zhao Yi later, it was found that Ying Zheng and Wang Jian often took Ying Yinman and Wang Yujia to have free meals.

After all, although the locomotive has a simple principle, it contains many sophisticated components.

It is much more complicated than previous steam machines.

Therefore, they often need to ask Zhao Yi what shape certain parts drawings are and how to assemble them.

However, after more than a month, they finally built the locomotive.

And once this manufacturing is successful, it will mean that we will enter the era of railway transportation in the future.

In this way, the transportation volume will increase significantly, and the production capacity of various things will also increase accordingly.

In comparison, even in modern times, the transport capacity of a backward steam locomotive is enough to match that of a thousand horse-drawn carriages.

Not to mention the speed of shipping.

It can be said that the efficiency of material transportation with the advent of trains is 10,000 times that of horse-drawn carriages before!
And the most important thing is that the craftsmen can understand the engineering machinery drawings drawn by Zhao Yi, but not many.

Now is the time to test whether the locomotive they have built can be used.

As the coals began to glow red and burn, the water in the tank gradually began to boil.

Finally, the water vapor rushes into the turbine of the steam engine.

The whistle began to beep.

Then the locomotive's steam turbine began to turn.

Da da da!
The craftsmen nearby cheered when they saw this.

"We made it!"

"Oh yeah, we finally built a locomotive!"

“I can’t believe we built this!”

However, Zhao Yi was not in a hurry to celebrate, because he had to wait for the steam turbine to run continuously for a period of time before he could confirm that the locomotive was successfully manufactured.

Finally, after the steam turbine had been running for ten minutes, Zhao Yi's tense face finally showed a smile.

"I now confirm and announce that the Shahe Village No. 1 locomotive has been successfully manufactured."

The factory workers below cheered again!
……

The next day, the factory exit was filled with villagers from Shahe Village who came to watch.

They heard that the village chief had come up with another strange and wonderful thing.

I heard from people in the factory that the thing seemed to be a living vehicle that could carry everyone in the village.

Of course, Ying Zheng and his companions were also present when the train left the factory.

They certainly won't miss this excitement.

Even Ying Yinman and Wang Yujia came.

After experiencing the various shocks in Shahe Village, they both understood why Ying Zheng and Wang Jian valued Zhao Yi so much.

He even disguised his identity to deceive Zhao Yi and was willing to play the rebellion game with Zhao Yi.

As for the various technologies in Shahe Village that are ahead of their time, if any one of them were popularized in Daqin, it would be able to change the entire Daqin.

To put it bluntly, life in Shahe Village is better than life in the Xianyang Palace in all aspects.

No wonder His Majesty Ying Zheng and Wang Jian stayed in Shahe Village and refused to leave.

As Zhao Yi said, this means that one is so happy here that he doesn't even miss Xianyang.

Ying Yinman and Wang Yujia believed that if Zhao Yi no longer wanted to rebel, His Majesty would immediately reuse him.

By then, Zhao Yi’s power might surpass that of the left and right prime ministers, making him second only to the emperor and above everyone else.

Buzz!
A train whistle sounded from inside the factory.

Then the factory gate slowly opened.

A three-meter-high train pulling three carriages slowly moved out of the factory along the track.

Everyone outside was shocked by the steel behemoth in front of them, which was more than 20 meters long in total.

Ying Zheng exclaimed: "There are such huge steel creations in the world."

In his mind, he seemed to have seen the scene of this train running across various places in Daqin.

By then, the entire Qin Dynasty will be connected by trains, and the rule of Qin Dynasty will be extremely consolidated!
Even if a rebellion occurs, the Qin Dynasty can suppress it quickly.

And all this is thanks to Zhao Yi!
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng was extremely excited.

In the eyes of everyone, such a huge train is simply a creation of gods.

After observing for a long time, everyone still couldn't figure out how the locomotive worked.

What kind of power can allow this locomotive to pull so many carriages?

Only Zhao Yi could think of creating such a thing.

The train, dragging three carriages, slowly stopped in front of the crowd.

These three carriages were built in a hurry to transport goods, and there are actually no seats on them.
Then Zhao Yi appeared in front of the door of the locomotive cab.

He smiled and said, "Everyone can come on board and ride the train, but you have to bring your own chairs."

Then the people watching nearby began to walk to the train carriage in order until there was no room left.

Ying Zheng and his companions walked to the train cab.

They observed everything in the cab with excitement.

After all, the cab is the core of the train and it controls the operation of the train.

But no matter how hard they looked, they couldn't see the door to the cab.

After all, this was the first time they had seen and come into close contact with this kind of mechanical creation.

Before this, the only mechanical objects they had seen were bows and crossbows.

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(End of this chapter)