I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

"Old Hou, do you still have something to do?"

Hou Junji said reflexively, "No, I will retire!"

After speaking, he walked away stiffly.

He didn't understand why His Highness King Qin did this, and he didn't understand that His Majesty sent him here to ask him to watch and learn more from His Highness Qin's subordinates, so why would His Highness King Qin be so contemptuous of him?

What exactly happened here?

Could it be that His Royal Highness King Qin really isn't worried about His Majesty's scolding or holds a grudge against him?

Hou Junji had no contact with Zhang Nuo before, and all his impressions of His Royal Highness King Qin came from hearsay, but now he is so confused!

Chapter 575

Li Shimin had indeed told Zhang Nuo about Hou Junji's coming, but although Zhang Nuo didn't object, he had nothing to say.

Come on, just come, just now there is a shortage of manpower, and I heard that Hou Junji is very strict in running the army, and then he will be thrown to the naval academy and naval base to be a job that is hated by the dean. very good.

Other than that, Zhang Nuo had no interest in Hou Junji.

It's not that Zhang Nuo has any opinions on Hou Junji, but this person, after all, he has to pay attention to whether he likes it or not. He doesn't need to use all the courtiers like Li Shimin, and he needs to have all the courtiers. After all, he is a must for an emperor. of.

For Zhang Nuo, whether it is war or development, these are just a means for him to realize some of his dreams, complete system tasks by the way, and create a good world for the people of the Tang Dynasty with the same origin.

But he, Zhang Nuo, is a selfish salty fish after all. If these things make him a little bit busy, it’s okay to say, but if it makes him extremely unhappy and busy, and he has no time for salty fish, he will definitely do it right away. Put down the pick and quit.

Just kidding, he has already thought about it, he has to live happily and comfortably in this life, and now he has the capital, so why should he wrong himself?

Anyway, in his opinion, even without himself, Datang can still achieve the rule of Zhenguan, and what he has done is nothing more than icing on the cake, so why should he be nervous?

If you have a chance, just toss around, and if you don't have a chance, take a break if you are too tired. Anyway, everyone must have a good life.

It is this salty fish attitude that makes Zhang Nuo a very interesting famous scene, that is, making friends is purely based on interest, and eating meat and drinking together when they see each other. If you have money, you are not as rich as I am, no matter how high your family's status is, you are not as high as me. This is Zhang Nuo's attitude.

Therefore, Hou Junji, Zhang Nuo didn't really like to think that he had too many ideas and too deep in the city to be too lazy to make friends with, so he didn't make friends, what a big deal.

Therefore, Hou Junji was naturally disliked. If it wasn't for the fact that Hou Junji was still useful, Zhang Nuo would have kicked him back.

If Hou Junji knew that he was able to meet Zhang Nuo just now because he was useful, he probably wouldn't be annoyed by being slighted.

Zhang Nuo didn't have the time to think about Hou Junji's affairs at this time, and now he was fully preparing for the first train opening.

But now that Hou Junji is here, he can let this simple-minded man see how great the artifacts of the new era are.

Perhaps for others, this is called training, but for Zhang Nuo, he just wanted to see what state Hou Junji would be in when he saw this unheard-of artifact!

It was a big event for Zhang Nuo, and even for the whole city of Pyongyang, that the train was running for the first time.

Especially those businessmen who came from within the pass, they know better what this railway they feel distressed about means.

They don't know anything else, but they know that this railway can transport the materials they want to sell from Pyongyang City to the port area, and then transfer to a sea ship and transport them to Shandong Road in two days.

In this way, the Pyongyang business road that they used to travel once in a month or two has now become a round trip in five or six days.

What a great thing this is.

Don't think that businessmen in this era don't understand such things as transportation costs and time costs. Even if they have not experienced professional training, the pursuit of money and interests will make them do everything possible to increase their profits.

Don't doubt how much creativity humans can explode in order to make money!

Therefore, it is really not difficult for these businessmen to see how useful the train is in advance.

Not to mention that they are not ordinary merchant families, almost all of them are executives or children of those big families who are responsible for managing the family business. The information they come into contact with and the scenes they see are not ordinary Merchant families can imagine.

They didn't dare to go to the research institute to inquire too much information, after all, many people had involved themselves for this matter.

Zhang Nuo's protection of the research institute is not a joke. After all, many of the things researched in it are top-secret weapons or strategic weapons, so the security is naturally different.

Obviously, it has been stipulated that no unauthorized entry is allowed here, and no inquiries are allowed, but there are always some people who are too curious, or feel that their skills should be fine, and then plunge into it.

For these people, Zhang Nuo had already stipulated that they would be demoted to slaves at least, and they were felons who had to be redeemed for five to ten years like those Korean soldiers who had been on the battlefield, and even worse, they would be snapped on the spot.

It doesn't matter who sent it, if you don't let it in or come in, then it's malicious if you come, so there's no need to be polite, chopping it up is useless!

Zhang Nuo has nothing to do with the instigators behind him. Anyway, in his view, if you want to inquire, then come. If you die, you will die in vain. As long as you don't mind killing a few more people, I don't mind letting the sergeant Let's practice, anyway, regardless of equipment or quality, it is crushing the situation, so it is good to let everyone move around.

It's just that there are still very few Tie Hanhan who are so stubborn that they hit the south wall without looking back. After a while, no one will think about the research institute. Listen or not, anyway, what he says is the rules, he will follow his own rules, and your death will be in vain.

If you don't want to die in vain, then follow the instructions of this Highness, absolutely nothing will happen.

Because of this, the family businessmen of this group of chicken thieves turned their heads and approached officials such as Ma Zhou cautiously, and inquired about the specific functions and costs of trains, railways, and the port area.

Then they were worried for a few days, and they were relieved when they found that no one came to arrest them. It seems that as long as they don't go directly to the research institute to inquire about the news, His Highness King Qin will acquiesce if they know some information like this.

In other words, these officials themselves know what news can be said and what news cannot be said.

It is also like this that they know the magical capacity and speed of the train, and also know that the port area is mass-manufacturing ships and preparing to train seafarers.

For these businessmen, apart from being a little unbelievable at first, the rest is ecstasy and waiting for the train and the port area to be put into operation!

Chapter 576 The First Run of the Train

Apart from Zhang Nuo, other people may think that these things can bring about changes and benefits, but no one knows what kind of waves these things, which are only means of transportation in the eyes of others, will set off like Zhang Nuo.

In other words, no one knows better than Zhang Nuo that an incomparably bright and brilliant era is about to come to this world 1000 years ahead of schedule.

The mighty power from industry and machinery will slowly permeate into every aspect of this world. Perhaps after a few years, people will be surprised to find that they have already entered a new era unknowingly.

It is precisely because of this information that Zhang Nuo felt an inexplicable feeling when he saw this big guy who was warming up and exuding steam all over his body.

It's been almost two years since I came to Datang, and it turns out that a young man like me who came from a later generation has created such an era of rapid advancement in a daze. It's really touching to think about it.

He clearly knows that even if he is now a person with a status below one person and above ten thousand people, his force value has reached the ceiling, and he is even richer than a country in terms of money.

But in fact, he is just a bastard who can only make a fool of himself with the help of a cheat.

In fact, he knew very clearly that he was just an ordinary civilian who could only fool around by talking about it, and he had neither great talent nor great talent.

Therefore, he only opens his mouth to order people, and rarely does anything by himself, that is, the kind that just talks and doesn't work.

However, maybe it's really because he is self-aware and cautious enough. So far, everything he has done is good for Datang, and nothing outrageous has been done.

Perhaps this is a kind of prudence unique to small citizens. Zhang Nuo has nothing to be ashamed of. He is not a big shot, so he can just live his small life carelessly.

Perhaps, it is this kind of mentality that makes Zhang Nuo able to live happily beside a talented king like Li Shimin.

After all, every king is actually suspicious and obsessive-compulsive with a strong desire to control, and only Zhang Nuo, who is only responsible for Zhang Luo but not for control, can be tolerated by kings.

Looking at the train in front of him, Zhang Nuo's thoughts broke through the sky almost instantly, and it was only after Cao Xing reminded him in a low voice that he came back to his senses.

But when he saw the decorations on the locomotive in front of him, Zhang Nuo felt a headache again.

He had never seen a steam locomotive that was in full swing before. After all, as a post-[-]s generation, it was already the era of electric locomotives, airplanes, and high-speed rail when he really traveled far. Where had he seen the appearance of a steam locomotive? .

But if you haven't seen it, it really doesn't mean you haven't seen it on the Internet or on TV, but why is the steam locomotive you know and have seen before is completely different from the one in front of you?

The blueprint of the locomotive was given by Zhang Nuo. Not only that, some small objects that Datang was not able to produce for the time being, were actually directly taken out by Zhang Nuo from the system.

For example, steel ball bearings, this thing is really not produced by Datang at the moment, but it must be there, otherwise it is nonsense, although I don’t know how other colleagues in time travel made this thing in a poor and empty situation, but at least he can’t get it right now. come out.

These are still trivial matters, the key is, what is that shiny silver thing on Nima's supposedly stupid steam locomotive?

After taking a closer look, Zhang Nuo was a little speechless, these Mensao guys are really talented.

Judging from the current situation, this group of people really put a lot of thought into this first train, not only in terms of manufacturing, but the decoration is not something that ordinary people can do well.

On the originally long cylinder, a picture of two dragons playing with pearls was directly outlined with silver thread. I don't know where that kid Xu Bowen hired. The craftsmanship is really good, and it really looks a bit lifelike.

No wonder there was an application from the research institute before, saying that they wanted to get some money, Zhang Nuo saw that the amount was not particularly large and agreed without asking.

But I didn't expect this group of people to have leisure time to do this, Zhang Nuo didn't know what to say to them.

You say it’s not necessary, it’s really nice to make it like this. After all, anyone who is a bit careful about the cars of later generations still tidy up their cars, even if they don’t modify them, they can get some small stickers or something. The last thing is to wash the car several times to make your car look more energetic.

Even cars with the lowest price equivalent to a few iPhones in later generations can do this, so it's no wonder that Xu Bowen and the others are going to put silver wires on the trains.

It's just that these fools have never thought about it. This train is going to be parked outside in the wind and sun. How long can this silver wire last?

Sigh, forget it, don’t worry about it, it’s all done anyway, just stop doing it after mentioning it when the time comes, how much money will it cost if every train does this.

But today is the first public operation of the train, so let's pay attention to the results of the operation here, and other things can be discussed afterwards.

This time, the train has only two passenger carriages, four freight carriages at the back, and a flat carriage. At this time, the staff of the station are stacking goods on it in a strange way, and at the same time, with the assistance of the research staff, they are doing a good job. register.

This was specially prepared to test the load this time. A batch of timber that had just been transported to Pyongyang City from other places two days ago was about to be sent to the port area, but it happened to be here to test the railway, so it happened to be used All weighings were done in two days.

The flatbed truck was used to stack and bind wood, and the freight car was loaded with some grain and daily necessities, and if there were two cars, it happened to be a few researchers plus Zhang Nuo and his personal guards.

Of course, there were still other guests here today, so Hou Junji looked at the big guy in front of him in bewilderment.

How much steel does this cost? There is so much steel, why not use it to make armor and weapons?

But he only dared to murmur these words in his heart, and he didn't dare to say them at all, because this His Highness seems to be more domineering than His Majesty, and His Majesty accepts advice with an open mind, and this one basically doesn't listen to what he doesn't like to hear, which is annoying If it doesn't work out, he will have to be beaten.

This is what Cheng Yaojin told him at that time!

In fact, the main reason is that Cheng Yaojin has a stinky mouth and likes to beep beeps. There is nothing to do with him in other places on weekdays. After all, the value of force is not low, but Zhang Nuo is not used to it, and he must be beaten if he needs to be beaten!

At this time, everyone started to board the car according to the guidance of the staff of the research institute, and entered the compartment in an orderly manner to sit. This test is about to begin, and it is time to start a great era.

Chapter 577

With the sound of a high-pitched whistle, the whole train slowly began to move forward.

The passenger carriages are made of wooden seats, all of which are the simplest style of back chairs. The picture shows simplicity and convenience.

Because glass is still a rare item produced in small quantities in Lantian City, there is no such thing as Pyongyang City.

Moreover, the production of large pieces of flat glass is also very troublesome, so the windows on the current trains are all wooden window leaves.

Since many sound insulation materials are not yet available, sitting in this carriage, as the speed slowly increases, is almost like sitting next to a stone crusher, the deafening sound of the steam engine running, the sound of the carriage running on the rails, It was ringing in my ears continuously.

It's okay for Zhang Nuo, after all, in the later generations, there is a lot of noise everywhere, and he has seen people who are more tossed than this, but for people of this era, this shit is a bit unbearable.

Hou Junji's face was turned pale by the sound right now, he was almost going crazy, why is this thing moving so loudly.

However, as an excellent general, he keenly discovered the value of this thing called a train.

Because after a period of speeding up, the speed of the train has basically reached the normal operating speed, that is, the operating speed of [-] kilometers per hour.

This speed has exceeded the daily raid speed of cavalry.

Of course, Hou Junji was referring to the running speed of a normal solo rider. After all, it is impossible for a horse to sprint or run for a long time with a cavalry on its back. Otherwise, the horse will be useless before reaching the destination.Of course, those who change horses without changing people like the post station are not included in this list.

But just like that, Hou Junji did some simple calculations and found out that if the train could run day and night as His Highness King Qin said, it would be faster than the speed of eight hundred miles in one day.

Moreover, looking at how many people and things were pulled back and forth, if the railway was built all the way to the border, wouldn't it mean that in just a few days, the court could mobilize a large number of troops and supplies directly to the border? To the border?

At the same time, during the transportation process, soldiers and horses are resting, which is very beneficial to the maintenance of combat power.

You know, if you support a certain place thousands of miles away on weekdays, even cavalry can be considered well-trained if they can maintain half of their combat strength there.

But here, Hou Junji has already observed that the size of the carriage is fixed, but the things inside can be adjusted at any time.

So since chairs can be placed, can it be made into beds for soldiers to sleep all the way?

Of course, the sound is a bit loud, and it may not be as comfortable as sleeping in the barracks, but compared with the hard work of riding a horse for thousands of miles, what is there to dislike?

It has to be said that Hou Junji is indeed an excellent general with a flexible mind in military affairs. He almost instantly thought of the biggest role of trains in military affairs - strategic transportation.

I even thought on a whim, if there is such a railway, can it be built directly to Tubo?

At that time, the sergeants will be able to reach their destinations directly and easily, so will the impact of Qi diseases on the plateau be reduced a lot?

Not to mention the style of Hou Junji's soldiers who want to fight here and there, but if Zhang Nuo knew that Hou Junji came up with the trick of sleeping berths just because he wanted to ensure the efficiency and combat effectiveness of his soldiers, Zhang Nuo probably would Nuo would vomit blood.

Two hours later, the train slowly entered the port railway station.

Li Miaoshu, the admiral of the port area, had already stood on the platform. After all, Zhang Nuo was coming, although it was just for verification, would he dare to come to greet him?

Zhang Nuo just nodded at Li Miaoshu as if he had seen it, and then he stared intently at the unloading of the goods, and at the same time, the people in the research institute were blushing with joy and began to check the operation of the train.

And the train staff, who had been prepared for a long time, began to add coal and water to the train with a little rustiness.

There is no coal water car for this operation. After all, the distance between the two places is only [-] kilometers, and adding a heavy coal water car is a waste of transportation capacity.

However, the latest tender water car is already under development, and it will be hung directly behind the front of the car during long-distance transportation in the future.

As for now, it's better not to waste that capacity. The current arrangement of adding water and coal a few times back and forth is quite good. After all, it takes time to load and unload cargo.

The railway station is intermodal with the port area, which means that the port area is actually behind the train station. The goods unloaded here can easily enter the port area warehouse, and then wait for the right time to be transported directly on board.