Chapter 173 Steam engine goes to the countryside

The world is so great that people have different situations.

Just when the people in Yili City were struggling to hold on with great force.

But in the entire North China, it is another problem.

Baoding County.

There is a strange problem.

In the Ming Dynasty, Baoding County was not in Baoding Prefecture.

Baoding County is under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture, and later divided into Tianjin Prefecture, which is southeast of Shuntian Prefecture and north of Hejian Prefecture. Although Baoding County is one line away from Baoding Prefecture, it is under the jurisdiction of Tianjin Prefecture.

The entire Triangle Desert is located in the west of Tianjin Prefecture and south of Baoding County.

Overall, the water conservancy project centered on Shuntian Prefecture was one of the best in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the place where water conservancy projects are done well is Jiangnan.

Jiangnan has accumulated over hundreds of years.

However, near Shuntian Prefecture, Zhu Qizhen has been working tirelessly to add bricks and tiles over the years. Tianjin Prefecture was the key area of ​​the Five Rivers and Three Lakes Project.

Even Tianjin Prefecture was separated out because of water control.

The maintenance fee allocated by the Ministry of Industry every year is tens of thousands of taels, which is more than one province in many remote provinces. Not to mention Shuntian Prefecture, it first completed the reform of officials and directly collected housing taxes, shop taxes, etc., and mixed commercial taxes. As Beijing becomes more and more prosperous, Shuntian Prefecture has also increased its taxes.

The best year is, the balance is 100,000 taels, which is more than a province like Guizhou.

The Ministry of Revenue also specifically discussed whether to increase the share of Shuntian Mansion’s tax payment, but was eventually denied by Zhu Qizhen.

But even so, the money from Shuntian Prefecture was not the money from the officials of Shuntian Prefecture. At the foot of the emperor, the Censorate, the Jinyiwei, the East Factory, and the Ministry of Justice were all staring at it.

Therefore, when officials of Shuntian Prefecture serve short positions and frequently transfer positions, the biggest problem is often the spending of money.

Therefore, maintaining the city appearance of Beijing and repairing water conservancy are all things that Shuntian prefectures like to do in all dynasties.

The Lugou Bridge alone has been renovated several times.

It’s not that Lugou Bridge is bad. After all, Lugou Bridge was rebuilt in Yongle in ten years, only a few decades, and a major renovation was also carried out in the early years of Zhengtong.

But some of the Lugou Bridge cannot accommodate the abortion.

Every reconstruction expands the bridge deck.

Generally speaking, if water conservancy repairs are good, locust plagues will not easily break out. It is like after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the locust plagues almost disappeared in China, which is based on large-scale water conservancy construction after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Moreover, the movement of locusts has a trajectory.

Generally speaking, East Asian locusts fly from north to south and to warmer places.

The first wave of East Asian locusts should develop on the Mongolian grasslands and then go south, lay eggs in the Huanghuai area, the second wave broke out, and then continued to go south, and the fourth wave arrived at Hainan Island.

But this locust plague broke out in Shandong.

Therefore, even if locusts migrate everywhere, the chance of going north is not too high.

However, this does not mean that there is no problem here.

The biggest problem here is drought.

The triangular lake with hundreds of miles of blue waves is still there, which still makes people feel refreshed. Although this artificial lake has become much smaller due to the severe drought, there are still countless tens of thousands of tons of water.

However, no matter how much water is, it is useless to not irrigate it in the cultivated land.

Even if someone strives to fetch water manually, one load or one load of water, it is a drop in the bucket and it will not work.

Looking at the original traces of the water level line and the current traces, although only one or two meters, it is enough to make everyone water trucks or something useless.

If you are like this on weekdays, you might be helpless.

But now I have seen something new here in Baoding County.

"One two three, hey, hey, one two three, hey." The neat beat, and countless people gathered together on the official road, looking at more than a hundred sweaters, shirtless, and some even just wrapped a piece of white cloth around their lower abdomen.

Everyone was sweating all over, the heat was steaming, and the blood was pumping, one by one, making the air full of male hormones.

Several large woods that can be used as beams and serve as brackets to hang up something holding a wool pad.

This thing is not too big.

But it weighs ten thousand pounds, made of pure iron is nothing else, just a steam engine.

In order to allow the carriage to pull on the track, this steam engine also reduces weight in design, but no matter how much weight is, it is much heavier than cannons or something.

From Zunhua, the steam engine was transported here, first on the Chidao, and then on the Chidao, it was best to use a large wood to cushion under it and roll it little by little.

But the escort neglected this.

The wood underneath also needs very strong hardwood, and can only be sold temporarily from Tianjin.

But the people were anxious, and now in the wheat fields near Baoding, large areas of wheat are about to die. Many wheat leaves are drying upwards and turning yellow from the tips of the leaves.

Now that the production has been reduced, the water can be poured on now, and the food may be kept, but if it is delayed, there will be no help.

The people were anxious, so where were they waiting for logs?

Isn’t it just tens of thousands of pounds? With a command, there will naturally be a male person who will go home and resist it. It will take more than a hundred miles. He will grit his teeth, support his legs, and hold his shoulders, shouting horns, and patting them step by step, carrying them home.

As the commander-in-chief of this operation, Chen Yi.

He was the first in the Zhengtong period of the Academy of Water Conservancy in the 19th year. Now he is the county magistrate of Baoding County, specializing in water conservancy affairs in Triangle Delta.

This time he came to pick up this fresh guy.

He could see clearly that after walking a mile or two, the strength of the people was exhausted. He immediately called another group of strong men to replace them.

In this way, one wave after another, more than a hundred miles, day and night.

Chen Yi was still shouting at the slap at first, but later he used a whistle, one after another, and another loud whistle sounded in the night and day, and never stopped under the light of the sun and torches.

Finally, the Triangle Lake has finally arrived.

But I saw an old man who had been here for a long time.

This is Kuai Xiang, a guest attendant of the Ming Dynasty.

He was also one of the developers of steam engines. Even before Belin joined, he was one of the main developers. Belin joined and mainly solved many problems of ideas and calculations.

But the real creation of this big iron guy is still an old craftsman who is so skillful like Kuai Xiang.

The previous research and development of steam engines has not been widely tried. It was just used in Zunhua. This time, Zhu Qizhen summoned Belin and asked the steam engine to be put into drought resistance.

Belin and others naturally attached great importance to the emperor's orders.

Everyone involved in the research on the steam engine was sent out to supervise, and Kuai Xiang was also among them.

After all, this steam engine is not yet mature. Who knows that there is a problem in the middle and it cannot be installed, so it will be difficult to deal with it.

Every one who sent him is responsible for finding a way to repair the steam engine if something goes wrong.

Kuai Xiang followed the steam engine, but when he came down from Chidao, he threw the steam to these transports. He rode his horse to the installation site first. In a short time, he tried every means and even demolished the walls of Baoding County for a period of time before building this computer room.

It’s not that Kuai Xiang specifically found the city wall to demolish it, but that many counties in Hebei in the early Ming Dynasty had no city walls.

After the Tumu Fort Incident in history, the city walls were built on a large scale in Northern Zhili, and the city walls were truly spread all over the city walls, but it was after the Liu Liu and Liu Qi Rebellion during the Zhengde period.

Now the situation in Zhengtong's 14th year is far less critical than that in history.

There was not even a twattish into the pass.

Therefore, the desire to build a city wall in Northern Zhili is not high.

However, Beizhili has gradually become rich over the years. Although I dare not compare with Jiangnan, the county also has some money. In the local county government, it is a big plus point.

I don’t even know who started it, but all counties in Hebei have successively built city walls.

Of course, the imperial court will not allocate funds, and rely solely on the financial resources of each county. This is the case where the rich counties can be built faster, while the poor counties can be built slower.

Many counties are repaired intermittently, and Baoding County is one of them.

Most of the city walls have been repaired. Many bricks and stones are placed there. They are also from the official family and are most convenient to use.

Kuai Xiang is in a hurry, so he can naturally be as fast as he can.
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