Beijing City.

Jiang Jin finally arrived at the capital. Although he entered the city far more than when Wang Dong returned from his way forward, Zhu Yicheng still gave him extremely high treatment for the construction of the railway. Not only did he let Liao Huanzhi go out of the city to greet him on his behalf, but when he entered the city, he would directly let Jiang Jin enter the palace to meet the saint. Such honor made Jiang Jin very energetic.

After entering the palace, Zhu Yicheng met Jiang Jin in the Yangxin Palace, asked about the situation in the south, and asked Jiang Jin to focus on the railway.

Jiang Jin had already prepared for this and reported it immediately. Zhu Yicheng listened carefully, without interrupting it. He even poured tea for him while Jiang Jin was telling him, so that he could moisten his throat, which moved Jiang Jin very much.

"Now the railway from Nanjing to Zhenjiang has been completed, nearly two hundred miles away, and it can be reached in less than two hours. Compared with the official road, water transportation is convenient and unfamiliar. What is more important is the railway transportation capacity. A train can now be equipped with up to four cars. If it is loaded, it can transport more than hundreds of people, and if it is loaded, it can even load more than 100,000 kilograms. I have calculated that after extending to Shanghai, Nanjing to Shanghai will arrive almost every morning and night, which is really a weapon of the country."

Zhu Yicheng thought about it. The transportation capacity of the four-carriage carriages sounded quite a lot, but it was not much. After all, when the steam train technology was mature, it was easy to pull up more than ten cars on average, and the number of people loaded was many times higher than the current one.

As for cargo transportation, the capacity of 100,000 kilograms is the loading weight of an ordinary car in later generations. But now it is the total loading capacity of a train, and there is a lot of gap.

However, Zhu Yicheng also knew that this was just a technical limitation at present. The Ming Dynasty railway can be said to be the first railway in the world, and trains, as a new thing, are also constantly developing and improving. I think with the improvement of technology, these problems can be gradually solved, and the most important thing is the birth of trains and railways, which means that the Ming Dynasty will begin to enter the industrial era.

Moreover, with the manufacturing and application of steam engines, the Ming Dynasty is now using steam engines in various industries more and more frequently, the most prominent of which are in docks, mines, iron plants, metallurgy, shipbuilding, textiles, etc. The huge role and efficiency of steam engines are unmatched by ordinary manpower before. With these widespread promotion and application, the Ming Dynasty has also begun new changes.

"I had a deep conversation with Lord Huang before going north. The Academy of Sciences has begun to develop a new steam engine. In addition, the two sets of machines in the front and rear can greatly increase the railway capacity. By then, it will be no problem to carry thousands of people at a time and hundreds of thousands of kilograms of goods at one time."

When Jiang Jin said this, he explained that Zhu Yicheng was extremely satisfied. Jiang Jin was not wrong with this. He had extremely strong abilities and ideas, and had a certain vision. In addition, the technological progress in Huangluzhuang, it seems that the development of the Ming Railway will be further improved in a few years.

"I'm back to Beijing, can there be any arrangements for the Nanjing Railway Department?" Zhu Yicheng asked.

Jiang Jin thought for a while and replied: "Jiang Daoli presided over the years. He is very capable and is very serious in his work. To be honest, Jiang Daoli made great contributions to the completion of the railways in Nanjing and Zhenjiang this time. Therefore, I think that the Railway Department will continue to be managed by Jiang Daoli. In addition, Jiang Daoli is now the Right Minister of the Ministry of Works. In order to demonstrate his achievements, the court can appropriately reward one or two."

Hearing this, Zhu Yicheng immediately laughed. Jiang Jin asked his subordinates for the railway matter. Zhu Yicheng received this memorial before, but Zhu Yicheng did not make a decision immediately. Instead, he planned to talk to him after Jiang Jin returned to Beijing.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Jin raised his own opinions after Zhu Yicheng asked about the Railway Department. It seemed that Zhu Yicheng refused to reply, which made Jiang Jin misunderstand, thinking that Zhu Yicheng thought that the contributions of these people were not enough to be commended.

Jiang Daoli was the right minister of the Ministry of Works and the director of the Railway Department. In fact, his position in the Ministry of Works is not very high. Among the six ministries of the court, in addition to the Minister of the Court, there were also left and right ministers as deputys, but in fact the real deputy was the left minister. He was the executive vice minister from the ranking of posts in later generations.

As for the Right Assistant, although the rank is the same as the Left Assistant, in fact, there is only one Left Assistant, while there are several Right Assistant, who are responsible for the work of each department in the department. From this point of view, if the Left Assistant can be regarded as the position of executive vice minister, then the Right Assistant is an ordinary deputy minister and is responsible for the specific division of labor of each department under his subordinate department.

Therefore, when Jiang Jin was in Nanjing, the actual work of the Ministry of Works of the Capital was the acting assistant minister. For example, Jiang Daoli's right assistant minister only had an official title, while his real power was the position of the Director of the Railway Department.

"Jiang Daoli's affairs are temporarily released." Originally, Jiang Jin thought Zhu Yicheng would give him a reply as he said, but Zhu Yicheng said this. In Jiang Jin's somewhat surprised expression, Zhu Yicheng said: "In a few months, the Military Affairs Office will change. What I promised you before is time. In addition, I have talked about the title of the court a few times ago, what do you think about the title?"

"This... let the emperor take charge." Jiang Jin replied hesitantly.

Zhu Yicheng was not surprised by Jiang Jin's answer and continued: "Now the tomorrow is changing with each passing day, and the world is different from before. You are in Nanjing. In the past two years, the southern commerce and trade have developed rapidly, and industries such as industry, mining and textile are also in full swing. You want to know more about these people."

Jiang Jin nodded, but did not understand why Zhu Yicheng mentioned these things.

Zhu Yicheng stood up and walked a few steps in the hall: "Not long ago, the Rakshasa Kingdom sent an envoy to see me. I understand their meaning, but for some reasons, I sent someone to the visitor. At the same time, I also told the other party that if they want to interact with the Ming Dynasty, you must have a letter from the other party's king. You should have heard of this."

Seeing Jiang Jin nodding, Zhu Yicheng said again: "Yesterday, Xinming sent another urgent message, saying that the plenipotentiary envoy of the Kingdom of Spain contacted the Governor General's Office of Xinming and proposed peace talks and diplomatic relations."

Jiang Jin looked at Zhu Yicheng incredible, which surprised him a little. Zhu Yicheng smiled and said, "Spain lost Luzon and suffered heavy losses in the South China Sea. In Xinming's colony, it was neighboring with me Xinming. The Spanish monarch is also a smart man. He knew he could do nothing about my Ming Dynasty. He was also worried that my Ming Dynasty would go to war with him in Xinming, seized the land, and expelled him from the New World. For this reason, the other party simply put down his figure to seek peace from our Ming Dynasty, and hoped to have a chance to return to the South China Sea."

"Your Majesty, are you allowed to do this?" Jiang Jin asked hesitantly.

"Why don't you agree?" Zhu Yicheng smiled and said, "Where are the real life and death between countries? Moreover, Spain is thousands of miles away. My country cannot send troops to Europe and directly destroy its country. Don't say that it can't be done at all. Even if it can be done, once such a Ming Dynasty is bound to be afraid of European countries, it will not be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the Qing Dynasty is not included, you need to know this."

Seeing Jiang Jin nodding, Zhu Yicheng said again: "Although Spain had offended me and the Ming Dynasty before, my Ming Dynasty is a world-class country. As the winner, we should have the heart of the winner. Moreover, interacting with Spain can also restrain the Western countries. How can we not do it?"
Chapter completed!