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Chapter 207, Haiyu enters Beijing

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    On the official road leading to the capital, on the neat and wide cement road, more than a hundred four-wheeled carriages were moving forward rapidly. Although the speed was far less than that of a person riding a horse, they were as fast as the wind and lightning.

    But because the cement road is very smooth, the speed of this four-wheeled carriage can reach fifty kilometers per hour.

    ?????? Calculated, that¡¯s 25 kilometers per hour. It sounds like this speed is very slow, especially compared to the various advanced means of transportation in later generations. This speed is almost the same as riding a bicycle.

    But this is ancient times, this is the Ming Dynasty. It can pull more than two thousand kilograms of cargo and still maintain a speed of fifty kilometers per hour. This is an extremely terrifying speed.

    This means that it only takes half a day to get from Tianjin to Beijing. Of course, the premise is that this speed can be maintained and the cement road between Beijing and Tianjin is completely repaired.

    "This cement is truly a sacred weapon of the country!"

    "If all the official roads in our Ming Dynasty could be built with cement, it would be very simple and easy for our Ming Dynasty to gather the strength of the whole country."

    On one of the four-wheeled carriages, Li Dongyang opened the curtains of the carriage and looked at the rapidly retreating scenery around him. Sitting in the carriage, he could hardly feel any bumps. It was very comfortable. This was the first time he had done this during this long journey.  Relaxed and comfortable.

    This made him sigh again at the magical thing of cement. The cement road was so smooth that he couldn't feel any bumps.

    But this kind of relaxation and comfort did not last long. When the team left Tianjin for almost fifty kilometers, the cement road was over and they had to go to the original official road again.

    Li Dongyang looked at the bustling construction team, and at the same time silently calculated the distance in his heart, and then tried to determine his position by using some common landmarks.

    "It's incredible. In just a few days, almost fifty kilometers have been built. Calculating at this speed, otherwise, this cement road can be built to the capital in a few days."

    "The sacred weapon of the country~"

    Li Dongyang made some calculations and was immediately shocked by the speed of road construction. This speed was really too fast.

    "Ouch~"

    However, before I had time to express too much emotion, the speed of the convoy driving on the old official road not only dropped a lot, but also began to become bumpy. Even though there were a lot of cotton padding and quilts in the carriage, it was still shaking.  It was so powerful that Li Dongyang was knocked on the head.

    This made him no longer in the mood to appreciate the scenery outside the window. He firmly held the handrails in the carriage with both hands, constantly feeling the bumps of the carriage, and tried hard not to get knocked again.

    By the time Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing and others arrived in the capital, it was already the morning of the next day. Because it was too late, they had to rest all night on the road.

    Excluding the rest time, it took almost four hours to actually travel. The first half of the journey took only one hour, but the second half of the journey took more than three hours.

    "We finally arrived in the capital. The old official roads are really bumpy."

    Opening the curtains on the car, Li Dongyang couldn't help but rub his lower back. Although this four-wheeled carriage has amazing transport capacity, the comfort level is really poor when walking on the old official road. He is so old.  They were all shaken to pieces.

    "There are more and more victims here in the capital, and they are all skinny and hungry. If this continues, something big will happen."

    Soon, Li Dongyang¡¯s attention was focused on the victims who could be seen everywhere on both sides of the official road. Different from the bustling scene in Tianjin, here it was a different scene.

    The victims gathered together, their eyes gleaming, like wild beasts, as if they wanted to eat people. They were so hungry. All the trees that could be seen had their bark stripped off and had just grown back in the spring.  All the tender grass has been eaten up.

    Many children have distended stomachs. This is not caused by eating too much, but by eating too much, too much food that is difficult to digest.

    "Those grain dealers should all die~"

    Li Dongyang could not help but curse in his heart. Only by witnessing all this could he truly understand the horror of famine. He hated those who joined forces to raise food prices and squander the country's hard-earned wealth.

    The convoy encountered some troubles when it entered the city, because there were too many victims gathered on the capital side, so the capital sideUnder martial law, random entry and exit are strictly prohibited to prevent disaster victims from rushing into the capital and causing trouble.

    A large number of victims have gathered at every gate of the capital. At the same time, there are large pots cooking porridge. The victims are lining up holding large bowls and waiting for the porridge.

    This is the food promised and donated to Emperor Hongzhi by the large families in the capital, as well as many ministers in the court at that time. This food was gathered together by Emperor Hongzhi and used to provide porridge and disaster relief at the major gates of the capital. Otherwise,  If so, the capital would have already been in chaos.

    The carriages of Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing entered the capital very smoothly. Although the situation inside the capital was much worse than outside the capital, after all, those who could live in the capital were all wealthy families. Everyone had some savings. Even though  Since the food has reached the sky, everyone can still persevere in this short period of time.

    But the attentive Li Dongyang still found that the business in the pawn shop suddenly became extremely prosperous. There was a long queue at the door of every pawn shop. A large number of people were queuing up to prepare to pawn things in exchange for money to buy food.

    As for a grain store, a large number of people gathered at the door. Everyone looked at the grain prices hanging at the door of the grain store. While gnashing their teeth and cursing at these black-hearted grain merchants, they couldn't help but touch their withered flesh.  Pocket could only look at the waiter and shopkeeper in the store with a pair of angry eyes.

    As for the waiters and shopkeepers in the food store, although the business is not good and there are not many people buying food, they are not worried at all. Instead, they laugh lightly at the angry crowd outside.

    This food store is like a huge tinderbox. The slightest spark can explode in an instant. On the one hand, there are hungry people waiting for the food to be cooked. On the other hand, there are the grain merchants who are sitting on the Diaoyutai and raising prices every day. They are in the same situation.  Water and fire ignite at the slightest touch and explode at the touch.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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