Chapter 680 Lu Xiangsheng: Brother Boya, this is called a train

Author: Taofu

Chapter 680 Lu Xiangsheng: Brother Boya, this is called a train

"The law is greater than love."

Sun Chuanting looked at Lu Xiangsheng for a long time and said. Lu Xiangsheng nodded slightly after hearing this: "Yes, the law is greater than love. I heard the county magistrate analyze this matter in private to his confidant Li Chaogu. The operation of a political system depends on its rules and regulations.

, after the rules and regulations are formulated, any form of destruction will not be allowed, even if it is a good thing."

"The law is the law, and there is no mercy. Only if everyone abides by the law can the interests of most people be guaranteed. Although what Zhang Wanwu did is very good, it cannot be promoted. Just like Confucius criticized Zigong for redeeming people, don't

Because of your own high moral standards, you increase the cost of doing good things for others, making doing good things a luxury.

Zigong's redemption is a short story in the Analects. It tells that the state of Lu established a law. If someone outside sees a person from the state of Lu being sold as a slave, you can pay to redeem the person and return him.

After arriving in the State of Lu, the State of Lu will not only reimburse you for the expenses, but also give you rewards.

However, Zigong refused the reward and told Confucius about it. As a result, Confucius gave him a lesson.

Saying this is like seeing someone fall into the water, a brave man jumps into the water and risks his life to rescue the person. The rescued person gives the brave man a certain reward, so that the next time the brave man or others see someone falling into the water, they will rescue him. But if the brave man

If you don't accept the money, then if others accept the money, it will appear that they are morally corrupt.

Therefore, without rewards, others will naturally not risk their lives to save others, which invisibly increases the cost of saving others.

In the same way, Zigong redeemed his people without asking for rewards. Although this seemed to show that Zigong had high moral standards, in the future other Lu people saw that the people of Lu were being trafficked and still did not save them.

If he saves him and does not go to the court to receive the reward, if he goes, people will say that there is something wrong with his moral character. However, if he does not go, the loss will be his own, which will invisibly increase the cost of doing good deeds.

Then when other people see that doing good deeds has such a high cost, they simply don't save it. This way, they don't have to bear either economic losses or moral burdens. Such a good government will simply die.

Therefore, Li Chaosheng's meaning is very clear. Lantian does not need saints, but only a group of people who strictly abide by the law. How many people can a saint save? If everyone in Lantian abides by the law, how many people can be saved in Lantian!

Lu Xiangsheng told Sun Chuanting one by one what he saw and felt in Lantian. Sometimes the problems of some social phenomena can be seen in the subtleties, as was the case in Lantian.

After listening to Lu Xiangsheng's words, Sun Chuanting was filled with emotion, and he knew something from the smallest detail. At first, Lu Xiangsheng said that Lantian was a new world, but Sun Chuanting disagreed. The new world was an exaggeration. At most, Lantian was just a place with a more developed economy and a better life for the people.

That's all, he didn't believe it when he said it was a new world.

But today, after listening to Lu Xiangsheng's words, Lantian seems to be just like the new world. Not only the economy, politics, the humanistic outlook of the people, but also the pursuits of Lantian's ruling class are completely different from those of the Ming Dynasty. There is no problem in calling it a new world.

Sun Chuanting felt that he should find an opportunity to take a good look at this new world. Maybe this place was really like his ideal country. At this moment, his heart was moved.

With a pot of wine, a plate of pig ears, and a plate of peanuts, the two of them drank and drank. It was almost midnight, and then they went to bed. However, they woke up very early the next day. People who are worried will rarely sleep.

They were eating breakfast at the guest house when they saw Gu Zi coming: "Good morning, you two."

Gu Zi smiled and greeted the two of them. When they saw Gu Zi coming, they asked, "Is the county minister leaving so early?"

Gu Zi nodded and said: "Well, the county minister is a little busy today. He went to the academy in the morning and came back in the afternoon to give an economic report meeting to discuss the main development direction and development strategy of Lantian's economy, so time is a bit tight. Second,

It’s a lot to look after.”

After hearing this, the two of them didn't say anything, but put down their jobs and went to the county government office with Guzi. At this time, the county government office had already set up a big car. Li Chaosheng sat in the car and invited them to ride together. Sun Chuanting looked at it.

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, his old feudal ideas were at work again. He thought that Li Chaosheng's invitation to ride with him was probably a crime of disrespect.

After all, Li Chaosheng is the emperor in Lantian, and riding in the same carriage with the emperor is a great disrespect. However, Lu Xiangsheng didn't have so many thoughts and got on Li Chaosheng's carriage casually. Li Chaosheng's carriage was very spacious.

Three people sitting together didn't feel crowded at all.

"Sorry, gentlemen, I am pressed for time and disturbed your rest."

After hearing this, the two of them didn't even dare to say it. Li Chaosheng was too embarrassed and they had to take care of it. How could the two of them be busy while Li Chaosheng, the most respected person in the county and the king of the northwest, was busy?

The car quickly left Lantian County and arrived at Lantian Railway Station.

When they got here, Sun Chuanting looked at Lu Xiangsheng in surprise and said, "What are you doing?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Sun Chuanting like this, and thought that this old man had never seen the huge thing like a train, so he kindly reminded him: "If you see something incredible soon, don't scream in surprise, it's embarrassing."

Sun Chuanting laughed when he heard this and said: "Brother Jiandou, don't underestimate me. I saw the world yesterday. None of the large machinery in the factory is enough to surprise me."

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng said: "This time is different."

"If there's anything different, I'll, I, this..."

Woo woo woo...

Just when Sun Chuanting was saying that he was calm, he suddenly saw a huge black smoke coming from not far away, like a giant centipede, which could be hundreds of meters long. At this time, it was running crazily on two railway tracks.

It's heading this way, and it's roaring like a monster!

Woo woo woo...

The train roared by, and Sun Chuanting's eyes widened. What the hell is this?

Seeing the spitting steel giant, Sun Chuanting's whole body went numb and he was too stunned to speak. When Lu Xiangsheng saw this, he pushed Sun Chuanting and said, "What's wrong? Brother Boya?"

"ah?!"

Sun Chuanting reacted with excitement, looked at the giant steel monster and said, "What is this?"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said: "I told you, don't be too shocked. This thing is the train of Lantian's most famous technological product!"

"train?"

Sun Chuanting opened his eyes wide, and Lu Xiangsheng said: "This is the most advanced research result of the Institute of Science and Technology. It has a much higher gold content than any flintlock gun and hand grenade. Look, this car can hold ten or twenty carriages. Each

Each carriage is about ten meters long, and this carriage can haul tens of thousands of kilograms of cargo!"

Tens of thousands of pounds!

Hearing this number, Sun Chuanting was extremely shocked. He was a general who led troops to fight, so he immediately thought of military matters. If there was such a thing, wouldn't military supplies be more effective? In war, everyone knows that the food and grass are sent before the soldiers and horses are used.

, from this we can see the important role of logistics supply in the military.

In the past, when transporting grain, a main force of 10,000 people required a logistics supply team of 20,000 people, and the entire process was eaten by horses. Instead of transporting 10,000 loads of grain and delivering it all the way to the front-line soldiers, it was

Are there four thousand dan left?

The rest was consumed during transportation.

But if there is a car that can breathe fire, and one car weighs ten thousand kilograms, then dozens of cars can easily transport enough supplies for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and in the whole process, many civilians, cars and horses are also reduced, so to speak

Save trouble, effort and money.

"How much does this car cost?"

Sun Chuanting asked Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng said: "The consumption is quite large. It takes three tons of coal in half an hour."

"coal?"

Sun Chuanting was stunned, and Lu Xiangsheng said: "Yes, it is the coal we mentioned before."

"The kind of coal that can be found just by digging a hole in Shanxi?"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded.

Sun Chuanting understood and agreed that this thing has no cost. There is too much coal, especially in this mountainous and Shaanxi land. This coal is not a rare thing. It is everywhere. People don’t use it. The reason is also very simple. The burning of coal produces

Carbon monoxide can poison people, so people think it is poisonous and would rather burn firewood than charcoal.

Sun Chuanting had spent some time in Shanxi and knew that there was an alarming amount of coal here. Sometimes there might be all coal buried under an inconspicuous mountain in front of him, and there are also many places in Shaanxi that produce coal. If this monster actually eats coal, wouldn't it be a problem?

Is it equivalent to eating dirt? What is the cost of eating dirt? It simply costs nothing.

"This thing is really a magic weapon for the country. If it is used in the transportation of military supplies, it will definitely have a good effect. It can even save the people from labor. It will really benefit the country and the people."

Sun Chuanting said with emotion, Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the railway track in front of him: "This train has reached Tongguan, and then a train network will be gradually laid out throughout Shaanxi. By then, it will not only be used for military supplies, but also for transporting goods between people.

Or you can sit on it when visiting relatives and friends, thereby achieving the purpose of visiting Lantian."

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he said with emotion: "Yesterday, Mr. Li said that the three core institutions of Lantian are the county government, the college, and the scientific research institute. I think the first two are true, and the latter scientific research institute, I think it is just a make-up.

, although the invention of muskets and grenades is a great achievement, it is not beneficial to the people. But when I saw this train today, I felt that I had underestimated the Lantian Research Institute. It is impossible to say that he is the core existence of Lantian."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "You are right. Every time a new technological product appears in the scientific research institute, it has a huge impact on Lantian. However, you said that he is the core of Lantian, but I don't agree. I just told the county magistrate,

Technology will always serve the people. Lantian has always been people-oriented, so it can go so far. If Lantian was based on technology, it would never be as far-reaching as it is today."

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting seemed to have some understanding.

At this time, the train pulled into the station, and one of the carriages opened, revealing the gorgeous decoration inside. There were beds, chairs, tables, wine cabinets, and bookcases. It could be said that it was just like a small room.

This was the special train for the county magistrate. After Li Chaosheng came in, he invited the two of them to take a seat, and immediately someone brought breakfast.

Li Chaosheng hasn't had breakfast yet and happens to be eating on the train.

Lu Xiangsheng was not full either, so he sat down next to Li Chaosheng and started eating with a smile.

After eating and drinking, we finished the twenty-mile walk from Lantian County Station to Lantian Academy in about half an hour. This pace can be said to be slow, but for Sun Chuanting, it was already shocking. At least it was faster than

People pull, horses pull much faster.

After getting off the train, Sun Chuanting did not forget to look back at the big train.

Indeed, to an old literati from the feudal society who had never seen the world, this was simply a legendary monster. Even Sun Chuanting was the same. He was shocked by what he saw in front of him.

The train station was built not far from the academy. At this time, the school leaders had come out to greet them. The leader was Li Chaoshui. As the leader of Lantian Education System, Li Chaoshui was also a minister-level figure.

That down-and-out scholar who was so humble that he had to set up a stall on the long street to write letters for others to make a living is now the principal of all the students in Lantian. He can be regarded as a pheasant turned into a phoenix. And all of this is a gift from Li Chaosheng. If it were not for Li Chaosheng
To be continued...