Chapter 535: The family reappears the poisonous scheme
The train route from Chang'an to Yizhou smoothes the transportation route from Chang'an to Southwest China.
If the train line from Chang'an to Hangzhou can be opened again, the transportation from Chang'an to Jiangnan will be revitalized.
Jiangnan is a land of plenty. In fact, what Li Shimin wanted to open up most was the transportation line from Chang'an to Hangzhou.
Although the transportation route from Hangzhou to Chang'an is not as difficult as that from Chang'an to Yizhou.
But once it can pass, it will greatly shorten the transportation time and strengthen the control of Jiangnan.
As for the connection from Yizhou to Hangzhou, it is just incidental.
Of course, Li Shimin also knew that if the train route from Yizhou to Hangzhou was not increased, Li Min would not take out the train at all.
As for the next step, Li Shimin is preparing to open the railway line from Chang'an to Youzhou.
Once these three railway lines are opened, the entire transportation in Datang will almost be revitalized.
Li Min didn't have much resistance to Li Shimin's request.
If the railway line from Hangzhou to Yizhou can be opened, it will also have huge benefits for the development of the entire Jiannan Road.
It has a positive role in promoting the development not only of Yizhou, but also of Jiannan Road and the entire Tang Dynasty.
Of course, opening these two train routes to traffic is a huge project.
There is also the later management of railway construction, and Li Min will never get involved.
Therefore, Li Min agreed to Li Shimin's request, but the construction of the railway and later management were all left to the imperial court.
Li Shimin also happily agreed.
However, when Li Shimin brought this bill to the court, there were still many voices of opposition.
Well, of course, that's why the opponents are against it.
Their reason is not that they think opening train routes is useless, nor that they think it would be too wasteful of people and money.
It's that they don't quite agree with this route choice.
Some people think that we should continue to the south, preferably to Chaozhou.
Some people also think that a northwest route should be opened.
Some people also think that a western route should be opened.
Those who oppose it only think that the route is not good, and they are not opposed to the opening of the train track itself.
However, Suzhou and Hangzhou are prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River.
Li Shimin wanted to open a route to Hangzhou, which naturally had his political needs.
In the end, the issue was passed as expected.
Li Shimin directly handed over this matter to Changsun Wuji.
This also shows Li Shimin's great favor towards Changsun Wuji.
For this time's railway construction, the main focus is on local areas.
The main railway lines between the two states basically require local funding.
Of course, after the railway is built, there will be a series of other profits from the tickets sold, and the local government can also get 50% of it.
In really poor areas, you can go to Datang Bank for loans.
Of course, the imperial court will also provide certain financial subsidies.
As for the imperial court's suggestion, there were few local complaints and they readily agreed.
Because there is a precedent for this.
The economies of the areas passing through on the main line from Chang'an to Yizhou are now more prosperous than those of the surrounding prefectures and counties.
A railway line directly revitalizes the economy of all states and counties along the route.
Where can such good things be found?
What they are afraid of is that train lines do not pass through their states and counties.
To build the railway, Yizhou's help was naturally needed.
Especially the great help from Su Pengcheng, the Minister of Railways of Jiannan Road.
Even after the railway lines from Yizhou to Hangzhou and from Hangzhou to Chang'an were completed, Li Shimin was prepared to continue to let Su Pengcheng serve as Minister of Railways.
Building a railway does not happen overnight.
Take the exploration of railway lines as an example. If you want to find a perfect route, it may not take three or two years, or even more.
Of course, Li Min didn't want to delay for such a long time.
With the system in place, Li Min's development ideas naturally do not develop slowly until the technological level is reached.
In fact, the current development process of Datang is that it has taken the lead in development, and then its scientific and technological level began to improve rapidly.
Therefore, Li Min directly redeemed the railway route from the system and handed it over to Su Pengcheng.
With the railway route in place, the rest will be much easier.
First, Su Pengcheng selected ten points from Yizhou to Hangzhou. These ten points were bound to be passed by the railway.
After determining these ten points, the middle route is slowly divided into equal parts.
After the railway line is divided into equal parts, construction can begin.
Of course, when construction starts, people who are familiar with railway construction will naturally need to provide guidance.
Therefore, those workers who participated in railway construction for the first time became very popular.
Their wages are at least twice that of new workers.
The wages for technical personnel are even higher.
With the participation of these people, construction of the main railway line from Yizhou to Hangzhou began in just a few months.
Next, Su Pengcheng continued to plan the railway route from Hangzhou to Chang'an.
It is believed that construction of the two railways can start simultaneously within this year.
The construction of these two railway lines requires at least several million labor, or even more.
The construction of these two railways affected almost half of the Tang Dynasty and attracted countless people of the Tang Dynasty to participate.
Of course, because of Li Min's suggestion, these people were all paid.
And this time the railway construction is not just government investment.
There are also aristocratic families such as Wu Surname and Qi Wang, so they naturally see the business opportunities in it.
They have invested one after another. Of course, their investment will not be in vain, and they will definitely get certain benefits after the train is completed.
This is also indirectly equivalent to the aristocratic families and the court paying for it, allowing countless people in the Tang Dynasty to benefit from it.
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Time flies by like a fleeting moment.
Before you know it, it's the end of the year again.
Because of the cold weather and the approaching Chinese New Year, the railway construction project has also come to a halt.
The research on steam plows encountered one problem after another, and of course, they also overcame one problem after another.
But compared with under the leadership of King Shu, their speed can be said to be countless times slower.
Regardless of whether it is compared with bicycles or steam engines, the difficulty of steam plowing is much smaller.
Even so, their research is still so slow, which shows that they are still extremely immature.
However, these five people are all holding back their energy.
Almost all food and accommodation are in the laboratory, and research is conducted in black and white.
They were not even planning to go home during the Chinese New Year, and they had to overcome this problem before resting.
I have to say that scientists are all crazy!
Li Min shook his head and was not prepared to care about them anymore.
The new year is approaching, and naturally, the annual winter fishing meeting is about to begin again.
The Winter Fishing Conference has now been affixed to the label of Yizhou.
Because in the entire Tang Dynasty, only Yizhou had a winter fishing convention.
Well, actually, it’s not like other places haven’t tried to hold winter fishing conventions.
Last year, and earlier this year, people from aristocratic families such as Wu and Qiwang did it.
In the past two years, they have sent people to observe the entire winter fishing competition from the beginning.
Then record all the winter fishing processes in detail.
Then, they also started to hunt in winter.
First, they chose a large lake in Jizhou and other places in the north.
Then, the process of making fishing nets, drilling holes, lowering the nets, etc. is exactly the same as winter fishing in Yizhou.
And through publicity and momentum, they attracted countless people to come and watch.
If they can succeed, they will definitely make a lot of money.
They all saw the craziness of winter fishing in Yizhou at that time.
Even Cui Zhiji spent a lot of money to buy a fish.
But the results of their winter fishing greatly disappointed them.
Because a lot of manpower, material and financial resources were spent, when I went online, not a single fish came online.
Why is it that in Yizhou, one net can collect hundreds of thousands of catties of fish?
And when it comes to them, not a single fish can be caught in the net?
Why is this?
Only then did they realize that the most important thing about winter fishing is not the fishing net, the fishing net, or the pulling net.
It’s about choosing where to get offline.
It turns out that not all the lake is filled with fish.
This location needs to be chosen carefully.
It's a pity that they knew it too late!
Their winter fishing activity ended in failure.
And their behavior was ridiculed by countless onlookers.
This is the standard Dongshi Xiaofang!
This year's winter fishing in Yizhou has more people than last year and it is more lively.
As the netting started, the surrounding tourists began to get excited.
"The fish are coming!"
"What a big fish!"
"Haha, this fish belongs to me!"
"Go, can you afford it?"
“Tsk, tsk, this year’s top fish, I don’t know what the sky-high price will be!”
As the fish jumped out of the water one after another, the tourists around them immediately began to grab them.
In the end, those tourists who are slow to start will naturally not be able to grab the fish.
However, following several consecutive years of winter fishing, the number of fish caught this year was less than in the previous two years.
Naturally, there are many tourists who cannot get fish, which makes these tourists quite disappointed.
Seeing this scene, Li Min also felt that next year, Dongqiao might have to change its location.
Continuous catching will reduce the fish population.
This year's top fish was once again fetched a sky-high price.
The entire auction sold for one million!
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After the winter fishing, the New Year holidays are getting closer and closer every day.
This is also the third New Year that Li Min will celebrate in Yizhou.
Here in Yizhou New Town, Yu Jia is busy.
There are even bad tourists who come here specially to celebrate the New Year.
The conditions here in Yizhou cannot be compared with other places. Even the homes of wealthy people cannot be compared with Yizhou in many places.
Therefore, some wealthy people simply bring their families to celebrate the New Year here in Yizhou.
And now there is good news, that is, Yizhou New City will continue to expand.
Some residential areas are being built here for sale.
After getting this news, the rich people around were excited and prepared to buy a house here.
Even the wealthy people of the Chang'an generation are planning to buy houses here.
It would be good to buy a house and live somewhere when you come to Yizhou for vacation.
The railway from Yizhou to Hangzhou is already under construction. Once the line is completed, housing prices in Yizhou will definitely rise.
In short, you will never suffer a loss when buying a house here in Yizhou.
Of course, this is just a rumor at the moment.
Now even the foundation has not been laid, the horoscope has not been laid out yet, and I can't find a place to buy it.
However, those who are interested are already staring at this.
Many rich people even sent people to wait in Yizhou.
As soon as there is definite information, they will take action immediately.
They believe that if houses really want to be sold in Yizhou, demand will exceed supply.
During the Chinese New Year this year, the happiest people are Liu Zhi and Princess Qin Mengxin.
They put up Spring Festival couplets in the house early and cut window paper.
Even the flower trees in the yard are covered with red and colorful colors, making me feel extremely festive as soon as I enter the yard.
During the Chinese New Year, Wu Meiniang also came over.
Now that Wu Meiniang has taken revenge, the Wu brothers have completely gone bankrupt.
Even their ancestral home was forcibly taken back by the government and has now become the property of the Chinese Commercial Bank.
Originally, the Wu brothers were still relying on their father's inheritance and refused to return their ancestral home.
They thought that as long as they did not leave, even the Chinese Commercial Bank would not dare to force them out.
Unexpectedly, China Commercial Bank did not take action at all.
Instead, the Tang Dynasty Bank directly sued the Wu brothers to the government, and the government directly executed them.
The Wu brothers still wanted to play tricks and almost broke their legs.
Although Datang Bank was also owned by the Chinese Commercial Bank, it had the support of the emperor behind it.
The Wu brothers still dare to default on their debts when they can't pay their debts. Isn't this going against the emperor?
Needless to say, the outcome is natural.
He lost his ancestral home and most of his property was sold off, leaving only a few thousand dollars in his hands.
Just because these two brothers are lazy and lazy, sooner or later their family fortune will be wiped out by them.
Therefore, Wu Meiniang was very happy at this time.
Only Xu Hui has not recovered yet due to the death of his father.
However, being infected by the emotions of the girls, she also felt a touch of joy in her heart.
But at this moment, Xiao Liuzi came to report that Xue Rengui's wife had given birth to a fat boy.
After learning the news, Li Min was also very happy.
He quickly took a few girls and rushed to Xue Mansion.
Because Mrs. Xue was about to give birth, Li Min had already sent Wang Fangyi to Tuyuhun and replaced Xue Rengui.
Several people quickly walked into the house, and Li Min saw from a distance that Xue Rengui was grinning and accepting the compliments of everyone around him.
Li Min said from afar: "Rengui, I'm glad to have a son, congratulations!"
Xue Rengui welcomed him and said overjoyed: "Your Highness, we are all happy!"
The corners of Li Min's mouth twitched when he said one sentence.
Today is your day to have a baby, and I don’t have one, so it’s a shame to be happy with you!
However, Li Min also knew Xue Rengui, so he didn't feel dissatisfied.
"Where is the little guy? Let us take a look!"
Xue Rengui said quickly: "It's in the back room. I'll ask the maid to carry him out."
Not long after, a little maid brought out a little child.
The little guy is quite strong, but his face is wrinkled and his skin is as transparent as blue blood vessels can be clearly seen.
Willow looked at it and couldn't help but said: "It's so ugly!"
At this time, Xue Xiaoxiao, as the aunt, suddenly became unhappy.
I couldn't help but said to Willow Branch: "Children are like this. When you were a child, you were even uglier than this!"
Willow giggled and said, "Nonsense, I'm not that ugly!"
Li Min took a few glances and couldn't help but said: "This boy looks very lucky. He has a broad forehead and a wide brow. He holds a mountain of gold in one hand and a mountain of silver in the other. He will definitely be extraordinary when he grows up!"
Xue Rengui said quickly: "Your Highness, please give me your kind words! This boy will definitely be blessed with good fortune if he follows Your Highness from now on."
At this time, Li Min took out a piece of beautiful jade and handed it to Xue Rengui and said, "Rengui, this is my meeting gift for the little guy."
Xue Rengui took the jade and found that the jade was warm, flawless and deep in color. It could be a priceless jade.
Xue Rengui immediately hesitated and said: "Your Highness, this -"
Li Min waved his hand and said, "Hey, this is for the little guy, just take it. By the way, what's this little guy's name?"
Xue Rengui couldn't help but say: "I gave him a nickname of Shitou, and I haven't even given him a real name yet!"
People in ancient times liked to give their newborn babies nicknames because they thought it would be easier to support them.
The name Stone is actually quite good.
If you don’t have a name like Goudan, Gouzi or Gouzi, Shitou can just have some fun.
At this time, Liu Ruyu was heard saying weakly in the room: "Ms. sir, your highness is here, why don't you let your highness give the stone a name?"
After hearing his wife's words, Xue Rengui suddenly said in realization: "By the way, look at me, I almost forgot about the business. Your Highness, you are very knowledgeable, why don't you give the stone a name?"
Li Min still remembered that Xue Rengui's son seemed to be named Xue Na, with the courtesy name Shenyan.
It means being dull and talking less.
But if you name your child like this when he is just born, I guess they will be unhappy, right?
Another name?
Or just call it this name?
After thinking for a while, Li Min couldn't help but ask: "Rengui, please tell me first, what are your expectations for Shitou's future?"
Xue Rengui chuckled and said: "Your Highness, I just want to be down-to-earth. When Shitou grows up, he will do more, calligraphy and painting less, and be down-to-earth."
have to!
Now Li Min somewhat understands why Xue Ne has this name.
So, Li Min couldn't help but said: "In that case, let's call him Xue Na. I will give him the ligature together and call him Shen Yan!"
Hearing this name, Xue Rengui couldn't help but be overjoyed and said quickly: "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!"
After staying for a while, Li Min found that more and more people came to congratulate him.
Even though they are here, they can't let go.
So, Li Min took the girls back home.
Of course, Xue Xiaoxiao still stays here to take care of her sister-in-law.
I probably have to wait for the New Year's Eve dinner before going back.
After returning to the Jiedushi Mansion, Li Min suddenly felt that something was missing in the originally festive home.
After thinking for a long time, I remembered, well, it seems that there are a few children missing.
If there are a few children in the house, the Chinese New Year will definitely be much more lively.
He has been married for three years now. Every time he returns to Chang'an, his mother-in-law Yang Fei will hold his hand and ask.
He even wanted the imperial doctor to treat Li Min, which made Li Min extremely annoyed.
However, after the New Year, I was only fourteen years old.
All the girls are also about the same age.
At this age, it's still a bit too young.
Alas, let’s wait another two years!
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The New Year is always short and slips away before you know it.
In a blink of an eye, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed, and all the work in Yizhou was restarted.
Di Renjie and his colleagues finally produced the steam plow after their hard work.
Of course, just manufacturing it is not enough to put it on the market.
Experiments are still needed to find defects and deficiencies, and corrections must be made continuously.
It cannot be put on the market until there are no problems at all.
Now, Di Renjie and the others are constantly experimenting and making corrections.
It is hoped that it can be formed as soon as possible and the steam plow can be put on the market before spring plowing.
At the Student Academy, three to four hundred girls have been sent over so far.
Qiao Qiqi serves as the principal, and princesses from the fifteen countries serve as teachers.
Although the princesses of these fifteen countries have only been studying with Qiao Qiqi for half a year, they have not yet graduated.
But now it is more than enough to just serve as an enlightenment teacher.
And they themselves are still learning, and they are also worried that if their learning process cannot keep up with the teaching process, they will be eliminated by then.
The most rare thing is that they find a kind of fun and dignity in teaching.
Unknowingly, they have fallen in love with the position of a teacher who teaches and educates people.
After the New Year, a steady stream of girls were sent over.
According to common sense, there is a certain time limit for recruiting students. After the time limit, you can only wait another year.
However, because the women's college has just opened, it is now much more lenient and can enroll students until February.
The construction of train tracks is also in full swing.
The construction of these two lanes benefited half of the people of the Tang Dynasty.
Everything seems to be developing in a good direction.
Countless people have seen a bright future and infinite hope.
Of course, it's impossible for everyone to be like this.
Things have two sides, some people think it is good and some people think it is bad.
Some people see hope, while others see only fear and anxiety.
At this time, the five surnamed Qiwang and other aristocratic families felt that something was not good. All they saw was fear and uneasiness.
They feel that the train is moving too fast and changes are happening too fast now, and it is difficult for them to adapt.
It's still better than before. In the past, transportation by car, horse, and mail were both slow.
Isn’t it good for everyone to do things slowly?
What are you doing so quickly?
So, in the new year, the five surnamed Qiwang and other aristocratic families began to gather again.
Now they were seriously frightened.
The development of this world is always too fast, it can be said that it is changing with each passing day.
They feel that it won't be long before they are slowly left behind.
"Now the train lines from Hangzhou to Yizhou and Hangzhou to Chang'an are about to be opened. Once opened, there will inevitably be countless new industries. The current situation is extremely unfavorable to our family!"
"Yes, the King of Shu continues to grow, and the time left for us is running out!"
"Do you have any good ideas?"
At this time, Lu Yong stood up and said: "I have a plan that may be able to deal a heavy blow to China Commercial Bank."
