790 Letter from Chang'an City
When the railway was built, there were not many difficulties. In addition to the significant increase in steel production in Datang, the most important point is that the city is really close to the mine! Just a few kilometers out of the city gate is the open-pit coal mine!
After all, when the city was built, I had already estimated the location of the coal mine, and then I decided on a reasonable location for this Crescent City!
In fact, the output of steel is still a serious shortage. It's just that after the completion of the railway in Crescent City, it unexpectedly attracted the interest of the Tang people. People from several surrounding cities traveled for several days to Crescent City, which was still under construction, to see the steam locomotives and railroad tracks...... I didn't expect this thing to be so attractive. After these people watched, they had to let the steam locomotive pull them around the railway.
In other words, the name of this steam locomotive has not escaped its original common name~ After the people of Datang visited, they agreed that the steam locomotive with fire burning and steaming in the front of the locomotive should be called 'train'......
Originally, I thought I would call this a steam locomotive~
In addition, Crescent City is not yet fully built. Although the construction of the streets, houses, and other buildings was completed in only one month, neither the interior nor the two main factory areas of the crescent city were completed. And now there are only the men and craftsmen who serve as servants, and all the servants in one yamen. Now all of a sudden, people from all over the Tang Dynasty came to visit the train, and there were even Xungui who were rushing thousands of miles from Chang'an City to join in the fun. I'll have to change the functions of the various buildings in Crescent City on the fly, at least not so that the people who come here don't even have a place to live!
So I'm going to open all the buildings here to all visitors for the time being. Of course, you also have to consider whether the people staying in the house will damage these houses. After all, the water and heating systems in each house are already in place, and there are also electrical wiring and electric lights in each house.
The light bulbs and faucets were taken from the mall, and were considered valuables in this day and age.
So for the time being, I asked the soldiers who had already arrived and were stationed in the barracks outside Crescent City to help maintain order, and to act as 'landlords' to manage the occupants of each house.
At the same time, the soldiers were allowed to live in these houses temporarily. Anyway, Crescent City is a four-story unit structure, so there are a lot of rooms!
After the people had been around Crescent City for a long time during the day and had watched the trains and tracks for a whole day, they all stayed in these new houses under the arrangement of the soldiers. As a result, these people were completely dumbfounded by the indoor sewers, especially the electric lights that can be turned on when they pull it, and the appearance of iron pipes and iron blocks that can be found in every house.
So these people didn't think about the fact that they had only a small amount of furniture in their house but no bedding. And I spent days in these rooms!
Fortunately, most of the soldiers who helped to manage it brought their own bedding, and after kindly lending them to these passers-by, it was considered that people had accommodation.
In addition, these rooms also have electric lights and sewerage, which really excited these people for a long time. There are even people who want to stay here on the spot!
In addition, there are too many people who come to join in the fun, so this crescent city has also temporarily arranged for me to arrange a lot of craftsmen and people to come out to help sell some food, clothing, housing and transportation goods. It's a convenient service! Otherwise, there isn't even a restaurant to eat in this Crescent City!
But since the people were allowed to set up stalls here to sell and do business, this matter has begun to deviate...... Obviously, the surrounding people who just came to join in the excitement found that a large number of people suddenly came and went here, especially after discovering that they could 'set up stalls at will' here and live in the city without spending money. More people from the surrounding area spontaneously came here with all kinds of goods to set up stalls and sell them.
Later, after the caravan unexpectedly found that this new city was so lively, they also gathered with more goods......
Soon a huge market was formed in Crescent City! Filled all the streets in the center of the city.
At that time, when these merchants came together, the people from the Yamen of Crescent City came to ask me if I wanted to stop it. At that time, I thought that the city had no official residents anyway, and it would not be long before so many people came to join in the fun and 'see the rarity', and they would have seen enough and then went home. So not only did I not stop it, but I even felt that I wanted to increase the popularity of Crescent City, so I asked the people of the Yamen to directly start taxing these small merchants and vendors according to the custom of other cities......
As a result, this becomes the act of conniving businessmen. Soon the city was occupied by more and more merchants. And more people in the surrounding area also regarded this place as a bazaar, and rushed from towns and villages in all directions to buy and sell...... In addition, by the way, everything in this magical city is visited, and the 'purring' train has also become a tourist attraction.
So when the people from Chang'an City rushed over to join the excitement and rushed to Crescent City, they were shocked by the lively city! Even the nimble minds of them sent a letter back on the spot, and asked the people of their caravan to come and join in the fun...... The result is a large bazaar, oh no! When these people from Chang'an City arrived, because most of them were all kinds of nobles and some people who were familiar with me. They directly asked me to arrange a train for them to ride and play. As a result, a steam train that had been used to transport was now only spinning round and round on the train tracks in Crescent City. They're thinking of the transport train as a toy train for an amusement park!
But when I got on the train and walked around Crescent City, I found it really interesting. After all, the railroad tracks of Crescent City are used to transport coal mines to the two industrial areas in the city, so the rails can be circled around the perimeter of Crescent City, and the rails are connected to the open-pit coal mines outside the city. There are also two branch routes in Crescent City, one leading to the future heavy industrial park and the other side of the light industrial park. I designed this crescent city into two different areas, one for the heavy industrial park, for the various smelters and power plants. and the construction of a light industrial park separating the other half of the city, so that future textile mills and all kinds of small workshops that do not involve fire are built at this time......
It is precisely because of this that sitting in the train can go around the city and intersperse the city with two lively markets, which makes me very satisfied sitting inside!
Soon, the news of being able to sit in a train and go around the city spread to everyone around and throughout Crescent City. So the people began to protest why they were not allowed to sit in the train and go around in circles.
To do this, I had to turn the train into a public facility and buy a ticket for people to come and see it...... It turns out to be more like a playground garden party!
When I just felt the slightest bit wrong, several letters were handed over to me by the nobles who came to Chang'an City to join in the fun. At a glance, I found out that it was Her Royal Highness Xiao Lizhi, the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, who had not been in contact for a long time, and Li Jing, the princess of Qinghe, who had a misunderstanding, and wrote me a letter respectively. It's just a little strange that the little fat prince Li Tai, who used to have an 'enmity' with me, and Li Zhi, the 'future big thick legs' prince who only heard his name but never saw it, also gave me a letter. Anyway, why did these two people write to me? And ~ except for the eldest princess Li Lizhen, the relationship between several other people and me is not so close?
Curious, I opened these letters and looked at them, only to find that they were actually two letters begging me to take their princesses and princesses to 'run away from home' again...... It's not that they really want to run away from home, but when they heard about the excitement and the train in Crescent City, they asked me to come and pick them up so they can come here for a while...... This little beauty was originally a little crazy girl who loved to run out to play, but what happened to that Li Jing? Coming too? Not with Xiao Lizhi, but writing alone?
In addition, the letter of Li Tai, the prince of the little fat man, is more peculiar, this letter actually mentions Xiao Meiniang, and also says that Xiao Meiniang is ready to be brought to Chang'an City by her father. And I still have to go to his house to stay for a while.
After reading this letter, in addition to being curious about what this samurai Tong was thinking, what was even more strange was the attitude of this little fat man Li Tai. Isn't this guy 'coveting' Xiao Meiniang's beauty? But this was sent to the door, why did you take the initiative to write to me mentioning this? Is it to show off or to provoke me on purpose?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think about whether to tell the award that I had been staying in Chang'an City about this letter! This girl is still very kind to Xiao Meiniang. In addition, the award once beat Li Tai several times for Xiao Meiniang~ After telling her about this letter, this girl will definitely come to the door and beat Li Tai again! In other words, wouldn't this Li Tai be ready to take the initiative to find a beating?
Finally, it's Li Zhi's letter, saying that this guy is the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty! I'll have to hug this guy's thigh before the other big-legged little girl becomes the empress. But I've inquired about this kid many times from Xiao Lizhen, and now I know that this kid is four years younger than Xiao Meiniang, and now he is still a little fart who can't speak! That's why I haven't taken the initiative to show goodwill. After all, this kid is still too young. So I just asked Xiaoli to help send some snacks from time to time. Now he took the initiative to write to me~ Although this letter is not something that a child of his age can write, it also gives me a very strange signal. This guy wants me to take the initiative to find him! After I returned to Chang'an, I would go and see him first......
After reading the last two letters, my mind was full of confusion!
After thinking about it, I think it's better to go back to Chang'an now! Anyway, although this distance seems quite far, I can now use the wooden kite to take off, so it won't take long to return to Chang'an City. That's why I've been able to bring all the steam locomotives and carriages that the academy has just researched and built from the academy to Crescent City.
Thinking of this, I talked to the rest of the city, and after asking the 'county lord' of Crescent City to help take care of the scene here, I directly summoned the wooden kite and flew to Chang'an City.
Before going to meet these people, I think it's better to go to my most reliable backer, Cheng Yanjin, to discuss. After all, I'm confused about these things!
Oh yes! By the way, I went to find the award again, in addition to telling her about Li Tai, so that she could 'deal with it'. All that's left is that I want to go to Crescent City with the rest of my maids with the prize!
This girl has been staying in Cheng's house for a long time since she was injured last time, I guess this girl has already been suffocated!
In addition, my maids are also busy with their own affairs, and they haven't been together for a long time~ I suddenly realize that I miss the days when everyone worked together! Now they are all busy, and I haven't been able to get together with them because of the founding of the city and the academy. Then it's not bad to take this opportunity to take everyone to Crescent City to play for a few days!
Speaking of which, Xiaoling, this girl, has been staying alone at home in Lantian County, and has not been able to go out. I'm just now realizing that I've been snubbing this little girl who is the best for me.
I planned all the way, after I rushed back to Chang'an, I first went to my own house to pick up Xiaoling's girl, and after temporarily arranging it in the warehouse, I went to Cheng's house to find Cheng Biting Gold and Awards.
As a result, when I came to Cheng's house, I learned that Cheng Yanjin was not at home, but went to the border between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty to inspect.
To be honest, after hearing that something happened in Tibet, my first thought was to wonder if the people in Tibet had found out that I was the one who secretly robbed them. Then I remembered that maybe it was because there was another war! Although I don't know much about historical knowledge, especially the knowledge of the Tang Dynasty, I still made a special trip to dig out a lot of movies and TV series about this era from the shopping mall, at least now I know in addition to knowing who the next and next emperor is, the rest is to know that since the Tang Dynasty defeated the Turks, it has also beaten several small countries around! Or the kind that fights invincible opponents all over the world......
So I'm starting to wonder if it's going to be a war again? But after thinking about it, Datang will win. So there's nothing to worry about! It's just that thinking of this, I can't help but feel itchy again, maybe if I go to war again, then am I running over to earn some merits and loot some wealth! The last time I fought on the prairie, I made a lot of money! Now there are still a large amount of grain, grass and materials piled up on Xiaoyu's territory to 'fall into ashes'!