After the three-day rest was over, Li An led the Datang fleet to continue to set off, heading to the base of departure, that is, the port of Guangzhou at the southern end of the Datang mainland.

At this time, Guangzhou has been opened to the railway, from the Tang Chang'an City, the train has been directly to the station outside the city of Guangzhou, which is of great strategic significance for the Tang Empire to better control the south, at the same time, this railway is also a link to the southern region of the Tang Dynasty, to promote the business of the southern Tang Dynasty has a very important role, along the way all over the country has received huge benefits.

After the opening of the railway, almost all businessmen set their sights on this railway, because compared with the speed and price of the railway, the original mode of transportation was too outdated, and if the merchants did not make changes, they would be eliminated by the times.

Because the laying of railways has mobilized too much manpower, the rails can be laid in a relatively short period of time, but it is precisely because Datang is laying rails everywhere and there are railway stations everywhere, so the demand for trains is very large.

In this case, all the trains in operation are basically running at full capacity, and there is no time to rest, and the driver can rotate in two shifts, but the train can not be rotated, and can only keep adding water and refueling, and carry out the best maintenance of the train to prevent failure.

Due to the serious shortage of trains, whether it is during production or after leaving the factory, a large number of battles can be ushered in, which makes Yu Chaoen, who is in charge of managing the railway bureau, anxious.

The battle at the time of production is mainly the battle for what type of train to give priority to production, especially the battle of carriages is the largest, there are passenger carriages, there are also freight carriages, and passenger transport is also divided into ordinary carriages and aristocratic private rooms and other types.

Because the freight materials are too tight, the merchants collectively ask for orders, asking for priority in the production of freight carriages to meet the demand for freight as soon as possible, and the pressure of passenger transport is also very great, and the nobles and officials who like to go out often require priority to build passenger carriages, and even ask for more luxurious private compartments to meet their selfish desires.

In short, different people will have different requirements, and they have put forward their own requirements to the railway bureau in their own unique ways.

These requirements are obviously contradictory, after all, there is only so much production capacity, and if you can take care of this end, you will inevitably not be able to take care of that end.

There is a lot of pressure on all sides, Yu Chaoen is facing the needs of multiple interest groups, if it is not handled well, it will inevitably be seized by people with a heart, and if it is not good, this fat difference will be robbed by others.

According to the long-term development goals of the Tang Empire, it is naturally more secure to give priority to the production of low-grade freight and passenger trains, so that the flow of people and materials can be mobilized to the greatest extent and the greatest benefits can be produced.

But in this way, the travel of the nobles is not so comfortable, is it necessary to let the noble nobles and their families take the same hard seats as ordinary people, such a mess, their beautiful wives and concubines, is it possible to be seen by poor boys, this is a great shame.

Yu Chaoen naturally understands these truths, but he is a person who understands current affairs, and he naturally understands that even the overall situation must be subject to the interests of the powerful, and these old men cannot be offended because of the overall development of the Tang Empire, so he had to order that the workshop give priority to the production of high-end private compartment carriages, followed by freight carriages, and finally the production of ordinary carriages with hard seats.

At this time, all the trains on the railway line are not enough, and the subordinates will fight for their heads as long as they hear that a train has come off the line from the workshop, and even, they will personally run to Yu Chaoen to play tricks, telling their own difficulties, and if they don't increase the train, they will be eaten alive by anxious businessmen.

Of course, what these subordinates said is true, they have indeed encountered threats, some people may have doubts, feel that their status is not low, and they have the power to decide the fate of the merchant, they let the merchant's goods on the train, which merchant's goods can arrive at the destination faster, if they deliberately make it bad, the merchant's goods can only be piled up in the warehouse, so, these merchants are too late to scold them? And how dare you offend them.

This is because businessmen are also divided into grades, and ordinary small businessmen naturally dare not offend them, otherwise, they will not be able to eat and walk around, but the businessmen under some powerful people are different, their backers are too hard, and Yu Chaoen's subordinates really can't afford to offend, even if they are beaten, they don't dare to say anything.

For example, once, when a big businessman who sold Hushubao heard that the freight trains were full, he made a fuss at Luoyang Railway Station and asked to put down the goods of other merchants first, so that their goods could be put on first, otherwise, they would not be able to eat and walk around.

This big businessman is Yang Guozhong's henchman, responsible for selling products for Yang Guozhong, and is mainly responsible for the sales of Hushubao.

And the magnates of the Tang Dynasty, how can Yang Guozhong alone, and these magnates have their own industries, if these magnates are all making things difficult for the people of the Railway Bureau, then they are subordinates, but they really can't do it.

In the face of such a bad situation, Yu Chaoen also has a headache, the palms and backs of his hands are all meat, it is not good to favor anyone, what he wants to do most is to increase the output of the train, so that there can be more supply, but it is not so easy to increase production.

Datang's industrialization has been fully rolled out, and all walks of life continue to have talents and labor, that is to say, there is a shortage of people in all aspects, and there are not too many surplus resources to tilt towards train manufacturing, which directly leads to the fact that it is difficult to increase the output of train manufacturing on a large scale, especially the manufacture of luxury private compartment carriages, which is the most time-consuming, and many materials are not easy to prepare.

The train was made by Li An after he came to the Tang Dynasty, however, Li An may not have dreamed that the train he invented brought convenience at the same time, but also caused a lot of fighting, many businessmen and magnates, in order to compete for the right to use the railway, fought for a breakthrough in bloodshed, and even a number of bloodshed incidents occurred, which attracted the attention of the imperial court.

But in the case of too many monks and too little porridge, the imperial court could not come up with a solution that satisfied all parties, so it could only continue to balance and mediate, so that all parties could take a step back, and everyone would earn money together.

In other words, the only most feasible way to solve the problem of railway scramble once and for all is to increase the production of trains, an idea that is difficult to achieve, and to increase the speed of trains, but increasing the speed will increase the danger, which is more difficult than increasing the production of trains.

This problem has always plagued Yu Chaoen, and it has plagued the entire Tang Dynasty, and the only one who has the most hope of changing all this is Li An, so almost everyone is looking forward to Li An returning to Datang as soon as possible to solve this thorny problem.

It is estimated that Ang Lee, who is returning, will definitely feel a lot of pressure if he knows what everyone thinks, of course, he will be very happy, after all, being recognized by everyone shows that Ang Lee is great and the most powerful person.

As they passed through the Spratly area, Lee asked the ships to slow down and reconnoiter the surrounding hydrological conditions so as not to let the fleet run into the reef.

After all, there are a lot of reefs in this area, there are terrible reefs everywhere, the tonnage of the Datang steamship is not small, if it hits, it will be very bad, it is very likely to cause the tragedy of the ship's destruction and death, Li An will not allow this to happen, so he would rather let the fleet sail slowly, it doesn't matter if it goes slower, safety must not be ignored.

"Li Shilang, this area is full of reefs, and it is not a good place for passing merchant ships, but for the fishermen of Datang, this is a paradise! The small fishing boats around are busy fishing, and I heard that every trip can be very profitable. ”

One of his subordinates stood on the deck with Li An, looked at the surrounding small fishing villages, and spoke.

These small fishing villages, some are very close to the Tang fleet, some are far away, they are all fishing near the surrounding reefs, these natural reefs are important places for fish reproduction, most of the fish like to live in places with reefs, and there is no reef in the deep sea, fish resources are relatively scarce.

Li An gently picked up the binoculars, observed carefully, and found that the fishing boats around were all Datang fishermen, which could be clearly distinguished from the structure of the boats and the clothes of the personnel.

"All of them are fishermen from the Tang Dynasty, it seems that this place has already belonged to China in the Tang Dynasty, this is the homeland of China!"

Li An said with a sigh.

"Li Shilang, what did you say? The lowly officials are all confused. ”

The subordinates listened to Ang Lee's self-talk, and the subordinates were a little confused.

Li An suddenly had a whim, looked at his subordinates with a smile, and said, "If someone tells you that this official is not from this era, but from more than a thousand years later, will you believe it?" ”

"From a thousand years later, how is this possible, Li Shilang, these words can't be said nonsense."

The subordinates were so frightened that they all looked a little trembling.

After all, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, the level of science and the people's cognition are still too low-level, and things like traveling through time and space are naturally incomprehensible to people in this era, and even somewhat taboo.

Li An smiled, waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, just kidding, hahaha!" ”

After speaking, he continued to look at the fishermen who were fishing in the distance.

In order to make a living, these fishermen are constantly fishing, and at the same time, from time to time, they raise their heads and look at the passing Datang fleet.

Although most of them had seen the large steam ships in the port of Guangzhou, they were still very excited to see such a large fleet at one time, and they wanted to take a few more looks, as if it would be a great loss to take a few more looks.

Li An is very happy to see so many Datang fishing boats fishing here in the Nansha area, which is enough to show that the ancestors of China have long been active here, and there is no doubt that this area belongs to China.

If people in later generations can come to this era to take a look, they will not accuse China of bullying the small and drawing the national border to the doorstep of others. Because this is our land in the first place, it has never belonged to anyone else, and these territories have always belonged to the Chinese people.

At this time, the Datang fishermen were able to fish in the Nansha waters with great peace of mind, which made Li An sigh very much, the Chinese people of later generations were not so lucky, when they went out fishing, they were easily bullied by the official ships of the surrounding small countries, and even had to endure the attack of guns and artillery, and many times, even their lives could not be saved, which can be said to have suffered humiliation.

The reason is that in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Empire was the most powerful benevolent country in the world, and it had enough strength to back up its own people, and the surrounding countries naturally did not dare to make trouble unreasonably, and even, these kingdoms were all affiliated with the Tang Dynasty, and they had to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year, so there was naturally no reason to interfere with the fishing of the Tang Dynasty fishermen, and their naval strength was too weak, so they were afraid that they might not be able to deal with the Tang Dynasty fishermen, and the fishing technology of this era was very backward. All kinds of fish in the reef can never be caught, anyway, they are all natural resources, whoever catches it is whom, the truth is as simple as that, and in later generations, because the fishing machine is too advanced and too much, many fish resources are on the verge of extinction, so that there is naturally a competition, and various contradictions are highlighted.

"The fish caught here, after landing in Guangzhou, can be transported all the way to Chang'an City by train, and when we return to Chang'an City, maybe we can still eat the fish they catch now? Ha ha! ”

Li An put down the binoculars and said with a smile.

The subordinate stepped forward and said with a smile: "Are these fishermen shrewd? They all know that live fish are more valuable than dead fish, so when they encounter valuable fish, they will carefully raise them with seawater, only worthless fish, they will pile them up in the warehouse under the boat, these live fish will be sold to fishmongers at a higher price, and then the fishmongers will carefully serve these live fish in wooden barrels filled with seawater, all the way to Chang'an City, and finally sell them to the fishmongers in the capital at a higher price, and then, these valuable live fish will enter the high-end restaurants in the capital, as well as the noble palace, and even the palace, These are the credit of Li Shilang, if it were not for Li Shilang to build the railway, it would be difficult to transport the live fish here in Guangzhou to the capital, and it is estimated that it will be completely stinky on the way. ”

This is the truth, the sea fish in the wooden barrel raising, is the need for higher technology, only all aspects of the preparation is very sufficient, these fish can survive, if there is any lack of preparation, these live fish will have to turn the belly, and a large number of live fish is not possible enough to be careful enough to take care of one by one, therefore, naturally it is necessary to use the shortest possible time to transport these live fish to the capital.