In order to ensure the normal order of the Lantern Festival, for the safety of the people's lives, in order to prevent Zhao Yufu and his story from being further escalated, and for the safety of his whole family, Li Ang chose another way to visit the Lantern Festival, standing on the third floor of the restaurant, watching the lively scene outside with his family. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This method is not as lively as going directly into the street, but it has an additional sense of condescending superiority, which can also make people very comfortable.

The shopkeeper of the hotel naturally recognized Ang Lee, and even, many of the vegetable and fruit materials and recipes in their hotel came from Ang Lee's courtyard, and the hotel shopkeeper attached great importance to Ang Lee's arrival, not only did not hesitate to give the three-layer package to Ang Lee, but also took out the best wine and food in the hotel to entertain Ang Lee, as for the price, it was all preferential cost price.

People don't have much interest in eating and drinking, but when they are hungry, they eat casually, and spend more time admiring the lanterns and pedestrians on the streets, or talking to each other about topics of common interest.

Good wine and good food can be eaten at any time, for Li An and others, it is not a very difficult thing at all, but the lanterns of the Shangyuan Festival are not every day to have the opportunity to appreciate, there is only one chance a year, besides, Zhao Yufu and Tang Er will leave Chang'an tomorrow, and the next time they meet will be at least a year later, or several years.

"Tang'er, is the sugar gourd here? Take it. ”

Li An took the sugar gourd that Zhao Liu bought and handed one to Tang Er.

"Oh, the sugar gourd is so sweet!"

Baby Tang looked very happy.

"Daddy, I want it too."

"Okay, brute, you can have one too, hold it firm."

Li An is still a little uneasy about Man'er, after all, a child who is only a little more than a year old can hold the sugar gourd steadily.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Seeing that the two sisters were eating sugar gourds, Guo'er in Yan Ruyu's arms cried, obviously, he also wanted to eat a sugar gourd, but unfortunately he was too young to eat it at all.

"Huh! Do you want to eat one of the fruits? Then eat more milk, grow up quickly, and when you grow up, you can eat sugar gourds. ”

Li An smiled and teased Xiao Guo'er, pinching it on its tender little face.

"Husband, Guo'er seems to be really hungry, I'll go to the next room to nurse him."

Yan Ruyu said and walked to the next room.

Man'er was too small, holding a sugar gourd in her hand, and she couldn't hold it at all, so Man'er had to help her hold it to prevent the sugar gourd from falling to the ground, and Tang'er stood by Man'er's side, competing with Man'er to eat sugar gourds.

Zhao Yufu and Li An stood on the balcony, looking at the bustling lantern festival outside.

"Li Lang, when did you say that our Dongnu Kingdom would be as rich as Datang?"

Zhao Yufu looked at the lively street outside and asked very enviously.

"It will be very soon, or in a few years, Datang will lay the railway to Yizhou, and has been extending to the East Woman Country, as long as the track is laid to the East Woman Country, the connection between Datang and the East Woman Country will become more and more convenient, so that the East Woman Country will soon become very prosperous."

Li An envisioned that Datang's strategic railway is to lead to Datang in all directions, and Yizhou is very important to Datang, of course, it must be opened to the railway, but its importance is not as important as the core of Anxi and Shandong, so it needs to be delayed for a few years, first focus on laying the most important railway, and then develop the second most important railway.

"Really? Does Datang really plan to pave the railway to the East Women's Kingdom? ”

Zhao Yufu looked very happy.

"Of course, Datang's railway will be paved to all places that can be reached, including Dongnu Country, of course."

"That's really good, if the railway is built, it only takes two or three days to reach Chang'an City from Dongnu Country, and if you come to Chang'an City in the future, you don't have to walk for a month."

Zhao Yufu was very happy, the construction of the railway can not only promote the economic development of Dongnu Kingdom and Datang, but also facilitate her to arrive in Chang'an City faster in the future.

"Husband, you are leaving Chang'an City tomorrow, I will give you a small gift."

Ang Lee said as he took out a folded map from the side.

"Gift, what is this?"

Zhao Yufu looked at the folded map curiously.

"Husband, you see, this is the map of the world that I drew by myself, and all the places in the whole world are marked on this drawing, and in addition to the terrain such as cities, rivers, mountains, and deserts, important facilities such as railways and bridges laid by the Tang Dynasty in the future are also marked, and even the time when these railways were laid are marked on it."

Ang Lee unfolded the map and opened his mouth to introduce.

On this map, the railways that Datang has built and will be built are marked, and many railways that are planned to be built but have not yet started are marked, and the construction dates of these railways that have not yet started are marked on it, as long as everything goes well, it can be built on time.

"This map is really carefully marked, it turns out that Dongnu Kingdom is only such a small piece in the whole world, this black intermittent line must be the railway that Datang will lay in the future, I really hope that this railway can start as soon as possible, Li Lang, thank you for the gift, I like it very much."

Zhao Yufu was very satisfied with the map sent by Li An and happily accepted it, but she was also very interested in many areas on the map, and asked for a long time, which made Li An's explanation hurt in his throat.

"By the way, Troll, there is a technique that is very useful to Dongnuguo, I can tell you the recipe."

Ang Lee suddenly thought of something.

"A technology that is very important to us in the East Women's Country? What is the technology? ”

Zhao Yufu asked very curiously.

"It's cement and concrete technology, the materials used to make these two things, and they are everywhere near your Dongnu country, so that you can use this technology to improve the roads in Dongnuguo, and even, build strong bridges to facilitate the communication between the people in the country, and you can also better contact Datang, so that Datang can pave the railway to Dongnuguo in the future."

Li An Zhengse said.

"Isn't cement and concrete just the materials used to build the viewing platform, can you really give it to us in Dongnuguo?"

"Of course you can, this technology is not complicated, and most of the states and counties in Datang have begun to make cement and concrete, and use them to pave roads and bridges, the secrets of this technology will be leaked sooner or later, of course there will be no problem with you."

Li An smiled and told Zhao Yufu about the materials and technologies used to make cement and concrete.

Zhao Yufu was very happy to get the formula for making cement and concrete, so that Dongnuguo could make cement in China and use it to build roads and pave bridges, as long as the roads were all cemented, the passage would become easier, and there would be no need to worry about the width of the ruts.

The Lantern Festival lasted until the second half of the night, and as soon as the middle of the night passed, there were many fewer pedestrians on the streets, and Ang Lee also returned to the courtyard with a large family.

Since early the next morning, Zhao Yufu was about to leave Chang'an City and return to the territory of Dongnu Kingdom, so on the night of the Lantern Festival, Li An naturally accompanied Zhao Yufu and pampered him well.

Early in the morning of the second day, Li An personally sent Zhao Yufu out of the capital, and gave Zhao Yufu a lot of practical gifts, so that she could take them back to Dongnuguo.

In addition, in the half month since Zhao Yufu arrived in Chang'an City, Li An has modernized the carriage that Zhao Yufu was riding, installed a spring shock absorption system, and many internal facilities have also been improved, so that sitting in such an improved carriage will feel very comfortable and save the pain of bumps.

Years later, the work was carried out more smoothly, and the cooperation between the local heroes and the aristocracy made the output of iron ore greatly improved, and with sufficient iron materials, rails, bridges and machinery had sufficient raw materials, and the development speed was further accelerated.

With the gradual popularization of agricultural machinery in Guanzhong and even all parts of the country, the output of grain has gradually increased, and the demand for labor has decreased a lot, so that a large number of agricultural population has been saved, and entered the industry and handicraft industry, and the tertiary industry of various service properties has also begun to flourish, and the prosperity of commerce has been greatly accelerated.

At the time of spring ploughing, there was good news from the west and north, from Chang'an City to Yumen Pass and Zhongshou City, the strategic railway was fully connected, and it took only one year, this speed may not be able to catch up even in later generations, after all, Datang directly invested more than one million people for these two railways, and the speed of construction will not be slow.

After the railway was repaired, it was immediately operated, and a large number of newly built trains were put into these two lines, among them, the trains leading to Yumen Pass accounted for the vast majority, after all, this line is the main artery of the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty, and the business exchanges are particularly frequent, and the circulation of materials is also relatively large.

As for the line leading to the surrendered city, a small number of trains were put in, the population density in the north is small, there are only some grassland tribes, the number of materials circulating is relatively small, and the demand for trains is relatively small, but the defense of the north is very important, so this railway was specially built to quickly transport troops to the north in the event of an emergency, control the situation in the north, and in the future, this railway will continue to be built to the north to completely control the northern grasslands. Prevent the grassland peoples from moving south to threaten the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, due to the decrease in the demand for the agricultural population, the industrial population increased considerably, and the number of craftsmen specializing in the construction of railways was as high as 200,000, and the total number of craftsmen engaged in machine building exceeded 150,000, in addition to a large number of non-agricultural people such as bridges, mining, and handicrafts.

In addition, with the opening of low-tech workshops such as cement factories and various minerals in various states and counties, many agricultural populations will also choose to work in nearby industrial and mining workshops during the slack time, so as to earn more money, so that the actual population engaged in industry will be larger, which is also Ang Lee's original intention, to transfer a large number of low-tech and high-demand workshops to all parts of the country, and use the surplus labor force in various places for production.

Even, many cement workshops and mines, in order to attract more people to work, have made a clear promise that they will stop production when the farming is busy, so that the people can do the farm work with peace of mind, and then start working after the farm work is over.

In this way, with the gradual popularization of these low-tech workshops, most of the population of the Tang Dynasty will have the opportunity to participate in the industrialization action, so that with the higher and higher participation rate, it is very beneficial to the entire industrialization process of the Tang Empire.

After the railway to Yumen Pass and Zhongshou City was completed, the next step of railway laying work was put on the agenda.

The next step in laying the railway is still to start construction of two lines at the same time, the first is Yumen Pass to Shule Town in Anxi, and the other is from Luoyang City to Laizhou by the sea.

The railway line from Yumen Pass to Shule Town is very long, 5,000 miles away, much longer than the 3,000 li from the capital to Yumen Pass.

The railway line from Luoyang City to Laizhou is less than 2,000 miles, which is much closer than the railway line to Shule Town, but this railway line has to pass through a large number of rivers, and many large rivers have to build bridges, so although the length of this railway line is not much, it is much more difficult to build than the western railway line.

However, this railway line also has a great advantage, that is, the human resources along the way are extremely abundant, as long as the imperial court orders, it is completely possible to mobilize millions of people along the way to participate in the construction of the railway.

In this way, it only takes a year at most, and this railway line of less than 2,000 miles can be completed.

This railway line has long been determined, and more than half of the dozens of bridges along the route have been built, and the largest Jishui Bridge will be completed in three months at most, which will not affect the construction of the railway at all.

After some discussion, the Tang Dynasty finally decided to send 150,000 of the 200,000 professional railway construction teams to Yumen Pass to build the railway to Shule Town, and the remaining 50,000 horses were responsible for building the railway from Luoyang City to Laizhou.

Despite this, the distribution is suspected of favoring Anxi, but due to the gap in manpower along the way, the railway in the east can be completed within a year, while the railway on the Anxi side may take two or three years to be completed.

After the decree of the imperial court was issued, the laying of the two railways officially began, with sufficient resources, it was a smooth work, and even, the railway has not used wooden sleepers, but chose to use concrete materials, which not only saves trouble, but also the use of concrete is much more reliable than wood materials, and it is much cheaper.

After the two railways officially began to be laid, the next step of the railway laying plan was also put on the agenda, and the step of the railway laying plan designed by Li An was very huge, which can be described as a whole line.