Chapter 338: Winter Wheat

Since ancient times, the inspection work has been the most comfortable and comfortable work, as a leader, to go to the subordinate units to inspect, both comfortable and can increase knowledge, but also to play in the mountains and rivers, the subordinate units also have good food and drink to entertain, I am afraid that there is nothing more comfortable than this. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Therefore, the favorite job of leaders throughout the ages is to inspect everywhere, which is called a business trip, but in fact, what exactly they did, who can say? Take advantage of the opportunity of a business trip to visit the mountains and rivers, flirt with the little lady, inspect and inspect the green building, and experience it, the taste needs to be said.

Of course, Ang Lee is still more responsible, although the main time is spent enjoying the scenery and leisure, but at least he also walked around all the carriages, which can be regarded as a passing scene, and he also walked around the train station for a while, and gave guidance on the problem of falling leaves, which can be regarded as very qualified.

Dinner is naturally full of food, but it is still slightly inferior to the food in Ang Lee's mansion, after eating, Ang Lee took a few guards and enjoyed the night view of the entire railway station on a high platform at the railway station.

In order to ensure safety, at night, the railway station is patrolled back and forth, and in order to detect suspicious people in time, there is a pillar of fire at every certain distance at the railway station, which can illuminate the space within a radius of dozens of steps nearby.

Li An took out his binoculars and conducted a detailed inspection of the entire Luoyang Railway Station, found a lot of hidden sentry posts, and praised the stationmaster of the Luoyang Railway Station who rushed over, saying that he had done a good job in defense by combining light and darkness.

The inspection went very smoothly, and the next morning, Li An took the train back to Chang'an City, and returned to his other courtyard in the evening.

Two days before the emperor's visit to Luoyang City, the railway operation was suspended, and most of the trains were used to transport troops, transporting 20,000 Longwu soldiers and horses to Luoyang City, and immediately taking control of Luoyang City and the surrounding strategic points.

A small number of soldiers and horses were also stationed in the county and state towns along the way to ensure the safety of the emperor along the way.

Of course, when the emperor traveled, there were more soldiers and horses, and they took the train to escort the emperor.

This time, Li Longji toured Luoyang City, mainly because the railway system has been very successful, and it is more convenient to travel, Li Longji wants to experience the feeling of taking a long-distance train, and in addition, he has not been to Luoyang City for many years.

In the early days of his rule, Li Longji often traveled back and forth between Chang'an and Luoyang, and lived in Luoyang City for up to 11 years, for a very simple reason, the supply of materials in Chang'an City was too difficult, and in order to save national strength, Li Longji had to live in Luoyang City frequently.

The materials mentioned here are mainly grain, and the grain in Guanzhong is difficult to meet the needs of Chang'an City, which has a population of one million, and the main grain producing area of Datang is in the south of the Yangtze River.

Thanks to the blessing of the Great Sui Empire, the Grand Canal leads from Luoyang to Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a road to the northeast, so Luoyang City can get a large number of materials from the northeast and the south of the Yangtze River, which can be described as abundant, but it is very difficult to transport these materials from Luoyang to Chang'an, and the labor cost to be consumed is too great.

In order to save a little, Li Longji often took the entire imperial court to Luoyang to eat, and with the gradual increase in age, Li Longji's physical strength and energy were not as good as before, and he couldn't stand the bumpy journey for most of the month, and then, under the persuasion of Li Linfu, he no longer went to Luoyang City, and lived in Chang'an City for many years.

Nowadays, the railroad tracks have been fully paved to Luoyang City, with a locomotive with sufficient power, it only takes six hours to reach Luoyang City, and sitting in the train, you basically can't feel the bumps, which makes it extremely easy for Li Longji to visit Luoyang City.

This time he visited Luoyang City, most of the officials in the court would accompany him, and Li Longji was even more gracious and allowed the officials to bring their families to accompany the concubines in the palace to talk and relieve boredom.

Li An originally wanted to take Yan Ruyu to Luoyang City to relax, but when he thought that Yan Ruyu had a big belly, it was inconvenient to travel, and in addition, the maid at home also had to take care of Yan Ruyu, so he couldn't accompany him, Zhao Liu was a housekeeper, of course, he couldn't leave home, so Li An could only travel alone and accompany the emperor to the east.

Although Li Longji had said that when traveling, the number of people should be controlled at about 5,000, but he had already ordered that the ministers' families should be allowed to accompany them, so the number of people must be far more than 5,000, but fortunately, the railway has been suspended, and all trains will serve Li Longji's eastbound, with the capacity of these trains, not to mention 5,000 people, even 30,000 horses can be transported at one time.

In addition, since it is necessary to stay for a period of time after arriving in Luoyang City, for this reason, the royal family and ministers must bring all kinds of items that need to be used.

The number of these items is really a lot, but fortunately, there are freight trains with strong transportation capacity, and it is not a big problem to transport these materials at one time.

Before the emperor set off, a large number of eunuchs, palace maids and guards had been busy transporting all kinds of materials onto the freight train, so that when the emperor set off, he could keep up in time, so that the emperor would not be able to find these royal things after arriving in Luoyang City.

A freight train carries 50 carriages, and in order to transport all kinds of supplies, the railway bureau uses three trains to load all the supplies onto the train.

The passenger train is even more exaggerated, with a full fifteen trains.

In addition to the most luxurious royal trains, there are also two noble-level purple trains, and the rest are ordinary trains.

After the improvement of the royal train, it carried twenty carriages, of which the emperor had as many as three carriages, one for sleeping, one for dining and leisure, and one for decorating the city into a small court, in which it was not a problem to go to court.

In addition, in order to prevent noise infection, the emperor's carriage starts from the third to the fifth section, and the first two carriages are soft sleeper class comprehensive carriages used by palace maids and eunuchs, which can not only listen to rest, but also place various items needed by the emperor to serve the emperor at any time.

At the beginning of the sixth section, they are all continuous soft sleeper carriages, which can accommodate ministers and concubines in the harem, it depends on the emperor's wishes, of course, they must not be arranged at the same time, ministers and concubines must not be mixed together, and finally there is a dining car and a stable carriage.

On this trip, Li Longji brought a lot of people, including many concubines, but he planned to put all the concubines on the noble-level purple red special train, let them walk with the noble women, and only take Yang Yuhuan, who had not yet been canonized, with him, which shows that he is very fortunate to Yang Yuhuan.

Since the operation of the railway has been stopped, for this reason, this time the emperor travels, both railways can be used, which belong to the double line, but it must be ensured that there can be no accompanying train next to Li Longji's royal special train, so as not to block the line of sight and affect Li Longji's enjoyment of the scenery outside the car.

In order to ensure the smooth operation of the emperor's eastern tour of Luoyang City, all the staff of the Railway Bureau were all busy, and the railway stations of Chang'an and Luoyang were being cleaned all the time.

After getting ready together, the emperor set off on time and left the Chang'an City Railway Station outside the north gate of Daming Palace.

Facing the rising sun, Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan boarded the royal special train and entered the third carriage, while Li An and several prime ministers entered the sixth carriage and each had a small private room to prevent each other from interfering with each other.

As all the personnel got on the train one after another, the train began to start slowly, running towards Luoyang City at a constant speed.

"San Lang, can we really reach Luoyang City before dark?"

Yang Yuhuan looked at the scenery outside the window and asked.

"The railway has been running for more than ten days, of course it can be reached in six hours, and there is no doubt about this, Aman will soon arrive in Luoyang City."

Li Longji said seriously.

"San Lang, let's go to a few carriages and take a walk!"

Yang Yuhuan found that in front of the royal carriage, there was actually a carriage, and he wanted to take a look

Although the two carriages in front of this are for palace maids and eunuchs, because they are royal special trains, the facilities are still relatively luxurious, and they are also the emperor's activity space in the carriages.

"San Lang, Li Shilang is really thoughtful! Even the place where the palace maids and eunuchs live is so noble. ”

Yang Yuhuan walked in the first carriage and said with a smile.

"Li Shilang is my talent in the Tang Dynasty, and I think about him everywhere, and I will not treat him badly."

"San Lang, do you think Li Shilang will invent a pair of wings, so that we can fly in the sky like birds."

Yang Yuhuan asked curiously.

"Aman, you want to fly in the sky, haha! I'll be sure to ask Li Shilang if he can invent a pair of wings. ”

Li Longji laughed, he felt that Yang Yuhuan was too whimsical, flying in the sky was exclusive to birds, how could people fly to the sky?

Walking to the fourth carriage, they saw a more luxurious dining room and a larger study area, and the comfort increased a lot.

As soon as the fifth carriage entered, what he saw was a luxuriously decorated curtain, and when he lifted the corner of the curtain, the first thing Li Longji saw was the dragon chair, in addition to the dragon chair, there were more than a dozen purple wood chairs in this carriage, and the rest was open space.

"Your Majesty, there is a dragon chair here, this must be the place where Your Majesty goes to court, Your Majesty can also summon the ministers in the car like in the Zichen Palace, Li Shilang is really thoughtful."

Yang Yuhuan walked around the empty carriage.

Li Longji reached out and touched the luxurious dragon chair and sat on it gently.

"Concubines, see Your Majesty."

Yang Yuhuan walked up to Li Longji and saluted Li Longji, who was sitting on the dragon chair.

"Flat, haha!"

Li Longji picked up Yang Yuhuan and hugged Yang Yuhuan back to the third carriage.

This time, the first five carriages are their range of motion, which is much more comfortable and convenient than the last two carriages.

After accompanying Yang Yuhuan for half an hour, Li Longji walked to the fourth carriage and sat on a chair by the window to announce Li An's visit.

"Your Majesty."

Ang Lee bowed.

"Li Shilang, don't be formal, give a seat."

Li Longji asked Li An to sit down.

Li An was also not polite, sat down directly, and waited for the emperor's inquiry.

"Li Shilang, you saw it! The people outside the window were plowing the fields and preparing to plant wheat, and all the seeds they used were allocated by the treasury of the country, and even if there was no harvest, these people would have nothing to lose. ”

Li Longji looked out the window and said proudly.

Although he didn't know if the wheat would freeze to death if it was planted, he believed in Li An's judgment, so he did not hesitate to allocate wheat seeds from the treasury for the people to try to plant, and the harvested grain belonged to the people.

Looking at the scene of cattle plowing the land outside the car window, Li An said respectfully: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen's judgment should not be wrong, these wheat planting, before the spring ploughing next year, will definitely be ripe, and as long as the people taste the sweetness, after the autumn harvest next year, all the people will rush to plant wheat, in this way, the grain output in Guanzhong is expected to double, and Guanzhong will no longer be short of grain." ”

"I also hope so, if that is the case, my Datang's national strength will increase a lot, and the people will be more prosperous."

Li Longji looked even more excited.

Li An looked out the window, and saw that the common people were driving the cattle with difficulty, and saw the hard work in the fields, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, ploughing the land with oxen, both people and cattle are hard, and the efficiency of ploughing is also very slow. ”

"Oh, it's great that Li Shilang can also develop machinery for cultivating land, Li Shilang is bold to do it, I will fully support it, hahaha!"

Li Longji was overjoyed when he heard this, if he could replace the ploughing cattle with powerful machinery, the burden of arable land on the common people would definitely be reduced a lot, so that the same labor could take care of more fields, and the output of grain would of course be greater.

"Yes, Your Majesty, after returning to the capital, Wechen will immediately start developing, before next year's spring ploughing, it will definitely be successfully developed, by the way, Wechen in addition to the research and development of ploughing machinery, but also research and development of pumping machinery, so that there is no need to use bulky water wheels, even in the season of great drought, you can also draw water from rivers and lakes with water to irrigate arid farmland."

Li An looked at the waterwheel outside the window, and suddenly thought of the pumping machinery, as long as there is power, the pumping machinery should not be difficult to make.

"Pumping machinery? Can water from a ditch be pumped directly into the field? How much better can it be compared to a waterwheel? ”

Li Longji is still very concerned about projects related to people's livelihood.

"Your Majesty, as long as you build a bigger one, you can drain all the water in the Taiye Pool within a few days."

Ang Lee gave an exaggerated analogy.

"Within a few days, all the water in the Taiye Pool will be drained, it is so powerful, Li Shilang must go all out to develop it, as long as there is such a machine, in the future, I Datang will no longer have to worry about drought."

Li Longji's expression looked very excited.