Chapter 587: Wang Li Returns to Beijing
It took three full years to build the Xianqu Railway, and Li Chen's plan for the Xianyue Railway was also three years. Although it is also a three-year project, the amount of work on the Xianyue Railway can be more than double that of the Xianqu Railway.
In Guanzhong, where the Xianyue Railway passes, Sanqin is the most densely populated place in Daqin City, so the first half of the main Xianyue Railway can be said to have a lot of branch lines, like a dense spider web.
Three years later, the Xianyue Railway was officially opened to traffic.
Of course, a lot of things happened in the past three years. Among them, the most important is that Great Qin completely wiped out the Kushan Empire and occupied the vast grasslands of Outer Mongolia in the previous life.
The people of the Kushan Empire were not fools, and they naturally saw that if Great Qin had built the railway. Then they can only let Daqin handle it, and before Daqin builds the railway, they can still beat Daqin to support slowly.
However, it is clear that the Kushan Empire overestimated itself and underestimated Great Qin. After so many years of cultivation and recuperation, Daqin's musket equipment has reached a terrifying level. Even, Daqin has already researched a repeating pistol similar to the one in his previous life, Mark Core. Under the powerful firepower of Great Qin, the old-fashioned cavalry charge of the Kushan people was simply lined up to be shot.
Da Qin is no longer the Great Qin of the past, and the reason why he didn't fight Guishuang before was entirely because there was no conflict of interest, and it was really unnecessary to go all the way to fight him. And when Guishuang leaked the intention of forcibly preventing Daqin from building a railway, Daqin immediately leaked a thunderous momentum.
To exterminate the Kushan Empire and occupy the entire territory of the Kushan Empire, Great Qin only used 100,000 troops, which took only 11 months. At this moment, Great Qin's troops could not match.
The construction of the Xianyue Railway was completed, which meant that the cattle and sheep on the grassland could reach Xianyang by train in just a few days. At this time, the rations of the people of Daqin basically changed from high-yield grains such as sweet potatoes and potatoes to meat and vegetables.
Tigers that eat meat are much more ferocious than cattle and sheep that eat grass. The same is true for people, people who have been vegetarian for a long time cannot be strong, and good eating habits will gradually change people's genes.
With the railway, the transportation cost of all walks of life in Daqin has been reduced a lot. The cost of transportation is reduced, so the price of the product will naturally be reduced. Since the opening of the Xianyue Railway, the price of beef and mutton in the entire Xianyang City has dropped by one-fifth.
The decline of beef and mutton has even directly led to the development of nightlife in Xianyang City. Li Chen took advantage of this opportunity to choose a street near Lijiazhuang and build a night market.
The night market is a long street lined with a variety of shops. Most of these shops are filled with food, and these various delicacies permeate the streets, and anyone who comes here will swallow their mouths.
This night market is very strange, it is not open during the day, but it is not open until night. You must know that if you look at it before Daqin, there are only improper places like Goolan and Qinglou that are open this night.
However, the night market has been doing business since the first day it opened. Many people who have just finished working hard from places like Goolan and Qinglou can come to the night market to eat something to make up for it. Since the food in the night market is very delicious, people soon come to the night market to eat.
Li Chen originally established this night market, in fact, he wanted to be able to satisfy his appetite. But who knows, the fact that the generalissimo likes to eat in the night market has spread like this. And in the eyes of the people of Xianyang, the generalissimo did everything right. As a result, the business of this night market is also booming day after day.
Lijiazhuang Night Market is just the first night market, and slowly all the bustling streets in Xianyang City have opened one night market after another.
"Good guy, if you don't go back to Xianyang for a few years, has Xianyang changed so much?" Wang Li followed Li Chen along the street, looking at the dazzling array of food on both sides and couldn't help but be shocked.
A few years ago, Wang Li was transferred to Yuecheng by Li Chen, and he returned to Xianyang after the recent change of guard.
"People in their thirties, can you be more stable." Li Chen glared at Wang Li and said angrily.
"Steady, you eat and drink spicy food in Xianyang every day, looking at the food here, the food in the barracks can only be regarded as full." Wang Li said indignantly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Li complained again: "I said how my father has not been far back to the barracks since he returned to Xianyang the year before last." also said that he was old and wanted to go back to Xianyang to recuperate. Hmph, my grandfather was in his fifties. He is about to retire in his fifties, and his feelings are because Xianyang City has changed too much, and he can't open his legs. ”
"Delicious, delicious." Wang Li hugged a snack and kept boasting.
"This thing is called baked cold noodles, and the taste is really not wrong." Li Chen nodded.
"This is not bad, this is not bad." After a while, Wang Li said while holding a piece of snail noodles.
"Don't you think it stinks?" Li Chen asked.
"This incense smells fragrant, and it smells stinky." Wang Li looked intoxicated.
Wang Li, this kid, ate the entire snack street, and then touched his round belly and said, "Brother, if you transfer me back, I'll be a guard for you or something." ”
"You just like to eat." Li Chen replied angrily.
The king leaves this boy as a donkey, and if you whip him a few times, he will be able to run. I have the ability, but I'm lazy.
Of course, Li Chen will not transfer Wang Li back, Wang Li is the only seedling of the Wang family, and it is the glory of the old general Wang Qian. The glory of the Wang family is still waiting for him to inherit, how can he let him nest in Xianyang as a little guard for himself.
Wang Li took the opportunity to return to Xianyang from Yuecheng, where he had a month's rest. A month later, Wang Li was transferred to the Great Wall Legion, and began to gradually accept the job of his father, Wang Ben.
The Wang family is the strongest shield in Great Qin. Wang Jian is, Wang Ben is, and Wang Li's future is also.
Maybe he knew that he didn't stay in Xianyang for many days, and Wang Li, this kid had been running to the night market at night in the past few days, and he never got tired of eating things at night.
The food in the night market is not expensive, and it can even be said that it is very cheap. Ordinary people can also eat, as for Wang Li, according to the net worth of the Wang family, it is not a problem to buy the entire night market. As a result, Wang Li has become the God of Wealth in the eyes of these night market stall owners in the past few days.
Wang Li didn't care about money at all, and he ate with his belly open every day.
A month later, it was finally time for Wang Li to leave for the Great Wall Army.
"Brother, are you really not going to keep me as a guard? When I leave, you can't find such a suitable and caring guard? Wang Li looked at Li Chen and said reluctantly.
"No, get out." Li Chen is simply emotional.