(In the past two days, the daughter-in-law took her daughter to Weihai to play, and Rong Yanyu asked for a leave, which is only about 4,000 words a day in the past few days, I hope you understand.) ）

Since the hot sales of bicycles in Yizhou last year, a wave of bicycle boom has been triggered in the entire Datang and even in surrounding countries.

And the bicycle has also become a tyrant and a symbol of status.

However, because of the small sales volume, many local tyrants who acted a little late have nowhere to buy if they have money.

And this year, China Commercial Bank finally launched the bicycle again.

Moreover, the bike launched this year is still new.

The style is more novel and more beautiful.

Of course, the price is also expensive.

Last year's bicycle price was 10,000 yuan, and this year's new bicycle price has come to 15,000 yuan.

But even though the price is half as expensive, it is still being robbed.

"Hey, have you heard? China Commercial Bank has launched a bicycle again! ”

"Really? Are you sure? Laifu, Laifu, take 10,000 yuan and follow me! ”

"Cut, 10,000 dollars? That was last year's price, and this year's price has risen to 15,000 yuan. ”

"Huh? Why did it go up so much? Didn't you pay back 10,000 yuan last year? Why did the price rise by half all at once this year? ”

"Don't know, do you? This year's launch is a new bicycle, and this year's new model, last year's bicycle, is simply a turtle! ”

"Really? Is it? That's great, haha! Laifu, Laifu, take 30,000 yuan, come with me! ”

Such dialogues are happening everywhere in Datang.

Even because the price is half more expensive, it stimulates the desire of those rich people to buy even more.

Even the local tyrants who had already bought a bicycle last year will have to buy a new bike this year.

I can't help it, because a new model has been launched this year.

And the price of the new model is more expensive, and the style is better.

Wouldn't it be too outdated to go out now and still ride last year's old bike?

Since there is a new one, you must ride a new one, so that you can save face.

For a time, the new bicycle has once again become a beautiful scenery in the entire Datang territory.

At the same time, a kind of small cart also quietly appeared in Datang.

Its appearance is not as eye-catching as that of a bicycle, it does not have as much attention, and it does not attract the attention of the upper class at all.

However, among the people, it has also caused quite a stir.

The body of this small cart is made of iron, but the tires are made of rubber.

The body is not large, but the whole car is very lightweight, and it is very labor-saving to push.

Compared to the bulky wooden wheeled vehicles they used to use, I don't know how much effort they have to save.

And the price of such a small cart is not too expensive, only five hundred dollars for a car.

500 yuan, although it is a bit expensive, but compared with the price of 15,000 yuan for a bicycle, it is a small thing, and it is not worth mentioning at all.

At this price, the vast majority of families in Datang can afford it.

And after their experiments, they found that this kind of small cart is really practical, very aspect, and very flexible.

Therefore, this kind of small cart has quickly become popular among the people.

What Li Su said to Wu Meiniang was to use half of the rubber and use it for other purposes, which was actually used to produce tires for small carts.

In fact, the profit of a small cart cannot be compared with that of a bicycle.

The cost of a bicycle is only about 200 yuan, and the price of a bicycle is 15,000 yuan, which is too impressive.

And the price of a small cart is only 500 yuan, and in terms of profit alone, there is no comparison with a bicycle at all.

But the bicycle is just a tool used by those local tyrants to carry thirteen, and the small cart can really improve the lives of the people.

Therefore, Li Su did not hesitate to take out half of the rubber to produce small carts.

Well, this year, the planting area of rubber trees has been further expanded.

Because the profits brought by rubber are very rich, Yunnan and other places, suitable for planting rubber trees, the vast majority of them are now planted with rubber trees.

By next year, rubber production will reach a new high, and then it will be possible to produce more new products.

……

At the end of the year, the construction of the train line from Hangzhou to Yizhou was completed, and as long as the inspection is completed, the line can be completed.

The railway line from Chang'an to Hangzhou will probably not be completed until next year.

However, as long as the railway route from Hangzhou to Yizhou is opened, if the people of Hangzhou want to go to Chang'an, they can make a detour to Yizhou first, and then go to Chang'an.

That's just three days.

And if they go directly from Hangzhou to Chang'an, I'm afraid it won't take many months.

As long as the railway line from Hangzhou to Yizhou is passed, it can greatly save their time.

The inspection of the train line is a very troublesome and cumbersome matter, and it cannot be completed overnight.

However, none of these troubles are troubles in front of the system.

Li Su detected through the system and found three abnormal places, which only needed a small trim to get through.

The stations along the route have been built, and now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

Because the route of this route is too long, and most of them are within the sphere of influence of the five surnames and seven hopes.

The safety of this route is definitely not completely protected by Li Su.

As a result, Li relinquished control of the railway route.

Instead, he handed over control to Tang Emperor Li Shimin.

After all, this railway route was built with the funds of the imperial court, and the Chinese Commercial Bank did not invest a penny in it.

After handing over to the imperial court, the railway safety of the railway is naturally the responsibility of the imperial court.

Something happened, and I couldn't find his head.

Li Su believed that if something went wrong with this railway route, his father would not hesitate to raise the butcher's knife to the family.

This is the bottom line of his father, and Li Su believes that the family will never dare to break through the bottom line of his father.

And as long as the family doesn't do it, then with the power of the imperial court, it is enough to protect the safety of this route.

However, although Li Su did not contribute to the construction of this railway, the locomotive must be provided by him.

This locomotive can make the China Commercial Bank station have a 10% dividend.

With this dividend, Li Su feels that it will not take a few years to earn back the investment.

After the line was completely renovated, Li Su quietly exchanged a steam train from the system and put it on the railroad tracks from Yizhou to Hangzhou.

And the next thing needs to be worried about by Su Pengcheng, Minister of Railways.

Now, in the entire scope of Datang, there is only Su Pengcheng who is an all-round expert in railways.

For the safety and management ability of the railway, Su Pengcheng is still above Li Su.

Therefore, the counterparts of the new railway line naturally need Su Pengcheng to take the helm.

Originally, Su Pengcheng was only the Minister of Railways of Jiannan Province.

And now, Tang Emperor Li Shimin officially established the Ministry of Railways in Datang, and Su Peng became the Minister of Railways, with a grade of positive five grades.

If the official rank of the fifth rank is promoted step by step through the formal imperial examination, this time may take ten years, or even fifteen years or longer.

And now?

Su Pengcheng only took four or five years, and as the Minister of Railways, this is real power.

This is just the beginning.

Li Shimin plans to build five railway lines in Datang within 10 years, striving to connect the entire Datang.

Once these five railways are completed, the transportation capacity of the entire Datang will be significantly improved.

At that time, the central government's control over the localities will be further strengthened.

For example, Datang's ability to control the border is actually very weak.

For example, there are some border areas.

The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the people where may not even know the existence of the emperor, but only know the local magistrates.

However, after the passage of trains, this kind of thing will no longer exist.

What Su Pengcheng needs to do now is to train talents on the railway for Datang as soon as possible.

Now there are only two railways to pass, and the number of people needed may reach thousands or even tens of thousands.

The talent gap is huge.

Moreover, these talents must be able to read and write.

Those scholars who worked hard to study were dedicated to the imperial examination.

And those who can afford to read are basically from well-to-do families, and they are not very likely to work on the railroad.

Therefore, for a while, the people of Jiannan Road became fragrant and sweet.

Because throughout the entire Tang Dynasty, only Jiannan Taoism is the best, and among the people, the literacy rate is the highest.

And the job of the railway department, even if it is a railway maintenance worker, it is also an iron rice bowl, high salary, those ordinary people, that is not envious?

However, even if it is the entire Jiannan Dao, it is difficult to find so many people for a while.

However, it is enough for the time being in the early stage, and we need to continue to recruit later.

In the next ten years, Datang will continue to build railways, at least five more.

After the construction of these five railways, how many more people will be needed?

Knowledge changes destiny!

As a result, the entire Tang Dynasty, the number of people who began to read and write, began to increase.

Because of Hanyu Pinyin and several enlightenment books with pinyin, annotations, and punctuation, the threshold for self-study has been greatly reduced.

As long as you learn Hanyu Pinyin, you will be able to learn on your own with these enlightenment books.

However, if you want to learn further, you need a dictionary.

Fortunately, the price of a Datang dictionary is not expensive, and ordinary families can afford it.

Therefore, after this incident, a learning atmosphere suddenly arose in the entire Datang.

Not to mention the learning of the whole people, it is not much different.

This change surprised Li Shimin and the Manchu civil and military forces.

It turns out that educating the people is so simple.

There is no need for much propaganda for them at all, and there is no need for them to preach the theories of saints.

As long as the threshold for reading is lowered and the benefits of reading are increased, the people will rush to it.

After many years of hard work and hard work, they tried to educate the people but could not get it.

But now, the king of Shu doesn't need to do it at all.

It's just that the threshold for reading is lowered and the benefits of reading are increased, and the people will learn spontaneously.

Such a scene has to make them reflect.

……

The locomotive is already there, and the next thing is to pass.

And now selling tickets, it's not like in later generations, when the train hasn't left yet, you can buy tickets at every station.

Now, except for the departure station, other stations have to wait until the train comes to determine whether there are any empty seats on it and whether they can sell tickets.

When the ticket sales from Chang'an to Hangzhou began, at the departure station, there were not many tickets sold, only one-tenth of them were sold.

This made Li Su frown.

How can it be so little?

This is the first time that the train has been opened, and if there are only so many people, I am afraid that the train will lose money when it runs this trip.

However, earn more and earn less, anyway, Li Su didn't expect this to make money.

Even if it can't make money, it is still very necessary for Datang to open this railway line.

After Princess Qin Mengxin came back from Chang'an, she had been sullen, and Li Su was ready to accompany her.

As soon as Li Su walked out of the door, a round little guy jumped up and hugged his legs.

Li Su looked down and saw that it was the panda Panpan.

The little guy jumped very fast, and now his body length was about a meter.

The weight, Li Su estimated that it was more than 100 catties.

The little guy hugged Li Su's leg and didn't let go, as if he was complaining about Li Su, and he didn't play well with him for so long.

Li squatted down with a smile, stroked its head and said, "Okay, okay, I have time these days, can I take you out to play?" ”

And Pan Pan seemed to understand Li Su's words and nodded with satisfaction.

Only then did he let go of the claws holding Li Su's legs, followed Li Su leisurely, and walked towards the princess's courtyard.

The little guy is black and white, and he is furry.

And then there is a big dark circle under the eyes, and the aisle style of the inner figure is not to mention how cute.

The maids I met along the way were all overturned by Panpan.

Although you can see it almost every day, it is still immune.

Not long after, Li Su came to the courtyard where the princess lived and found that the princess Qin Mengxin was in a daze in the courtyard.

Li Su walked over, grabbed her soft, and then asked, "Mengxin, are you worried about grandma's body again?" If you're really not at ease, you might as well take your grandma to Yizhou. ”

"Let her come here to relax, the medical conditions here are also more developed than Chang'an City. I'm sure she'll love it. ”

Hearing Li Su's words, Qin Mengxin couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Grandma is used to it in Chang'an, I'm afraid he won't come to Yizhou." And, most importantly, I'm not just worried about my grandmother's health, but a request made by my grandmother, and I really can't do it, and I don't know how to explain it to her until next year! ”

Hearing Qin Mengxin's words, Li Su couldn't help patting his chest and said, "Mengxin, what is grandma's request?" You tell this king, this king doesn't believe it, and there are things that this king can't do! ”

Qin Mengxin couldn't help but say faintly: "Grandma told me to go back next year with my great-grandson or great-granddaughter, otherwise, don't go back." ”

Ga?

Hearing Qin Mengxin's words, Li Su's face couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

This old lady is so funny.

How old is Mengxin, it's still too dangerous to have a child now!

There's really no way to do this requirement......