Chapter 506: The Rails
On September 1st, the weather was sunny, and the people of Juxian County all gathered at the door of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, just opposite the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, and the first railway of Datang was about to be laid!
It will also be here to build the first railway station in Datang!
Xue Rengui was maintaining order with his own soldiers, and after these few months, the number of his personal soldiers once again recovered to 3,000!
With the leadership of the veterans, the recruits have integrated very quickly, and now they are in shape.
Su Bai was accompanied by Wang Fugui, Tang Ju and others, and Wang Qin, as the chief engineer, was taking his students to measure and make preparations.
The people around them talked a lot, they had heard before, what kind of railway was Hou Ye going to build, and now look at the iron pieces piled up into a hill, they know that it is really a 'railway'!
Many people are a little worried, the iron is still very valuable now, so much iron is placed outside, are you not afraid of people stealing it?
Some of the small vendors around are choking on Coke, and now although it is cooler on this day, the aftermath of the autumn tiger is still there, and on such a hot day, the tea stall Coke is broken.
They directly moved the stall over, a penny and a big bowl of coarse tea, this is still the drinking method handed down by Hou Ye, I was not used to it at first, but after drinking it for a long time, I tasted it.
After Wang Qin repeatedly confirmed that there was no flaw, he came to Su Bai and saluted: "Master Hou, everything is ready!" ”
Su Bai nodded, and walked onto the improvised high platform, with Tang Ju following behind him alone.
When the people saw Su Bai, the noisy voice slowly quieted down, and Su Bai used his internal strength and said, "People! Today is a major day for my Juxian County and for my Datang! Wait until the railroad is finished! After the train opens! Within half an hour, you can reach Chang'an! And rain or shine, without any weather impact! ”
The people still don't understand, what does it mean? Is this thing running that fast?
Su Bai continued: "Moreover, this train can pull hundreds of thousands of catties of heavy objects!" Dear businessmen from all over the world! As long as this train is open, your cargo transportation can be guaranteed to the greatest extent! ”
There are few people who can be businessmen who are stupid, and they directly understand the meaning of Wushuang Hou!
Su Bai said with a smile: "This railway is a direct railway from my county to Chang'an!" I built a railroad with my own money! I am the first to open the Tang Dynasty! ”
The people below were boiling, they didn't understand much, but they just felt that what Hou Ye said seemed to be very powerful!
The merchants below have another layer of understanding, and Su Bai's meaning is actually very simple, that is, the next railway may need their help to build.
Before Wushuanghou said that with the train, the transportation of goods will be guaranteed, will he let himself use it in vain? There's no such thing as a free lunch!
But the effect is really as good as Wushuang Hou said, and they will admit it when they pay for it! can intervene in the industry of the unequaled marquis, and there is no profit or loss!
But they misunderstood, Su Bai didn't intend to let them interfere from the beginning, but just planned to let them pay for it.
Su Bai continued: "The benefits of the train can be slowly experienced in the future, but the track laying is not easy, I hope all the people of Juxian can take care of it!" ”
After Su Bai finished speaking, he turned around and got off the high platform, and Tang Ju walked up, looked at the people below and said: "I believe that the people of Juxian County will take care of the railroad tracks, but it is inevitable that there will be some people from other places who want to steal iron and sabotage!" For this kind of person, we have zero tolerance in Juxian County! Once discovered, all sent to Dali Temple! ”
The two of them have a white face and a red face, and the people below understand a sentence, that is, the railroad tracks cannot be touched, and if someone touches them, they will catch them and give them to Hou Ye!
After the two finished speaking, the hour was almost over.
Wang Qin looked at the sun, nodded at Su Bai and said, "Master Hou, the hour is almost up!" ”
Su Bai nodded, raised his hand and said, "Let's start!" ”
"Yes!"
After Su Bai gave an order, bursts of deafening firecrackers rang out! This is a firecracker specially made by Su Bai! There are hundreds of thousands of rings!
The people covered their ears and looked at the red cannon paper all over the ground, while the children ran happily, hoping that they would be able to pick up two that had not exploded for a while, so that they could play with them.
After the firecrackers ended, Su Bai took a shovel and shoveled the first shovel on the ground, and then the students of the academy and the hired people shouted the trumpet and carried the sleepers to start paving!
This piece of road has already been dealt with, in order to get off to a good start today.
The workers shouted the trumpet, carried the sleepers and began to lay the mats!
The students of the college have a detailed plan for measuring and marking lines on the ground with a ruler, how far away a sleeper is, the ground situation under the sleeper, etc.
The laying of the railway this time is also a test for the students of Suzaku Academy.
Su Bai is actually a mascot for Juxian now, and Juxian without Su Bai can run very well, but in that way, everyone has no bottom in their hearts.
And as long as Su Bai is in Juxian for a day, even if he doesn't do anything, as long as the people of Juxian County know that Hou Ye is in the mansion, then no matter what he does, he has a bottom in his heart, because they know that no matter what difficulties he encounters, Hou Ye has a way!
After the mascot Su Bai shoveled a shovel of soil, he left with Yuan Hong and Wu Shi, and Wang Qin would naturally be in charge of the rest of the work.
Back at the Wushuang Marquis Mansion, Wang Xing was discussing with Wang Lang, Su Bai leaned over and heard that he knew that Wang Xing was going to Chang'an to invite a few opera troupes to come over, and during the banquet, he would eat and watch the play at the same time!
When Su Bai heard this, what else is there to invite, isn't the most popular troupe in Datang now his own chat.
Directly instructed Wang Lang to notify him, and let Liao Zhai send someone over on September 15, so that Wang Xiaobao's wedding was lively!
Han Laohu has asked Su Bai to send him to Chang'an these days, Su Bai has now become the commander of the Ghost King Army, so he has to be in charge of the manpower, the rebellion a while ago, the loss of the Ghost King Army is not small, Zhang Zhong is a good hand at fighting and scheming, and recruiting people to train soldiers is not as good as Han Laohu.
Let him go to Zhang Zhong as a lieutenant first, and come back after collecting all the people.
Li Yuerou is now with Zhao Yue'er all day long, listening to Zhao Yue'er tell her about her experience.
Wang Xiaobao is the same, the two can't meet before marriage, so Su Bai brought him to the library and asked him to enrich his knowledge.
In general, life in Juxian County is very comfortable now, without the intrigues and threats from before.
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The laying of the rails is very slow, because this kind of work does not allow for the slightest error, especially when installing the butt.
Wang Qin now understands why Su Bai asked him to make the railroad track ten meters a piece, if it is a three meter and five meters one, just splicing can exhaust them!
The workers shouted the trumpet, and after laying the sleepers, they began to lay the railroad tracks, and the students took the rulers in their hands and measured and measured, and at least three people agreed on the angle, and the rails would be paved!
According to the current progress, it will take at least two years for this railway to be repaired to Chang'an!
Children, rummaging through the red paper everywhere, occasionally two lucky children, found a squib, will shout excitedly, and then carefully put it in the pocket, waiting for a while to go home and put it with their friends.
Many merchants who came to do business looked around this section of railroad tracks, left and right, and they had never seen a train, but they had only heard of this kind of thing, as if they could run without oxen and horses, just by fire.
Now that they heard from Wushuang Hou that they can pull hundreds of thousands of catties of heavy objects, of course they are very interested!
Coupled with the words they heard Su Bai say before, they roughly guessed that Su Bai should have no money now, and at this time, he brought money to the door, presumably Wushuang Hou would not refuse him!
Those who have this kind of thought are not one person or two people, a few businessmen who react quickly, and go directly to the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce!
This kind of thing definitely needs Wang Fugui to build a bridge to guide them.
As the head of a county, Tang Ju is usually very busy with his work, and not long after Su Bai left, he also left, and handed it over to Chen Tie to watch.
Chen Tie was sitting at the tea stall on the side, watching the railroad tracks laid not far away, and a merchant sat opposite him with a bowl of coarse tea.
Chen Tie subconsciously frowned, looked up at the businessman, and saw that he was about forty years old, with very dark skin and many wrinkles, and at first glance he was the kind of person who often spent time outdoors.
This person was wearing an earthy yellow robe, and after putting down the tea bowl, he looked at Chen Tiedao with a smile: "Are you a native of this county?" ”
Chen Tie said calmly: "Yes, but what's the matter?" ”
The man smiled and waved his hand, and gently took a sip of coarse tea, which made him angry, and Chen Tie frowned.
This person is obviously coming for Chen Tie, but the other party is just a businessman, what can he do to find Chen Tie?
Seeing Chen Tie staring at him dissatisfied, the man got up and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Zhao Fa."
Chen Tie waved his hand directly and said, "Tell me straight, what's the matter with you?" ”
The businessman still had that smile and said with a smile: "I am a merchant from other places, and I want to come to our county to invest and build a factory. ”
When Chen Tie heard this, he smiled and said: "You have no choice, if you want to say that your vision is not bad, the development of our county in the past two years is good, if you come to invest in and build a factory in this county, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money!" ”
The merchant's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Master Cheng Jiyan, I heard that the Wushuang Marquis said that the train can pull hundreds of thousands of catties of heavy objects, my lord, I don't know why?" ”
"Hahaha, you're asking the right question, I'm the first person to see the train!" Chen Tieyang proudly explained the train to the person in front of him, and the eyes of the other party who listened were full of brilliance.
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Since Ji Da returned to the prince's mansion, he has become silent, usually when he is with the prince, he always likes to say some of his own opinions, but now he doesn't say a word.
This appearance, Father-in-law Qiu and the prince naturally saw it, and the prince also asked him why he was like this after he came back. Ji Dasheng was afraid that the wall would have ears, so he didn't explain it too carefully, but just told Li Chengqian that this was all ordered by the Marquis of Wushuang!
As soon as he heard that it was Su Bairang, Li Chengqian didn't ask anything more.
There is still half a month to go, he is about to get married, he is almost busy now, and his feet are not sticky to the ground, and the same is true for Father-in-law Qiu, the prince is married, which is a major event with the people! Naturally, he was not sloppy at all, and he looked at all the details to make sure that there was no mistake.
Usually, at this time, Ji Da was responsible for contacting the various ministers, but Li Chengqian saw that he was not in a good state in the past two days, so he changed someone to contact, and Ji Da was by his side all day.
At this moment, the crown prince was trying on the wedding robe, Ji Da stood behind him, tidied up the corners of his clothes for him, and the tailor in front of him smiled with satisfaction: "Your Highness wears this wedding robe, and he looks even more wise and martial, and his instrument is magnificent!" ”
Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Okay, okay, always say that there are some of these and there are not"
Li Chengqian turned around with a smile and said to Ji Da: "Mr. Ji, what do you think?" ”
Ji Da looked up and down and smiled: "The tailor didn't lie, and really looked more powerful."
Li Chengqian laughed and said, "You, you"
Gonggong Qiu pushed open the door of the palace and walked in, and said after saluting Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, the chief butler of the Hou Mansion is here."
Li Chengqian looked at him suspiciously and asked, "It's coming, but what's the matter?" ”
It's just a housekeeper, and Grandpa Qiu can handle it himself, why did he come to himself this time? Li Chengqian was a little puzzled.
Gonggong Qiu didn't speak, but looked at the tailor next to him, the tailor understood in seconds, picked up his small bamboo basket and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the villain still has some work that has not been handled, so I won't bother."
"Hmm" Li Chengqian hummed lightly, and the tailor retired.
Gonggong Qiu walked up to Li Chengqian and said: "Your Highness, the chief housekeeper of the Hou Mansion said that there is something wrong with his young lady recently, this is close to the big wedding, and he is afraid of delaying the big event, so he asked him to come and inform him."
Li Chengqian frowned, and his voice became cold: "Something is wrong? What's wrong? ”
Gonggong Qiu looked a little taboo and said: "I heard that it made the goblins lose their minds and make a lot of trouble every night!" ”
Li Chengqian's expression became even colder, and he gently adjusted his collar with both hands and said, "Goblin? Hehehe"
Li Chengqian and Su Bai have stayed together for too long, and they have never believed in these gods and ghosts.
Gonggong Qiu was much more superstitious, frowning and worried: "Your Highness, this is close to the wedding, if you get it like this, if it spreads, it will inevitably be a little unpleasant."
"What do you mean by the Hou family?"
Ji Da asked while helping Li Chengqian change his clothes.
Gonggong Qiu said softly: "The big housekeeper said that the Hou Mansion found a mage to subdue the demon, but I am afraid that the goblin is difficult to deal with and will delay the wedding."
Li Chengqian sneered: "That's his family matter!" Tell him that the first day of October is the day set by my father! If something goes wrong, let him Hou Junji go to my father and explain it! ”
"Yes"
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