As in the past, Zhu Daxian would take advantage of the Saturday holiday to come to the Huai River to fish, and he would be by the Huai River, and every time he looked at the Huai River, he would inevitably sigh and even be a little incredulous.

"In a few years, it is estimated that this Huai River will be the land of fish and rice again!"

Sighing like this in his heart, Zhu Daxian looked towards the Huai River, and his heart was still full of thoughts.

The Huai River in early spring is the most turbid time of the year, because at this time, the sand cleaning boat will begin to plow the riverbed with an iron plow, plow and loosen the sediment deposited in the river, and then use the impact of the water flow to penetrate the riverbed, after the Yellow River returns to its original course, in order to restore the Huai River course, the imperial court spent a lot of manpower and financial resources, and all this is worth it, just last year, the Huai River and Hongze Lake were disconnected, and the area of Hongze Lake that lost the Huai River water replenishment was transported a lot, and even the submerged states and counties were exposed, And more importantly, because the Huai River can go to the sea smoothly, so the waterlogging of the two Huai has been fundamentally controlled, and there has been no waterlogging for two years, and it is precisely because of this that this year the imperial court has increased its investment in the management of the Huai River.

Although the water in the middle of the river is turbid, the shallow section of the river can be mentioned, the river water is almost as clear as the stream, and the aquatic plants and swimming fish in the water are countless, because the river has boats plowing the riverbed, so the fish in the river are forced to the shore by the muddy water, and this time, it is a good time for fishing. You can see people fishing everywhere on this shore.

Among the many fishermen, Zhu Daxian, who was wearing a Taoist robe, was not very conspicuous, he looked at the Huai River in his eyes, and thought of the place on both sides of the Huai River that used to be dry and flooded, and now millions of people live and work in peace and contentment, and his heart was very relieved.

Near noon, as in the past, Zhu Daxian directly warmed up the meal on the small charcoal stove at his feet, and just as he finished heating his own meal and was about to eat, the young man who had been fishing near him said with two steamed buns.

"Sir, can you borrow your charcoal stove to heat up the meal?"

Zhu Daxian naturally did not refuse the young man's request, not to mention that when he was fishing, he noticed that the young man would always look at him from time to time. So when the other party was hot steamed buns, he asked with a smile.

"Still reading?"

"Well, take a preparatory class at Qinghe Academy."

The young man's answer made Zhu Daxian answer, and then asked.

"So how did you do this year? The results should have come down. ”

"Back to Mr. Hui, the kid didn't take the entrance exam this year."

"Oh? Do you feel like you need to review it again? Actually, it's good to give it a try. ”

Listening to the other party take the initiative to ask himself, Qiao Anle, who was originally worried, finally put his mind at ease.

How difficult is it to meet with important officials from the DPRK and China?

It's not difficult to say, if someone recommends it, you only need a name sticker to meet the minister. It's not easy to say, and many people can't even get through the door. Therefore, if you want to meet the court officials, you must always have to find a way. After several inquiries, after learning that Zhu Daxian, the assistant of the court, liked to go fishing by the Huai River, he specially borrowed a fishing rod and approached the court assistant in the name of hot rice.

"It's not because of my studies, I was busy with some things in the Haizhou Navy Arsenal at that time, so I missed the exam and had to wait for next year."

Every word that Joan Anton said was carefully considered, lest he say the wrong thing.

"Oh, you work in the arsenal?"

Looking at this young man, he didn't seem to look much like him, not like a worker, not like a technician.

"That's not it, the machine that was designed at that time needed the help of the arsenal to make it,"

"Oh? The machine you designed? What machine? ”

Zhu Daxian looked at the young man in front of him in surprise, it is not common for a young man like him to design machinery and equipment, not to mention that he built a machine, it doesn't seem to be from a wealthy family.

"Steam locomotive."

"Steam locomotives?"

Zhu Daxian looked at the young man with a little puzzlement.

"It's a kind of vehicle driven by a steam engine, with which the train on the railway does not need to be pulled by horses, as long as there is coal and water."

"Oh? You mean, the car was powered by a steam engine? Like a machine in a factory? ”

Now, Zhu Daxian is interested. What is good at the top will be very bad at the bottom. This is definitely a wise saying, because His Majesty likes the steam engine, a new type of power machinery, so Zhu Daxian, as a minister, naturally wants to understand it, besides, the Zhu family has invested in a yarn factory, and is also planning to install a steam engine, and even he is thinking about using his status as a cabinet minister to go through a back door for his own yarn factory, after all, the steam engine in the Qinghe Arsenal is in short supply now.

Now hearing this young man say that a steam engine could be used to pull a train naturally aroused his interest. He could not be interested, but he knew that there was one person who would certainly be interested.

"Yes, compared with the horse-drawn horses of the past, the steam engine has many advantages that cannot be compared with horsepower, and it can pull the train thousands of miles away in a very short time day and night, without changing horses halfway, without considering the loss of horses, without saving horsepower, in short, it has many advantages."

Of course, there are many advantages, and it is precisely because he only knows a little about the steam engine that Zhu Daxian naturally feels that the steam engine has so many advantages in the factory, and it must be the same on the railway. It's not at all like other people, who have such and such concerns.

"And what about the steam locomotive now? Is it made? ”

"Well, a month ago, it was already built, and it has been shipped to Zhongdu."

"Oh, why didn't you read the newspaper report?"

Zhu Daxian asked curiously, now the steam engine is still news to the press, and after a factory switches to a steam engine, it will still attract reports, and a steam locomotive like this will naturally attract the attention of the newspaper.

"Because you can't get on the road, you can't get on the road, so naturally everyone doesn't know, and of course the reporters won't report it."

"Can't get on the road?"

Noticing the helplessness in the young man's expression, Zhu Daxian did not think that the steam locomotive could not be used, but felt that there must be something else in it.

"What? Is there any trouble that can't be done? ”

"Because the railway is a railway company, the company does not allow steam locomotives to be on the road, so now steam locomotives can only be placed in the dock warehouse......"

At this time, Qiao Andong even forgot what he said at the beginning, why he was upset, so he went to the river to fish and so on, and now, he only had one thought, which was to win the support of the pavilion in front of him.

"Oh? The railway company good luck side does not agree? How so? That's a good thing for the railroad company! ”

Zhu Daxian asked with some confusion.

"How can it be a good thing? You don't know, this steam locomotive is not a good thing for the railway company, it is a bad thing at all, a big bad thing! ”

"What!"

Looking at the young man puzzled, Zhu Daxian asked.

"How so?"

"Do you know, sir, what it would mean to many people in the railroad company if the steam locomotive replaced the horses?"

"You mean the coachman is unemployed?"

Zhu Daxian naturally thought of those coachmen, and the steam locomotives must be the carriage drivers who are unemployed on the road.

"How can the company care about them?"

Looking at Zhu Daxian, who was full of puzzlement, Qiao Anton continued.

"Those people care about their own purses, and they care about losing their income."

Even now, when this reason is mentioned, Joe Anton still looks indignant.

"Oh? How so? ”

Zhu Daxian continued to ask.

"Do you know, sir, how many horses the railroad company has?"

"At least a few thousand horses."

As soon as the young man asked, Zhu Daxian knew the reason, but he didn't break it, but continued to listen.

"Thousands of horses, that's just on paper, in fact, every year the railroad company will knock out thousands of horses, and then buy more horses, and those horses that are eliminated are eliminated because they can't bear the heavy labor."

"Isn't that normal, after all, horses on the railroad have a lot of work."

When the railroad was first debated, the loss of horses was one of them.

"Yes, this is true, but how much is the loss of horses, whether the horses are lost, how to assess? These are all formulated by the railway company itself, because the railway uses large heavy horses, and now the heavy horses must first ensure the needs of the army and the railway, and the people can only use inferior horses, so the so-called loss horses are very popular with the people, after all, the so-called loss of horses, but only the nominal loss, a horse of more than 20 taels of heavy pull, and finally at a low price of a few taels of silver to a few designated horse dealers, and then the horse dealers sell it to private individuals at a high price of 30 taels......"

In any case, Qiao Anton never thought that the manager of the railway company was reluctant to see him because of interests.

"Not only horses, but also horse food, but also a series of corresponding expenses, and every year the number of horses in the railway company is increasing, I heard that the railway company will have tens of thousands of horses in the future, and there will only be more and more in the future, which is tens of thousands of taels of income every year...... Therefore, this steam locomotive is something that cuts off their financial path, and they naturally will not agree to the steam locomotive on the road test. ”

"A bunch of beetles! Scum! ”

Zhu Daxian said angrily almost immediately.

"The matter of Da Ming is to destroy the body of this group of national beetles!"

After scolding angrily, Zhu Daxian looked at the angry young man in front of him, and said directly.

"When you were fishing, you kept looking at the official, and you must know the identity of the official, so you came here to fish!"

"Please also ask the cabinet assistant to uphold justice for your subordinates!"

Now that the other party has broken his intentions, Qiao Anton did not hide it anymore, but directly asked for help.

"This justice, the official can't preside over it, naturally someone will investigate these thoroughly, but ......"

After a slight pause, Zhu Daxian sneered.

"Someone can help you!"