The construction of the railway network in the Gyeonggi area was in full swing, and Zhang Bin seemed to be extremely concerned about this big project, and as long as there were fewer twists and turns one day, he would hurry up and finish writing the ticket in the morning, and then he would take twenty or thirty guards to inspect everywhere on horseback.

Chongzhen received a secret report from Dongchang, and his mind about dealing with Zhang Bin gradually faded, since this Zhang Bin is so knowledgeable, and does not interfere in the government and military affairs, why bother to clean him up, he is now known as Yue Fei's loyal minister, if he cleans him up, the name of this faint monarch may spread throughout the Ming Dynasty and even all the surrounding countries.

Chongzhen doesn't think that he is a faint monarch, he still wants to be a Ming monarch, he thinks that he is still very wise, Zhang Bin is a hero who has been submissive to his own rectification, and there have never been a few such powerful emperors in all dynasties.

Xue Guoguan seems to be quite jealous of Zhang Bin's Yue Fei-like reputation, and he doesn't dare to provoke Zhang Bin if he has nothing to do, because he doesn't want to be detained as the "Qin Hui of the World" again, and he doesn't want to be splashed with feces again after the door that he finally changed.

The court maintains a delicate balance in this way, Zhang Bin doesn't care about anything, Chongzhen and Xue Guoguan don't bother to take care of him, anyway, the appointment and dismissal of the government, military and government, and officials are all up to them, so why bother to find something to move Zhang Bin and make yourself uncomfortable.

Zhang Bin didn't bother to care about them, it was best to be in peace like this, the crown prince Zhu Cihong was twelve years old, and it would be nothing to let them jump for another three years, as long as the faint monarch and traitorous ministers didn't mess with him, he just took this opportunity to prepare for the future relocation of hungry people and the development of the economy.

At the beginning of April, the railway from Beijing to Dagu Port was finally completed and opened to traffic, the total length of this railway is about 330 miles, and the design speed is 100 miles per hour, which is converted into 25 kilometers per incline in later generations.

This kind of speed can only be compared with the slowest running speed of a war horse, that is to say, if you ride a war horse, you can exceed the speed of the train with a slight whip, which is not fast in the Ming Dynasty, let alone compared with the trains of later generations.

However, the train has an advantage, that is, there will be no Qi this said, if it is riding a war horse to run wildly, you have to take a break for about a hundred miles, otherwise, the war horse will not be able to stand it, if you run three hundred miles in a row, the war horse has to run foaming at the mouth, the train is different, as long as the coal and water are enough, there is no problem with running a few round-trips in a row, and more importantly, the capacity of the train is amazing, for example, pulling grain, 10,000 stone grain, at least thousands of carriages must be organized, and the speed is amazing, pull by train, A ten-car freight train fits easily and without compromising speed.

The manpower and material resources saved in this are simply immeasurable, and the profits generated in the middle are also incalculable, Chongzhen also thinks that Dongshengtang is a bit stupid, spending so much manpower and material resources to build railways and make trains, and they don't collect money for so long, wouldn't they lose money, you know, just the labor they hire is hundreds of thousands, and every month's grain alone consumes hundreds of thousands of stones!

Now Henan and Shaanxi, which are connected by railway, have tens of millions of people, and there is no grain in the fields, so they always have to live, even if only half of the population needs to buy grain to eat, it is two or three million stone of grain a month, and at this time, Fuguang's grain is less than one or two stones, and when it is transferred to Henan and Shaanxi, two taels of silver are cheap and outrageous prices, and the profits in the middle are more than doubled.

Of course, the common people generally can't afford to pay for food or food, otherwise they wouldn't have rebelled hungry.

Actually, this problem is also very easy to solve, it doesn't matter if you don't have money, many things can be exchanged for food, such as porcelain, such as coal, such as wood, these can be exchanged for food, of course, when exchanging for food, the price of these things is much cheaper than that of Fuguang coast, so that Dongshengtang can make more money.

If you don't know how to burn porcelain, and there is no wood harvesting, and you can't dig coal, it doesn't matter, you can also weave, embroider, do handicrafts, etc., Dongshengtang can provide raw materials, and the things made can also be purchased, which is much cheaper than Fuguang's, such as weaving, and even with machine weaving.

Also, there is no grain in the field, and some places can grow cotton, and the cotton can also be exchanged for grain.

In short, as long as you are willing to find a way, you can always find something or something to do in exchange for food, and the entire northwest can become a cheap big factory in Dongshengtang, relying on the terrifying transportation capacity, Dongshengtang can also make profits from the people of Quan.

Zhang Bin stood on the wharf of Dagu New Port, looking at the coolies who were sweating like rain and carrying grain, and couldn't help sighing, the previous ones were just his ideas, he didn't control the power of the court, many plans could not be implemented, there was no way, Chongzhen just didn't let him take power, and the people in the northwest could only wait with him, waiting for the prince to grow up and succeed to the throne.

So, will the people of the northwest sit back and wait for the crown prince Zhu Cihong to succeed to the throne?

Of course not, because they can't afford to wait, and they can't wait, at this time, the drought in the northwest has become more and more serious, and the people in many places have been out of food for a long time, and Xue Guoguan, who is in power above the court, not only does not want to find a way to relieve the victims, but also deceives Chongzhen, buys and sells officials, and promotes cronies, making the five northwestern provinces full of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Where will these corrupt officials care about the life and death of the people, they are officials just to make money, and they are finally in charge of the locality, so they naturally have to think of ways to make money, under their desperate expropriation and tyranny, the people will not be able to live at all, where can they wait for the crown prince Zhu Cihong to succeed to the throne.

Just when Zhang Bin was inspecting Dagu Port, Zhang Xianzhong, who was far away in Sichuan, also went to Chengdu City to investigate, of course, he and Zhang Bin inspected things differently, Zhang Bin inspected the construction of Dagu New Port, and he investigated how to take Chengdu and rob the Shu Palace!

This Shu king is the descendant of Zhu Chun, the eleventh son of Zhu Yuanzhang, Hongwu eleventh year, to this time has gone through fourteen generations, in Chengdu for nearly two hundred and fifty years.

The Shu king's department has a characteristic, that is, they will pat the emperor's ass, and all the vassal kings seem to have been cleaned up by the emperor because they have ideas, and their department has been enjoying glory and wealth for more than 200 years.

For this reason, they even won the nickname of a virtuous king, of course, this virtuous is for the royal family is the emperor of the past dynasties, for the common people, they are also crazy to annex the land, crazy money, as much as they can fish, at this time Sichuan has nearly seventy percent of the fertile land in their hands, the madness of the Shu palace can be imagined.

At this time, the Xiaoice River natural disaster had already spread to Sichuan, plus the current king of Shu learned from the Fu King Zhu Changxun, not only did not take out a little grain to relieve the disaster, but also desperately exploited his tenant farmers, without reducing the slightest rent, this country of abundance was also made into a famine by him, and hungry people and displaced people can be seen everywhere.

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