"I announce that the groundbreaking ceremony of the Changluo Railway has been officially launched." At the beginning of the Changluo Railway in Lishan, Li Xuanqing and his wife and Cen Tianshi and other high-level officials of the empire attended the groundbreaking ceremony, and the five large excavators urgently manufactured by the industrial group spewed thick black smoke from behind, and under the eyes of everyone, they relied on the extremely strong thrust to push away the boulder in front of them, and the bucket on one side also quickly dug up the soil slope in front of them, turned around and poured the soil into the four-wheeled steel carriage produced by the BMW Group on the side, and the four horses threw off their sixteen hooves and ran into the distance under the drive of the coachman.

"Big brother, this excavator is not bad, I have asked Brother Zhang to hurry up and develop a truck, I hope it can be in time." Qiaoxi saw that the excavator he invented started working fast, which shocked everyone, and immediately smiled.

"Qiaoxi has really made a great contribution this time, with the help of these big guys, I think our construction period will be half faster." Cen Tianshi also laughed.

"In this way, let the BMW Group set up a branch factory to specialize in the manufacture of engineering equipment, and try it while the Changluo Railway is under construction." Li Xuanqing nodded and smiled: "Anyway, the Railway Division pays for it, so don't be afraid of losing money." ”

Li Xuanqing's words ushered in a burst of laughter from everyone, and the groundbreaking ceremony was over, and several people also left the scene and returned to Lishan Railway Station to prepare to take the train back to Chang'an. Cen Tianshi said with a smile: "I now know the power of these tricks, so it is estimated that I will be able to travel all over the world by train in my lifetime, and it is not a big deal to go out." ”

Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi glanced at each other, and a smile appeared on their faces. However, Qiaoxi immediately shook his head slightly and said: "Big brother, this engineering equipment is a systematic knowledge, it seems that there will be no way to use it all for a while, you can only need to make something." ”

"Send a few people to follow the construction team, and see if they need anything and find a way to make something." Li Xuanqing couldn't think of any equipment for a while, and he had seen very few of this kind of thing in his previous life, and the pace of mechanical research had not kept up, so he could only see if he could make a physical object.

After a few people got on the train and began to rush back, Li Xuan calculated the approximate construction time and said with a smile: "300,000 people started work at the same time, divided into fifty construction teams, of which ten construction teams are specialized in manufacturing bridges, and three months is not a big problem when the building materials are sufficient." ”

"The problem of building materials is not a big problem, several building materials factories in Guanzhong have been running full horsepower to supply to the railway construction team, and the railway department and the construction company have adopted the method of laying stones while correcting the roadbed, and in order to tamp the roadbed as soon as possible, they have also specially manufactured road rollers, and the speed will not be bad, and I heard that they are experimenting with cement to shape sleepers, replacing traditional wooden sleepers, if successful for the construction of the railway in the northwest region will be a leap." Cen Tianshi stroked his long beard and smiled.

"So, the cement plant has innovated in technology?" Li Xuanqing was a little surprised, the quality of the cement he poured out before was not good, and it was enough to use it as a building material, but the cement used to make sleepers was not of ordinary quality that could pass the test.

"I know, this is the latest technology of He's cement plant, I heard that they have explored a complete set of cement manufacturing technology, basically able to meet the requirements, some time ago I heard that the strength has been tested, with steel should be no problem, but the cost is a bit high." Li Xuanqing didn't know much about this matter, but Qiaoxi knew it very well, and said with a smile: "It is said that this new cement can already be used as a building material for buildings with more than ten floors. ”

"For the new technology and science and technology department to increase support, for the invention of individuals and groups to focus on commendation, the cabinet to urge the science and technology department to draw up a charter to encourage scientific and technological innovation." Li Xuanqing nodded and said with a smile, this matter is really a good thing, I was afraid that the innovation of the nation would be wiped out because of myself and Qiaoxi, but now it seems that I am too worried.

"The emperor can rest assured, the Department of Science and Technology has gone to investigate, and it is no surprise that this year's scientific and technological innovation award can be awarded. Cen Tianshi nodded.

"I've done free publicity for your cabinet again, no, this publicity fee has to let He Wen in and out. Qiaoxi went back to formulate a standard for charging publicity fees, and asked these merchants to collect money, and every time they advertised, none of them consciously paid. Li Xuanqing scolded with a smile: "These guys don't give them official business, they want to get benefits from me." And their cabinet has to collect the annual publicity fee, and the government has to pay for the announcement, otherwise my space is very scarce. ”

"Haha, don't worry, I'll ask the Ministry of Finance to make up the publicity fees owed in the past two years at one time." Cen Tianshi laughed.

"Alright, there is one more business to discuss with Mr." Li Xuanqing also laughed and said, "I plan to cut off the royal property from the imperial treasury." Every year, the national treasury allocates a fixed amount to the special expenses of the royal family, and the rest is not supplied, cutting off the source of squandering the country's resources for personal enjoyment by future generations. Mr. Time asked the Ministry of Finance to sort out the assets belonging to the royal family and hand them over to Qiaoxi to take care of, and in the future, the royal assets and imperial assets will be separated. ”

Cen Tianshi was stunned for a moment, but then reacted to what this sentence meant, this is to cut the connection between personal assets and national assets, to prevent the separation of public and private is to set up a prison for future generations, the royal assets belong to the royal family, and can be disposed of by the emperors themselves in later generations, but every penny of national assets needs to be controlled by all parties, so as to be able to supervise the balance, so as to ensure the longevity of the regime.

"Tianshi understands that he will definitely do this well." Cen Tianshi nodded and said: "It's just that there are a lot of royal gardens and palaces, if they are all owned by the royal family, isn't it that you and Qiaoxi are too burdened?" ”

"Sir, don't worry, Qiaoxi has a way to make use of these palaces, and maybe he can make money when the time comes." Qiao Xi does not feel that there is any burden, according to the management experience of later generations, these once the traffic is developed, it will definitely lead to the development of tourism, most of those palaces can be opened to the public after repair, and the cost of sightseeing alone is very considerable.

"Well, this matter will be handled by Tianshi, by the way, since the emperor wants to set up a private treasury and separate it from the treasury, then the treasures seized in Chang'an before cannot be realized in the treasury, or they will be handed over to the private treasury for disposal." Although our current system is different from the previous one, but if there is no treasure in the royal treasury, I am afraid that it will make people laugh. ”

"Haha, sir, is this a treasure or a trouble?" Li Xuanqing smiled bitterly, these treasures cost a lot every year just to maintain, and they can only be seen but not eaten, so you can't auction the treasures by yourself as an emperor, right?

Cen Tianshi said with a smile: "Isn't this what the emperor said himself to distinguish between public and private?" These are all relics of the previous dynasty, so it is naturally more appropriate to return to the emperor. The treasures seized in the future are all from the emperor, haha. ”

"But Your Majesty, how much is the appropriate amount of the royal family's fixed fee every year? And this can't be fixed, right? Isn't it a high point in peacetime? Cen Tianshi was a little strange about the quota that Li Xuanqing said, shook his head and said: "And in the future, the cost of reproduction of heirs will inevitably be getting bigger and bigger, so you can't be poor in the royal family." We'll have to look into it in the future. ”

Several people began to ponder about this matter, Li Xuanqing adopted the approach of the British royal family in later generations, and Qiaoxi was actually already doing this, in fact, this is also to prepare for political needs, and centralization does not mean that it is the centralization of imperial dictatorship. If you want the royal family to last for a long time, you must prepare in advance.

"Your Majesty, the front-line deployment and strategy letter sent by Tiancheng." As soon as Li Xuanqing returned to the palace, Xu Tianxiang came to the door, holding a military report sent by Yang Tiancheng in his hand.

"So, Tiancheng, they plan to act according to the original plan." Li Xuanqing nodded after reading the military report and said, "I originally planned to wait until after the spring ploughing of the Central Plains to start." The Changluo Railway will also temporarily suspend work in the spring ploughing season to assist the local spring ploughing, which is good, and it is estimated that it will not be able to catch up. ”

"Nowadays, it is indeed very difficult to transfer materials from Guanzhong to the Central Plains, and we can only rely on the waterway from Sichuan, and the waterway will also be dangerous if the war starts." Xu Tianxiang nodded and said: "The Central Plains was fighting all year last year, and the industry and agriculture suffered great damage. ”

"In this way, the battle on the northern front needs to wait until the spring ploughing is completed, and the order is to let the cavalry corps postpone the return to Youzhou, distribute the troops, and assist the local government to complete the spring ploughing task before returning to the building." Li Xuanqing sighed a little and said: "Let Yang Yi and them hurry up to build the Changluo Railway, and the completion of the railway one day earlier will save more manpower and material resources." ”

"The new provinces and regions of the Central Plains are nervous, but our old areas are developing very well, and the descriptions of civil affairs in the reports of the garrisons are not bad, as long as the traffic can keep up with the regional adjustment, the problem is not big. Now we are waiting for the Changluo Railway and the Central Plains. Xu Tianxiang followed: "It's really not possible, I'll go to Hezhong to sit in the town during this time, and by the way, supervise the construction of the railway, if possible, the garrisons in Hezhong and Bingzhou that are not in the war zone can enter the construction site in batches to assist. ”

"Yes, you can arrange the specific things yourself. The industrial group is already trying to find a way to manufacture more engineering equipment, and it should be able to help. Li Xuanqing sighed and said: "The territory that has been beaten down is bigger, but it is more restricted, and now there are urgent matters everywhere, and there are too many troubles." ”

Xu Tianxiang also knew how much pressure Li Xuanqing faced when such a big country was handed over to his own people, there were millions of desperate poor people in the Central Plains provinces alone who needed help, and there was almost no income after a few months after they were busy with spring ploughing, and they still needed to find ways to help them tide over the difficulties with work-for-relief, and the development of various projects required a large amount of funds and materials to open the way. At this time, it is still necessary to carry out a unified war, which is really not ordinary.

"Okay, you go and get busy, let Tiancheng and them arrest all those feudal town leaders for me, and the people's fat and people's ointment they looted are just used to fill our shortage." Li Xuanqing quickly adjusted, turned around and smiled.

Li Xuanqing was originally just a joke, but what he didn't expect was that Xu Tianxiang really asked the southern front troops to do this, so that after the war, the military really transported a large amount of gold and silver treasures from Jiangnan to fill up the depleted treasury, and the most important thing is that the Jiangnan region is very rich in materials, grain and grass, and the war damage experienced is far less than that of the north, and the people are rich, which happened to be directly transported to the Central Plains and other places, which solved the difficulties of the empire.

However, at this time, Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi ran to the construction site of the Changluo Railway for three days, and guided this section of the most difficult section to build on the spot. Moreover, the construction of this era is also very extensive, and some terrain is really impossible to construct simply go around in a circle to avoid danger. Under the construction of more than 100,000 people in two shifts, it was finally opened. In order to speed up the construction period, Li Xuanqing even took out the bridge construction technology of later generations, and stuffed it into Changle Bridge Construction Company regardless of whether it was useful or not. Not to mention the stubborn seedling pulling, it really created the birth of the giant crocodile in the bridge world that later became famous throughout the empire.

"Big brother, the road behind is finally easy to repair." At the end of March, the construction team had temporarily stopped work and returned to the surrounding states and counties to assist in spring ploughing with the people who had been recruited.

"Yes, we have been running to the construction site almost every day for the past two months, and I am sorry for myself if I am still unhappy." Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi were lying at the door of the Hall of Eternal Life, basking in the sun on a soft couch, the temperature on Lishan Mountain was still relatively low, and Qiaoxi was soaking in the hot springs to release the fatigue for a long time.

"Qiaoxi, how did you say last time about opening a fashion design school? Why didn't we see each other last time we ascended the throne? Li Xuanqing couldn't help but smile when he saw that Qiaoxi was soaking in the hot spring but not wearing a swimsuit similar to that of later generations.

Hearing this, Qiao Xi shook his head and said, "I originally wanted to continue, but when Xiao Tianqi was born, I didn't have the energy, but now it's time to pick it up." I'm going to take Sister Fu Yao with me, she's very talented. ”

"Yes, I see that most of the Xu family's garment factories are ready-to-wear, nothing new, not trendy clothing, we can go and grab their business. It's called the Royal Costume Design Institute, which specializes in training designers and then producing new clothing. Li Xuanqing said with a smile.

Qiaoxi smiled: "Big brother is ready to bring all the clothes of the future generations?" Or is it a different way? Qiaoxi smiled.

"I'm not a designer, it's up to you. However, I think this costume looks better than the costumes of our later generations. Li Xuanqing looked at the clothes on his body and smiled.