"Your Majesty, is something wrong? Why did you suddenly ask for the extension of the Changling Line to the western part of Ha Thi Province? Is there something wrong in the Western Regions? After the Changqing Hall meeting, Cen Tianshi immediately rushed over and asked, the extension of the Changling Line to the west of Hexi Province is equivalent to more than double the length, and the terrain is changeable and complex, more than twice the difficulty of building a railway in Guanzhong, and the budget of the Ministry of Communications this year is almost exhausted, and the rash addition of the budget is only afraid that the Ministry of Finance and Qianzhuang will complain again.

"Let the Ministry of Finance issue 50 million Tang dollars of Anxi special bonds to ensure the full connection of the Changjin Line, and send all the remaining prisoners of the Southern Front Campaign to Hexi, and the logistics department and the construction company will not withdraw from the road construction company on the Changling Line, and take these prisoners of war teams to seize the time to explore from now on, let Yang Yi specially mobilize the National Guard to maintain order, and the General Staff can give orders to the garrison to assist in building the road in Hexi." Li Xuanqing ignored Cen Tianshi's bitter cry and said: "Anxi must hurry up, and the railway must be repaired to Hexi at least, otherwise we will inevitably face the impact of hundreds of thousands of fanatical religious followers in Anxi in the future." "The matter of the Great Food and the Heavenly Fang Sect, Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi didn't say anything more after explaining a few words, no one would know better than Li Xuanqing how lethal those religious followers were. To this day, Li Xuanqing doesn't remember why they didn't cross Anxi and enter the Central Plains on a large scale in the parallel world, but when he came to this life, he must completely stifle this sprout, and he can't tolerate the land of China suffering from this green scourge.

"I'll make arrangements to raise funds and manpower as soon as possible to start construction as soon as possible." Cen Tianshi didn't have much impression of the Heavenly Fang Sect and the Great Food, but when he saw Li Xuanqing's solemn face, he immediately felt bad, and hurriedly began to arrange manpower. At the same time, Yang Hu, a construction company, was also recalled to Chang'an to accept a new task, and transferred some of the capable personnel of the 11th Brigade of the Construction Brigade to the foothills of Helan Mountain, preparing to dig a mountain road.

Because Li Xuanqing and others are all from Lingzhou, they are extremely familiar with Helan Mountain, and Shi Jian, who was born as a thief in Helan Mountain, rushed back from Hexi Province to personally assist the construction team to formulate the excavation route, and the exploration work was carried out smoothly by him, after the exploration report was sent to the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Finance began to issue Anxi special bonds as scheduled, and the cabinet also arranged publicity in a timely manner, calling on the people to buy bonds to support the work of the Western Expedition, and issued bonds in Jiangnan and other places for the first time. It broke with the previous practice of issuing imperial bonds only in a few old northern districts. However, the effect of the bonds issued in Jiangnan this time is surprisingly good, the big family headed by the Zhang family regards this opportunity to buy bonds as an opportunity to follow the political orientation of the empire, almost bundles to buy back, the 10 million bonds allocated to Jiangnan were all sold out in just ten days, many people went to the money village to inquire about the sale after the sale is a regretful departure, this kind of bonds backed by the reputation of the empire has become one of the most fashionable ways to manage money, and it is also the object of the family's scramble to buy.

The success of the unexpected bond issuance emboldened the cabinet when building roads, and the use of prisoners of war during the war years made labor costs very low, thus solving the problem of resettlement of prisoners of war and successfully supporting the country's infrastructure. Cen Tianshi obviously had a soft spot for prisoners of war, and always wanted to use their free labor to complete large-scale infrastructure projects, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to ask the Ministry of Communications to deploy the dredging of the canal.

"Is the big brother planning to go west as soon as possible?" Qiaoxi has been busy with the development plan of the industrial group during this time, and asked Zhang Qiang to come back to assist Mu Chen to implement Li Xuanqing's previous plan to set up two large-scale coal chemical bases in Fengzhou and Taiyuan Mansion.

Li Xuanqing looked at Xiao Tianqi, who was already trembling and walking on the ground, and couldn't help but sigh that time passed so fast, and in a blink of an eye, his baby son could walk on the ground, so he looked at him and smiled: "I plan to do the things of the two generations together, lest this little guy grow up and complain that we didn't build a road for him." ”

Li Xuanqing's funny tone made Qiaoxi smile, walked over and took his hand and followed Xiao Tianqi around the gate of Qianqiu Palace, and said with a smile: "This year, we will repair to Jincheng, and when we turn back, we will connect the eastern line to Haizhou, which is the prototype of the Longhai line." However, at this time, it is not of much use to connect to Haizhou, and it will delay the development opportunities of the Central Plains, so let's wait. After a pause, he continued: "It's just that Helan Mountain Construction Company is really sure?" This is not a valley to fill in the southwest at random, and a road can be paved by blowing up the mountain. Railways need longevity and safety. ”

"Try it, it's a big deal to learn from Zhan Tianyou to repair the Jingzhang line and engage in a herringbone route." Li Xuanqing glanced at his lips and smiled: "But I have already asked the construction team to experiment with culverts and tunnels, the geological environment of Helan Mountain is still more suitable for tunneling, if you can, you can also accumulate experience, so as not to carry explosives bags all day and night to open mountains and blast rocks, and artillery fire will be continuous." ”

Qiaoxi's thoughts about Li Xuanqing are naturally clear, the husband and wife's thousands of years of knowledge accumulation give them a natural advantage over the people of this era, and many things can naturally be solved from what they have seen and heard in later generations, so they don't ask about the following things, and turn around with Xiao Tianqi to pack their bags, planning to go to Lishan. Originally, Li Xuanqing also planned to follow to clean up, but was stopped by Xu Tianxiang, and there was a new situation on Nanzhao's side.

"Are you saying that the lord of Nanzhao, that Longxun, plans to defect to Cheng and wants to use our hands to help him eliminate Zheng Maihei?" Li Xuanqing was a little shocked when he received Xu Tianxiang's battle report, and asked, "Is there any intelligence from Xiao Si to confirm this matter?" ”

"Xiao Si asked for leave, but I told Xuan Yingwei that there was news directly sent to the General Staff, and I haven't received any news for the time being." Xu Tianxiang smiled bitterly: "Gesang's body has just recovered a little in the past two days, so Xiao Si has no thoughts. ”

"That's it, you call Shang Fu Yao, I'll take Qiaoxi and let's go to Xiaosi's house today." Li Xuanqing thought about this while rushing to Xiao Si's house with Qiaoxi. At this time, Hu Xiaosi's father-in-law brought a few relatives from northern Tibet to take care of Gesang in person, because Hu Xiaosi was born an orphan and had no relatives, so his mother-in-law came to Chang'an.

Li Xuanqing's arrival made the former king of northern Tibet a little panicked, and hurriedly greeted him and arranged for someone to come over to make tea, and personally accompanied him. Soon Hu Xiaosi also walked in from outside, carrying two big carps of the Yellow River in his hands, and when he saw that Li Xuanqing and Xu Tianxiang were there, he hurriedly smiled and said: "The emperor doesn't bring this, I just asked for leave and the two of you will come to the door, and this is not how to catch absenteeism." ”

His words made the room full of laughter, Hu Xiaosi didn't pay attention to the eyes of his old father-in-law, his relationship with Li Xuanqing was not an ordinary monarch, and Li Xuanqing didn't like etiquette in the first place, so he never went up or down.

Qiaoxi and Fu Yao saw Hu Xiaosi come back, and the two went to the back hall to see Gesang, and Hu Xiaosi took Li Xuanqing to the study on the side and said with a smile: "The emperor came to see me, did you bring some gifts or something?" I won't invite you to dinner when I come empty-handed, Gesang and their families have come recently, and I have spent all my money, and now I can't afford to eat. ”

"You kid has never suffered a loss, even the emperor you dare to blackmail, I think you, the commander of the Xuanying Guard, don't want to live this year." Xu Tianxiang glanced at him angrily, and handed him the news of Nanzhao Guo he received: "Go out early in the morning to sell fish to Gesang, haven't you seen this?" ”

Speaking of business, Hu Xiaosi suddenly became serious, took the information, swept it and said with a smile: "This Longxun is really idle, it seems that he is fed up with the suffering of being hollowed out, so he wants us to help him solve the trouble." After a pause, he continued: "But the emperor, this Nanzhao lord is not a thing, I heard that his position as the lord of the country is won by Zheng Maisi, who had no ability but wantonly killed his brothers and relatives after ascending to the throne, so that now Zheng Maisi is big and no one is holding back." ”

If that's the case, then should we notify the front line and let Chai Jia send someone to contact it? He is the closest to Dali City. Xu Tianxiang didn't have the slightest interest in Longxun's personality, but the contradiction between him and Zheng Maisi made him think.

Li Xuanqing nodded and said: "Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs send someone over, and ask for only one, Nanzhao Kingdom must be included in the rule of the Tang Empire, which can ensure the safety of the lives and property of Long Xun's family, and let him not worry about the rest." He's the end of the kingdom. ”

"It's enough to get the Cabinet to cooperate in this matter. I'm here today to see how Gesang is, there shouldn't be any problem after so long, right? It stands to reason that he is a plateau princess, and his body bones should be much better than our mainlanders, why is it so serious this time? Li Xuanqing asked a little curiously, I remember that Qiaoxi was fine when she was pregnant before, and she could still run around with her, why was it so serious in Gesang?

"I guess it's because of the water and soil, right?" Hu Xiaosi was also a little helpless and said: "My old father-in-law, no, he doesn't even care about the affairs of the clan, and he dragged his family directly to Chang'an to take care of it personally, which is finally better." Speaking of this, Hu Xiaosi said: "By the way, the emperor has another thing I think we have to pay attention to, my father-in-law said that the branch of the Tubo Duomi royal family near the southeast seems to be coveting the Nanzhao Kingdom, let us be more vigilant." ”

"Regardless of him, it's good for you to let Xuan Yingwei pay more attention, and after fighting Nanzhaoguo, let Xue Yang and Xu Ying be stationed on the spot, on the one hand, to guard against Tibet, and on the other hand, to form and train professional troops for fighting on the mountain plateau on the basis of the mountain battalion and the third battalion, so as to prepare for entering Tibet in the future." Li Xuanqing still remembers several roads to Tibet, but he didn't go through them in his previous life, so he didn't know which road was easier to take, so he could only let them explore it by themselves.

As soon as a few people finished saying this, Qiaoxi and Fu Yao accompanied Gesang out, Li Xuanqing took a look, only to feel that this former little pepper was now haggard, and her body was very weak, so she hurriedly stopped her from saluting, reached out and sealed a few fingers on her body, and helped her push blood through the palace with pure yang true qi to channel the qi and blood around her body, and then asked Qiaoxi to help her go back and continue to rest.

"There's no problem, it's just that the qi and blood around the body are a little weak, just let the Chinese medicine hospital pay more attention to it." Li Xuanqing smiled at Hu Xiaosi and said, "The fetus in the womb is full of vitality and should develop very well." ”

Hu Xiaosi was a little frowning when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have barley wine from northern Tibet, how about we have a few glasses at noon?" ”

"Why don't you take it out quickly if you kid has this good thing?" Xu Tianxiang smashed this guy with a fist, and scolded with a smile: "Don't hide any more than you need to take it out for me, it just so happens that Tiancheng and Houchun are also coming back soon, and the brothers will give you a share when the time comes." ”

After a few people laughed for a while, Hu Xiaosi asked: "I heard that Lingzhou has been very lively recently, and many brothers have returned to Lingzhou, why don't we find a time to go back?" ”

"Then wait for the Changling Railway to open to traffic, and then take the family back to the road, and by the way, take a look at the Helan Mountain Tunnel Yang Hu and they have come up with a way." Li Xuanqing nodded and smiled.

Xu Tianxiang went back to Cen Tianshi and arranged for people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to rush to the Chaijia camp to prepare for secret negotiations with Nanzhaoguo, while Li Xuanqing took Qiaoxi to Lishan to live for a few days, at the end of April, the temperature on Lishan was still a little cool, and it was really comfortable to soak in the hot springs.

After playing comfortably for several days, when Li Xuanqing and his wife returned to Chang'an, the last railway on the Changling line also began to close, and the Yellow River Bridge was finally erected after 50,000 people worked hard day and night for four or five months. On the day of the completion of the bridge, Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi came to the scene in person, cheering with more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians to celebrate the birth of this great miracle in the land of China.

"Big brother, I saw that this big iron bridge over the Yellow River can be used for at least a few decades, and you don't have to worry about safety." Qiaoxi asked Mu Chen to take the people from the laboratory to run to Li Xuanqing's side and said with a smile after carefully surveying all the characteristics and structures of the bridge. In fact, the big iron bridge in front of you is a bit similar to the big iron bridge on the Yellow River before the liberation, basically the overall structure uses a lot of steel and some concrete to ensure the hardness and sway resistance of the bridge. It's just that Li Xuanqing is more worried that no one in this era will systematically design bridge structures, and he only needs to let Qiaoxi take people to the actual investigation and finally draw conclusions about ancient bridges, which reassures him.

"Your Majesty, the first train from Chang'an to Lingzhou is almost Yanzhou, but everyone hopes that the emperor will wait until the next train to go up." Huanjiu walked over and whispered.

Li Xuanqing waved his hand and smiled: "Don't worry, there is no problem with the iron bridge, if I don't go up, the people won't be at ease." Rest assured. ”

With a long whistle, Yanzhou Railway Station ushered in the first train in history, and the smoke did not make the onlookers feel frightened at all, but cheered together. After Li Xuanqing boarded the train with Qiaoxi, the train set off again, and galloped steadily across the big iron bridge to the other side.