"Hey, did you go to see it today? There was a dragon at the train station outside our city, spitting black smoke and billowing thunder. By the way, what's even more strange is that when the dragon stopped, a large number of people actually came out, do you think this evil dragon ate people in the east and vomited out outside our city, right? A guy from the Yelu Trading House outside Liangzhou City recorded the types of goods unloaded in the city these days, and at the same time talked to the other person who was in charge of the work next to him about everything that happened this morning, and said in amazement: "We are now in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, how can there be such an evil obstacle to make trouble?" ”

"What kind of dragon, is that a train? I was sent by the shopkeeper to pick up the goods at the train station in the morning, I have long heard that Guanzhong has long been opened to traffic, this time it is specially opened to Helan Mountain to our Liangzhou, I heard that it will continue to the west, did not see so many rails and personnel on the train early in the morning and left Liangzhou to go to Wusheling over there? I heard that the roadbed over there has been repaired. ”

"Didn't the imperial court prepare to repair to Jincheng at the beginning?" At this time, another person next to him took over and said: "Didn't the announcement posted by our Liangzhou political envoy Yamen before also say something about the long gold line?" Jincheng seems to be south of us, right? ”

"Jincheng also needs to be repaired, but isn't this the army of Zhengxi preparing to recover Anxi? Naturally, it is necessary to give priority to meeting the needs of the army. The guy who spoke before shook his head and nodded, "Now I heard that I'm going to repair to Zhangye." However, this train pulls a lot of things at a time, which can't be compared to our previous carriages and ox carts. This time, it can pull hundreds of wagons of goods. This fellow's words immediately aroused the curiosity of the big guys, and they were all curious about this monster that they had never seen before. Previously, because of the obstruction of Helan Mountain, in fact, many people in Liangzhou basically never went to Guanzhong, and although Hexi Province was recovered by the Tiance Army very early, except for doing business, others basically rarely went out of Hexi, so naturally they didn't know what the train was about. And those who have been to the middle of the customs and seen the train have become the object of everyone's encirclement at this time.

"Political envoy, the train leads to Liangzhou, but I'm afraid that soon Liangzhou will really embark on the road of rapid development." In the yamen of the political envoy of Liangzhou, the big guys, including Zhang Jiacheng, director of the Department of Railways, who came to preside over the opening ceremony, congratulated Zhang Quanfu one after another. Hexi was originally an important road between the east and the west, and it has been known as the Hexi Corridor since ancient times, and according to the cabinet's plan, the newly recovered areas, including Ganzhou, will be included in the jurisdiction of Hexi Province, which really confirms the name of Hexi Province.

"The railway was built to Hexi, and since then the east-west has become a thoroughfare, which is the emperor's foresight, and it is also a clear proof that my Tang Dynasty will carry forward the past and open up the glory of the future." Zhang Quanfu laughed, raised a glass to celebrate with everyone, and at the same time asked the people around him to send a message to the entire Hexi Province to inform him of this great news.

When Zhang Quanfu was celebrating the opening of Hexi, a large number of materials transported from Lingzhou were also unloaded in Liangzhou, including the railway workers and construction equipment of the brigade, and then relied on dozens of transportation companies led by the Murong family and the Yelu family to transport them to the front line, extending the Liangzhou Railway to the west. For Liangzhou, the railway only made a transit here, and the rolling dragon had to continue west.

Zhang Jiacheng, director of the Department of Railways, stayed in Liangzhou for a day and then set off to the west, the biggest problem in building the railway to the west is the desert Gobi, which is the first time for the young railway department and the construction company to face this kind of terrain, and this is different from the quicksand land in Lingzhou, here is the real yellow sand desert boundless, their own brigade of people and horses in the desert for a long time to carry out high-intensity operations, not to mention whether the railway can be built just to survive will be difficult.

"Director Zhang, are you worried about the desert terrain you will face after crossing the boundary of the Hexi Corridor to the west?" Zhang Jiacheng's worries, and Yang Hu, the person in charge of the construction company accompanying him, naturally understood, and when he saw Zhang Jiacheng riding on a horse, he suddenly asked.

"Could it be that Brother Yang has any way?" Zhang Jiacheng nodded and said with a wry smile: "Now that the Gansu area is in full swing, if our railway is repaired as soon as possible, then it will be able to greatly support the Western Expeditionary Army and make a great contribution to the recovery of Anxi, but in the face of the desert, I really have no good way." ”

"In fact, the problem is not too big, at least in Gansu is not a big problem, although in the early planning of your railway department, the railway is only built to Zhangye, this section of the road is basically in the corridor area, most of the area is grassland and oasis area, the climate is humid, and there will be no problem with many large and small lakes and rivers around." Yang Hu said with a smile: "There is no problem with the east of Zhangye, that is, our current construction section, I have arranged people to work in two shifts to carry out the construction, and repair the railway to Zhangye City as soon as possible." As for the west of Zhangye, our construction company and the Hexi Bu Political Embassy have also organized people to conduct surveys, and the route there can be set up along the lines of rivers and lakes as much as possible, so that the construction difficulty is relatively small, and with Minister Zhang's pre-planting and afforestation in Hexi, the windbreak can easily build the railway in the windbreak, and extend the railway to the west through this windbreak, and use trees and grass to resist the wind and sand. ”

"The railway department you mentioned also has research, in fact, we have also considered this method, what I am talking about is that in the future, the construction of railways in Anxi is not ordinarily difficult." Zhang Jiacheng presided over the Railway Division, and he knew more about the plans of the Ministry of Communications and Li Xuanqing than Yang Hu, and the railway would definitely be repaired to the territory of Anxi.

"In this way, how about our two families form an exploration team and call a few people from Minister Zhang's Ministry of Water Resources and Environmental Protection to go to Anxi together? At least go to the Western Expeditionary Army to learn from Marshal Wan and listen to their good advice, and there must be more people on the front line than us. Yang Hu thought for a while and nodded, compared to the Ministry of Railways, which is only planning, his construction company is responsible for the specific construction, so he can't sit still when he thinks of this.

After the two discussed and decided, they immediately turned back to Zhang Quanfu and began to form a joint exploration team to prepare to explore the way to the Western Regions. This method also laid a solid foundation for the later construction of the Anxi Railway Corridor.

And the good news that the Changjin Line successfully entered the territory of Liangzhou is not only Hexi rejoicing, but also happy to get the news in the base camp of Chang'an, Li Xuanqing put the urgent report received in his hand on the desk and took a long breath, and smiled at Qiaoxi beside him: "The Longhai Line has finally taken a big step to the west, and then it depends on whether the boys of the Railway Division can get the desert terrain and build a railway on the Anxi side." "Building roads in the desert is a world problem even in later generations, and it took so long and the country's human and financial resources to build a railway to Xinjiang in order to build a railway, and it may not be possible to complete it in this life. Let's just say that the wind and sand are enough to flood any railway line.

"Big brother, don't worry, we are in a thousand years ago, and the desert in the northwest is not as big as in the later life, so the difficulty is naturally not as great as in the previous life, and besides, didn't we tell Minister Wu all the methods in the previous life. I think that relying on the current good vegetation conditions in Hexi Province, as long as Minister Zhang and his family can insist on planting windbreaks along the railway line, there will be no problems on the railway line in three to five years. Qiaoxi didn't have so much melancholy, but felt that it should be much better than in her previous life.

"Forget it, at least the construction task at this stage is not much difficult, and it is not a big problem to repair to Zhangye, there are basically grasslands along the way, and the climatic and terrain conditions are not much different from those in the mainland." When Qiaoxi said this, Li Xuanqing touched his nose and said with a smile: "Anyway, there is a little bit now, it is finally over Helan Mountain, as long as the tunnel is maintained well in the later stage, there will not be too many problems, Helan Mountain is basically a basalt structure, but there is no big problem." ”

"Now that the railway has been repaired, Senior Brother Wan has also received reinforcements, there is no big problem compared to the Western Expedition. Isn't it time for the big brother to think about our own affairs, and the thing I told you before that you married Sister Feixue can't be delayed. It's already mid-June, and if it drags on any longer, I'm afraid that Sister Feixue will think we're playing on her. Qiaoxi walked over and pulled Li Xuanqing with a smile on his tilted head.

Li Xuanqing has no opinion on Qiaoxi's proposal now, at least in this era, it is still too early for him to think about equality between men and women and monogamy, although the Tang Dynasty is the most open era of social atmosphere and spiritual outlook, but there are still not many jobs suitable for women in the whole society, although Li Xuanqing has not banned women from participating in social activities on any occasion, and even many times women led by Qiaoxi and Murong Feixue will encourage more women to participate in the tide of this era. But so far, there are still not many women. Without a social and economic foundation, the promotion of equality between men and women will be in vain. So after thinking about it, Li Xuanqing still decided to honestly start from scratch and encourage women to go out of the house and participate in social activities, and when women can really occupy a certain position in social activities, the concept of equality between men and women will naturally appear.

"Okay, let the cabinet and the Imperial Etiquette Department plan this matter," Li Xuanqing put down the work in his hand and said with a smile as he walked: "But this matter also takes time to plan, why don't we take Xiao Tianqi to Fengzhou?" Didn't you build a palace on vacation? ”

"Big brother is only afraid to keep his eyes on the railroad to the east now, right? Rest assured, the speed over there is still relatively fast, because most of the products produced in Fengzhou need to be sent to other places through other roads, so all walks of life in Fengzhou are very enthusiastic about the railway to Tianjin in the east. Qiaoxi didn't know what her husband was thinking and said with a smile: "It's okay to go over, Xiao Tianqi should go to the enlightenment class to study this year, and it will be difficult to take him out when the time comes, so let's take him around now." ”

Speaking of enlightenment education, Qiaoxi has been busy for more than a year, and now the enlightenment education in Chang'an has made a good start, and it has also been supported by the Ministry of Education and the major wealthy families in Chang'an. After all, in the imperial city of Chang'an, there is a lot more knowledge than outsiders. Moreover, the queen personally led the launch, which was the best opportunity for the people of Chang'an to get close to the royal family.

"This enlightenment education can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings of our current education system." Li Xuanqing nodded, and was very satisfied with Qiaoxi Zhang Luo's enlightenment education, and said with a smile: "At this stage, it will gradually spread to other places with its influence, and when the climate is completed, the Ministry of Education will be unified into the scope of government planning." ”

The couple discussed various matters of travel while walking, and at present, the development of various undertakings in the empire is very good, and Li Xuanqing's tasks are much smaller, so the couple let Ruyan pack up and say hello to the General Staff of the Cabinet and set off for Fengzhou, only to meet Hu Xiaosi's family who came in a hurry at the train station.

"Well, I can't miss you anywhere." Li Xuanqing teased the child in Gesang's arms, and then looked at Xiao Tianqi, who was already walking all over the ground behind him, and joked with a smile.

"How can it, I thought the emperor was going to Hexi, but it turned out to be Fengzhou, so I took Gesang with me, and I planned to take a good vacation." Hu Xiaosi didn't mean anything consciously, and said with a smile after waiting for Li Xuanqing to get on the train.

"You're not going to be really okay, are you?" After getting on the bus, Gesang took the child to the next carriage, Qiaoxi took Xiao Tianqi to quietly learn to read and write, Li Xuanqing looked at Hu Xiaosi who was sitting next to him and pretended to be deep and smiled.

"I still can't hide anything from the emperor." Hu Xiaosi said with a sneer: "Your Majesty, I plan to send someone to Japan to see if we can include Japan in the territory of the empire." ”

Hu Xiaosi's words surprised Li Xuanqing, because of his previous life, Li Xuanqing had never considered the issue of the four islands in the East, and some only used it as a source of money and a colony of the Tang Empire, but what he didn't expect was that Hu Xiaosi actually had this idea.

"Your Majesty, although the four islands of the East Ocean are only four islands, the location is also very good, which is our barrier in the east. We can trade abroad, is there a big empire similar to ours in the east? Hu Xiaosi's words made Li Xuanqing suddenly remember something, nodded and said: "You don't need to think about the four islands in the East, but you Xuanyingwei in the South and West can think about it." Enclose land in key geographical points and areas rich in resources and minerals, and then incorporate them into the territory of the empire, so that we can build more barrier places outside of the empire itself. ”

"South and West?" Hu Xiaosi muttered a sentence in his mouth, nodded thoughtfully, and kept this sentence in his heart.