Emperor Chongzhen, who was in a good mood, generously gave the edict and sent a lieutenant to attend the wedding.

Empress Zhang Yan and Empress Zhou both sent congratulatory gifts, and Chongzhen's concubines also prepared gifts.

There were very few Manchu civil and military officials who had nothing to do with the "development of China," and there were countless Beijing officials who took leave at the end of October and went south.

Now it is too convenient for Beijing to Nanjing, because after more than half a year, the "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway" has been put into trial operation, although the post station project along the way has not been completed, it has not affected the road traffic.

The passengers took a four-wheeled carriage out of the Guangqu Gate of Jingshi, and were able to rush to Tianjin Wei on the same day to take a sea boat to the south, and they could be happy on the banks of the Qinhuai River within seven days.

In fact, the so-called "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway" is not worth mentioning compared with the Beijing-Tianjin Expressway of later generations.

At most, it is just a rural road connecting every village, because the highways of later generations are very demanding, and trucks with a load of 50 tons must be able to withstand it.

Where did the Ming Dynasty need such a high-strength road, it was enough to withstand the gallop of a four-wheeled carriage with a full load and a total weight of no more than three tons, and the width was only a quarter of the "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway" in later generations.

Even so, the wide and smooth road is unique in this era, and the freight running at the level of 600 miles of expedited goods surprised Emperor Chongzhen.

Nowadays, the daily toll of the "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway" can collect seven or eight hundred taels of silver, and it is estimated that the cost of leaving the road maintenance fee can make a profit of 150,000 silver coins a year, and the return on investment of shareholders should be about 10 percent.

This means that investing in this busy road can recoup the money within 10 years.

Wang Chengen truthfully returned the detailed accounts he learned to Emperor Chongzhen, and calculated a year's profit.

Originally, it took five or six days to transport 20 stone of grain from Tianjin Port to Guangqumen.

It is necessary to use four wagons, at least five or six handlebar types, and the cost and loss are about three taels of silver, which means that the cost of each stone of grain increases by one and a half cents of silver.

This is still under the premise that the weather conditions allow, and it is not good to say that it is not good in case of bad weather.

Nowadays, a four-wheeled carriage can transport 20 stone of grain lightly, and when the morning and evening come, throw away the toll of eight cents of silver, minus the consumption and expenses, and the cost of transporting grain for one stone can save nearly one penny of silver.

Wang Chengen also firmly believes that the cargo throughput of Jingshi is large, the population is large, and in the long run, there will be more and more cars that choose to pay for the highway road, which means that the profitability will be like a year after year.

Wang Chengen will settle accounts, he gave an example, Chongzhen heard it clearly, and he sighed that the whimsy of the prince of Qiongya County is really a veritable talent.

Chongzhen's IQ is not low, and he immediately realized that the "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway" also has a huge benefit, and the transportation of passengers and goods can be carried out rain or shine.

Indeed, the drainage system of the concrete road is perfect, unless the rain is so heavy that people and horses can't keep their eyes open, otherwise it will be fine, and the snow will be no problem, because the post station will organize people to immediately shovel the snow to ensure that it is unblocked.

A four-wheeled carriage running a high-speed road to transport a stone of grain to save a small amount of silver, just calculate the cost, there is no calculation of the benefits of the time cost saved, of course, the time cost is worth how much silver, no one can calculate.

But soon, many dignitaries understood that time is money, because they ate a tropical fruit durian that smelled incomparably bad and tasted delicious and sweet.

The merchant ships of Fruit Express are all flying scissor sailing ships with a load of 700 tons, and each voyage is fully driven by manpower to increase the propeller speed, and it takes no more than ten days from the production area to Beijing. The time saved can be scareless when converted into silver.

The princes and ministers of the capital division felt that the silver was not enough to spend, because too many fruits were worth the same amount as silver, and one tael of durian meat was one or two silver.

"When the concubine laughs on the red dust, no one knows that it is a lychee." became history.

Lychees are no longer only eaten by the emperor's favorite concubines, but now the price of lychees from Liangguang and Fujian can be affordable for too many middle-class families.

Of course, thanks to the convenient sea and land transport, fruit farmers in coastal areas will no longer worry about the sales of fruits because of the harvest, and the rewards of labor will double their enthusiasm.

Due to poor transportation, too many crops have no market and rot in the fields or fruit trees, and the result is greatly improved.

Emperor Chongzhen also ate the durian paid tribute by the white peony a few times, and later he found that this thing was too expensive and refused to eat it again, but the women in the palace liked it so deliciously.

The emperor was convinced, he knew that this road was beneficial to the country and the people, and he personally walked a few times, and felt that it was worth the trip.

He even fantasized that if such a road was built in Daming in all directions, wouldn't the imperial court be able to reach its destination in two days by deploying troops thousands of miles?

Without this possibility, the road from Tianjin Wei to Jingshi will be so popular, it belongs to the bottleneck of Daming Jingshi to connect overseas, and it is natural to be able to achieve good investment returns.

It's not a loss to repair the highway to a place where the dog doesn't poop!

Of course, investors are even happier, they just take some silver to try it, who knows that they buy good stocks that can be profitable for decades, and they secretly call it a fluke.

Stocks are so good, educating countless asset owners of Daming, and now people often go to "Huaxia Big Money Village" to inquire, all for one purpose, to confirm whether there are other stocks to invest in in the near future?

At the end of October, the stock of "Huaxia Development" began to soar, once exceeding 120 silver coins per share, and Wang Chengen hurriedly asked the emperor if he wanted to realize the 2,500 shares in his hand.

Emperor Chongzhen was distressed to death, he sold half of the original shares he owned prematurely, and lost 25,000 taels of silver in vain to this day, to sell or not to sell? Tangled!

The emperor was very angry, that prince of Qiongya County was too good at tricks, did he cheat money?

The emperor couldn't guess it anymore, because there was a stock "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway" that was successfully operating under his nose, and it was obvious that it was not a fraud money, but indeed a profit.

The emperor gritted his teeth, he didn't sell it when he died, and he didn't rise to the point that his heartbeat was not happy!

Haha, just kidding, the emperor wouldn't say that, but he asked Wang Chengen to take a look.

Later, as long as the stock rose above 120 yuan, there would be a large number of sell orders, and the stock price could not go up at this price.

In mid-November, dozens of flat-land boats went down the river, and it was Ma Xianglin and his wife who led a thousand white-pole soldiers to send their sister to get married.

Xiao Ma Chao was very happy to see his brother-in-law, he didn't have the consciousness that he was already an uncle, and he still met the king of Qiongya County with the courtesy of an official.

The 1,000 white pole soldiers who sent their relatives were the preferred elites, and most of them had participated in the "Jinzhou Victory" and the "God of War" people and horses to meet with great enthusiasm.