Now let's take a look at the land access route that Lu Ren chose.

Changsha and Guiyang are connected by Hunan water, and there is no problem in terms of water transportation;

About 200 kilometers south of Shaoguan is Guangzhou, which Xu Shu is working to build, and there is also a Qujiang waterway between Guangzhou and Shaoguan, and there is no problem with water transportation in this regard;

Then the main problem lies in the 150 kilometers of land roads between Guiyang and Shaoguan. However, the problem in this area is not too big, because in the Qin and Han dynasties, the Central Plains and the Lingnan region had many connections, and there were roads left over from the Qin and Han dynasties all the way from Guiyang to Shaoguan, but it was relatively a bit in disrepair, but this kind of thing did not seem to be a matter for the displaced people who were fleeing the war.

Moreover, if Liu Bei is still mainly based on the four counties of Jingnan after the Battle of Chibi as in the original history, in order to maintain trade with Lu Ren, I believe that he will also take the initiative to repair the road.

After all, in the past few years, Liu Bei has reaped many benefits in Lu Ren's hands, and I believe that Liu Bei himself has quite a number in his heart, in other words, Liu Bei and Zhuge can regard Lu Ren as foreign aid. And in order to continue to benefit from the transaction with Lu Ren, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang will definitely make corresponding investments. If it's really all counting on Lu Ren...... Then Lu Ren really has to consider whether Liu Bei, a trading partner, is worth continuing to maintain. Don't really think that your sister is two hundred and five, okay?

And on this basis, Lu Ren also has a very nonsense idea, that is, if the conditions allow, Lu Ren really wants to build a railway passage between Guiyang and Shaoguan, because with the conventional land transportation at that time...... Forget it, don't talk about it. If not, why did Lu Ren put the possibility of water transportation in the first place when he set up a new trade route?

But then again, this idea Lu Ren himself knew that it was quite nonsense. The distance between Guiyang and Shaoguan is about 150 kilometers, which is not short, but it is not too long, but Nima is mostly mountainous, which is a little unbearable. At that time, Shaoguan was called the "Lingnan region", and just by listening to the name, you know that it is a mountainous terrain, and with the current technological index and productivity of Yizhou, it is nonsense to want to lay a railway in a mountainous and hilly area.

In fact, even now, there is only one railway line in Yizhou, that is, the dozens of kilometers of railway between the small city and the new city, but it is basically laid on the flat terrain, and because the steam locomotive has not yet been made, it has not been officially put into use, and it is only a simple railway vehicle to transport urban construction materials. But to tell the truth, these are still just simple railway cars that are pushed and pulled by human and animal power, and their transportation capacity is much stronger than that of ordinary horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts at that time.

But it was said that Lu Ren said in his mind how his goods were transported to Guiyang by rail, and then Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others were shocked by the shocked scenes, and then quickly retracted their senses. There are some things, just think about it, it's not good to go overboard.

However, after being so ruthless in his mind, Lu Ren came a little harder, activated the chip with his fingers, and then connected the communication with Shirley: "Shirley, how is our steam locomotive?" It's been a long time since I've asked you about it. ”

Shirley responded, "Master, do you still remember?" I thought you were only concerned about picking up girls. ”

Lu Ren was speechless: "...... Shirley, you're getting more and more of a black-bellied woman now. ”

Shirley smirked: "Isn't that bad?" In the past, in the words of your master, I was really no different from a robot. Now that you are 'falling' into the world with your master, it's normal for me to have more of my own emotions, okay? I'm not a robot after all. ”

Lu Ren: "You have to get it, it's serious." How complete are our steam locomotives? ”

Shirley: "It's 99 percent complete, and I'm working on the final debugging right now." If nothing else, I want to report to you in two or three days, and it just so happens that you ask me about it at this time. ”

Lu Ren: "That's the case...... In that case, I'd like to have a celebration. On the one hand, it is to make our Yizhou lively, on the other hand, this thing is a little shocking at this point, and a large-scale and public event can make these local buns in Yizhou more psychologically acceptable. ”

Shirley: "You don't need to, do you?" Although our steam locomotives have only been put together until now, steam-powered ships have been launched for several years. ”

Lu Ren: "It's different. So far, there are only a few steam ships, mainly equipped with important personnel and the main fleet, which can be regarded as a semi-secret existence, and not many people know about it among the people of Yizhou. But the steam locomotive is something that is meant to be visible to the public, and if you don't do something so that everyone can have a reason to accept it psychologically, I'm afraid it might cause some kind of trouble. ”

Shirley: "Master, you just said it. Well...... Five days, give me a little time to prepare, master, you can also get something else in advance. ”

Lu Ren: "Okay, then come on, I'll order something else here." ”

After ending the communication with Shirley, Lu Ren glanced at Liu Ye again and asked, "Ziyang, I want to have a national celebration, do you think there is any suitable day and reason?" ”

Liu Ye was stunned, and thought for a while before responding: "What's this...... This year's spring ploughing in Yizhou is about to begin, and it is quite appropriate to hold a festival in the name of spring festival. It's just that why would the general suddenly want to have a festival? ”

Lu Ren smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that everyone in Yizhou has lived and worked in peace and contentment in the past few years, so I want everyone to be lively, Ziyang, do you think it's appropriate?" ”

Liu Ye thought about it and shook his head and said, "There's nothing inappropriate." The people of Yizhou have been rich for many years, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that there is no festival. In your words, General, the people have money in their hands, and they must be given time to spend it. And after their money is spent, we will collect more business taxes from merchants. ”

Lu Ren immediately gave Liu Ye a thumbs up: "Not bad, not bad!" Ziyang, although you have not been in Yizhou for a long time, you have already shown some signs of getting rid of the shackles of small-scale peasant economic thinking. ”

"The shackles of small-scale peasant economic thinking!?" How does Liu Ye understand this? At that time, I was confused.

Lu Ren knew that he was speechless, so he hurriedly laughed at Liu Ye twice and haha, and at the same time opened the topic: "But Ziyang, I ask you if you are suitable and there is another meaning, that is, Jingzhou is about to fight to death, and there are many places in the Central Plains and the north that are still dilapidated, but we are here with a scene of singing and dancing, will this be a little inappropriate?" ”

Liu Ye lowered his head this time and was silent for a long time before raising his head and responding to Lu Ren: "There's nothing inappropriate, right?" Most of the people in Yizhou are exiles from war-torn places, and what they want is to live and work in peace and contentment, and it seems useless to really talk to them about any big things. One more ......"

This time, Liu Ye smiled very sinisterly: "The more the general here, the more peaceful the scene of living and working, singing and dancing, the more attractive it is to those displaced people in Jingzhou who want to escape the war?" General, you dare to say that you have no such intentions? ”

Lu Ren was happy when he heard this, and returned an equally sinister smile to Liu Ye: "Since you understand this, then you can help me make this festival a success." I don't have to ask what you want to do, I just have to have fun when the time comes. ”

"......" Liu Ye was also a little speechless at Lu Ren's behavior, and after thinking about it again, he also joked to Lu Ren: "The general is going to hold a festival now, isn't he looking for an excuse to ask a beautiful woman to come out and travel with him?" ”

“…… Ziyang, what do you want to say? ”

Liu Ye smiled evilly: "Some time ago, the general and Miss Zhen family traveled together in the Moon Market, which alarmed many people, and everyone was speculating about when you would officially ask Miss Zhen for marriage, General." ”

Lu Ren was dumbfounded: "Don't you say that I can't remember that I can ask Miss Zhen to come out to play together." But Ziyang, I asked Miss Zhen to come out to play together, don't you think I'm a ridiculous/lewd/lustful lord, right? ”

Liu Ye said with a straight face: "General, you can say this sentence to prove that you are not a person who will mislead because of your greed for beauty, at least in my opinion, General, you can manage yourself in this regard." But seriously, General, you'd better hurry up and settle Miss Zhen's family. ”

Lu Renqi said: "What? Does the matter between me and Xiao Mi have anything to do with you? ”

Liu Ye pointed to some official documents on the table on the side, and sighed lightly: "Since the last time you and Miss Zhen had a snake venom affair, Miss Zhen has been asking for leave and not coming to work because she is ashamed to see people, and a lot of her work has been pressed on me. General, hurry up and settle her affairs, let her come back to work as soon as possible, so that Zai Xia can breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Lu Ren was made crying and laughing: "Just for this? But Ziyang, didn't you always have a complaint about me using women to handle political affairs? ”

Liu Ye said: "This time, that time!" To borrow a phrase from the general, that is, at no time should you underestimate a woman's talent and ability. At first, I didn't approve of it, but after handling some of the government affairs handled by Miss Zhen Mi during this time, I could only express my convincing. ”

Lu Ren shook his head and smiled, stretched out his hand again to pat Liu Ye's shoulder and said, "Since this is the case, then you can remember my words again, that is, women can hold up half the sky." If we can unleash the abilities and talents of women, instead of just spinning and weaving at home, we are likely to get more outstanding talents. And we, the old men, can't we still tolerate those capable women? ”

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(The aunt of the bottle is eighty this year, and she accidentally broke her arm two days ago, and the bottle went to visit her aunt yesterday, so I didn't have time to update, I hope you will forgive me.) The old man fell, and that was a big deal. (To be continued.) )