Zhang Yuanzheng listened to the news and said with a smile: "It is just right to make up for the gap in the grain that we have drawn from all over the country to support Hunan. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

A few days later, news came that due to transportation problems in various places, the grain could not be handed over in a very short time, Zhang Yuanzheng also knew that at this time in China, the roads were the same, coupled with the corruption of the Qing Dynasty government in recent years, the money for repairing the roads was basically all greedy by officials at all levels, and in some places even pedestrians could not pass.

Zhang Yuanzheng called Lin Gongshu and said to him: "Gongshu, immediately organize an exploration team to explore all the main roads in the whole region, and let the Ministry of Communications immediately organize personnel to repair the main roads. “

After walking to the map and thinking for a while, Zhang Yuanzheng asked Lin Gongshu: "How is the cement factory in Guangzhou built, and is the output high?" Lin Gongshu immediately replied: "Guangzhou cement plant has been completed a year ago, now the output is quite high, all our military base cement is provided by Guangzhou cement plant, the construction of major factories is also Guangzhou cement plant to provide cement, at the same time our cement plant in Guangxi has also been established, the output is basically the same as Guangzhou cement plant, in some areas we have also established corresponding branches." “

Listening to Lin Gongshu's report, Zhang Yuanzheng said: "Since we have this foundation, we will boldly do it once, cover all the main roads from Guangzhou to Nanning and Guangzhou to Changsha with cement, and build a smooth avenue, which is also conducive to our management of these areas, and also conducive to our development." “

The Ministry of Communications immediately arranged personnel to begin surveying the main roads from Guangzhou to Nanning and from Guangzhou to Changsha, and immediately set up an engineering team to recruit migrant workers, and the cement plant also began to increase its productivity to meet the needs of this road repair.

In October 1859, the Guangdong-Guizhou Highway and the Guangdong-Hunan Highway officially broke ground, at the groundbreaking conference, Zhang Yuanzheng walked into the venue with a smile and delivered an enthusiastic speech, which greatly encouraged people's morale: "Transportation is the top priority of a region's development, you think about it, you opened a factory to manufacture things, if the road is not good, then how to sell them, so to get rich, first build roads, traffic is good our economy will develop." People can live a good life, only if the development is good, then no one will go hungry in the future, for our development and prosperity, but also for more people to be able to eat, everyone said, we should not build this road. ”

The people in the audience burst into cheers, watching people's enthusiasm being mobilized, Zhang Yuanzheng smiled, and stood on the high platform: "I announce that the Guangdong-Guizhou Highway and the Guangdong-Hunan Highway will officially start construction from today. ”

After the conference, Zhang Yuanzheng visited the cement factory in Guangzhou, walked in the factory area, looked at the busy workers, Zhang Yuanzheng called the factory director, asked about the current output of the cement plant, and asked about the working environment and treatment of the workers, and said: "Well." You are doing a good job, pay attention to improving the treatment of workers, every worker working in the cement factory can only stay for a maximum of ten years, and the daily working hours must also be adjusted, after all, this is a very harmful work to the human body. During this period, you have to ensure the needs of both roads on time. ”

Zhang Yuanzheng, who returned to the office, thought that foreigners had railways as early as 1825, and China could not be too backward, so he immediately called Yang Huaifang, knocked on the table and said: "Huaifang, now there are trains and railways abroad, but we are now poor and white in this regard, you are ready, send a group of people to go abroad, learn this knowledge, we can't just know how to count on foreign technology, we also have to start developing our own, in the future, these things must be localized, Only by being self-sufficient can we not be controlled by others, and what about the research team's research on automobile engines, we need them to speed up and develop these as soon as possible. “

Yang Huaifang sat in his position, pondered for a while and said: "Dashuai, as early as a few years ago, we have sent a group of people abroad to learn this technology, they have come back at the beginning of the year, and a large number of people we sent out have returned, some of them have now entered the Academy of Sciences, some have entered the relevant departments to carry out technical work, in the manufacture of trains, the people who have come back have set up a special research group, in the study of trains, has achieved small results, but due to the shortage of funds, There is no way to carry out relevant experiments, as for the automobile engine, after the handsome of your points, and through the unremitting efforts of the technical personnel, we have developed a gas engine with the world, different engines, using the oil we found in Guangxi Baise a long time ago as fuel, originally we thought it was impossible, unexpectedly became a reality, and now it has entered the final experimental stage. “

Zhang Yuanzheng listened carefully to Yang Huaifang's report, pondered for a while, turned around and said: "Huaifang, squeeze out funds from various ministries and allocate them to the railway locomotive research group, so that they can study our own locomotives as soon as possible. On the side of the automotive research group, you go and urge them to speed up, and next year, I want to see the finished product, and next year I want to see the cars we produce running on the road. “

Yang Huaifang listened to Zhang Yuanzheng's words and smiled helplessly: "Dashuai, it takes time to do research, not to mention that we don't have any foundation, why don't you give them more time." ”

Zhang Yuanzheng said: "Huai Fang, there is investment, there must be a return, I can wait, but time waits for no one, we have fallen too far behind, we must catch up, in this regard, maybe I am a little anxious, from the beginning of my nineteen-year-old soldier, to now, so many years have passed, but I can not forget the battle of Guangzhou, the superior weapons of the British, we have no power to fight back, to put it bluntly, the victory of Guangzhou, is every soldier with his life in exchange, backward will be beaten, So it's understandable that research takes time, but it has to be fruitful, and our finances don't allow us to delay. “

After listening, Yang Huaifang didn't say anything, turned around silently and went down to arrange relevant matters, and Zhang Yuanzheng in the room stared into the distance through the window alone.