"A tool for building momentum?" Li Jie asked suspiciously.

This time it was Fang Xing's turn to be surprised, why didn't Li Jie know anything. His father Li Nangong has been in and out of the sea for decades, and the current situation is that he is blind, and he can sniff out an eyebrow with his nose, but he didn't write a letter to Li Jie?

He had heard that the relationship between the father and son of the Li family was tense because Li Jie was concentrating on miscellaneous studies, but when he saw Li Nangong recommending Li Jie to Han Gang, he did not shy away from outsiders talking about him at all, so he knew that anyone could not avoid licking the calf. And now that Li Jie is being used under Han Gangmen, Li Nangong should mention a few words to his son. But the deputy envoy didn't do this, which is really incomprehensible.

However, surprise is surprise, Fang Xing didn't have the heart to guess more, "If you think about it carefully, you will know the truth." In order to get the court to agree to restart the Xianghan Cao Yun, Long Tu did take out a multi-level lock, but now Shen Zhizhou of Tangzhou is busy digging waterways and building weirs, and Long Tu doesn't care about other things when he repairs the Fangcheng track as a temporary replacement. If this road was really abandoned after the canal was opened, what was the purpose of all the hard work in the past six months? Is it impossible to waste so much money and food invested? ”

Li Jie groaned for a moment, raised his eyes and asked, "Is it Shaanxi, or Hebei?" ”

Seeing that Li Jie reacted so quickly, Fang Xing secretly praised and said with a smile: "Most likely in Hebei." There are too many mountains on the edge of Shaanxi to be of much use. And in Hebei, it is a horse and a flat river, otherwise the imperial court would not be so afraid of the Khitan cavalry. ”

Listening to Fang Xing's words, Li Jie laughed self-deprecatingly, "It turns out that it is really a bright plank road, and a dark Chen Cang." ”

"No, you can't say that...... Fang Xing shook his head, "The plank road is indeed clearly cultivated, but Chen Cang is actually also clear. He stretched out his arm and patted Li Jie's shoulder, "That is, Ming Zhong, you are still bent on this track, and you don't look up to see the changes outside." After the completion of the Fangcheng track, many people have already seen Longtu's plan. Shen Cunzhong doesn't need to say it. Huang Zhizhou in Xiangzhou and Fang Zhizhou in Ruzhou are all clear in their hearts. There are also some merchants who have more or less guessed some. ”

Li Jie's heart was gloomy, and he sighed, he was indeed a blind businessman who flattered and showed favor in front of him every day, and his heart was bright and bright, that is, he was still building cars and roads and ports with his head covered. Speaking of which, he is really only suitable for building bridges and paving roads, and things in officialdom are really not something that ordinary characters can mix.

"Don't overthink it." Fang Xing could see that Li Jie's mood had become worse, "Since we are running under the Longtu Gate, just follow Longtu's orders, and do our best, we will gain something." As for Longtu's plan, it's not something we should think about. ”

Li Jie nodded, and after smiling bitterly, he didn't think about it anymore. As Fang Xing said, Han Gang is different from them, his status is different, the opponents he has to face are different, and the angle of looking at the problem will not be the same. The same thing, such as the current Fangcheng track, is one appearance in Han Gang's eyes, and another appearance in their eyes.

For those like them who only want to be an official or expect to be able to change from an elected person to an official, the Xianghan Caoqu, including this track, is everything to achieve their goals. But as far as Han Gang is concerned, the myriad of people in Jingxi are just a display to the Son of Heaven and the court, just like samples placed on the table in a shop, a large part of which is for people to see, not for use.

It's just that having said that, if there is a problem with the sample itself, it will definitely affect the business of the store, and it is indeed important to say that it is important. Recognizing the facts is a priority, but there is no need to be presumptuous.

Letting go of the knot, Li Jie pulled Fang Xing to the hut where he stayed in the workshop every day.

As the supervisor of the track and the rolling stock, Li Jie has been resting in the workshop these days.

Although there are hundreds of craftsmen and craftsmen in the workshop who are skilled in iron, wood, construction, machinery, etc., their energy is focused on serious work. The houses he lived in were all simple wooden houses, and Li Jie's hut was just a fence that symbolized his status without leaking wind and outside.

Li Jie asked the veteran soldiers who served him in the courtyard to clean the room, and asked his two companions to buy wine and food. Letting Fang Xing sit down, he easily lit a small red clay stove in the room with warm wine and medicine.

The blue flames danced in the hearth, the color of a good charcoal fire. Fang Xing didn't care about the image and stretched out his hand to the stove to roast, "The weather is really fast enough." Half a month ago, it was as hot as early summer, but I didn't expect it to snow again in a blink of an eye. ”

Li Jie immediately said: "It's cold in the middle of the night, and there is just a jar of peace from the capital here, and it has been heated on the stove, so it can be just ...... to get rid of the dampness and cold."

"And the will?! But what is produced by Fan Lou? Fang Xing became interested as soon as he heard it. Fan Lou is the first in the world, and Fan Lou's wine is of course unparalleled in the world. With such a valuable wine, Fang Xing didn't have many opportunities to taste it in person in the past.

"Exactly. It is rare to buy a jar, and it was originally intended to be celebrated after the northern transportation of the grain. But today I was in the mood to get drunk. ”

With a jar of good wine, plus two very simple side dishes, Fang Xing and Li Jie sat around the stove. The copper kettle used to blanch the wine is placed on the stove, while several small flasks are placed in the large copper kettle. The water was soon boiling and gurgling, and the aroma of the wine wafted out of the flask with the water vapor.

Li Jie waited for the water in the pot to boil for a while, and then picked up a silver wine jug from the big pot with his own hands. After filling Fang Xinghe with himself, touching the cup, and taking a sip, Li Jie took a sip of wine: "Now the junior brother finally understands, what Long Tu wants is a track all over Hebei to resist the Khitans. However, since it is for example, the loss during Fangcheng rail transportation cannot be too large. It's the beginning of the track, and how many pairs of eyes want to find a bone in the egg. ”

"Think it's a lot of loss now?" Fang Xing took a small sip of wine and asked casually.

"The main thing is that the replacement parts cost too much," Li Jie put a piece of mutton in his mouth and chewed, "The wheels, axles and rails are all big money-consuming people, and the wear and tear these days, if you calculate it carefully, it is still quite scary." ”

"It's easy." Fang Xing said with a smile, causing Li Jie, who was a little worried, to widen his eyes in surprise, "As long as you can make the accounts even, you can list any items at will." ”

"Random item?" Li Jie was puzzled. His father was Li Nangong, the deputy envoy of the transfer, and he was very famous in financial matters, but he was only obsessed with the skills of craftsmen such as machinery and construction, and he did not learn from his father the means to fool his boss, "What kind of method is it?" ”

"To put it simply, the noticeable maintenance costs are broken up and distributed elsewhere. In this way, there will be no delay in getting down to business, and there will be no chance for people to attack Longtu and Fangcheng Orbit. ”

Li Jie thought about it for a while and understood, "It's easy to say, but it seems to be quite troublesome to do." ”

"Someone will do it, you and I don't have to worry about it, and there is no shortage of people under Long Tu's hands." Fang Xing looked very open, he was not a person who liked to hold power, "Actually, there is something to pay attention to, and even notify the two families of Ye County and Fang Cheng County to deal with it." ”

The hand that was about to pour wine for himself and Fang Xing stopped, Li Jie raised his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"As you said earlier, in the future, the vehicles and rails will wear out faster and faster. There will be more and more grains left behind because of accidents, big and small. Now they are all sending people to transport it back, but the next person to deal with this matter may be stretched thin and too late to transport it back. The grain that can't be shipped away for a while, but it is necessary to prevent someone from robbing it. ”

"It should be no problem now, after all, it has only been opened, even if you want to be a thief, you are not ready." Li Jie groaned, "I'm afraid that in the future, there will be thieves who deliberately destroy the track and then take advantage of it." ”

"Indeed, the foolish brother thinks so, too." Fang Xing nodded, "This kind of thief is the most hateful. It can only be disposed of with a heavy code, and it is always not difficult to cut off the head in the west of Beijing, which is a heavy law area. ”

"Then you have to catch someone first, otherwise the thief will run away, and it will be useless to prepare an executioner."

Fang Xing smiled casually: "Actually, these are small things, as long as you pay attention to them every day, you won't poke out any big baskets." There is a dragon to suppress the position, even if Zaifu is here, it is not so easy to shake the situation to Jingxi. ”

Li Jie also cheered up, "Surprise, the track will be laid in Hebei soon, maybe we will all have to go over." The stalls that will be rolled out by then will definitely be much larger than they are now. ”

Li Jie said casually, but he didn't hear Fang Xing's answer, he raised his eyes strangely and looked over, only to find that Fang Xing was frowning. "However, Brother Fool always felt that Long Tu had another plan, and it was definitely not what he saw on the surface. Too many people can see it, but it makes people feel that something is wrong. ”

Li Jie was also suspicious when he heard this, Han Gang's plan was really so simple? Except for him, a nerd who doesn't care about the world and only cares about supervising the construction of roads, even the businessman has seen through the mind of Han Yukun, who is famous in the south and north of the world, no matter how he thinks about it, he feels a little incredible, and many of the Tubo people and Jiaozhi people in the tomb should not be able to sleep well: "What is going on with that?" ”

"If Brother Fool can think clearly, maybe he can also become a Dragon Atlas Bachelor." Fang Xing had already given up guessing Han Gang's private plan, "It's useless to think too much, Long Tu's actions have never been so easy to be seen through." What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd, and after getting the most, Long Tu will take the initiative to pull out the stopper before he will know. All we have to do is do things...... Then, drink! ”