Subsequently, Li Zhongju convened Zhang Zhidong and asked him to assist Zhan Tianyou in quickly establishing the Ministry of Communications, and at the same time gave Zhan Tianyou the greatest support to ensure that Zhan Tianyou would not encounter difficulties in materials and personnel in building the railway. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhang Zhidong agreed very seriously, and Zhang Zhidong also developed the importance of the railway.

Zhan Tianyou looked at Zhang Zhidong and was shocked in his heart, the governor of Zhang Zhidong would surrender to Li Zhongju, the king of Zhennan, which was an unimaginable thing. But it's happening.

Zhang Zhidong took Zhan Tianyou to the governor's mansion and said to Zhan Tianyou, "The prince attaches great importance to road construction, since you have been appointed as the minister of the Ministry of Communications, I will fully cooperate with you and build the Ministry of Communications first." When the road is built later, all provinces, provinces and counties will fully support you. ”

Zhan Tianyou immediately said, "Lord Zhang is polite, I will definitely come up with a charter in the shortest possible time." ”

Zhang Zhidong nodded, and then arranged a good guest room for Zhan Tianyou in the provincial capital. Although Zhang Zhidong didn't understand why Li Zhongju valued Zhan Tianyou so much, Zhang Zhidong understood that all the people that Li Zhongju valued were not ordinary people, all of them were talented people, and this talent was by no means ordinary.

Zhan Tianyou sat in the guest room, thinking about how to build a very strong Ministry of Communications, although Zhan Tianyou is not keen on being an official, but Zhan Tianyou understands that as long as he establishes this Ministry of Transportation well, then he will be able to save a lot of things and time, and he only needs to command.

Zhan Tianyou fell into thought, he thought about how to establish a low-cost and efficient Ministry of Transportation.

It took a few full two hours for Zhan Tianyou to come up with a rough framework, but it was already very good.

On January 28, 1889, Li Zhongju summoned Zhang Zhidong, Li Jingshu, Zhan Tianyou and more than a dozen others, Li Zhongju said to everyone, "Some time ago, this king left Guangzhou and led his army to Yunnan Province to support, and finally drove the British army out of Yunnan and let Yunnan return to the hands of our Chinese nation. However, during this period, the Qing court did extremely painful things, and they even mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the four provinces. ”

Li Zhongju continued, "The Qing court also canceled the title of this king, but did they cancel the title of this king, the king of Zhennan, if they wanted to? Hmph, how is that possible. This revenge will definitely be avenged. ”

Li Zhongju paused, "But not now, the army needs to be repaired at present, but your relevant person in charge must start to mobilize materials to the borders of the provinces, and in a month, this king will launch an attack." In addition, Mr. Zhan Tianyou is the Minister of Transportation, who is responsible for the construction and planning of roads. ”

Everyone nodded, they already understood what the prince meant, although Li Zhongju was revoked by the Qing court, Li Zhongju will continue to use the title of King Zhennan, and at the same time, a month later, the Northern Expedition will be launched.

At present, the most important thing is to prepare for the construction of railways, and Li Zhongju decided to personally check this matter, and must build several important railways in the next few years.

Later, Li Zhongju emphasized some other things, for the casualties in this war, the pension must be in place, and everyone kept it in mind.

In the end, Li Zhongju left Zhan Tianyou, and he wanted to discuss some things with Zhan Tianyou, especially how high the standard was needed to build the road from there first, and so on.

Li Zhongju looked at Zhan Tianyou and said, "Cheng, I think we should first build a railway from Guangzhou City to Fuzhou City, this is a very meaningful railway." ”

Zhan Tianyou was shocked, "Lord Wang, in my impression, there is a distance of 860 kilometers from Guangzhou to Fuzhou, and the first railway we built is so long, is it a little inappropriate?" ”

Li Zhongju said lightly, "Don't worry, you can first look at the information I asked you to sort out, and then say whether it will work or not." ”

Later, Li Zhongju exchanged himself from the battleship system for a book of more than 20 pages on the methods and key points of building railways in this era and handed it to Zhan Tianyou.

Zhan Tianyou immediately took the book handed by Li Zhongju and began to read it, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, the prince was really a god! Although the content of the book is small, it is all classics, and it is not an ordinary classic.

At the same time, he has been puzzled by several questions about Zhan Tianyou, Zhan Tianyou also instantly understood that he knew how to solve the problems he encountered, Zhan Tianyou stood up and bowed deeply to Li Zhongju and said, "Thank you for your guidance, rest assured, as long as the manpower and material resources are sufficient, I will definitely build this railway within half a year." ”

Li Zhongju likes this kind of vigorous and resolute person, "Okay, I will definitely give you the greatest support, and you should pay more attention to your body, don't be too tired." ”

In history, Zhan Tianyou was seriously ill and died prematurely due to his selfless work, which has to be said to be a relatively big loss for Huaxia.

Zhan Tianyou nodded vigorously, and finally Zhan Tianyou left the palace with confidence.

A few days later, the news that Li Zhongju, the king of Zhennan, planned to build a railway of more than 800 kilometers spread to all directions, and Guangdong and other places ruled by Li Zhongju naturally fully supported their princes, and at the same time they felt incredible.

It is important to know that Guangdong Province currently has very few railways, and it is still in a state of cessation of operation.

The news reached Ningbo Prefecture in Zhejiang, where the port was very well developed, and since Li Zhongju took over the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, foreign ships were forbidden to enter. Foreign powers could only continue to the north to reach Ningbo and other places, but at this time Ningbo was more developed and more prosperous.

At this time, several foreign businessmen sat in a concession and enjoyed flowers and drinking, but when they heard that the man named Li Zhongju was going to build an 800-kilometer railway, and he also threatened to build it within half a year, wasn't it a fool's dream?

A half-hundred-year-old man with gray hair said, "That Li Zhongju really doesn't know the height of the sky, and he built an 800-kilometer railway in half a year, which is impossible for us in the British Empire, let alone this kind of barbarian land." The construction of railways requires not only manpower and material resources, but also technology, otherwise even if they are built, they cannot be used. ”

All the others nodded, all thinking that the people of China were not so skilled at the moment, and they all laughed out loud, and drank the liquor happily, they were actually celebrating.

Not only a few of them, but all the foreigners felt that it would be impossible for the people of China to build a successful railway without their help, after all, the technology of the people of China could not keep up with the times.

Foreigners have always been on the top, thinking that their own things are the best, and what they can't do, others don't want to do. (To be continued.) )