It is no wonder that the little eunuchs are like this, since the reopening of the "garden workers", they have often become the object of verbal criticism and writing by the officials, and the eunuchs in the palace have become angry with the officials, and it is not a day.

"It's okay, I'll just ask." Zhang Peilun said with a pleasant face, "Little brother, do you know when this railway was built?" Why is there no news in Beijing? ”

"Hehe, this was originally a railway for transporting wood and stone, and it was used in the garden repair project, but now that the garden has been built, it has been changed to this passage into the garden." The little eunuch replied with a smile.

"This railroad was originally used to transport timber and stone?" Zhang Peilun was secretly shocked by the strictness of the internal affairs office, and asked again.

"Yes! If it weren't for this railway, how would so many big logs and boulders be transported in? The little eunuch said, "In winter, you can sprinkle water into ice and haul it from the ice, but how can you transport it in summer?" Moreover, it takes tens of thousands of people to transport it by manpower, and with this railway and steamer car, it is much easier and saves a lot of money. ”

"How can this railroad do this?" Zhang Peilunqi said.

"Yes, without this railway, how could this garden be built so quickly?" The little eunuch laughed.

"But if you build this railway, split the ground and dig mountains, and the locomotive rumbles, won't it disturb the ghosts and gods, shake the tombs, and destroy the feng shui of the earth's leylines?" Zhang Peilun asked.

"That's all nonsense, when building this railway, Mr. Li Er was afraid of this matter, and invited a feng shui master to show it, guess what the master said? Feng Shui emphasizes the word 'dragon', this railway winds and stretches, it is like a dragon, building a railway on the ground, that is, 'iron dragon', not only will not destroy the earth's vein feng shui, but also strengthen the dragon's momentum, everything goes smoothly, it is to Taixi countries, all to build the railway first. After listening to it, Mr. Li reported to the Queen Mother that the Queen Mother had specially ordered to build a total of two railways, one through the wood factory and the other through the stone factory, which was the meaning of 'two dragons playing with pearls'. Since the completion of the railway, as the master said, the construction of the garden has been very smooth, and Lafayette only then knew that those who were not allowed to build the railway before had ulterior motives. ”

Hearing the words of the little eunuch, Zhang Peilun was secretly surprised in his heart, he couldn't imagine that in this "feng shui" together, the Internal Affairs Office actually dealt with it in advance, and whoever made a fuss about this piece again would definitely not be pleased!

And from the words of the little eunuch, Zhang Peilun seemed to hear something else!

In other words, it is likely that the center will use this as a starting point to build railways all over the country!

"This little brother, how many times have you taken this train?" Zhang Peilun asked again.

"I'll tell you the truth, it's the tenth time." The little eunuch replied with a smile.

It may be rare for a speaker to be so willing to talk to him, and he is not busy at this time, but the little eunuch and Zhang Peilun continued to chat, Zhang Peilun felt that the other people also began to laugh and watch the two of them chat, and the originally dull and depressing atmosphere in the carriage eased suddenly.

Next, the two of them chatted more, and the little eunuch's chatterbox was completely opened. He told Zhang Peilun that he had taken the farthest train through seven mountains and walked for "half an hour", and Zhang Peilun asked him how he could have walked through seven mountains in half an hour. Do you have wings? The little eunuch laughed and added that the hill was actually very low, and he walked from one end of the car to the other, as if it were the hill of his village, the hill of his house. He talked about the first time he took this train, and he was startled by the sound of the locomotive's front chimney, at first they were not only afraid when they saw the locomotive head chimney smoking, but also worried that it would smoke the soot, but in fact, after the train started, the soot quickly dispersed, and it was not choking. However, for the sake of safety, when the Queen Mother and the Emperor sat in the carriage, the curtains generally had to be closed, and the glass windows were mostly closed.

The two chatted for a while, the little eunuch said goodbye, and before leaving, Zhang Peilun asked him to leave his name: Ran Xingcong.

With this casual conversation with the little eunuch, Zhang Peilun's original bad feeling for the train seemed to disappear all at once, and he no longer read, but got up and stood by the window of the aisle, looking at the scenery.

For the first time, he experienced how wonderful the scenery outside the car window was.

As far as the eye can see, the rolling hills and delicate mountains and rivers in the distance make him feel refreshed. Between the mountains and the water, the small village with the smoke of cooking, the golden sunlight cautiously seems to be unwilling to disturb this peaceful scene, which really makes people suspect that they have arrived at the paradise of the world.

Zhang Peilun likes the scene of the northern countryside, especially the peaceful small villages in the suburbs of Beijing, hidden among the trees on the hillside, Khotan is lonely, calm, peaceful, and lonely. Such a scene inevitably made him feel emotional, such as "I wish to speak in the breeze and hold high to find my contract". As the train ran through the vast fields, the silent villages and the paths, and the people who toiled, the melody of the grassland came to his mind—long, gentle, and melancholy. Sometimes, Zhang Peilun seems to feel that he is walking against the wind, letting the scenery on both sides speed behind him, and the scenery that moves him is often just a glimpse of Feihong, but for him, it is enough.

The mountains in the north stretch for a long time, and if you look at the ridges, they are deep red in the distance, dark red in the distance, brown in the distance, light blue in the distance, a faint touch of gray in the farther away, and the farther away into the gray-blue sky. And these infinite colors are not monotonous and separate, they are harmoniously intertwined with the undulations of the mountains, and the peaceful villages lie quietly in the arms of the mountains.

Zhang Peilun, who took the train for the first time, finally realized why the "Shibo" Li Shaoquan and Lin Yizhe, who was hated by the gossip officials, insisted on promoting the construction of the railway.

When the train passed through the fields and villages, Zhang Peilun deliberately observed the farmers who were looking at the train, and he was surprised to find that these people looked at the train and did not mean to be frightened.

Their eyes were full of joy and envy!

Could it be that the scholars keep saying that "the will of the people do not obey" is like this?

With regard to the navy, Zhang Peilun had the same view as Li Shaoquan, the "uncle" and the late young naval minister Lin Yizhe, that "the navy is the urgent task of the world," but he did not think that the navy was as priority as the navy as the railways that Li Lin and the others were trying to build.

But just now, the little eunuch's words made his opinion change.

He has always been concerned about the people's livelihood and takes the Confucian "economic and practical use" as his guide, and believes that everything that benefits the people is nothing to be done, and a little eunuch can feel the convenience brought by the railway, so what reason is there to oppose it?

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