The news of the illness and death of Ye Luchun, the supervisor of the Liao State, set off another wave of bond upsurge in the Great Song Dynasty, but the news of the defeat of the Jin State after that fell in response to the market trading price of the bonds. www.biquge.infoFortunately, at this time, the imperial court was relieved from its financial difficulties, and the large and small chambers of commerce that were tied to the bond chariot would not tolerate the recurrence of the last time the bonds turned into waste paper, and secretly supported the bottom and stabilized the price again.

Therefore, after a brief period of turmoil, the bonds began to rise again, but this incident made the Song court begin to pay attention to the newspapers: everything about Liao and Jin was leaked out of the newspapers.

While the attention of the imperial court turned to the newspapers, the Beijing-Xuzhou Railway entered the final stage of track laying.

Nearly 2 million manpower was mobilized, and more than 18 million yuan of investment was consumed, and the railway, which was nearly 800 miles long, took five years and finally reached its final stage. On average, 2,500 years of labor were used on the construction site for every mile long, and the money spent on each mile was as high as 22,500 yuan!

Judging from the current progress of the project, it will take about a year for all the tracks to be laid. In this era, it can be said to be a very remarkable achievement, and only the Great Song Dynasty in the world can organize a project of this scale.

It is not surprising that the Great Song Dynasty can organize such a population size, but it is not the officials of the Great Song Dynasty who can be so efficient, but a group of young people sent by the Railway General Chamber of Commerce.

The total number of these young men was 10,000, the oldest was only 24-4 years old, and the youngest was only 14 years old - but they were all proficient in arithmetic, knew how to coordinate, and cooperated tacitly, and all of them had received more than four years of specialized education. They were still a little jerky at first, but in less than a month, they were able to do the things at hand properly, even the capable officials appointed by the imperial court had to pick out a thumbs up and say a word of obedience.

They also got a huge exercise in this project.

Surrounded by a group of such young people, Zhan Tianzuo looked at the section of roadbed in front of him with great satisfaction, the sleepers had been placed and fixed, and the next step was to fix the rails. However, by the time the track was laid, he was probably no longer on the construction site of the Beijing-Xuzhou railway, but turned south to prepare for a new railway from Xuzhou to Zhenjiang.

This new road is more difficult because it has to cross many rivers and lakes, and even if there is a breakthrough in bridge construction technology today, in some special places, in order to leave a channel for ships, the method of steam suspension bridges will be adopted. All this still needs to be further explored, and experts like Zhan Tianzuo are needed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know when we will see you again, maybe ten years later, when we build bridges and roads in Jiangnan, we will be able to cooperate with each other." Zhan Tianzuo bowed his hand to the young people around him: "Do things well, don't live up to Zhou Gong's expectations!" ”

Everyone saluted him, but when they straightened up, they found that Zhan Tianzuo had a strange look on his face and looked in one direction.

But it was a girl, uneasily clutching her braids, biting her lip, and looking at him from the side.

This girl is beautiful and amiable, and her eyes are stubborn, and when everyone sees it, they will smile meaningfully, and then disperse so that the girl can come over.

"You're leaving?" The girl stepped forward and asked softly.

"Sister Xiu, ...... you" Zhan Tianzuo was a little distressed, this problem was much more troublesome than how to build an iron bridge over a hundred-zhang wide river.

This girl has not known him for a long time, only about half a year, but as if she has identified him, as long as she has time, she will come to look for him, and the rumors outside and even the swearing and beating of her parents can't change her mind, often she is beaten in the morning, and she still limps to Zhan Tianzuo's side in the afternoon.

"Is the gentleman leaving?" The girl asked again.

"Yes." Zhan Tianzuo nodded.

"Mr. has a university question, and the slave doesn't dare to keep Mr. here, but the slave has one thing, and he asks Mr. to accept it, just like a slave...... I can accompany Mr. all over the world. ”

As the girl spoke, she took out a pair of scissors from her sleeve, and without waiting for Zhan Tianzuo to react, she cut off her big braid with a click, and then tied it with a red rope.

Her hands were swift and dexterous, though a little rough, but she tied the broken hair in the shortest possible time, tied it in a beautiful knot, and handed it over.

Zhan Tianzuo was a little hesitant.

The girl directly stuffed the braid into his palm, and the two touched lightly with their palms, and the girl's eyes were full of tears, but she forcibly refused to let it fall, and then saluted Zhan Tianzuo again.

"Sir is a man who does great things...... If my husband thinks that what I send is cheap and troublesome, he can throw it wherever he wants. ”

"No, no, this is, this is the most precious gift I have ever received...... Zhan Tian Zuofei is hard-hearted, but he is afraid that he will have to run around in the wilderness for the rest of his life, and he will never be able to stay in one place for a long time, so this will be the case. At this time, his heart was agitated, he thought about it, took out a brocade box from the bag at his feet, opened the brocade box, put the string of braids into it, and took out the things that were originally in the brocade box.

It is a badge, made of copper and tin alloy, with a cyan metallic sheen, and a string of words on it: Railway Merit Medal.

"This is Zhou Gong...... It was given to me by the prince of Jeguo, I have nothing to give you, leave it to you as a souvenir, if you have a child in the future and want to learn the railway, take it to the Railway Chamber of Commerce! ”

Clutching the medal tightly, the girl's tears fell down.

"In my opinion, Master Zhan, you should take care of your own child!"

When the girl was crying silently, she suddenly heard someone talking, she hurriedly wiped away her tears, but saw Zhan Tianzuo, who was like a heavenly man in her heart, bowing to people, and the attitude was so respectful that she had never seen it!

She looked back, but at some point, a group of people stood behind her, the leader was very young, and he was extremely handsome, and he hugged her fists with a smile: "I've seen Mrs. Sister-in-law!" ”

The girl suddenly blushed.

"You, you...... I'm not ......."

"You just say if you are willing or not, as long as you are willing, then I will call this sister-in-law."

The girl's heart fluttered, but she was not convinced: "Do you think you are the Duke of Jiguo, such a great skill?" ”

She was shy in front of Zhan Tianzuo, but in front of this young man, she was spicy and bold, and when she crossed her waist to speak, she was really strong and graceful, and she knew that she was a hot girl at a glance.

"What is Jeguogong, I can do what he can do!" The young man pouted.

The girl doesn't believe it!

Now on both sides of the Beijing-Xu Railway, the name of Zhou Quan, the Duke of Jiguo, can be said to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in the folk rumors, this is the reincarnation of Tianqiaoxing, the God of Wealth descended to earth, a little at will, you can cash in the mountains, open your mouth and exhale, you can make the rain fall money. And the girl has been with Zhan Tianzuo for half a year, and she knows best that Zhan Tianzuo often says that his skill is to feel a little fur from Jiguo Gong.

The young man in front of him didn't even have a beard, and he looked too handsome, how could he have the skills of Jiguo Gong?

She was about to say more, but saw Zhan Tianzuo smile bitterly: "Sister Xiu, don't talk nonsense, this is the Duke of Jiguo...... Don't hurry up! ”

The girl Xiu Sister was frightened: "What...... How is this show young? ”

Then he made a big red face, hurriedly bowed down, and then hid behind Zhan Tianzuo.

Zhan Tianzuo looked at Zhou Quan, a little puzzled, at this time, how could Zhou Quan appear here?

"Master Zhan wants to go south, I have to come and send it, and in addition, I will send you something in advance." Zhou Quan waved to the side, and immediately a young guard stepped forward and held a red brocade box, Zhou Quan opened the brocade box and took out a medal from it, which was similar in appearance to Fang Cai's handle, but it was shining silver, and it was cast of sterling silver.

"The first-class silver medal for railway merit was originally issued after the official opening of the railway, but if you go south this time, I am afraid that you will miss the celebration party at that time, so I will send it to you in advance - that is, the ceremony is a little simpler, please don't blame it!"

Where would Zhan Tianzuo blame!

He knew how difficult it was to get the Silver Medal, and that few of the soldiers who were born and died on the battlefield and the sailors who came and went on the sea could get the Silver Medal!

He solemnly took the silver medallion, carefully pinned it to his chest, and then saluted Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan raised his hand between his eyebrows, and Zhan Tianzuo understood that this was a new military salute for the East China Sea Guards.

"Be careful when you go to the south, the Manichaeism over there is a bit of a fierce scene, I have arranged guards, in terms of security, you have to cooperate with them, you masters, all of them are treasures, and there will be no accidents. As for Mrs. Sister-in-law, her family has my own person to say, she will act as your daily service, and go to the south with you, although the conditions are more difficult, but I think, Mrs. Sister-in-law should not have complaints, right? Zhou Quan looked at the girl named Sister Xiu again.

She blushed violently now, but nodded firmly.

So Zhan Tianzuo's itinerary plan changed, from leaving alone to walking with two people. His originally simple bag was also added to a lot of things, and it wasn't until they set off that a middle-aged couple stumbled over, crying, but after Sister Xiu pulled Zhan Tianzuo to kneel down and kowtow to them a few times, they could only be taken to Zhou Quan helplessly.

But when I came, I cried and cried, and when I went back, I smiled.

The achievement of a pair of lovers, this feeling made Zhou Quan very happy, and then looked at the construction site of this close project, the deeper the sense of accomplishment in his heart.

It wasn't until Yue Fei appeared in front of him that he smiled slightly: "Regarding the matter of that faceling, you said in the report that there were some clues, could it be that you found out his identity?" ”

The secret of the Facelings, the Wushu has been well preserved, until Yue Fei swept through Kitakyushu and captured many of the Wushu's cronies, and learned that there was such a figure around the Wushu.

Although Zhou Quan disagreed with this person's so-called plan, he was very interested in this person's identity.

This person knows Zhou Quan quite well, has done very detailed research, and has also learned some of Zhou Quan's strategies, which cannot be done alone or on an impromptu basis.

Who is he? What does he want to do? (To be continued.) )