"This street is lined with residential areas on both sides, if you let the railway pass through here, then the train rumbles by, I'm afraid that those of us who design the railway route will be scolded to death by them, so let's bypass the commercial area next to it, where the flow of people is larger, and the train passing through there is not only convenient for the people, but also can bring additional people to the business area, enhance the commercial activities there, and it is not far from this residential area, so the residents here only need to walk a few more steps by train!"

A young man wearing a rattan helmet and a cyan official robe instructed the foreman next to him that he should be an official planning the railway route in Shanghai, and from his words, it can also be known that this young official has considered very carefully, and even considered such a trivial matter as whether to disturb the people when the train passes in the future, so it can be seen that the other party should be a very competent person.

"Hehe, thank you Li Tou for reminding me, I'm going to let my subordinates change the drawings and make sure that everything is done according to your old requirements!" The middle-aged foreman who was also wearing a helmet said with a smile, although this foreman was full of wind and frost, and at a glance he knew that he was a person who worked outdoors all year round, and there were more wrinkles on his face than ordinary people, but the two small eyes were bright, and he knew that he was a shrewd guy at a glance.

Although the middle-aged foreman agreed very happily, the young official was familiar with the other party's personality, so in the end, he was still uneasy to explain again: "Old Five, the end point of this road is Shanghai Wharf, and it also passes through Wu Wangfu and the municipal government building along the way, so this road is much more important than other railways, if you dare to cut corners like last time, this official will not intercede for you again!" ”

Hear what the young official said. Immediately, the middle-aged foreman put away his hippie smile and said solemnly: "Li Tou, don't worry." The last time I did something wrong, my mother was critically ill. I had to do that kind of foolish thing, I thought that I would never be able to do this business anymore, but I didn't expect Li Tou to give me this opportunity regardless of your previous suspicions, so I won't do that kind of wrong thing again if I kill the little one! ”

It turned out that the foreman named Lao Wu was a contracted builder in Shanghai, specializing in undertaking railway construction in Shanghai, but last time his mother in the family had a serious illness and needed a lot of money. Only then did he put the idea on the project money, which led to the lack of project money, and he could only cut corners in the construction of the railway, and was reported and almost arrested and imprisoned.

The young official also nodded approvingly after hearing this, although the fifth person was a bit treacherous. But his mother is very filial, and he took a fancy to him, so he helped him intercede, and gave him this chance. I believe that as long as the fifth child still has a little brain, he will not do that kind of thing of cutting corners.

After inspecting this section of the railway route, the young officials made a mark on the drawings. to facilitate future modifications, and then with the old five. Head down the next stretch of the route. It's just that when the young official walked around, he limped. This made the people around look at it and couldn't help but sigh a little, after all, such a young and promising young official was a lame man.

And although Lao Wu screamed one by one, he didn't seem to care about the other party's official body, but in fact, in Lao Wu's heart, he was still very in awe of this young official, after all, he was not stupid, he had committed a serious crime before, but because of a word, he was so innocent, which shows the energy of this young official.

Originally, the road map of the railway was determined by the Shanghai official, but the previous competent officials planned the railway route for the first time, coupled with the reluctance to conduct field investigations, resulting in the planned line did not conform to reality, and later was discovered by Wu Wang Li Ke, the competent officials were immediately removed from their posts and investigated, and then promoted a group of down-to-earth and hard-working officials, and the young officials around the foreman Lao Wu were one of them, but because of the relationship of time, these officials did not have time to plan out all the lines, so in the end only grasped a general direction, The details of the route are left to experienced contractors, who will also need to supervise them.

After several years of construction, the city of Shanghai has entered the final stage, and the whole city is now on track, except for a few still dusty construction sites, the rest of the place is almost like a normal city. Moreover, although the city of Shanghai is only in its infancy, it has already shown the style of an inter-field city, and the ships coming and going from the port are endless, and merchants from all fields like to anchor here and purchase the goods they need.

Now Shanghai has become the Datang coast, in addition to Dengzhou and Guangzhou, and Fuzhou is the third largest port city, and its development is extremely fast, I believe that it will not be long before it can surpass Fuzhou and truly become a big port on a par with Dengzhou.

Li Ke also saw the above point, so during this period of time the construction of Shanghai City was very tight, he hoped that in the shortest possible time, the construction of Shanghai will be completed, then he can go all out to develop Shanghai, and strive to be able to compare with Li Su's Dengzhou as soon as possible. However, as soon as Li Ke grasped it like this, the people below could only pay more attention, such as the construction of the railway, because the last official dereliction of duty has been seriously delayed.

As one of the people in charge of railway construction, the young official with a leg disability also understands the importance of the railway, so he also worked overtime during this time, and today he even came to survey the route in person. At noon, he didn't bother to find a place to eat, just nibbled on a few mouthfuls of dry food with Lao Wu, and then continued to survey the route.

It was not until night fell and the survey could no longer be carried out that the young officer said goodbye to the fifth child, then stopped a carriage and returned to his residence in the center of the city. Originally, there was only Wu Wangfu in the center of the city, but last year a new mansion was built next to Wu Wangfu, and two huge mansions were built side by side, and the specifications were the same.

The young official with a disabled leg was Li Chengqian, who returned to his house after a busy day, but was told by the housekeeper that his wife Su and son Li Xiang were both invited to the palace of King Wu by the third brother Li Ke, saying that a distinguished guest had arrived, and asked the housekeeper to inform him that if he came back, he would go directly to the palace of King Wu.

Li Chengqian heard the housekeeper's words and felt strange in his heart, with his status as a deposed prince, ordinary people would probably avoid it, why did Li Ke ask him to go to the mansion to greet guests today? Could it be......

Li Chengqian, who has been made the crown prince since he was a child, is not a stupid person, he quickly guessed who came, and he was very happy at the moment, and hurriedly asked people to serve him to take a bath and change clothes, after all, it has not been dog days yet, and he has to wear an official robe this day, so he has already had a stinky sweat on his body, so he naturally has to freshen up, and he can't wear an official robe to the banquet, right?

After taking a comfortable shower, and then changing into civilian clothes, Li Chengqian hurriedly passed through a corner door on the west side of the mansion. Because his mansion is only separated by a wall from Li Ke's mansion, in order to facilitate the communication between the two families, a corner door was opened on the wall. Originally, Li Chengqian had been demoted to a concubine, and he couldn't live in a mansion of such specifications, but Li Ke, as a younger brother, couldn't let Li Chengqian's living conditions be worse than his own, so he deliberately built this mansion with the same specifications as the palace.

The steward of Li Ke's mansion had been waiting for Li Chengqian for a long time, and as soon as he saw him enter the mansion, he immediately led him to the main hall. And before Li Chengqian walked into the hall, he heard laughter inside, and one of the voices he was very familiar with was his sixth brother Li Su.

Li Chengqian entered the main hall and saw Li Ke chatting happily, he immediately laughed loudly: "Sixth brother, how come you, a busy man, have time to come to Shanghai?" ”

I saw that the people in the hall were divided into three groups, among which Li Su and Li Ke were sitting together and talking, and his wife and Li Su and Li Ke's wives were also sitting together, and several concubines of the three were also there.

As soon as Li Cheng Qian came in, Li Su also stood up with a smile and said, "Big brother, we'll just wait, now the little brother's stomach is almost hungry, you will have to punish yourself three cups in a while!" In addition, Wen Xin and Li Ke's wife Yang also stood up and saluted Li Chengqian, after all, they are the eldest brothers, and when they see their brother as younger brothers-in-law, they naturally have to salute.

Li Chengqian asked his wife Su to help Wen Xin and Yang up on his behalf, and then walked to Li Su's side and said: "Naturally, there is no problem with punishing wine, but I have also been running for a day, and I haven't even eaten much at noon, so third brother, you better hurry up and let people put down the wine banquet, and our three brothers will get drunk!" ”

"What the eldest brother said is that our three brothers haven't drunk together for a long time, and we must not get drunk today!" Li Ke also said with a laugh, and at the same time ordered someone to put the prepared banquet on the table.

Since Li Chengqian came in, Li Su has been observing the other party's expression, and found that Li Chengqian's face only has the joy of getting together with brothers, but there is no longer the decadence when he saw him in Dengzhou, and he feels quite comforted in his heart at the moment, presumably if the emperor's father in Chang'an knows that Li Chengqian has untied the knot, he will definitely be even happier.

In fact, Li Su arrived at Shanghai Port at noon, and also met the third brother Li Ke, and even after inquiring about Li Chengqian's situation, the two also deliberately went to the place where Li Chengqian was surveyed to secretly observe, and when Li Su found that although Li Chengqian was much darker and thinner than before, but his spirit was excellent, his heart finally let go. For Li Su, whether it is public or private, Li Chengqian can't die now! (To be continued.) )