The Ministry of Rites has calculated that it is a good day, and it can break ground.

The land lord wanted to sacrifice, and then the shovel tied with the yellow ribbon was personally come by the Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu After the first blow, there was a cannon sound, and 30,000 laborers began to dig the foundation and smash the stone.

When the first steel rail was erected on the ground, many officials did not understand, what was it?

Could it be that there will be some miracle when four such steel bars are placed on the ground?

There is no need for explanation, and the Shiramei Crane standing here is the best explanation. Standing here, the people will trust them unconditionally, believing that they will be able to live a good life.

The line has been drawn, and the starting point of the first phase is the northern half of the Nanjing Wharf, which is the location of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in the later generations. Along the riverside to Nanjing's emerging industrial zone, it is the location of Yuhuatai District in later generations, and it is also close to the location of Nanjing Railway Station in later generations.

The second stage is long, from Nanjing Station to Yixing Mansion in the west of Taihu Lake. The difficulty of this section is in the river, although it is not wide, but it is also a river, with reinforced concrete, plus the Ming Dynasty was originally very superb bridge construction level, Bai Minghe has no pressure, they will repair very well, the difference is time.

The third phase, which is the most important part, is planned to be completed in two years along the south of Taihu Lake and through Huzhou to Hangzhou. The whole route is 520 miles, with two-way lanes. How many stations are there in the middle, and then according to the local situation, there must be several large stations, and state-level and prefecture-level stations are necessary.

Zhu Qiyu doesn't care how big the investment is, he just needs to see the railway and see the train running.

The shortest first stage, as an experimental railway, will definitely be open to traffic within three months, only a few dozen miles long.

But. There was a small trouble.

For this trouble, Bai Minghe personally went to a small village in the northeast of Xuanwu Lake.

Who is the white crane, the only big man in Nanjing, the person who has an immortal tablet in every family, the white crane can come to such a small village in person, and the whole village regardless of men, women and children all come out to welcome him.

The white crane stood at the entrance of the village and bowed. The head of the village also returned the salute with fists.

Li Zheng stepped forward and saluted again: "Lord Bai, you are here in person, and we and other rural people are terrified. The government is naturally supportive of the government's road construction, and we and other rural people naturally support it, but ......"

"I know, grave removal is a big deal. If it is not for this kind of must be straight and can not be bent, it is made of pure steel, and it is extremely difficult to bend. Otherwise, it will not disturb the villagers, and Bai will be in a dilemma. I hope to understand, my white name crane is justified here. If there is any request, as long as I can do it, absolutely nothing! ”

"Xiaomin doesn't dare to have all the demands, but this one is the family, and there is no Ding in the family!"

When Bai Minghe heard this, he also felt really embarrassed. After detailed inquiry, the family had only two children. A widow. Originally, he moved from elsewhere, and the old man in the family died early. The man also accidentally fell into the water and died a year ago. The widow was also considering remarrying, and the family was really a masterless person.

The white crane asked in detail, it was a lonely grave. The grave with this village is not in the same place at all.

But it is such a lonely tomb, and the local county order does not dare to respond casually, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, it is a big sin to move people's ancestral graves. What's more, there are great taboos among the people.

Not to mention the county order, even the Nanjing Ministry of Rites did not dare to casually say whose grave it was.

The real ownerless lonely grave can only be moved when it is deserted, and it also needs to have local monks to do rituals. It was shocking to the owner of the tomb. This grave is still new, and it will take at least five or six years to wait for it to be deserted, and the white crane can't afford to wait.

If this woman wants to remarry, she naturally can't be the head of the family.

"Dare to ask, if she remarries with her children, will these two children change their surnames?" The white crane asked again.

"If you go back to the adult, don't change your surname, this matter has been recorded, but these two children have been listed for at least ten years, the eldest is only four years old, and the youngest is only two years old." The county replied in a whisper beside him.

Embarrassed!

Bai Minghe felt a little helpless in his heart, but he also had a lot of relief. At least the officials did not oppress the people, nor did they force the people to move their graves because of the fact that they had built a railway. Confucianism is somewhat rotten, but it does not mean that Confucianism should be completely rejected, and this traditional Chinese etiquette and morality is still necessary.

Just when both sides were in a dilemma, the county suddenly said something.

"Xiaguan has an idea, Xiaguan is willing to accept these two children as righteous sons and move the grave in the name of righteous brothers. This matter is according to the county ceremony, and it takes about five days for the township ceremony to be handled, and the lower officials will ask the village to be certified, the elders, and the county magistrates. Since they are righteous sons, these two children should be educated! ”

This is a solution, and in order to build the road, the county magistrate can be regarded as making sacrifices.

Bai Minghe couldn't help but express it, and immediately said: "If you are willing, this official is willing to be a teacher." ”

Hearing this, several old men in the village immediately called out the two children and hurriedly kowtowed to Bai Minghe. There is a saying in Nanjing, even if you can swim upstream from the rivers and mountains to Nanjing, you may not be able to find your own children to be a student of Bai Minghe. Not to mention a grass people, it is difficult for many high-ranking officials and nobles.

What's more, I heard that this matter is still under pressure, and the reason is naturally not that anything is qualified to be a student of Bai Minghe.

Li Zhengxin said, if you want to say it as soon as possible, Lord Bai, you are willing to accept this even if a child is a student, a teacher for a day, and a father for life, ordinary villagers also understand, and the teacher is naturally qualified to move the grave on behalf of this child. But no one dared to say this, if it was spread out of their village, they would take the grave relocation as a condition, so that the child would be accepted as a student by Bai Minghe.

In these ten miles and eight townships, their whole village can't raise their heads.

"After the ceremony, if you agree. This older child can read to His Royal Highness King Yi first, although he is young, he can also learn some. ”

Although the little guy is not sensible yet, he also knows from the attitude of the elders that it may be his own big deal.

wanted to kowtow to the white crane, but the white crane refused.

This made the villagers very nervous.

Bai Minghe said again: "It's not too late to recognize my father first, and then make a formal apprenticeship." The cost of moving the grave ......" Bai Minghe didn't need to instruct anymore, and a personal entourage next to him handed over two silver tickets of ten taels to Li Zheng's hand: "One is the cost of moving the grave, and the other is the adult's ritual." ”

"Thank you, sir!" All the villagers saluted together.

This is finally a smooth solution to the small trouble, and the grave cannot be moved. As long as there is a tomb with an owner, the Taoist sect will send someone to retest the feng shui and choose a suitable place to relocate.

When the white crane returned to the White Horse Pavilion, the first thing he did was mark the entire route. Arrange surveys of prefectures, prefectures, counties, and villages along the road. Whether it is occupying farmland or destroying someone's house, prepare in advance, and the silver taels that should be compensated will be responsible for the Daming Railway Division of the new Daming Dynasty.

There are only two officials in this Daming Railway Division at the moment.

One is the part-time left Sizheng of the Daming Taishi Yu Qian, and the other is the part-time right Sizheng of the Daming Hai Si Du and the Dongchang Du Governor Bai Minghe. And the main officer is still empty, and he has not been positioned at what level.

Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty meant that this official must be a second-grade official, independent of the six ministries, and directly managed by the Wenhua Palace.

The meaning of the Ministry of Officials is that it hopes to be attributed to the Ministry of Industry and set up a separate yamen, isn't this equivalent to abolishing the principle of the six ministries? The theory of three provinces and six ministries is the foundation of the founding of the dynasty, so I don't want to add a new ministry.

"Quarrel, let them quarrel, when the railway is really built for thousands of miles, they will know that this thing is not under the control of the Ministry of Industry, so for now, let them quarrel." Bai Minghe didn't even touch the seal of the Daming Railway Division, and he didn't even bother to look at it.

Why? Because this thing is a nuisance for the white crane.

The railway represents a strong transportation force, who dares to say that no one will stick to the hands when the time comes, the Ministry of War wants to transport military materials, the Ministry of Households wants to transport tax grain, the Ministry of Officials also wants to dispatch officials faster, and the Ministry of Industry also needs to transport various construction materials, who dares to say that this thing is not important, so Bai Minghe does not want to be caught in the middle and make it difficult to be a person.

Yu Qian also understands that his identity cannot be the chief officer of the railway, but it is not easy to choose a person who is capable, not rigid, and also adheres to principles.

But for now, let's finish the first phase of the railway.

After a tiring day, Shirana Crane finally returned to the backyard and enjoyed hot water, massage, and food. While listening to Sun Yuanjun's complaint to himself: "Husband, do you know that Huaiyu hasn't been home for four days, but the maids around her have come to get some daily necessities several times, just for a boat, and your daughter's family doesn't know the rules, so you don't care about her." ”

"Can I handle it? She has the support of Banzai behind her, if I hadn't stopped her, I'm afraid she would have been able to dismantle my boat! ”

"I'll go and talk to the queen." Sun Yuanjun is really ready to pack up Huaiyu.

Bai Minghe hurriedly grabbed it: "Don't, I was joking just now." It's really manageable, but this time it's up to Huaiyu once. You must know that she is here, so you don't have to do it. She and Angela will make the craftsmen work harder, which represents the importance that the royal family attaches to the ship. ”

Seeing that Sun Yuanjun still didn't understand, Bai Minghe continued to explain: "What's more, if you let Huaiyu be at home, her heart will also fly to the shipyard." If you think about it, the ship that ran out of 200 miles in 100 hours that day, the whole Ming Dynasty watched it. ”

"It seems really important."

"If you don't believe it, the Duchess of Wei and Mrs. Sun Dudu will go to see Huaiyu in the name of visiting, of course, they focus on the boat. Because Wei Guogong and Sun Yuanzhen couldn't go in person, but they couldn't have any news or they couldn't do it. After all, if this ship can really be used in the future, it will definitely be given priority to the Nanjing Naval Division. ”

Sun Yuanjun understood.

"Then husband, I'll also visit Huaiyu tomorrow, and by the way, I'll hit her a few bamboo boards." (To be continued......)