This sudden flattery made Zhang Jing cry and laugh for a while.

But he glanced at Liu Wenxiu.

found that Liu Wenxiu didn't look like flattery, and saw him look serious.

It's like I really think so.

Zhang Jing breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand and said, "Don't be verbose, just do your business." ”

Pacing a few steps down the promenade outside the interrogation room.

I saw Wu Changchun coming in a hurry at this time.

Obviously, he received an order to prepare to entertain that Lin Bin.

He was far away at the end of the corridor, so he immediately stood sideways by the wall, lowered his head, and saluted Zhang Jing from afar.

Zhang Jingyi felt that this person ...... There is an indescribable feeling, eerie, like a demon imp in hell.

But Zhang Jingyi knows that Jinyiwei can't do without such a person.

In this era, there are not so many so-called humanitarianism, not that they are not humane, but that the social concept at this time is like this.

It's like a disaster that doesn't hurt your family.

Why is this era all about strain?

It is not necessarily the law of the later generations, which is more merciful than this time, and the people of the later generations are more generous in their thinking.

You must know that the ancients had many benevolent periods, so that the condemned prisoners needed to be personally executed by the emperor, and they would be amnesty from the world at every turn.

And the reason why there is a law of Zhulian, in fact, to put it bluntly, is just the background of the times, and the concepts of later generations, clans and big families have been indifferent, and social relations have become small families or individuals.

However, in this era, the relationship between the clan and the extended family is very close, and the individual is completely dependent on the clan and the family.

If there is no punishment for the clan, it means that every individual in the clan dares to trample on all laws for the benefit of the clan or the extended family, so that the benefits of breaking the law will go to the clan, and the individual will be willing to die in an endless stream.

Then the law will have no deterrent effect.

Zhang Jing nodded at Wu Changchun's chin, and then walked away.

Soon after, a report was sent to the desk of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse took a closer look.

He couldn't figure it out even if he wanted to break his head.

Why do those people ...... Why do you dare to come to fight Daming.

The Ming Dynasty's contacts with the countries of Europa have actually been practiced for many years.

However, the Ming court is obviously not very interested in these people, but there are many scholars and doctors among the people who are willing to associate with them.

Since the Zhengde period, there have been many records of summoning the envoys of the Franco.

It's not that Da Ming doesn't know anything about them.

In other words, Da Ming knows nothing about the affairs of the outside world.

The reason why there is not much interest is because for the Ming Dynasty, these Francos and Dutch people are more like a group of robbers who rob homes and houses, and they negotiate too deeply, so what do many overseas vassals who have been infringed upon by them think?

On the other hand, the two sides are indeed talking to each other, ostensibly talking, but in fact, neither side can understand each other's intentions.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at the report and was shocked.

Immediately, the messenger was sent to the cabinet.

The Cabinet was a little confused.

Because there's something in it that they really can't understand.

For example, it is clear that there is a problem with one of their banks, why did they prompt them to attack Daming.

For another example, the Francois and the Dutch people have been attacking around the Ming Dynasty, first attacking the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and then staying in Macao in various names, and even occupying the Ryukyus and coveting Penghu.

But why, it's like Da Ming dug up their ancestral graves, and they have become ugly monsters who are about to harm them.

If you don't understand, don't worry.

The cabinet was still very quick to get things done, and several cabinet scholars immediately wrote a letter and drew up a charter for strengthening coastal defense.

For example, increasing the protection of merchant ships, and strengthening several coastal guards.

Nowadays, the details of the Dutch and Francois have not yet been figured out, and all the Emperor of the Apocalypse can do is to take one step at a time and see one step at a time.

After all, for the Emperor of the Apocalypse, the most worrying thing at the moment is the issue of the railway.

The railway project in eastern Liaodong used a lot of manpower and material resources, a railway line, from the capital to Shanhaiguan and then to Jinzhou and Ningyuan, and finally went straight to Lushun.

It's just that the imperial court is still determined to open up another route to Shenyang on the Ningyuan line.

The reason why we want to go deep into Shenyang is the influence of the Jiannu people after all, this was once the nest of the Jiannu people, to completely control this marginal place, cut off the trouble of the heart, these manpower and material resources, but still need.

Nowadays, all the projects revolve around the Lushun line and the Shenyang line, which are only being planned, and this railway has been laid to Jinzhou and Ningyuan...... and the Tieling area.

But at this moment, a group of businessmen returned.

They went to Jinzhou, to Ningyuan, and to Tieling......

They had traveled through four major mines, and on the way back, it happened that the railway had finally broken through.

Therefore, they took the steam train, bumped for four or five days, and returned to the capital.

The big proprietors of the steel workshop headed by Liu Hongshi had already come to pick up people when they came out of the station.

Not only that, but many newspaper people have already heard the news and are waiting outside this station.

When Liu Hongshi and the others came out, they were immediately surrounded by people.

Someone said eagerly: "I don't know what you think about your visit to Liao?" ”

"How's the mine?"

"Is it really what the people say?"

"Please say a few words......"

Liu Hongshi coughed, but he didn't expect that he would become the most eye-catching figure in the entire capital, so he said: "Liaodong is bitterly cold, snow is covered all year round, and the mining of minerals is not easy. Although the quality of the minerals is of the highest quality, it is not yet known what the future holds. In addition, the price of manpower there is too high, and the wages of craftsmen and laborers are more than double that of the customs area, and such a huge labor expenditure is also worrying. ”

Leaving this speech, everyone boarded the car one after another.

At this moment, the people who were originally eager seemed to be deflated all of a sudden, and the people from the newspapers wrote down the words of Liu Hongshi and others, and then rushed back to the museum without stopping.

Nowadays, the competition in newspapers is fierce, and with the emergence of stocks, readers have higher and higher requirements for the timeliness of articles.

After all, the same news, you come out a day late, the former is crucial, and the latter is worthless.

Liu Hongshi dropped a word, sat in the carriage and took a nap, and when he returned to Liu's house, the family had been waiting for a long time.

"The lord is back, the lord is back."

All of a sudden, the house was bustling.

Liu Hongshi blackened his face, entered the mansion, and asked the steward to drive away all the good deeds, before going to the hall and sitting down: "What about that guy Liu Yan?" Where did it go again? ”

"Master, the young master went to pick you up at the station just now...... Why, didn't the lord meet? ”

Liu Hongshi was silent.

After a while, I heard hurried footsteps.

But it was Liu Hongshi's son Liu Yan who came back, and as soon as he came in, he said, "Dad...... My son saw you outside the station, but unfortunately...... There were too many people at that time, and there was a lot of ......"

"Alright." Liu Hongshi had already drunk the tea, paused, and then looked up at Liu Yan: "From now on, the old man will speak, you will listen to the old man, and do what your father says." ”

"First, check how much silver is in the account, today and tomorrow, immediately buy the shares of Liaodong Mining."

"Ah......h

"Second, we must be prepared that our steel workshop needs to open new workshops in several places in Tieling and Yizhouwei...... The land, the old man has chosen, the old man is old, he can't run around the capital and Liaodong at both ends, the future business of Liaodong will have to be handed over to you, you are not young, you can no longer mess around as before, don't you keep saying that the old man refuses to let go and let you take care of things? In the future, the affairs of Liaodong will be in your charge, don't teach the old man to be disappointed, otherwise you will insult your ancestors! ”

Liu Yan: "......"

"Why, you won't go?"

"It's not." Liu Yan couldn't help but laugh and said, "This ...... This...... But just ...... The son was obviously listening to his father outside the station...... Say......... The place in Liaodong is bitterly cold, and the price of labor is also expensive...... The scale of this mine is not clear, and it is difficult to say ......"

"Dad......" Liu Yan said, and couldn't help but say: "Could it be that what Dad said is a lie." ”

Liu Hongshi calmed down, took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "The court is public, how dare the old man deceive people?" ”

Liu Yan: "......"

Liu Hongshi said: "It's just that what the old man said is true, and there is absolutely no falsehood." But...... The old man only told them...... Half of the true situation. ”

Liu Yan was speechless: "What about the other half?" ”

"The other half is, in the place of Liaodong, although it is bitter cold now, there are countless lands, the land is outrageously cheap, in the future, the railways will all be connected, countless mines and workshops will be profitable, and even a large number of rye will be planted in the future, where it will be plugged into the south of the Yangtze River, and the future prospects are really immeasurable."

As for the old man, the quality of the mines there is uncertain in the future. But...... Liaodong is too vast, I don't know how many rich ores, within three hundred years, will not be exhausted, the future mineral deposits may not be of good quality, but it is possible, the future mineral deposits will be more abundant. ”

Liu Yan couldn't turn his mind for a while, and he saw Liu Hongshi with a confused expression.

Liu Hongshi continued: "In addition, the old man also said that the manpower there is too expensive, but he didn't tell everyone that compared to the huge profits of mining now, the cost of this manpower can't even account for half of it, and those salaries are not worth mentioning compared to the annual income and expenditure. ”