Chapter 16 Opening to Traffic
In addition to his daily work, Jiang Minghong has one more task of marriage, which makes him even more tired. In contrast, Xue Yunchu has a lot of leisure now, almost nothing to do, reading a book, and the content that can be scanned in a few seconds does not take up much time at all.
In addition to paying attention to Xue Ying's research work over there every day, Xue Yunchu kept the core on standby most of the time to minimize the consumption of biological energy. As a result, the servants who worked in the villa could often see him sitting at his desk for hours while tidying up his room.
In this kind of ordinary day, for Xue Yunchu, time passed faster, just like the previous undercover mission, a year passed in a hurry. The probability of accidents happening is always very small, and nothing bad happens to them during the year, and there is no good fortune to befall them. During the year, the outsider he dealt with the most was the king he met through Jiang Minghong, Gangdi Urs.
As a king, there are very few things that Urs can do in this country, far less than Jiang Minghong's workload. So he had time to pass the time by conversing with the erudite scholar who, for a short time, was fluent in the local language. And Jiang Minghong's marriage has progressed quite smoothly in this year, and it is not difficult for Jiang Minghong to deal with a woman who does not have much knowledge. African tribes have a tradition of marriage since ancient times, and the object of marriage is naturally the stronger one, as for whether the strong person is their own race, there is no limit, this is just a rule produced in the long-term struggle. But King Urs has not made a clear statement, but has not restricted their exchanges.
"Today is the first time that our country has a fast track to the outside world, and my subjects, remember this moment, it will be a historical anniversary for our kingdom to enter the modern state." Gangdi Urs's face flushed with excitement, as a seventy-year-old king, he had not been so happy for a long time as he was today. Also as a king who had seen the modern state, he wanted to develop his own country. However, the ruthless reality shattered his illusions, and before meeting Jiang Minghong, no country or company had ever helped him in a substantial way in his request for assistance. He finally understood that a country without any natural resources was not even qualified to be exploited by others. Even those black African countries with far more natural conditions than here lag far behind other continents. What's more, it is impossible for him, a king who has entered his twilight years, to change a country that is still in an almost primitive society. Under the premise of closed traffic and lack of mineral resources for development, no country has come to invest here.
Under the stage of the ceremony, a large number of people were surrounded. One by one, they looked up at their king, many of whom did not understand what the king was saying, but that did not prevent them from cheering loudly. Not far from them, but they couldn't see it with their own eyes, there was a behemoth parked there, and it couldn't stop making a shocking noise. This is the opening ceremony of the railway from Abéché, Chad, to Jimmy Lierst, the capital of the Emirate of Urs. The ceremony was held conveniently in the plaza in front of the new station. There were so many people arriving that the entire station couldn't accommodate so many people. The work of maintaining law and order was entrusted to the royal guards, and although they were equipped with extremely backward weapons, they still had enough deterrent power for these ordinary people.
Jiang Minghong and Xue Yunchu also sat at the back of the rostrum, listening to the old king's speech. They were perfectly able to understand the mood of the old king. As someone who sees hope for their country to take off at the end of their lives, it is very normal to be so excited.
"This is the man who has fully funded us to build this path of hope, Mr. Jiang Minghong, from the same ancient civilization, and he deserves the respect of everyone in our country. I hope that each and every one of you will remember this gentleman as the first foreigner in the history of our country to genuinely help us. I now give the floor to our most distinguished guest, Mr. Jiang Minghong, to make a great statement on this historic occasion. As soon as King Urs's words fell, Jiang Minghong stood up, and he naturally accepted the attention of the people below. He had long been accustomed to this kind of gaze, and there was no sign of discomfort.
"This is the common birthplace of our humanity, and he deserves a more beautiful face, and for this purpose I will dedicate all my strength to improve your situation. I respect you, it is you who gave birth to the great and splendid human civilization......" Jiang Minghong said according to the speech he had memorized a long time ago.
To Jiang's disappointment, the vast majority of the black audience had no idea what he was saying, with the exception of a few, even though Jiang had memorized it in the local vernacular. However, he didn't care about the indifferent reactions of the people below, and this kind of speech was just a perfunctory scene.
After some commotion, the king and Jiang Minghong officially cut the ribbon of the train that was going to pass to Abéché. He was accompanied by his ministers, many of whom looked with fear at the never-before-seen behemoth, spitting white mist.
The king and his ministers, under the arrangement of the attendants, entered the VIP carriage in turn, and Jiang Minghong also sat next to the king. I don't know when, everyone acquiesced to the reality that there could be an alien sitting next to the king.
After the train starts, it slowly accelerates, and the green on both sides of the tracks reverses rapidly. Except for the king and Jiang Minghong's entourage, the rest of the people showed more or less curiosity and kept looking out through the windows on both sides. After parking in Abéché, they were watched by many onlookers. Jiang Minghong didn't get out of the car, he didn't have the interest of those other people. After a half-hour stop at Abéché train station, the train started to return.
It took more than ten hours to go back and forth, and the distance in a straight line was not long, but it was the result of digging through several mountains and building countless bridges, and it was the mountains and rifts that cut the country off from the outside world, and perhaps it was also a blessing, at least their people did not suffer the fate of slaves.
When he returned to the capital, the king felt a little dizzy, and after a few short words, he told everyone to return to their quarters.
Xue Yunchu remembered everyone's performance on this day, and for those who saw the outside world for the first time, they were shocked more on this day than they had in their lives combined.
"After this incident, the king who has been indecisive for a long time should make up his mind to marry this time." Xue Yunchu remembered that the old king couldn't control his expression with excitement just now, this kind of marriage incident, in his opinion, was the most ordinary behavior. If he wanted to continue to ask Jiang Minghong to serve their country, then he would definitely agree to this kind of request, and he didn't have to think too much about it at all.
"I hope so." Jiang Minghong didn't show any joy, he was still a little suspicious that his future wife was a foreigner, but his consistent obedience made him unable to oppose Xue Yunchu's decision.
"The train is already open, and the next step is to start large-scale construction, but the process will not be so smooth and there may be trouble. It has been two years since we came to this country, and it has come time for all the accumulated risks to explode. Xue Yunchu reminded.
"Now everything is on a normal track, and if something unexpected happens, it's still very troublesome, but I don't think anyone will deliberately trouble us, after all, what I'm doing doesn't affect the interests of any powerful group. And the old-fashioned, stupid and greedy guys in this country have long been bought by me, compared to the business negotiations outside, the people here are not my opponents at all, most of them are very simple-minded, and it is really much easier to deal with them. Jiang Minghong thought about it and didn't see the existence of risks.
"Grunlent's performance in the past two years has been fairly normal, but what you asked him to develop new members a long time ago, he seems to be going very slowly, and there may be problems in this matter." Xue Yunchu thought about the reports sent and felt that this place was the most prone to problems. After all, Jiang Minghong's long-term contact with Grandrent is enough to make people suspicious, and if what Grandrent did is exposed, it will cause a lot of trouble.
Grandrent was only one of their peripheral personnel, and although he gained a certain amount of trust, Xue Yunchu did not give him the most confidential communication tools, because his absolute loyalty could not be guaranteed, and the brainwave communicator was one of the few things that far exceeded the technology of this planet.
"I'll talk about it for the time being today, you seem to be tired, go and rest first. In addition, tomorrow we will submit the plan for the nuclear power plant, which we have drawn up a long time ago, to the old king for approval. With enough electricity, other industries can develop. I think the king should be able to fully understand this. Seeing that Jiang Minghong's face was a little sleepy, Xue Yunchu stopped the conversation.