In the 8th year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, in 634 AD, in 3271 in the Middle Yuan Dynasty, and in the 8th year of the Han Dynasty, although the Dragon Boat Festival has just passed, the whole Chang'an City is full of joy, and even many merchants in Chang'an City have hung out many red lanterns.

Not only that, but the main streets of Chang'an City are unprecedentedly clean and tidy, and even the streets of Chang'an City are constantly patrolled and patrolled, and the people of Chang'an City seem to be discussing something with great interest.

On top of the bustling market, half-sized children shuttled, carrying some unique straps on their bodies, and then shouted there, "Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, the Tang Monthly Newspaper is baked, Princess Changle will marry the Western Regions this year, and the Han and Tang Dynasty will marry Qin and Jin!" ”

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers ......"

These little children with newspapers on their backs kept selling them on the street, and people next to them kept stopping them and buying them from their hands.

On the top of a restaurant next to the East Market of Chang'an City, in a quiet private room, several people are sitting here drinking tea, and there are people guarding the door outside, and the hustle and bustle below does not affect the above at all.

These people are not young, the leader is about thirty years old, the body is a little fat, the face is white, although the body is wearing very simple clothes, but the material of the clothes is the top silk.

"Xuan Cheng, have you ever thought that we will have such a day in Chang'an City?" The man sitting on the throne smiled and spoke.

"Your Majesty, isn't this day of prosperity something we have seen for a long time?" Wei Zheng smiled and said, That's right, it is none other than Li Shimin who is sitting in the main seat at the moment, and there are three people sitting next to Li Shimin: Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji.

"Yes, to be honest, when I sat on this throne, I never thought that Datang would reach the point where it is today." Li Shimin's face was emotional.

Everyone else was also smiling, yes, they didn't expect it, and they didn't have to think about it to know that there would definitely be a place for them in the future history books.

"Okay, have the specific preparations for completion and opening to traffic been completed?" Li Shimin looked at them.

"It's Your Majesty, it's been completed, in fact, the railway has been tested several times, and the entire route has been carefully checked, although it hasn't been completed at one time, but after each section is built, the railway after this one has actually run dozens of times and hundreds of times because of the transportation of rails, without any problems." The eldest grandson Wuji immediately said respectfully.

This matter is the responsibility of the eldest grandson Wuji, although the construction of the entire railway is not in charge of him, but the overall planning is the responsibility of the eldest grandson Wuji.

"That's good, I've already communicated with the big man?"

"Yes, at present, according to the results given by the Ministry of Railways, the railway mileage from Dahan to our Datang is a total of 1,815 kilometers, that is, 3,630 miles, and the total travel time is 50 hours, that is, 25 hours." The eldest grandson Wuji gave the exact time.

"25 hours ......" Li Shimin repeated, and then lost his voice for a while, although this is not the first time he knows this number, and he has given the estimated answer before, but when this moment really comes, Li Shimin still has an unimaginable feeling.

It only takes 25 hours to get from here to the westernmost section of the Tang Dynasty, and five years ago, it took at least a few months for a caravan to travel there from here, and when the Han appeared, because of the prosperity of commerce between the Han and the Tang Dynasty, this time was shortened to more than a month.

And now, it only takes 25 hours, which means that even if there is any problem in the Western Regions, Li Shimin can dispatch troops from Chang'an to the border, it only takes 25 hours, less than three days!

It's just that...... It's a pity that it is impossible for the Western Regions to have an accident, if there is an accident, this train will not solve any problems, Li Shimin knows this very well.

It would be nice if Datang had such a train near other frontiers, but thinking about the road repair work in the past five years, Li Shimin was a little complacent, because he officially finalized the construction of this railway in the shortest time, and only then did he have the prosperity of the following five years.

That's right, prosperity, according to Dahan's algorithm, in the entire process of railway construction, Datang has at least three million people involved in the construction of this railway, and although there are few workers on the Dahan side, there are nearly 5,000 people involved in the construction of this railway.

Although the number of workers working on the railway at the same time was only 800,000 at its peak, it was not less than 300,000 at the lowest time except for the first month of construction.

It can be said that all the people along the railway have benefited from this railway, in the past five years, the people working around these railways, as long as you have hands and feet, there are no people who starve to death, even if it is Zhenguan 3 years to Zhenguan 5 years in the three years Datang still suffered a lot of locust plagues and droughts.

But these people who suffered disasters all went to the railway to work, but they did not starve to death without saying anything, but all the people's lives are getting better and better, all because of this railway, and now Li Shimin is very interested in building these infrastructures.

Of course, the premise is that there is enough money, but if it was Li Shimin in the past, it is estimated that he would be afraid that the Tang Dynasty would have no money, but now he is no longer afraid, Li Shimin boasts that he is now "perfect" for playing with money, so he is not afraid that the Tang Dynasty will not have money now.

In Huo Gang's words, it is the uncle who owes money, although it is not good for the country to owe money, but it doesn't matter, anyway, it is not the people who owe money, he owes the door valve family, and it is the people who get the benefits, so as long as the people do not rebel, these gate valve families are now vainly trying to shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty?

Don't make trouble, Li Shimin is very confident now, which gate valve family dares to make such a thing as rebellion, it is estimated that he will be taught to be a man in a few minutes, and he will not need him Li Shimin to send troops.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty did not owe much money, speaking of which, Li Shimin now admires Huo Gang in his heart, and almost all of the strategies he has learned to play with money are learned from the Han Dynasty, all of which are learned by Li Ji, who is in charge of the Tang Dynasty's intelligence department, constantly searching for various actions about the Dahan Qian Village, and he himself learned by asking Huo Gang some questions in letters.

It is hard for Li Shimin to imagine that the Tang Dynasty purchased 20,000 sets of Mingguang armor, 20,000 war horses, funded the construction of a railway that is thousands of miles long, and according to the number of people who receive salaries every month, a total of more than 30 million people have made money, and they also care about these people to eat and drink well, and meat to eat, the Tang Dynasty court not only did not collapse, but seemed to be getting better and better.

Although there are arrears, these arrears are not in a hurry to repay the money, and the funds that Datang Qian Zhuang can use still exceed 7 million yuan, and the total funds have reached 15 million yuan. And according to the statistics at the beginning of this year, the tax revenue of Datang Treasury last year has reached nearly 7 million.

Although these taxes were spent directly after they were paid, Li Shimin was not in a hurry at all, because Datang was not short of money now.

In addition, the northern Xinjiang of Datang is stable, and an official road in Datang has been directly repaired to the vicinity of Wuyuan, and another official road has also been extended to Youzhou City outside Youzhou Pass. Youzhou City is a newly built city in the Tang Dynasty, located in the center of 40,000 acres of black soil, where more than one million immigrants have been immigranted, although 40,000 acres of black soil is still a long time away from being completely planted in pits.

However, the excellent grain cultivation and high yield of the black soil there have been recognized by everyone in Datang, but unfortunately, the number of immigrants going there is decreasing every year.

After all, although the population of Datang is large, a considerable part of it has gone to Dahan in recent years, and the other part has found a partner because of the development of commerce and trade, coupled with the Tang government's initiative to expand around, as well as the continuous use of Changle plows, so places in the mainland such as Henan Province can easily feed themselves, and the people naturally have no desire to migrate.

To tell the truth, Li Shimin now has some hope for natural disasters and the like, because of natural disasters, these people have the desire to migrate, and they can enrich Youzhou Road.

"Yes, 25 hours, such a thing, we never dared to think of before." Fang Xuanling next to him also said with emotion.

"Well, these things will be talked about later, the time for Changle to marry the big man is getting closer and closer, Cheng Qian, they said they want to come back first, right?" Li Shimin asked.

"Yes, the seven children who studied back then have now become teenagers, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is sixteen this year, and some of the younger ones have children, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't go to Dahan to study, it is estimated that there will be a princess now." Wei Zheng also said with emotion.

"Sixteen is not too late, if it weren't for the fact that we signed the marriage letter back then, Huo Gang's bastard boy would still be ready to let Lizhi marry at sixteen! I'm afraid this kid doesn't have several concubines, right? Li Shimin was a little angry.

According to the marriage contract, Li Lizhen should have married a big man last year, but Huo Gang used various excuses to delay it for a year, of course, if Li Shimin did not approve of it, it would be impossible to drag it on, and Li Shimin could not refute Huo Gang's excuse.

Because this bastard boy said that Li Lizhen will take the first official train between Datang and Dahan to Yumen Pass, which is his gift to Li Lizhen, is it possible that Li Shimin can still oppose it? So he could only agree, and Huo Gang also said that Changle's health was not good, and he didn't want her to be tired.

Li Shimin thought about it, and finally agreed, to be honest, Li Shimin has some emotions about Li Lizhen, the eldest daughter, who doesn't know what to say, and sometimes he has some envy.