In fact, Brother Zhang found a problem, that is, about the limitations of the times, that is, children born after the Renzong Dynasty have no concept of before the Renzong Dynasty.

They were born with enough food to eat, they went to school when they were old, they were not afraid of war, and the city was full of people, and in their spare time they could go on outings or read idle books in the breezy study, and they were accustomed to thinking that the world should be like this.

But in fact, there are still more than 70% of the people in this world who do not have enough to eat, and slash-and-burn farming is the mainstream of this era, and the children can't understand why the clan elders can execute a person at will, let alone understand what kind of era will cause the tragic situation of cannibalism, all of which they have seen from books.

And all this is really common thirty or forty years ago, they only know that there are beautiful Mogao Grottoes in the Western Regions, delicious fruits and vegetables and enthusiastic frontier people, they only know the majestic and magnificent prairie, herds of cattle and sheep, they only know the magnificent tranquility and abundant products between the white waters of the Black Mountain, but they never know that it was a few decades ago, these places used to be drooling tigers at them. They only knew that this huge territory was the land of China, but they didn't know that it was still divided and fighting not long ago.

A few decades is enough time to change so much that two generations later, the memory of the past is already very vague. There are people who have lived through all these times, they can still remember the past, they always miss it, but they never want to go back in the slightest.

In 4115 of the central calendar and 1111 of the Western calendar, Emperor Zhao Yan abdicated, and the country was changed to a republican system, but the first boss is still him, after all, whether it is from the ability or contribution, Zhao Yan has become the best person in this era, and more importantly, he is in the prime of life, full of energy, and has a promising future.

The fluctuations at the top did not affect the course at the bottom, and the continuity of policy did not stop, and this year, as if it was the first year of the republic, there were many firsts in various places.

For example, the appearance of the first airplane marked the movement of human beings from the ground to the sky, making Feng Xuyu Feng from a legend to a reality. The penetration of the first telephone made it a reality to be instantaneous from thousands of miles away, and the advent of the radio made the war a different look, the heavy armor was completely abandoned by history, and the era of light infantry was officially announced.

There are also graduates of the first comprehensive university who go out into society and become the pride of this era, and they themselves probably did not expect that it is their group of people who will become the backbone of the next era.

However, when a new era comes, there will definitely be the departure of the old, the last of the eight families of the Tang and Song dynasties, Su Shi Su Dongpo died in the American continent after encountering storms and passing away, his departure can almost announce the departure of an old era, everyone is commemorating this great pioneer and explorer, but they almost ignore that this unruly genius player in his bones is actually a big injustice.

In the same year, the Europeans' crusade also sounded the alarm bell of war, but these Europeans did not come after all, because the great flu and the plague caused these Europeans with extremely poor hygiene habits to lose more than 30% of their troops in just 45 days, and they are spreading outward at an alarming speed, from Jerusalem to Berlin, from Helsinki to Paris, there is no place that can escape the invasion of the Black Death.

The outbreak of the plague did not affect the daily life of the Orientals, who still got up early to go to work as usual, and then discussed when they would be able to live a good life.

This year, Yaga was swallowed by the Ryukyus, maybe Ryukyu himself didn't expect that with his own size, he could eat the mountain that had been pressed on his head for hundreds of years, and after Ryukyu ate Yaga, everything didn't seem to change, and they should continue to do business and continue to be loyal to the great empire to their west.

Not in the second half of this year, as soon as August passed, Ryukyu suddenly declared war on Goryeo, the cause seems to be a murder case in Goryeo, and the war began in August and ended in October, because the combat effectiveness of the sticks was not as good as that of Baga, and there was not even a bitter battle, and running away became the daily routine of the sticks, and then Qiuqiu did a very interesting thing, that is, after annexing the entire territory of Goryeo, he returned the territory of Goryeo to the eldest brother next to him, and in the national letter, the people said it very clearly.

"Respecting and staying away is not not close, but the way of peace."

It means that I respect you, but I am far away from you, not because I have a bad relationship with you, but because I am too close to my eldest brother, it will affect the relationship between the two families.

But the sticks were miserable, originally thought that in this way their own government-in-exile could get the support of the eldest brother to take back their own power, but the eldest brother was not so easy to fiddle with, the eldest brother split Goryeo into six counties, although it is still called Goryeo, but it has begun to implement a high degree of autonomy.

In the face of the questioning of the sticks, the answer here is very interesting, which translates to "You keep saying that you want to advance and retreat with your father, and your father is already a republic, and you can't say anything about the monarch, so it's better to take this opportunity and let your father help you give the republic together."

In the second year, there was a riot in Goryeo, and almost all the original royal family members were cleaned up, so that no one ever mentioned the so-called restoration again, and the republic was obediently followed.

In 1115 of the Western calendar, the agricultural tax completely out of the historical stage, and began the world-renowned western movement, the Western Regions changed its name to the new J, and the new construction movement began to develop rapidly from east to west, because everyone knows that the best way to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the vast territory is to develop and build.

In the same year, the first railway artery was officially opened, with a total of 1,882 kilometers from top to bottom, and the land transport capacity exceeded the shipping capacity for the first time.

After all, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is still in decline, the connection between the road and the railway has made the slow shipping lose its advantage, and the load capacity of the inland canal is far less than that of the sea, but it is still being expanded every year, because there are still many transportation distribution and hubs along the way, but everyone understands that it will step back from the position of the protagonist sooner or later, he is like an old man, although he is still old and strong, but after all, it is not as good as those young people who are in the prime of life.

The long river of history will always drown many things silently, and the pace of change can never stop for something, just as it is not a wider and larger canal that will eliminate a canal, but a narrow railway.

In 1118, it was a year of disaster, and the southern coastal areas were hit by a century-old typhoon and suffered heavy losses. Nanchuan lost seven merchant ships under construction at once, and the originally prosperous Nanchuan fell into the brink of bankruptcy overnight, and finally had no choice but to ask for help, and finally the two largest shipyards of Nanfang Shipbuilding completed the merger in mid-October, and established an unprecedented giant unit, Central Shipbuilding.

The address is in Shandong, which is neither south nor north, and the original factories of the north and south ships are retained, but the north ship has been renamed Dalian Shipyard and the south ship has been renamed Jiangnan Shipyard. This year also encountered rare unsalable products, mainly because the trade routes in Europe were basically cut off due to the plague, which led to the development of a bottleneck period.

The bottleneck period brought many problems, under a series of chain reactions, the first economic depression also followed, fortunately, this depression did not last long, because the vast countryside can digest surplus products and productivity, a large number of materials and personnel poured into the countryside, quickly overturning the crisis.

This is the advantage of having a vast land and a large agricultural population, and the first hexagram of the I Ching has made the problem very clear. The land can carry far more than people think.

In 1123, there is nothing special this year, but it is the seventieth birthday of Mr. Zhang Zhongpu, the founder of this era, but his spirit is still very good, he has not smoked or drunk all his life, he is not greedy for money and lustful, his body is tough, and he has no illness or disaster. But he is indeed old, his hair has changed from gray to completely white, but he is getting older, and his temperament is more serious and dignified.

Although she has no heirs, the students she has brought out throughout her life are all top talents, including the three emperors before and after and the empress dowager of Liao, who was only a teenager at that time, and now she has been dead for ten years.

According to the normal world, this is actually about to reach the Southern Song Dynasty, which should have been a scene of continuous military disasters and wars, but now it has become a different situation.

Brother Zhang felt a little depressed when he got up in the morning, but this is already an old problem, and it is normal for ordinary people's bodies to have such and such problems at this time, and he knows that his time is running out.

A few years ago, he finally retired, because it didn't make much sense for the tech tree to go any further, and it would be no problem for them to develop the rest on their own.

Now he is living in the former royal palace, and in a blink of an eye, the little emperor who he watched grow up is almost fifty years old, and the world has changed dramatically.

Brother Zhang, who sat on the chair and enjoyed the coolness, quietly recalled the time of his life here, and everyone who appeared in it was like a page in the history book, and a short sentence was their glorious life.

Suddenly, he thought of Su Shi, that old guy has also been away from the world for more than ten years, he didn't leave more things for this era is really regretful, but he is not as depressed as his original trajectory, he can be said to have completed the realization of self-worth, as a prodigal son, he is complete.

The people outside squeaked, Brother Zhang took a sip of tea, the serious Ming Qian Longjing, the top goods, belong to the special products. At this time, Zhao Rong walked in from outside and turned on the fan: "I don't know how to turn on the fan, an old bone fever is fatal." ”

Brother Zhang didn't speak, just laughed, and then he reached out and pinched Zhao Rong's fingers: "We'll see you over there." ”

"It's again."

Zhao Rong didn't take it seriously, and then turned around and went to busy with her.

But what no one expected was that on this night, Mr. Zhang Zhongpu, who is known as the father of industry and the founder of the country, never opened his eyes after falling asleep at night.

Early the next morning, when the news came, it can be said that the whole country was in mourning, and the commander Zhao Yan rushed to his residence as soon as possible, and found that the person who was also his master and father was really gone, and Zhao Yin, who had always been known for his iron fist, cried like a child that day.

But people are gone, after all, they are gone, and he became the first person to be buried with the old imperial funeral ten years after the republic, and the funeral arrangements were even personally taken care of by the retired former Liao Rite Ministry Shangshu, the flag was lowered at half-mast across the country, and all entertainment activities were stopped, factories were suspended, and schools were closed for three full days.

To others this may be an exaggeration, but for him there is no opposition from the whole country, because anyone who knows his life knows that it is this man who pulled the country out of the quagmire of misery, and it is the kind of model that pulls it hard.

He not only single-handedly created the entire modern industrial map, but also personally created a stable national framework, but also designed a complete national plan for the next two hundred years.

To say that he is a great man no one will refute it.

And he also announced his property after his death, the total value of all the property is about fifteen million, but most of these people are the royal rewards of Zhao Rong when he was still a princess, and the value of his inheritance is only 800 yuan, only a commemorative fountain pen, which was a gift given to him when the first fountain pen factory was put into production, and a pendant that Su Shi got for him when he went to Egypt.

Not long after his death, Zhao Rong also went, and the two were separated by a front and back foot, less than ten days apart. And the departure of the two of them officially represents the end of an era and the official start of a new era, but there are no longer those of them in this new era.

At the end of this journey, Brother Zhang opened his eyes again, he was still sitting in the bonfire, and Miss Jin next to him came back after a while, compared to Brother Zhang, she seemed a little stamina, and looked at Brother Zhang for a while before saying, "It turns out that you told me that you meant to see you over there." ”

Brother Zhang looked at Miss Jin's young face and then suddenly smiled: "Actually, I think you look better when you get older." ”

"Let's not talk about whether it's good or not, why don't you follow the script."

"Script? The script of the prince saving the princess? Brother Zhang asked curiously.

"Yes, the script is not like this, you have to keep saving me from the fire."

Brother Zhang was silent for a moment and then looked up and asked, "Then did you fall into the sea of fire in the end?" ”

Miss Jin was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "That's not true." ”

"Do you still want to play?"

Miss Jin hurriedly shook her head: "It turns out that this kind of game has so much stamina...... Don't play, don't play, so that's why you don't want children all the time, right? ”

Brother Zhang just laughed but didn't answer.

(End of chapter)