Chapter 4: Leaving Beijing Again

"Twelve million taels, four years, I want to build this railway myself. No need for the imperial court. ”

Zhu Youzhen said directly, he originally felt a little embarrassed, and wanted to hear the opinions of these two people to give feedback.

What he didn't expect was that Chen Zilong and Zhuang Boyi directly agreed to it.

Zhuang Boyi was originally a eunuch in the palace, but now he has a fake beard, and he already looks like a successful businessman. Not only did he come down in one bite, but he also showed that Your Majesty should have looked like this a long time ago.

"The owner, the slave originally felt that this railway did not need to be discussed with the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry. Not only are they slow, but the old slave of the Ministry of Industry has also read the budget book, and if this work is accepted by the whole world, it can be saved by at least 30%. With this number, we can still leave a factory. That's it, it's still an old slave who hasn't done it, and it's calculated in the wide and rich. If Your Majesty can arrange some of the students of the academy to the old slaves, the old slaves can still save them. ”

"Hehe, I haven't seen you for a while, but I have a taste of connoisseurship." Zhu Youzhen said sincerely.

He is also reflecting on the fact that he is sometimes a little too weak in the governance of the empire. I always feel that I should humbly listen to the opinions of those important ministers in many things, and unconsciously, my edges and prophets have no advantage.

What are you doing when you come over and are wronged, anyway, the worst of this Ming Dynasty is seventeen years, how bad can it be?

Besides, I think I can extend my life by two years now. Can't it still be seventeen years?

Seeing the emperor praising himself, Zhuang Boyi grinned.

"The old slave couldn't get used to their strength in picking at the rope. Your Majesty, just the grain from all over the world, in fact, sixty percent of the cost is freight. In the past two years, the life of the people in Zhili has been good, and there are fewer people who are willing to come out to catch up with the car, and the freight has increased by 10%. If it is really according to the drawings of the owner, one car can transport 100,000 catties, then not to mention anything else, no matter how much grain and sugar our Nanyang fleet has, the old slave can eat it. ”

"What's more." Listening to the emperor's praise, this one is also getting more and more energetic.

"It's Dagu and Jingshi, plus Baoding and Wen'an four stations in the middle, if the emperor gives them all to the four seas, not to mention anything else, it's this station, and you can earn back the money you put in."

Zhu Youzhen only found out at this time that he was given the lake by his later self.

When is it now, now is the evil feudal dynasty, even if it is a land problem, the big deal is to change the land, where will there be such a high cost in the future. What's more, now all he needs is a railway, and he is indeed a little twilight.

Chen Zilong is more conservative, he said:

"There are still some big families here in Chenqian Village, if Your Majesty thinks it is risky, we can do it if we don't succeed in giving away some elements."

Chen Zilong was relieved, so Zhu Youzhen also confessed:

"The matter of selling the elements is put in the next article, even if it is discounted into fifty taels a copy, some people will buy it. If this railway fails, I still have to point at him to vent my anger. You discuss an agenda with Shopkeeper Zhuang about this matter, and I will go to Baoding Mansion tonight and say hello to Lu Xiangsheng first. When you turn around, you can go to Lu Xiangsheng. ”

Most of this railway is in the territory of Beizhili, so Lu Xiangsheng's participation is indispensable in both land acquisition and manpower.

"If you don't have any opinions here, I'll be relieved."

"I'll go to Fuzhou tomorrow, and I haven't told the ministers yet, the only thing I can't worry about in the matter of Beijing is Qianzhuang, and I heard that there is something about letting you send more silver dollars here?"

"Minister's savings. The household department is okay, Bi Ziyan Shangshu is familiar with it after all, and he also left a lot of room when he made plans at the beginning of the year. However, the plan of the Ministry of Industry was sloppy, and there was a lot of shortfall. The other ministries are all small money, and it is estimated that the Prime Minister's Office can move from side to side. The Ministry of Industry must have completed the requirements of the big test this year, and they are either unable to complete the task now, or the money must be exceeded. ”

"Bi Ziyan knows in his heart, if someone persecutes you, you will go back to me directly. You can't talk about borrowing money. ”

"I understand."

To say that among these people, the one whose thoughts can be closest to Zhu Youzhen is Chen Zilong.

"Externally, it's your bank, but in fact, even the minting of coins is placed with you. Not to mention anything else, this right alone is almost no different from a Shangshu, plus the military ticket, you must hold on here. It's really not good, you just go to Yingtianfu, Zhou Yanru is bloodbathing Yingtianfu, it is estimated that it will be empty by the end of the year, and it is not impossible to put the money in Yingtian at that time. ”

"There's nothing wrong here." Chen Zilong looked quite relaxed.

"They still can't figure out the difference between the money bank and the inner treasury, for the prime minister, the minister is just a housekeeper who looks at the money bag. How big the money bag is, everyone knows it well. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled self-deprecatingly, in comparison, he really didn't seem like an ambitious young man, and compared with these two, he was more like a sad and indecisive old man.

"The ministers don't want the emperor to go south?"

Chen Zilong remembered the important ministers outside, and asked a little hesitantly.

"They don't know, they know how I can get out without three months. They, now this situation is a good situation in their eyes with flowers and brocade cooking oil. So I always want to drag me to walk more steadily, and I don't have any bad intentions. ”

"That's where it is."

Chen Zilong has been running back and forth between Xiongjin, Jingshi, and Tianjin recently, and has seen a lot of Europeans and a lot of strange things.

"Ah, that's where it really is."

Zhu Youzhen stood up.

"I just want these frogs to sit in the well and watch the sky to see where Daming can go!"

Speaking of this time, the shopkeeper of the four seas interjected:

"Your Majesty, if you travel, if you can't let the caravans from all over the world follow, there will be a response along the way."

"I'm talking to you about it, and I'll leave in the middle of the night today. It is estimated that there are not many people who can be brought, so let's find someone to follow the queen, and I will tell him what is missing when I turn around. After speaking, he looked at the shopkeeper again.

"Don't come, you have repaired the railroad for me, and I will come back to see it."

After talking to the two of them, Zhu Youzhen felt refreshed, and the feeling of being depressed this morning was swept away. However, he still did not want to meet those people outside.

"I'm back in the bullet room, and when I'm gone for an hour, you can go out and talk to them."

When Zhu Youzhen and Queen Zhou arrived outside the city, there was already a crowd of people neighing outside the city.

"Wen Tiren, you command."

Zhu Youzhen got down from the queen's carriage and looked at the chaotic scene outside and said.

"From this day forward, Wen Tiren is my marching commander. You come to settle down, my first stop is to Baoding, see Lu Xiangsheng! ”