The steam tractor shook so badly that it had been running for a while, and soon it broke down, and some gears fell off, and even the tracks got stuck.

The workers, who had just cheered, fell silent and gathered around the unpowered tractor and began a chaotic argument.

Seeing this, Zhang Yang sighed, the train was running smoothly, but the transformation of the trolley had no clue.

"My family has been laying railways for three years, and we have been losing money for the past three years, and most of our family is going to make ends meet."

Hearing her husband's words, Li Yue smiled and said, "The family can afford to lose these silver coins. ”

Zhang Yang sighed: "I don't know when this cost will be recovered." ”

Zhang Xin'an heard his father's words, and also sighed.

As soon as the little son arrived in the village, he played with Zhang Qingqing and a large group of children, and the children always had endless games, even if they just sat together, they had endless words.

Li Yue now likes to sit on the top of the hill and do nothing, looking at the peaceful appearance of this village.

When the wind blows through the mountains and forests, it feels very comfortable.

Zhang Yang moved a chair and sat beside her, just sitting without speaking.

Aunt Wang hurriedly came, handed over a roll of paper, and said with a smile: "County Marquis, Your Royal Highness the Princess, this is the newly drawn map of the Tang Dynasty by the Ministry of Rites." ”

Zhang Yang opened this map, which was very large, starting from Liaodong in the east, skipping the Central Plains, to the Broken Leaf City in the west, in which Tubo, which had been separated from the Central Plains, was also merged.

Aunt Wang said: "I heard that the court has sent a lot of officials to various places to govern, and the Ministry of Rites should be in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, with the Tianshan Mountains as the boundary, starting from the Tianshan Mountains in the east and reaching the Aral Sea in the west. ”

"Well, it's all drawn on the picture." Zhang Yang nodded with satisfaction, "Tian Khan, I must be very happy now." ”

Li Yue drank tea and said, "Datang is getting stronger and stronger, and our family will become richer and richer." ”

Zhang Yang said: "The cost of the railway is huge, and it will take a while to turn losses into profits. ”

She whispered, "The years are so long, is it too late?" ”

"In time, it only took 10 years to build a decent city when my hometown was poor, and it was even more beautiful in the next 10 years."

"Twenty years, I've only lived twenty years in my life." With hope in her eyes, "I always felt that life was very short before, but I didn't expect that twenty years would be so long." ”

Zhang Yang held her hand and said in a low voice, "We still have a lot of years. ”

"yes, my life has started to get long, I didn't think it was this long before."

As Li Yue spoke, her eyes looked at the side of her husband's face, and at this moment his eyes were looking into the distance.

When the wind blows, it blows up the broken hair on his temples.

The husband was giggling again, and he didn't know what he was laughing at.

Li Yue said again: "Husband, tell me about your hometown." ”

Zhang Yang held the back of her cold hand until the back of her hand was also a little warm, and said in a low voice: "My hometown is a very beautiful place, it used to be very poor, and then it ......."

In the clear sky of Guanzhong, many people are planting trees, and they reclaim the wasteland and plant saplings one by one.

There are more and more traders coming and going along the railway, and the trains in Lishan are getting longer and longer, and now there are 20 cars in total, and more and more goods can be loaded and transported.

Due to the huge amount of manpower required to handle goods, the booths built by Lishan at several important stations and stations have risen to 500 yuan a month in just one year.

Even with such a high price, there are still many merchants who flock to it.

When the DPRK and China reacted, they realized that Lishan had earned thousands of yuan by selling these stalls and operating rights.

The cost is minimal, and it is easy to do it, and it is staggering that a move that Lishan understates can make an extra sum so easily.

There are even a few newly built stations that have already sold their places before they were even built.

They all earn the money of merchants, and there is nothing to say about the DPRK.

The Ministry of Central Books, at the moment, is discussing various changes brought about by the railway, and they have to come up with some measures to allow the DPRK and China to join in the operation of the train.

The eldest grandson Wuji frowned and said, "Fang Xiang." ”

"Huh?"

"I've heard that Lishan has been walking around with you a lot lately."

Fang Xuanling said lightly: "It's nothing more than a child of Zhang Yang who wants to worship the old man as a teacher." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded clearly, "Is it just the Fang Xiang?" ”

Fang Xuanling said again: "Now there is only the old man. ”

He asked again, "Does Lishan still think about others?" ”

Fang Xuanling took a sip of tea, "I don't know, they have always done things in a disorderly manner, the old man always refuses, and Lishan still doesn't give up." ”

There was a lot of loss in the eyes of the eldest grandson Wuji, and at this moment in the Zhongshu Province, Ma Zhou and Cen Wenwen each occupied one side and began to argue.

Ma Zhou said: "Lishan can't make money like this. ”

Cen Wenwen said: "Lishan earns the merchant's money, and the price of the railway station is also controlled by Lishan, and no merchant can increase the price of goods at will." ”

"Cen Zhongcheng seems to be excusing Lishan."

The official sitting behind Ma Zhou interjected.

Ma Zhou drank tea and looked at the person in front of him, if Cen Wenwen was really speaking for Lishan, he could see it.

"The old man did not excuse Lishan, Zhang Yang said that he was willing to jointly operate the station with the DPRK and China, whether it was governance or control, it was inseparable from the support of the DPRK and China, although we coveted the railway, we could not seek to seize other people's family business, right?"

Cen Wenwen's words paused, and he continued: "There are two roads for us, the first one is to buy the manufacturing technology of the railway in Lishan with a lot of money, and the price is 60 million yuan, which is not the price of the train. ”

Hearing this, everyone in Zhongshu Province discussed it one after another.

Cen Wenwen continued: "Everyone understands the dilemma of the DPRK and China, once so much money is taken out, not to mention the various expenses of the DPRK and China, many matters will be put on hold, and we can only choose another way and operate together with Lishan. ”

Ma Zhou asked again: "How to operate together." ”

Cen Wenwen sighed: "It's easy to say, Lishan will divide the railway-related projects into several parts, which will be contracted by the DPRK and China, and the first thing is public security, and the soldiers and horses of the DPRK and China can manage the movement of people along the railway, so that all parts of the station are kept safe." ”

"The second is management, Lishan can give up the right to operate several stations, and each station will offer a price of 100,000 yuan a year."

"The second is transportation, whether it is transporting troops, grain and grass or horses, you can take out space to supply the DPRK and China, there are only these at present, what do you think?"

There was another round of talking.

Lishan came up with a novel strategy, and this strategy was contracting.

Cen Wenwen continued: "The three provinces and six ministries can participate, each ministry comes up with its own strategy and submits it to Lishan, and Lishan will choose according to the strategy of each ministry, of course, the cost of contracting is also the court, no matter who takes down the station first, the benefits that can be brought to the court will be huge." ”

After that, he looked at Ma Zhou and explained: "This is the relationship between Lishan and the DPRK in the next ten years, what does Yushi think?" ”

Ma Zhou said with a smile: "This Lishan doesn't need to pay any more money, you can continuously absorb wealth by sitting on the railway, good means, it is worthy of being the youngest county marquis in my Tang Dynasty, admire and admire!" ”

The tone of admiration was not very good, and everyone's expressions were grim.

The government and the opposition have also begun to assemble for the railway, and people in various ministries have begun to plan.

The DPRK and China could not afford to buy a railway, and the price of Lishan was too high.

In this pass, only a place like Lishan has the financial resources to build a railway.

In the past, some people scolded Lishan for openly sharing spoils with the DPRK and China, but now these voices have been covered by the right to operate the railway.

The discussion in the market is getting higher and higher.

Now Lishan is the richest family in Guan, and it is said that this county marquis hollowed out Lishan so that he could hide his money.

The home of the immortals is on the top of the Qian Mountain.

Now no one talks about the family anymore, and the family has become a record in the history books.

Now people are talking about Lishan.

The county marquis often said that wealth comes from knowledge, and the wealth of Lishan comes from knowledge.

If you want wealth, you have to learn the knowledge of Lishan.

In November of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Li Zhi, the king of Jin, held a crown ceremony on this day, and His Majesty immediately gave the word for goodness.

Li Shimin gave Li Zhi a garden at the former site of Qujiang Pond, which was the former site of Yichun Palace in Shanglin Yuan in the Han Dynasty.

Li Zhi did not like the name Yichun, and as a disciple of Lishan, he renamed it Academic Garden, and from then on this was the residence of the King of Jin.

The craftsmen in the palace have just finished building this place, and Li Zhi and Di Renjie are walking in this new home.

Gongsun Xiaoniang is very happy, as a servant, except for the King of Jin, she has become the highest status person here, and she is the head of the servants and maidservants here.

And she has her own room, so she doesn't have to disturb His Royal Highness King Jin reading books because of some of her small actions like she did when she lived in Chongde Fang.

King Ji Li Shen is also here, he is very envious of this imperial brother, and the imperial brother has also arranged a place for him to live here.

The little lady of Gongsun came with a box in her arms, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, this is a congratulatory gift from the Marquis of Lishan County and Princess Runan." ”

"Oh?" Li Zhi happily took the box, opened the lid of the box, and what caught his eye was a glass bottle, and the pale cyan glass bottle contained ink.

He picked up another delicate little iron rod.

Di Renjie looked at this thing, and his heart moved, just judging from the luster of this thing, it should be made of stainless steel, and it was also inlaid with gold edges.

It is cylindrical in shape, flat at both ends, and feels very warm in the hand.

Li Zhi's eyes were curious, and he felt that his brother-in-law must have given this thing something inside, and when he saw that there was a very slight furrow at the end, he pulled it hard.

"It turned out to be a lid."

When the lid is removed, the inside is sharp, reflecting light at the polished and smooth tip.

Gongsun Xiaoniang noticed that there was a note in the box, she opened the note and handed it over, "His Royal Highness King Jin, there is still a note here." ”

Li Zhi took the note and looked at it.

"Child, you have finally reached the crown, this is a fountain pen cast by the highest level of Lishanji's manufacturing technology."

"The name of this thing is Lishan fountain pen, don't change the name, your father can't do it."

……

Looking at the letter, Li Zhi suddenly laughed, he looked at the paper and laughed loudly, the paper has two sides, and the use of this fountain pen is written on the back.

Li Zhi disassembled the fountain pen according to the diagram, and there was an air bag made of cow tendon inside, and after pressing, the ink was sucked into it, and then the fountain pen was reloaded and tightened.

Ming Gongsun Xiaoniang took a piece of paper, and Li Zhi held the pen in the same posture as he used to hold charcoal in Lishan.

My heart moved, and I remembered if my brother-in-law had long wanted to make such a fountain pen.

He smiled knowingly, and began to write, the handwriting of Xingshu was beautiful, the copper handwriting crossed the paper, and beautiful words appeared on the paper.

Looking carefully, Di Renjie has seen the steps of King Jin disassembling the fountain pen, and he also understands the principle of the ink of this fountain pen.

Li Zhi tried to write a lot of words, and the writing was neat and beautiful, and the handwriting was very fine, so that there was no need to get ink frequently.

Di Renjie swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he was so envious, he had never seen such a beautiful pen, even when writing, this pen was still shining in the sun.

Li Zhi put away the fountain pen with satisfaction, covered the lid, picked up the letter between the imperial sister and brother-in-law again, and looked at it, he smiled and said: "The letter said that there are a total of ten fountain pens in Lishan, and only nine have been sent to this king. ”

Di Renjie exclaimed: "This thing is exquisite, and it is very noble everywhere, and it is priceless. ”

Gongsun Xiaoniang hurriedly came to report again, "Your Highness, Your Majesty and the Queen, as well as Princess Changle and Her Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Zhi hurriedly got up and saluted.

Li Shimin noticed the pen in Li Zhi's hand, stroked his beard and said, "This thing was given by Lishan?" ”

Li Zhi handed it over with both hands, "Back to my father, my brother-in-law said that this is the highest craftsmanship in Lishan." ”

After taking the pen, Li Shimin looked at it, and after his son's explanation, he nodded and said: "Well, very good, the brushstrokes are smooth, and unlike the use of a brush, you need to raise your elbow, there are really only ten of them." ”

Seeing his father looking at the imperial sister, Li Zhi explained: "My brother-in-law cast ten branches. ”

Li Lizhi explained: "The father and the daughter also have one, and the children in Lishan, including the two disciples of the imperial sister, all have fountain pens, and each one has a different style. ”

She pulled her pen out of her cuff.

Empress Changsun took it and looked at it carefully, "Well, sure enough, unlike the carving of the childish slave, the carving on the beautiful fountain pen is a gilded peacock." ”

"The pen carving of the young slave is a tiger, and the silver-white tiger body is sandwiched with gold threads, which means that it is very good."

Li Shimin stroked his beard and thought, including the fountain pen in front of him, counting the disciples of Lishan, it seems that there is no such thing as me.

It's inevitable to feel a little lost in my heart, but this is also a child's thing.

Li Shimin reluctantly returned the pen to him, "Put it away, this thing is of great significance." ”

Empress Changsun chuckled and said: "He can make this thing, presumably he can make more, look at the craftsmanship of the carving, most of it is the handwriting of Mr. Ouyang Xun." ”

"My brother-in-law said to the imperial sister that when the disciples grow up, they will give them pens."

Li Shimin was envious and didn't want to say more, but his heart was a little sour, and he said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that my good pen and ink are not as delicate as his fountain pen." ”

(End of chapter)