Although Pei Yan is not a student of Lishan, as the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, he still took a trip to the Hexi Corridor to see the water and soil of the Hexi Corridor in person.

The current officials of the Tang Dynasty pay attention to pragmatism and practical results.

With Cen Wenwen and Xu Jingzong as the core backbone of the DPRK and China, they presided over the overall situation.

Zhang Da'an, Guo Zhengyi, Li Yifu and other rising stars are the main force of the court, and the government of the Tang Dynasty has ushered in a new atmosphere.

The spirit of daring to explore, dare to try, and dare to innovate has impacted this land again and again.

In the third year of Zhengqian, on the morning of summer, Zhang Qingqing went to Chang'an City with hard hats and craftsmen early in the morning, and she continued to repair the palace.

Li Shimin and Zhang Yang came to the station in Lishan.

Today, the station is heavily guarded, and it looks empty and quiet.

Li Shimin is over fifty-five years old, and he is still very energetic when he walks with his hands behind his back, he looked at the behemoth in front of him, and said, "Is this the train?" ”

Zhang Yang stood aside and shook the pu fan in his hand, "Well, do you like it?" ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "I don't like it, this thing is not a living thing, it's cold and cold." ”

With that, the Heavenly Khan of the year stepped into the trunk.

This train was going to Luoyang, and this was also the first time Tian Khan took the train, and Li Tai hurriedly followed.

After that, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, and Li Jing also walked into the carriage.

More and more soldiers and soldiers also entered the carriage.

As the noise from the front of the car grew louder and louder, a whistle sounded, and the train finally began to move.

At first, the train moved slowly.

After a while, the speed of the train slowly increased.

On both sides of the front of the car, steam engines are constantly spewing out, and the chimney above the front of the car is also smoking.

Li Shimin watched the scenery outside the carriage continue to retreat, and finally had a smile on his face, and said in a low voice: "Is this the power of Lishan casting?" ”

Li Tai explained: "Father, it will be much more convenient to go to Luoyang with a large army in the future. ”

The speed of the car became faster and faster, and the hair of the heavenly khan moved with the wind.

Li Shimin likes to stand in front of the window, feeling the oncoming wind, and his clothes are hunting.

More and more trees are planted in Guanzhong, and the large plain of Qinchuan, which is 800 miles away, is very suitable for laying railways.

Starting from early in the morning, it was already noon when I arrived at Tongguan Station.

Originally, the train was going to stop at Tongguan.

But this time it was Tian Khan's special itinerary, and he didn't stop after passing Tongguan.

For his father's trip this time, Li Tai was already prepared yesterday, and this trip will not stop halfway.

It was only half a day to be able to get from Lishan to Tongguan, and Li Shimin sighed: "In the past, the march and battle were not so smooth. ”

The train left Tongguan all the way to Luoyang.

The whistle resounded throughout the four fields, and it was like a roaring beast, running all the way towards Luoyang.

The station in Luoyang was renovated last year, just three miles west of Luoyang City.

It wasn't until night that the train finally stopped at the edge of Luoyang.

Li Shimin stepped off the train, looked at this Luoyang City, his eyes fell on the canal in the distance, and he nodded and said: "In order to get to Luoyang in the past, it took half a month to march at the earliest, but now it only takes one day and one night to reach it." ”

Zhang Yang explains: "This is the power of industry. ”

Li Tai looked at the clock not far away, and it took a total of nine hours.

The front of the train now needs to be cooled down and you can go back when the train turns around.

Zhang Yang and Li Tai accompanied Li Shimin into Luoyang City, which is still one of the most prosperous cities in the Central Plains.

With the development of Guanzhong, as well as the blowout of various goods.

It is an important hub for going out of Tongguan in the east and going to all parts of the Central Plains.

After the train came here, Luoyang also began to prosper.

Li Shimin ordered Qin Qiong to take out the old map of the march and battle, and the heavenly khan and the old general were talking in a low voice, they were measuring how many counties they passed along the way, and how much time they saved compared to the march back then.

The goods related to China have gone out from Luoyang, and there are also goods from all over the Central Plains entering Luoyang.

Today, Luoyang has also become a large city with a population of one million.

In the end, these old generals came to the conclusion that trains are not like war horses, war horses need to rest, and people also need to rest.

Moreover, the route laid by the train is the closest route from Lishan to Luoyang.

Therefore, the time saved is also substantial.

After the train is retracted, splash the head of the train with cold water to dissipate heat.

Li Shimin asked, "What is this doing?" ”

Zhang Yang replied: "The temperature of the steam engine is very high, the front of the locomotive needs to be cooled down, and it is now a scorching heat. ”

Watch as a group of workers are doing an overhaul to see what the load is inside the train and what parts need to be replaced.

At this moment, the workers' gloves are black, and they are sweating profusely at the locomotive.

When they were done, the workers would go into the station canteen to eat, and they would sit together talking and laughing, chatting about women and other people's children.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "How many such workers are there on the railway?" ”

Li Tai explained: "There are not many people, because now there are only five stations at the station, one in Chang'an, one in Tongguan, one in Kunshan, and Zuofu and Lishan. ”

"Railways depend on stations, and stations are marching stopovers." Li Shimin bowed his head and asked, "Pharmacist?" ”

Li Jing replied: "The last will be." ”

Li Shimin said again: "Isn't there no guidance from a pharmacist for such an arrangement? ”

Li Jing frowned and said, "It is indeed secretly in line with military theory. ”

The soldiers and horses went ahead before the grain and grass were moved, and the station was along the railway, and the train could stop at any time to replenish supplies.

To say that he never gave advice on the construction of the railway in Lishan? Li Jing felt that this was somewhat unclear.

It's hard to explain, and it's not easy to justify, Li Jing was silent.

Li Shimin stroked his beard and asked: "How much money does Lishan make by relying on this railway?" ”

Zhang Yang said: "Barely breaking even. ”

"If you don't make money, do you keep losing money?"

"You don't know, the operation and maintenance cost of this railway is very high, and the cast iron alone is a huge burden, and I originally wanted to operate the construction of stations along the railway line in the DPRK and China, but the strategy that those people in the DPRK and China came up with is not suitable for the current Lishan concept."

"So now from the railway operation and maintenance to the station construction has always been done by Lishan itself, the previous investment is less than 200,000 yuan, so far I have not seen the capital back, and the current is only to break even."

Li Shimin bowed his head and said: "I heard that you Lishan will never do loss-making business, you don't have to pretend to be pitiful in front of me." ”

Zhang Yang's movement of shaking the fan was much faster, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Li Shimin said with a smile: "I have also been in Lishan these years, I have read your volumes, just talking about the railway, your Lishan is indeed a loss, but the more huge the benefits of the railway to drive the flow of goods, the more important the goods of 3,000 stone will be placed in the past, and it will take three or five months to get out of the customs." ”

"After having the railway, as long as three or five days, the flow of goods is faster, the value of the goods hoarded in the counties of Chang'an City is less than 600,000 yuan, and the goods produced by the counties are twenty percent to Lishan, just this one, your capital in Lishan has been earned."

"Your Majesty, you are getting more and more shrewd as you get older." Zhang Yang snorted and said, "Sure enough, I underestimated your old man." ”

Li Shimin smiled knowingly, "The turnover of goods is fast, the flow of money is also fast, and the capital of recovery is more, you are pretending to be aggrieved, and you know better than anyone else how much the interests of the railway are." ”

Li Tai was unhappy for his brother-in-law in his heart, in fact, this account can't be calculated like this, and it is not the same thing to not be able to move the profit of the east wall and make up for the deficit of the west wall.

Seeing that his brother-in-law didn't explain, Li Tai didn't want to explain either.

A curfew had begun in Luoyang City, and there was no one on the streets at midnight.

Zhang Yang accompanied Li Shimin and a group of veterans from the DPRK and China to Luoyang for a supper, and then planned to return to Lishan.

Wei Chigong said with emotion: "In the future, you can live in Chang'an City, go to Luoyang to be on duty, have a morning meal in Chang'an, go to Luoyang, have dinner in Luoyang, and then go back to Chang'an City." ”

"Hahaha! No more marching fatigue. ”

Qin Qiong agreed with these words very much, and said: "In the future, you can go north to Youzhou, Lishan is so rich, and it is not impossible to lay a railway to Youzhou." ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "If Chang'an City, Luoyang, and Youzhou are connected together, there will be many fewer disasters." ”

Several veteran generals began to talk about the military use of railways.

The crowd walked back to the train compartment in twos and threes.

In fact, the old Tian Khan and many old generals wanted to send troops to fight again, at least let them ride their horses and gallop again in their old age.

But many problems in their later years warned them again and again that now their old bodies can no longer train and fight.

The summer night was quiet, and the whistle of the train once again resounded through the empty fields.

The train is moving again.

It's late at night, so I should be sleepy.

Li Shimin's eyes looked at the vast land shrouded in the night sky, and he seemed very quiet, with a little light in his eyes.

It seems to have returned to the time when he fought on the battlefield to pacify the Central Plains.

When the day was completely bright, the speed of the train slowed down, and it was once again at the station in Tongguan.

At noon, we finally arrived at Lishan.

This train was replaced, and after such a long journey, it needed to be overhauled, and there was another train in Lishan that could maintain daily transportation.

Now Yan Liben is still responsible for the transportation of trains and the overall operation and maintenance.

Zhang Yang helped Li Shimin into the small palace in the southeast of Lishan Mountain, and the heavenly khan fell asleep contentedly.

Walking out of Xiaoxing Palace with light steps, Zhang Yang stretched his waist, and after being too sleepy, he was no longer sleepy.

When she returned home, Li Yue was quietly sorting out the scrolls, and she smiled brightly: "My husband is back." ”

Zhang Yang sat down tiredly and poured a sip of tea, "Your father has become more and more fond of tossing recently, is it that an elderly person is like this, curious about everything, pulling so many people, and wants to take a train." ”

Li Yue took her husband's coat and said, "This is also good, my father has always refused to accept the old, and people can't always live in the past." ”

Datang has a strong ability to accept new things, and has a strong ability to understand new things and new knowledge.

The home was very quiet, Zhang Yang sat on a chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Li Yue pressed her husband's shoulder, just like when she was a child, and fell asleep unconsciously.

Zhang Yang felt that he was sick, and he could only sleep when he was at home, and he could only feel at ease at home.

When I walked down the hill and left home, I felt restless.

I don't know what I'm anxious about, and I always feel that the current construction of Guanzhong is not enough.

Therefore, Lishan rejected letters from the outside world, and also rejected news from the outside world.

Originally, I wanted to fill the entire mountain with electric lights to make the mountain even more beautiful.

The idea is good, but when it is implemented, it is still wishful thinking to find that there is not enough electricity.

It's autumn again, and the autumn rain is falling on the land of Guanzhong.

Zhang Yang walked to the mountainside, where three or five apple trees were planted, as well as two olive trees.

Picking an apple, Zhang Yang took a bite, and frowned, the fruit was not big and only the size of a duck's egg.

This fruit is still the same as it was back then, not sweet but also very sour.

Barely able to enter.

A red panda twisted its fat body, there were more and more bamboos in Lishan, and the panda grew better and better in Lishan.

Its black beads looked at the tall man, and its paws crawled towards the man.

After crawling for a while, he hugged the man's neck and rested.

Zhang Yang handed it the half-eaten apple, and the panda opened its mouth and chewed it, even eating the kernel.

Zhang Xin'an ran quickly, and he found his father with a panda around his neck, "Dad! The emperor made a decree that the crown prince should go to the farms. ”

Zhang Yang has long forgotten when Li Chengqian set this rule.

Zhang Xin'an said again: "The prince said that he wanted to come to Lishan, but my sister hasn't agreed yet, so let the child come and ask his father." ”

Zhang Yang grabbed the panda hanging around his neck and held it in his arms, the panda's eyes looked around, motionless.

After thinking about it for a while, he sighed and replied: "Lishan is very busy, let Li Xiang change places." ”

Zhang Xin'an is also twelve years old now, and he is the most playful age, but he has his own playmates in Lishan.

Li Tai's son follows him everywhere all day long.

"Daddy, where are you going to let the prince Li Xiang go?"

"Let the emperor's son go to the Hexi Corridor and plant trees to guard the forest farm." Zhang Yang put down the panda in his arms.

It ran into the woods.

Zhang Yang said: "The construction of the northwest is a difficult task, if this task can be engraved in the ambition of the future prince, it will probably be a good thing." ”

"Got it."

"It's still too late, the current Hexi Corridor is still abundant in aquatic grass, and the loess slope is not so desolate, from now on, it's too late."

Zhang Xin'an didn't hear the words after that, this child is always frizzy, and he has to run away if he can't finish the words.

The daughter-in-law has taught the children in the family very well, and in fact, she is also very intelligent, and it would be better if he could be more patient.

In the middle of the woods, a huge bear came out.

looked at Xiong Da and said in a low voice: "You bear is also a lot old, what's the matter?" Still want to fight me? (End of chapter)