Chapter 124 Building a Railway, an ultimatum

The first trial run of the train from Nanjing to Yangzhou in the Ming Dynasty was very successful, Gao Yiming immediately made a decision, immediately established the railway from Nanjing to Luoyang, Luoyang to the capital, Luoyang to Chang'an, and at the same time planned the railway from Nanjing to Guangzhou, because the railway from Nanjing to Guangzhou is affected by mountains and rivers, lakes and swamps, and it is the worst to build.

The three railways that started construction will be the first to build the Nanjing-Luoyang section, the second phase will be the Luoyang-Beijing section, and the third phase will be the Luoyang-Chang'an section. Because he decided to take the two construction teams to push each other, the mountain section as the focus of the way to advance together, and the Ministry of Engineering is responsible for organizing and commanding the construction.

After the policy was determined, the Ministry of Industry sent people to survey the route to make drawings, and on the other hand, recruited people to come to the construction nationwide, with preferential treatment, including food and housing, which was added by Gao Yiming to the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry felt that the package of food and accommodation was already very good, and the treatment was preferential.

However, as a good young man in the 21st century, he is not willing to do Zhou Papi, so in addition to food and accommodation, each person has a tael of silver to get every month, you must know that this is a high salary, ordinary people may not be able to leave a tael of silver after a year of hard work, so for a time, the rich laborers from the north and south of the river are concentrated in Nanjing, and finally reached a million people, Gao Yiming immediately made a decision, and the railway from Luoyang to the capital started construction at the same time.

In order to save people's labor, tower cranes driven by pulleys and simple steam engines have appeared, which has greatly promoted the improvement of productivity.

"Your Majesty, now with the launch of the two railways, the country's expenses are increasing day by day, but I feel that the whole society is becoming richer, but the copper coins in circulation feel insufficient, can we start the minting of new money?" Hou Xian said.

"This makes the charm of copper money circulating, you said that you can start the copper coin minting, but you must carefully evaluate the number of copper coins that need to be minted, do not dare to exceed too much, so as not to cause large market fluctuations, and also avoid some unscrupulous businessmen, take the opportunity to raise the price of copper, and the brass of newly minted coins should still be based on copper ingots mined from copper ore."

"Yes! Obey the order. ”

After Hou Sui left, Shi Kefa asked to meet the emperor again, and Gao Yiming let him in.

"Your Majesty, the new envoy of the Qing Dynasty, one of the four auxiliary ministers, has been in Nanjing for two days, except for a request to meet you, there has been no movement, they don't seem to be in a hurry to negotiate peace, and now they are camping everywhere, wanting to send the outstanding children of the clan into the Daming Academy."

"This is a good thing, as long as my Daming people can pass the exam to enter Daming Academy, if they want to enter, of course, they can, according to our terms and conditions, so that as long as they pass the exam, there is no limit, it is all for the construction of the country."

"Yes! The minister knew what to do. ”

"No one dares to open the back door, remember, the Fusang students are definitely not good, come and clear one by one."

"No one dares, you're the dean."

"That's fine, but you tell Suppilon that peace talks are not an excuse for an armistice to give them a breather, and now that it has entered the end of autumn, once it is the beginning of spring next year, if there is no substantial progress in peace talks, then our army will continue to march north, and we will have to drink from the North Sea (Lake Baikal in later generations)."

"Yes! The minister will definitely bring the emperor's will. ”

After Shi Kefa left, Gao Yiming, who had been busy for a long time, decided to go out for a walk in this lukewarm season and go to the Purple Mountain to worship the Ming Tomb.

He specially called Zhou Hou and Yuan Guifei, except for the New Year's holidays, the two of them basically don't go out of the palace usually, if Gao Yiming was afraid that he would not be able to stand it a long time ago.

The entourage was very simple, Han Zanzhou, Yan Yingyuan and more than a dozen guards, an oily car without any identification.

"What does my brother think, I'm going to Xiaoling today." Zhou asked softly and softly.

"Haha! The good weather in autumn is crisp, take the two of you out for a walk, you can't keep stuffy in the palace, otherwise you will be easy to get sick. ”

"As long as the emperor is there, my sister and I won't feel bored, we practice swordsmanship on weekdays, and we are female celebrities, and time feels very fast."

"I can't help it, Ying'er, who just walked all the way and kept looking out of the car window."

"Brother!" Yuan Guifei hugged Gao Yiming's arm and coquettishly.

"Haha! Don't shake it, I'm not afraid of being shaken by you, and I'm afraid that you will squeeze our two babies. ”

Yuan Guifei looked down at the fullness of her chest, and her face was blushing: "Sister, look, my brother is a hooligan, and you don't care."

"Giggles! Don't you just like a rogue brother? ”

Yuan Guifei didn't follow, and hugged Zhou Hou coquettishly, Gao Yiming feasted his eyes.

Coming to the Purple Mountain, the layers of forests are dyed yellow, and the maple leaves that have become red after being beaten by frost, it looks like the mountains are all over the field and golden, it is very beautiful, there are pedestrians coming and going on the road, there is no lack of literati and, talented and beautiful people play in groups of three or five, there are many people who hug each other like Gao Yiming, and even many people who are bigger than his pomp and circumstance, it is very lively.

However, because filial piety is a forbidden area, guarded by guards, so it is not disturbed by outsiders, it looks quiet and profound, Gao Yiming took Zhou Hou and Yuan Guifei to worship and sweep, and walked out of the mausoleum area slowly.