"Lay a short train track first?"

Zhu Di's expression narrowed, and he said curiously: "Where is Guo Qing going to lay the train track?" ”

"Your Majesty, what do you think of the construction of Songjiang Mansion?"

"Matsue Mansion?"

Zhu Di was stunned.

Guo An continued: "The railway station was built in Zhelin Township, Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, next to the Jinshanwei station. ”

Zhu Di was puzzled: "Why did you build it here?" ”

"Your Majesty, Songjiang Mansion is rich, the textile industry is developed, and it is relatively close to Beijing.

The most important thing is that after my Ming maritime merchants come back from the South and Western Seas, they don't have to wait for those river boats or carriages to transport goods outside Yingzhou Island.

Instead, you can park the ship on the sea, put it directly in the warehouse of the railway station, and then transport it to Beijing by train! ”

"Transporting the goods of the maritime merchants by train?"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "In this way, after a long time, maybe you can really return to your roots." ”

"It's nature!"

Guo An said, "Your Majesty can rest assured, as long as the train and track paving are completed and officially put into operation, it will be completely recouped in less than two years!" ”

"Really?"

Zhu Di was taken aback, a little unconvinced, but thinking of Guo An's past methods of making money, he couldn't help but faintly look forward to it.

"Your Majesty, it's true."

Guo An looked sure, "If the operation is good, there can be more!" ”

"Very good!"

Zhu Di's face was overjoyed, and he asked again: "So, Guo Qing paved this railway, I don't know what is needed?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the most important thing is steel, craftsmen and land!"

Zhu Di asked again: "How much land do you need?" ”

Guo An replied: "Your Majesty, in Beijing, you need a vacant land of three or four hundred acres to build a railway station.

Then, all the way to Songjiang Prefecture, in Zhelin Township, Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, a vacant land of this size is also needed to build a railway station.

In addition, the train tracks laid between the two places also need to occupy vacant land, and may even damage some arable land, which may need to be compensated to the people......"

"Occupation of farmland?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di's brows suddenly furrowed.

"It's not easy to do!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An said slowly.

Zhu Di said indifferently: "However, no one in my Ming Dynasty understands this, and this matter needs to be handed over to Guo Qing to be responsible!" ”

“……”

Guo An's face suddenly froze.

"Your Majesty, let Weichen be in charge of these?"

"Self!"

Zhu Di nodded solemnly, he didn't make any jokes.

"But Wechen ......"

Without waiting for Guo An to finish speaking, Zhu Di continued: "If you are short of manpower, we can also send you which officials you like, and if you feel that the prince also needs to know this, we can also ask the prince to assist you!" ”

"Weichen doesn't dare!"

Guo An hurriedly said, "This matter, Weichen is responsible for handling it!"

As for His Royal Highness the Prince, Wechen felt that if the Crown Prince was not too busy, Wechen would like to invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come and sit down! ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and then realized something.

Hurriedly stared at Guo An, "This time, how much money does it cost?" ”

"This ......"

Guo An sneered, "Your Majesty, this time it is to pave roads and build trains, it shouldn't cost much money!" ”

“……”

Zhu Di looked at Guo An with a look of disbelief.

Guo An was a little aggrieved and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen really didn't lie, it really didn't cost much money this time!" ”

Zhu Di pursed his lips and said with some disdain: "Which time do you want to do a big project, or spend a large amount of money, don't you want to drag the prince to do it with you?" ”

Guo An's face couldn't help but stiffen, how many times has he done this?

Zhu Di said in a disgusted tone: "We don't know, what have we done, so that you are already the king of my Daming County, and you are still so cautious in your actions, hiding in the house all day long and not saying anything, even if you do something, you have to pull the prince ......"

Guo An hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty misunderstood, if Weichen is still just a small Yanwang Mansion Governor, Weichen can sometimes have no scruples.

However, Weichen is now the king of Ming County, and his every move has attracted much attention.

If you don't do a good job in any aspect, you will be seized by those people, and the impact will be greater, and Wechen doesn't dare to be cautious! ”

Zhu Di waved his hand and didn't say anything: "Okay, the prince has been reviewing the chapters for a while, and after we go back, let him have time to look for you!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Guo An hurriedly thanked.

Zhu Di said with a serious face: "I really want to thank me, this time I will save flowers, most of our internal funds have been paved with those cement straight roads, and now we are paving iron track roads, even if there are a few silver mines and gold mines in the Japanese country, it is not enough for you to spend so much!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will be cautious to save money!"

Guo An also responded with a straight face.

Then, he said: "Your Majesty, Weichen remembers that when Zheng He and them first went to the South and Western Seas, they looked for a lot of silver mines, gold mines, copper mines, and iron mines along the way, didn't you send people to mine them?" ”

"I sent someone to mine!"

Saying that, Zhu Di couldn't help but glared at Guo An viciously, "Is it possible, you even want to fight those mine ideas?" ”

"Weichen doesn't dare!"

Guo An hurriedly denied it.

He just wanted to confirm how much money Zhu Di's internal money he had now.

And after a while, Zhu Di also figured out something, and glanced at Guo An very vigilantly.

"Although we have a lot of money, we also have to support a lot of people, and we spend more every year, so you are not allowed to have any bad intentions!"

"Wechen is wronged...... Please rest assured, Weichen is definitely not like those ministers, who spend all day thinking about His Majesty's money! ”

Guo An hurriedly assured with a solemn face.

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "After entering the city, I will put you down, you can go back by yourself!" ”

“…… Yes, Your Majesty! ”

Guo An nodded helplessly.

As for this, guard him like a thief?

Really.

As soon as he entered the gate of Jingshi, the carriage stopped, and Zhu Di directly drove Guo An out of the carriage.

"Huh?"

Looking at the carriage that went straight away, Xu Yong's face was suddenly full of surprise.

"Your Highness, this ...... Why did Your Majesty leave? ”

"What does Your Majesty want to do, and you still have to take care of it?"

Guo An glanced at Xu Yong and walked straight back.

"But... Your Highness, you ......"

opened his mouth and saw Guo An's fast footsteps again, Xu Yong could only catch up first.

"Your Highness, is Your Majesty angry?"

"Nope!"

Guo An shook his head.

Xu Yong breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo An said again: "It's just stingy!" ”

Xu Yong: "......"

Immediately, he wanted to speak and stopped.

However, Guo An looked comfortable.

I've been sitting in a carriage for a long time, and occasionally I come out and walk around the streets, which is quite comfortable.

If it's not so sunburned, it's even better!

Thinking about it, Guo An could only follow those people and keep walking along the eaves on both sides.

However, walking, walking, I was forced out of the shade under the eaves.

It's not that he meets someone more noble than him, it's just that the person in front of him sits, or lies down and sleeps.

After all, there are more and more people in Jingshi.

And there are countless people who brave the hot days and work on the streets to make a living.

Guo An can't just drive those hard-working people away for the sake of walking in the shade for himself!

From the gate of the city to the palace of Shunde County, Guo An walked for more than half an hour.

The whole person was sweating, but he also saw a lot of new things.

"I've been here in Beijing for so many years, and I haven't been so serious about visiting Beijing today!"

While drinking a cold drink, Guo An said.

However, Guo Ang on the side was full of distress, "Your Highness, don't talk about it, rest and rest first."

You don't take a carriage anymore, you don't look for a teahouse, drink tea, let General Xu send someone back to say, the villain will personally drive you up, you see how hot you are......"

"How can it be so pretentious!"

Guo An waved his hand indifferently.

"Come, Your Highness, the chilled watermelon is here, you can eat it......"

Guo Ang took another cut watermelon, put it in front of Guo An, and continued.

"Your Highness, even if you can't take a carriage, there are many vendors selling herbal tea, cold drinks, and frozen cheese on the street, you can buy a few and eat them while walking, not only to quench your thirst, but also to cool off, why suffer such a big sin......"

"Huh!"

Guo An's face froze, he really didn't expect it.

On the side, Xu Yong was also full of sneers, and he could feel that the words of this manager Guo were also a little complaining about him.

Your Highness doesn't understand those common senses, can you, the personal guard, still not understand?

It's just that who would have thought that this highness, who looked very weak, would start with a tiger, and he could only keep up with it with all his might.

"It's okay, sweat more, detoxify, prepare some warm water later, I'll take a bath, and then pinch my back!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Guo Ang stopped at this time and hurriedly went down to make arrangements.

……

Half an hour later, after a period of scrubbing, milking, kneading and massage.

Guo An wore a cool and loose shirt and lay on a rattan chair to meditate.

Paving train tracks can be a hassle.

However, he and Zhu Gaochi cleaned up the Songjiang Mansion fiercely, and it has not been a few years, and those gentry and people should not have forgotten them.

They shouldn't be as difficult as the afterlife, right?

……

The Royal Palace, the Wen Building.

After Zhu Di entered the palace, he was exactly the same as Guo An, drinking cold drinks and eating chilled watermelon, but he did not have the luxury of bathing and massaging in broad daylight like Guo An.

As a eunuch walked in from outside the hall with a strange face, he muttered a few words in Yisha's ear.

Yishiha hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, after His Royal Highness the King of Shunde County got out of the carriage, he walked all the way back to the house from the city gate!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di looked up violently, still a little incredulous.

"He actually walked back?"

"Exactly! The people below reported that His Royal Highness the King of Shunde County was walking all the way fast, and it seemed that he was still full of interest......"

"What's wrong with this? He's such a lazy person, how can he ...... like this"

Zhu Di muttered to himself with surprise on his face.

Another moment passed.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi walked in from outside the hall.

Looking at the dense beads of sweat on Zhu Gaochi's forehead, Zhu Di's heart moved again.

However, nothing was said.

Instead, let's talk about the train.

After listening, Zhu Gaochi's eyes widened directly.

"An iron car forged from steel that is one zhang high and dozens of zhang long? Can you run faster, but faster than a horse?

Dad, the teacher actually built such a magic car? ”

"If we hadn't experienced it ourselves, we wouldn't have believed it!"

Zhu Di nodded with emotion, and then his face was full of distress.

"Although this train runs fast and carries a lot of people and goods, it is all forged from steel, and it costs no less money to build steel tracks than the two cement straights you are building now!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded thoughtfully.

If you don't participate in the paving of roads, you don't know how much it will cost to pave a road.

Looking at the money spent every day, he also felt a little distressed.

"Dad, what do you mean?"

Zhu Di said: "If you are free one day, go to the king of Shunde County and discuss how to pave the road." ”

Zhu Gaochi was shocked in his heart, and nodded hurriedly, "Yes, Dad!" The child will go tomorrow. ”

As for so many pieces of music every day, it is naturally re-submitted to the Ming Emperor to personally review it!

I have to say that Zhu Gaochi has been learning more and more over the years!

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Gaochi and waved his hand casually.

"Alright, let's go and review the chapter if it's okay!"

"Yes, Dad!"

Zhu Gaochi left with excitement on his face.

It was really cool to know that he was on vacation, even if he was reviewing the chapters, Zhu Gaochi was full of motivation, with a smile on his face, looking at Zhu Fu and Huang Boqian around him, full of curiosity.

The best, Huang Boqian couldn't help it, and asked with some expectation: "Your Highness, I don't know what happy things happened, are you in such a good mood?" ”

Zhu Gaochi pursed his lips and said lightly: "Tomorrow, Gu is going to go out, and these pieces will be handed over to His Majesty for approval!" ”

“……”

Hearing this, Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, Fang Xiaoru and other seven cabinet ministers couldn't help twitching the corners of their eyes slightly.

Co-authored, is it for this reason that you are so happy?

Zhu Gaochi ignored these hard-working social animals, and was still reading the music happily.

Following.

After going to the morning court, he went to Wenyuan Pavilion to check for a while, and estimated that his own teacher, he should get up at this point in time, and Zhu Gaochi went out of the palace directly.

When he came to the palace of Shunde County, it happened that Guo An had just gotten up.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Teacher!"

After greeting each other, Zhu Gaochi explained his intentions.

"Teacher, my father said that you are going to lay a steel track?"

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "The iron pillar about four feet long has been horizontally, from Jingshipu to Songjiang Mansion."

In this way, it is considered one track, and two must be laid. ”

"Hiss......"

Zhu Gaochi took a cold breath directly, waiting for his eyes to widen.

"Teacher, how much steel does this cost, how much money does it cost, does my father know?"

Guo An said slowly: "Your Majesty just knows that the track is going to be laid, but what you know is not so detailed!" ”

Zhu Gaochi is stupid!

What kind of holiday is this?

It's a jump from one pit into another!

This kind of cost is more than the cost of building a cement straight road from Beijing to Sichuan!

When the time comes, will his father be able to spare him? (End of chapter)