Zhu Cunji was a little unhappy: "Casting technology, why can't we do it?" Isn't it just pouring molten iron into the mold and taking it out after it has cooled? This simple thing even the king understands, why don't the craftsmen understand? ”

The subordinate made a bitter face: "The specific reason...... The villain doesn't understand either. ”

At this time, Lian Guoshi couldn't help it, and said: "Your Royal Highness, the iron forged with a hammer is stronger and stronger. Moreover, the iron made by pouring molten iron into the mold is easy to break and break, and is not used. ”

He continued: "Xiaguan just saw that the big iron car weighed at least hundreds of thousands of catties, and more than 1,000 people were transported on it, which was extremely heavy. The track made by the casting method will definitely not be able to withstand such a heavy pressure and will break. ”

Zhu Cunji: "Yo? Do you still understand this? ”

Lian Guoshi: "The lower officials only know a general idea." ”

Zhu Cunji: "The railroad track you are stepping on is cast. ”

Lian Guoshi: "Hey? ”

Zhu Cunji snorted: "That's why I want to know, why can others cast, but the craftsmen of this world can't?" ”

Lian Guoshi thought about it very seriously for three seconds, and raised his head: "That is, the molten iron is different, this molten iron is of extremely high quality, even if the casting method is used, it can cast a strong track, yes, it must be like this." ”

Zhu Cunji: "Oh oh! ”

He turned his head and said to his subordinates, "How do you get high-quality molten iron?" ”

Subordinate: "I don't know! This technique is only known to people from Li Yuan's family, and such a technique must be passed on to the son but not to the daughter, and we can't learn it. ”

Zhu Cunji: "Hey! In other words, this son can only spend money to ask them to build it? Can't make your own cheap one? ”

The subordinate nodded.

Zhu Cunji was unhappy and pouted.

Lian Guoshi was surprised: "Your Royal Highness, your Qin Palace's Mansion is rich and rivals the country, if you want something, you can just spend money to buy it, why do you have to cast it yourself, it is time-consuming and laborious." ”

Zhu Cunji looked at Lian Guoshi with the eyes of a fool: "The new governor, you seem to be smart, but you are actually stupid." ”

Lian State Affairs: "? ”

Zhu Cunji pointed to a section of railroad track under his feet: "Do you know how much it costs to cut this one?" ”

Lian Guoshi seriously considered how much iron was used for this section of railroad track, how many knives could be used with these irons, and then converted the price slightly, so he wiped a cold sweat: "I'm just afraid...... not less than four taels of silver. ”

Zhu Cunji: "That's not so expensive, the iron ore output in our Xi'an Prefecture is much higher than that of iron ore in other places, so the price of iron is falling." At present, such a section of railroad tracks, Li Yuan sold me two taels of silver. ”

Practice state affairs: "It's so cheap!" ”

Zhu Cunji: "Cheap is cheap, but think about it, how many sections do you need to lay this thing from Xi'an Mansion to Yan'an Mansion?" ”

Lian Guoshi: "!! ”

This is very embarrassing, from Xi'an Mansion to Yan'an Mansion, the straight-line distance is 500 miles, if you add a little twists and turns, it will be even farther, such a long distance, supplemented by such a railroad track, the cost is simply ......

No wonder Zhu Cunji wants to save money!

It's a pity that he can't solve the technical problems, so he can't save this money, so he can only obediently pay for it to customize the railroad tracks to Gaojia Village, and he can't save a penny of copper money.

He could only save some money digging roads, making sleepers, and building railway stations, where his craftsmen could do it, and he could hire craftsmen with lower wages as much as possible, and even hire a group of refugees who could work as long as they could eat.

is desperately saving, and Zhu Cunji's silver is not enough.

I also found some royal relatives in the vicinity of the fief to contribute money, so that this project could be started.

Lian Guoshi was secretly frightened: "His Royal Highness, what are you doing with so much money to build this big railroad track?" ”

Zhu Cunji was triumphant: "Make money!" You also know that this car can pull 1,000 people, and I charge some ticket money for each of them, and if 1,000 people add up, how can I collect two or three hundred taels of silver. If you run one round trip a day, you can get back about 500 taels a day. You can earn fifteen thousand taels a month. ”

As soon as this number was calculated, Lian Guoshi was suddenly stupid: "Earn fifteen thousand a month? ”

Zhu Cunji: "After I earn back the money I made to build the railway and buy a big iron car, it will be pure earning." Hahahaha, when the time comes, you will definitely get rich, and no palace can compare with this prince. ”

Lian Guoshi: "You were originally the first feudal feud in the world, and there was no palace that could compare with you." ”

Zhu Cunji: "......"

Stiff!

After a few seconds, Zhu Cunji said: "This new governor is so annoying, this son doesn't like you and doesn't want to talk to you." ”

He turned and walked away.

Lian Guoshi took the initiative to follow: "Your Royal Highness, don't go, the lower official has just taken office, and there are many things I don't understand, and I want to talk to the prince." ”

Zhu Cunji: "Don't come to Lao Tzu, go away." ”

"Your Royal Highness, who did you say just now that this big iron car was built? Li Yuanwai? So who is Li Yuanwai? "Practicing state affairs is stubbornly entangled: "Introduce it to the lower officials, and the lower officials also want to talk to him." ”

Zhu Cunji: "Don't come to beat Lao Tzu, go talk to Wu Fu, go to Shi Kefa, you stinky civil officials hate it to death." ”

"Let's talk!"

"Don't talk, don't talk!"

A few hours later, Lian Guoshi sat in the governor's yamen, and after reading a large number of files, he was surprised to find one thing, in the vicinity of Xi'an City, the development of industry and commerce has far surpassed agriculture.

The reason for the sluggish agriculture is probably due to natural disasters. The development of industry and commerce, on the other hand, has not been affected by natural disasters.

The only problem is that these so-called industries and businesses are all engaged in the territory of the Qin Palace, in a nutshell: all of them don't have to pay taxes!

As long as it is nominally the property of the Qin Palace, it will never need to pay taxes.

Forty percent of these non-taxable earnings were taken away by the Qin Palace, and sixty percent were taken away by a person named Li Yuanwai.

These two people carved up almost everything in Xi'an!

The most interesting thing is that the Qin Wangfu should have made a fortune after taking forty percent, but the prince of Qin spent a lot of money, and the money he shared was made by Li Yuanwai through all kinds of luxury goods, entertainment supplies, stationery, and the high manufacturing costs of large rails and large iron cars.

In other words, the part that belonged to the Qin Wangfu also became Li Yuanwai in the end.

This person took more than ninety percent of the profits of Xi'an Mansion.

Lian Guoshi was secretly shocked in his heart: Who is this Li Yuanwai? His strength in Xi'an Mansion is even stronger than that of Qin Wangfu. The former governor Wang Shunxing did not contact this Li Yuanwai at all, nor did he sing against him, basically avoiding Li Yuanwai.

Since Wang Shunxing doesn't provoke him and goes around him, then I just go around him, whether it is to provoke local tyrants or collude with local tyrants, it is not a good thing, the best way is to ignore him.