But with the advent of trains and railways, the control of the frontier will reach an unprecedented level!

The Central Plains Dynasty never treated the nomads because they couldn't defeat them, but because they couldn't control them. Long supply lines, as well as the transportation of people and materials, are the fundamental causes of the deterioration of the frontier.

And now, as long as the emergence of railways and trains is built to the frontier, it means that Datang's control of the frontier has reached an unprecedented level, and every kilometer of railway extension in the grassland means that Datang's cavalry can radiate at least tens of kilometers.

If these railways were used to transport supplies, it would probably be faster to build a new type of city like Datang Sleepless City at key nodes on the grassland.

And the area of the grassland controlled by a permanent city in a key location is even larger, and the nomads without the grassland are still so terrible? Of course not.

It turns out that this is what His Royal Highness thinks, and this time the ministers of the court also have a general idea of some of the reforms that Li Ke has made before, and some of the previous reforms, if you don't take into account such a high-speed contact method, are not too suitable.

But with such an efficient way of connecting, then it makes perfect sense.

For example, the reform of the military region and the reform of the division of rights of local officials can quickly contact the Tang court, which is very important.

The wheels of the high-speed train are constantly colliding with the junction of the rails, making such a unique and rhythmic sound.

And this sound made everyone sitting in the carriage maintain an unspeakable silence, Zheng Lin sat in his place, and his spirit was a little trance now.

The position he sat in wasn't very comfortable, but it wasn't bad, and the overall comfort was much higher than that of a horse-drawn carriage, and more importantly, the view from the window that kept flowing backwards.

In such a short period of time, they have covered longer distances than they have walked from morning to this train station, is this a new technology, a new road?

Datang ...... What else is there that these gate valve families don't know?

Once they thought that they would not dare to say that they would control the whole country together, but at least they had a very deep influence on the country, but now they found that they knew nothing about the country.

Because all this is completely different from what they think, His Highness is a human being, not a god, and His Highness spends most of his time playing happily or dealing with state affairs, such as these research aspects are carried out by the craftsmen recruited by His Highness.

And those craftsmen ...... They used to be ordinary craftsmen.

But they can now build such a behemoth, no, they can already make the steel dragon that His Highness said in his mouth, how far have they progressed? Such a talent, but they turn a blind eye to the gate valve family?

Zheng Lin suddenly thought of a speech he had heard from other channels, His Highness.

In that speech, His Highness said that if you want to know who the oppressors are, you need to make a clear distinction between classes, who is the ruling class, and these families are classified as the ruling class.

In that speech, His Highness said that the ruling class, which enjoyed a vested interest, would be the biggest obstacle to reform, because if they did not hinder it, they would have the most to lose.

Now it seems...... That's true, Zheng Lin thought about it carefully, if the five surnames and Qiwang developed such a machine, unless there were special circumstances, they would never let such a machine come out, because it would affect their rule over this world.

He suddenly understood the decision made by the patriarch of the Zheng clan in Xingyang, and asked him to come out alone to establish the Chang'an Zheng clan, which has nothing to do with anything else, but as a family, there must always be a "representative" to embrace this new world and "embrace" these new technologies.

So the question now is, how do they make their choice next? Oh no, to be precise, he no longer belongs to the traditional gate valve family, what he wants to think about is how he and these merchant families who are resolutely on His Highness's side, how to make the next choice.

Will you use all your strength to help His Highness build the railway?

It is foreseeable that after His Majesty and all the ministers in the court visited these railways today, from next year, oh no, from this year, Datang may carry out a large-scale project on the railway, and start a large-scale construction of the railway.

But I am afraid that the ability of the imperial court is not enough to build so many railways at the same time, so the problem arises...... Will Datang allow the railway to be built with private investment? What if you don't require 100% of your shares, or even more than half of your shares, or about 30% at most? And the money they invested can increase the construction progress of Datang dozens of times.

"Master Zheng." A voice came from the side.

Zheng Lin raised his head and looked, his eyes immediately lit up, it was Bai Ling, the president of the Chamber of Commerce.

"President Bai."

"Shall we talk over there?" Bai Ling pointed to a corner of his gang and spoke. The people sitting in this carriage are all from the family of the gate valve or the family of merchants, and the entire Chamber of Commerce in Bailing has expanded to a total of one hundred members, and there are more than seventy today.

The others are not in Chang'an, otherwise they must be all together.

Zheng Lin glanced at it, that place was the center of the seat of the members of the Chamber of Commerce, and there were members of the Chamber of Commerce all around, so their conversation was naturally not heard by other families.

"Yes." Zheng Lin nodded and immediately followed Bai Ling.

They sat down in this corner, and Zheng Lin noticed that not only him, but many people in this carriage were exchanging their places.

"Master Zheng, His Royal Highness has created such a divine object, and the current situation should be very clear, I think, why don't we cooperate?" Bai Ling said with a smile.

"Why me?" Zheng Lin's face was calm. The Chamber of Commerce is not weak at all among the eight major chambers of commerce in the Tang Dynasty, because they have a special status and are the first to support His Highness, so they are all from Tiannan and Haibei, and most of them are merchants from nearby areas such as Chang'an and Longyou Road.

The other seven, the seven chambers of commerce of Jin, Hui, Yue, Lu, Yang, Jiangxi, and Dongting almost do not cover the western and southwestern parts, and among these seven are the subordinate chambers of commerce of many gate valve families.

Only the Chamber of Commerce because when they were established, the gate valve family did not attach importance to His Royal Highness at that time, so their members were pure merchant families, the purest, and they had little to do with the gate valve family, so their support for His Royal Highness was also the greatest.