"Whew-"

While the two were talking, a heavy whistle sounded, and everyone around them was startled, all looking at the mountain peaks in the distance with happy faces.

In the distant mountain peaks, a long black dragon was spewing out huge white smoke, although the distance was still dozens of miles, but the high-pitched whistle also made everyone feel a slight pain in their ears, and they couldn't help but cover their ears.

"Everyone, get off the bridge quickly. ”

Zhang Wei shouted, and the others were also afraid, so they hurriedly ran down from the long bridge, and three miles away from the Danjiangkou Bridge was the Junzhou Railway Station.

At this time, except for Zhou Peiling and others, the rest of them were also preparing to go to Junzhou Railway Station.

But they only walked for less than a cup of tea, and the black iron dragon had already arrived on the Danjiangkou Bridge, and such a close distance was enough for Lu Shikui to see the true face of this train.

The boxy locomotive just looks like a burly man, and in order to be able to knock things like gravel apart, a special angle of attack is also installed, and the towering whistle that is spewing hot steam reminds Lu Shikui of the legendary door god.

"This thing is really powerful. ”

Just thinking about it, this train has passed over everyone and drove straight into the distant railway station, and the wind blowing Lu Shikui's face hurts, if it is loaded by it, it will definitely be directly packed into a ball of minced meat.

Thinking like this, Lu Shikui secretly marveled at the power of the train in front of him.

"Are you building the railway just so that this thing can reach Junzhou directly?"

He turned his head sideways and looked at Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei closed his head and replied, "That's right. This train is quite powerful, it can transport tens of thousands of stone goods at one time, and it does not take a day to travel from Chang'an to Junzhou. Do you think this thing is important?"

"So fast?"

Lu Shikui was shocked in his heart, and his mind began to think.

According to Zhang Wei's words, it only takes one day to arrive, doesn't that mean that if Chang'an wants to attack Xiangyang, it will only take less than three days to gather all the troops from all over the country to Xiangyang?

"That's right. ”

Zhang Wei's chin was slightly high, and he was very happy today.

"And Lu Gongzi, don't you think that if there is this train, if you want to sell the goods from Chang'an to Lin'an, wouldn't it be more convenient?"

"That's true. ”

Lu Shikui replied randomly, feeling a little chaotic in his mind.

As the two spoke, they walked towards the train station in the distance.

When the two arrived at the train station, they found that the train station was already full of people, except for the businessman who was doing business, the others were people from Chang'an, and they ran to this place because they were curious about it.

At this moment, these people, under the supervision of the soldiers next to them, were lining up and waiting to leave the train station.

Lu Shikui stood by and watched for a while, and then became curious: "You don't charge?"

In this medieval era, if you enter the city, you have to pay a certain fee, so Lu Shikui said this.

"Why do I need to charge it?" Zhang Wei felt strange and asked directly.

"You spent so much money to build this thing, if you don't charge for it, where will you get the money to maintain it?"

Lu Shikui pointed to the Danjiangkou Bridge in the distance, so much steel was wasted, just to build this thing, the cost is not small, at least one million yuan.

"Huh. This fee has already been added to the train ticket, so there is no need for a separate one. And if you add the city fee, where will anyone come?" Zhang Wei didn't care.

In fact, because of the advent of the railway, many county towns have abandoned the entrance fee.

Lu Shikui didn't know the reason, so he naturally felt strange.

Zhang Wei's eyes moved slightly, and when he saw Lu Shikui's dazed face, he couldn't help but be extremely proud in his heart, and asked again: "By the way, Lu Gongzi, I don't know where you plan to go next?"

"This. ”

The smile on Lu Shikui's face froze, obviously showing a trace of embarrassment, but he also had a skill in coping, and pointed to the lake in the distance, and said with a smile: "By the way, can you tell me, what is it?"

Zhang Wei glanced at it and said with a smile: "Do you mean the Danjiangkou Dam?"

"That's right, this is it. ”

Lu Shikui replied, he was much more curious about this, after all, when he came before, he didn't remember that there was such a big lake here.

"If you can, I wonder if you can take me to see it?"

"Absolutely. ”

Zhang Wei turned his head back, and immediately left the Junzhou Railway Station with Zhang Wei, all the way towards the Nadanjiangkou Dam.

This Danjiangkou Dam is not far from the Danjiangkou Bridge, and after walking about three miles, you will arrive at the Danjiangkou Dam. Stepping on the dam, Lu Shikui noticed that the whole block under his feet was made of stone, not the rammed earth he thought.

"This is the stone mined for the construction of the railway, so in order to avoid waste, we used it to build such a dam. ”

Zhang Wei explained.

"I see, but I'm curious, why did you build such a dam?"

Lu Shikui frowned slightly, his eyes slanted slightly at Zhang Wei, and he couldn't hide the surprise in his heart.

Zhang Wei shook his head and let out a sigh from his mouth: "Alas. Lu Gongzi should know that every time spring and summer are handed over, the water potential of the Han River will increase several times, swallowing up all the farmland along the river, and the people along the way will suffer greatly. It is precisely to solve this problem that I built this Danjiangkou dam here!

"Oh, if that happens, you'll go down in history for that alone. Lu Shikui praised.

Zhang Wei smiled bitterly: "What do you say will go down in history? At most, there are dozens of more words in the lord's speech." All I want is for the people here to live and work in peace. What's the matter if we're always fighting each other, as we always do?

"Indeed!"

Lu Shikui responded, but he couldn't help but think of the scene of that year, the other party's expression that year was the same as the person in front of him, but he was a little younger.

——————

"Oh, you're actually coming to Xiangyang again, but what are you going to do this time?"

Lu Wenhuan was slightly surprised, and his suspicious gaze swept over the person in front of him, with a little vigilance.

It has been a few days since Shao Ming was captured and the bandit leader was exterminated, although he was surprised by the speed of Junzhou, but he was also prepared to prevent the other party from using this as an excuse to attack Xiangyang, and as he expected, the other party really came to Xiangyang, but alone.

Zhang Wei replied calmly: "That's right. However, he did not see the person he should have, but he hesitated a little, and asked, "Can you just let me take the liberty of asking? What about your boss, why didn't he come to see me?"

"Huh. It's not the right time for you to come, my brother is only afraid that he is not in this Xiangyang now. Lu Wenhuan replied with a smile.

Zhang Wei's eyes wrinkled slightly, and he asked, "Since that's the case, then I don't know where Wei Guogong is?"

"Oh, why are you so desperate to see my brother? Do you think that I can't be the master of this Xiangyang City?" Lu Wenhuan rebuked with a little unconvinced.

"This, it is really because what I asked for is too abrupt, and it will inevitably be opposed, so I want to ask Wei Guogong to see if he is willing to agree. Otherwise, this trip will be in vain. Zhang Wei showed a helpless and worried look, as if he really wanted to see Lu Wende.

Lu Wenhuan snorted coldly and shouted: "Hmph, you guy, you are not sincere, you obviously want to talk to us about things, but you always hide it in your heart like this, isn't it that you can't speak anymore? But I haven't seen you injured before, and you have become like this?"

"It seems that this little bit of caution is categorically impossible to deceive the general. ”

Zhang Wei replied: "Since the general has said so. Then I'll tell you the truth, this time I came here in the hope of opening a special session with you for commercial circulation?"

"What does that mean?" Lu Wenhuan was obviously stunned, showing a little confusion.

Zhang Wei complained: "General. As you must know, after decades of development, Chang'an is changing with each passing day, in addition to those iron tools and cloth, it has also produced such as four-wheeled carriages, tiles, toilets, glass, and all kinds of clocks and watches, all of which are rare things, if they can be transported to Lin'an, they will definitely be able to make a lot of money, right?"

"Oh, aren't you able to produce these things?"

Lu Wenhuan was happy in his heart, others may not know, but he knew how sought-after Chang'an's things were in Lin'an.

It's a pity that this trade route has always been occupied by Shu merchants, and the things they sell are not only expensive, but also of great quality, but all this is enough to make people make a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Lu Wenhuan had already moved, but Zhang Wei was alone, and he began to doubt the other party's intentions.

"Naturally, it can't be. ”

Zhang Wei shook his head and replied, "But Chang'an can." If your Excellency is willing to open a special market, then your subordinates will naturally contact Chang'an, and ask those merchants to pass through this place, instead of detouring to Sichuan and Shu. ”

Lu Wenhuan scoffed: "Hmph." Is this possible?"

"Why is it impossible? You also know that this Sichuan and Shu merchants rely on monopolizing the trade routes, but they really make a lot of money, and you should have heard a lot of rumors about them getting rich overnight. Zhang Wei persuaded: "But the journey to Sichuan and Shu is too difficult, and it costs a lot of money along the way, and after it is transported to Chang'an, it is naturally much more expensive." But it's not the same here!"

"Tell me about it?"

When Lu Wenhuan heard the news, his eyes showed a gleam.

Indeed, he also knew about those glasses, toilets, ironware, cloth and other things, and naturally knew that these things were quite popular in Lin'an, and they were often priceless.

The reason for this is that the previous trade route was too narrow, and there were various checkpoints along the way, and there were possible encounters with bandits, which would increase a lot of costs for no reason, resulting in a much higher price in Lin'an than in Chang'an.

If you can go directly to Lin'an from the Yangtze River, the cost savings are quite outstanding.

Zhang Wei saw it in his eyes, his heart was already settled, and he continued to persuade: "General." Think about it, because of this Shu Road, I don't know how many merchants have been fed. But what if you could take this trade route into your own hands?"

"In your own hands?"

Lu Wenhuan's throat moved, revealing a little excitement, and his weakly held hands seemed to have pinched the yellow gold in the palms of his palms.

"That's right. If the general is willing to open a special field, so that the goods in my customs can enter Lin'an through here. I'm afraid that the commercial tax alone will be this amount in a year!" With a hand, Zhang Wei shook his palm at Lu Wenhuan.

Lu Wenhuan's face was flushed, and countless gold and silver seemed to appear in front of him, and he could no longer suppress the desire in his heart, and praised him: "Very good." Since you said so, then I'm okay with this special event!"

"Then thank you, General. ”

Zhang Wei bowed and praised.

——————

"Lu Gongzi, what do you think of this Danjiangkou Dam?"

The sound in his ears was startled, and Lu Shikui woke up only then to find that Zhang Wei was looking at him with a worried face.

He took a breath, calmed down and looked into the distance, and saw a lake in the middle of the mountains, with the waves rolling and the waves roaring, and the many peaks were submerged in them, leaving only the top of the mountain, which was like a small island, and one could not help but marvel at the spectacle before him.

The high gorge is out of the Ping Lake, and the goddess should be fine.

Such a scene, perhaps only this verse can be described.

Looking at this scene, Lu Shikui became more and more shocked, "In this world, can such a magnificent dam be built?" While he was thinking about it, he saw that above the lake, there were five black black holes, which lived in the middle of the lake like the eyes of the sky, and countless streams of water were pouring down from these black holes, which seemed to be endless.

"This is a flood outlet, which is used to dredge the flow of water, otherwise the lake would be too high and the dam could easily be washed away. Zhang Wei explained.

Just like the gravity dam of later generations, it is not possible to achieve it with current technology, so Zhou Peiling designed this flood outlet, which is to build a patio in the lake next to the dam, and then connect it with the river channel at the bottom, as long as it exceeds a certain height, the water flow in the lake will automatically flow down from it, so as to avoid a huge impact on the dam.

"So that's it?"

Master Lu frowned and fell into silence, he found that he had not seemed to have calmed down since he arrived here.

He looked at Zhang Wei in disbelief and asked, "It's just that I'm curious, how did you do it?"

Zhang Wei raised his right hand, tapped his index finger on his head, and said confidently: "Ha." Naturally, it depends on this!"

"Head?"

Lu Shikui was confused and asked in a low voice, "But even the earth immortals may not be able to do this, how did you do it?"

He has always been very concerned about the development of Junzhou in the past few years, and naturally knows that when the Danjiangkou Bridge and Danjiangkou Dam were built, there was no earth immortal involved in the whole process, and it was completely relying on the efforts of the local military and civilians and the students from the Truth Academy that these two almost miraculous things were made.

Zhang Wei smiled softly and replied with self-confidence: "What else can it be? Nature is an exploration of the nature of heaven and earth, and the truth of all things." You must know that everything works according to the principles of heaven, and as long as we can grasp this truth and then use it, we can naturally reach this level. ”

Raising his head slightly, his eyes were full of longing, looking at everything in front of him.

"You know, man will win the day. Otherwise, how can we do that?"

In order to build this thing, they also paid a considerable price, and more than 300 sergeants died because of it, so as to create everything in front of them.

And on the small island in this lake, the souls of these fallen soldiers are buried.

"Perhaps, it is. ”

Lu Shikui came down silently, he began to think about all this, only to find that all these changes originated from the person in front of him when he came to Xiangyang.

Since then, Junzhou has only begun to develop, and in just five years, it has achieved what it is today.

Thinking of this, Lu Shikui was also secretly surprised, and knew that if he wanted to complete these two projects, it was by no means as simple as Zhang Wei said, but he couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and secretly complained that he was so useless and couldn't complete the orders his father.

At this time, Lu Shikui no longer had the heart to continue appreciating, he just wanted to leave here quickly.

Soon the Danjiangkou completion celebration also ended, and after saying goodbye to Zhang Wei, Lu Shikui went straight to Xiangyang City.

At this moment in Xiangyang, it is already evening, and Lu Wende is also preparing to go to bed.

But before he could untie his clothes, there was a hurried knock at the door.

"Father, a child, is here to report something. ”

"It turned out to be Master Lu, what are you looking for me for?"

Tying his clothes again, Lu Wende walked out of the room, and a cold wind came in the distance, making him shiver, and he quickly tightened his clothes.

Lu Shikui looked embarrassed and replied in a low voice: "I'm sorry father, I disturbed your rest." ”

"It's fine. ”

Lu Wende's expression was normal, his worried eyes swept over Lu Shikui's body, and when he saw that there was no injury, he felt relieved, and asked, "It's just that why are you like this?

"It's not fright, but I feel a little dazed, so I came to ask my father for advice, and I don't know what to do. Lu Shikui thought about everything that happened during the day, and his heart was a little uneasy.

Lu Wende sighed slightly, as if he already knew what the other party was thinking: "Is it because of Junzhou?"

Before leaving Xiangyang, his child was still full of confidence and high spirits, but when he came back, he was sad and restless, which was obviously related to Junzhou.

"That's right. It's Najunju. Today, the child walked around Najunzhou, and only then did he find that this Junzhou was no longer what it used to be. ”

Lu Shikui's face was sad, and he explained what he saw and heard today, and Lu Wende also lost his temper quite rarely, but stood next to him and listened quietly.

"You're saying that Junzhou is developing rapidly, so it's not something we can fight against?"

Lu Wende's face was annoyed, and there was a little disdain in his words.

Although Lu Shikui knew that there was something wrong with this, he still nodded and replied: "That's right, father, the child thinks that Najunzhou has been reborn, and it is not like usual, and it can be suppressed by force." ”

"Hmph. After ten years of development, there are 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed in this Xiangyang Mansion, plus 12,000 sailors, and there are more than 300 steam armored ships under my command. Lu Wende shouted dissatisfied.

In the past five years, Zhang Wei has been developing for the economy of Junzhou, and Lu Wende has naturally not stopped, and has been training the army under his command, which has reached 42,000 people so far, which is enough to contend with a group army of the Chifeng Army.

He is the west gate of Lin'an, so naturally he will not lack resources, of course, what needs to be given, so he can feed so many people.

Lu Shikui looked stunned, remembering what he encountered in Junzhou.

Na Junzhou is different from his beauty, except for the 1,000 security troops led by Lei Min, there are no other soldiers, and a large amount of taxes are all invested in two projects, which created these two miracles.

"But father, do you also know how many people's fat and ointment were looted to feed so many soldiers?" Lu Shikui clenched his fists, raised his head suddenly, and said, "And what their attitude is towards us, my father should also know." ”

Although there is a supply from Lin'an, the resources provided are limited after all, so Lu Wende has always been oppressing the local people, especially those merchants who pass through here, and he often exposes 50% of the tax, which is far less benevolent than Junzhou's only 10%.

Compared with the two, it naturally makes those businessmen hold grudges.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Lu Wende's expression changed slightly, and he scolded directly: "For the sake of my peace, they are willing to provide it voluntarily, how can it be regarded as looting the people's fat and people's ointment?"

The word "looting" seemed to directly sting Lu Wende, making him raise his hand and slap Lu Shikui.

Lu Shikui didn't expect that his cheeks were flushed, but he didn't feel pain, but raised his head, looked at his father with incredible eyes, remembered what he had seen and heard before, and said, "But father." No matter how much you deceive yourself, the businessmen ——, their evaluation of you will not change. Do you know what they call you out there?"

"Huh, what other good things can you say about these untouchables?"

Lu Wende disdainfully said again: "There are more." These days, you don't have to go outside, let me stay in Xiangyang to familiarize myself with the official documents, you know?"

Lu Shikui was silent, even if he had the intention to refuse, he couldn't avoid it.

After all, he is the son of Lu Wende, and he is the only one who can inherit the mantle, not to mention that his father said this for his own good, although this is not a good thing.

"That's right. That's it. Don't forget, we are officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and we are not all the way to the Red Phoenix Army, you know? It is not good for you to mess with them for a long time. Got it?" Lu Wende persuaded bitterly, and he also felt that he was too rude before, so he stepped forward and complained: "It's getting late at night, you better go to sleep." ”

"I see. ”

Lu Shikui was speechless, so he had to go back to his room.

It was hard to sleep this night.

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