Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past five years, the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang seems to have subsided, and it has become less fierce than usual.

Under Wang Xuan's leadership, the Kuomintang centered on Chang'an and continued to extend to the surrounding prefectures and counties, expanding its sphere of influence.

The Kuomintang, on the other hand, is rooted in the School of Truth and consolidates its power so as not to be defeated by the Kuomintang.

So much so that people in Chang'an had the illusion that both parties had died down and that there would be no more large-scale actions like usual.

For Xiao Feng, it seems that he is not interested in meddling in the affairs of the parliament, but devotes all his energy to the reform of the military system.

The review and acceptance of soldiers and officers, the refitting and rationing of weapons and ammunition, and even the rest and integrity of various military facilities, of course, the most important thing is the integration of logistics.

Each one had to consume all his energy, so that Xiao Feng didn't have the energy to take care of the others at all.

Of course, the government did not stop there, and the third phase of the railway construction line required that every county town be connected by rail, and its length was more than 10,000 miles.

Such a huge project requires manpower, material resources and organization, which are beyond the limits of the past, and even if several steel mills with an annual output of one million tons of steel are built, it is difficult to meet this huge demand.

It can be said that the changes in the entire Guanzhong in the past few years have been completely changing with each passing day, making people dizzy, and if they don't pay attention to it, they have changed again.

No, the railway from Shangzhou to Junzhou finally fell with the crisp sound of firecrackers, and finally fell the last sleeper.

"As long as this railway is completed, if Xiangyang really wants to attack our army in the future, it will be much more difficult. ”

Seeing the completion of the railway, Zhang Wei felt a little relieved, and since then it only takes one day to arrive in Junzhou from Chang'an, such a sense of speed, for businessmen who are used to traveling long distances, it is simply a dream.

Because of this, Lu Wende also sent his son Lu Shikui to participate in this celebration banquet.

"This thing is made of steel?"

Before walking to the Danjiangkou Bridge, Lu Shikui could not hide the shock in his heart, he reached out and touched the steel that was as thick as a thumb.

Zhang Wei said proudly: "Naturally!"

Before Junju and Shangju, in addition to the continuous mountains, there was also the Han River.

In the middle and upper reaches of the river, the water of the Han River is turbulent, and there are many reefs hidden in the river, at most only freighters with less than 500 stones can pass, and only during the water season.

In order to facilitate transportation, Zhang Wei decided to directly build a bridge across the river to directly connect Shangzhou and Junzhou, so as not to rely on cargo ships for conversion.

And this Danjiangkou Bridge has also become the first iron bridge in Guanzhong, which has naturally attracted the attention of people from all walks of life, and wants to see whether this Danjiangkou Bridge can really be built.

"Then I don't know who designed such a steel bridge?" asked Lu Shikui with curiosity.

"Haha. Speaking of this person, he is also a generation of geniuses! You also know that the Han River is turbulent, and there are majestic mountains on both sides, so it is naturally extremely difficult to build bridges and roads, and it is difficult to complete them with ordinary stones. But he didn't have a plan, but he remembered to build bridges with steel. Of course, if it is ordinary pig iron, it will naturally not be able to reach this level, and only the hundred smelting steel can be used in Wuzhong District. But you also know that it is too difficult to produce this hundred steel, but fortunately, I have developed a thousand-ton hydraulic press for the new one, which has made suitable steel. ”

Zhang Wei was very proud, just because the bridge was successfully built with his own support, and after mentioning the Danjiangkou Bridge in the future, he would inevitably have to write and describe it.

Danqing's history has always been pursued by scholars.

Lu Shikui shook his head slightly, with a little reproach: "It's just that you haven't introduced to me, who designed and built this Danjiangkou Bridge?"

For that person, he was naturally fascinated, wanting to see what kind of skills the other party had to do this kind of thing.

"Do you mean Zhou Peiling? He's inspecting the bridge there, and he's the one at the head. Zhang Wei pointed to a few people in the distance who were undergoing final testing.

In order to ensure the smooth passage of the Danjiangkou Bridge, it needs to go through a final inspection before it can be put into operation to prevent any accidents.

These are all procedural regulations.

"Oh, so it's him?"

Lu Shikui looked in the direction indicated by Zhang Wei, and immediately fell on the leader, and complained, "Is it him?"

Probably because of working in the field for a long time, Zhou Peiling's skin was tanned, and his slightly serious look made him look much older than his actual age.

"That's right, he is Zhou Peiling. If it weren't for the help of the students of the Truth Academy, it would have been impossible to build the Danjiangkou Bridge. Zhang Wei asked tentatively: "Of course, if you want to meet him, I can introduce him." ”

"Oh, you can't miss this opportunity. Lu Shikui said with a smile.

Zhang Wei raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "Then why don't you just go and take a look, how did they do it?"

Saying that, the two walked together together, intending to ask Zhou Peiling how he did it?

For them, such a bridge is too spectacular.

The construction of a bridge with a span of more than 100 meters using steel and concrete as materials is the first case in the entire Shenzhou, not only its structure will be tested by various weather conditions, but also the complex hydrological conditions of the Danjiang Estuary are also a major obstacle.

For the details, it naturally aroused the interest of the two, and they walked in front of Zhou Peiling together.

Seeing the two blocking his way, Zhou Peiling raised his head and noticed Zhang Wei and a stranger who came here, and couldn't help but show some doubts: "Zhang Zhizhou, who is this?"

"His name is Lu Shikui, and he is the son of An Guogong, just because he was curious about this iron bridge, so he came to take a look. Zhang Wei enthusiastically introduced.

"It turned out to be Lu Gongzi, I'm really sorry for waiting so long! It's just that I have other things to do, so I'm leaving for the time being. ”

Zhou Peiling only bowed his body slightly, took the tools in his hand, and walked to the other side, as for the two people in front of him, they were just like air, and they were directly ignored.

Lu Shikui was stunned, shook his head lightly and laughed at himself: "Alas, it seems that I am just a mortal, so I have been so neglected?"

He believes that he is the son of An Guogong, and he has always been arrogant, and it is because of this that this place is under the control of the Red Phoenix Army, so he is a little restrained.

Zhang Wei hurriedly persuaded: "Childe said that he was joking, Zhou Peiling didn't notice Childe because he was only obsessed with work, and when the inspection was over, he would definitely thank Childe." After all, if it weren't for Gongzi's help over the years, where would Junzhou have come from?"

Being blown by these words, Lu Shikui also felt a little fluttery, and said with a smile: "Yes." If it weren't for me and my uncle Lu Wenhuan pushing for it, we said that we would conclude a peace agreement with you, open the market, and exchange ideas. How can you, Junzhou, have such development?"

After Zhang Wei pacified the water bandits in the territory, he went directly to Xiangyang in the name of Zhizhou, saying that he was willing to communicate with the defenders of Xiangyang City and expand the scope of exchanges.

And Lu Wenhuan was greedy for money, so he agreed to this matter, and since then the cooperation between Junzhou and Xiangyang has begun.

Needless to say, Xiangyang City can directly transport the things produced in Jiangnan to Xiangyang by the Yangtze River, and then enter Guanzhong from Junzhou, which greatly saves time and money, and the taxes of the bazaar alone can bring hundreds of thousands of family wealth to Lu Wenhuan and others a year.

Of course, this benefit is not only in Xiangyang, as the entrance to Guannai with Xiangyang, Junzhou has also been reborn since then and has been quite developed.

From a dilapidated town of less than 10,000 households at the beginning, it has been directly upgraded to a large city with a permanent population of as many as 50,000 households, and the streets in the city have also been completely renovated, greatly widened several feet, and many new houses have been built nearby, all of which are new-style brick houses, which are convenient for people to live in.

In order to be able to rectify the flood disasters that occur every year, the reservoir was built, which not only greatly reduced the probability of floods, but also expanded tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, which could be transported to Chang'an City in addition to feeding itself, and also became a major financial source for Junzhou.

Of course, in addition to this agriculture, Zhang Wei was also very concerned about the steel industry, and after discovering the existence of iron ore nearby, he immediately decided to mine it, and with the technical support of Chang'an, he built a shipyard in the local area, and directly began to build steamships for freight.

Although limited to the situation of the Han River, only ships of less than 3,000 stone could be built, but this was enough for the Chifeng Army to build the Yangtze River Water Army, completely control the upper and lower reaches of the Han River, and even extend its tentacles to the Yangtze River.

The most important thing is that Zhang Wei also carried out the remediation of the Han River, using explosives to blow up many hard reefs, and then dredge the river, so that 3,000 stone level boats can also pass through it.

Since then, numerous steamships have sailed the Han River and the Yangtze River, and a steady stream of goods from Jiangnan has been transported to Junzhou and then to Chang'an City.

It is precisely in order to further develop Junzhou that Zhang Wei plans to build the Danjiangkou Bridge to shorten the distance from Chang'an to Junzhou to less than a day, instead of taking half a month as usual.