"The auspicious snow heralds a good year, and it looks like next year will be another year of good weather."
In the Lord's Mansion of Shanhai City, Zhang Qi stood under the eaves of the patio with his hands behind his back, looking at the well hall buried in snow beneath his feet.
"Where are the Han troops?"
Behind Zhang Qi, a dotted line agent weaving a web was waiting, listening to the question, and took a few small steps forward to reply.
"One Chen army goes to the county, another Chen army goes to Taiyuan, and another Chen army goes to the giant deer, looking away from Cheng Bushi."
"Oh, as expected of the Habayashi warriors who command the army, they are very cautious, but haha, they have to stay still under this ice sky."
"Have you ever explored the grain route?"
"The Han army was very cautious this time and used canals to transport supplies. The subordinates and others could still reach in."
"Well, Liu Che has learned enough lessons from the successive defeats. It seems that he has no chance to take advantage of him. Then send a message to Ju Yanze and wait for my order."
"promise!"
The spy hid his figure, but Zhang Qi still stood on the eaves under the patio with his hands behind his back, his head slightly raised, and he took a deep breath of the cold air.
"It's almost done, haha."
Three hundred thousand Han troops will arrive in Liao at the latest in April or May next year.
The countermeasures taken by Zhang Qi will also appear on the stage of history one by one next year.
He was looking forward to it.
This battle can be regarded as a life and death battle for the Han Dynasty. If you win, the world will be stable. If you lose, then you will sing and I will appear!
That position should be replaced by someone who has the whole earth in mind!
This world needs unity!
——
Beyond the Wall.
Even if the ground is covered with snow, it can't hide the excitement on the construction site.
The sleepers were put down one by one, and workers in groups of twenty or thirty carrying heavy rails laid the track on the sleepers.
Just a hundred meters away from the construction site, countless tents were sitting neatly.
These people are naturally the civilian laborers recruited from Lezhou.
And what they did was naturally the first and second railways in the world.
The reason why it is said that they are the first and the second is naturally because this time they are building two railway lines at once, and the distance between the railways is no more than three meters.
Liaoze Railway is the name of the railway from Liaodi to Juyanze.
Today, almost one-twentieth of the length of this railway has been repaired. According to this work progress, the railway will be completed within two years.
Of course, it is impossible to say that the time will be accelerated, because the input of manpower and the improvement of workers' proficiency are important factors that determine the progress of construction.
Woo——
Woohoo——
Boom boom boom.
The rumble and whistle of the train sounded several miles away from the construction site. The terrain outside the Great Wall was flat and unobstructed, so the sound was transmitted transparently.
The foremen in charge of supervising the work were naturally paying attention. The sound of the steam train letting them know that a new batch of materials and daily necessities had been delivered.
The foremen began to call the workers to suspend the construction, and the militiamen accompanying the camp mounted their horses and left waving bright red flags as soon as they heard the noise.
That's a signal to the train to slow down.
in autumn.
After a long period of experiments on Shanhai City's trains, Zhang Qi ordered Liaoning to start building them and put them into use.
At present, the power of steam trains needs to be optimized. A locomotive with several carriages loaded with a weight of 400 tons can only move at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour.
It's not fast, after all, the speed of Zhang Qi's iterative war horses can easily exceed forty per hour, but the train wins because it doesn't need to rest. It runs 24 hours a day, 25 kilometers per hour, and can run 600 kilometers per hour. Kilometers, it can be called a thousand miles a day, and it is a thousand miles a day with a load of 400 tons.
With this, distance will no longer be a problem under Zhang Qi's rule.
Moreover, this is still the first generation of steam train. In the future, there will definitely be more ways to optimize power.
After all, is it a steam engine? If you want to increase the power, just increase the speed of boiling water.
"The train is coming!!"
The militiaman who had previously rode away now rode back. He waved the bright red flag in his hand and shouted loudly, with a smile on his face.
It's not just him.
The Lezhou people who work here are not as bitter as everyone imagines. On the contrary, they are all happy.
When they first came here, they were very frightened and resentful, but after several meals, their fear and resentment disappeared, replaced by praise and yearning.
I can eat enough here!
In the past, I had to work, not to mention being tired, and I had to take care of my own food. But now, as long as I work, I have food and shelter, and I can get 30 coins every month.
Even though this is a construction site, you can still buy things here. Merchants who came from Liaoning Suiying have laid out a lot of materials and commodities on the construction site.
There are all kinds of clothes, gloves, hot food, tea and water in the dormitories at the construction site. There are even masters of bathing and massaging at the construction site. After working hard for a few days, you can take a comfortable bath for only two or three dollars. After a set of procedures, It is guaranteed that the whole person is completely transformed.
Moreover, what kind of membership can you get in a construction site bathhouse? Ordinary people only pay two or three dollars for a bath, but if you become a member, it only costs twenty dollars a month and you can go there every day.
In the eyes of the workers in Lezhou, the businessmen who came from Liaoning with the camp were almost all good people who always had their best interests in mind.
If you get tired of the included food, you can change your taste at the dormitory shop. For these Lezhou people, it is like arriving in paradise.
Of course, in addition to consumption, there is also storage. We are all ordinary people who are used to living in poverty. There are only a few people who have money in their hands and are willing to spend it. Most of them still want to store the wages they get from working every month.
The construction site dormitories can still satisfy them.
Liaoning Qianzhuang specially set up a branch at the construction site to welcome all workers to go and store.
Of course.
At first, these Lezhou people didn't know what a bank was, but after their respective foremen explained it, they all had some understanding.
But understanding is understanding. If you want these people to call out the money in their hands and exchange it for a few pieces of paper, these people will naturally not do it.
But no matter where they are, those who should be bold will still be bold, and naturally there are some of these people. After trying to save money several times and withdrawing money very smoothly, a group of Lezhou people also tried to deposit money into the bank.
And as they saved money, they also got hidden benefits of saving money: after "completing the household registration procedures in advance", word spread, and all Lezhou people in the dormitory at the construction site flocked to deposit their wages into the bank.
This scene made the Liaoning officials who secretly managed it breathe a sigh of relief.
It’s better to save money. If these Lezhou people don’t save money, the amount of currency transferred from Liaoning every month will be an astronomical figure.
Now that they have saved money, they only need to pay them the money they have deposited every month, and then wait for them to deposit. Over time, everyone's money has increased, but the money at the construction site still remains at the same amount. .
(End of chapter)
