When they got off the train, they looked at the unfamiliar scenery around them, at the unusual platform, at the distant peaks visible to the naked eye, and at the small city.
Obviously, this is already Chencang.
During the Wude period, Chencang County was abolished and established as a county, under the jurisdiction of Qizhou.
When Li Ke and others came down, the magistrate of Chencang County was naturally waiting here.
Chencang County was not a big county before Li Ke developed large-scale iron ore and other industries here, so the county magistrate was the upper level of the seventh rank. In later generations, this was the real power of the upper level.
For example, the magistrates of some large counties are promoted from the sixth rank, and the higher county magistrates of Wannian, Chang'an, Henan, Luoyang, Jinyang, Fengxian, Huichang, etc. are all going to the fifth rank.
After meeting Li Shimin and the ministers in the court, Chencang County Magistrate Liu Rengui naturally stood by silently.
Li Shimin thought for a while and then said: "Since Chencang now has the largest iron ore and steel plant in the Tang Dynasty, and is also the road built by the first railway in the Tang Dynasty, it will also be an important connection node to the Western Regions in the future. Then, then It would be inappropriate to set it as a county.”
"Fang Qiao, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng."
"I'm here." All three people stood up.
"According to the current administrative level of the Tang Dynasty, Chencang will be removed from the county and established as a city, and it will be implemented after returning to Chencang City." Li Shimin said directly. Isn't he only able to do this auxiliary work now? He can also do the main work. Can't do it.
Liu Rengui next to him was stunned for a moment, and naturally he looked overjoyed. Chencang became Chencang City. According to the current official grade system of the Tang Dynasty, he would probably be promoted to the third level, at least to the upper level of the sixth grade.
"Yes!" Fang Xuanling and the other three naturally saluted at the same time.
"Liu Rengui, since Li Ke is optimistic about you, Chencang, and wants to build this place into the first industrial city in the Tang Dynasty, you must assist Li Ke in related work. You must not slack off and do a good job in assisting Chencang. Chencang will develop well in the future. , maybe even improve the level." Li Shimin said a few words of "encouragement".
"Your Majesty, I obey the order!" Liu Rengui bowed and saluted with a grateful look on his face.
Looking at Liu Rengui's appearance, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction. The county magistrate of Chencang was promoted because of Li Ke, and Chencang will be promoted in the future because of Li Ke. Don't all the officials in Chencang, big and small, and the people of Chencang have to be grateful to Li Ke?
Liu Rengui will soon become Li Ke's man. Although Li Ke himself thinks that he does not stand with the officials at all, but... this boy is too naive. He lacks such political struggle experience!
Tsk tsk, being young is good.
Li Shimin sighed with emotion.
"Since we are here, we will visit the infrastructure in Chencang today, and then return to Chang'an." Li Shimin said.
"Father, there is another matter here that you and your ministers need to go to." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Oh? What's going on?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.
"It's the Chang-Chen Railway Completion Conference! The main construction workers who built the Chang-Chen Railway, the workers who built the trains, and the workers who made the steel rails are all waiting here. There are nearly 30,000 workers in total." Li Ke said seriously.
Of course, a ceremony must be held when such an important railway construction is completed, and because they were the last to complete the construction of the Chencang section, the ceremony was also held at this place.
Of course, it was also to show Li Shimin and others the convenience and power of trains.
Li Shimin: "..."
Ministers: "..."
You dare to kill first and then tell later. Who else dares?
"Since the people are already waiting, let's go. However, there are so many people who must speak to the people. I will just say a few words. This is up to you. I am not very good at this. I will speak. Even ordinary people can't understand it, but you are better at it. This kind of scene requires the people to understand it." Li Shimin said seriously.
"Okay." Li Ke thought for a while and did not refuse. It is indeed difficult for Lao Li to speak in plain language. It is difficult to change a person's speaking style, and as an emperor, Lao Li must maintain some noble habits, so Ordinary people and workers really can’t understand the wording and sentences.
"Father, please, they are right next to the train station." Li Ke pointed to the side and said.
The reason why we chose to be next to the train station is naturally to use the power generation capacity of the locomotive to pull the wires over. Otherwise, more than 30,000 workers would have to be contacted and people would have to pass the message. At this time, the loudspeaker is very good.
After getting off the train, we walked to the specially designed road next to the train station. As soon as we turned around, everyone was stunned because as far as they could see, they were packed with people.
In order to prevent rain and other conditions, the train station was built on high ground. The temporary open space at the train station was a depression, and 30,000 workers were densely sitting underneath.
What's more important, further away, are the people of Chencang who came spontaneously to take a look at His Highness King Qin and His Majesty.
Of course, Liu Rengui would not say that these people mainly came to see His Highness, because His Highness the King of Qin allowed these people to live a good life and make more money. Now they have enough money to eat and wear new clothes. Build a new house.
Every household enshrines the longevity tablet of His Highness King Qin. Of course they want to see the person they are enshrining. Although they are far away and may not be able to see His Highness clearly, a glance from a distance is enough.
So there are probably more Chencang people here than the 30,000 workers here today! The surrounding area is densely packed with people.
Except for the guards around the temporary rostrum, there were no guards in the distance. However, these people did not enter the venue in an orderly manner.
As for the big trees further away, there were people standing on the roofs.
To be honest, Li Shimin had never experienced such a scene many times, and the court officials had experienced it even less. As for Queen Changsun and others, people from wealthy families and merchants saw even less, and were even more shocked.
"Now, let's hold the completion ceremony of the Changcheng-Chen Railway." Naturally, there was someone arranged by Li Ke to preside over the completion ceremony.
Li Shimin and the others held a completion ceremony for the railway in accordance with the established order.
After the ceremony was over, the host spoke loudly: "Now, I would like to invite His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to speak to everyone!"
At this moment, warm applause erupted from the surrounding area. After all, these ordinary people had very few opportunities to see the emperor.
Li Shimin arranged his clothes in a rare move, then walked to the microphone and spoke into the microphone: "Today, I will say two sentences. The first sentence is that you are the pillars of the Tang Dynasty. I believe that the Tang Dynasty has you." Such people are proud! Secondly, let’s invite King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, the designer of this railway, and the inventor of the train to speak to you and talk about the importance of this railway!”
After speaking, Li Shimin stepped back with a smile.
Everyone: "..."
Li Ke was also shocked. No, Dad, did you really just say a few words?
But the people below didn't care so much. They didn't have that many tricks and didn't understand anything. When the emperor asked Li Ke to speak, more enthusiastic applause and cheers rang out instantly.
