For Lishan, the management of the Yellow River is very important, because the train has to go from Tongguan all the way to Luoyang, and it is very important whether the Yellow River north of Tongguan can be stable.
So much so that the prerequisite for railway laying is to build a towering roadbed on the road surface.
At that time, Lishan bought a river beach in Tongguan. This river beach had been exposed for a long time and became a new road, replacing the Guancheng Road in Tongguan.
This riverbank has become a distribution center for goods from various counties in Chang'an, and is also an important distribution center for goods sent to various parts of the Central Plains.
Nowadays, many traders travel between various parts of the Central Plains and Tongguan, making a living transporting and selling goods.
The station built by Lishan here has not yet been completed. It has become a place for many vendors to make a living. They purchase soap for five yuan here and sell it to distant places such as Liaodong and even Jiangnan. The price of soap can be three yuan. Ten yuan or even forty yuan.
Due to the convenient construction of Tongguan, they did not have to go all the way to Lishan, but could complete these transactions and transport the goods in Tongguan.
When the station construction in Tongguan is completed, it will definitely become more prosperous.
The laying of the railway started in the 16th year of Zhenguan. It has never stopped since its inception and has been under construction to this day.
The railway roadbed is three feet high and construction is very difficult. In order to avoid various risk factors, three feet high is the load-bearing limit and is also the limit of the railway roadbed.
Yan Liben rode on horseback, listening to the reports from the craftsmen around him, while also asking people to write down records.
Now the backbone of Lishan is also used in fountain pens. With Lishan's current level of craftsmanship, it takes at least a month to make a fountain pen.
Moreover, they were all forged by the Marquis of Lishan County himself. Even if they were placed in Lishan, fountain pens were extremely scarce.
Yan Liben noticed Pei Yan standing by the Yellow River.
In fact, Pei Yan is a very attentive child. Yan Liben originally wanted to accept him as a disciple, but the child is the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple. Such a child is destined not to walk on the same path as Li Shan.
In January of the second year of Zhengqian's reign, the first money bank of the Tang Dynasty was opened. It was in charge of money, grain and taxation. It was concurrently headed by Di Zhisun, the Minister of Household Affairs, and supervised by Yushitai.
Because they were still sleeping, most of the officials in the court did not come to court.
Li Chengqian only summoned a few members of the cabinet, Cen Wenwen, Chu Suiliang, Xu Jingzong, Ma Zhou, and Duan Zan.
Several people began to discuss the money bank matters.
"Now that the money bank has been opened, I think we can let all the villagers in Guanzhong put their money into the money bank."
Xu Jingzong saluted and said: "Perhaps Lishan will agree to this, but the counties in Guanzhong may not agree."
Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Really?"
Chu Suiliang saluted and said: "Your Majesty, it would be good if Lishan started this way, but Lishan has always been good at business affairs, so some people may talk about it, and it will become a place for Lishan to make money. In addition, Di Zhisun has been the leader of Lishan County for many years." Hou runs the Hexi Corridor.”
Xu Jingzong said: "This is too much. Qianxing is supervised by Yushitai. You are always suspicious of what Lishan means. When Di Zhisun ran the Hexi Corridor, he didn't just do things for Lishan. It was for the Central Government. appointment."
Ma Zhou couldn't stand the confrontation between the two people and brought the topic back, "Your Majesty, it's a bit too hasty."
Li Chengqian said with a dark face: "According to the original reason for formulating the cabinet, it is better to vote. If you think the Qian Bank savings plan is feasible, just raise your hands."
There was silence in the Tai Chi Hall. This time, no one among the five cabinet members raised their hands.
Li Chengqian sat on the throne and didn't say anything for a long time. He looked at the five people in front of him blankly and said, "It seems that you are all opposed to it?"
The words echoed in the hall, but all five people lowered their heads and said nothing.
Li Chengqian stood up and waved his sleeves to Lishan.
For the first time since the cabinet was formed, the ministers opposed the emperor's idea and voted unanimously against it.
When they walked out of Tai Chi Hall, several people were not in a good mood.
Ma Zhou said: "It is good that Your Majesty wants to solve the current predicament, but the pace is still too fast. We should correct His Majesty."
Cen Wenwen deeply agrees with this. Last year, it was because the North Korean government took too big a step, which led to the devaluation of copper coins. The North Korean government spent too much copper coins.
This problem has not been solved yet, and I don’t want to cause more trouble.
Xu Jingzong said: "Your Majesty's idea is good, and his willingness to take this step is also good, but this step is too dangerous."
Cen Wenwen said: "There is an opportunity missing. If the opportunity is good enough, I can agree to it, but Your Majesty is indeed too hasty."
The court was different now, and the cabinet members unanimously rejected the new emperor's idea.
In the past, this was something that rarely happened. It was the first time since Li Chengqian came to the throne that he was in trouble.
The courtiers had the power to raise objections to the emperor.
It also gave the imperial power a shackles.
The new system Zhang Yang gave to the DPRK created the peak of centralization in the Tang Dynasty, making the emperor's power supreme and adding a shackle to the imperial power.
This makes the emperor unable to act arbitrarily no matter how powerful he is.
This year's opening ceremony was still grand, with envoys from various countries coming to the court. This year, the Gauls once again expressed their apology to the Tang Dynasty for the situation in the West, and were willing to hand over Jerusalem and other territorial boundaries to the Tang Dynasty.
But this time, the cabinet ignored the Gauls because Zhang Shigui, who was in the Babylonian Protectorate, had already captured Jerusalem.
And they will continue to march northward, all the way to Europe further north.
This was an unprecedented war. With Tianzhu as the granary and Persia as the springboard, Datang began to expand crazily.
Li Chengqian, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, continued the title of Tian Khan
He was the second Heavenly Khan of the Tang Dynasty, and this Heavenly Khan made a decree with a dark face at the court meeting. The Anxi Protectorate sent three more troops and three generals to conquer Gaul westward.
Not only did the Zhenguan Dynasty want to expand its territory, but Li Chengqian did not stop and recuperate as the courtiers expected.
But at this juncture, the Western Expedition was intensified, and the soldiers used were not limited to Uighurs, Turks, or Tibetans.
The Anxi Protectorate raised troops and horses, and the Tianzhu Protectorate provided food and grass. The expansion of the Tang Dynasty would not stop here.
The Gaulish envoy knelt in the Tai Chi Hall, his voice begging for mercy disappeared, and he kept saluting without saying a word.
The envoys from all walks of life looked on with cold eyes, which was what the perfidious Gauls deserved.
The people of the Tang Dynasty had the highest status. When they were conquering the cannibals, the Gauls betrayed their faith and secretly seized the holy cities in the west.
Now the Gauls should also suffer the anger of the Tang people.
Silla envoy Jin Chunqiu came to Chang'an City again. He proposed his wish to Xintian Khan, and was willing to use the entire Japanese slave territory to exchange for the Silla people's household registration in Datang.
From then on, the people of Silla were also people of the Tang Dynasty.
This matter was supported by the two cabinets of Zhongcheng Xu Jingzong and Zhongshu Ling Cen Wenwen. Ma Zhou and Chu Suiliang abstained from voting and did not express their opinions. With the support of Cen Wenwen, Xu Jingzong asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the Silla people to cross the sea again and march eastward. matters.
Even though the Tang Dynasty still had all kinds of troubles to deal with, in terms of foreign affairs, the Tang Dynasty was as tyrannical as ever.
The diplomacy of the Tang Dynasty was like this. In the eyes of outsiders, the Tang people were good at reasoning, but they didn't like to reason.
In the face of strong national power, there is no need to be reasonable.
There are still many debates in the court, and many national policies need to be formulated.
But there is still peace and excitement in Chang'an City.
There are many stories about Lishan in Chang'an.
Lishan has become a legendary place. Some people say that Lishan is a very beautiful fairyland, and people in Lishan can live a long life.
On this day, Zhang Qingqing rode Xiong Da and dragged a small cart all the way to the outside of Chang'an City.
She was accompanied by King Hejian and King Li Tai of Wei.
Zhang Qingqing set up a shop and put a lot of books on it. She planned to come here to do business.
Li Xiaogong left his granddaughter alone.
Her ultimate goal is to do bigger business, negotiate business with the emperor, and renovate the palace of the Tang Dynasty.
For this reason, she felt that she needed to accumulate some experience and some small practices.
Li Tai was also helpless and asked: "Master Yuan is so old, are you still unwilling to be his disciple?"
Zhang Qingqing packed up the shop and sat down cross-legged, saying: "Students in the Tang Dynasty need someone to guide them, and the books I have here are the best."
Seeing that his niece didn't answer the question, Li Tai simply stopped asking. Xiong Da was lying on the side sleeping. He had not yet recovered from the cold winter.
Li Xiaogong also sat cross-legged, as if in meditation.
Since Chunmingmen disappeared, Chang'an City has become even more lively. Zhuque Street in the East City has been extended to the original Zhuque Street, and the entire East City has more than tripled in size.
If the government does not need to do some things, the residents of Chang'an City will spontaneously move out of their houses.
A little girl of twelve or thirteen years old was sitting outside Chang'an City, selling Lishan's books.
It soon attracted the attention of many pedestrians.
After all, Lishan's books are quite famous in Guanzhong.
Someone spent 30 yuan to buy a volume and looked at it carefully. The more he read, the more he couldn't move. The content in it was very difficult to understand, but it was indeed knowledge that Chang'an City does not have now. For example, the explanation of dialectics here, Haven't seen it before.
With the first there is the second.
Word of mouth spread among students, and more and more people came to buy books, and some borrowed and copied books from each other.
For a time, more and more people came to buy books, and some people read it out loud.
The official roadside, which was originally deserted, has now become a dojo, filled with people.
After the books were sold out, Zhang Qingqing left.
These students remained where they were, continuing to read these Lishan books.
The book in Zhang Qingqing's hand is the latest Lishan knowledge, compiled by his parents themselves.
Li Xiaogong walked very slowly. He rubbed the stubble on his chin and said, "You are such a good princess. Your parents are the richest people in Guanzhong. Do you still have to make a living by selling books?"
Li Tai shook his head and said, "That's not the case."
Zhang Qingqing explained: "Grandpa Hejian, Uncle Wei Wang, actually I want to start a business, I want to earn the first pot of gold in my life."
She also shook the money bag in her hand, which was heavy.
She earned three hundred dollars that day.
Li Tai said: "How do you plan to use the money?"
Zhang Qingqing thought about it, "I bought some clothes for my brother and some supplements for my grandpa. Well...it's basically all spent."
Li Tai sighed: "Actually, you don't need to do this. Lishan has already made arrangements."
Several people returned to Lishan. Lishan now has light bulbs, but the light bulbs are not very bright and can barely provide lighting. They are not bright enough and are not practical.
After all, no one wants to install a noisy steam generator in front of their home.
In the end, this light bulb was installed on the train. It was used to allow the train to travel at night. It was good as a signal light and for lighting.
Because the train is originally driven by a steam engine, it is also possible to add a generator at the end of the steam engine.
Li Tai walked into the locomotive of a train that was being repaired.
There are now five such locomotives in Lishan. These locomotives represent the pinnacle of Datang's steel industry.
It is also the most proud work of Lishan for more than ten years, which has been accumulated for many years.
Three craftsmen were repairing it. Li Tai frowned and looked at the current generator coil. The problem of voltage instability was still not solved.
Craftsmen can only increase the speed to cover up the problem of voltage instability.
Li Tai originally did not agree with this method of concealing the truth, so he could only do this now. The refining of tungsten wire was still not good, and there were still many impurities.
In order to prevent the filament from fusing, a thicker tungsten filament is used. This approach of sacrificing power consumption is not advisable.
Lishan still has a long way to go on the road to excellence.
"Well, my brother-in-law often complains that the railway construction is too slow, but what can be done? Engineering fortifications cannot be completed overnight. I hope the railway can be laid to Tongguan this year."
Lishan's creativity has stagnated for a long time, and many of its manufacturing operations have been transferred to the Institute of Technology, leaving it to younger generations to think about various technical problems.
As the dean of the Institute of Technology, Li Tai often inquires about the progress of breakthroughs in these technical problems.
Tonight the train started moving again, running day and night without interruption.
In the dark night, a bright light lit up. Looking at the Lishan station from a distance, the bright light came closer and closer. When it got closer, it looked like a huge thing like a train.
When the bells start to ring at the stations along the way, workers around the railway will clear the tracks to ensure the safety of the railway operation.
This has become an iron rule of the railway. As long as a worker makes a mistake, he will be fired.
There is no room for error in the operation of the railway.
So far, there have been no accidents on the railway.
For Datang, railways and trains are the blessings of this era. They can bring huge benefits to Datang. Some people say that as long as railways are laid to all parts of the Central Plains, soldiers and horses can reach the scene of the incident in just one day and night. Rebellion in a place can be eliminated in an instant.
The wider the railway route was laid, the stronger the imperial power and the court's control over the local area.
Wherever a railway is to be laid, North Korea and China will order local and state capitals to give way to the road.
Li Tai was sitting in the train wearing thick clothes. The lights in the carriage flickered on and off, but overall it was still dim.
However, the noise of the train was too loud, and the iron plate under the carriage was still shaking. This environment was not suitable for reading.
Li Tai put away his books and heard the sound of bells in the distance, indicating that he had passed another station.
The guard at the front of the car came to report, "His Royal Highness, King Wei, we can reach Tongguan in one stop."
Li Tai asked, "How long has it been?"
"Go back to Your Highness in one hour."
"It's much faster than before."
Li Tai was quite satisfied with the driving speed and whispered: "You will all call me Dean from now on." (End of Chapter)
