Steel Dynasty - Chapter 861

[Chapter 859 Railway Opening to Traffic]

Cui Xueer looked at her father standing in front of her in surprise.

When she came back to her senses, tears suddenly burst into her eyes. She had never seen her father since entering the palace, and now she couldn’t help but feel a little sad when the father and daughter met.

Xiao Ming stood behind King Huainan. After the court was over, he took King Huainan to the palace. This trip to Qingzhou was just the beginning. The specific actions of these vassal kings would have to be seen after they returned, so Xiao Ming did not dare to be careless. Facing the strongest of the three kings, you still have to play the emotional card.

This is not because Xiao Ming is afraid of King Huainan, but because he is unwilling to start the war lightly and waste national power.

When he was just an ordinary person, he also liked to shout and kill casually, but since he became the emperor, he has become less and less afraid to fight easily.

For him, unless a matter must be resolved by war, he will not easily launch a war. After all, the saying “No matter how big a country is, if it is warlike, it will perish” is not a casual saying by the ancients.

“My lord, please see your concubine.” King Huainan was also a little excited, but he tried his best to suppress his emotions and saluted Cui Xueer.

Cui Xueer was startled for a moment, and then realized that their relationship was no longer a simple father-daughter relationship, and now his father had to call her the imperial concubine.

With a slight sigh in her heart, Cui Xueer said: “The King of Huainan is exempt from the courtesy.”

After hearing this, the King of Huainan dared to stand up.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming said: “King Huainan, there is no need to be formal. Although Xue’er is the imperial concubine now, she is also your daughter. If you have anything to say, you can say it as father and daughter.”

Realizing that it was his presence that made King Huainan Somewhat reluctant to let go, he said: “Qian Dafu, you will accompany the imperial concubine out of the palace today, and let King Huainan and the imperial concubine go to Cui Shang’an’s house to gather for a few days. King Huainan rarely comes to Qingzhou once, so he can’t return disappointed.”

” Yes, Your Majesty.” Qian Dafu responded, Cui Xueer and King Huainan also smiled, and now their family could finally be reunited.

After saying this, Xiao Ming went to the imperial study. He just said that he had something to do, not to shirk it, but because she saw Princess Pingyang walking towards the imperial study.

After turning around and leaving, Xiao Ming arrived at the Imperial Study Room. At this time, Princess Pingyang had just arrived.

Seeing Xiao Ming, Princess Pingyang said: “Congratulations to the Emperor on your double happiness today.”

“Double happiness? Why double happiness?”

Xiao Ming smiled. He now recognized Princess Pingyang more and more, because both from the secret guard and his From observation, Princess Pingyang has been working hard to build the railway.

He naturally agrees with such an aunt who is willing to do things.

After getting acquainted with Xiao Ming, Princess Pingyang was able to master the skills of getting along with Xiao Ming while respecting the imperial power. She said jokingly: “One of the reasons is that the reduction of vassalage went smoothly. Since then, the Great Yu Kingdom has lost three vassal kings. The second is that the Qingzhou, Laiwu, Dengzhou and Kaiping railways will be opened to traffic soon. Isn’t this a double

blessing

?

Dare you joke with the Emperor? According to the Emperor’s plan, we will complete the opening of these three railways by the end of this year. We are just a little ahead of schedule.” Princess Pingyang said: “However, this is all thanks to the sufficient slaves and steel mills provided by the Emperor. “Parts.”

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, it was already winter, and another year was about to pass before he knew it.

Although the key event this year was the expulsion of the barbarians, the industry and construction of Dayu Kingdom has been in progress, and this railway is just one of them. In addition, in order to solve the ore problem, the Minerals Department sent a large number of personnel to Look for all types of large mines across the country.

Once the mines marked on the drawings were discovered, the Minerals Department immediately established the mines with the cooperation of the local government.

In addition, the steel workshop, steam engine workshop, and machinery workshop were all increasing production lines, and three more were added along the coast. A large shipyard.

These shipbuilding workshops were different from the backward manual workshops in the past. Instead, they used a large amount of steam engine power, and some special machinery and equipment for shipbuilding workshops also began to be installed.

Since the advent of steam engine battleships, the idea of ironclad battleships has been swirling in his mind. These mechanized shipyards were prepared to build steam engine-powered ironclad battleships.

“Okay! Okay! Okay!” Xiao Ming said three good words in a row. He stood up and walked to the map in the imperial study room. Three railway lines were marked on the map.

These three lines are not straight lines, but curved like earthworms. In the construction plan, the key areas that the railways pass through are mining areas, so they have such shapes.

“Once it is opened to traffic, the three places will be connected in one line. From then on, the cities along the railway will no longer have to worry about coal and iron. In this way, the industrial zone in Qingzhou Prefecture can be expanded.” Xiao Ming’s hands were shaking with excitement.

A sad fact is that since the industrialization of Qingzhou Prefecture, the development of Dayu has only been limited to a few cities.

There is no other reason. The contradiction lies in the transportation of resources.

Dayu is not the United Kingdom. From south to north, it is the distance between the north and south of Qingzhou Prefecture. It is very difficult to transport resources in this vast country. Relying on primitive water transportation and horse-drawn carriage transportation is far from enough.

Therefore, Xiao Ming can only rely on resource-rich areas to build an industrial base. Once the industrial base is established, he can then build railways across the country to connect the country’s resource transportation.

If you want to be rich, you must first build roads. This is not an empty talk. Even areas lacking transportation in the 21st century are still very poor because they do not have transportation conditions at all.

Princess Pingyang had a smile on her face. This was the first time she saw Xiao Ming so happy. She said, “But the three railways have consumed a lot of money from the national treasury.”

“No matter how poor you are, you have to build it.” Xiao Ming said firmly. : “The task of your railway department has just begun. After these three railways, you will build the Qingliao Railway on a line of Youzhou, Jinzhou, Liaozhou and Raozhou. The south side starts from Laizhou and passes through Xuzhou, Huaizhou and Bozhou. Build the Qingjin Railway in Jinling, then build a railway westward from Qingzhou to Chang’an, and then go south from Chang’an to Bashu.”

Princess Pingyang was dumbfounded when she heard this. This project was simply unbelievable to her. She said: “Your Majesty, this is not a task that can be completed in a few years.”

“Of course I know this, so this is a long-term plan, specific I have clearly planned the railway route for you. Whether it takes ten or twenty years, the railway network of Great Chongqing must be built,” Xiao Ming said firmly.

Feeling Xiao Ming’s determination, Princess Pingyang nodded heavily. She said: “With the emperor’s words, the railway company will definitely go all out.”

Xiao Ming nodded. The railway network on the map is the modern railway network that has been fully demonstrated. The selected route saves the railway company a lot of time.

What they have to do now is to serve as the tentacles of the Great Chongqing Kingdom. Wherever the railway extends, their troops can be quickly deployed.

In this way, he can truly control unstable areas.

(End of chapter)