Zhang Xiaobao, who was married, did not enter the palace with Li Longji. He had to go home. There were definitely many people in the family waiting for them to go back. I wonder if the youngest brother and sister Jixiang Ruyi was asleep.
With the expansion of the capital city of Chang'an, it will take some time to get home from the railway station.
"When you have to build another station, or two, you can build a few more tracks in the capital. You don't have to run a long distance to start the train. It's also convenient for a short distance."
Zhang Xiaobao and Li Longji chatted. When it comes to railway short-distance transportation, all distances are relative. After all, the capital is too big.
Wang Juan also thought about it in the same way. In the past, Beijing was not a station, and even some provincial capital cities had bad stations. It's too big.
Moreover, the two have discussed that the capital will still be in Chang'an in the future, so if you don't want to go to Luoyang, you can't put it in the original Beijing area.
The location of Chang'an was not good at that time. The former prosperity has not been found. It was said that it was a natural disaster. In fact, it was due to the destruction of forests and land. .
Before the two were of low status, they had to endure it. Who would dare not listen to what they said now? Not only will the forest not burn, but also a variety of trees, transplanting good plants to the Loess Plateau, to fight against nature.
It is impossible to say that there is not enough food. What is the population and land of the country? There is still enough food to grow. It is not because the land is not good. Many people who have land do not grow food. They grow vegetables. The price of vegetables per mu is higher than that of food. As a result, it is difficult to calculate before planting, and the things they grow are in the local area The quantity is too large to sell, and it starts to cry poor.
How many people does Datang have now? It's nothing more than crop yields were not good before, and they didn't know how to open up large farms abroad.
Li Longji didn't know that his capital was given by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. He heard Zhang Xiaobao's words and looked at Pei Yaoqing and other civil officials with a smile.
The civil officials showed helpless expressions, and Gao Lishi said with a smile: "Xiaobao, during the morning of the morning yesterday, the issue of building an additional station was just discussed. The discussion was whether it was cost-effective to carry out short-distance transportation from one side to the other side of the capital. , I also said that after letting you know, you will object, because other transportation industry employees in the capital will be affected.
As a result, many people used this as an excuse to reject the proposal to build a station. Ha, it seems that many people didn’t guess what you were thinking about. Now that you have proposed it today, let’s talk about how it can not cause damage to the original transportation industry. Bad effect? "
Zhang Xiaobao was stunned, and looked at the faces of all the civil servants with the light, wanting to see who vetoed the affairs of the court in his own name.
Everyone who was guilty of being seen by Zhang Xiaobao bowed their heads and swept around, and Zhang Xiaobao knew the general situation.
"Where can it be proved that the construction of more railway stations will have a bad impact on the local transportation industry? The current railway station is located in the southeast of the capital and built on the west side. It took more than 20 minutes, whether it is for people or goods, Both are convenient, both in terms of loading and unloading."
Zhang Xiaobao felt that many civil servants were still unqualified, and their considerations were too single.
"Little Treasure..."
"Wang Shangshu, please call me Zhang Xiaobao." Zhang Xiaobao saw that the person who was speaking was Wang Hao, Shangshu, he unceremoniously corrected the other person's name. .
Wang Wei was choked, but he didn't care about it after a long time in officialdom. He smiled and said, "Zhang Xiaobao, I'll ask you a question."
Without waiting for Zhang Xiaobao to answer, Wang Zhao asked himself the question: "Normally there is a railway station. Will the employees who are responsible for transportation in and around the capital make more money? The asking price will be very high from the southeast to the west. If you add a train station to the west, the price will definitely not be up. Their income is reduced. Is it possible to use the profit of the west train station to subsidize it?"
Many people nodded, thinking that what Shang Shu said was reasonable, and then looked at Zhang Xiaobao, looking forward to his answer.
"This is the capital city." Zhang Xiaobao replied five words.
"The transportation industry in the capital shouldn't make more money?" Wang Chao asked.
Wang Juan took the question at this time and replied: "The throughput in the capital is very large. It is people and goods waiting for trains, not trains waiting for people or goods. Don't think we have come back, but there are quite a few in our house here. Trading, depending on the power of my family, sometimes the goods that have been accumulated for a day cannot be shipped out, let alone other people
Adding a railway station will inevitably increase the speed of transportation. Two stations are responsible for the entire capital. People in the transportation industry run half of the distance at most, so as to improve the transportation capacity of people and goods from other places to the railway station. What is the profit? Will be less
Now the asking price is high. For example, from the railway station to the west, a horse-drawn cart will cost 20 wen for a one-and-a-half hour walk, and from a place close to the west, the asking price will be three wen. If you walk for two quarters of an hour, the time is short.
The most important thing is that now that there is only one railway station, many people in the transportation industry need to wait. They can't get alive after one hour. The unloading speed of the train is so fast. Pull back to life, make a lot of money, and then Wait an hour, pull it back and make another money.
Obviously, one hour of time was wasted. Running from the current station to the far west, it took three hours for the journey, and one hour was empty. How many times can you run in a day? It is different if you change to a short distance. You can earn three cents in two quarters of an hour, six cents in half an hour, twelve cents in an hour, and 18 cents in one and a half hours.
Compared with the previous one, it is two cents less, but one hour's worth of air consumption is less, and one hour can earn twelve cents, and the same is true for carts pulled by humans. The most important thing is not this, but the use of work and rest time, this..."
"I understand." Li Longji suddenly said, "To pull goods from the current station to the west, one back and forth four hours, not two back and forth, otherwise eight hours of work, four hours to rest? Unless your home is in the west, don't you have to go home.
For short distances, they can do six hours of work, and then go home. With the flow of people and cargo throughput in the capital, they make money every moment. In six hours, they can make about 72 cents, compared with eight hours. It's a good deal to earn 80 cents in just over an hour.
If it is a short-distance one hour, it is seven hours and eighty-four cents, and the animals and people have to rest. If you want to rest for a long distance, no matter whether you are riding a person or pulling a cargo, other patrons are unwilling. Taking a short break will make the animals and people less tired, which is good for your health. "
When Li Longji said it, the officials didn't need to continue to think about it, and immediately understood the situation inside, and it really was like this.
One by one, they began to flatter Li Longji, and all kinds of praise were thrown on Li Longji without money.
However, Li Longji was very angry and did not go to sit on his side. He said as he walked: "Now it is different from before. The reforms proposed by the capable men of various dynasties were directly aimed at a certain aspect, usually farming, water conservancy, and merchants. , Shizi and other aspects, and very general, can be called governance by doing nothing.
What they did was right. They started from a broad perspective. However, Datang today is different from them. At the moment, we must consider the relevance of various industries.
When Hangzhou is rainy and rainy, what we have to consider is whether the Suzhou bamboo products in the capital will be out of stock. why? Because Suzhou is close to Hangzhou and it produces bamboo, Hangzhou is raining non-stop, and when the transportation speed is fast, there must be a large number of merchants who make bamboo umbrellas in Suzhou and send them to Hangzhou. Then why would the merchants who specialize in selling Suzhou bamboo products in Beijing fail? Contained by supply
This should be the thinking of my Datang officials. It will move the whole body with one start. Far water may not quench the near thirst, but near thirst can affect the far water. The praying man’s arm cannot stop being a car, but it can push a stone to it. In a good position in front of the wheel of the car, thus turning the car upside down.
The macro, micro, planned economy, and market economy in the political economy that Xiaobao and Juanjuan wrote to you are not independent. I can't always count on Xiaobao and Juanjuan to do everything, right
Didn't you see? The common people understand that it is not that Little Treasure and the cuckoo are inferior to hide one's hands, but that they will be pushed to the front when something happens. What use do you want? Do you live in your family and use the last of your wealth immediately when something happens? Always leave me behind. My gun can't easily shoot the last bullet, even though the bullet is very powerful. "
"Your Majesty calms down." "The minister is guilty." "The minister must study hard in the future."
Wait a minute, after Li Longji finished speaking, it sounded from the crowd of civil and military officials.
Li Longji waved his hand, sighed, and said: "The officials are already doing very well. With your current ability, you can put them in the previous dynasties. Those are the ministers of the humerus. You can leave behind the people who used to reform the law. A few streets.
However, the current Datang is not the previous dynasty. Our Datang has guns that can kill people instantly, sharp artillery, an invincible fleet that protects the oceans, telegrams that deliver news in the blink of an eye, and flying around in the sky. The hot air balloons and airships in China have high-yield crops, various factories moving forward, and an education and medical system for the whole people.
Do we have to keep up with the rhythm? I know that some of you have always felt that the Zhang Wang family in Sanshui County had too much power and that Xiaobao and Juanjuan had no control over them. Then you work hard to be more powerful than them, or similar to them.
I assure you that there are twenty people who can match half of them, and the minister will distribute them to the most remote, poorest, and most bitter cold places, to make you happy. Wang Zhao, I arranged them in this way. Do you think they will lament their illness and die early? "
While talking, Li Longji suddenly asked Wang Chao alone.
Wang Zhu was very distressed. He was indeed the person who opposed the construction of a new station before, and his official position has almost become his leader. He really has not considered the logistics throughput of the capital, but he considered the salary of the family who gave up the land before. , In exchange for the right to use the wagon.
Now there are enough wagons. Who knew this was the case, they were all fooled, and they had to add stations. In that case, the number of wagons in short distances would increase, and the control of the wagons I owned became less and less, so I opposed it. .
Damn Zhang Xiaobao, how many people deceived? In the beginning, the number of trains was small. When we exchanged interests with the court, our group could control two-thirds of the wagons, and now less than one-tenth of the wagons. The lost land is beginning to increase in value, and the yield of crops is increasing every year. Yearly increase, there are new crops available.
Comparing the two sides, they suffered a lot and suffered a big loss. Zhang Xiaobao was all cheated by Zhang Xiaobao. He said that the merchants on the top ranking list of Monopoly are loyal and patriotic. Are they? They didn't dare. They were more afraid of Zhang Xiaobao. They were not afraid of waiting for a group of people to exchange benefits with the court. What happened? Become those profiteers like monkeys watching the chickens being killed.
"Wang Zhao, I ask you, if you send Xiaobao and the cuckoo to a remote place, you can rest assured, such as the Strait of Malacca, or even Africa."
Li Longji watched Wang Chao silently, and asked again.
"Huh?" Wang Hui recovered, thought about it as fast as he could, and shook his head vigorously: "The minister, don't worry, the minister is worried. If they go to Africa, Datang will not be able to control them. They will organize over there. Raise the manpower to carry out a better industrial revolution. What should I do if I go back and fight Datang? You must stay. It is best to let them stay in the capital every day and put them under your nose."
"The minister seconded" many officials said at the same time, quite tacitly.
"Haha, it’s fine if you know it, you can’t kill it, or send it to a far place and you can’t send it off. I have no choice but to spoil it. Later, when I feel uncomfortable, I will think about what I said today. If anyone disagrees, just Kill them for them, kill them all, I am grateful to you, who will come, Wang Qing, you also have a private soldier in your hand, what do you think?"
Li Longji laughed twice and asked about Wang Chao again.
Wang Zhao bowed his head: "The minister... I dare not, let's not talk about whether the minister's private soldiers can successfully kill them. I really took advantage of them to be in the capital and lucky enough to wipe out their door. When the time comes, I will be in chaos all over the Tang Dynasty. Suddenly collapsed, and then kept besieging and suppressing the people who were uprising in various state capitals, and the ministers did not dare to think about the consequences."
Wang Zhu was very serious when he spoke, and other officials were the same. They all understood how powerful Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were. People just didn’t fight for the throne. There have been such capable usurpers who did not usurp the throne in history. In comparison, there is still a big gap between those people and Xiaobao and Juanjuan.
Every family confessed to the longevity tablet. Don’t talk about murdering them. If you stand in the street and try to scold them, all those who can survive are heroes. The people who threatened Liu Yan on the platform before really left Liu Yan and where did they put it? There is absolutely only one result, death, either being beaten to death or starving to death.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also had solemn faces. They knew what was going on. They were like great men who had made many mistakes at that time. They made mistakes. When they died, how many people cried? How many people don’t want to work? How many people commit suicide? Of course, the latter point has been suppressed and has not been reported, but it is true, and there are not many.
Besides, the two of them haven't made any mistakes to the people of Datang. This responsibility... is too heavy.
"Your Majesty, fellow colleagues, please rest assured, no one can assassinate us. If you count the world, no assassin can succeed. The two of us will live well, but we won't stay in the capital every day and tell you where you have contact. Officials, when you want to do something bad for your own personal interests, weigh them carefully. Maybe we are by his side when we are idle and bored to travel."
Zhang Xiaobao said threateningly. Both he and Wang Juan understand that everyone who is eligible to participate in the early dynasty has his own little power. The two of them do not care, but as long as they are caught by them, go up and check one line. , No mercy, except for the emperor Li Longji, other members of the royal family are useless, the prince and prince will take it for you, if you don't kill you, you will be locked up, and you don't want to go out for the rest of your life.
Hearing what Zhang Xiaobao said, the ministers did play a drum in their hearts, considering whether to clean up the people below them first, and don't wait for Xiaobao and the cuckoo to take action, then there would be no chance.
Li Longji was very happy with what happened tonight. Knowing that the officials will be clear for a while, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan continued to be supported on both sides, and said: "The new train station is set? Xiaobao, Juanjuan, you say Can the speed of the train be increased?"
"Yes, it's very simple." Wang Juan said, and the officials were attracted again.
"How to improve?" Zhang Zhong came to ask.
"Father, don’t the Ministry of Industry have diesel and gasoline engines? You can use them instead of steam engines. It doesn’t mean that there is only one locomotive and the carriages can be distributed. A train now has a small number of wagons. If you save a machine and start it at the same time, the speed will naturally be faster. How fast can it be? I think about it, running three thousand miles a day is no problem."
Zhang Xiaobao answered his father's words.
"How much? Three thousand miles a day? Fly?" Zhang Zhong couldn't believe it himself.
"It flies faster than this, but it hasn't succeeded yet. The transported plane fell down twice. Fortunately, it didn't fly high, there was no major problem with people, and it could continue to fly." Zhang Xiaobao said casually.
That's how it turns out, many people are thinking that they didn't know the purpose of the diesel and gasoline engines researched by the Ministry of Industry before. They thought they were just taking them to work, but they didn't expect to make the train faster and still fly.
Everyone talked and walked all the way, and finally couldn't stand it up in the early morning. They each got in the car and squinted back home.
When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan arrived home, the east sun had already jumped out of the horizon.
There are several sheds in front of the usually clean house. The cooks in the house are busy making breakfast. Under the sheds, there are a few temporary "beds", which are said to be beds. In fact, there are curtains around them, which are very thick. It will be cold.
There is another thing that Beckham is very familiar with, the house, the house where they used to play and live. On the first floor, two children sleep, and on the second floor five children sleep.
Beckham, who had fallen asleep before, is now very awake, yearning to go inside, and found that the shed is too short, so she had to give up. If she only sleeps, it’s really okay. At least it’s better than the upper and lower bunks of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. They have three floors. The house has the usual two-storey height. Even if an adult sleeps.
On the first floor are naturally Jun'er and Pan'er brothers and sisters. On the third floor, there is no one. That is the entertainment room. On the second floor, Hong'er and Jixiang Ruyi without ears sleep. Hong'er is the largest, lying in the middle. Auspicious, Ruyi on the right, you can see what they look like when they sleep through the window.