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In my impression, the world's first railway will not appear until at least 20 years later, so the planning of the railway and the use of steam locomotives in transportation this time are really the innovations of the Six Emperors themselves.

Although the speed of railway transportation formed by the current steam engine pulling wagons must be very slow, this thing does not need to feed food, but only needs to burn coal, so even if it can only travel a few kilometers in an hour, it can travel more than [-] miles in a day.

In this way, it only takes six to seven days to travel from the capital to Shenyang in a non-eight hundred miles.

This is not only an epoch-making breakthrough in transportation, but also a major breakthrough in transportation capacity.

It can be predicted that once the railway from the capital to Shenyang is completed, it will not only drive economic development along the railway, but also allow the reform government to have the greatest ability to project wars outside the customs.

The Kangxi Dynasty and the Yongzheng Dynasty successively signed two unequal treaties with Russia. The treaty ceded most of the land of the Nurgandu Division under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty to Russia. The reason why delivery and logistics cannot be guaranteed.

The logistics and transportation problems of the Battle of Yaksa were simply a nightmare for the Qing army.

Therefore, it is really not to blame Kangxi and Yongzheng for compromising and giving in to Russia.

In order to completely expel the Russians, in addition to enriching the population outside the pass, the problem of grain and grass transportation for the army must be solved, so the railway became Jia Liu's first choice.

Once the scale is formed and the technology is mature, the railway will continue to be built northward, and the war against Russia will no longer be limited by logistics as before.

Lao Maozi's three melons and two dates in the Far East were really settled casually.

The Beijing-Shenyang Railway is also a pilot project dedicated to the training of the railway system by Jialiu, and a large school for training railway talents.

It attaches great importance to it. After the establishment of the Ministry of Communications, the Beijing-Shenyang Railway will be regarded as the first major project of the Ministry of Communications.

While stopping for dinner at Shanhaiguan Station, Jia Liu was extremely excited to see the mobilized Gyeonggi refugees moving outside the customs in an organized way.

Everything was going as he wished, and was developing in a beautiful direction.

The Tianjin Customs Supervision Office also submitted last year’s fiscal and taxation report. The total purchase amount of business delegations from various countries that arrived in Tianjin in October last year reached more than 980 million taels. The purchases were mainly concentrated in porcelain, tea, etc. According to the procurement list drawn up by the emperor himself, the company proposed to merchants from Western countries the procurement needs of industrial facilities such as steam engines, textile machines, measuring rulers, telescopes, dragon tail cars, phoenix saws, and water saws.

There is no limit to the quantity, as long as it can be shipped.

The price is about five to ten times more expensive than that in Europe, and some are as high as twenty times.

This price is quite reasonable. After all, the transportation cost alone is astronomical for people to transport the goods needed by the Qing Dynasty from their own country.

The Science and Technology Intelligence Department under the Internal Affairs Committee also contacted many Western businessmen in private, promising to purchase facilities that could be used in the military at huge profits.

In order to increase the enthusiasm of Western businessmen, Ding Qing, who was in charge of the Internal Affairs Committee, wrote a secret letter to the emperor, requesting that foreigners who had contributed to the development of the Qing Dynasty be rewarded with official positions and titles.

For example, if a foreign businessman brought new guns and cannons to the Qing Dynasty, and provided relevant technical drawings, he would not only receive a high reward from the Qing Dynasty, but also be granted a fifth-rank official position in the Qing Dynasty.Those who have made great contributions can even be awarded the hereditary title of the Qing Dynasty.

It is possible to join the Qing nationality.

Jia Liu thought this was very good, very good, and called back to Ding Qing to come up with the specific rules and regulations, and asked Ding Qing to be more courageous and let go of his hands and feet. The foreigners really brought in the things that the Qing Dynasty urgently needed. Official positions can be given, and it is not impossible to ask them to serve in the court.

The title of title can be granted to anyone below the earl.

He also instructed the Internal Affairs Committee to contact the Western priests. On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, he promised the Western monks to set up church-directed institutions in China. The Western monks must feel that China is very different from the past and win the support of the Holy See with a "friendly" face. If the world adopts a blockade against China, then the influence of the Holy See is very important.

Jia Liu, who believed in everything, even suggested that Ding Qing could gain the trust of the Western Holy See by being baptized by the Qing emperor.

After such a strong national power, it is not impossible to get another crown to wear.

In addition, it issued a document to the cabinet, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the directly subordinate governor's office, the Tianjin governor's office, and the Tianjin customs supervision office, requesting that in the process of Beiyang's trade, it is not only satisfied with foreign merchants who come to purchase goods from the Qing Dynasty with real money, They should also be encouraged to invest in Daqing and establish permanent company factories. This will not only help retain foreign businessmen, but also help the prosperity of the job market, speed up exchanges between China and the West, and drive more Chinese people to open their eyes to see the world.

Relevant investment incentives are drafted by the Ministry of Households and approved by the cabinet and submitted to the emperor for seal.

With regard to the escort of foreign merchant fleets, the navy including Beiyang Navy, Jiangsu Navy, and Yang Liu's Navy were ordered to provide passage protection.

After the special train arrived at Shuntian Mansion, the cabinet reported that it was Prince Heshuo Zheng and Song Chun, Governor-General of Liangjiang, who had presented to the court.

Jia Liu commented on the booklet: "After all, Yu Minzhong is an old minister. He spent a lot of time in dealing with military affairs in the previous court, and he was able to detail everything. It was especially exhausting for many people. Therefore, although he made mistakes, the assistant ministers couldn't help The military strength is the world's largest, Zhang Wen and Ting Yu are the only ones in Tongcheng, and Wen Xiang is alone."

After giving Yu Minzhong a very objective evaluation, he sent an order to Emperor Fuqing, the governor of the Eight Banners stationed in Jiangning, to visit Jintan in person, and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to give Minzhong two sticks of ginseng.

The day after the decree was issued, Hao Shuo, the former governor of Jiangxi and now the governor of Jiangsu, secretly reported that Yu Minzhong was still secretly communicating with Li Shiyao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Jia Liu replied: "Understood, go to Yu's house on my behalf and ask if there is such a thing."

The special train passed Beijing but did not enter, and went directly to Luoyang, Henan.

Only the pregnant Shun nobleman was sent back to the palace to rest in peace, accompanied by the third wife Fucha Chunhua.

Queenie and Ji Yun returned to Beijing for their rotations, and Asha Pidianpidian, the prime minister's deputy minister who was ranked third in the cabinet and also in charge of the Ministry of War, left Beijing to catch up with the special train and became a full-time cabinet minister next to the emperor.

But the old man didn't know why the six emperors called the governor of Shandong Guotai, the governor of Henan Xu Yucheng, the governor of Hubei Zheng Dajin, the governor of Tianjin Xu Ji, the governor of Sichuan Lu Long, and the governor of Zhili Yang Jingsu to Luoyang.

If there is a meeting, wouldn't it be better to call these governors to the capital.

"The place in the capital is too mustache. I don't like it. When I passed by the place in Luoyang last time, I thought it was pretty good and full of vitality."

After casually throwing a cigarette to Lao Ah, Jia Liu lifted the curtain and looked at the big blast furnace that was emitting black smoke in the distance, "It's time to say hello to them in advance about my surname Zhu."