Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 553 Someone Steals the Railway?
Lu Xiang watched the scenery outside the window, and kept thinking about Lu Xiangsheng's question.

As the night gradually deepened, Lu Xiangguan was always in front of the living room window, looking at the scenery outside the window.

Snowflakes began to fall from the sky, heading towards the ground one after another.

The temperature in the living room also gradually dropped, the brazier in the living room was also extinguished, and the candles lighting in the living room were flickering with the last flame, losing their light in a flash, and the whole living room was completely dark.

In the end, Lu Xiangjin also returned to his room, leaving Lu Xiangguan alone.

In the early morning of the first day, Lu Xiangsheng got up very early. After he finished his breakfast, he walked out of the guest room and went to the front desk.

After Lu Xiangsheng found out Xue Zexi's home address from the shopkeeper at the front desk, he walked towards Xue Zexi's address alone.

At this time, Zhao Wen was standing in front of the gate of the General Military Mansion. He looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky, "This snow is good. It can't be said to be big, and it can't be said to be small. The auspicious snow heralds a good year. It seems that next year's There will definitely be a good harvest of food!"

Liu Wenzhong stood behind Zhao Wen, "My lord, at noon tomorrow, it is estimated that Dorgon, Duoduo and their families will be sent back. How should we deal with them?"

Zhao Wen turned sideways and looked at Liu Wenzhong, "How to deal with it? What else can I do? I don't want people like Dorgon to see this year's New Year's Eve fireworks. Execute.

By the way, after Dorgon is delivered, let someone draw a portrait of him first, be sure to draw it in detail, and measure the data of all parts of his body at the same time.After all this is done, send these things to the ironworks, and ask the people in the ironworks to cast me a kneeling statue of ten feet high with steel according to the data. I will erect this kneeling statue in the north of Xuanzhen outside the city walls. "

For Dorgon, Zhao Wen hated him from the bottom of his heart. This person was even more hateful than Huang Taiji in history.

Huang Taiji never broke into Shanhaiguan in his life, and the places where he caused chaos were limited.Although Huang Taiji had also killed quite a few common people, he was not a little bit worse than Dorgon.

The people who died at the hands of Huang Taiji were basically concentrated near the capital, but the people who died at the hands of Dorgon spread all over the country, especially in Jiangnan and other places, with corpses strewn across the fields, bleeding and drifting.

A person like this should be allowed to be like Qin Hui, who will have a bad reputation for thousands of years and will never be able to stand up again.

"My lord, what about Duoduo? What about this person?" Liu Wenzhong asked again.

"Duo Duo? Let's deal with this person according to Dorgon's method." Zhao Wen replied. "As for their family members, the males, no matter how old or weak, are all executed, and no one is allowed to live. The females, send slaves to Gandusi. By the way, at the same time, order Shenyang City and Liaoyang City to let the garrison there take the prisoners in the city. Send them all to Nuergandusi, and when the weather gets warmer, let them build a city and railway for me in Nuergandusi."

"Obey!" Liu Wenzhong cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then walked towards the office.

At this moment, Song Yingxing, Song Yingsheng and Sun Yuanhua appeared outside the General Military Mansion and walked towards Zhao Wen.

Now that winter has come, the construction of the railway has come to a halt. In addition, as the year is approaching, Song Yingsheng and Sun Yuanhua, who are in charge of railway construction, also returned to Xuanzhen by train.

After they returned to Xuanzhen, they came to see Zhao Wen.

On the way here, Song Yingsheng and Sun Yuanhua met Song Yingxing, so they came to the General Military Mansion together.

Seeing that he hadn't seen Sun Yuanhua for a long time, Zhao Wen walked towards them with a smile on his face.

"My lord!" Several people looked at Zhao Wen who was coming, and walked up to Zhao Wen at a faster speed, and saluted Zhao Wen.

"Get up quickly, this is not a place to talk, go in!" Zhao Wen said and led a few people towards the General Military Mansion.

After entering the hall of the General Military Mansion, Zhao Wen sat on the main seat, "Sit down!"

Zhao Wen pointed to the chairs on both sides of the hall and looked at several people.

Several people thanked them and sat on both sides of the hall.

"Come here, serve tea!" Zhao Wen said, looking at the servants standing on both sides of the hall.

Not long after, several servants came in with hot tea and put the hot tea on the table next to them.

"My lord, the main road railway from Xuanzhen to Taiyuan has been repaired, and this time I came back by train!" Sun Yuanhua stood up and began to talk about his work.

"After the beginning of spring, we plan to start building railways to other prefectures and counties with Taiyuan Prefecture as the center. It is estimated that it will take at least two or three years to connect the main cities in Shanxi Province."

This era is not a future generation, there are no machines, and the railways are built only by manpower, so the speed of construction is very slow.

If it weren't for the captives captured by Zhao Wen, it is estimated that the railway leading to Taiyuan Mansion has not been repaired at this time.

"Returning to my lord, the railway from Xuanzhen to Datong has also been completed. The current Lord Man Guiman will come to see you by train in a few days." Song Yingsheng also stood up.

When Zhao Wen transferred Song Yingxing to make generators, he put Song Yingxing's brother in charge of building the railway to Datong.

Although Song Yingsheng is not as capable as Song Yingxing, it is still possible to be responsible for the construction of the railway.

Zhao Wen looked at the two and nodded, "Did you encounter any problems when building the railway?"

Sun Yuanhua frowned inadvertently when he heard Zhao Wen say this.

"What's the problem?" Zhao Wen knew that there must be something wrong when he saw Sun Yuanhua's posture.

"Alas!" Sun Yuanhua sighed, "My lord, I don't know how to tell you about this problem. This problem is neither small nor big, but it's quite troublesome anyway."

"What's the specific problem?" Zhao Wen leaned forward and looked at Sun Yuanhua.

"My lord, the thing is this. Our rails are made of steel, and the steel is very fine wrought steel.

If this kind of steel is placed among the people, it can be sold for a lot of money, so some people are careful about our rails.

Sometimes, we finish building this section of the railway, and when we build the next section, because no one checks, some local people take advantage of this time to steal our rails.

The worst time, they stole nearly a mile of our railroad track, and it was directly removed from the repaired railway.Especially the farther you go to Taiyuan Prefecture, the more common this situation is.

If the inspectors hadn't discovered it in time, something might have happened! "Sun Yuanhua said helplessly.

The steel used for the rails is the top steel in this era. If it is used to make things like kitchen knives, hoes or waist knives, it can be used for a long time.

For this reason, some people have moved their minds on these rails.

It didn't take long for Shanxi to be taken by Zhao Wen, so the local people were still relatively poor, far from being able to compare with the people in Xuanzhen.

Greed was inevitable when they saw such a fine track.

When the workers who built the railway finished building a certain section of the railway and left, the local people would find a way to remove the rails from the railway, transport them back, and sell them to local blacksmiths.

After the local blacksmiths received the rails, they used them to make tools such as kitchen knives and hoes.

Because the steel of the rails is very good, the kitchen knives made are very sharp, and the hoes are also very durable. Farm tools made of rails are very popular among the local people.

This phenomenon didn't start to appear just now, it had happened as early as when Zhao Wen was building the railway leading to Longmen Fort.

It's just that because the people are getting richer and richer, this situation is becoming less and less.

"My lord, we have also encountered this kind of situation. The most rampant time, we were repairing in front, and they stole behind us. There are also people who went to the construction site in the middle of the night to steal directly. These people are too poor. If they are arrested They will still stay on the construction site, and they will be provided with food every day." Song Yingsheng also said helplessly.

"Then what are you doing now?" Zhao Wen asked.

Song Yingsheng said: "My lord, in order to avoid this kind of thing from happening, I contacted the local garrison and entrusted them to patrol the railways in their territory. In addition to this method, I also asked people to spread propaganda in the villages where the railway passes, telling them to steal The railway is illegal. Although this works well, it consumes too much manpower, and it is impossible for the local garrison to just focus on this matter. If the war resumes in the future and the garrison goes to the battlefield, I really don’t know what to do .

Also, in the future, the railway will have to be built throughout Daming, and there will be countless such things by then. At that time, I really don't know what to do. "

"My lord, the method I use is the same as Master Sun's, and I do it too!" Song Yingsheng also said.

Zhao Wen fell into deep thought after hearing what the two said.

"It seems that there is no time to delay the establishment of the railway army. As the territory grows, there will definitely be more and more such things in the future. If we don't prepare in advance, there will definitely be more troubles at that time!"

Zhao Wen couldn't help but think of the long-lost arms in later generations, the railway soldiers.

The railway soldiers of later generations have existed for more than 40 years. Their main duty is to build railways and protect them from being destroyed.

The reason why later generations were able to build railways to every corner of the country in a short period of time is inseparable from these railway soldiers.

"Hearing what you said, I think we should set up a special team to protect the railway. I call it the Railway Corps." Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingsheng and Sun Yuanhua, and said.

The two looked at each other, and said with doubts on their faces: "Railway soldiers?"

The two had never heard of this term, and although they could understand it literally, they still had some doubts.

"That's right, it's the railway soldiers. The main duty of the railway soldiers is to protect the railway from being destroyed. They don't need to be equipped with weapons like the regular army. They can be equipped with some ordinary waist knives, iron rulers and iron staff. There is no age requirement. It needs to be young and strong like the regular army, anyone under 30 years old or over 15 years old is fine.

In addition to the railway corps, I also intend to establish a Ministry of Communications.The Ministry of Communications is specifically responsible for the management of railways and the construction and operation of roads throughout the world. As for the railway soldiers, they are currently under the management of the Ministry of Communications.

Now all the houses in Xuan Town have also been upgraded to departments.The military room, the counselor's room, and the torture room are all upgraded to the Ministry, and the positions of officials and the scope of management remain unchanged. "Zhao Wen spoke out his plan.

Hearing Zhao Wen's voice, everyone couldn't help but fell into silence.

After a long time, Sun Yuanhua looked at Zhao Wen, "My lord, I have no objection to the establishment of the Ministry of Communications and the upgrading of each building to a Ministry, but is it really possible to establish the Railway Corps?

As there are more and more railways, the demand for railway soldiers will also increase.Maybe there will be tens of thousands of people at that time. With so many people, the food and wages spent will be a huge amount.

The main duty of these railway soldiers is to protect the railway. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to spend a lot of money on them?
Moreover, the army is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications. If the subordinates of the Ministry of Communications have a heart of disobedience in the future, there will probably be a lot of trouble with so many troops. "

"I've thought about what you said. At present, things like the military salary of the railway soldiers are first collected from Xuanzhen's treasury. When the world is settled down, the local government is responsible, and the local finance is distributed to the county level.

The number of railway soldiers set up in each county does not need to be too many, 500 people are enough.It is more than enough for a county to feed these 500 people.

As for the disobedience you mentioned, you don't have to worry about it at all.The railway soldiers will not be trained like the regular army, they only need to be able to simply capture.

At that time, a traffic department will be set up in the local prefecture and county, which will be under the jurisdiction of the local traffic department.With so many railway soldiers distributed to the prefectures and counties of the world, even if the officials who will sit at the head of the Ministry of Communications in the future have a heart of disobedience, it is not an easy matter to gather so many railway soldiers. "

Zhao Wen didn't have to worry about Sun Yuanhua's problems at all. This kind of matter can be solved very well in later generations. Zhao Wen can just use the methods of later generations, and he doesn't have to rack his brains to think about countermeasures.

Listening to Zhao Wen's explanation, Sun Yuanhua and Song Yingsheng couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Sun Yuanhua said: "Since this is the case, then do as the adults say!"

Zhao Wen nodded and said, "Well, I will leave the affairs of the Ministry of Communications to Mr. Sun, and take advantage of the New Year's Eve to build the general structure of the Ministry of Communications first.

Nowadays, not many railways are built, and the Ministry of Communications does not have many things to do.However, all things are forewarned, and nothing is foregone.Therefore, the affairs of the Ministry of Communications should be done as early as possible, and if there are deficiencies in the future, they can be directly supplemented without any further effort. "

Although Song Yingsheng is Song Yingxing's elder brother, Song Yingsheng came to Xuanzhen much earlier than Sun Yuanhua, so Zhao Wen handed over this matter to Sun Yuanhua.

Moreover, Sun Yuanhua had been the governor of Denglai before, so he had some experience in this kind of thing.

(End of this chapter)