Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 695 The Incredible Zheng Yiguan

Looking at the constantly flashing scenery outside the window, Zheng Yiguan's face was full of smiles.He really didn't know that there would be such a miraculous thing in this world, this kind of wood-burning car would be so fast, and it would be extremely stable, which was many times better than riding in a horse-drawn carriage.

This kind of wood-burning car can run only with firewood, so there is no need to be afraid that the car will not run.Firewood is available everywhere, the transportation cost is so low that it is almost negligible, and a firewood car pulls a lot.No matter how you calculate it, you are making money.

The firewood-burning car was driving on the official road to Xuanzhen, and as time passed, the distance to Xuanzhen was getting closer and closer.

The convoy was driving in Shandong. At this time, Shandong has changed. Although the officials have not taken over all of Shandong, the local garrison has arranged for the people to start production and life.

Everywhere on the land, there are working people.It's summer now, but these people don't feel the heat and are still working in the fields.

There are smiles on their faces, because these lands are their land, and the taxes paid are very small.Throughout the year, there is no need to worry about not being able to eat enough.

In the past, after Zhao Daniu took Shandong, he started to clean up the evil gentry and bullies in Shandong.

All the land of these evil gentry and bullies was distributed by Zhao Daniu to those people who had no land, or the people with very few fields.

Wood-burning cars drove past the official road, and in the fields on both sides of the official road, the working people looked at the passing wood-burning cars with disbelief on their faces.

When the firewood cars go to Dengzhou, they also pass by this official road.

So many people have seen this kind of wood-burning car for the second time. Even so, they still feel very strange and surprised.The common people stood between the fields, pointing in the direction of the firewood-burning cars, discussing a lot.

At this time, they are no longer what they were before. They all have their own land, and their faces are full of hope.

Although Shandong is said to be a state of etiquette, Shandong's land annexation is also very powerful.Especially the Confucian Mansion in Qufu is known as Kong Bancheng.Almost all the land in Qufu belongs to the Confucian family. In addition to the land in Qufu, there is also a lot of land in Shandong that belongs to the Confucian family.

But now it is different, a lot of land of the Kong family has been distributed by Zhao Daniu to those people who have no land.

Today's Confucian Mansion has been devastated by Zhao Wen's plan to kill three scholars with two peaches. When facing Zhao Daniu, he has no ability to resist at all, and can only let Zhao Daniu distribute their land to those people who have no land.

As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people. In ancient times, the land was the lifeblood of the people.The people didn't know who the emperor was, and they seldom cared who the emperor was. They only cared about whether they had land in their hands, whether they could have enough to eat, and whether they could wear warm clothes.

Therefore, Zhao Daniu's method quickly won the hearts of the people in Shandong.

The convoy walked through the official road, leaving behind waves of smoke and dust, which entered the territory of Henan.

Henan is the only way to go to Xuancheng.Originally, the convoy could choose to pass through the capital, but now the capital has not been captured by Zhao Wen, so they had to choose to pass through Henan.

When entering Henan, the situation in Henan was better than that in Shandong.After all, it took longer for Henan to win than Shandong, and the officials in Henan are generally in place.

Henan is a boundless plain. Wood-burning cars drive on the official roads in Henan, and working people can be seen everywhere.

A few days later, the convoy crossed Henan and arrived in Shanxi.After arriving in Shanxi, the convoy stopped and came to a railway station in the southernmost part of Shanxi.

The railway has connected important cities in Shanxi.Therefore, after entering Shanxi, the way of transporting materials was changed to railway.

The materials pulled by the convoy were loaded onto the train under the arrangement of Zheng Yiguan.Zheng Yiguan also got on the train with those business representatives and headed for Xuanzhen.

In fact, from Dengzhou to Xuanzhen, the really time-consuming and labor-intensive section is from Dengzhou to the south of Shanxi.

Zheng Yiguan was sitting in the train carriage. Although he had never been on a train before, he had heard from officials like Hong Chengchou, and with the bedding of a wood-burning car, Zheng Yiguan didn't have such a strong reaction.

But the business representatives he led were not as calm as he was.Almost all these commercial representatives took the train for the first time. They had only heard Zheng Yiguan sporadic mentions before, but they had never seen it or taken it.

The previous kind of wood-burning car was enough to surprise them, but they didn't expect this kind of train to be even more surprising.

These businessmen sat in the train carriages, their surprised expressions hadn't come off the train since they got on the train.

They couldn't figure out how this kind of transportation was made, and they couldn't figure out how this kind of transportation was supposed to transport things.They sat in the car and looked around, desperately trying to figure out how the train worked.

Although the steam locomotive is only a very backward thing in later generations, for them, it will never be understood by them.

The sky gradually darkened, but the train was still running on the land of Shanxi.The electric light in the carriage was turned on, and the business representatives were even more surprised by the electric light so that their mouths opened wide.

"This thing doesn't seem to be on fire, and I didn't see anyone lighting it just now. Why is it so bright? What is this thing?"

A businessman looked at the bright electric lights above his head, his mouth was wide open, and his expression was incredible.

Not only him, but even other business representatives were shocked.

"This thing doesn't seem to need to be ignited, what the hell is this thing?"

"Yeah, this thing really doesn't need to be ignited. I have lived for so many years, and I have never seen such a magical thing. This kind of thing is really shocking. If you install this at home, it will save money throughout the year. A lot of candle money."

There was a lot of discussion in the carriage, Zheng Yiguan looked at the electric light on his head, and said to himself: "Could it be the electric light that Hong Chengchou said? At that time, I didn't believe what he said was amazing, but now I have to believe it." up.

I really didn't expect it, this thing can be so bright, I really didn't expect it. "

Zheng Yiguan looked at the merchants, "This thing is called an electric light. Let me tell you, this electric light is precious..."

Zheng Yiguan said all the things that Hong Chengchou told him, and added some of his own understanding, and he was stunned by what these businessmen said.

At this moment, these businessmen's desire for Xuanzhen became deeper.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The train was speeding on the railway, and the steel wheels made a clanging sound as they passed the railway interface.

Zheng Yiguan fell asleep sitting on the table in front of him, and everyone in the carriage also fell asleep.

The train went all the way north, passed through the whole of Shanxi, and finally entered the territory of Xuanzhen.

At this time, the sky darkened again.By the time Zheng Yiguan arrived at Xuanzhen Railway Station, it was already midnight.

At this time, the people Zhao Wen sent to greet Zheng Yiguan had already arrived at Xuanzhen Railway Station.

Just as Zheng Yiguan jumped off the train, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

I saw that the current train station platform is brightly lit, and there are bright light bulbs everywhere.

These light bulbs illuminate the platform of the railway station as if it were daytime.

Standing behind Zheng Yiguan, Zheng Zhihu said in disbelief: "If it weren't for me, it would be night, I thought it would be daytime. It's really unexpected!"

Zheng Yiguan and Zheng Zhihu had never been to Xuanzhen before, and this was his first visit to Xuanzhen.

They felt that they were already mentally prepared, but unexpectedly, they were still shocked.

The prosperity and power of Xuanzhen can be seen from the Xuanzhen Railway Station in front of you.

"Fortunately, I didn't have two hearts at the beginning, otherwise I would have died a miserable death!" Zheng Yiguan suddenly remembered the time when he surrendered to Zhao Wen, at this time Zheng Yiguan was very grateful that he had surrendered to Zhao Wen.

At this moment, Liu Wenzhong walked over from the platform with a few followers.

"But General Zheng!" Liu Wenzhong came to Zheng Yiguan and bowed his hands at Zheng Yiguan.

Zheng Yiguan hastily returned a salute, "I am Zheng Yiguan!"

"I was ordered by His Majesty to come here to meet the general. I have already arranged a residence for the general. The general will come with me. As for the goods on the train, I will let people handle them." Liu Wenzhong said.

Zheng Yiguan said: "My lord, this time I brought along some business representatives, and these businessmen have put in a lot of effort in this incident."

"Understood, the residences of these business representatives have already been arranged, the general need not worry." Liu Wenzhong said.

"That's good, that's good!" Zheng Yiguan let out a long breath.

"General, please follow me!" Liu Wenzhong said and led Zheng Yiguan out of the train station.

Not long after Liu Wenzhong walked out of the train station, the staff in the train station began to move the goods pulled by the train down.

Zheng Yiguan walked out of the train station and came to the streets of Xuanzhen.

Zheng Yiguan looked at Xuanzhen, which was full of bright lights, and the shock on his face became more intense.

"Hey, is this daytime?" Zheng Yiguan looked at Xuanzhen, which was as bright as daylight, and stuttered.

The business representatives following Zheng Yiguan were also shocked. They never thought that Xuanzhen would be so bright.

Although they were already mentally prepared for this on the train, they were still shocked when they actually saw this scene.

"Master Hong is a little more modest!" Zheng Yiguan said to himself.

Liu Wenzhong walked along the streets of Xuan Town with Zheng Yiguan and others, and there were vendors setting up stalls everywhere on the streets.

It is summer now, and more and more people like to eat night markets.Especially those working in Xuanzhen City, they like to eat night markets in the city after get off work.

Zheng Yiguan has never seen this scene before, and this is the first time he has seen this kind of night market.

"Hey, can you still do business like this? If the southern side can open the door at night, it will definitely make a lot of money."

The eyes of the business representatives following Zheng Yiguan shone brightly, and they keenly sensed business opportunities in the night market.

Zheng Yiguan followed Liu Wenzhong to the Xuanzhen Posthouse. As Zhao Wen's territory became larger and larger, the area of ​​the Xuanzhen Posthouse also continued to increase.

Zheng Yiguan sat in a post house room that was somewhat similar to the suite of later generations, and he was not used to it.

Zheng Yiguan's suite has three bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom. It is his and Zheng Zhihu's room.

The staff of the post house led Zheng Yiguan and Zheng Zhihu around the suite, and left the suite after familiarizing themselves with the environment.

Zheng Yiguan stood on the balcony, looking at the night scene outside the balcony, his face was full of emotion.

Zheng Yiguan's room is on the sixth floor, so he can see the night view outside.

After Zheng Zhihu wandered around the room for a few times, he came behind Zheng Yiguan quite excitedly.

"Brother, this room is really strange. The hut is still in the house, and it's made of ceramics. It's really extravagant. It's the first time I have used a ceramic hut when I grow up." Zheng Zhihu said with a smile on his face. .

Zheng Yiguan turned around and looked at Zheng Zhihu, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect Xuanzhen to be so strong. It seems that the choice we made at the beginning was right. I, Zheng Yiguan, have done countless things in my life. Choose, and this time the choice is the most correct."

Recalling all this, Zheng Yiguan now feels more and more that his original choice was very correct.

"Brother is just saying, fortunately we knew the current affairs back then, otherwise we wouldn't be where we are today!" Zheng Zhihu grinned and said in a low voice.

Those business representatives also lived in suites, but their suites were not comparable to Zheng Yiguan's in terms of size or environment.

Even so, these businessmen are full of curiosity about everything in the room, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

"Hey, I've never lived in this kind of room. Tsk tsk tsk, I have to say, this kind of room is really well designed. You don't need to go too far from the last hut, tsk tsk tsk!" A business representative stood in the bathroom, Looking at the toilet inside, I am amazed.

After the staff of the inn introduced the various facilities in the room just now, the business representative was full of curiosity about the toilet in front of him.

He pressed the switch on the top of the toilet tank, and with the sound of splashing water, the water gushed out of the tank and flowed down the toilet's sewage pipe.

"Ingenious workmanship, ingenious workmanship!" The business representative praised.

Tonight was a sleepless night, and Zheng Yiguan and the business representatives couldn't sleep because of their excitement.

Although I didn't sleep all night, I was still full of energy the next day.

The sun rose from the horizon, and Liu Wenzhong headed for the post house with a few entourages.

Zheng Yiguan and the business representatives put on their clothes and waited in the courtyard of the post house.

After Liu Wenzhong came to the post house, he walked towards the assembled people.

"Your Majesty has an order to announce that you will enter the palace for an audience." Liu Wenzhong stood in front of these people and shouted at them.

　Thank you for the reward from Longhua Palace, thank you for the nine monthly tickets that your father asked you to go home for dinner, and thank you for your support! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)