Destiny Only Han

Chapter 591 Liu Bang: Too cheating...

West of Hangu Pass, south of Dahe.

Since the early morning, there has been a sea of ​​people here, and the embankment is crowded with people watching the excitement.

Last time, everyone just took a brief look at the steamship by the side of the long pool, and the glimpse was not enough. The important thing is that the steamship was empty, so today they are going to watch again how the steamship pulls goods. ...

In Dahan, where the business atmosphere is very strong nowadays, many small traders decisively seized the business opportunity, not only raising money to hire someone to ride a horse along the river to pass the news of where the steamboat had gone, but also set up reed sheds on the bank, displaying All kinds of snacks and tea for those tired tourists to rest their feet and quench their thirst...

Well, there are also some wealthy merchants who have set up tents, which not only have wine and food, but also specially invited seafood merchants from all over the world from Xinfeng City, and invited those wealthy dudes to come and have fun and enjoy the tenderness together. ...

When the sun was high, a steamboat appeared on the river in the distance, the thick chimney spewed out thick smoke, and the roar of the steam engine could be faintly heard.

Amidst the crowds on both sides of the strait, the steam engines that towed ten cargo ships traveled upstream at a speed slightly faster than people running, from far to near.

Well, the reason for the full speed is mainly due to overloading. All the ten cargo ships are loaded with heavy steel.

To be precise, railroad tracks.

Because of the power of the steam engine, the pulling capacity of the locomotive is not too strong. If the carrying capacity is not too high, the railway built in the early stage does not need to use steel rails, and the rails can meet the demand.

The important thing is to always keep upgrading products, Liu Ying can earn...well, increase the gross national product!
And on the south bank of the big river, looking at the proud boatmen standing on the steamboat, many people almost gritted their teeth...

After all, in the past, only the most incompetent and the most humble people would do this industry of boatman. Now, this group of servants have transformed themselves, and they are showing off their power in front of them with great arrogance!

However, unlike those old guys who follow the old ways, many thirteen and fourteen-year-old teenagers secretly made up their minds. When the autumn recruitment of the Dahan Public School is held, they will apply for the Maritime Academy no matter what, and strive to become such a majestic boatman!

Well, even if they can't swim, their calves would tremble when they see a puddle on weekdays...

In the eyes of everyone, the steamship did not stay too long, but continued sailing directly to the north.

Their terminal point is the middle and lower reaches of the Dahe River, a wharf closest to Hukou Waterfall.

The reason why the shipping value of the Yellow River is low is that before the Xiaolangdi Reservoir was built, the hydrology of the Sanmenxia section was complicated, and the navigation was like a ghost gate, and the Hukou Waterfall directly cut off the possibility of ships going upstream and downstream.

Therefore, Liu Ying has been thinking about whether to artificially blow up the Hukou Waterfall...

However, after thinking about it, he decided to leave this wonder of the world to future generations.

Therefore, his plan is to sail to the lower reaches of Hukou Waterfall, and then turn overland, that is, to build a railway from here, connecting the main railway line from Jiuyuan County to Guanzhong!

In this way, the cheap coal in Jiuyuan County can flow directly down the river and be transported to Jiangnan and Lingnan regions with excellent geographical location, which is convenient for importing cheap and high-quality iron ore from overseas, but lacks coal.

After all, there is never too much of such things as steel!

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Chang'an City, Ji Que.

Because the residents in the city all went to the riverside to watch the rare things, so when the mansion newspaper was posted today, there were very few viewers, which made those soldiers who were trying their best to maintain order less interested...

But soon, the contents of the mansion newspaper spread widely, and the square in front of Changle Palace was once again crowded with people rubbing shoulders.

The reason why these people who stayed at home went out to read here is that today's mansion newspaper still released news about the expansion of court officials.

Well, to be precise, it's just a fighting food official at the level of the pavilion chief.

However, in today's Han Dynasty, no one would despise the small official of the pavilion chief. In this respect, no matter how small the pavilion chief is, he is also an official rather than a commoner. The man who was born was once the head of a pavilion on Sishang!

Under Ji Que, many people read and read, their brows gradually stretched.

After all, according to the rules, there is one pavilion for ten miles, which means that the number of officials like the pavilion chief is limited, and there is no possibility of a large number of enrollment expansion.

Therefore, at the earliest time, their hearts were full of doubts.

"The chief of the railway station? What kind of official is this?"

"It is said that it is to watch the railway tracks for the imperial court. It is the kind of road that smokes iron bulls run..."

"Oh, that's no wonder! After all, it's iron, so it's reasonable for a thief to worry about it!"

"Those who guard and steal themselves will be strangled, and those who neglect their duties and cause huge losses will be beheaded... Hey, what a severe punishment!"

"What's so serious about this? My seventh uncle's neighbor's brother-in-law is an engineer for a coal and iron trading company. He said that once the train derails, the loss will be at least hundreds of millions! Beheading? Beheading is a light thing!"

"Cheat? What do you mean?"

"What is a train?"

"I don't know! But I heard that some of the workers from Qi State are going to the north to build the railway. It is estimated that the railway will reach Chang'an City in two or three years, and then we will know what the train looks like..."

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There was a lot of discussion under Ji Que, and when it was as lively as a vegetable market, Liu Bang finished reviewing a memorial, raised his head, looked at the mountain of memorials in front of him, and suddenly felt bad...

"Straight!"

Liu Bang gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, wishing he could beat his little boy to vent his anger immediately.

After all, he is so busy now, it was the hole that Liu Ying dug for him before leaving...

Liu Ying said that although the first emperor gave birth to ten or twenty children and traveled all over the world, he reviewed hundreds of modern memorials every day. Therefore, it is very necessary for Liu Bang not to let the first emperor focus on the former...

The most important thing is to record this reputation of diligence in daily life notes and historical materials, not only for future generations to admire, but also as an example for subsequent emperors to learn from...

The last two points perfectly hit Liu Bang's pain points!
So he ordered Wei Wuzhi to also bring him a scale, and he would not go to sleep until he was able to approve 120 catties of memorials every day!
What's more, he even brought Taishi here from Fengchang to be a witness!

Not only that, but under the influence of Liu Ying's historical moments in his paintings, eight painters lined up around Liu Bang, drawing his diligent and heroic posture from various angles...

But the crux of the matter is that what Emperor Shihuang reviewed were bamboo slips, and a roll of bamboo slips weighed several catties, and there were only a few hundred words on them.

And the memorabilia in front of Liu Bang is all covered with a cardboard shell, and the inside is folded paper. There are tens of thousands of words more, and one or two thousand words less. The weight standards of the two sides are not at the same level at all...

So, this is the reason why he desperately wanted Liu Ying, the explosive hammer, to vent his anger...

However, he has already blown the bull out of him, so he has to continue, so as not to be laughed at by the Yingying Yanyan in the harem, and he can just use this excuse to sleep in Changle Palace!
After all, he is actually not young... well, he understands everything.

After Liu Bang picked up a copy of Han Wangxin greeting him, and wrote down the words "I'm fine, don't worry about it, I'll have a drink with you when I have time", he pretended not to care and asked:

"Did that Shuzi write back?"

Wei Wuzhi sorted out the memorial, and recalled a bit: "I wrote it, I heard that yesterday, the prince sent a letter and package from Jiuyuan County, and sent it directly to Weiyang Palace..."

Liu Bang waited for a while with his ears pricked up, but he didn't hear the words Changle Palace, so he continued to pretend to ask casually.

"anything else?"

"Gone."

"Gone?"

After an octave-high voice came out from the hall, Liu Bang lowered his head and said sourly in Wei Wuzhi's expression of putting on a blank face but actually saying everything:
"It's fine if it's gone, I won't be angry when I see it! But if he knows to report his whereabouts to the queen at all times, he has that kind of filial piety, and the queen's doting on him is not in vain..."

"Well, what's in the package?"

Hearing Liu Bang's question, Wei Wuzhi was stupefied and froze on the spot, somewhat in a dilemma.

Although he is the secretary of the minister next to Liu Bang, he is a foreign minister. Weiyang Palace is the inner palace, and he cannot enter without a summons. Besides, he is a foreign minister, so he went to inquire about the affairs of Weiyang Palace. long?

However, relying on Wei Wuzhi's understanding of Liu Ying, he looked at Liu Bang and expressed his guess: "Maybe it's a dried matsutake fruit, or a local specialty like dried fish..."

Well, matsutake is not only found in the south, but also in Inner Mongolia.

As a result, Liu Bang became even more sour.

For a family like theirs, there is no shortage of gold, silver, pearls, jade, jade and agate, what is lacking is this kind of small gift that is very thoughtful at first glance.

Then, the memorial written by Cao Shen to offend Liu Fei suffered a catastrophe.

There are more than ten thousand words in the memorial, from the grievances suffered by Liu Fei in Peixian County, to Liu Fei’s pure filial piety to Liu Taigong and love for the people of Qi State, but in the end only Liu Bang’s seven words were changed:
Got it, go ahead!

After a while, after several memorials had the same experience, Liu Bang's mood gradually calmed down, and he stared blankly at a memorial.

This is a joint memorandum submitted by Xiao He who gathered the county guards from all over the country.

The inside is to suggest to Liu Bang that in order to increase the enthusiasm of the people to reclaim wasteland, it is proposed to reduce the land rent again, from the original tax of [-] to [-] in [-]!

Liu Bang just wanted to pick up the pen to write the word 'ke', but he stopped immediately, and before the ink dripped from the tip of the brush in his hand, he put the Langhao pen made of suet jade back.

He was silent for a long time, recalling the few words he had heard when talking with Liu Ying before, so the corners of his mouth slowly raised.

"Go, send this letter to Jiuyuan County, tell the prince, stop playing, hurry up and come back..."

(End of this chapter)