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Chapter 133 Liaodong asks for help (subscribe)

In mid-July, with the successful mass production of clocks and watches, the first horse-drawn railway began to be laid. This railway is [-] miles from the coal mine in Wubao County to Ximen Workshop District in Qingjian County.The second phase will extend the railway to all counties in Jiazhou.

The two places started construction at the same time. In order to save money, the rails were made of wood wrapped in iron sheets.According to the memory of the previous life, the carpenter's ruler is 31.1 centimeters. First, the carpenter's ruler was used to divide one centimeter, and then the exact size of one meter was obtained.

Coupled with the clock and watch made by Hu Zhongxin and his juniors, the railway began to be laid.

There is a platform every 20 miles on this railway, and there are four stations in total. Each station has a [-]-meter-long platform, twelve station rooms, equipped with stables, horses, fodder, water wells, etc. and stevedores.horse
The embankment of the railway is five meters wide, and the regulation adopts the super-wide regulation, which is two meters wide.

After the railway is completed, special personnel will be arranged for maintenance, repairing the high and low directions, cleaning wheel flange grooves, horse manure, etc.Twelve horses are used to pull four carriages, each carriage carries [-] jin of coal, and the estimated speed is [-] miles per hour.

This railway will be used for freight in the early stage, and it will be opened for passenger transportation after a period of operation.The entire railway was built under the auspices of the Railway Association led by the Jiazhou Chamber of Commerce. Taiping was the largest shareholder in it, accounting for [-]% of the shares, and the rest was issued by the Jiazhou Chamber of Commerce on its behalf.

The stock is sold at the price of 20 per share, raising a total of [-] vehicles. Holding stocks can get dividends from railway operations, and holding more than [-] shares can participate in shareholder meetings and supervise railway operations.

The stocks are not signed, and can be bought and sold at any time, or they can be taken to the Taiping Bank for mortgage loans.The railway association is responsible for the maintenance and management of the railway, and the government shall not interfere. The land expropriated by the railway shall be compensated according to the market price

It is estimated that it will take one year to complete the repair, and the second phase of construction will start after a period of time.The second phase will issue construction stocks separately.

In the future, whether it is horse-drawn or steam, railways will be built in this way, and they cannot be handed over to the government office anyway.

As the railway began to be laid, Zhang Zongxian also began to fully promote the units of meters, centimeters, degrees, minutes, and seconds in Jiazhou.In the future, all purchased items will adopt the new standard, forcing the workshop to use a new weight and measure.

Glass products are also becoming more and more perfect during this period. Although full-length mirrors cannot be produced yet, some cosmetic mirrors that are not very large in size are still no problem.

A batch of cosmetic mirrors produced have been sent to the palace after being decorated with gold and silver.In addition to the ones for empresses and concubines, even court ladies and eunuchs are equipped with one.

With the blessing of these items, Eunuch Li's position in the palace became more and more stable, and the emperor noticed him, but because he was illiterate, he couldn't enter the Prison of Rites.

With the increasing perfection of transparent glass technology, all the classrooms of the college have been equipped with glass windows.When the college was under construction, the space for installing glass windows had been reserved in advance.

Cement was also produced through continuous experiments, and the six-story brick-concrete villa that Zhang Zongxian built for himself has become a scene in Jiazhou.

Wang's Construction, which was responsible for the construction, took advantage of the opportunity to build a two-story model house, which was specially for the common people to visit and advertise.

The facilities inside are the same as Zhang Zongxian's six-story villa, with tiled bathrooms, specially fired ceramic toilets and bathtubs, a bright and spacious interior environment, and marble floors.

The gentry and merchants who had visited the house looked at the place where they lived when they returned home. It was dark and small, and they all asked the Wang family to build such a house for them.

Coupled with the promotion of rotary kilns, the price of masonry has been continuously reduced.The workshop shopkeepers who made money began to learn Zhang Zongxian's lifestyle and build new homes.

Not only the shopkeepers of the workshop, but also powerful landlords in other counties have followed Zhang Zongxian's way of life.This has made Jiazhou export more and more commodities, driving the development of all walks of life.

The entire Jiazhou has set off a wave of construction. Compared with other counties that remain unchanged, Jiazhou has new changes every day, especially in Qingjian County, where new things are the first to eat crabs.

The people of Jiazhou also gradually developed a mentality that is different from that of the people in the surrounding counties.The people in the surrounding counties envied the people of Jiazhou for being blessed to meet such a good official like Zhang Zongxian.

Not only was there no random apportionment, but the yamen also organized the construction of water conservancy projects.This also led to more and more refugees entering Jiazhou.Even more so after the summer taxes are over.

Fortunately, the large-scale construction started in Jiazhou absorbed many refugees.Zhang Zongxian also began to deliberately guide the refugees to reclaim land outside the side wall of Qingshuiying.Ten experimental villages have been built outside the side wall one after another.

Each village is composed of one hundred households selected by refugees. In addition to the village chief they elected themselves, Zhang Zongxian also sent disciples of the school to assist in the management.

Each family is allocated [-] acres of land, and Taiping will lend them interest-free cattle, farm tools, seeds, and grain. The first year is tax-free, and the loan and tax will be repaid after one year. The tax is [-]% of the harvested grain.

Zhang Zongxian promised to receive the land deed from him after five years of tax payment, and every household in the village must participate in military training and be given weapons.In the later period, special institutions will be established to manage these villages.

At the end of July, Zhang Zongxian suddenly received a letter from his second and third brothers in Liaodong.The letter said that because of his meritorious service in defending the city, he had been promoted to the general army and was responsible for the defense of Kaiyuan Tieling.

On the one hand, this letter is to ask Zhang Zongxian to support them with some weapons, especially the Lumi blunderbuss and the large grenade.

When Jiannu attacked Kaiyuan this time, Tieling was hit by these two weapons and suffered heavy losses. He didn't get anything, so he turned around and went to fight North Korea.The boar skin was also wounded by shrapnel from the grenade.

The two did not trust the weapons made by local officials in Liaodong, so they hoped that Zhang Zongxian could continue to support them.They have already asked Xiong Jinglue for money, and they have to purchase it by themselves.

After Xiong Ting porridge checked their weapons, he also approved that they purchased them by themselves.

The second is to ask Zhang Zongxian to help recruit some troops in Yansui Town to make up for their losses these days.The two still have the kind of warlord mentality, and they only trust the township party when fighting outside.

Even though a group of Liaodong locals had been recruited, they still wanted to let people from Yansui Town be officers so that they could control the entire army.

The responsibility for supporting the second and third younger Zhang Zongxian is unshirkable. Neither of these two people is easy to save fuel. With them guarding the front, even if Jiannu fills in all the men of the clan, it may not be able to capture Kaiyuan and Tieling.

The two of them were still begging for money, and Zhang Zongxian was asking for weapons, but they didn't mention who would pay for it.Anyway, Zhang Zongxian still has this little money, as long as they kill Jiannu and guard Liaodong, this little money is nothing?
For weapons, Zhang Zongxian can just place an order with the workshop. Now with the development of Jiazhou’s iron-making industry, the price of iron materials has already been half of what it was before. It only costs three taels of silver to buy a Lumi blunderbuss.

Immediately after that, he placed an order for [-] Lumi guns to Liujia Workshop in the name of Taiping, and asked for the delivery to be completed within two months.

For the large hand grenade, an order of [-] shells and fuzes was placed, and there is no shortage of gunpowder and wooden handles in Liaodong, so they can be shipped and installed.

As for the supporters, Zhang Zongxian thought of Gao Yingxiang and the others at this time.Gao Yingxiang is a brave general, it's a pity to just sell horses on the grassland like this.Sending him to Liaodong to kill Jiannu can be regarded as making the best use of everything.

So he asked Yunong to invite Gao Yingxiang, and Zhang Zongxian wanted to persuade him to go to Liaodong face to face.

Three days later, Gao Yingxiang came to Zhang Zongxian's villa. At this time, Gao Yingxiang thought that Zhang Zongxian had taken a fancy to his performance that day and wanted to recruit him.

Zhang Zongxian's image of eclectic promotion of talents is widely spread in Yansui Town, like the kid from the Zhe family, who joined Zhang Zongxian early and has now been promoted to a thousand households.Gao Yingxiang couldn't help but not be tempted.

In fact, when he chatted with Zhang Zongxian that day, he thought he would be recruited by Zhang Zongxian, but Zhang Zongxian walked away after chatting for a while. Gao Yingxiang thought Zhang Zongxian looked down on him.

Now that he was suddenly summoned, he had another burst of hope.Having cultivated his skills, he is naturally unwilling to be a horse dealer.Who wouldn't want to stand out from the crowd and glorify their ancestors!
As soon as Gao Yingxiang entered the study, Zhang Zongxian enthusiastically pulled him to sit down, and he didn't even have time to salute.

"Gao Zhuang, please sit down quickly, we will drink tea and chat."

Now Zhang Zongxian's study room is completely furnished like the office in his previous life, and a tea table was specially built.

Just like talking with his subordinates before, Gao Yingxiang sat opposite Zhang Zongxian and watched Zhang Zongxian make tea for him.Gao Yingxiang was really flattered.

"Gao Zhuangshi's ancestors may have had officials who served the court."

"My little ancestors were all ordinary people, so how can they eat official meals?"

After Zhang Zongxian added a cup of tea to Gao Yingxiang, he asked again:

"Has Gao Zhuangshi ever thought of serving the imperial court, and then Guangzong Yaozu will return home in fine clothes?"

After Gao Yingxiang heard this sentence, his hands were trembling. Finally, he was finally here, and finally he was going to recruit me, Lao Gao. The adventure of that day was not in vain.

"Yes! The young ones are willing. It's a pity that the young ones have no way to serve the country. If the adults value it, I am willing to do the same for the adults."

Zhang Zongxian enjoys the feeling of being respected by historical figures, and is also very satisfied with Gao Yingxiang's performance. Originally, he wanted to try his best to persuade him, but the persuasion failed.

Seeing Gao Yingxiang being so righteous, Zhang Zongxian stopped talking nonsense.

"Since Gao Zhuangshi intends to serve the court, I will recommend Gao Zhuangshi's hundreds of households to help Liaodong,"

Gao Yingxiang thought to himself that he could become a hundred households without doing anything. Sure enough, there are talents at the top who can be promoted.

Because he was too excited, Gao Yingxiang didn't hear the words rush to aid Liaodong at all.

"Thank you for your cultivation, sir, and I will go through fire and water for you in the future."

"Okay, I will write a letter to the commander-in-chief afterwards, recommending you to lead a team to help Liaodong."

To aid Liaodong?Only then did Gao Yingxiang understand that he was asked to lead the team to Liaodong.Two groups of people from Yansui Town went to Liaodong to support, but no one seems to have returned.It's too late to regret now.I can only bite the bullet and agree.

Wealth and wealth are sought in danger, and with a group of brothers, if you don't believe it, you can't spell a piece of glory and wealth.

Zhang Zongxian asked Gao Yingxiang again, how old is Gao Yingxiang's son?After asking, Gao Yingxiang's son was directly admitted into the school, and he was worshiped as a teacher and became an inner disciple.

In this way, Gao Yingxiang has no worries and has a hostage.

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