Datang first village

Chang'an City, the imperial palace, the emperor's study!

Li Er asked Li Yuanxing: "Goro, 120 people fighting with [-] cavalry, you didn't react at all."

"Brother Huang, can I tell you? I originally wanted thirty cavalry to be against three thousand cavalry. The Japanese cavalry don't even have saddles, so what kind of cavalry are they? In fact, the three thousand cavalry of the Japanese are weaker than the three thousand infantry. Yulin going to battle is like a tiger fighting a flock of sheep. I really don’t know who can hurt my Tang Yulin in the era of cold weapons!"

What Li Yuanxing said was wounding, not killing.

Li Er didn't answer, but said: "The battle of Goguryeo sent a lot of elites. Failure to fight in the First World War will also affect morale. Fighting on Wa Island will also let the Wa people see what the Tang army is. Let them by the way Relax, just as you said, Goro, it's just for them to travel around the mountains and rivers with money from the treasury."

"Brother Huang, how about the game of Go tomorrow, Brother Huang?"

"it is good!"

In the past two years, the two most powerful brothers in Datang have no interest in fighting.

Wajima's strategy is still the same, let the internal turmoil rise, and then let the Japanese who took refuge in Datang fight the Japanese who had civil strife.

The next day, the third day of March in the third year of Zhenguan.

This day was naturally chosen by the Ministry of Rites for a lot of reasons, but in short it was auspicious.

A huge iron plate about two feet high hangs at the entrance of Lemin Garden. Above the square is the place for the preliminary competition. There are tens of thousands of people who sign up for the competition, but anyone who can play chess will come here to have a try. Get involved.

The rules of the Datang Go Tournament have been announced in the newspaper.

The nineteen-line chessboard is used as the chessboard for the game. It is impossible for Datang to manufacture tens of thousands of high-end mechanical watches, so it uses an hourglass, which is about 3 minutes long. It is placed on a rotatable shelf. They are the common people, and the small table referees are also volunteers among the common people.

The big referee is qualified to enter the finals directly and is recognized as a Go master.

In the 3-minute hourglass, everyone turns over to the other side after playing the game. Whoever loses the hourglass will lose if the opponent does not admit defeat.

There is one chance to request a pause per disc.

There are more than 600 tables on the square, and there is no lottery at all. The simplest one is number one against number two, and number three is against number four.If one of them wins, it will be number one against number four, the easiest way.

Until only 64 people were left to enter the finals.

In the open field, 32 people were selected to enter the final.

On table No. [-], No. [-] and No. [-] are sitting. The game has already started, but no player has turned the hourglass yet.All eyes were on table zero, where the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Qin were sitting at that table.

Li Er held the black, and the first hand fell to Tianyuan.Li Yuanxing held the white and fell the star first.Neither of them went to turn the hourglass, and each played twenty pieces, but they still played out a classic opening of later generations. When Li Yuanxing's No.20 hand fell.The person in charge of the huge chessboard shouted.

"His Royal Highness King Qin, step over!"

The play is over here, with Li Yuanxing taking the initiative to provoke a counterattack as a stop.

The chess game officially started, and those famous chess players will naturally be found on the big chessboard, but the games that did not directly enter the finals will be displayed as a display.

Chess, one of the six arts of a gentleman, chess game, game of games.

This time Wu Zhao didn't make any money, because many celebrities donated money to make the chess game better.

After accepting donations, if you earn money, your reputation will be ruined.

Chess champion, get the title of celebrity.It is equivalent to the title of a county magistrate, not a false one, but a title that can actually receive silver from the Ministry of Rites every year. In addition to celebrities, there will be a vacant title for a chess player to be launched soon. Nine-dan chess players can get a title equivalent to a county male Knighthood.

Ordinary chess players will also receive a silver coin every month.

As for the matter of rating, Li Yuanxing didn't bother to care about it anymore. The established Go Guild naturally came up with a suitable method, and then it could be implemented after being processed and approved by the Ministry of Rites.

Li Er and Li Yuanxing, who took [-] steps each, left the field and came to the tallest building at the entrance of Lemin Garden.In the box on the top floor of Guanyue Building, watch the chess game from a high place.

There is also a chess board here.

"Wu Lang, let's continue to play that round!" Li Er put up the twenty stones he had just played in turn, but when he reached the tenth move, he seemed to have forgotten how to put them.While patting his forehead and thinking, Li Yuanxing smiled: "Let's stop disgusting that famous game, let's play casually!"

"Alright!" Li Er took Hei Zi back.

Stinky chess versus stinky chess, two minds are at war, men who are both politically engaged in a black and white game on the chessboard, countless wrong moves, countless loopholes, but both of them ignore their own loopholes, and can't see through each other's loopholes .The two who belonged entirely to the scope of business enthusiasts should not be happy!

"Brother Huang, you have been on the throne for two and a half years, and we have fought wars for two and a half years. In addition to wars, almost all newspapers are news about the New Deal. This year, we need to change our style."

Li Er didn't answer, and after thinking about Li Yuanxing's attack for a while, he still landed in a wrong position.

Then, he said: "After the train opened to traffic, Brother Wei hasn't been on it yet."

"Stop sitting!"

Knowing that Li Er made a mistake, Li Yuanxing also made a move that he thought was brilliant, but instead he lost his advantage.

Li Er ignored that since Li Yuanxing killed a small piece of his own territory, he didn't ignore it, but he didn't notice the crisis in that piece of land. After lifting Li Yuanxing's son, he said, "Wulang, why don't you sit?"

Ultimate move?Li Yuanxing didn't realize at all that he could successfully siege him, so he started a scuffle with Li Er in the corner for a few spots.

"The train opened, and some people were queuing up the night before. The younger brother has sent someone down to tell you that you will be able to get on the train if you buy a ticket, and the ticket also has the name of the person who bought the ticket and the number on the ID card. If you don’t miss the time, you will never fail to get on the bus.”

"What's the result?" Li Er continued to study the chaotic chess game.

"As a result!" Li Yuanxing smiled: "No one queued up to get on the bus, and people started queuing up to buy tickets. The ticket sales time has been advanced by [-] days, but the result is still queuing up every night, and now there are still rented tents, which are specially used for queuing Yes. So don’t take the car, Brother Huang, you have to take it once, and the train will be out of service for several days!”

"What does Wulang mean?" Li Er didn't look up, and continued to stare at the chessboard.

"Brother Huang, if you want to sit on the train, you must inspect the train first, and then renovate the carriages. Hang up the special carriages for the royal family, and then the palace servants, maids, and guards. This means that the trains must be used exclusively by the royal family, and the common people cannot use them for at least five days. Brother Huang can Let the Ministry of Railways send up the monthly report to see the flow of people and goods. After the Ministry of Households submits the business tax report, you will know that this railway has created a great value for Chang’an every day.”

Li Er nodded: "This, I already know."

"Brother Huang, have you read it?" Li Yuanxing said heartily. According to the official rules of Datang, these reports are handed in once a season.

"No, the Ministry of Industry sent a seal, which means that the railway has been repaired. It is much easier to change from two lines to four lines than to repair a double line. Moreover, after the telegraph is installed, the operation of the railway can be managed. According to the current two-lane line, one car is dispatched every hour, and there are 24 trains in opposite directions every day."

Li Er's account was also reported by the Ministry of Industry.

"The opinion of the Ministry of Industry is that even if we don't add any more railways, we should add some branches in a few wide places. For the trains to go wrong, this can increase the power. I asked Mingyue for my brother, and Mingyue's opinion is that it can be increased. Branch line, but don’t rush to increase the number of trains, the management of the railway is still being familiarized with, once a railway accident occurs, hundreds of people will be injured or injured, and the trade route from Chang’an to Luoyang will be seriously affected.”

Li Er didn't seem to get to the point, Li Yuanxing didn't speak, and continued to listen.

"The opinion of the Ministry of Industry is that the canal from Chang'an to Luoyang should not be built any more."

"Why?" This time, Li Yuanxing couldn't figure it out. You must know that the ancient canal is the main force.

"The Ministry of Industry has calculated that according to your request, Goro. It takes time, manpower, and money to make the canal reach that level. You can build the Chang'an-Luoyang railway twice more."

Li Yuanxing didn't speak any more.

According to Li Yuanxing's idea, the canal is the main force in transportation, and even in later generations, river transportation should not be underestimated.

Li Er also said: "Businessmen line up to use the train, because the train is fast, and it takes at least seven days for the river to travel from Luoyang to Chang'an. However, the train can reach Chang'an in four hours, plus the time for cargo handling and loading, one day is enough. So the merchants would rather wait than use the canal. Canals capsize, trains don't!"

"This, let's follow the opinion of the Ministry of Industry!"

Li Yuanxing thought for a while, since the officials of Datang had their own ideas, he should support them.

But what's more, if it's not what you think, it must be right.

"The river service has been changed to disaster prevention, and another railway has been repaired. From Chang'an to Yuncheng, this is of great help to the East Road. The only problem has been solved by the Ministry of Industry. The bridge has been designed and can be repaired within one year. , Is this my brother's opinion?" Li Er was waiting for Li Yuanxing's opinion.

"Yuncheng!" Li Yuanxing lit a cigarette and picked up his teacup slowly.

"How?" Li Er reminded and asked, which was also the opinion given by the Ministry of Industry.

"It's better to build it to Bingzhou. It will be built in Youzhou in the future, and it will be extended to Liaodong. The railway capacity is extremely fast, and the development of the railway is supported by my younger brother. But there must be a plan, after all, the national power is limited! "Li Yuanxing also put forward his own opinions.

Li Er thought about it and thought that Li Yuanxing's opinion was good.

But for such a big matter, it is no longer something that the two brothers can make up their minds after chatting for a day.

Now that there is Tianying Pavilion, there are six more.Moreover, these departments already have an in-depth understanding of Li Yuanxing's current thinking, and entrusting them with the feasibility analysis is more perfect than Li Yuanxing's thinking alone. (To be continued.)