Daming daddy

Chapter 300 Laying the Railway
On the one hand, Wei Ming asked Fatty Wang to establish newspaper industries in various places, trying to spread the first-hand information across the country, keep the timeliness of news, and truly make the newspaper bigger and stronger.On the other hand, let Li Niu and Song Yingxing cooperate with officials from the Ministry of Industry to study the laying of the railway from Beijing to Shanhaiguan.Song Yingxing has learned a lot from the last incident.Now, no matter what idea you have, you have to come to consult Wei Ming, and Wei Ming is very satisfied with it.The road to scientific research is very difficult. Edison, the king of invention, has gone through thousands of experiments in researching light bulbs, and other people want to make a successful research, basically they have to follow this path.Waiting for Song Yingxing to study it by himself, Wei Mingzhu couldn't wait that long.Although I don't know much about steam engines, I haven't eaten pork or seen pigs running?Always able to give Song Yingxing some good advice.This speeds up the research on steam locomotives a lot.Now it is basically able to run smoothly on the rails.So the laying of railways was put on the agenda.Although the weather is still cold now, isn't it a waste of time to wait until the laying is ready to study the route and other issues?

And Dongfang Xiaomo has really become a god-man these days.After 20 days of renovation and renovation, the No. [-] restaurant in the world finally opened.Originally, this place was a restaurant, so there was no need for major changes.And Fuguironghua is even simpler, directly bought the Zhizi Chunhua building where Wei Ming and Zhan Yan met for the first time, and rebuilt it into Fuguironghua.Zhizichunhualou is not an official brothel, but I heard that there are very strong people behind it to support it.Otherwise, it would not become the number one brothel in the capital.But when he heard that a stronger person wanted the restaurant, he decisively signed the agreement.After all, everything is easy to do with an official background.The shelf is set up, whether it is the sister in the brothel, or the waiter in the No. [-] restaurant in the world, who is in charge of the spoon, they are all ready-made.But there are still many supporting characters in it.After all, this is not really planning to build restaurants and brothels. Fortunately, Dongfang Xiaomo and Zhan Yan both have a certain status in the world. It is relatively easy to find some special agents with real talents.Take Dongfang Xiaomo as an example, the last time those Jianghu people who went to Liaoyang to rescue Wei Ming, as long as they didn't die there, they were basically absorbed into the number one in the world.And Zhan Yan's situation is similar to that of Dongfang Xiaomo.Wei Ming didn't know much about this matter, so he didn't command blindly, but just reminded them not to let people with ulterior motives mix in.

Throughout the first month, the most circulated news in the capital was the opening of No. [-] Under Heaven, Wealth and Prosperity, and the newspaper established by Wei Ming.Time flew by, and it was almost February, and officials started to go to work on the [-]th of the first lunar month. Wei Ming felt that it was not a good thing for a high-ranking official to skip work all the time, so he prepared to go to work.I usually don't go to work, so the time is not accurate.Since I got up late, I arrived late.If it's someone else, go home immediately, and it's not impossible to be dismissed and investigated.But who is Weihou?As soon as he entered the palace, he was led by the palace guards to the Huangji Hall.

Before entering the hall, he heard a hateful voice coming from inside.

"My Majesty, Wei Hou has been arrogant and arrogant since he came back from Liaodong. He has not come to the court for many days now. He is an important minister in the court. If this continues, how can it be decent? Moreover, Wei Hou even applied to the Ministry of Households to count 10 Ten thousand taels of silver to build some kind of railway, Your Majesty, although the national treasury is full now, but he can't help him to toss about like this! Your Majesty has learned from you, I am worried about state affairs, and can't sleep at night. I am afraid that the great country of Huanghuang will be destroyed by such a villain. , think twice, Your Majesty!" Looking at the official uniform this man was wearing, he should be the left servant of the Ministry of Rites.But I don't even know this guy, what's the situation?It turned out that Zhu Youxiao's face was so black that water could drip out.Wei Ming had discussed with him for a long time about building the railway.Moreover, the money for the construction of the railway is equally shared by both parties, and the shares are also half of each person.Zhu Youxiao felt that it was such a big deal to apply for 10 taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and it was really bad without the country's participation.Therefore, after discussing with Wei Ming, it was just a gimmick to give 10% of the shares to the Ming court, and the Ministry of Household Affairs asked for 700 taels of silver to give the treasury 700% of the shares.Since it is not known how long it will take to build the railway, it is even more impossible to estimate the investment.According to Wei Ming, no matter what, this matter will require an investment of 100 to 300 million taels.It will take at least three years.To be honest, even if Wei Ming and Zhu Youxiao were dismantled, they still wouldn't be able to get six or seven million taels of silver.What the two of them thought was that each of them would pay 10 million yuan each year, and a section of the railway could be put into use after the construction was completed.After use, the profits are also invested in construction.In this case, after three years, each person can invest almost 10 million taels of silver, and finally build a railway from the capital to Shanhaiguan.If you don't build it, you don't know. When you build it, you will be shocked.It costs so much money!Originally, Zhu Youxiao thought that his annual income of several million was enough, and he didn't know how to spend the money if it was too much.But now it seems, heh heh, the little money I spend on the railway will not even make a fuss.How long is this?Six hundred miles.How big is the entire Daming?If railways are laid everywhere, when will we have to wait?I'm afraid I won't be able to see it in my life.I feel aggrieved just thinking about it.Just like that, Wei Ming didn't let him go.According to Wei Ming, with our current technology, we can only build some easy-to-build places like plains.If you put it on a plateau or in a mountainous area, you won't be able to cry even if you cry, which will make Zhu Youxiao suffer even more.Now this Wei Guangwei who doesn't understand anything dares to stand up and boast. He really doesn't know how to write the word dead.How much is 70 taels?Not to mention whether Wei Ming really applied for a few 700 taels, even if it was true, brother, only 2 taels will be able to have 10% of the shares!Do you think railways are so easy to repair?To be honest, the technology is immature now. It can be said that it is rushing to the shelves, and groping while building, [-] million is not to mention.With any luck, progress will be quicker.If the progress is slow, everyone will have to fall on it.Now Zhu Youxiao really has to consider whether it is really good to bring the whole court in.Since last year, the emperor's inner palace has been separated from the imperial treasury.It is enough for the treasury to give Zhu Youxiao [-] taels of silver every year, which should be regarded as salary.No one thought it was too much, and praised Zhu Youxiao's approach.That's it, applying for [-] taels of silver is still beneficial to the treasury, but there are still people who stand up and chew their tongues. Zhu Youxiao really wants to pull this thing out and chop it up.There is more than enough success to fail, except for things that can be swearing.But when he saw Wei Ming coming in, his complexion suddenly improved.She gave Wei Ming a wink and asked Wei Ming to settle the matter.Zhu Youxiao didn't understand the investment in trains. He just came here to intervene because he saw that Wei Ming's investment was so large and there must be great benefits in it.Now the money in the inner government is the emperor's own money, even if it is ruined, no one can say anything.What's more, what if someone said something?Zhu Youxiao is not afraid of him.

"Oh, there are so many people, how can such a bedbug come out to disgust people under the bright and bright world?" Wei Ming walked into the Emperor's Palace holding his nose while talking.Hearing what Wei Ming said, those generals were all very happy.Although he has become an official, if the military commander doesn't even have that heroic spirit, is he still called a general?Maybe they didn't dare before, but since Wei Ming gave them a good nose, these generals threw away those hateful Four Books and Five Classics without hesitation, and went back to using swords and guns.Hearing Wei Ming hurt a civil servant so much now, of course he was overjoyed.Although Han Yu disdained Wei Ming's foul language, he looked at Wei Ming contemptuously, but did not stand up and say anything.Actually, although this Han Yu is a member of the Donglin Party, he still has some principles in life.When Fang Congzhe, the leader of the Zhejiang Party, was punished, he also stood up and spoke to Fang Congzhe.To bow to Han Yu is considered a salute.However, from Han Yu's performance, Wei Ming could also tell that the old boy who stood up and scolded him should belong to the eunuch.Look at Wei Zhongxian's gloomy face again and you will know what's going on.But Gu Bingqian, who secretly threw an olive branch to himself, pretended not to see the look Wei Zhongxian gave him, and looked at the roof of the hall to himself, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Hmph, Marquis Wei, it's a shame that you are still an official in the court, and you can't stop using foul language. This is the Huangji Palace. You think it's your kang head, so you can be so arrogant!" Cui Chengxiu winked.Cui Chengxiu has always obeyed the instructions of his adoptive father, and immediately stood up to confront Wei Ming.

"You know what!" Wei Ming didn't give him any face.Since you want to tear your skin apart, let's tear it up there, who is afraid of who will fail?
(Recommend a game, Riding and Blade: Sunset and Xishan, at the end of Ming Dynasty, very interesting)

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