Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 787 Time flies
The two nouns of railway track and passenger car made the Shijia brothers stunned.

Mingming characters can be recognized separately, but when put together, they become different.

Jia Daihua shook his head, showing off, "Yuquan Mountain is only fifty miles away from the capital, and if it's a little faster, it's only a day's journey."

"However, if all of them are turned into railroad tracks and horse-drawn carriages are placed on them, it will take less than two hours to reach Yuquan Mountain from Beijing City."

"In that case, wouldn't we be able to use Yuquan Mountain Water to rinse our mouths when we wake up in the morning?" Shi Nai was overjoyed and clapped his hands in applause.

But Shi Ding's expression changed, and he was quite caressing.

If, as Jia Daihua said, it took less than two hours to reach Yuquan Mountain from Beijing, then it would be the most convenient for the emperor.

Because this means that the city of Beijing can be monitored at any time, which is not far from being in the Forbidden City.

At that time, the emperor will be really happy in Yuquan Mountain.

Wait, the emperor doesn't just want this, does he?

Then why do we have to build railway tracks in the capital?It seems that you want ordinary people to ride?
There must be deep meaning in it!
Several people were chatting and chatting non-stop.

Because he was dressed luxuriously and rode a horse under his crotch, the guards didn't stop him and let him talk.

But at this time, a simple and unpretentious carriage came, followed by a few strong servants, who seemed to have come from a serious background.

"Where do these people come from?"

A corner of the car curtain was opened, and a man with a face like a crown jade, elegant and elegant looked at a few people not far away, and asked casually.

"I don't know, but looking at their mounts, they are all very handsome, they are not ordinary horses, they should be war horses..."

The man in charge at the side bent down.

"Oh? Seeing that he has a lot of evil spirit, he should be the son of Xungui. Maybe he came back from Liaodong." The man smiled, swung his sleeves, raised the curtain of the car, and stepped on the stool to land.

After finishing speaking, he flicked his loose sleeves, like a book reader, he walked away slowly, elegant and easy-going.

"Xue Chongwen, I have met some young masters!"

"I don't know what's the matter with you?"

If it's okay, don't disturb our chat.

Of course Shi Ding stood up without giving way, and returned a salute, with politeness and alienation written all over his face.

Although he has been in the army for many years, he is well-informed after all, and he has his own set of methods to deal with it.

"I hope you will forgive me for disturbing you." Xue Chongwen cupped his hands and said sincerely: "Seeing that some brothers have extraordinary looks and are interested in this railroad track, I have some fate with this, so I want to get to know you."

"Oh?" Shi Ding was taken aback: "I heard that the railroad track is undertaken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Are you an imperial merchant?"

"Imperial Merchant is unlikely, but after all, it has something to do with it."

The so-called imperial merchants naturally referred to the old father-in-law Zhang Qi who worked for the emperor at the beginning, and later he was promoted repeatedly and became the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Later, among the people, merchants who worked for the emperor were honored as emperor merchants.

But in the court and court, the term "imperial merchant" is limited to the emperor's relatives.

That is to say, even if you are doing things for the emperor and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, if you don't have a daughter in the palace to marry the emperor, you can't be called an imperial merchant at all.

Without him, they would not have the strength to deal with those merchants who were doing business, and those with backgrounds would naturally have to weigh their daughters.

The Xue family is really related to the emperor.

However, Xue Chongwen's cousin is Bian Yujing who is favored by the emperor.

As the saying goes, Fu has distant relatives in the mountains, and he was disgusted by them in Qinhuai River, but now it can be said to be really sweet.

Although it is an outside room, it is disgraceful after all, the emperor naturally refuses to admit it, so he can only take care of it secretly.

Because of this, the Xue family did not make much progress in the officialdom, but they were impressive in business.

Under the ticket-salt legal system, the Xue family is eligible to enter the market; iron ore and timber are also involved, and the largest markets in the north are naturally the textile and coal mining industries.

"I heard that most of the silk brocades given to eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace are handled by Xue's family. When it comes to imperial merchants, the same is true."

Hearing his careful introduction, Shi Ding's attitude became a little gentler, and he also wanted to make friends.

I heard that Bian Yujing also gave birth to a son, who gave birth to an heir for the royal family.

People's hands and eyes are open to the sky, no matter what means they use, but in the Shaowu Dynasty, no matter how depraved they were, they could not degenerate much.

After all, he is also among the first-class. As the son of a viscount, he is no different from the Xue family in the era when the capital is full of nobles.

It's like half a bucket of water.

What's more, Xue's family is rich and well-connected, even the earl can't compare.

"Where is there!" Xue Chongwen shook his head and laughed: "At home, it is only because of His Majesty's blessings that we have the current family business. It can't compare to your house, which has won such a big face with one knife and one gun."

After some introduction by the historian brothers, Xue Chongwen's eyes lit up, and his heart was extraordinarily happy.

Although the Xue family was given more points in the officialdom, very few people wanted to make friends with them. This was extremely uncomfortable for Xue Chongwen who wanted to climb into the upper class.

Although he is only a viscount now, he is also a noble.

After some exchanges, the relationship became more harmonious, and Xue Chongwen finally said: "Brother Jia is right, this railway will lead from Xishan to Beijing."

"And our Xue family also built an iron factory, which allocated [-] to [-]% of the pig iron."

"As for the railway tracks in the city, they will also be built. I heard that the common people will be allowed to ride them, as long as they give money."

After popularizing the knowledge of passenger transportation and the future planning of Beijing City, Xue Chongwen knew that it was too late, so he bowed his hands and retreated.

The three of them raised their eyes and returned home.

Jia Daihua suddenly saw a strange carriage, which was three points more luxurious than his own: "This must be above the earl."

Suddenly, he walked quickly, with joy written all over his face.

Sure enough, in the living room, a man in his thirties, dressed in a black toga, watched him running with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Wang—" Jia Daihua shouted joyously, his voice was extremely clear and loud.

"How tall is the dog?"

Wang Chunqing touched his head, his face full of emotion.

"Chunqing, you came back from the northwest this time, after all, you have changed."

Jia Yan was overwhelmed with emotion for a moment, and the jealousy in his heart couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

In Huguang, the two families are neighbors, and they have been together for a long time, and they did not fall behind when they were in Nanjing.

Who knows, he was promoted to earl at the end of the year, and he was still a viscount, which is really uncomfortable.

"This trip has eaten enough yellow sand in the northwest, and I can finally come back."

Wang Chunqing touched the scar on his face, and said with lingering fear: "Although the killing was a joy, but the grassland is too big, if you accidentally get lost, you can die of thirst."

"Now that we're all in the capital, we're like a family. We'll see each other more." Jia Yan said with a smile.

"Unfortunately, I don't have a mother-in-law. Otherwise, I would give birth to a daughter and marry Gouzi. How could the Shi family get ahead of me?" Wang Chunqing said with a smile.

"Hey, Uncle Wang, you can give me a daughter-in-law by then!" Jia Daihua said casually.

"You kid, you dare to raise your seniority—"

ps: Originally, I just wanted to borrow the name of a person from the Red Mansion, but now I can just get it all together.

(End of this chapter)