Become a feudal king from today

"You heard that right." Zhao Xu smiled.

A train ferry is a rail track laid on the deck of a ship.

When the train encounters big rivers such as Jinhe and Jiujiang, the steam locomotive can drive directly onto the ferry.

Of course, the length of the ferry was limited due to the long steam locomotive.

A ferry cannot carry a train.

Therefore, the front of the car will pull the carriages to the ferry in batches, and then cross the river with the last ferry.

In contemporary times, when it is impossible to build bridges across the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, ferries are used to solve this problem.

Otherwise, supplies from the north cannot be transported to the south, and supplies from the south cannot be transported to the north.

Thanks to the steam engine, steam-powered ferries were sufficient to carry steam locomotive cars across the river.

So it is no longer a problem for steam locomotives to go south.

Thinking of this, he explained it to Zou Rong.

Zou Rong's eyes widened, first in disbelief, then ecstatic.

"In this way, I feel relieved." Zou Rong said with a smile.

Zhao Xu nodded, "The opening of the Yanjing Railway is just the beginning. I hope that the planned railways will be opened to traffic one after another."

"Yes, Your Highness, I will fulfill my mission." Zou Rong said firmly.

After chatting some more about infrastructure issues, Zhao Xu and Yang Susu returned to the palace.

Before the chair in the bedroom was warmed up, Feng'er suddenly informed Liang Cheng that he was here.

Zhao Xu was a little strange. When he went to the study, he asked Liang Cheng to come in.

"Your Highness, congratulations." When Zhao Xu arrived at the study, Liang Cheng also came over, holding the imperial edict in his hand.

Seeing the imperial edict, Zhao Xu vaguely guessed something and shook his head slightly.

Liang Cheng chuckled twice and did not read out the imperial edict, but handed it to Zhao Xu.

He is as good as others, so he naturally knows not to show off in front of King Yan.

Zhao Xu took the imperial edict and glanced at it. Just as he guessed, Zhao Heng officially made him the crown prince.

At that time, he was still wondering what Zhao Heng meant by "very good".

It turned out that he had decided on this matter after returning from Jinghai.

Since Zhao Heng arrived in Yancheng, Zhao Xu has never mentioned or even mentioned the crown prince in a subtle way.

After all, to him, it was just a false name.

Because of this, Zhao Heng could not figure out his thoughts and ignored the matter.

Now that Zhao Heng suddenly ordered him to be crown prince, he must have completely admired him from the bottom of his heart.

If a prince had been established before, he might have been just under the roof and had to bow his head.

But now he is really willing to establish the crown prince.

"Thank you very much, Manager Liang, for making this trip. Feng'er, please give me some money to reward Manager Liang." Zhao Xu said.

"No need, the emperor is still waiting for the old slave to return to his life." Liang Kai waved his hand, picked up the hem and trotted away.

Now if you give him a hundred courages, he would not dare to accept money from King Yan.

"Pfft." Feng'er couldn't help laughing when she saw this.

Then she thought of something and said softly, "Congratulations to Your Highness on your promotion to the East Palace."

Zhao Xu shook his head, "I still like to be called King Yan."

After that, he put the imperial edict away and put it in his study for the time being, waiting for the right time to make it public.

"Why?" Feng'er was puzzled, "Princes used to fight for the title of prince."

Zhao Xu said: "I just find it troublesome. Promotion to the East Palace requires a lot of red tape. Besides, Dasong has not been unified yet, so what's the use of holding this title."

Feng'er understood and nodded.

Then, Zhao Xu sent people to chase Liang Cheng back and told him what he wanted.

He accepted the imperial edict, but he chose the time when he, the King of Yan, would transform into a prince.

Liang Cheng understood and went back to tell Zhao Heng what Zhao Xu meant.

Zhao Heng naturally had no objection to this.

As long as it comes to his mind.

However, this matter could not be suppressed after all. In the next period of time, ministers such as Liu Fu and Yang Feng came to congratulate one after another.

Even Yang Zhen and Mi Yan, who were far away in Jincheng, also came back.

Naturally, Chang Wei and Ma Han were not willing to be lonely, and also went back to Yancheng to express their congratulations.

Since King Yan recognized Zhao Heng's status and the imperial court.

They still hope that Zhao Heng will officially establish Zhao Xu as the crown prince.

This makes sense.

As for when King Yan will announce it to the world through newspapers, it is up to him.

After a month of commotion, the carnival of Jiangbei officials gradually subsided.

At this time, it was also the final moment to deliver 120,000 Qin-style rifles.

"Your Highness, the last batch of 30,000 Qin-style rifles will be delivered to the royal army tomorrow."

On this day, Zhao Xu arrived at the Bingzhan Division, and Wang Ying immediately greeted him.

During this period, the Qin-style rifles were produced and delivered at the same time, rather than being collected and delivered together.

Therefore, 90,000 Qin-style rifles have been delivered intermittently.

Among them, 50,000 were given to the royal family and 40,000 to the Qin army.

The last batch of 30,000 Qin-style rifles was divided into 20,000 for the royal army and 10,000 for the Qin army.

"Well, the hint is finally completed." Zhao Xu smiled.

Wang Ying sweated, "This is all thanks to His Highness's policy of turning the people into war. It's embarrassing to say that the Bingzhan Division has only produced 40,000 Qin-style rifles this month, and the rest are produced by other workshops."

"This is normal. How can a military commander compare with the entire Yancheng workshop?" Zhao Xu said.

After thinking about it, he continued: "But since the people have moved to the war, we will continue for a few more months to have the entire army replace them with Qin-style rifles."

If it were before, he would never praise this Haikou.

After all, the civil war had a great impact on the development of commerce.

But after robbing Japan and getting the wealth of the Xie family, the Han family and the Wang family, he suddenly became wealthy.

This wealth was enough to support him in building Qin-style rifles as well as steamships and sailing warships.

There was no problem with the delivery of the Qin-style rifle, and Zhao Xu returned to the palace.

The next day the order was sent to the western front along with the Qin rifles.

Chang Wei and Ma Han received Qin-style rifles, and after a brief training, they captured Jianguan and Zhonglingguan.

Turn a passive situation into a proactive one.