Royal Gold Magistrate

Seeing seriousness written on Li Yu's face, Fangzheng bowed and flipped through the books on the table, picked up a few of them and said, "From today onwards, Your Highness does not need to understand the content of the book, as long as you memorize it, you can memorize it in one day." So many."

Li Yu's face turned pale, and Ai Ai said: "Master, there are four to five thousand words in one day, right?"

That's four to five thousand words!

Can't finish it!Can't finish it at all!

How do you carry it?

"It's okay. Although the content is thick and voluminous, you can read as much as you want. As long as you keep reading it every day, you can finish it sooner or later." Fang Zhengyi comforted, "There is still one month left, and Yucai will start school. Learn more Only when you come to school in the future will you be able to stand tall.”

"This is called sweating more in peacetime and bleeding less in wartime!"

"I understand master!" Li Yu's heart was broken, and she continued to study hard.

"Your Highness, I have something to discuss with you." Fang Zhengyi led Li Yuanzhao out.

When he arrived in the courtyard, he said, "The train is about to succeed. I need a train driver. Oh, I should call the train driver. I think His Highness is proficient in this. Are you interested?"

Li Yuanzhao said in surprise: "Wow, the No.1 train driver must be Ben Gong!"

Immediately he hesitated again: "However, although the front of the train is almost finished, the road...is still far away. Why don't we build a [-]-foot-long railway in the past two months and show it to the court?"

Fangzheng shook his head: "No, if you want to show, you must show the finished product. The railway must be long enough, otherwise there will be many troubles in the future. I plan to build the railway from Dongjiao University to Beijing and then to Taoyuan County. Right now, I need to connect with other colleges to study the railway. , including geographic surveying and mapping, etc.

The talent pool of Taoyuan County and Dongjiao University is sufficient, and these majors have existed since the establishment of the school.

Now it can be regarded as training a lot of theoretical talents, but lack of actual combat, it is more appropriate to let the prince manage it.

At least the follow-up project can guarantee that there will be no technical troubles.

After all, the extravagance and waste of laying iron on the ground will inevitably be attacked by the court.

Can't explain and can't explain...

It's like he pushed sweet potatoes back then. If he told the court directly, he had a crop that could double the grain output.

Not only did the courtiers and the emperor not appreciate him, but they immediately regarded him as a lunatic... No matter how popular he was, it would not be surprising to be kicked out.

What's going on with Xian Xiangrui? Everyone is like a mirror in their hearts, but you shouldn't be joking about grain production!

"What's the trouble with this railway? It's not difficult to lay custom-made rails on the road according to the model." Li Yuanzhao said indifferently.

Fangzheng said: "No, there are a lot of troubles, and gravel sleepers are needed to absorb the shock and prevent the rails from shifting. The knowledge in this is no less than that of building a train, but we have enough talents. We just need to tackle the problems one by one and build them as we go. Studying, I believe that it will not take long to have a complete set of methods, I will leave these to Your Highness."

Li Yuanzhao thought for a while and said in surprise: "Hey, what you said seems to make sense. You never care about technology, how can you be more honest than me?"

"Think about it every day, dream at night." Fangzheng said seriously, "My father gave me a dream yesterday."

"Uh... okay, but you said that I have already calculated the railway. I am afraid that the cost of building a one-mile railway is no less than 5000 taels, and six to seven thousand taels are possible. There are too many links involved. From the capital to the In Taoyuan County, if you don’t have 7000 million taels, I’m afraid you won’t be able to get it. Do you have that much money?” Li Yuanzhao asked.

Fang Zhengyi felt a little uncomfortable hearing him mention this question.

so expensive?

One hundred and eighty million taels of money is not impossible to get out, but this thing is made as a public weapon, and the amount should be under the control of the court.

How will the money be divided in the future if he pays it all?

Although we are serving the country and the people, but we can't make money by ourselves, who will serve the country and the people in the future?

It is best to find the Ministry of Households to approve the money, all the money will be paid out of the treasury, and he will enjoy the follow-up income of the railway, but the possibility is not high...

Thinking of this, Fangzheng said: "Since it is connected to the capital, it is natural that the Ministry of Households transfer money, and I will go to the Ministry of Households to ask for it."

"Uh, I don't think it's difficult, unless you first build a section of railway and show it to the imperial court, then I think 200 million can be allocated to you."

Fangzheng vetoed it one by one: "No! I'll try it first, if it doesn't work, let's pool money to fix it."

Railways, trains, this thing is too shocking.

According to the knowledge of the common people in the imperial court, it is not known what arguments will be made in the future. Although the annual newspapers have vigorously promoted it, the common people have broadened their horizons a lot.

But superstition has always been rooted in people's hearts.

I can't guarantee that there will be some other nonsense in the future that shakes the dragon's veins, that the situation is ominous, that the railway is built to build an army and dig people's graves.

The expansion of public opinion will inevitably affect the decision-making of the DPRK and China, and many subsequent projects will be delayed.

Unless the finished product is produced at one time and the huge benefits are directly put on the table, then it will be a matter of course!

Compared with the huge negative impact that may arise, whoever pays for the railway repair is a trivial matter.

Seeing that Fangzheng denied his suggestion once or twice, Li Yuanzhao stopped asking.

Since Lao Fang is unwilling to build a section of railway first, there must be his reasons, and there is no point in asking more.

"Okay, then I will go to Dongjiao University to select a group of people to discuss starting tomorrow."

The prince is getting more and more reliable!

Fangzheng smiled and said: "Your Highness, let's do it well. The foreign mission is leaving, and I decided to go to Honglu Temple to hold a big event. It won't be long before there will be a good show. We will start the first shoveling of the railway, and His Majesty must shovel it." !"

"Sounds a bit interesting. But why is the father the shovel, can't I?"

"No, the right to interpret the dragon veins is not in your hands yet."

"???"

Li Yuanzhao curled his lips contemptuously when he said such nonsensical words: "What are you talking about the big event at Honglu Temple?"

"Your Highness, don't ask too many questions. If you do it well, you will be famous in history! And I promise you will have fun." Fang Zhengyi patted his chest and promised, "Then I will leave, and I still have some business to do. The rest is up to you, Your Majesty!"

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The next day, in Honglu Temple.

Chen Hong took a pot of tea with a blank expression, and poured a cup for Fang Zhengyi: "Master Fang, please use tea."

Fangzheng took a sip of tea lightly, and said with a half-smile: "Master Chen, why don't you welcome me so much?"

"Don't dare to dare, I wish Mr. Fang would come every day. Don't say anything else, I have plenty of good refreshments here." Chen Hong waved his hands again and again with a bitter face, and said, "But the affairs of the Western Missions will not be troublesome. Adults have intervened, those are troublesome things. And..."

"And what?" Fangzheng raised his eyes and asked.

Chen Hongyi twitched: "Besides, this is the end of my life as an official. It is an unprecedented event to be able to receive missions from 23 countries at the same time in this position, and it is a country that has never been in contact with. So I hope to be an official. Just don't make any mistakes before..."

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