Wu Qi looked like water, but he still bowed and said, "My father is the warrior of Duke Yingguo."

Li Shimin said: "The warrior is a hero of Yuan Cong. I have a little impression of him. Today he gave birth to this tiger girl, and he must be very pleased. You have made great contributions this time. How can I be stingy with the reward? But... you are a woman in the end, and the country has not set up female officials or titles outside the palace. This may be the case. Your father has passed away. Do you have an elder brother in your family? I might as well order your elder brother..."

Hearing this, Wu Xi said, "Your Majesty, since the young woman has followed her mentor to learn skills, she has cut off her relationship with her family."

"Huh?" Li Shimin suddenly realized that there must be hidden information in this.

He probably understood that this weak woman in Wu Qing was waiting for her name. It was logical that she could not have lived in the Chen family all the time, but she served as secretary in the Chen family. How could her family ignore it?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly realized, so he smiled and said, "This makes me embarrassed."

"It's not difficult." Wu Qing said seriously: "If Your Majesty really wants to reward you, then the people's daughter thinks it's enough to reward your ministers' mentors. The people's daughters do not expect high officials and generous salaries. And this car can be developed this time, mostly because of the teachings of the mentors and the assistance of the people from the institute. If Your Majesty is willing, why not reward them more?"

Seeing that she answered neither humble nor arrogantly, Li Shimin was secretly amazed, but on the surface, he showed nothing: "What you said makes sense. If you talk about this matter later, I will definitely give you a generous gift."

As he said that, he had gotten out of the car and the person fell to the ground, and he felt a little relieved. Although he was still calm just now, he was still in the car.

Looking back at the huge steel monster, Li Shimin couldn't help but say, "It's so terrible... There are people in the world who have such a wonderful idea. How many people need to build this car?"

Originally, Li Shimin was a self-righteous person, but now he found that he was actually insignificant.

He couldn't help but say again: "If the railway is completed, how many such cars are there?"

"It's not easy to build this car." Chen Zhengtai replied: "However, by the time the railway is completed, dozens of cars are probably built, and this car will be improved at that time, and more cargo will be transported. When the railway is built in Xining, as long as there are enough cargo and personnel exchanges, it may not be impossible for a hundred such cars to run on this railway line that runs for thousands of miles."

This is not bragging.

The trains in this era are a little stronger than those who run fast, and the speed is very slow, so it is quite convenient to dispatch. At the same time, such cars are continuously sent out on the entire line, and there will be no big mistakes.

Of course, I'm afraid I'll have to study the brake problem carefully in the future.

Although this thing runs slowly, the brake device is indispensable.

Li Shimin pondered: "In this way, wouldn't it be enough to transport seven million kilograms of goods between Xining and Chang'an at the same time?"

"That's right." Chen Zhengtai said confidently: "Even if there is not so much cargo to be transported, this steam train can still transport people. If someone travels between Chang'an, Xining and Shuofang in the future, it will be much easier. In addition, the other end of the railway is the place leading to Yanyun Hebei... Erchen plans to connect the end of the railway and try his best to connect with Pingzhou, another end of the canal. In the future, whether it is the connection with the canal or the Tianjin Wei estuary, it will be huge. Even if His Majesty wants to use troops to Goguryeo in the future, he doesn't know how much manpower and material resources can be saved."

When Li Shimin heard this, he became excited. If the railway arrived in Pingzhou, it would be the day when Goguryeo fell.

This is not a lie. The most difficult thing in conquering Goguryeo is the problem of food and grass dispatch. The cold areas that stretch thousands of miles, the roads are muddy, and countless cities, the Goguryeo people would never fight the Tang Dynasty. In the past, they used to deal with Emperor Yang of Sui to continuously clear the walls and clear the fields, and used the severe cold and harsh environment to drag the Sui army to death.

Li Shimin couldn't help but frown: "If this were the case... then... wouldn't Pingzhou become the most important place in the world?"

Chen Zhengtai glanced at Li Shimin. In fact, this is the truth. The so-called Pingzhou is actually the Peking in later generations. Pingzhou's jurisdiction includes most of the Peking and Tianjin.

Pingzhou has been connected to the canal and is already connected to Jiangnan. Because it is close to Tianjin, it is the Sanjiang Huihaikou. If it is connected to the railway, it will become a hub in the world.

Chen Zhengtai smiled dryly and said, "It would be better for Your Majesty to set up a palace in Pingzhou in the future and named it Beidu."

"Haha." Li Shimin laughed: "Do you want to give money again?"

Chen Zhengtai's face changed slightly, he shook his head quickly, and said with a bitter face: "My son is so poor that he can't get rid of the blame."

Li Shimin was excited: "Okay, I'm joking, don't take it seriously."

But at this time, the ministers arrived with a horse and panting.

In fact, the horse chased after it for more than an hour and ran continuously on the horse. At first, it was fine, but halfway through the journey, it was already scarce.

Such long-distance Pegasus is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear. Most people rush to run wildly for more than a stick of incense, and then feel that their bodies are almost falling apart.

Therefore, at first... they could barely keep up with the steam train, but after a stick of incense, their speed couldn't help but slow down. Later, the speed became slower and slower until they saw the steam train disappear at the end of the tracks, and they could only sigh.

Fortunately, these people are not stupid either. They know that as long as they follow the railway line, they can find Li Shimin's traces, so they and their group run along the railway line.

But when we saw the steam train, most people could no longer bear it, and some horses were even reluctant to take another step even if they died.

So, the group had to come over in a mess and saw Li Shimin, both happy and angry.

What I am happy about is that I finally found someone, and my hard work will last forever.

But what was angry was that after going through hardships, Li Shimin and Chen Zhengtai were actually talking and laughing in the wilderness, looking relaxed and at ease.

All the ministers stepped forward, and the Minister of Rites Dou Lukuan said angrily: "Your Majesty, Chen Zhengtai is so brave. He dares to tease Your Majesty and all officials like this."

Li Shimin looked at the Minister of Rites, but smiled and said, "Oh? How did he tease me?"

"He...he put His Majesty here... His Majesty must be very frightened."

Li Shimin stroked his beard and looked calm and composed: "How can you see that I was very frightened? I was in that car, not to know how comfortable... Chen Zhengtai just wanted me to take the car, so what's wrong?"

"this……"

Dou Lukuan felt that he had been stabbed by a back.

In fact, he was justified. After all, Chen Zhengtai was really shocked everyone. Such a big noise seemed to collapse, but His Majesty gave up the guards and ministers and was taken away by the car.

Everyone was frightened and then rushed over, afraid that Li Shimin would have another problem.

But Li Shimin is happy with it, what else can I say?

Li Shimin said happily in front of these ministers: "I not only enjoy it, but also got treasures. It's so gratifying."

"Treasure?" Dou Lukuan, Dai Zhou and others looked suspicious.

Li Shimin said: "How did this car... walk? Have you ever thought about it?"

Everyone was silent.

In fact, many people were surprised that they didn’t see the horse pulling, so their first reaction was that this must be a monster that only appeared in the Shanhai Jing.

At this time, Li Shimin said: "This car is called a steam train. You can walk by yourself by just burning coal. Just now... I think you have seen it with your own eyes. Such a huge thing, walking like a galloping horse, but your horses can't get to it. After all, it doesn't need to eat grass, and it can be sleepless and disdainful. After taking this car, I can reach Shuofang in two days, and within five days, I can arrive in Xining."

Dai Zhou was a little dissatisfied. This time he was really troubled. He was now full of anger and couldn't help but say, "What's the difficulty? You can do it if you speed up the horse."

This is also true.

If there is an urgent matter between the court, the news will often be delivered through fast horses.

It may be a bit exaggerating to say that one is traveling thousands of miles a day, but if one continues to run, one can still do it.

So Dai Zhou sneered at this...

Li Shimin smiled and said, "But... can this fast horse carry 70,000 kilograms of goods run?"

"Seventy thousand pounds..."

The ministers were shocked and suddenly became uproar...

What is the concept of 70,000 jin... This is unimaginable.

In fact, most of the time, transportation, water transportation and horse-drawn carriage transportation are already considered very high-end.

Most of the time, the so-called transportation is transported by manpower, which means collecting civilians, carrying a load, walking from east to west, and a person... It is amazing to be able to transport more than ten or twenty miles a day and transport a hundred kilograms of goods.

What does this time transport 70,000 jin?

This is a fantasy existence!

Li Shimin looked at everyone's surprise reaction, but he looked at Chen Zhengtai and said, "Zhengtai, open the car behind him."

Chen Zhengtai understood Li Shimin's thoughts, so he immediately called two strong men. The two strong men understood and took a special wrench and unscrewed one of the carriages.

As soon as the carriage opened, I saw that there were many grain bags, bacon, and even countless cooking utensils...

This pile is full of goods...

This is true for one car, so what about the other car?

The ministers were already dumbfounded.

Chen Zhengtai smiled and said, "Look, I'm ready for everything. Why don't you hurry up and remove all the food and cooking utensils? You're all tired at this time. Why not light a bonfire here, roast a little, make some rice, and drink some wine. It's rare for everyone to come out in the wild. Just think it's a picnic."

Dai Zhou: "..."

Dou Lu Kuan was almost suffocated.

What does this mean? It’s actually a 70,000 kilogram of goods, and you can take them away if you say so!

Yes, within five days, you can arrive in Xining, and in two and a half days, you can arrive in Shuofang.

Everything in front of you can prove it with your own eyes and will never be fake.

"The so-called railway...it turns out to be for this car...I understand, I understand..." Dou Lukuan felt that it was enough to be frightened today, but now... he was still shocked.

It's scary!

But at this moment... in the crowd, someone murmured: "I... I'm rich, I'm rich..."

People looked at the person who was talking in surprise.

But I saw that it was Cui Zhizheng.

Cui Zhizheng was already in a blank expression and muttered in his mouth, as if he had lost consciousness.

Over the past few days, he has suffered from countless people's eyes and discomforts, and various ridicule. Although he looks indifferent, his heart is full of flesh, how could he really not care at all?

Jingci suffered such a big loss once, and then lost all his money and raised all his money to purchase land. In people's eyes, this is no longer different from a madman.

But now, after knowing the purpose of this big car... Cui Zhizheng was the first to realize that this time... he had almost reached a critical point, but he looked at the steam locomotive with his eyes blankly and muttered to himself: "I've got rich... Finally... I've got rich..."

Seeing this, Wei Xuanzhen was shocked again, looked at him sympathetically, and whispered: "Mr. Cui, Mr. Cui... What's wrong with you..."

"Idiot!" At this time, Cui Zhi was so surprised that he seemed to come back to his senses. He seemed to be pulled out at the verge of mental collapse. At this time, he shouted loudly as if no one was around.
To be continued...