He paused and said, "Originally, we wouldn't trust others easily. You know where the palace is. The palace is close to the center of power, but it can be changed from angle to another, but it is also the cruelest place. Your Majesty's thoughts can teach people that they will never be doomed, and it can also make people become the best. Such a place... Think about it, any room in the Forbidden City is full of plots. If you can trust others easily, you would have been swallowed up by others. But... can we trust you, do you know why?"

Zhang Jingyi thought for a while and said, "Because I am honest and honest?"

Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said with a stern face: "Because Your Majesty can trust you?"

"this……"

Wei Zhongxian said seriously: "Do you really think Your Majesty is a fool? Your Majesty may be playful, and his mind may not be serious, but he is extremely accurate in judging people. If he believes in you, we can naturally trust His Majesty. Don't underestimate Your Majesty. There are countless smart and stupid people we have seen, but in terms of talent, there are not many who can match Your Majesty."

"I've been taught." Zhang Jingyi also responded seriously.

Wei Zhongxian continued, "There is another thing. The prince is getting older and he is now selecting people to serve the prince. Let's think about it. Your godson Zhang Shun is also a real person. Therefore... he plans to recommend him and let him go to the East Palace to accompany him in the future."

He said it was very light.

But Zhang Jing immediately understood the implication of this.

Almost all the people who are accompanying the prince in the East Palace are the eunuchs in the future palace, and the reason is very simple, after all, they are the ones who grew up with the emperor.

For example, Liu Jin and others, one counts one, and none of them are not the case.

Such precious quotas are almost always chosen by eunuchs like Wei Zhongxian to cultivate their heirs. Changsheng is the crown prince of the emperor, so Zhang Shun is equivalent to Wei Zhongxian's "crown prince".

But who is Wei Zhongxian? He has been in power in the palace for so many years and has so many godsons. In terms of closeness and alienation and talent, even if Zhang Shun queues up to the Daming Gate, he will not be able to get on his way.

Now Wei Zhongxian does this, which is equivalent to opposing the public. You, Zhang Jingyi, take care of my son, and I, Wei Zhongxian, take care of your godson. We are now in the Blood Alliance, and we both have to pay attention to our own wealth, life and the affairs behind us.

Zhang Jing knew it with all his heart, but didn't say much, just nodded silently.

All that should be said was gone. Seeing that it was getting late, Wei Zhongxian summoned someone and got into the sedan chair, saying, "We're going back to the palace to reply, but Brother Zhang, listen to our advice, and occasionally you should go home early, don't always wander outside."

Then, the sedan chair left swayingly.

Zhang Jingyi was thinking.

In fact, he and Princess Le'an are still a little bit close after all. It’s not that he thinks that Princess Le'an is not good, but... after all, he is unfamiliar.

However, when I returned home in the middle of the night, I saw that the lights were still on in my bedroom.

When she returned to the room, Princess Le'an seemed very sleepy and was snuggling on the coffee table while napping. When she heard the movement, she immediately opened her eyes, and her eyes were shining under the candlelight.

Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "Why haven't you fall asleep yet?"

Princess Le'an Zhu Huixiu saw that Zhang Jing was coming back, and a hint of joy flashed in her eyes. Her small red lips subconsciously raised a smile, then stood up quickly and said with concern: "I have been worried about you, but I am afraid that you will be hungry when you come back in the middle of the night, so I will warm up some snacks in the kitchen."

After saying that, he ordered the palace maid who was dowrying beside him and the palace maid retreated and quickly took some food.

At this time, Princess Anle frowned and said, "I'm afraid it will taste bad if it's warm for a long time."

When Zhang Jing looked at Princess Anle's beautiful little face, she felt a strange feeling in her heart. Although there was no so-called love preparation before, at least... in this world, there is someone who always misses her. This feeling of being as close as a family will be very useful after a day of fatigue.

Zhang Jingyi sat down loudly and ate some food. Princess Le'an sat quietly and watched, as if watching him eat was a very interesting thing. After removing the dishes, she went to bed with Zhang Jingyi.

Have a talk overnight.

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The construction of the railway is progressing very smoothly.

This is of course related to the flat terrain between Tianjin and the capital. Often, gravel is used to cushion the roadbed first, then lay sleepers, and then... dozens of steel workshops started working hard. In this smelting workshop, Zhang Jingyi proposed the concept of wear-resistant alloy steel.

So the craftsmen conducted countless experiments. During the smelting process, they used oil quenching and heat treatment and tempered to roughly figure out a set of methods to smel such special steel.

Of course... the smelting efficiency in this era is still too low.

There is no way... Zhang Jingyi had to take out his ultimate skill.

Trying to smash silver, put on steel stoves and more craftsmen.

Anyway, there is money, and the Ming Dynasty also has manpower. The railway company is now extremely well-funded. In the Ming Dynasty, there is nothing that cannot be done. If it cannot be done, the only possibility is that the money is not given enough.

Therefore... in the new area, countless chimneys stood one by one, and the smoke was rolling every day. Then, trucks of steel rails were sent to the construction site through temporary wooden rails.

And here, under Zhang Bangzheng's arrangement, everyone went hand in hand to lay down the railway tracks.

In this era, railways were paved relatively quickly, mainly because they did not have much technical content and had sufficient manpower. At first, when there was not enough manpower, Zhang Jingyi adopted the method of bringing the old to the new.

The old craftsman brought out his apprentice. As long as the apprentice was qualified, he would immediately add his apprentice to a craftsman, and the old craftsman would directly pay an extra month's salary.

Driven by such a trend, the new laborers knew that the craftsman was treated better, so they were very willing to learn. However, the old craftsman also felt that it was profitable, so they did not hide their own personal gains and tried their best to teach.

In addition, this project divides most of the work into many "modules". Those who lay the tracks will lay the tracks and those who build the roadbed will build the roadbeds. They will not interfere with each other, and everyone can do their part.

Therefore... this distance of only 300 miles... actually progressed much faster than Zhang Jingyi had expected.

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Chapter completed!