People like Old Lady Zhou have such thoughts that make sense.

Why do I need to build a railway for you in my land?

What is this railway? I heard it is very noisy, and the food is called. What if this is noisy to death in the crops in the fields next to me?

People like Old Lady Zhou, don’t be afraid when facing the Jinyiwei.

But they have been operating locally for more than ten generations. Maybe in other places, no one has ever heard of such people, but in Shandong, they are also famous people.

Now... since they have asked for a visit, why are you still polite?

In fact, from the gentry's standpoint, he felt very wronged. Isn't it just that I have a lot of land? Those electric tenants farmed my home's land, added five yuan to five yuan, and paid half of the rent every year. Isn't it reasonable? Why do you want to steal my home's land?

I can be rich and honored, this is passed down by my ancestors. Why can my ancestors pass it down, but your ancestors have not passed it down?

In fact, there is a theoretical basis here. At least in this era, the theoretical basis is very deep. As the saying goes, a family that accumulates good will have good fortune, and a family that accumulates bad will have good fortune.

In other words, the reason why my family has such a big family business is because my ancestors were virtuous people and were a family that accumulates good deeds.

Why do you have so many disasters in your family? Shouldn’t you think about your own reasons?

The same is true for railways. If you sell the land of our ancestors, you can sell it, the price... I have the final say. If you talk too much, then you won't sell it.

Now the railway company has begun to work overtime desperately. On that day, the chief foreman Zhang Bangzheng hurriedly found Zhang Jingyi.

His face was very bad.

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Why, why do you have free time today?"

Zhang Bang was tense and said, "What's going to happen."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Jing said: "Let's talk."

"Please check it out. This is the railway cost recalculated, and this road cannot be repaired."

Zhang Bangzheng has a bad temper, and even sometimes he doesn't look at Zhang Jingyi. It's not because he disrespects Zhang Jingyi, but as the chief foreman, he is busy every day and doesn't touch the ground, and almost everyone comes to him to make a decision. This kind of irritability and pressure is something that ordinary people cannot understand.

Zhang Jingyi reluctantly endured this guy. After all,... he had to understand engineering and had rich organizational experience, and there were very few people like this.

Zhang Jingyi then opened an account calmly, but the dense accounts inside made Zhang Jing look overwhelmed. Fortunately, Zhang Bang was very considerate and thoughtfully put a fool's version of the list inside.

Zhang Jing took a look at it and said in surprise: "A railway in Shandong costs 200 million taels of silver? Are you kidding?"

"No kidding." Zhang Bangzheng said seriously: "The preparatory work has all stopped. There have been so many new steel workshops. I don't know if I should continue to build them. Once the project is delayed, it will be a huge loss every day. There are so many people recruited before, and all the people have to start construction. These people have to eat and drink, so we can't ignore it, but now... the railway tracks cannot be laid."

"The main land passed along the way, from Beizhili to Shandong, there were more than 1,900 land owners of all sizes. These more than 900 are now being discussed. Some of them are quite happy, but they agreed, but some of them are very difficult, especially many gentry. They have a reliance on their own. The price they offer is often hundreds or thousands of taels of silver per piece of land. They also ask the court to arrange an official in the railway company to do it. The students asked someone to calculate that the cost of this land alone was an amazing sky-high price."

He paused and said, "If you just buy land, it would be fine. The problem is... it's hard to talk about now. When will you talk about each family? Some people have agreed today, and after a few days, they regretted it. After a few days, the price doubled, and they were afraid that they still suffered a loss. The problem now is... Some people have regarded this as a hot commodity, and many people have secretly accumulated their efforts to mobilize their clans, intending to rely on the railway company to earn more than ten generations of family businesses."

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

After slowing down, Zhang Jingyi said patiently: "You can talk to them well, don't be anxious."

"I can't be anxious." Zhang Bang was so righteous that he said, "Break the railway, it's about fast. If you delay it for a few days today and a few more days tomorrow, what should you do if you recruit thousands of craftsmen? What should you do if you build a steady stream of steel? What should you do if you develop iron ore? There are also various tools for preparing for engineering. The longer you delay it, the more you encounter a rainy and snowy weather, you don't know how much it will be lost. This will lead to thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver being thrown into the water, without any splash of water."

"The railway in Shandong cannot be built. Not only Shandong, but it is not much better to go to Liaodong. It's not bad outside the pass, but the land in Liaodong... is under the control of His Highness. Everyone only needs to develop a practical route plan to solve engineering problems and difficulties."

"But what about the section from Beijing to Shanhaiguan? It is also a densely populated place. There are hundreds of landlords of all sizes. The gentry in northern Zhili is not as bold as the gentry in Shandong. They are just talking big, but they are not brave. They have a way to do it, that is, they are easy to talk about everything and are willing to negotiate anything, but they just say that they can't reach an agreement. Everyone is looking at the direction of the wind, especially when they hear someone next door offers a price of 300 taels of silver, 500 taels of a mu, or 1,000 taels of a mu, although they don't say anything, they are secretly happy. Even the honest people who sell land at the market price at the beginning refused to do it. They can't sell the land at the market price of 34 taels of land. Turning around, the people next door offer a price of 1,000 taels or 2,000 taels, and they still succeed. Not to mention those honest people, even students... they are sure that they are unwilling. Why is that?"

When Zhang Jing saw him full of complaints and complaining, he comforted him: "This is how it is to build a railway. Don't be anxious. Come slowly. If you are anxious, you can't eat hot tofu."

Zhang Bangzheng was inexplicably anxious: "Your Highness, you can't say that. When the railway was built, it was Your Highness, you..."

Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "Okay, don't do this. This kind of thing must be done with the flow. It is normal to have difficulties. But... it is better to have the obligation to inform this matter. You can't let those shareholders be ignorant of it."

"Okay, let's deal with this matter slowly. It's not that I don't want to solve the problem, it's that I, Zhang Jing, can solve it alone. My abilities are limited. If you think others have this ability, please ask Gao Ming."

Zhang Bangzheng: “…”

Zhang Jingyi spread his hands straightforwardly and simply ignored it.

No matter how you deal with this kind of thing, it is the word "death" and "vertical".

Of course, it was not him who died anyway.

Just let them go.

On that day, Zhang Jingyi actually went home surprisingly early.

Zhu Huiyu was trying hard to read a book when he saw someone coming to inform Zhang Jing that he had come back, so he got up to greet him.

Zhang Jingyi had already come in, looked at Princess Le'an, then looked on the book, and said with a smile: "What book are you reading today? Could it be those poems, songs, and poems, and what are the poems, songs and poems..."

Zhu Huixiu smiled calmly and said, "Looking at this sutra, there is another one called Railway Record."

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but say in surprise: "It's strange that there are such books on the market."

Now the whole world is full of worry about railway affairs. Some people take this opportunity to write various books, but they are selling well.

Zhu Huixiu said: "I see the railway story about this railway, and I also say that there are various profits in the future. It is said that there is such a huge profit in the world. Don't our Zhang family also have many stocks? Husband, isn't this saying..."

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Don't listen to them nonsense. Where is there a huge profit in the world? The so-called huge profit is just to tell you the good side but never tell you any risks. The so-called profit is actually just a group of people whistling and raising courage."

"Risk?" Zhu Huixiu said in surprise: "Is there any risk here? Isn't it said that if the road is built, you can get a daily gold rush? What are freight, passenger transport, mailing, and other things, and there are also commercial, cargo warehouses and so on, which are all profitable."

As soon as Zhang Jing sat down, waited for the maid to bring him tea, and latched on the tea, and said with a smile: "Whose book is this?"

"It is said that it was written by an anonymous person, and it is written in a very good way, but it seems that it is not a simple person."

Zhang Jing was happy: "These guys are full of money, but they are afraid that others will know that they are greedy for money. It is better not to read such books. If you read too much, you will lose your own judgment."

Zhu Huixiu said in surprise: "My husband means..."

Zhang Jingyi said: "The so-called profit is based on the fact that Your Majesty and I have overcome obstacles to build the railway. It is Your Majesty and I who cleared the obstacles and promoted the railway, and they are tragic in the world. Therefore, these people have eaten together, but they only know that if the railway is built, they can eat meat. Haha... Is this meat so delicious? Just wait and see, all of these people who are looking forward to eating meat will die."

Zhu Huiyu was startled because she saw Zhang Jing’s inexplicable murderous aura on her face.

"Husband...what's wrong?"

Only then did Zhang Jingyi realize something and smiled and said, "There is nothing, it's just that there are too many things in the court, and I feel a little unhappy."

"Husband...will you kill someone again?" Zhu Huixiu had also heard about something outside.

Zhang Jingyi didn't want to scare his little wife, but explained patiently: "It may not be necessary to kill people, but... I want everyone to have a scheming in their hearts. I have to tell some people that they either stand on the side of His Majesty and me, or that they are our enemies."
Chapter completed!