When Wu Yan broke up with You Shiwei, he almost walked to the door. He symbolically got on the carriage and soon had to get off. He entered the inner house to change his clothes in the middle of the family's old and young family, and then had a nap to enjoy lunch.

While waiting for lunch, Wu Yan should have listened to the butler's report to know who had been there during this period, but at this moment he left the servant apart and closed his eyes alone to rest.

"The master is probably tired." The family members speculated.

In fact, Wu Yan didn't feel tired, but saw an opportunity vaguely.

This is the opportunity for Youshiwei to deliver it to his door in person.

The defeat of the Sir River will obviously affect the empire's business strategy in the Western Regions. Whether it is fighting or pacifying, it always requires a charter. The Grand Commander's Office means to slow down first and further increase the number of main forces in the Western Regions. Even Wang Yi's tank division or Luo Yukun's Southwest Army can be transferred.

This may make people wonder, why discuss the matter of dispatching troops with the cabinet?

The key is that these soldiers have to eat and dress.

The Ming Dynasty was only in Haixi, and Nuergan and the farming reclamation division. It was called the division, but it was actually a militarized farmer. Other troops, whether they were the main force or the border guards, could not operate commercial and carry out reclamation.

Although the General Logistics Department of the Grand Governor's Office can dispatch supplies and supplies, this requires the cooperation of civil officials. In particular, whether Long Province can conduct land planning in a direction, shorten supply lines, and increase supply volume, the suggestion is in the Grand Governor's Office, but the operation is in the civil officials.

If it were just this matter, it would not be enough for You Shiwei to come to Wu Yan.

What You Shiwei really hopes that Wu Yan can help is the laying of the first long-distance railway line in the Ming Dynasty.

After the national change, due to the fall of Shenjing, a large number of people could not be mobilized, and labor was short of labor. His Majesty, who was in Qiandi, promoted the Mohist skills and used machinery to reduce manpower consumption and replenish military power as soon as possible. In the 18th year of Chongzhen, a four-wheel heavy-load flat car appeared in Shandong, and the tracks appeared at the same time.

The initial tracks used wood. This kind of wood not only had high requirements for the wood, but also had to be fully dried, otherwise it would be very easy to deform and corrode. Not to mention the high time cost, the carrying capacity was not satisfactory. Then there were rails, but it was also unsatisfactory due to the inadequate metallurgical technology.

Later, with the strong rise of chemistry, metallurgy made great progress and finally made durable iron rails. Moreover, with the increase of mines and smelters, the supply of iron in the iron tended to be saturated. Not only could it meet the domestic military and civilian iron, but it was also very prosperous and even exported.

In the 22nd year of Chongzhen, after four years of research and development, the steam-powered train was successfully trial-produced. Although it was slower than a person's walking speed and had no practical value because of its large self-weight, it finally kicked off the prelude to the arrival of the steam era.

Now another eleven years have passed. With the advancement of mathematics, especially calculus, the steam engine efficiency of the Ming Dynasty has reached dozens of times that of the No. 1 machine, and it has completely met the construction of railways and carried out the steam revolution that changed the world.

During the fifteen years of research, the court invested more than 20 million taels, with a total of 3,000 designers participating, and countless private capitals participated. The court thus obtained nearly 1,000 patents, and hundreds of patents purchased from the private sector.

In October of the ninth year of Longjing, experimental data showed that the train finally met the application standards. Now only a railway of hundreds of kilometers can be used to interpret the greatest miracle on the earth.

However, where the railway is paved has become the focus of debate.

The ministers in the south hope to be placed in the south, which can accelerate logistics and create more economic value. However, the landform characteristics of the south are that there are many mountains and waters, which is too difficult for the new railway paving engineering team.

The same reason is. The ministers in the north also hope that the railway can go from the capital to the doorstep. Not only does it revitalize the hometown, but it also makes it convenient for them to go home to visit relatives. Moreover, in terms of the terrain of the North China Plain, it is more suitable for workers to practice and accumulate experience. The most popular ones are now from the capital to Zhangjiakou, and from the capital to Tianjin.

The Beijing-Zhangjiakou Line is more difficult than the Beijing-Zheng line, and is twice as far away from the Beijing-Zheng line. In terms of economy and people's livelihood, it is obviously better to build the Beijing-Zheng line first. However, Zhangjiakou is a gateway to the desert and is the first line to assimilate the Mongolians. Priority is given to opening the Beijing-Zheng line and increasing China's influence on Mongolia, which is undoubtedly more strategic advantage than the Beijing-Tianjin line.

Therefore, some people technically support the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway first, while others strategically insist on the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway first, but the Grand Governor's Office started with actual war needs. I hope that the cabinet can support the military in building a railway from Lanzhou to Jiayuguan, preferably directly to Luntai.

In Wu Di's opinion, he wanted to fly before he learned to leave!

However, You Shiwei also offered a very attractive price. If the cabinet can support the priority of laying railways in the Western Regions, the Grand Governor's Office will give up the right to supervise the road.

In important waterways such as the Ming Dynasty, the Yangtze River, and the Canal, there were originally river soldiers and grain peddlers. After the restoration, these human resources were naturally taken over by the military and incorporated into the direct logistics unit. According to this practice, after the railway was built, the road troops would inevitably be needed, and they were naturally controlled by the Grand Governor's Office.

Even if the cabinet wants to fight, it is neither in line with tradition nor in good condition, and it seems to be a loss.

On the contrary, if the Grand Governor's Office does not have this right to go and the defense along the way is transferred to various prefectures and counties, at least a large amount of budget will be added. Moreover, the large-scale movement of the army in the future will undoubtedly be affected by civil servants and may even become a constraint.

"Master, there is a young scholar outside asking for a visit, and he also brings two children." The butler came in carefully and interrupted Wu Yan's nap.

Wu Yan raised his eyes unhappily and asked, "Who is the New Year?"

The housekeeper stepped forward and handed over a gold-stamped Mingla. Wu Yan took it casually. When he opened it, he jumped up from the chair and said repeatedly: "Open the middle door and invite them in, and welcome guests in the middle hall."

The housekeeper felt that the person who came was definitely not an ordinary person, and that both of them seemed different. Seeing that his master was so cautious, he couldn't help but feel irritated: What's the prince here is, right?

There are many princes and princes in the capital nowadays.

But during the New Year, which prince would the prince come to the Prime Minister's house? Isn't this harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself? It makes the Prime Minister feel uncomfortable during the New Year and is uncomfortable.

The person who came is the current emperor, Emperor Longjing Zhu Cilang.

Zhu Cilang walked through the front hall and led the second prince Zhu Heqi and the third prince Zhu Heyuan, and Xin walked into the middle hall.

Wu Qi was already waiting in the hall and bowed, not knowing what to call him.

"Sir, the New Year is good, everything goes well." Zhu Cilang bowed with a smile.

Wu Qi quickly replied the gift and said, "Good luck, God bless the emperor."

Zhu Cixuan asked the two princes to pay New Year's greetings to Wu Qi, and then sat in the guest of honor and said, "Come on a mess, the old man doesn't mind."

"It's really a shiny man!" Wu Qing suddenly realized that the emperor was wearing a royal blue Taoist robe, which he often wore in the secret residence, and couldn't help but relax. Speaking of which, he was also a hero who shared the joys and sorrows with the emperor. During the Taizu and Chengzu, such relationships were like family members.

Zhu Cixuan was obviously not polite. When Wu Qing sat down, he said directly: "I have breakfast with You Du this morning."

The housekeeper happened to bring tea in. After hearing this, he trembled and almost knocked over the teacup.

——He is so young, he has a meal with the general of the country in the morning and has a meal at the Prime Minister’s house at noon... King Ding and King Yong are now in North Korea, Australia, and the capital of the capital? Could it be a liar?

While the housekeeper was taking tea, he secretly looked at Zhu Cilang.

Zhu Cilang didn't mind either, but just didn't continue to talk.

Although it was only a two-second delay, Wu Yan felt like he had been a hundred years and had a dry cough with dissatisfaction.

The housekeeper hurriedly retreated.

Zhu Ciyang continued: "During the meal, Yudun said that the Battle of Sir was the Talas of my Ming Dynasty."

——So everyone will think so!

Wu Yan sighed in his heart, and saw that the emperor was not displeased when he said this, and there was a smile on his face, which was quite unwilling to take it to heart.

"I, ahem, if it were Talas, I would think it would be a glorious thing that would be defeated and honorable." Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "After fighting thousands of miles away requires qualifications, right?"

"That's it! Like the weak Song, you don't have a chance to beat Talas!" Zhu Heqi suddenly interrupted. In fact, he didn't know what was going on with Talas' defeat.

Wu Qi couldn't help but smile.

The emperor also smiled and touched the hair that the second son had just raised. Now the second prince Zhu Heqi has reached the time to tie his hair up and prepare to study. He has to grow his hair and combed it into a ponytail behind his head. It takes two years to tie his hair up. The third prince Zhu Heyuan, who came with him, is only six years old, and is still combing his horns, and he has no idea what the adults are talking about.

"The Song Dynasty may not be really weak." Zhu Cixuan explained to his son and continued to say to Wu Xuan: "But this time I suffered a bit unfairly, and You Du felt sorry for it."

"You Du is too harsh on himself." Wu Xuan said: "It's nothing if the local generals and soldiers are defeated. Especially Heshuote, Junggar is always a little unruly, and it may not be a good thing to suffer some small losses."

Zhu Ciyang knew that Youshiwei meant this at first, so he did not allow the Northwest Army to follow him. To be honest, if the guards and cavalry troops in the northwest followed him, it would be a problem whether Turubaihu and Sengge had any battles.

"There are too many people who die, and it is mainly about the military flag." Zhu Cixuan said.

"What military flag?" Wu Yan did not hear You Shiwei mention this.

"After enthroning Heshuote and Junggar, I also gave them the qualification to fight the Golden Dragon Red Banner." Zhu Cixuan said: "This time the defeat of the army, the Golden Dragon Red Banner may have been taken away."

"Our army has never lost the flag before!" Wu Yan was also quite regretful, thinking that this was a stain on the red flag of the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!