Chapter 108 The sprout will always grow

Three days later, John Tang left Yushan with a team of two hundred and thirty people.

At the same time, a large amount of silk, porcelain, paper, books and Chinese patent medicine were also taken away.

These items were limited in quantity to other merchants, but John Tong could carry them in unlimited quantities.

He left with not only the students sent out by the Ming Dynasty, but also the staff of the European embassies, among them, doctors, no less than ten people.

There are also twenty-one Europeans who have lived in Daming for more than fifteen years.

These twenty-one Europeans have long taken root in the Ming Dynasty, although until now they are still guest residents, which does not prevent them from treating themselves as a Ming people.

Seriously, the Europeans who live in Daming, especially in Yushan, are not very eager to go home, they know what European cities or countryside are like.

If it weren't for the fact that Europe still has relatives they miss, they would never have the idea of going back to Europe.

However, John Tong needed them to go back in order to help him prove that the land of the Ming Dynasty was a civilized land, not a wild place as Europeans thought.

A "Travels of Mark Polo" is not enough to prove the existence of a golden country in the East.

This time, Yun Zhao is ready to ask John Tang to bring the story of the golden country of Daming to Europe, and make Daming a land where many desperate people can be redeemed.

This time, John Tong carried exquisite goods that could fully convey the news of the Golden Land to those in Europe who were hungry for wealth.

When the country is weak, the arrival of outsiders will be the beginning of disaster, and if the country is strong, the arrival of outsiders will only make this already prosperous country more prosperous.

Tang Ruowang left, leaving with Xu Yuanshou's ambition and desire, Xu Yuanshou was extremely looking forward to the moment when Tang Ruowang returned, and he believed that when Tang Ruowang returned, it would be the time when Yushan Academy was greatly changed.

The original political system of the Ming Dynasty has basically come to an end, and this has formed a consensus in the circle of Ming scholars.

It was very difficult to reach this consensus.

It was exchanged for the lives of tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty.

If you put Li Hongji, Zhang Bingzhong and all kinds of anti-kings on this big platform? Their killings? Destruction has a certain significance, if the Ming Dynasty did not have these man-made rebellions? Can you continue to fool around? This is the greatest disaster for this nation.

Thinking after the pain is often ruthless? If there is no strongman like Yun Zhao to stand up and dominate the world, everyone will not even have room for reflection? can only passively rush to meet a new arrogant dynasty.

These reflections come from the strength of the Lantian Dynasty? After people from all over the world have eaten enough, they have a lot of time left to think.

Yun Zhao didn't have to think about it for so long, before the fall of the Manchu Qing, the Chinese did too much thinking? Tried too much? In the end, they found that there was only one way to be independent and self-reliant.

The Lantian Dynasty had less time to think and try, and finally ushered in the first prosperous era belonging to the Lantian Dynasty when it was in ruins.

Yun Zhao wants to keep this prosperous world? And try to extend the time of prosperity.

As long as the prosperous era exists, the Ming Dynasty will become a low-lying land of the world's wealth? In the end, all the wealth from all over the world was collected.

The hallmark of a strong country is invincibility!

Da Ming really has no enemies now.

In general, when there is no foreign enemy? When it was time to clean up the interior, Yun Zhao felt that the current situation of the Lantian Dynasty was very good? Is there no need to make corrections? There is no need to clean up.

Since the situation is good? Then it can only be strengthened.

Zhang Jianliang of Jiayuguan also thinks so.

Since Lao Tzu has become the magistrate of Jiayuguan, then this place must accept Lao Tzu's management, and nothing can change just because there is a student official.

The student official who came was named Peng Yu, graduated from Yushan Academy, and the reason why he was not assigned to the Western Regions outside Jiayu Pass was entirely because of his father.

His father has died and is buried in the Bald Mountain Memorial Hall.

It was because of the meritorious service that he was allowed to choose his internship place.

He didn't want to be too far away from his widowed mother, so he chose the nearest Jiayuguan.

"In the future, the security part will still be mine, and you can only control the civil affairs."

Peng Yu has no opinion on this power distribution plan, Zhang Jianliang himself is a sheriff elected by the local people, and in this wild land, he, the sheriff, basically has to manage everything.

He knew that the reason why there was an extinction of thieves near Jiayuguan was completely because the steely man in front of him killed him with a knife.

He was a newcomer, and this man was the one he could rely on.

"Yes, my subordinates obey!"

With Peng Yu's quick answer, a smile finally appeared on Zhang Jianliang's dark face, and he looked at the young man and said, "I don't read much, and because of this, I can't mix in the army, so I can only be a sheriff in Jiayuguan."

For more than a year, I've been thinking about how to make this city prosperous, and it's always illegal, and you, a scholar, should worry more about it.

As long as it is for Jiayuguan, my Lao Zhang will give full support. ”

Peng Yu saw that Zhang Jianliang had become kind, so he relaxed his tense nerves, filled Zhang Jianliang's water cup with water, and then naturally sat opposite Zhang Jianliang and said, "Jiayuguan will definitely prosper." ”

Zhang Jianliang immediately said, "How do you know? ”

Peng Yu said with a smile: "Because, when I was studying in the academy, I saw the railway project map from Lanzhou to the Western Regions at the Railway College. ”

"Railroad? You mean the kind of thing that leads to Yushan Academy from Yushan City? Oh my God, I've heard that stuff isn't cheap. ”

Peng Yu also poured himself a glass of water, took a sip and said, "No matter how expensive it is, can it be over the entire Western Regions?" ”

Zhang Jianliang handed Peng Yu a cigarette and said in a low voice: "What do you say?" ”

Peng Yu took the cigarette roll, skillfully lit the cigarette roll in Zhang Jianliang's hand with a lighter, and saw Zhang Jianliang take a puff of cigarette, so he stared at the lighter in his hand.

put the lighter in front of Zhang Jianliang and said, "You take it, remember to add kerosene to it, I have another one." ”

Zhang Jianliang seemed to have forgotten about the construction of the railway, constantly playing with the lighter, and kept lit it, extinguished it, lit it again, extinguished it again, and said in a dreamlike voice: "I have seen one in the hands of the captain before." ”

Peng Yu said with a smile: "That was before, and now, a hundred dollars a piece, but it is still incomparable with the distribution in the army, I heard that the lighters used in the army cannot be extinguished by the wind." ”

When it comes to the army, Zhang Jianliang's interest is much lower, this is an eternal pain in his heart, and he can't say anything to others.

Peng Yu also graduated from the Secretarial College of Yushan Academy, and he still has the ability to observe words and feelings, so he deliberately guided the topic back to railway construction.

"The reason why the railway from Lanzhou to Jiayuguan and even the Western Regions will be built is that there is a large iron mine called Jingtieshan in Jiuquan, and the imperial court wants to use this railway as an iron cable to bind the Western Regions.

As long as this railway is completed, it is equivalent to firmly tying Hexi and the Western Regions together, this is a military plan, Uncle Zhang, I think we can prepare now, we must let the railway pass through my Jiayu Pass, and build a railway station here. ”

"Since it's a military matter, how do you know about it, just by a drawing you see? There are so many good places that have not built railways, where is the turn to get such a small place as Jiayuguan.

Moreover, even if the imperial court wants to build a railway, it is not just a matter of when.

It's too early to prepare, right? ”

"Uncle Zhang, it's not early! Our army has laid down a large territory for the Ming Dynasty, and the first thing the imperial court should do is not to rely on the railway to make money, but to use the railway to firmly bind the land occupied by the army. ”

"Military?"

"That's right, military, the consumption of materials from the Central Plains to the Western Regions is too large, and it is slow, when the Tang Dynasty people fought with the Great Cannibals in Talas, why did the fierce Tang Dynasty people fail, that is, the failure was due to insufficient material supply.

After Zhang Xianzhi lost that battle, the Tang Dynasty had to retreat and give up the area of the Green Ridge, so that the footsteps of our Han people never reached the west of the Green Ridge.

Now, the army of the governor of Xia Wanchun is about to arrive in the area controlled by the Tang Dynasty, if we don't want to repeat Zhang Xianzhi's old path, this railway must be repaired, and only when the railway is repaired, we can have the confidence to fight with those Arabs in the two river valleys, and be invincible. ”

Zhang Jianliang didn't understand much about Peng Yu's plan to enter the country, let alone the old things of the Tang Dynasty.

However, he still heard clearly, if this student official from Yushan did not talk nonsense, Jiayuguan might really have a railway passing by. Instead of just a few dozen horse-drawn carriages passing by here every day, as is the case now.

Taking Peng Yu to the Jiayuguan Tower, Zhang Jianliang looked at the barren Gobi Desert outside the city and said sincerely: "This place is about to prosper." ”

Peng Yu smiled: "I didn't understand why you had to stick to this abandoned city pass before, but now it seems that your approach is undoubtedly wise."

Gentlemen always say that those of us who read books to death have no great future.

Now, I think that as long as I can make Jiayuguan prosperous, I will not go to Yushan Academy for nothing. ”

Zhang Jianliang said with a smile: "I'll go to the desperate things, and you can do the things that use your brains, and in the future, we will definitely make a fortune here." ”

"Rich?" Peng Yu was stunned for a moment.

Zhang Jianliang laughed and said, "What do you think you are doing here?" Lao Tzu just wants to make a fortune here, make a fortune! When I first came here, I thought that I could make a fortune here, so why can't I make a fortune with such a good city.

Boy, listen to me, we are not only going to make this place prosperous, but we are also going to make a fortune here, a fortune! ”

Peng Yu said with a smile: "It is difficult to be an official who meets the promotion procedure, but in terms of making a fortune, no one can be stronger than my Yushan Academy disciples, and this matter is on me." ”

Zhang Jianliang looked at Peng Yu's flushed tender face and said: "Hey, wake up, listen to me, what I said about getting rich is a legitimate way to make a fortune, not a trick to get rich."

Lao Tzu likes to get rich, but it's too bad to lose his head in order to get rich. ”

Peng Yu was sprayed by Zhang Jianliang's saliva, and after wiping off the saliva, he smiled bitterly: "I don't want to either!" ”