The train has such a large carrying capacity and can be so fast, there is no need to be content to remind, Deng Tingzhen also realized its huge military value, but when he wrote to the imperial court, he was still a little hesitant, although he believed that Yi Zhizhi would not be able to say anything, but he did not dare to believe it, and he pondered in his heart to hire two people who knew Yi to inquire about the authenticity of this matter from foreign businessmen.

After a little hesitation, he asked, "How expensive can the railway be?" How much silver does it cost to travel from Beijing to Guangzhou? ”

"It's a difficult question for the younger generations." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "The reason why the railway is expensive is because it is not only necessary to build roads, but also to pave gravel, pad sleepers, and then lay two rails on the sleepers, which involves land prices, stone prices, wood prices, steel prices, labor prices, and the most expensive of which should be the price of steel..., there are many railways built in the West today, but you can explore it, compared with the prices of the Qing Dynasty, you can roughly calculate it."

However, the younger generation secretly believed that in order to build a railway, it was necessary to build a steel mill first, especially a large steel plant, and that there must be a large amount of sufficient steel for the construction of the railway. ”

This little guy has already put it into action? Deng Tingzhen glanced at him and said, "Contentment intends to try to build a railway? ”

Yi Zhizu said solemnly: "The territory of the Qing Dynasty is vast, the railway is indispensable, and the younger generation is willing to be the first in the world." ”

"A good one is willing to be the first in the world." Deng Tingzhen said with a smile: "If the world's businessmen are like contentment, why don't the Qing Dynasty worry about being rich and strong?" ”

"That's a matter of vision." Yi Zhishu said along the way: "The younger generation is in the thirteen lines, daily contact with foreign businessmen, insight into Western changes, the average businessman does not know what the train and railway are, even if he has the courage to be the first in the world, there is no way to do it, the younger generation is preparing a newspaper, ready to introduce the railway steamship and other advanced Western technology, and I hope that the public can review and check." ”

Seeing that he climbed along the pole and came up with the matter of preparing a newspaper, Deng Tingzhen couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't hide it, if you have anything else to ask, tell it together." ”

Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "The vision of the young generation is like a torch, and the younger generation also wants to build a righteous school, open Western industrial subjects, build railways, and run factories all need a large number of skilled workers, and the younger generation does not want to rely on foreigners, and wants to train a group of their own skilled workers for the Qing Dynasty." ”

Deng Tingzhen stared at him for a long time before he said, "Contentment is a long plan. ”

Yi Zhizu said calmly: "Preparing newspapers, preparing for the establishment of volunteer schools, ordering machinery and equipment, the younger generation is to learn from the West to develop industry, the focus is the railway, the younger generation heard that the United States has developed a train that can travel a hundred miles in an hour, like a lightning speed, which shows that the speed of the train is constantly improving, which is not only the most promising business, but also the necessary national defense of the imperial court." ”

Travel a hundred miles in one hour! One day and one night is 1,200 miles, Deng Tingzhen was a little unimaginable, silent for a while, he spoke: "Contentment is to let the government and the opposition pay great attention to the railway?" ”

Yi Zhicontent really wanted to create public opinion on the construction of the railway, and Deng Tingzhen, the governor of Liangguang, went to Crow. God knows whether the later governor will support him again, and only by making the imperial court have a strong interest in the train and railway, and so that the government and the opposition are always paying attention, can his industrial pilot in Guangzhou have basic security.

At that moment, he was a little embarrassed and said: "The junior can't hide this little bit of caution from Duke Yun. ”

Deng Tingzhen stroked his long beard, and did not say a word, if the train and railway can make the government and the opposition very interested, he, as the governor of Liangguang, can let Yi Zhizhi toss in Guangzhou, but is this train as magical as Yi Zhizhi said, he also investigated, and after a while, he said: "If you want the government and the opposition to pay attention, you must list the benefits of the train and railway in detail......." ”

This matter is easy to be content, and he hurriedly said: "The younger generation will draw up a detailed railway construction plan in the next few days." ”

"Okay." Deng Tingzhen reached out and picked up the teacup as he spoke.

Seeing him serve tea and send off guests, Yi Zhishu hurriedly got up and said goodbye, out of the governor's palace, he breathed a sigh of relief, since Deng Tingzhen can be interested in trains and railways, it is enough to show that at least a group of court officials will be in favor of building railways, to be honest, he has always been very empty in his heart, because he clearly remembers how the first railway in the Qing Dynasty was built and what the ending was.

The first railway in the Qing Dynasty was in Ya. After the war, British and American merchants used deceptive means to conceal the other party's government to privately build a railway from Shanghai to Wusongkou, which caused an uproar before it was completed, and the final outcome was that the tough Qing court bought the railway for 280,000 silver dollars, and then quickly and quickly demolished it.

Of course, this involves the issue of sovereignty, and there are also elements of the imperial court that are worried that foreigners will quickly invade the interior from the coast with the help of railways. The war has not yet broken out, and the ministers of the imperial court do not need to worry about being invaded by foreigners with the help of the railway, and should not have a strong resistance to the railway.

Yi Zhizhi sat in a sedan chair and searched his stomach and pondered how to write about the construction of the railway, but the rich businessmen in Xiguan and even the entire city of Guangzhou were tossing and turning in bed, and the tea market opened for one day, and the price of tea rose directly from twenty-three taels to twenty-seven taels or four dollars, which was really too tempting, and he was a little bolder, and he didn't want to work hard for half a day, and he could make a lot of money by turning hands.

What will tomorrow's tea market look like? Will tea prices continue to rise? How high will Yuanqi Bank raise the price of tea? Will it be thirty? Those who bought tea, those who did not buy tea, but those who have the intention to speculate in the tea market, are thinking about this problem, the difference is that those who bought tea are thinking about selling at what price, and those who have not bought tea are thinking, is it to go in and fight? This kind of opportunity doesn't happen every year.

Yi Zhishu hurried back to the house, it was already eleven o'clock, and as soon as he got off the sedan chair, the housekeeper Su Yun greeted him quickly, and said with a smile on his face: "The third young master can be regarded as coming back, and the master has been urging you." ”

The old man has been urging? Yi Zhi's handsome face sank down, and he didn't say a word, and quickly stepped into the gate and went to his east courtyard, seeing this situation, the housekeeper Su Yun was a little confused, and secretly wondered if this little ancestor was angry outside? Now he is a horn that has to shake when he stomps his feet in Xiguan, who is so blind?

Yi Zhizhi took a bath and changed clothes, Yi Yunchang had already rushed over, and as soon as they met, he asked with concern: "Nothing happened outside, right?" ”

"What can happen to a child?" Yi Zhizhi said angrily: "The child specially asked Li Wang to report the news, twenty-seven taels must be shot.... ”

As soon as he heard this, Yi Yunchang put his mind at ease and said with a smile: "It turned out that he was dissatisfied with his father, but now the price of this tea is already twenty-seven taels or four yuan?" Tomorrow is to get rid of it. ”

Yi Zhizhi said coldly: "I'm afraid there are too many merchants in the thirteen lines who haven't gotten rid of them, right?" ”

"I don't know." Yi Yunchang faintly felt that his tone was wrong, and he said with some caution at the moment: "Today's market is rising very well, I'm afraid I am reluctant to let go, what?" Questions? ”

Yi Zhizu took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and at half past eleven, he said expressionlessly: "In another half an hour, my father will know if there is a problem." ”