The railway is not a sudden whim of Liu Jun, but a change that he wants to make all the time.

As early as the end of the war against Japan, Liu Jun was thinking about the construction of railways. He vaguely remembered that in later generations, Russia and Japan in the northeast fought hard in the northeast in order to obtain the right to build railways.

Liu Jun also knows very well that once the railway is completed, then it will be able to transport troops several times on the official road.

Originally, he planned to build a railway from Lushun to Dandong and then to Pyongyang, but the plan was not yet proposed. The imperial court started with itself first, and finally took a breather, and there was a rebellion in Outer Mongolia, and all this came to Thailand suddenly, interrupting Liu Jun's plan at once.

Now, there is time, but this material is a headache when I think about it. Without materials, no matter how the rails are laid, you can't always use stones.

It seems that when you go back, think about it, where is the place that Lao Tzu manages, where is there any mine, and quickly mark it out for people to check. Thinking of this, Liu Jun jerked the horse, the horse was in pain, kicked up dust, and shot out like an arrow in an instant.

As soon as he returned to the headquarters, the sky was getting darker, and Liu Jun sent Liu Jun home at once, lit a candle by himself, and stared at the entire area under his control in a daze.

Where is it, I remember what the book said, what is this and where, Liu Jun stroked his chin with his hand from time to time, he remembered that in the northeast, there was a city, what was it, Liu Jun suddenly couldn't remember.

, the bored Liu Jun put the candle on the table at once, and then moved a stool to sit there looking at the map, and after a while, he moved his gaze to the area of Haicheng, where a small name suddenly caught Liu Jun's attention.

"Anshan." Liu Jun muttered to himself.

With a snap, Liu Jun slapped his head violently, and he remembered that this city, that is, the steel city in the northeast, is Anshan.

Taking a deep breath, the excited Liu Jun immediately found a pen and quickly drew circles in the area of Anshan and Haicheng.

This can't be blamed on himself, when he was studying, who would remember where the mine in Anshan was, he knew that it was in Anshan, and now the approximate scope has been determined, and he will hand over the rest of the things to Zhong Lin to be responsible for, anyway, Anshan is such a big place, he doesn't believe it, and he can't find it.

Hehehe, looking at the duck egg-sized circle in front of him, Liu Jun began to sit on the chair and smirk.

If the iron ore here is developed, then there is no need to worry about the lack of materials for railways, warships, and even munitions.

Must find this place as soon as possible, Liu Jun clenched his fists and swore in his heart before blowing out the candle before returning to his home. After eating casually, I fell asleep.

It was not yet dawn, and Liu Jun, who had been thinking about looking for Anshan Iron Mine all night, did not let Wu Xiaoyan wake up for the first time.

Got up so early that Wu Xiaoyan, who had woken up but didn't get up, was already eating, and after laughing, Wu Xiaoyan said with a little blow: "What's wrong, why don't you wake up with me today." ”

"It's nothing, I have an important matter to discuss with Zhong Lin today, you are sleeping." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he picked up the cloak on the hanger on the side, smiled slightly and kissed Wu Xiaoyan, and then walked out of the room lightly. Fasten your cloak and walk to the Lushun Headquarters office.

Maybe I was too anxious, when I came to the office, no one was at work at all, and I looked up at the time, and it was not even seven o'clock.

Liu Jun's prescribed time is to go to work at 8 o'clock in the morning and get off work at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

Seeing that it was still early, Liu Jun was not idle, and began to pick up the pen, and by the way, he planned out some of the coal mines he remembered, and prepared to hand them over to Zhong Lin together, so that he could go to Keklinde to communicate, and then assist himself to sort out these things.

According to his memory, the coal mines in the Northeast, he remembers, are mainly concentrated in Fengtian, that is, Liaoning, and among them, they are distributed in Shengjing, Tieling and Fushun, but he does not know where they are distributed. It's just a rough sign out.

In order to distinguish between them, he sketched Anshan and Haicheng with a red pen, while the rest of the place was outlined with a black pen.

After all this, the personnel of the command are already gradually coming to work.

After brewing the tea, before he could drink it urgently, he saw Zhong Lin pick up his military hat and walk here slowly.

There is nothing to do now, Zhong Lin is also happy, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Liu Jun sitting on a chair, and his eyes immediately widened, you know, since he followed Liu Jun, he has never seen Liu Jun come so early.

"Head, why are you so early?" Zhong Lin pointed at Liu Jun in surprise.

After looking at Zhong Lin, Liu Jun didn't bother to explain, and directly pointed to the map hanging next to him: "You go and arrange it, find some iron mine technicians, in the circle I drew with a red pen." Look for iron ore. ”

It's really fake, Zhong Lin didn't believe it, and suddenly took a closer look, and saw that Haicheng and Anshan were just included in this circle.

Whether he believed it or not, Zhong Lin nodded: "Don't worry, it's on me, I'll let someone handle it in a while."

"By the way, where is that Zhan Tianyou now." Liu Jun suddenly thought that since there is no railroad track just now, it is good to plan the railway routes everywhere first, and when the time comes, once he has enough just now, he will start work immediately, instead of cramming temporarily.

"Head, Zhan Tianyou has been in the Beiyang Railway Bureau since the completion of the construction of the railway, do you want to use this person, if you want, I will immediately ask Wang Hailong to grab it for you?"

Grab it, how do you feel like a bandit when you hear this. Liu Jun helplessly pale Zhong Lin, this time with a hint of education and said: "With me for so long, what the hell is too vain, how can I rob everything, last time I robbed the Tianjin Wubei Academy, it has already made the old man angry, this time I don't rob it, you hurry up and send a telegram to the old man, just say that I want to use Zhan Tianyou." ”

"Understood." Zhong Lin nodded, turned around and walked out of the door, and began to arrange the things that Liu Jun explained.

In the Tianjin Zhili Governor's Palace, the heavy rain finally stopped, but there was still a misty drizzle falling from the sky like cow hair.

Once it rains in Tianjin, it will be very cold, and Li Hongzhang's study, who can't stand the moisture, has placed a small pot of charcoal fire in the study to keep the study warm.

Li Hongzhang put down the book in his hand and looked at the still gloomy weather outside, his heart was full of anxiety.

The heavy rain had been falling for so long that the flood water upstream was bound to rise suddenly, and he was worried that something would happen to the Yellow River.

In the past few days, he has not thought about tea and food, and he is worried that if the Yellow River bursts, the consequences will not be considered.

Fortunately, in the past few days, it has been reported from all over the country that everything is normal, and now that the heavy rain has stopped, it is estimated that nothing will happen, and the uneasy heart in his heart has finally calmed down a little.

He rubbed his aching knee with his hand. Li Hongzhang looked through the window and saw Yang Shixiang walking in with a gray oil umbrella.

I couldn't see Yang Shixiang's face, but I could still see that Yang Shixiang's walking pace was a little hurried.

Could it be the Yellow River? When Li Hongzhang thought of this, his face turned pale and he stayed there.

"My lord, Liu Jun requests that Zhan Tianyou and the personnel of the Railway Bureau be seconded to Lushun." Yang Shixiang directly handed over a telegram.

After a false alarm, Li Hongzhang let out a long breath, picked up the telegram this time, and looked at it carefully, it was indeed a telegram sent by Lushun, requesting that Zhan Tianyou and the iron ore technicians of the Railway Bureau be seconded to Lushun.

As soon as Li Hongzhang saw that Liu Jun was going to secondment iron ore technicians and railway bureau personnel, he immediately knew that Liu Jun was bound to vigorously build the railway.

For this matter, Li Hongzhang raised his hands in favor, after all, no one knows better than him, what the railway means.

Nodding, Li Hongzhang handed the telegram to Yang Shixiang: "Handle it according to his wishes." ”

Yang Shixiang nodded. I was getting ready to go out. I saw Yang Fengchun walking in anxiously and handing out a telegram.

Yang Shixiang took it and took a look, and his face suddenly turned pale and he was in a cold sweat. The hand that picked up the telegram trembled.

"My lord, the Yellow River burst its banks." After a while, Yang Shixiang said the contents of the telegram tremblingly