Chapter 510: Train crosses the river and uses a boat to cross

The development of the rumors was somewhat unexpected to Zhang Xiaobao. He planned to take some measures and decided to do something practical.

While waiting for the legendary train to appear, the trend of the onlookers' speeches changed, from first questioning the fairness of the autumn examination to requiring Zhang Xiaobao to participate in the imperial examination and win the top scorer.

The people who didn't know the details were very cleverly found a good solution. Since the ranking of the Qiu Examination had been arranged long ago, as long as Zhang Xiaobao was pushed up, this "conspiracy" could be destroyed.

It’s impossible not to give Zhang Xiaobao the top scorer.

In addition to ordinary people joining each other, the businessmen prefer to fuel the fire. Businessmen do not care who is the first and second in the autumn examination. They only care about their own status.

Nowadays, the status of merchants has been slightly improved. One is the support of several commercial operations organized by Zhang Xiaobao, and the other is the materials and money paid in the Chaoyang Operation, which has changed the image of merchants.

When they heard the people discussing the solution, the only thing they thought was that if Zhang Xiaobao really participated in this year's autumn examination and could not get the top scorer, would his "class" status decline?

In the eyes of the literati, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are a pair of people who attach importance to "education". They proposed the Chaoyang Action for the first time in Baoxin County and worked hard for it.

In the eyes of the people, Zhang Xiaobao and the other two are a pair of good officials who are very capable and care about the suffering of the people. Whenever the two of them go to the places where they become officials, the people will live a very good life.

In the eyes of businessmen, Wang Juan was automatically ignored, and Zhang Xiaobao became the "God of War" in the mall. As long as it is what he said and what he commanded, there is no need to doubt, and there is no need to hesitate. Following it, you will never be wrong.

If he fails to pass the exam, wouldn’t it mean that the businessmen of the Tang Dynasty have lower abilities? The little reputation he had finally built will be in vain, and it is unknown when it will be restored. Therefore, this flag cannot be collapsed. Even if it is piled up with money, Zhang Xiaobao must be piled up to the top scorer.

With this idea, businessmen are not like the people who are only good at saying that they are afraid of the long night and dreaming, and they don’t care about the train. They squeeze out the crowd and find a place where they can send telegrams, send them to their partners one by one, discussing how to push Zhang Xiaobao to the top spot when he participated in the autumn examination.

In this way, it was supposed to be the lively scene of watching the train, but the atmosphere changed.

Li Longji, who was watching the fun in the sky with a hot air balloon, also kept paying attention to the situation below, and people sent information from time to time.

But what happened today was a bit beyond Li Longji's expectations. At the beginning, everyone was talking about trains, but later it became the ranking of this year's autumn examination.

At first, when Li Longji heard the news, his eyes glared at the other hot air balloons accompanying him. There were people from the royal family, especially those from the royal family who had never been dealt with with the Zhang and Wang families.

If Li Longji didn't know that they were doing bad things behind him, he wouldn't have to be the emperor. He didn't know how to suppress things, but the direction of discussion below changed.

Listening to what the person who reported after receiving the telegram, Li Longji breathed out, picked up the glass of wine with ice, sipped it with comfortably, and asked Gao Lishi: "Does Lishi have something to say?"

Gao Lishi was happy, and listened to the emperor's question, pondered for a moment, and replied: "I found that the people have become smarter and braver. He actually began to care about the major affairs of the court. Without knowing the inside story, he would discuss the affairs of the court. This is inappropriate."

"It's really inappropriate?" Li Longji asked again.

"Uh~! This is difficult for me to judge for a while. If it is inappropriate, it is indeed inappropriate. How can the people know that the court's affairs are difficult to do? But if there are benefits, at least local officials want to deceive the people and do something bad. Even if the people don't say it, they will know in their hearts that they will not be as they did before. The people can only follow what officials do and say.

During the spring flood this year, many officials who were improperly governing local areas were reported. With newspaper propaganda, the people in the disaster-stricken areas evacuated very quickly. There was no situation where people would rather die in their home business than leave when they encountered disasters, because they knew that leaving was temporary and when the flood passed, there would be someone to help with the construction.

The people around who were not affected by the disaster are willing to temporarily accept those who escaped from the disaster. This is the increase in cohesion. I guess Your Majesty will start a war and write down the enemy's disrespect to our Tang Dynasty in the newspaper. Even if the number of regular troops is insufficient, the temporary increase of troops will be increased to tens of millions of warriors to fight for the country."

At this moment, Gao Lishi was not happy that his godson received support from the people, nor did he simply comment on whether the people should become smart, and analyzed the gains and losses from the perspective of the country.

Li Longji didn't speak immediately, narrowed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair. After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "I think that as long as no one deliberately spreads things, the people are still good. The more knowledge the people learn, the harder it will be for others to incite the people.

Unless, unless I am really stupid enough to continue, the people will still support me. It’s just that it’s difficult for people to be officials in the local area to do something wrong, and it’s difficult for the people to fool them. You can’t stare at me and tell lies, right?

You can learn locally, Luzhou, Baoxin County, Shuzhou, and Changning County, and make the money you earn, what you have to do and what you have to spend. If you don’t have a ghost in your heart, what are you afraid of? Are you right about Lishi?”

"What Your Majesty said is very true, like Baoxin County. I have paid attention to it. The new county magistrate has always been Xiao Gui Cao Sui. He did it according to the original method. This year, he has built a new yamen and has also built his own business, and he still used the money from the yamen.

This is not what he wants to build himself. It is because the people saw that the yamen in the county were too dilapidated and felt that it affected the image of the county, so they took the initiative to jointly ask the county magistrate to repair it. Unlike before, when any official wanted to build the yamen, the people would not dare to say it on the surface and would curse behind their backs. Xiaobao and Juanjuan once said that the people of our Tang Dynasty were the best people and the most reasonable ones. As long as they did not force them to no avail, they would be very obedient, so..."

"So as long as I know where the officials in this place forced the people to death, I will confiscate his home and prevent him from dying." Before Gao Lishi finished speaking, Li Longji took the words with a look of evil look on his face.

After saying this, Li Longji smiled again, glanced at the other hot air balloons, and said, "Xiaobao and Juanjuan have decided to participate in the autumn examination this year. Even if they want to find reasons to escape, this is what the people want. Let the people who are making bad things behind their backs know that the public opinion cannot be violated, so be honest with me."

The other few people on the hot air balloons were indeed honest, and they also received the news from the following. They first wanted to make the momentum bigger. The students who were waiting for the autumn examination were unwilling and the people were unhappy. When they opposed it together, they said Zhang Xiaobao's name, making it impossible for Zhang Xiaobao to win the top scorer.

Unexpectedly, when I pushed my hands behind my back, I got different results. Before I could achieve my goal, I could express Zhang Xiaobao's name. The people themselves thought of Zhang Xiaobao and took the initiative to push it out.

If the person who passes the message does not add any processing, he will sing our little treasure and our Juanjuan. This kind of words makes people feel scared when they hear it. The name without a sense of distance does not mean that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have lost their identity as officials in the hearts of the people. It will not only not hinder their issuance of administrative orders, but will instead make every word they say support from the people.

"The mantis arm is in a chariot", some of the royal family members who are hostile to the Zhang and Wang families have this word in their hearts at the same time.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who were crowded in the crowd, finally arrived at the side of the railway, where there was a train connection. The train was not here, but on the ship.

It was agreed that Luoyang was connected to Chang'an. After arriving at the Yellow River, passengers got off the train, walked over the bridge, and then took the train there to continue.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan discussed this matter for several days, and finally decided to load a train with a boat and travel between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. After all, passengers can come, but the goods are not easy to handle. If you have the time to load and unload, it is better to just pull it.

Wang Juan waited for the train to come over for a while, and stood up with Zhang Xiaobao to announce the matter. His eyes glanced back and forth on the river surface and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "It would be great when will there be an electric locomotive? Now the steam engine cannot pull too heavy things. It can only pull fifteen cars at a time, and each section can only carry twenty tons of cargo, and the speed is only more than 30 kilometers per hour, which is really slow."

"The speed of the train is slower and lesser, but the technology of my Tang Dynasty is developing rapidly. If I can build a train today, I will dare to build an airplane tomorrow. Let alone if I don't give it to Japan and other countries steam engine technology, they will not be able to build a railway even if they give it to them."

Zhang Xiaobao is still very satisfied with this train. This is not just a problem with one train. Other technologies must meet the corresponding requirements before the train can appear.

"Yes, it's all your credit. Remember to send someone to guard the tracks. I'm afraid that someone will think of us. I'll send someone to dig the tracks and transport 300 tons at a time. If I build it to the top, I'll dispatch troops and organize the logistics at that time. So... it's too far, right? It can't be repaired."

Wang Juan fantasized about the transportation capacity of trains during the war. When she thought of Longyou Road, she laughed first. Now she wanted to build the railway there, which was like a fool.

"Yes, there will be one day, but I guess one day I can build the railway to India. If you really want to fight, you will use large transport aircraft. Whoever participates in the development of the train, remember to write down their names so that people all over the world know their existence. I dare not take credit."

Zhang Xiaobao gently put his arms around Wang Juan's waist, looked to the northwest at the same time as her, and said to him with emotion.
Chapter completed!