"There are residential areas on both sides of this street. If the railway passes through here, the trains will rumble by. I'm afraid those of us who designed the railway route will be scolded by them, so we should go around the business district next to it.

Well, the flow of people there is relatively high, and the train passing there is not only convenient for the people, but also brings additional flow of people to the commercial area and enhances the commercial activities there. In addition, it is not far from this residential area, so residents here can also take the train.

Just take a few more steps!”

A young man wearing a rattan helmet and a blue official robe ordered to the foreman beside him. Judging from his appearance, he should be an official planning railway routes in Shanghai. From his words, we can also know that this young man

The official considered it very carefully, even taking into account such trivial matters as whether it would disturb people when the train passed by in the future, which shows that the other party must be a very competent person.

"Hehe, thanks for reminding Li Tou, I will ask my men to change the drawings and make sure everything is done according to your old requirements!" The middle-aged foreman who also wore a helmet said with a smile, although this foreman's face was full of weathered weather.

He has a beautiful complexion, and you can tell at a glance that he is someone who works outdoors all year round. He also has more wrinkles on his face than the average person, but his two small eyes are very bright, and you can tell at a glance that he is an extremely shrewd guy.

Although the middle-aged foreman agreed happily, the young official was familiar with the other party's character, so he finally confessed again uneasily: "Lao Wu, the end of this road is the Shanghai Wharf, and it also passes by Prince Wu's Mansion and City Hall along the way.

Government Building, so this road is much more important than other railways. If you dare to cut corners like last time, I will never intercede on your behalf again!"

Hearing what the young official said, the middle-aged foreman immediately put away his playful smile and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Li Tou. The last time I did something wrong, it was because my mother was critically ill. I had no choice but to do that kind of thing."

What a stupid thing, I thought I would never be able to do this again, but I didn’t expect you, Li Tou, to give me this opportunity regardless of my previous grudges, so I won’t do that kind of wrong thing again even if I beat me to death!”

It turns out that the foreman named Lao Wu is a contractor in Shanghai, specializing in railway construction in Shanghai. However, last time his mother got seriously ill and needed a lot of money, which happened to be too much for Lao Wu. Finally,

I was so forced that I couldn't help it.

He set his sights on the project funds, but as a result, the project funds were insufficient, so he had to cut corners in building the railway. As a result, he was reported and almost arrested and imprisoned. Fortunately, the young official interceded for him, and he was exempted from the crime.

It was just a fine of some money.

The young official nodded approvingly after hearing this. Although Lao Wu was a bit cunning, he was extremely filial to his mother, and it was precisely this that he took a fancy to, so he helped him plead for mercy and gave him another chance.

Opportunity. I believe that as long as Lao Wu still has some brains, he will never do that kind of cutting corners again.

After inspecting this section of the railway route, the young official marked it on the drawing to facilitate future revisions, and then he and Lao Wu rushed to the next section of the route. However, when the young official walked around, he was limping.

Cripple. This made people around see it and couldn't help but sigh. After all, such a young and promising young official was crippled.

Although Lao Wu kept saying "Li Tou" and didn't seem to care about the other party's official status, in fact, in Lao Wu's heart, he was still in awe of this young official. After all, he was not stupid, and he had committed crimes before.

It was a serious crime, but he was acquitted because of just one word. This shows the energy of this young official.

Originally, the railway route map was determined by Shanghai officials, but the previous officials in charge were planning the railway route for the first time, and they were unwilling to conduct on-site inspections. As a result, the planned route was not in line with reality. Later, it was discovered by Wu Wang Li Ke.

, immediately dismissed the officials in charge for investigation, and then promoted a group of down-to-earth and willing people.

Officials who did this, and the young officials next to the foreman Lao Wu were one of them. However, due to time constraints, these officials had no time to plan out all the routes, so in the end they only had a general direction, and the specific route details were left to

Experienced contractor planning, of course this also requires official supervision.

After several years of construction, Shanghai City has entered the final stage. The entire city is now on the right track. Except for some construction sites that are still dusty, the rest of the city is almost like a normal city. And although Shanghai City is only newly built, it is

It has revealed the style of an inter-field city. There is a constant flow of ships coming and going at the port. Merchants from all fields like to park here and purchase the goods they need.

Now Shanghai has become the third largest port city along the coast of Datang, besides Dengzhou and Guangzhou, alongside Fuzhou. Moreover, it is developing extremely fast. I believe it will not take long before it can surpass Fuzhou and truly become a major port on par with Dengzhou.

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Li Ke also saw the above point, so he paid close attention to the construction of Shanghai City during this period. He hoped to complete the construction of Shanghai in the shortest time, and then he could fully develop Shanghai and strive for

It will soon be comparable to Li Min's Dengzhou. However, as soon as Li Ke tightened his grip, the people below had no choice but to tighten their grip even more. For example, the construction of the railway was seriously delayed because of the official's malfeasance last time.

As one of the people in charge of railway construction, the young official with a disabled leg also understands the importance of railways, so he has been working overtime during this period. Today he even came to survey the route in person. At noon, he did not

I was able to find a place to eat, so I just ate a few mouthfuls of dry food with Lao Wu, and then continued to survey the route.

It was not until night fell and the survey work could no longer be carried out that the young official said goodbye to Lao Wu, then stopped a carriage and returned to his residence in the center of the city. Originally, there was only Prince Wu's Mansion in the center of the city, but last year it was next to Prince Wu's Mansion.

Another new mansion was built, two huge mansions were built side by side, and the specifications were the same. The only person in Shanghai who could stand side by side with Li Kexiang was Li Chengqian, who was demoted from Chang'an.

The young official with a disabled leg was Li Chengqian. He returned to his mansion after a busy day, but was told by the housekeeper that his wife Su and son Li Xiang had been invited to Prince Wu's Mansion by his third brother Li Ke, saying that there was an important guest.

When he arrives, ask the housekeeper to inform him that if he comes back, he can go directly to Prince Wu's Mansion.

Li Chengqian was surprised when he heard what the housekeeper said. With his status as the deposed prince, most people would probably avoid him. Why did Li Ke ask him to go to the house to greet the guests today? Could it be...

Li Chengqian, who had been established as the prince since he was a child, was no fool. He quickly guessed who was coming and was very happy at the moment. He hurriedly asked someone to help him take a bath and change clothes. After all, the dog days of summer had not passed yet and he had to wear official clothes this day.

He was wearing an official robe, so he was already covered in stinky sweat, so he naturally needed to freshen up. Besides, he couldn't go to the banquet wearing an official robe, right?

After taking a comfortable bath and changing into casual clothes, Li Chengqian hurriedly passed through a corner door on the west side of the mansion. Because his mansion was only separated from Li Ke's mansion by a wall, in order to facilitate the communication between the two families, he walked in

A corner door was opened in the wall. Originally, Li Chengqian had been demoted to a commoner, so he could not

Living in a mansion with such specifications, but as Li Ke's younger brother, he couldn't let Li Chengqian live in worse conditions than himself, so he specially built this mansion with the same specifications as the palace. Although this is somewhat illegal, this is Shanghai

, coupled with Li Chengqian's special status, no one would be too full to care about such a thing.

The steward of Li Ke's house had been waiting for Li Chengqian for a long time. As soon as he saw him entering the house, he immediately led him to the main hall. Before Li Chengqian could reach the hall, he heard laughter and laughter inside, and one of the voices was very familiar to him.

It was his sixth brother Li Min.

When Li Chengqian entered the main hall and saw the happy Li Min chatting with Li Kezheng, he immediately laughed loudly and said: "Sixth brother, how come you, a busy man, have time to come to Shanghai?"

I saw that the people in the palace were divided into three groups. Among them, Li Min and Li Ke were sitting together and talking. His wife, Li Min and Li Ke's wives were also sitting together. In addition, several concubines of the three of them were also sitting together.

Now, Yingying and Yanyan are chatting happily, while the third group of people is a group of children. His son Li Xiang and Li Min's daughter are all playing and making noise together, and there is a lot of laughter in the hall.

Most of it comes from these children.

When Li Min saw Li Chengqian coming in, he immediately stood up with a smile and said, "Brother, let's just wait. Now I'm almost hungry. You'll have to punish yourself with three drinks in a while!" In addition, Wen Xin and

Li Ke's wife Yang also stood up and saluted Li Chengqian. After all, he was the eldest brother. When they saw their elder brother, they naturally had to salute.

Li Chengqian asked his wife Su to help Wen Xin and Yang up for him, and then walked to Li Min and said: "Of course there is no problem with being punished with alcohol, but I have also been running all day, and I didn't even eat much at noon, so

Third brother, you’d better hurry up and put down the banquet so that we three brothers can have a good drunken time!”

"Eldest brother is right. We three brothers haven't had a drink together for a long time. We must not get drunk today!" Li Ke also said with a smile, and at the same time ordered someone to put the prepared banquet on the table.

Li Min had been observing Li Chengqian's expression since he came in, and found that Li Chengqian's face was only filled with the joy of brothers getting together, but there was no longer the decadence that he had when he saw him in Dengzhou. He felt quite comforted at the moment, and he must have

The emperor of Chang'an would definitely be even happier if he knew that Li Chengqian was freed from the knot in his heart.

In fact, Li Min arrived at Shanghai Port at noon, and also met his third brother Li Ke. Even after asking about Li Chengqian's situation, the two of them went to the place where Li Chengqian was surveying to secretly observe. As a result, Li Min discovered that although Li Chengqian
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