Chapter 1221: Railway Bidding
Thick smoke rolled and fires soared into the sky.
The mists are everywhere and the eyes are full of devastation.
These sixteen words are not enough to describe Nanjing City at this time.
Pei Ming's movements were very fast. After calming down Linyi, he immediately pointed at Jiuzhen's sword.
In just half a month, Jiuzhen retreated step by step, Linyi's army headed south and pushed Qinghua City, the capital of Jiuzhen Kingdom, in three days.
Now that Nanjing City is taken over, Jiuzhen will be dead in name only.
In the big tent, Pei Ming sat upright on his head, playing with a jade seal the size of a palm in his hand.
"After the news reached Shuofang, what instructions did the Langjun have?"
After the words came, a special forces member next to him shook his head: "Mr. Lang has not replied for the time being, I will continue to follow up."
"It's been a labor."
"Master Pei is polite."
Pei Ming nodded with a smile and threw the jade seal into the brazier in front of him.
He laughed coldly: "Xiao Xiaojiuzhen dared to create the imperial seal privately and ordered it. The Jiuzhen royal family intends to rebel, and all participants are immediately taken to the prison. At noon three days later, they will be punished by trampling."
The civil servant next to him couldn't help but take a breath and was trampled to death by the elephant. The pain was no less than that of Lingchi.
He saluted respectfully: "Affect the order."
On the other side, several men dressed as military generals looked at each other.
One of them stood up and asked in the not-so-standard Tang Dynasty Mandarin, "Young Master, shouldn't these people be escorted to Chang'an and handed over to His Majesty for personal disposal?"
After all, King Jiuzhen was a king of a different surname enthroned by Li Yuan, so he executed him privately. If he was passed on to the ears of the Li Tang royal family by someone, he would be inappropriate. Although many of the people here were Pei Ji's old subordinates, their thoughts were still relatively conservative, for fear of being implicated by Pei Ming's actions.
"Does General Tong think this is necessary?"
The answer was not Pei Ming, but Liu Qingtian sitting opposite him.
At this time, Liu Qingtian's eyes were like a regular face, and there was a playful smile on his lips, "General Tong, don't forget that it was really the leader Pei who took down Jiu, it was my Shuofang army horse, not Li Tang, nor your Emperor Majesty."
On the main seat, Pei Ming picked up a book of military techniques and looked at it, looking at the nose and the heart, directly ignoring the general Tong's gaze for help.
Several other generals looked at each other, but in the end, one of them took the initiative to stand up and said that General Tong was outspoken and said the wrong thing, and this little episode was considered a surprise.
After everyone left.
Pei Ming and Liu Qingtian sat opposite each other, with a few plates of wine and food placed on the low table, and the two of them poured and drank by themselves.
"Captain Liu, General Tong didn't mean it just now." Pei Ming spoke first.
Liu Qingtian picked up the wine glass and drank it all, nodded: "Don't worry, Master Pei, I just talk about the matter. In fact, it doesn't matter what they think. As long as Master Pei knows the importance of it, it's fine. The Inner-Nan Peninsula belongs to the Langjun, and it has nothing to do with Li Tang."
If outsiders don't know, after hearing what he said, they may think he is beating Pei Ming.
However, when Pei Ming heard this, he did not refute, but respectfully bowed to the north: "Captain Liu, don't worry, I, Pei Ming, can have today, all depends on the support of my husband. I, the husband of the Inner Peninsula, will leave it to me to handle it. It is the husband's trust in me, and I will not forget my roots."
Liu Qingtian nodded with satisfaction, poured a glass of wine, and tentatively said: "The situation is gradually becoming clearer, Lin Yi and Jiuzhen have both entered the bag, and the remaining indigenous tribes, Goguryeo and Japanese mercenaries are also slaughtering everywhere. Should Master Pei start the next plan of Langjun..."
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Shuofang East City.
Today is the day when the railway station is officially opened to traffic.
Xi Yunfei dressed up early and surrounded by a group of noble families and came to the small square outside the station.
There was a train parked on the only two railway tracks, and an oversized red flower was tied to the front of the train.
Xi Yunfei happily held a pair of scissors and cut the ribbon for the ceremony. At the same time, he picked up the shovel, symbolically shoveled some coal blocks into the boiler, and pulled the whistle a few more times. The whole process took half an hour.
When the train carried passengers from ten cars full of passengers, weeping towards Baishi City.
Xi Yunfei and a group of guests have returned to the inner city and held a celebration wine at the He Family Restaurant.
After not seeing each other for two days, Xi Yunfei and Wang Tong had an inexplicable affectionate relationship.
This change was seen by many people, some people were confused, some people were full of envy, and some people sighed regretfully.
Wang Tong happily drank the wine that Xi Yunfei was greeted by joy, and he was full of energy. His name for Xi Yunfei also changed from a husband to a virtuous nephew.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of dishes.
Xi Yunfei glanced at Ma Zhou.
Ma Zhou nodded, stood up, clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention, and the audience was silent for a moment.
Everyone knows that today's highlight is coming.
Sure enough, Xi Yunfei stood up.
"Everyone, Shuo can only have the prosperity today, and it is inseparable from everyone's support. I, Mr. Xi, thank you everyone here."
When everyone heard this, they stood up and returned to their respects.
After drinking a glass of wine, the scene is less serious.
Xi Yunfei continued: "As you can see, the train capacity did not disappoint us. Last year, we planned two railways in total, one of which went south to Baishicheng. Now, it is open to traffic, and the other goes directly to Dingxiang, Hebei Road. In more than a month, the middle section of the train will be connected. As long as you pass the test, it will be opened to traffic soon."
As he said that, he nodded to Ma Zhou.
Behind Ma Zhou, two followers pushed up a Tang Dynasty map.
Seeing this, everyone here whispered to each other, with indescribable excitement and excitement on their faces.
Xi Yunfei put down his wine glass, walked to the map, and said with a smile: "There was no actual calculation before. When we built these two railways, we could have crossed the river by feeling the stones. Now that the Shuobai Railway is open to traffic, the construction cost and operating cost of the railway are obvious to all."
"Langjun, just do something practical." He Sheng said loudly, touching his big belly, "I used to be short of money and had no money in my pocket. I didn't have to invest money. Now everyone's pockets are full, and I have nothing to say. I, Lao He, are the first to respond to my words."
"Yes, Langjun, just say how much you want. I, Lao Cao, are not vague, and I invest as much as I can."
"Yes, yes...Langjun, just say it, where to build this time... it's best to go south. Now our business is in the south..."
Upon hearing this, Xi Yunfei nodded with a smile, and gestured to Changsun Wuji who was sitting beside him.
Changsun Wuji walked to Xi Yunfei with a smile and stood next to him.
Xi Yunfei introduced: "I believe you are all familiar with Changsun Guogong. Even if you have never seen him, you should have heard of the title of Guogong."
"Wow... Is this the national uncle Changsun Wuji?"
"If you don't say it, I thought it was the representative of which family."
"This uncle looks very young, and it is a bit different from the rumors..."
Xi Yunfei pressed his hands: "Everyone, calm down first."
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The effect was very good and the face was very high. Xi Yunfei nodded with satisfaction and said, "Mr. Changsun and I have made an agreement. Starting next month, we will build Baishi City to Chang'an, Chang'an to Yizhou, Chang'an to Luoyang, Luoyang to Yangzhou... a total of ten railways."
"These ten railways will start construction at the same time, and the various expenses and budgets involved during the period...Master Ma, come and talk to you."
Xi Yunfei waved to Ma Zhou, and he pulled Changsun Wuji back to the table to sit down.
Ma Zhou's mouth was filled with Weiyang, and took out a stack of paper from his briefcase and asked several followers to distribute it to everyone present.
Someone took the paper and looked closely. He saw that the header read: Details of the bidding shareholders' equity of Datang Railway Co., Ltd. (Railway Department).
Chapter completed!