Chapter 1001: Towards
July 7th · Noon
Dark clouds and heavy rainstorms cover the North.
According to the weather forecast from the Dragon Palace, the astronomical tide is about to come to an end. Before the weather clears up, the more rain comes.
The main industrial area in the Nanlian Mountain area is still busy. Even on Earth, large-scale railways cannot be formed in a short period of time. However, for Xiandao, the rough railways are just made up of iron strips - with the participation of the Golden Vein Artist, the speed is really extremely fast.
Therefore, black railways and rumbling trains drove in and out, and many were loaded with supplies, or even rails were transported to the north.
A new railway has been paved through Maru County and exited Xiping Mountain Pass to the grassland, which has caused the logistics cost of transporting goods across the mountains in the past to drop sharply.
There will be a branch line leading to the Muerbu East Grassland, where there is a high-quality iron ore area, which can provide the supply of the Daofa industry with increasing demand for steel, and another main line continues to go east... to Beihai.
Even if the cost of early railways was not high, it could even be said to be simple, even if there were a lot of skilled people, in the current case of Hunan Industry, the railway mileage was a long journey and could not be completed in one or two years.
Its advantage is that it can collect resources along the road and classify the small tribes on the southern front of the grassland into the Yingxiang economic system. Especially the northern foot of Beimang Mountain, there is no shortage of minerals. In the past, the grassland and the southern dynasties intersected wars, and the mountains were not mined on the north side - the transportation cost was unpaid, unless there were strategic materials such as high-quality spirit stone ore, no one would want other minerals even if they were piled in open space, and there were even some rare minerals.
Now, as soon as the Han Hou Mansion Railway is passed, the King of Wei will order the local poor herders to be converted into miners. With the cooperation between the two, these resources will be cheaper than the Han and Wei families. According to the agreement, Ye Qing will have three years to enjoy the exclusive benefit period and become the income from the construction of the railway.
Hanhou Mansion
It was noon at this time, and the sun was slightly westward. Ye Qing took a casual walk along the mossy pebbles corridor this day. After a few years, all kinds of trees and flowers bloomed, either forming fences or flower holes. He thought about things as he walked, and then he couldn't help but smile and went back.
Passing by a corridor, I saw a guest courtyard, quiet, contrasting with the surrounding lively.
With a creaking sound, a maid came out to pour water. When Ye Qing saw it, he remembered the incident and stopped and asked, "How have you been the guests recently? Are you dissatisfied with anything?"
"Ah...Master." The maid was startled and did not dare to look up, and responded in a cramped manner: "The guests are practicing their own practice, and they are all very good... There is no dissatisfaction, just... it's..."
She felt that what she said was too empty, racked her brains to think about it, and added: "When I ask about the recent situation outside, a young lady named Li Niang sighed a few times. To be honest, it's not possible, so why not say goodbye and go back. This is probably because I miss homesickness, and I don't know other servants..."
"Did you miss home?" Ye Qing frowned. Seeing the maid tremblingly uneasy, she smiled and waved: "It's nothing, you go and do things."
"Yes, Marquis." The maid ran two steps, woke up impolitely, turned into a small step, and ran away quickly, scared... Marquis was really scared just now...
Ye Qing withdrew his gaze, thought for a while, and walked into the yard.
Seeing a girl in a flowery dress lying in the pavilion, her face was a little listless. Ye Qing had a little impression of the brave girl, so she smiled and greeted: "Why, Li Niang, I heard you miss home?"
"You, uh... Ye Zhenjun."
Li Niang stood up to salute, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Until Ye Qing sat down in the pavilion, looked over with a smile, and encouraged her to speak, she kept blurting out: "You can't go to Dongzhou anymore... right?"
When she said the first half, she couldn't help but make a loud noise, but in the end she was still a little bit harder.
Ye Qing gradually put away his smile and looked at him, as if he could see deep into the girl's eyes - Wuliang Wuliang was confused and hesitant, and a faint flame of hope in his eyes seemed to be about to be extinguished, which reminded people that this was the Qing vein that has been in the vast eastern desert and finally ushered in the budding hope of reopening the Mude Dynasty in the future, and was ruthlessly poured out by the great disaster and storm.
Different environments will shape different people, and the same is true for monks. Her temperament that struggles in the wilderness is not inland. When Ye Qing sees her, she will think of the distant and unseen land, and there are also a group of respectable people like her struggling.
"No...I'll go." He said.
"Ah——" Li Niang exclaimed, and the color of hope in her bright eyes instantly ejaculated again, but she asked again: "Now you can't get rid of Ying Xiang. If you take the risk of your foundation, then... don't want it."
"I have a way, you don't have to worry about this." Ye Qing laughed and looked at the female cultivator with a strange thought: "I'll explore. No matter whether it succeeds or fails, it will help you. Why do you still push it out?"
"Because you are my...the hope of Qingmai."
Li Niang said for granted: "The Central Plains court did not release Heguan Customs, and did not promise Yingzhou transit. A distant overseas enclave seemed to have no direct help to your foundation..."
The people of the Qingmu Sect used to call the Cai Dynasty the Middle Earth Court. Ye Qing found it very interesting and inevitably thought that the emperor was far away. For these immortal sects and immortal cultivation families far away in the Eight Desolates, the court was really a far-reaching noun, that is, the so-called "what can the imperial power be added to me, so that they could ignore the obscurity of the dragon energy and see the situation clearly at a glance.
Ye Qing knew that he could not hide it, but many arrangements were not revealed yet. He smiled and changed the topic: "I have my own way, and I won't joke about my own wealth... But you are too straightforward. Don't ask such a question next time. Your uncle knows that you will be furious if you push the rich rich man out of the temple gate."
"Because I respect you, I have to ask clearly." Li Niang disagreed with this and said with great sincerity: "I don't know how the Immortal Sect of Zhongtu is, but in the wilderness, many people can't survive. Everyone obeys the strongest ones. The difference is that this position belongs to Aoki Shinter, but now it belongs to...uh, Immortal Lord, you are the Immortal."
At the last moment, she seemed to find that she dared to refute an immortal like this. She was a little scared, her face turned a little pale, and she continued to whisper.
"You might as well call me Ye Zhenjun... or senior. There was a senior in Qingzhi who asked me to call her that."
Ye Qing smiled and corrected the title, understood the simple view of survival in Donghuang, and touched the little girl's head: "For... hope, this hope may be weak. It is worth a hundred years since Dongzhou was discovered and can still persist until now, which is precious and should not be wasted."
"You go and tell your senior brothers, sisters and uncles that this wait will not be too long. Cai Chao broke the contract, but my promise is still there. In half a year, my army and I will appear in the East China Sea."
"real?"
"This is the covenant of the immortal."
Ye Qing hooked her fingers, and saw her confused, and smiled: "It's okay to tell you now. In fact, the guess of the Qing prince and Cai Chao's concerns are all against each other... I do have the ability to explore the Eastern Wilderness in a short time and turn it into a dragon's capital... The sharp blade is in hand, and the murderous intention arises. I hold a treasure sword in my hand and don't want to use it. So how do the conditions outside change? This eastward strategy is the same as before, and has never changed."
In fact, there are still differences. Zhuge Liang and others predict that the Cai Dynasty's peace talks and the Wei Dynasty's secret alliance will not be an isolated case. Under the strong pressure of the Cai Dynasty, each state will soon have a tandem reaction.
Similarly, the Cai Chao would react and try to solve the situation of "conspiracy and alliances" not only allowed the princes to help each other and accelerate their growth, but also caused the situation in the mainland to stimulate.
In this way, Ye Qing had to focus more on Yingxiang Prefectures to prevent the old nest from taking advantage of the situation and occupying it.
But there is no need to tell the little girl about these details.
After chatting with the people from the Aoki Sect for a while, Ye Qing came out and continued to go to the Political Affairs Hall.
By observing along the road, you can see that compared to the busy outside, the Han Hou Mansion was calm and the orderly people kept coming and going. Generally speaking, the atmosphere was tense and stable.
The meaning of the dragon energy peeling off is extraordinary. At this moment, it is floating and sinking in this core area, gradually forming a center, giving it a deeper meaning here.
Ye Qing could see that the dragon energy of the Han Hou Mansion gradually turned yellow, especially the Political Affairs Hall, was even more permeated with the yellow dragon energy - this is the place where the order was called.
However, the reform did not affect the stability of each county. This was a contribution of the Han ministers and prefects. In the Han system, the county magistrates and prefects had great power and had a complete experience in how to control the situation. They were more than enough to play at this time.
On the other hand, most military and civilians actually don’t care about system changes, which is too far away for the bottom class, and it is even difficult to feel the changes.
Many people think that the system changes at once. In fact, the red, yellow, and green system are subtle and subtle. Only when the time is longer than ten years, will the power of the system be truly exerted.
For the people, they are busy earning more overtime pay to support their families. To be realistic, the recent poor external information brought by refugees in Xiangzhou has undoubtedly deepened the sense of crisis among local people. They understand that the stability of Yingzhou is hard-won, and everyone is trying to do more to maintain the current living environment.
This kind of spontaneous grouping - or unity, under the rising intensity of war, is already the limit of humanity.
And the level of the immortal path is moving forward all the time.
In the past two days, a large-scale immortal war occurred over the southern Hunan area. All the nearby immortals were temporarily recruited by the Heavenly Court to participate in the decisive battle.
Thinking of this, Ye Qing's face was solemn.
This result will determine the direction of the situation in the entire Northland, and a small number of people pay close attention to it, hoping or not wanting it to have too much impact...
I still like to hear about the recent stalemate between the Cai and Han families in the Northland. If the immortal war fails, in order to stabilize the overall situation, Cai Chao can only pinch his nose and make concessions to Ye Qing.
By the afternoon, it was as dark as night, and the rain was still falling, and the lights of the Zhengshi Hall were still on. Stars flashed under the dark clouds in the south, and a colorful light fell in the mansion and disappeared under the eaves of the Zhengshi Hall.
Chapter completed!