March in the 24th year of Yuanwu.

“Woo…”

"Ku Scream Ku Scream Ku Scream!"

At the Beijing Railway Station, a train honking a whistle, thick black smoke erupted from the chimney on the front of the train, and steaming water vapor rose everywhere. The train slowly drove into the station.

Two years ago, the Academy of Sciences invented a large-powered dual-action steam engine and used a flywheel to solve the stability of the steam engine operation. It also developed a parallel motion link mechanism, a centrifugal speed controller, a throttle valve and a supporting pressure gauge, which completed the leap in the quality of the new generation of steam engines. After it was widely used in textile, mining, smelting and transportation, Dayan's national strength once again ushered in explosive growth!

Although the train tracks from Beijing to Yuezhou have not been laid yet, it is blocked by the Yangtze River's natural chasm...

With the current technical background, it seems that it is still a bit short of building a steel bridge on the Yangtze River.

In order to solve the bridge, Prince Li Luan lived in the Royal Academy of Sciences for eight months last year. He came out at the end of the year and then brought all his men to Hankou in person. He returned after half a year. It should have had a good result...

Although I don’t know when I can communicate with the natural barrier, no matter what, the railway from Beijing to Hankou and Hankou to Guangdong has been opened.

The opening of these two sections of railways, coupled with the application of new steam engine trains, is enough to alarm Dayan!

The two sections of railways currently have three biggest uses: one is manpower operation.

The migration of population in the barren land to the north to the vassal land was the national policy of Dayan for a long time.

In the past, it took a long time to go from the nearest seaport.

Moreover, when you go out to sea from Tianjin, Shencheng, Jimo, etc., you must go around it for a long time before you can head west.

However, after the train is opened, the journey of half a year can be reduced to half a month or even ten days. This almost miraculous speed greatly accelerates the pace of population migration.

Secondly, the laying of new rails.

The most difficult thing about laying railway tracks, especially the laying of multiple lines, is the supply of materials along the way, such as railway tracks, sleepers, and sand.

The railway that has been paved will greatly facilitate the supply of materials and the allocation of personnel.

In this way, the laying of the double-line will take more time to reduce the layout by half.

Moreover, once the double-track is laid, the transportation capacity will be qualitatively improved, and it will be a virtuous cycle!

Third, the control of the imperial center over the local area has been greatly strengthened!

In the past, I went from the lower part of the center, especially to Guangdong and Guangxi, and it took several months to walk on the road to Guangxi, and the daylily became cold.

Now that the railway is opened, even if there is a natural barrier in the Yangtze River, it is necessary to cross the river before transferring, but the speed has increased by more than ten times!

This is also what the imperial court values ​​the most.

Therefore, the support for railways has been strengthened!

Of course, it is not only the imperial court officials who can see this benefit...

"Whatever you say this time, I have to ask Xiao Shiliu to support us. You can't keep all the good things in the local area. If you can pave a railway in the 18th Daqin and the 13th Daqin, which leads to the seaside port, the logistics supply of food and grass will be greatly improved. I can't say that you can eat a few more bites of fruits and vegetables. There are only a few places in Qinzhou, and other places are too hot..."

On the station platform, the train had not stopped yet. A young man with a beard on his lips and just started to erect on the window in the rear car stood up, his eyes staring at everything on the train with hot eyes.

"Sixth brother, what are you thinking about?"

A young man with round face stood up next to him and smiled: "I mentioned it when I sent someone back to Beijing the next year, and asked me to run to Greentown to find Xiao Shiliu. As a result, Xiao Shiliu said clearly that there is no possibility. Sixth brother, brother tell you, Xiao Shiliu is not Xiao Shiliu from five years ago, and the prince's majesty has already shaken."

Because of his tone, there was a burst of laughter around him.

Before the bearded man could make a sound, another young man on the side said, "Sixth brother has been polishing down below for five years, sleeping in the open air, and now he is becoming more and more calm. Last year, the tribes of Qinzhou secretly colluded with the Western Barbarians to set up an ambush in Senegal and the Western Barbarians. Tens of thousands of troops and land were launched together to encircle and suppress 20,000 troops. If the sea division had not appeared at the critical moment, thousands of heavy artillery bombed together and caught the Western Barbarians off guard, we would have been in danger last time. The sea division could appear, which was Xiao Shiliu's advice. Alas, it was too smooth for too long, and he was almost wiped out all the troops, which made Xiao Shiliu save his life. It was embarrassing!"

In a carriage on the train, there were only more than twenty young soldiers in military uniforms. They were not the twenty-three princes who went to the west five years ago. Who were they?

The last person who spoke up to himself was the eldest prince Li Zheng.

He was calm and composed in his childhood, but now he looks a bit awesome and general. Even when he is self-deprecating, he is not slow and calm, and his posture is reassuring.

Over the past five years, the princes' journey on the Qinzhou continent, which was "changed to Qin", has been smooth sailing, sweeping across the eastern and central areas with sweeping momentum. However, no one expected that the Western Yi and Yang Fan would be so insidious that they secretly colluded with those black men who were not fully civilized, and by luring the enemy into the deepest point of Qinzhou, step by step, the coalition of the princes was introduced into the westernmost corner of Qinzhou.

There, the Western Barbarians deployed hundreds of heavy artillery, as well as naval guns, and even distributed a lot of firearms to the black people in Qinzhou. Not to mention the black people, they had more than 120,000 troops, surrounded the coalition of princes in a corner and carried out a large annihilation war.

The situation is extremely dangerous. You should know that the princes' coalition forces only carry eight-pound cannons. Facing the enemy's large number of twelve-pound cannons or even twenty-four-pound cannons and thirty-six-pound cannons, they were suppressed and could not raise their heads at all.

In that battle, Li Zheng and the princes had already made up their minds for the final battle.

However, in the end, no one expected that the Dayan Sea Division would suddenly fall from the sky, with hundreds of heavy artillery bombings, far exceeding the Western Yi, almost repeating the naval battle of Malacca that year, defeating the Western Yi coalition. The prince coalition took advantage of the opportunity to cover up and completely defeated the most core opposition elite on the Qinzhou continent. No established enemy troops could stop the prince from occupying Qinzhou.

But this battle also made the princes wake up. After reflecting, they decided to return to Dayan to visit their relatives...

Since entering the territory of Dayan, the experiences and experiences along the way have opened the eyes of the princes who have been burying their heads in attacking and killing for five years.

After taking the train north, they saw more and more clearly how earth-shaking changes have taken place in Dayan today...

It makes them feel a vague feeling of not knowing the years of the cold and the years...

Even though Qinzhou Continent is indeed rich and beautiful, but...

Compared to getting off the train, it is completely different worlds!

After a while of silence, the train finally stopped slowly, and then he heard the eighteenth prince Li Kai say, "Hurry, Brother Sixteenth is picking us up outside!"

Hearing this, the princes had no time to think about it, so they stood up to sort it out, and lined up in sequence and got off the train with Li Zheng...

"Brother!"

Five years have passed, and the face has been stained with a lot of wind and frost and has become much calmer. The prince Li Luan, who has not waited for the princes to get off the train, looked at Li Zheng in front of him and excitedly met him.

But after walking a few steps, his eyes began to turn red, his lips trembled, and tears began to fall. It was because of the terrifying scar on Li Zheng's cheek, which was obviously damaged by a firearm, and was less than a finger wide from his eyes. It is conceivable how close Li Zheng is to death...

Not only Li Zheng, but almost everyone behind him had some scars, but only a few princes who were not good at martial arts looked intact.

These are brothers and brothers who grew up with Li Luan and treated him very well. How could Li Luan not be heartbroken when he saw this?

After walking a few steps to the front, he was about to worship his brother, but Li Zheng hugged him. The two brothers hugged each other tightly.

Looking at Li Luan who was crying, the brothers who had originally wanted to tease and joked were silent.

Infected by this, Lin Anzhi, the little prince and the ministers who came to greet each other also calmed down and watched this scene quietly...

Li Zheng could feel Li Luan's heartache and pain, as well as self-blame and guilt, he raised his lips, patted Li Luan's back with a smile, and said with a gentle smile: "Even if my father was fighting in the world, how could he encounter less dangers? Whenever he attacked the Khan's golden tent and killed Bo Yankhan in a surprise battle, he would have a cold sweat. But I couldn't wait for my father's bravery and strategy, but I had people surrounded him and killed him. If it weren't for the Sixteenth brother, you told a naval division to secretly protect him, and you would become a laughing stock for your brother and others, which would cause your father's holy name to be damaged. Brothers, I would like to thank you. Little Sixteenth brother, brothers, I will accept your love."

Li Liu, Li Shu and others also laughed, and Li Jing, who had lost weight, said happily: "Sixteenth brother, did we encounter a pitfall when we were in the Song Fan? Alas, it's so terrible that we're so frightened. Remember to eat or beat it."

The crowd of laughter and scolding started, and the station became lively.

Lin Anzhi stepped forward and looked at Li Luan and his brothers and sisters with a smile.

"Uncle, you are really unreasonable. I agreed to help us, but I only knew that I was biased towards Xiao Shiliu. Why? Xiao Shiliu is your nephew, and we don't count it?"

After hugging Li Luan for a while, after letting go, Li Jing laughed and teased.

Lin Anzhi laughed and scolded, "Old Ba, you eat the light grass ash, so you are so light! I am such a thin scholar. I have been to the Qin Dynasty several times in the past five years. Tell me yourself! Those who are traitors in your heart will use various names to criticize me. They are both the Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister. I will send you all the officials to help you find the officials everywhere. Now I will rush me backwards? Well, you should worry about your country's enthronement in the future, so as not to let me do my best."

"Ah..."

A burst of shocking laughter sounded, and even Li Duo, who had always been the best of Li Feng, stepped forward and pushed Li Feng away, and smiled apologized with Lin Anzhi: "Uncle, don't listen to the nonsense of the starlings. Our brothers are actually very grateful to my uncle. The starlings mainly miss my uncle very much, and they also said that with my uncle's talent, I would be there at that time, and no matter what, I would not let someone make dumplings! Uncle, the sixteenth brother sent the master of the sea to help us. Is it my uncle's suggestion?"

Lin Anzhi laughed and patted Li Duo on the shoulder. Seeing his brow frowned, he hurriedly withdrew his hand and said carelessly: "I forgot that you were injured on your shoulder. Are you and the guards dead? You all fell to this point?"

Li Duo smiled bitterly and said, "It's an ambush on all sides. If the elder brother hadn't led us to lead the way and motivate morale, the consequences would be unimaginable once the army disintegrates. It would be thankful that our brothers were determined to die and would die before they could live. I really want to thank the sixteenth brother..."

At this moment, Li Luan turned around and smiled, "It's not that brothers should be killed. The destiny of heaven is with you. What's my credit? Who would have expected that my brothers would be in danger at that time? It was Li Cuo's ups and downs in Europa and actually wanted to compete for the Portuguese throne. Of course, looking back now, it was the Western barbarians who made a fool of us. But they might not have expected that Li Cuo wrote back and asked his father for help, saying that he was even a navy to scare people from afar. The father handed over Li Cuo to me that year, and I felt that I owe him a lot, and this time I would have a mess with him. Unexpectedly, by accident, he saved his brothers. Brothers, tell me, is this destiny?"

When Li Zheng and others heard this, they realized that there were such twists and turns inside. They looked at each other and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Li Luan’s words are so right!

If this is not destiny, what is it?

However, afterwards, Li Luan's eyes no longer looked at the brothers of the emperors, because in the front carriage, they jumped down one by one, as if they could never be filled with beans...

Good guy!!
Chapter completed!