Chapter 543 The Fall of the Twin Jewels

Author: Beicheng Erqian

Chapter 543 The Fall of the Twin Jewels

"Crackling——"

"Bang bang bang——"

On the fifth day of September in the sixteenth year of the Apocalypse, when the sound of firecrackers and fireworks rang across the land of northern Liaoning, the Ming Dynasty's first railway of more than a thousand miles was officially completed.

The Beijing-Liaoning Railway, which took six years and three months to travel from Beijing North Railway Station via Duoyan Prefecture in Modong Province to Shenyang Prefecture in Liaodong Province, was opened to traffic.

The route chosen by the Ming Dynasty was not good. If it had chosen the route from the capital through Shanhaiguan and from western Liaoning to Shenyang, the Beijing-Liaoning Railway would not have taken so long at all.

However, for the Ming Dynasty in this era, taking this route outside the Pass can help Ming realize the connection between the inside and outside the Pass.

The opening of the Beijing-Liaoning Railway means that the journey from Shenyang to the capital only takes 20 hours at the shortest. In less than two days, the Ming army can mobilize the resources of Northern Zhili to support the southern part of Northeast China.

Not only that, with the continuous advancement of various railways, the provinces that can directly reach the capital now include Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, South Zhili, Huguang, Sichuan, Hexi, Donghai and other eight provinces.

This means that the capital has become the material transfer center for each province, strengthening the capital's control over various places.

Once the Sixteenth Guards Army stationed in Shuntian Prefecture needs to set off, they can be ready in just ten days and arrive in any of the above provinces within five days.

This is just the beginning. With the continuous construction of other railways, the scope of actual control of the center will continue to extend, and the strength of the center will continue to be strengthened.

Everywhere where railways are repaired, the number of household registration statistics will increase a lot.

Especially in southern Zhili, half a month after the opening of the Beijing-Liaoning Railway, the first Yangtze River Bridge in the Ming Dynasty was built, and Beijing trains can reach the suburbs of Nanjing directly.

The distance of 2,100 miles only takes twenty-six and a half hours to reach, which makes Nanjing City and the Jiangnan area, which were originally far away from the sky, become an area "underfoot" of Beijing.

As long as the emperor wanted to, he could reach Jiangnan within three days and rush back within three days.

If this was just the emperor's personal behavior, then if the emperor were replaced by officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the gentry officials in the entire Jiangnan region would tremble.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate's "Beijing Inspection" operation, which once could only be conducted once a year, can now be conducted once a month or every ten days.

For Jiangnan officials who are accustomed to only being busy for a few days a year, this is like a knife hanging above their heads. They don't know when the knife will fall.

I used to be able to hide away based on my experience, but now I can only stare at it.

Not to the surprise of Jiangnan officials, on the second day after the Yangtze River Bridge was completed, the King of Qi issued new administrative measures.

The fixed Beijing Inspectorate was cancelled, and instead the Shuntian Prefecture Metropolitan Inspectorate inspected all parts of the country from time to time.

This arrangement means that Zhu Youjian fixed and normalized the Beijing inspection.

His move made officials all over the world feel more uncomfortable than the death of his own mother...

However, only the officials are uncomfortable, and the people are comfortable.

“It’s really delicious!”

“Still fresh!”

On the ninth day of October, when noises came from the Huangdian in Andingfang, Dongcheng District, Jilin County, Jilin Prefecture, the people living here saw fresh vegetables for the first time in winter on the already subzero Northeast Plains.

The Chinese cabbages pulled out of the fields in Beizhili were successfully delivered to Huangdian in Jilin County after two days of transportation.

Although it is only Chinese cabbage, and the price is more expensive than the other three seasons, for the people who have almost many vegetables in the Jilin County in winter, these cabbage can be said to be the only vegetables they can eat in winter.

Twenty tons of cabbage transported from Beijing to Jilin County was snapped up in one hour.

Not only cabbage, but also many products that do not belong to this season appear on the shelves of the royal shop.

The people in Jilin County, wearing cotton clothes, laughed and returned home with the buying dishes. This place where Nurhachi was once set up as Xingjing. At present, more than 60,000 Han immigrants have lived.

Those fields that were once reclaimed by Nurhachi were also distributed by the government now.

Relying on the northeast coal and the subsequent planning of mature city layouts, immigrants that move their moves can basically enjoy the comfort of concentrated heating in winter.

Of course, this concentrated heating is essentially the heating method of the nineteenth century. The indoor temperature cannot meet the modern standards, but even so, it is much more comfortable than many immigrants when they used to be in their hometown.

This is the case in Jilin County, not to mention Liaodong on the south.

Right now, Huang Long, who has been at home for several years, was lying on a rocking chair in the study, holding a bowl of "crispy mountains" in his hand.

A few years ago, he looked a lot younger and a lot fair, but he still experienced a lot from the general to a noble, such as the once flat belly, which was full of fat at this moment.

In the slightly hot study room, eating the crispy mountains makes people feel cheerful, but Huang Long couldn't help hum a few times.

"It's comfortable on this day, no one wants to move anymore."

After eating a bowl of crispy mountains, Huanglong put the empty bowl on the wooden plate supported by the girl next to him, while sitting opposite him, Li Dan, who had just returned from Lushun Port, was the first of the jaw, but then said:

"His Royal Highness seems to be busy strengthening the court's control in the local area. Looking at this posture, I'm afraid the distance is not far away."

"Just the Fan ..." When he heard the word Fan, Huang Long's instinct's face was ugly.

When Li Dan saw Huang Long's face ugly, he couldn't help but comfort:

"Xiaguan asked the brothers of Yanzhou's navy, and the situation of Qi Guo is better than we imagined."

"Just five years, Qi Guo can be self -sufficient, and everyone can eat meat, eat meat every day, and the speed of cultivation of cultivated land is at a speed of hundreds of thousands per year."

When Li Dan said these words, some maids and Houfu couldn't help looking at him.

Eat meat every day, everyone eats meat ... Not to mention the Liaodong Houfu, but the palace can't do it.

In this case, he couldn't help but feel that he was lying.

Not just the maids, even Huang Long himself was doubtful: "Eat meat every day? How can there be such a good place?"

"The lower official did not believe it at first, but now it is true ..." Li Dan sighed, and then briefly introduced some Qi Guo why he could eat meat every day.

To put it plainly, there are too many local bulls.

In Daming, even if the entire grassland cannot find a million -headed bison, but in Qi State, the number of bulls is tens of millions of heads.

Not only are they there, they are more important than Daming's bulls. The cattle cultivation is important.

You can easily harvest enough beef for more than 100,000 people to eat.

"Is there really such a place?" Huang Long touched the beard on his chin, still a little unbelievable.

He has been to India, Nanzhou, Nanyang, and even heard about the situation in Levia. In his opinion, Levia is already a place rich in products, but malaria is rampant there and there is not much land that can be cultivated.

Moreover, there are only a few hundred thousand of the above-mentioned cows that look like horses.

Now, even if a place pops up suddenly, there are tens of millions of bison on it?

For a moment, while Huang Long didn't believe it, he also had some curiosity about Qi Guo.

"According to the news in Yingzhou, I am afraid that by the time around the 20th year of the Apocalypse, Qi will be able to support three million people."

"This year, Yingzhou will first relocate hundreds of thousands of labor reform workers to Qi, and will continue to relocate in the next four years until the relocation of labor reform workers is completed."

"From this point of view, it is not a lie that Qi State can support millions of people."

Li Dan said his own deduction, and he also said: "Although the Ming Dynasty is big, Qi is not small. The only difference is the population."

"I heard that the country of Qi is full of gold, silver and iron mines. His Highness the King of Qi chose this place to become a vassal. He must have made all the preparations."

"Based on the steamships I saw in Port Arthur these days, if they were used to transport immigrants, one hundred ships could transport hundreds of thousands of people in one trip."

"Perhaps, in more than ten years, Qi will really be able to compete with Jiangnan."

At the end, Li Dan glanced at Huang Long and found that Huang Long was deep in thought, so he stopped talking.

Huang Long, on the other hand, thought for a while and said: "Qi is going to the country, but you have to watch before going."

"It's not that I'm reluctant to leave the Ming Dynasty, but it's that I don't feel comfortable leaving without Your Highness."

"Are you worried?" Li Dan was stunned for a moment. He wanted to ask, but after thinking about it he still didn't want to be abrupt.

"Those boys in Yanshan are so mean-spirited, can you guess what they will do?"

Huang Long guessed Li Dan's thoughts and asked Li Dan. Li Dan opened his mouth after hearing this, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

Not only Huang Long, but he also felt that Yanshan officials would not let Zhu Youjian leave so easily.

"Not only are they unwilling, I'm afraid Banzai is not willing either."

Huang Long scratched his short beard, but Li Dan frowned and said: "Shouldn't Long Live be the person who most hopes that His Highness will become a vassal?"

"That's because you don't understand His Highness and Long Live." Huang Long shook his head.

Although he has poor political vision, he is not blind. Even an old man like him can see Zhu Youxiao's reluctance towards his own King Qi, let alone others?

Huang Long sat up when he thought of these troublesome things. He couldn't help but blame Lin Danhan and the group of people who betrayed the news.

Why couldn't they cooperate better and Lin Danhan be faster?

If they deal with Zhu Youxiao, there won't be so many troubles now.

"Master Hou!"

When Huang Long complained about Lin Danhan, a general from the mansion ran into the house.

He opened the door, and a biting cold wind blew into the room, making Li Dan, Huang Long, and even a group of people shiver.

"You!" Huang Long saw that the person who came was a member of the Hou Mansion under his command, and he almost lost his temper and threw something at him.

However, before his idea was implemented, the words from Baihu of the Hou Mansion made his mind go blank.

"Master Marquis! Marquis Zhongzhou...died!"
To be continued...