Two drinkers, one fat and one thin, were drinking in a restaurant in Beijing.
The tired drinker toasted with a glass of wine and asked: "Brother Wang, it's been more than half a year since I went to Europe to do business.
There was a long distance between Europe and the empire, and the transmission of information was not smooth.
Please tell me, Brother Wang, what major events have happened in the empire in recent years."
The potbellied drinker looked at the wine in his glass and felt very satisfied.
He drank the wine in the glass and said cheerfully: "Since Brother Qi asked this, I will share it.
I am in the freight business, and I usually come into contact with the most religious people. I know all the secret information circulating in the market.
Not long after Brother Qi left, an incredible technology appeared in the empire.
The emergence of wireless telegraphy technology made the cost of sending telegraphs extremely low.
The fee before the telegraph office was one silver coin per word.
Except for those big businessmen with millions of dollars, who can afford such a sky-high price?
After the advent of wireless telegraphy, the price of sending telegraphs plummeted.
Nowadays, one silver coin can be used to send one or two hundred words, and there is no problem at all.
This price is still falling, and is expected to drop to one penny per word in the future.
Even at the current price, small businesses like us can afford telegraph.
Now when the fleet under my command is transporting important goods, it will send me a telegram every time it arrives in a city.
In this way, if there is a problem with the team, I can deal with it as soon as possible.
We, small and medium-sized businesses, can also experience the convenience of technology like the big businessmen before."
After Brother Qi heard the information about wireless telegraphy, he slammed his hand on the table and said in surprise: "This technology is really wonderful.
When we are working at sea, the biggest trouble is the inability to communicate.
I believe that this technology will become popular sooner or later.
In this way, we no longer have to worry about running on the sea.
If something happens at sea, you can get help in time.
My friend who was running with me encountered an iceberg on the sea when his boat.
There were more than fifty sailors on the ship, but less than ten survived.
If the news of the disaster could be sent out in time, the cargo on the ship would definitely not be saved, but most of the people on the ship would survive."
The two brothers toasted each other to relieve their boredom and ease Brother Qi's depressed mood.
Brother Wang changed his style and continued: "I don't know much about other things. I like to hear about the changes in the imperial court.
Corruption in the imperial court has led to the prosecution of many corrupt officials. You probably don’t want to hear about this kind of thing.
Let me just talk about the situation related to the royal family.
The eldest prince Su Shu was officially named the crown prince by His Majesty.
This leads to a series of events.
When Your Majesty chooses a prince, the prince who is nearly grown up must have somewhere to go and cannot affect the prince.
Your Majesty has made two arrangements for the prince.
One is the prince who is not taken seriously, he is equivalent to the prince who established his own family.
This kind of prince received little support from the royal family and could freely engage in business, take imperial examinations, and join the army.
There is also a prince who is valued and can go to border areas to establish a feudal kingdom.
Your Majesty plans to use the prince to guard the border areas.
The second prince Su Lei was named King Rui and prepared to guard the northwest territory of the empire to guard against Persia."
Lao Qi was very drunk. When he heard this, he stood up and said loudly: "The goal we strive for all our lives is the starting point for some people.
The empire no longer keeps princes in captivity. For us, we don’t know whether this is good or bad.
If the prince really wants to do business, whether it is funds or connections, we will never be able to match him in our lifetime.
Of course, doing business is easier. If these princes want to be officials, it will be difficult, which gives us ordinary people some ways to survive.
I really can't imagine how wonderful the prince's face will be when a certain prince becomes prime minister.
I believe that the Empire will not let this happen.
The imperial court chose to ennoble the prince as a vassal king, which was within the expectations of many people.
Anyone of the opposite sex in the empire can be crowned king, let alone the princes.
Just looking at this situation, the empire has learned the lessons of the previous dynasties.
The former emperor Zhu Yuanzhang loved his sons, and his fiefdoms were all areas with a large population and great development potential.
There is also Youyan, the core place in the north.
Now the court is more cautious in its choices. Where is the fiefdom of King Rui? It is a barren land.
Even though King Rui was ambitious, he was powerless.
If he wants to send troops to attack the capital, all he needs to do is cut off the railway, which will take more than a year."
As Lao Qi was talking, he heard a crisp sound coming from the private room next to him.
The two drunk people were immediately frightened.
There was a trickle of sweat on their heads, but they just sat at the table and drank wine without discussing anything.
In the private room next door, King Rui Su Lei was preparing to take a break before leaving the capital.
He could not refuse his father's arrangement, and Su Lei was comforted by Concubine Ren, and he was no longer despairing about the future.
He chose the location of the land, and his father's imperial edict was quickly issued.
Su Lei was named King Rui, and his fiefdom was three times the size of Henan Province.
Although most of the area is deserted, in the few places where there are people, there are only a small number of nomadic tribes.
But King Sule of Rui thought that those barren lands in America and Africa and those overseas foreign monarchs could build a country with a population of millions from nothing.
His fiefdom is close to the empire, so it will be easier to absorb the population than overseas countries.
His father gave him this opportunity, and he will definitely be able to do something great.
Let his father know that he is much better than Prince Su Shu.
King Rui Sulei really started to do things, and he found that things were far from being as simple as imagined.
With the help of his mother, he prepared complete supplies and recruited 30,000 immigrants.
Among them, 30,000 immigrants, 1,000 of whom are retired soldiers, are responsible for protecting the security of the feudal country.
King Sule of Rui did not want to lose his life due to an attack by some bandits or the Persian Empire as soon as he arrived in the feudal country.
He went to Fengguo in winter. It was not too cold there, but he still had to prepare enough things for the winter.
Through his connections, he had just ordered a batch of winter clothes in Tumu Mansion to be shipped to Fengguo.
King Rui Su Lei was about to celebrate when he heard such terrible words.
The people of the empire thought that his feudal country was a barren land.
King Rui Su Lei clenched his fists. He wanted to prove to the world that his ability was extremely outstanding and would never be worse than that of Prince Su Shu.
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The Beijing Railway Station was rarely closed, and after people inquired for a long time, they learned that King Sulei of Rui was about to go to Fengguo.
Emperor Su He, Concubine Li Huixin, Prince Su Shu, Prime Minister Qian Mingyi and other important members of the royal family and the court all went to the train station to see him off.
Rui Wang Sulei feels that today is his highlight moment.
He has never received so many people's attention before.
With tears in his eyes, King Rui Su Lei bid farewell to Emperor Su He and his concubine Li Huixin.
He saw encouragement in his father's eyes, and he saw reluctance in his mother's eyes.
King Rui Su Lei secretly made up his mind that he would become his mother's proudest son.
He looked at Prince Su Shu and felt that Prince Su Shu was secretly happy.
King Rui Su Shu clenched his fists and encouraged himself in his heart. Sooner or later he would return to the capital and make Prince Su Shu look good.
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi's mood was very complicated. He didn't know whether His Majesty's choice would bring turmoil to the empire in the future.
But doing this now is the best choice.
Anyone with a little experience can see that King Sulei of Rui is very ambitious, but his experience is extremely low.
If King Rui Sulei really stays in the capital, I really don’t know what trouble will happen.
Emperor Su He heard the train's air whistle sounding, and waved to his first son who was going to Fengguo.
"Su Lei, remember your father's previous teachings.
The rest of your life is up to you to control."
When Rui Wang Sulei heard this, his sullen face immediately became unbearable.
Tears flowed uncontrollably, and he finally shouted in a tearful tone: "Father, mother, you must take care of yourself.
I have settled down in the country and will return to the capital to visit you."
After King Su Lei of Rui finished speaking, he walked into the special train and headed for Rui without looking back.
He is the lord of a feudal country, not the prince of a divided land.
The leader of a feudal country controls everything in the feudal country and has power comparable to that of an emperor.
King Sule of Rui believed that with his ability, he would be able to develop the country of Rui well.
Emperor Su He looked at the concerned concubine Li Huixin.
He comforted: "Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Lei'er has grown up. I have to believe that Lei'er can handle everything in the feudal country.
As my prince, he has enough opportunities for trial and error.
As long as the empire survives, his feudal state can be destroyed many times and rise again."
Emperor Su He also had many considerations when he chose to entrust his outstanding son to the frontier of the empire.
Nowadays, the area under the jurisdiction of the empire has a limit. The places are too far away from the center to facilitate direct management, and warlordism is easy to occur.
The location where Emperor Su He chose to enclose the kingdom was usually an area near the empire's actual line of control.
The development and growth of the prince's fiefdom is equivalent to the expansion of the empire's control area.
Even if the prince's feudal kingdom is destroyed, the empire will provide sufficient support and it will soon be restored.
The feudal state serves as an important buffer zone for the empire, protecting the security of the empire and at the same time training the prince's abilities.
Is there any prince who really stands out and shows stronger abilities than Prince Su Shu?
Emperor Su He also had the courage to choose this prince to become the crown prince of the empire.
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King Rui Sulei was sitting on the train, looking out the window at the receding scenery.
He looked at the big box next to his seat, which was a wireless telegraph machine given by his father.
Even if he is thousands of miles away, he can still get information about the capital in time, and he will not become deaf or blind.
King Rui Sulei could also say hello to his father and exchange feelings with his mother through telegrams.
Time passed day by day, and Rui Wang Sulei usually read the newspaper in the carriage.
Whenever the train stops at the platform, coal and water are added.
He could then use the wireless telegraph to report his location and the situation around him to his mother.
King Rui Sulei saw the yellow land outside the train, and farmers were busy harvesting wheat on the yellow land.
He knew that the train had arrived in the Shaanxi-Gansu area.
This kind of place with yellow sand all over the sky and a certain amount of silver smoke is really easy to spot.
The train completed the feat of crossing the Shaanxi-Gansu region in less than two days.
In ancient times, marching and fighting took at least two to three months to cover such a long distance.
King Rui Su Lei saw the desolate desert scene for the first time.
He stared out the window in a daze for half an hour, but could not see a single figure in the desert.
King Sule of Rui was glad that the feudal country he was in was not a desolate area like a desert.
In this kind of territory, any ambitions will be blunted.
The two northwest provinces are very large, with one province equivalent to the area of five or six inland provinces.
However, even though the two northwest provinces have experienced a long period of immigration, the living environment is too harsh.
Rui Wang Sulei was bored on the train. Every few days, he could see a city that was only slightly larger than the county seat in the inland area.
This scale is already considered a large town in the two northwest provinces.
When he came to the northwest province, he saw a heavy snowstorm that was far beyond his imagination. The heavy snow almost trapped the train.
King Sulei of Rui was worried about the situation of sealing the country, so he did not stay in the two northwest provinces.
Take the train continuously and arrive at Tumufu, the terminal station of the railway.
There are only simple roads and no direct railways for the rest of the journey.
King Rui Sulei found the relevant officials of Tumu Mansion, and he began to receive the supplies he purchased.
On a snowy day when the temperature dropped, each immigrant who followed him was given a cotton coat.
Let them not feel the cold on the way to Fengguo.
Most of the supplies have been shipped to Fengguo in advance.
In addition to cotton coats, food and medicine, the supplies specially left by King Rui Sulei.
There are also more than 1,300 rifles and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition.
This is a weapon used to equip feudal armies.
The men were unarmed when they boarded the train.
Because the train was safe enough, the court would not allow the feudal king's army to equip the train with weapons.
In a big border city like Tumufu, there is no problem at all.
There are hundreds of thousands of troops stationed here, and with one thousand dollars and guns, they can't make a splash at all.
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He can ride in a comfortable carriage, but the experience cannot be compared to that of a train.
King Sulei of Rui made up his mind that when he had money, he would build a railway connecting the empire.
The road is very desolate, gradually changing from asphalt road to gravel road, and finally to dirt road.
The road they are taking now cannot be called a road at all, it is equivalent to walking on the grassland.
King Rui Su Lei couldn't help but get down from the carriage.
This place has entered a closed area, and overall the climate is relatively mild.
When he was near Tumu Mansion, he still had to wear a cotton coat and endure the cold wind.
This place is just a little cooler now.
King Rui Sulei walked to a simple carriage.
He shouted loudly: "Jia Changjiang, don't sleep anymore.
As the Prime Minister of a feudal country, you should know more about the situation here.
What's going on now? This place is far inferior to Tumu Mansion.
Let alone a city, there are not even people around."
Jia Changjiang was taking the opportunity to rest when he heard what King Rui Su Lei said.
He immediately opened the curtains of the carriage and responded with a formulaic smile: "Prince Rui, this place is too desolate to fall into the hands of the queen.
King Rui has seen the population under our command before, that is, the nomadic tribes who came into contact with us with fear.
This place used to be the territory of nomadic tribes. They lived from place to place and had no fixed residence.
If King Rui wants to live comfortably, we need to do everything ourselves.
Whether you want to build a small village or a big city, it all depends on King Rui's efforts."
King Rui Su Lei's eyes widened. He was fully prepared for the tragedy of his own country.
But he had thought too well before. This was no longer a shabby feudal country, but a feudal country with nothing.
Rui Wang Sulei was only depressed for a while, and then he became happy.
He remembered his father's words, from now on, his destiny is in his own hands, and he must never blame others.
Start from nothing and build a huge fiefdom.
This can fully demonstrate Su Lei's ability.
Only in this way can the father regret not choosing him as the prince.