I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

The sediment was transported over, but the cargo was not unloaded, but the loss and coal consumption were counted.Then turned the locomotive, burned coal again, and sent the train over.

Again and again.

The sky has begun to gradually darken.

The steam train flashed its headlights, and slowly stopped at the train station, but the person who operated the train was not skilled enough, so with a bang, it hit the last cotton blocking device.

The people from the Ministry of Industry rushed to meet him.

Some people check the statistical records in Huazhou, while others are responsible for liquidating the current coal consumption and transportation losses.

Li Shimin is still waiting here, and all official affairs are handled here.

The chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries are all waiting here.

They all know very well that if the amount of coal consumed is within the range they can accept, then... this will be a great event.

Not long after, Lu Yigong came to report: "Your Majesty, all investigations have been completed."

Li Shimin put down the pen in his hand: "Oh? How about the wear and tear?"

Lu Yigong flipped through the book in his hand, and replied: "When we went, we lost 670 two catties of coal, and when we came back, we lost 650 four catties of coal, so a total of 320 six catties."

"As for the transported sediment, there is almost no loss, and each section is only about tens of kilograms."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

This is equivalent to a road of [-] miles, and only [-] catties of coal are needed.

Coal is not something to be cherished. When foreign businessmen come here, they trade most of these things, and mining coal is a very simple matter.

There were also coal mines in the Tang Dynasty, but the amount of mining was not much, and charcoal was still used most of the time.

In the Kuodizhi that Li Tai was compiling, he also surveyed a lot of coal reserves, which were not in short supply for Datang.

As for the loss, it was even less so that Li Shimin was pleasantly surprised.

What is the fear of transporting food?What I am afraid of is the loss on the road. For example, if it is sent from Chang'an to Youzhou, half of it will be left after sending it there, which is already a great thing.

But this... Tens of thousands of catties of sediment per section, only a few tens of catties are lost, so there is almost no loss.

Most importantly, the speed is still fast.

From Chang'an to Huazhou, one round trip only took one afternoon.

Holding this booklet, Li Shimin was a little excited, waved his hand, and drove back to the imperial city, and the officials naturally followed him - secretly crying, seeing this posture, there is no need to sleep tonight.

Return to Xingqing Hall.

Li Shimin looked at the officials following behind him, and couldn't hold back the smile on his lips: "My dear friends, what do you think of the train thing?"

Officials did not speak.

Lu Yigong's expression was a bit complicated, and now Duan Lun's face was livid with hatred.During his tenure, the Ministry of Industry was like eating and waiting to die.

As a result... as soon as he left, Lu Yigong took over his position, and as a result, the Ministry of Industry underwent such drastic changes.

The matter of the train must be a big fat difference.

"Why don't you talk?" Li Shimin asked again.

Fang Xuanling sighed secretly, of course he could say something to praise the train, but... the train was not made by the imperial court, but by Yin Xuan.

Praising the train now is praising Yin Xuan. When we discuss Yin Xuan's achievements and rewards later... these praises will be realized in real money.

Hmm...Of course, Yin Xuan doesn't look down on such things as real money.

The reward still has to fall on the title.

But... Yin Xuan is already a county magistrate at a young age, and one step further, he will be a county magistrate, and one step further, he will be a state magistrate.

And the Duke of the State is the highest title that a foreign surname can have—is it possible that Yin Xuan will make him a king with a different surname if he comes up with something later?
He is only in his 20s now, and he has at least 70 to [-] years to live.Even... with the store's mysterious means, who knows if he will live longer?
After Li Shimin asked this question, no one stood up and praised the train.

These old foxes are very smart.

"Lu Shangshu, what do you think of the train?" Seeing that no one spoke, Li Shimin called his name directly.

Lu Yigong trembled, bowed and said: "Naturally, it is a god." His words were very simple, he praised it, but he didn't seem to praise it. Of course the train is a god, but the point is where is the god?What a god.

Li Shimin was very dissatisfied with this answer, and called Fang Xuanling's name again.

Fang Xuanling was silent for a moment: "I agree with Lu Shangshu's words."

There are twice as many words, but the words are also nonsense.

Li Shimin sighed, and said softly: "Forget it, it's your fault to let you praise others, and you all know that the gods like trains were brought out by Mr. Zhengyang."

"Duke Zhengyang worked so hard to make it easier for me to conquer Goguryeo."

"Furthermore, this thing can connect all important places in the Tang Dynasty, and it is also beneficial to expand the territory. In places such as Anxi, there is no need to set up a capital guard."

They don't want to praise Yin Xuan, so they can do it themselves.

"I also asked Mr. Zhengyang what he needs?" Li Shimin sighed with a melancholy expression, "But Mr. Zhengyang is a man of integrity, so he just said that he can use the train."

"He doesn't ask much, but how can the court chill his heart for such a noble man."

Li Shimin paused while speaking.

"In ancient times, there were horse bones of thousands of gold, but the king of Yan can get a thousand-mile horse."

"This thousand-mile horse is right in front of my eyes. If I don't treat it kindly, how can there be a good horse in the urn."

"My dear friends, how do you think I should reward him?"

When the word "reward" came out of Li Shimin's mouth, Fang Xuanling and the others all began to slander, and they all used the word "entitlement", which meant that they wanted to mention his title.

You royals are not worried about this.

Anyway, Yin Xuan did not get involved in the imperial court. Although the Tongfu Society can support each other, without a backbone, it cannot become a faction with the right to speak.

But...they have to think about their offspring.

The Tongfu Academy has supported each other, so are their descendants going to join the Tongfu Academy?They can't do this kind of thing of putting all eggs in one basket.

Moreover, as an official's instinct, they will be very resistant to a person who can be in power at any time.

The previous eldest grandson Wuji was like this.

The same is true of Yin Xuan now.

"I think that Zhengyang public and private railways can be rewarded." An official from the Ministry of Rites stood up and clasped his hands, but did not mention the "reward".

Li Shimin shook his head: "The trains and railways were originally brought out by Mr. Zhengyang, so how can we take what he has and reward him?"

"I think you should reward gold, silver, jade and silk..." Another person stood up.

It's just that he didn't finish his sentence, and with a swipe, everyone turned their eyes away.

Where did the pig teammate come from?

Duke Zhengyang still lacks such mundane things?You want to fight with Mr. Zhengyang, right...