Iron Dynasty

Yang Chengye had been waiting at Dengzhou Railway Station since noon.

He was accompanied by officials from Dengzhou. According to the established plan, the train for the first railway trial operation would arrive at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

The emperor and a group of court officials will arrive in Dengzhou by train.

It was winter, and the officials were shivering in the cold wind, but even so, all the officials maintained a good image.

Yang Chengye's governance of his subordinate officials is very strict, and officials in Dengzhou's official circles are somewhat afraid of him, especially since Yang Chengye is now at the threshold of entering the cabinet, officials are even more afraid to be careless.

I'm coming!

While everyone was looking forward to it, a white plume of smoke floated from a distance, and at the same time there was the sound of a whistle.

In the cold wind, Yang Chengye smiled, and his eyes were even a little wet. He had been waiting for this day for a long time. For him, once the locomotive is opened, the development potential of Dengzhou will skyrocket.

Because from now on, inland goods can reach Dengzhou by steam locomotives, and Dengzhou goods can also reach the place where the railway is laid by locomotives.

Uuuuuu...

The locomotive entered the station immediately, and the whistle became louder. Under the attention of the officials, the steam locomotive slowly drove into Dengzhou Station.

It's really long, how many people can a locomotive so long pull. The officials were amazed.

Fifty carriages, at least 2,000 people, it's really scary.

...

Yang Chengye was also a little stunned. Although he had seen locomotives before, it was the first time that a steam locomotive had filled 50 carriages, but this confirmed the huge potential of steam locomotives.

呲呲...

Just when everyone was attracted by the locomotive, the locomotive suddenly made a sound like a sigh, and then the whole locomotive stopped.

The staff at Dengzhou Station immediately stepped forward and stood at the door of each train door. Then the train doors opened, and the merchants and people from Qingzhou to Dengzhou rushed out of the locomotive.

Dengzhou Station, we're here.

A businessman put his arms around his daughter with a smile on his face. He is from Dengzhou. This time, he bought a ticket to go home while the locomotive was running. He was overjoyed. After a six-hour drive, they came back smoothly.

So soon, one ticket and one golden dragon are really worth it. Another businessman laughed.

Yeah, otherwise it used to take three days, and this boat is also a lot of money. Someone echoed.

In the noisy voice, a thick smile appeared on Yang Chengye's face, and the praise from businessmen and people proved that the prospect of locomotives is very good.

More than 2,000 people got off the steam locomotive, and the station was overcrowded for a while. When the crowd dispersed, the door of the first carriage opened and Xiao Ming led the crowd out of the locomotive.

Yang Chengye, the lower official, sees the emperor.

Seeing Xiao Ming, Yang Chengye immediately walked a few steps to salute.

Asking Yang Chengye to waive the ceremony, Xiao Ming glanced at the pure blue sky of Dengzhou. On the way, he enjoyed the natural and beautiful scenery of the Great Yu Kingdom.

There's no need for false courtesy. I and the ministers still want to taste seafood, stay today and tomorrow, and return to Qingzhou the day after tomorrow. Xiao Ming smiled.

So soon. Yang Chengye was a little disappointed, but he hoped to have more opportunities to contact Xiao Ming.

There are only two Jiufu in the cabinet now. It is said that the other seven cabinet ministers will be determined according to the assessment at the end of this year. It is said that the former governors of the six states are expected to enter the cabinet, which makes him look forward to it.

Traveling for too long will only waste the people and money, which is not what I want. Xiao Ming said lightly.

In addition to testing the function of the steam locomotive this time, Xiao Ming also wanted to inspect the navy by the way. The navy's shipbuilding work has not stopped in recent years, and since the appearance of the triple expansion steam engine, the previous sailing warships have been completely eliminated, and the construction of hybrid warships has been changed. Powered warships, Zhang Liang's memorial says that he has built thirty-six such warships, and he is looking forward to seeing it with his own eyes.

Yes, Your Majesty. Yang Chengye nodded, seafood in Dengzhou is not a precious thing, and ordinary people can afford it.

It can be said that this royal trip is thrifty to the extreme.

It was already three o'clock, and it was getting dark early in winter. The group did not stay at the station for too long before leaving the station and entering the city.

Like Qingzhou, Dengzhou's railway station is also built in the city. After exiting the platform, the group went directly to the center of Dengzhou city.

The ministers looked around, many of them had never been to Dengzhou, and they were a little surprised that Dengzhou was no less prosperous than Qingzhou.

On the other hand, Fei Yue'er and the others were thinking of traveling. They were more concerned about the goods sold on the streets of Dengzhou, and they were also very interested in some gadgets from other countries.

Yang Chengye was not in a hurry to take everyone to the government office, but deliberately walked around Dengzhou City, and kept introducing the development of Dengzhou over the years to everyone along the way.

So the glass canning factory has been able to produce canned fish, and the iron canning factory will be able to produce it in April next year. Xiao Ming asked when Yang Chengye was introducing.

Yes, Your Majesty, in order to produce canned fish, Xiaguan has increased support for the fishing industry. Now the production of cod is increasing day by day, and after the steam locomotive is running, the material of the canned car will not be a problem.

After a pause, he said: In addition to these, there have been more and more businessmen building factories in Dengzhou in the past two years. Basically, some Dengzhou in Qingzhou have them.

Fiji said with a smile: Inspector Yang is indeed a talented person. It is said that in order to attract businessman Yang Inspector, he has come up with a lot of preferential decrees, which is much better than those rigid officials.

Pang Yukun nodded slightly, Yes, not only the states and counties, but even the officials in the imperial court should learn from the Governor Yang.

Yang Chengye was praised by the two cabinet ministers, and he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. He said, The two ministers have praised me wrongly. This is just what I should do.

Xiao Ming has a smile on his face, the officialdom needs to establish a typical character to promote the change of officials, this Yang Chengye he has observed for a long time, is a flexible and practical talent, he said: You are well deserved, a little Dengzhou is a little wrong You, I am going to let you enter the cabinet to lead the industrial and commercial construction of the Great Yu Kingdom, what do you think?

Yang Chengye opened his mouth, he didn't expect the surprise to come so quickly, he didn't know what to say for a while.

Pang Yukun smiled and said, Don't thank me, you are already on the list of cabinet ministers.

Thank you, Your Majesty. Yang Chengye bowed deeply.

Xiao Ming patted Yang Chengye on the shoulder, The greater the power, the greater the responsibility, and the nine auxiliary cabinets perform their respective duties. I will entrust you with such an important responsibility. I hope you can lead the city construction and development of the Great Yu Kingdom.

The significance of the cabinet to Xiao Ming is to share the responsibilities of economy, clean government, law, public security, propaganda, agriculture, education, industry and commerce.

He is mainly responsible for the future development strategy of the Great Yu Kingdom, foreign diplomacy, military affairs, and expeditions. Only in this way can everyone perform their own duties to make the development of the Great Yu Kingdom in an orderly manner.