Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Although Ding Yi's residence is also near the capital, his location is in Shanhaiguan, Rehe.

After receiving Lin Yi's order to return to the capital, he took the train overnight and returned to the capital.

In the current empire, the railways have also been greatly improved.

At least Lin Yi has a plan to build two large railways across the empire in ten years, but this does not mean that the empire will only build these two railways in these ten years.

Lin Yi discussed with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Railways and established multiple railway branches. Each railway branch can serve as the Imperial Finance Ministry (a department under the Ministry of Household Affairs, responsible for all aspects of the empire's financial expenditures) every year. The other department is the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Specially in charge of household registration.) to build railways within their own jurisdiction.

When the railway construction is completed, it will be inspected by personnel organized by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Finance. Only after the inspection is completed can it be written off in the files of the Ministry of Finance.

If the inspection fails, the quality of railway construction is not up to par, and someone lines their own pockets, Lin Yi will definitely make him regret it.

Of course, this is all off topic.

Under this model, the empire relied on the two imperial railway arteries and derived many branch railways. Basically, every city in the empire was connected to the railway.

The development of railways made the circulation of goods within the empire more convenient. Although building a railway is a bottomless pit and requires a lot of funds, the empire can still support it with the benefits brought by the operation of the railway itself.

The officials in charge of the empire now are relatively enlightened, and they all support Lin Yi's decision.

To use the original words of the director of the Ministry of Finance, the empire's railways will one day be completed.

Once more than half of the construction is completed, the empire's investment will decrease and its income will increase. Based on the current income of the railway, regardless of expenditure, it is not an exaggeration to say that daily income will make more money.

The train Ding Yi took was a special train transporting goods from Heihe Province outside the customs to Guangdong Province.

Ding Yi knew that Lin Yi was anxious to let him go back, so he said hello to the Jehol Railway Branch before getting on the train.

At about two o'clock in the morning, the train arrived at Fengtai Station in the south of the capital. When Ding Yi got off the train, he saw Fang Xiao already waiting for him on the platform.

"Brother Fang, the prince is so anxious to ask me to come back. What happened?" When Ding Yi saw Fang Xiao, he quickly went up with his adjutant.

When Fang Xiao saw Ding Yi, he also smiled at him, and then said: "Brother Ding, you understand the rules of our industry. There are some things that I am not comfortable saying."

"I can only say that this is definitely a great opportunity for you. It depends on whether you can seize it."

"What a great opportunity?" Ding Yi heard Fang Xiao's words and still couldn't figure out what kind of opportunity it would be.

So, he could only give up guessing and follow the arrangements.

Seeing that Ding Yi didn't ask further questions, Fang Xiao raised his hand to look at the time again, and then said to Ding Yi: "The prince made an appointment with you at nine o'clock in the morning. It's only two o'clock in the morning. You can still rest for a few hours."

"Let's go. I'll take you to the guest house first. You can rest first. I'll have someone pick you up at eight in the morning."

"Okay, let's follow Brother Fang's arrangements." Ding Yi nodded.

When Fang Xiao saw that Ding Yi agreed, he took Ding Yi to the guest house and opened two rooms for Ding Yi to let him and his adjutants rest.

At 7:50 in the morning, Ding Yi woke up from his sleep instantly.

He washed his face, put on his military uniform, and adjusted his clothes in the mirror. After he felt that there was nothing wrong, he walked out of the room.

He knew Lin Yi's habits. When Lin Yi took them with him before, he always emphasized that military uniforms must be clean and tidy.

It must reflect the majesty of an imperial soldier and must not be slovenly.

Therefore, Ding Yi has always followed Lin Yi's requirements. After so many years, he has long regarded all this as a habit.

The more formal the occasion, the more Ding Yi pays attention to his dress.

When Ding Yi walked out of the guest house, the car sent by Fang Xiao was already waiting for them.

Fang Xiao has a lot to do in a day, so it is impossible for him to accompany Ding Yi at all times.

Being able to appear at the station yesterday was entirely because he and Ding Yi were friends.

Today, he really couldn't spare the time, so he could only ask the driver from the Bureau of Statistics to pick up Ding Yi.

Ding Yi naturally understood this, so he didn't say anything and got into the car directly.

As the car started, Ding Yi found that the car was heading out of the city.

Although Ding Yi was very confused as to why Lin Yi wanted to meet him outside the city, he did not ask.

Because he knew that since Lin Yi did this, there must be a reason, and he just had to follow Lin Yi's arrangements.

After the car drove out of the city, it headed towards the mountains to the west.

When they passed through the layers of defense levels, Ding Yi saw that behind the layers of levels, it turned out to be just a research institute.

Moreover, the name of this research institute only says "372 Research Institute" (formerly the Aircraft Research Institute), and there is no information at all.

Seeing this, Ding Yi instantly guessed that the confidentiality level of this research institute might be higher than he imagined.

The car stopped outside the large iron gate of the research institute, and someone immediately walked out of the sentry booth next to it, saluted Ding Yi with a military salute, and then said: "General, I need to verify your military officer ID."

Ding Yi nodded. He knew all the rules and he was not willing to argue with these sentries.

Not to mention where this is, just that Lin Yi has stipulated long ago that no one can collide with the sentry, otherwise military law will be imposed.

In addition, it was his job for the sentry to check personnel information. Ding Yi was not interested in embarrassing these people, so he very cooperatively took out his military officer ID and handed it over.

The sentry took Ding Yi's military officer's ID card, and then began to check it with the visitor appointment registration information in his hand. He found that the other party had indeed made an appointment to come to the institute today, and then the sentry returned the officer's ID card to Ding Yi.

Then he saluted Ding Yi again and waved to others before the big iron gate was pushed open.

Ding Yi took his military ID card, nodded to the soldier, and then motioned to the driver to drive.

Not far after entering the research institute, Ding Yi vaguely heard the roar of some machinery.

Ding Yi was very curious as to what research was going on here. But he didn't ask the driver to turn. He knew that he was already here and Lin Yi would definitely let him know.

So, he is in no hurry.

Soon, the car arrived outside an office building. When Ding Yi got out of the car, he came to the front of the office building. Lin Yi was leading a group of people, seemingly waiting for him.

Ding Yi quickly ran two steps and came to Lin Yi. Then he saluted Lin Yi with a standard military salute and said loudly: "Commander of the Eighth Division of Longxiang Army, Ding Yi, has been ordered to report!"