History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Baochai is now seven years old. Unlike his elder brother who only knows how to play around and get into trouble every day, Baochai is now able to help Mr. Xue with some ideas in business. Although these ideas are a bit naive, in time, it will be a good way to cultivate Baochai may not be able to stand alone.

On this day, Baochai noticed that her father was restless, so she dutifully brought tea over, "Father, can you see if my handwriting has improved?"

Master Xue recovered his senses and looked at his little daughter. This child has always been smart, so he must have noticed something. This child has raised her as a boy since he was a child.

Thinking of the eldest son, Mr. Xue couldn't help shaking his head. His son has been spoiled by his mother, and he can't revitalize the family.

Looking at his clever daughter, Master Xue was full of reluctance, but this world could no longer tolerate him surviving.

Thinking of the persecution from the people above, Master Xue's hands finally trembled. He had already been forced to go to Liangshan and had to obey. If he let go at this time, his family might be hurt.

But if he really wants to attack the salt tax, if it is found out, it will be a dead end for him.

Master Xue had tears in his eyes, knowing that this time he was really doomed.

"Father, don't cry, did something happen in the shop?" Baochai walked up to her father and asked while wiping his tears with her little hand.

Master Xue touched his daughter's hair, feeling sour in his heart, "Baochai, your brother is useless, and the family will rely on you from now on."

Baochai became more and more anxious. She found that something was very wrong with her father in the past few days, and she intuitively told her that there would be a big change in the family.

"Father, is brother causing trouble again? If you are really angry, just beat him a few times!"

For the seven-year-old Baochai, the biggest thing in this world is nothing more than his elder brother making troubles, he was very anxious, maybe this time he provoked so much that even his father couldn't solve it for him.

Thinking of this, even Baochai panicked.

Master Xue withdrew his hand, wiped his face and said, "Don't worry, Dad just sighed, you don't have to worry."

Only then did Baochai feel relieved, and planned to go to his brother later to make him feel more tense recently, but he must not cause trouble to his father.

Baochai thought the matter was over, but within two days, the Xue family changed drastically, and Master Xue suddenly disappeared.

Yes, it's gone, shutting himself in the study and taking the medicine peacefully, as if he fell asleep.

The pillars of the Xue family collapsed, leaving only the orphans and widows guarding the huge property and waiting for the wolves to spy on them.

"Dead?" Zheng Jun was stunned when he received the news.

The same is true for Bi Ying, they haven't acted yet, why did Master Xue die suddenly, a thought flashed in the minds of the two of them.

Suicide in fear of crime!

Zheng Jun's expression became serious, "Check it out, make sure to check it out!"

Whether Mr. Xue is dead or not has nothing to do with him, but if this line is broken, it will not be so easy to clean up the mixed sand.

A few days after the death of Mr. Xue, another major event happened in the Jiangnan Water Transport. This year, when the salt tax passed through the Yellow River again, the ship suddenly capsized, and 800 million taels of tax silver sank in the Yellow River, covered by the rolling yellow sand.

The local government sent tens of thousands of fishermen into the Changhuang River to fish for silver, but they found nothing. The 800 million taels of silver disappeared as if they had grown wings.

The emperor was furious and ordered that the money must be found within ten days.

The officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River was turbulent for a while, and Master Xue's death disappeared like a splash of water.

After the Xue family lost its mainstay, most of the businesses in other places were cut off, and only the shop in Jinling was still barely able to support it.

It is embarrassing that the Xue family of the four major families fell down all of a sudden.

Things are so impermanent, Xue Baochai seemed to have grown up all of a sudden, taking care of her sad and sick mother while guarding the family shop at a young age.

The only thing that comforted her was that her brother didn't make trouble for her at this time, and stayed at home honestly to observe his filial piety.

Thinking of her father who loved her so much, Xue Baochai wet the pillow towel with tears every night, but in the daytime she returned to her strong appearance.

Zheng Jun finally found out some clues. After peeling off the cocoons, he was shocked by the facts and quickly spread the news to the capital.

"Was the crown prince responsible for that batch of tax money?" Minning couldn't believe that the crown prince acted so boldly.

It turned out that Zheng Jun found out that the Xue family was originally the prince, and they had placed a dark thread in Jiangnan to help him collect money. Most of the money earned before was dedicated to the prince and some people who helped the prince win over Jiangnan's official circles.

However, it is a pity that after the crown prince was reinstated, most of the official circles in the south of the Yangtze River fell to Ba Ye. This time, Ba Ye's people were responsible for collecting the salt tax. Old Ba is a shitty pot.

Of course, all these news were analyzed by Zheng Jun.

In fact, the only definite news is that Mr. Xue had contacted the prince in the letters found in the Xue residence. In this way, the secret thread of the old eighth in the south of the Yangtze River is someone else.

Min Ning pondered and then sent a letter to Zheng Jun, telling the people in Jiangnan not to act rashly and go dormant.

The Jiangnan prince is fighting with the eighth master, and there will be more turmoil in the future. It is really not suitable for Minning to get involved, and he should do business honestly.

As for who the secret agent Ba Ye planted in the south of the Yangtze River is, let the prince find out for her.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and the tax money along the Yellow River has never been found. Anyone with a brain has noticed that something is wrong recently.

You must know that the section of the Yellow River where the money was lost has been searched for hundreds of miles up and down, and even the sand has been dumped at least tens of thousands of catties on the shore, but the boat is still not found, and it disappeared as if something strange happened in a short time. No one will believe it.

Unless that batch of tax money did not fall into the Yellow River at all, but was quietly transferred.

Naturally, the local officials were unwilling to take the blame, so they submitted a note to hint at the emperor.

The emperor was naturally furious when he received it. If this was true, who else would be so bold except his sons?

All of a sudden, the emperor looked at each of his sons with strange eyes.

In particular, the princelings and the eighth master even got into a verbal quarrel, trying to throw the blame on each other.

Fourth Master kept shrinking his neck. After returning to the Old Summer Palace, he immediately sent Sticky Stick to investigate.

Before the results of the investigation, Minning told him about the matter. She didn't directly say it was the prince, but casually said it as a miracle.

"...The Jiangnan Imperial Merchant who worked with Lin Yuan before suddenly committed suicide recently, which made Zheng Jun very busy. I originally wanted to choose a time for Bi Ying to come back and let her marry from the capital."

After hearing this, the fourth master asked, "The emperor committed suicide? Why did he suddenly commit suicide?"

Min Ning said indifferently, "Who knows? But it's strange to say that this person was originally a disciple of His Highness the Crown Prince. It is said that he should have a bright future. How could he suddenly commit suicide? He left a suicide note in an orderly manner. All arrangements have been made, but unfortunately there are only three orphans and widows left, and the youngest is only seven years old."

Fourth master took a look at Minning, and then remembered these words in his heart.

About half a month later, news was found at the sticky pole. The imperial merchant had contacted several merchant ships. How could fourth master not know when the tax money was lost?

He couldn't help squinting his eyes, it seems that this matter has something to do with the prince.

The matter of the salt tax has not yet been resolved, and not long after, another major corruption case occurred in the Ministry of Finance.

This completely made the emperor furious, and the Ministry of Penalties thoroughly investigated.

Even the newspapers got excited and began to publish the inside story, even those family members of officials extorted bribes from businessmen.

All of a sudden, these officials who were investigated also became famous instantly. Of course, this reputation is naturally not a good one.All the people in the capital are concerned about this kind of thing, even the streets and alleys are full of heated discussions.

Fourth master no longer works in the household department, and his work has basically been transferred to the officials below.

Especially knowing that the prince might have moved the salt tax, he became more careful.

The investigation of the Ministry of Household's corruption case became clearer and clearer. Because the impact was too great, the case was quickly found out.

The associated procrastination has involved many people.

The emperor knew very well that if the investigation continued at that time, there would be no one intact in the entire officialdom, so those who had less serious circumstances voluntarily returned the money and did not correct them in the past. In the end, only a few more serious ones were dismissed.

Because of a series of incidents, the emperor was dragged in the capital and unable to travel. In August, he finally couldn't stay still and prepared to tour the east.

This time, the Jehol Palace was still used as the base to inspect the Shengjing area.

This time, the emperor brought all the worried sons with him. Minning originally wanted to be with someone. After all, Shengjing built a train. She had only heard about it and never seen it.

Minning had only seen the scenes of trains drawn by his subordinates on paper, and she wanted to take this opportunity to go and see them together.

See for yourself, the trains built in this era.

In mid-August, a group of people came to Shengjing. Shengjing can be said to be the capital of the Qing Dynasty. It served as emperors for two generations. It was not until Emperor Shunzhi that the capital was moved to the capital.

Shengjing's accompanying capital is of great significance to the Qing Dynasty.

After Shengjia came to Shengjing, he lived in the palace.

This palace was the earliest imperial palace in the Qing Dynasty. Compared with the imperial palace in the capital, it can be said to be pitifully small.

After the emperor came here, he first visited his ancestors, and then summoned some old princes who stayed in their hometown.

When the emperor summoned people, fourth master naturally accompanied them, and Minning took them out to watch the train.

The train was built outside Shengjing City, still some distance away from the city.

The group of them went there in a carriage. When they heard that they were looking for the train station, the people in Shengjing enthusiastically helped to guide them.

It is obvious that the common people know this train station very well.

After the carriage left the city, it traveled another ten miles before stopping in front of a relatively simple building.

This building looks very simple. As for the facade to sell tickets, the outside is surrounded by fences, because the train has not yet arrived at the station, and the station is empty and the number of people is very small.

After Minning got off the carriage, he stood outside, looking at the empty railroad tracks.

Because the rails are outdoors, it is inevitable that they are stained with rust. There are many small vendors selling fruits outside the train.

Min Ning stood where he was, and the people behind him spoke a little, and then someone went to invite a small vendor over.

It was a vendor selling candy cakes. After being invited over, Minning was not stingy and bought a lot of candy cakes.

"When will this train come?" Minning asked gently.

The peddler obviously saw the noble status of these people, he looked a little embarrassed, "If you go back to the nobles, this train only comes every half an hour."

Minning continued to ask, "Where do these trains go?"

The merchant replied: "Basically all the nearby cities are connected, and now they are being built further north, and they may be connected to Ninggu Pagoda in the future."

If you asked more, the vendor would know nothing, and Minning didn't make things difficult for him, and signaled the servant next to him to reward him, and then let him leave.

"If this nobleman needs anything, I have the blueprints here, and I have all the latest train lines." A child who looked like a teenager jumped over, and the servants next to him immediately separated him from Minning. open.

Minning saw that he was very clever, and his eyes kept wandering, so he pushed away the servant next to him, walked up to him, and asked, "What blueprint? What price do you want? Let me have a look first?"

The child took out a paper from the cross-body bag and handed it over, along with a newspaper, "If you buy blueprints, I will give you a newspaper."

Minning was able to glance at the newspaper. Most of it contained stories about folk ghosts and gods. It was not difficult to understand what was written in vernacular, and the remaining half was occupied by advertisements.

Perhaps it cannot be called a newspaper, but can only be called an advertisement.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help sighing. Sure enough, there are many folk masters. After the newspaper came out, she didn't care much about it, but the tricks changed more and more.

This kind of newspaper obviously has not been reviewed by the government, but is only printed privately.

I glanced at the drawings again, and found that there are several commonly seen site maps, and there are a few places that have just been added.

In the past, trains mostly transported goods. Although they were slow, they were steady, and most of them arrived on time, which was favored by many businessmen.

But the delivery of goods is okay, but not many people dare to be the person who eats crabs first when it comes to transporting people.

For such a new thing as a train, many people are still a little bit apprehensive. If something happens to the train, there is no way for them to escape.

What's more, the speed of this train is very slow. Although it is said that the carriage is stable, if you are in a hurry, you would rather ride a horse than take a train.

The most important thing is that train tickets are very expensive, ordinary people can't afford them, and those who can afford them are worried and unwilling to take them.

Because of these two reasons, the way of traveling by train has not been popularized. Fortunately, there have been discounted tickets recently to encourage people to take the train when traveling, and gradually some people have begun to accept this new means of transportation.

"How much is this drawing?" After reading the drawing, Minning had an idea in his mind. It was probably issued internally by the railway company here, otherwise the line would not be so clear.

The child said with five fingers all at once, "It's not expensive, only five Wen."

Minning laughed immediately. If it was in the capital, a dozen thick stacks of newspapers would cost less than a penny, but these advertisements and a blueprint would cost five pennies.

But she didn't counter the price, and signaled the person next to her to give the child five cents.

If you calculate it carefully, probably only this picture will cost money, and the newspaper will not be given away for free.

What's more, she knows that all the children who come out to earn a living at such a young age are all from family difficulties. Selling newsboys has become the most popular job among children. Although the income is not much, it is enough to fill their stomachs every day.

There are always some children who are unwilling to enter the orphanage for one reason or another. Minning’s shops or newspapers have preferential treatment for these children no matter what.It is better to arrange a simple job, such as delivering newspapers and selling newspapers, than to force these children astray.

Minning didn't expect these children to be grateful to her when they grew up, and she didn't expect to be rewarded for doing this kind of thing.

After a large number of orphans were cultivated, a few chose to fight on their own, and most of them entered the companies under Minning, starting from the bottom.

These orphans often come into contact with children who are wandering outside. Whenever they encounter such things, they can help and try to help.

Earning five cents at once, the child looked very happy, and ran into the crowd in a blink of an eye and disappeared.

A small pear vendor nearby reminded them in a low voice that they had been cheated just now, and the newspaper was worthless.

Minning was about to speak with a smile, but at this moment, she glanced at a group of people standing next to her, her face immediately changed, and she hurried forward to say hello.

"Fourth, it's rare for your wife to be cheated." One of the old men smiled and said while holding a fan after seeing her.

Minning swallowed back the words he was about to speak, and after a glance, he found that there was no one missing from this group of people.

In the middle is the emperor, next to the crown prince, the third master, the fourth master, and the eighth master, and the two little brothers Jiushi are also behind, and the fourteenth is winking at Minning, and the thirteenth is squeezed behind the old prince I went, and when I saw Minning, I twitched the corners of my mouth as a greeting.

"It's the first time for my son to see her suffer." The fourth master didn't even look at Minning, and echoed the emperor's words.

The emperor looked like a kind old man. After saying this casually, he looked towards the train station ahead.

Only now did Minning walk up to the fourth master, and the fourth master asked her in a low voice, "Didn't I tell you to stay here and not wander around? What are you doing here?"

Minning bit the bullet and said, "I'm bored when I'm alone, so I want to go out for a stroll."

She also didn't expect that the emperor who summoned the old prince would suddenly bring someone out for a stroll, and happened to bump into her.

Fourth master gave her another dark look, planning to deal with her after he got back.

The emperor stepped forward to the railway station, followed by a large crowd at last.

There is a small wooden building at the train station. There are two windows on the first floor of the building, which are dedicated to selling tickets.

There are also a few pieces of paper pasted on the window door, which describe the things about the train in detail.

The emperor looked down from the beginning while swinging his fan, and after he finished reading, he said to the sons behind him, "If this train is built to the capital, it will be convenient to come to Shengjing in the future." At least how much food can be saved with so many horses ?

Every trip now requires at least tens of thousands of people, because there are too many people and the speed is slow, and not only food is consumed, but also manpower and material resources are consumed in the middle.

But at this moment, there was a buzzing sound in the distance, followed by white smoke in the sky approaching, and soon the station bell rang, and someone shouted in front of the platform, "The train is coming to the station, everyone, please give way! Don't stand on the tracks!"

No wonder the speed of the train is getting slower and slower, and it stopped shortly after entering the station. This train is specially used to transport goods. After the train arrives at the station, many coolies come from all directions to help unload the goods. At the same time, someone jumped off the train.

After a lot of cargo was unloaded, the empty train was loaded up with cargo by the businessmen who came after hearing the news.

It took about an hour to go back and forth, and the two full carriages were empty and then full again.

It didn't take long for the train to hula la and return the same way.

Seeing this, the emperor's expression became serious. If the transportation was non-stop day and night, it would be a breeze to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital.

Transporting soldiers and horses to the frontier is also a breeze. If trains are built all over the country, the entire Qing Dynasty can be connected. Wherever a war breaks out, soldiers and horses can be transported there immediately.

This is really important to Qing Dynasty.

Although the speed is a bit slower now, the train is running along a fixed track and can run non-stop day and night. People and horses always have to rest. In this way, it can save more than half of the time.

The emperor's mind floated, and then he looked at An Jia.

He knew that the train was originally built by An Jia, and he asked him for a favor to build the track, but he couldn't help being moved by what was built.

"An Jia, how many miles can this train run in a day?"

After hearing this, Minning immediately replied, "In the case of Lord Long Live, as long as there is enough coal, this train can run non-stop day and night, at least for ten days."

Five days is still because the materials of the parts inside are not up to standard. If the technology improves a little bit, it will be no problem to run for a month or two.

However, running for ten days was very satisfying for the emperor, and ten days was enough to travel from the capital to Shengjing.

Even if the speed of the train is increased a little in the future, it will take ten days to travel to the south of the Yangtze River.

The emperor's heart was boiling for a while, and he wished that all parts of the Qing Dynasty would be covered with train tracks.

Even if it is temporarily unsatisfactory, at least the provincial capitals should be connected first.

"Okay, the matter of the train, you have made a great contribution, and you can write a note about the specific matters of the fourth brother."

As soon as the emperor said, the other princes immediately looked at fourth master with jealous eyes.

The emperor's education of his sons can be said to be successful. At least none of his sons was raised into waste. Anyone can see the role of the train.

Perhaps in the future, in addition to boats, most of them will choose trains.

Taking a boat will encounter water bandits and boatmen who seek money and murder to a certain extent. Although there are certain dangers in taking a train, the danger is much lower than that of a boat.

Unexpectedly, this kind of good thing was also met by the fourth child, which is really a meritorious deed.

The crown prince seemed very honored, after all, the fourth son was on his side. He was abolished before, but the fourth son had always supported his restoration, and the prince never forgot this kindness.

After being reinstated, he didn't want to benefit the fourth brother. It's a pity that Khan Ama has been watching the fourth child more closely recently, and the prince can't even find time to have a relationship with the fourth child.

The fourth master complied obediently. He naturally knew that Han Ama asked him to write the memorial, but he wanted to ask An Jiashi. After all, the new thing of the train was created by An Jiashi, and this matter must not be bypassed. she.

Minning stood beside Fourth Master obediently, as if this matter had nothing to do with her, but she knew clearly that the train was favored by the emperor like cement.

Anything that the emperor likes must be obtained.

Fortunately, the construction of the train was originally a huge bottomless pit. Even if it received the shipping fee from the merchant, it was only a drop in the bucket. She can't wait to take this hot potato.

After watching the train, it seemed that it was noon. At this time, because the old prince spoke, he invited the emperor to the mansion for dinner.

The emperor did not refuse, and went with his sons.

Min Ning glanced at Thirteen, she wanted to say something, but the fourth master next to him seemed to notice something, and shook her hand, Min Ning immediately shut up.

Shengjing is not only close to Chengde, but also very close to the sea. There are often fishmongers rowing boats to transport seafood to sell.

Coupled with the fertile land in the northeast, it can be said that there is everything you need to swim in the water, fly in the sky, and run in the ground.

After eating, the emperor didn't stay any longer, so he took his sons back to the palace.

The emperor and the prince lived in the palace, and the other princes were distributed in the palace next to the palace.

Some palaces have lost their inheritance, and the mansions have been vacant, while some have moved out temporarily and let the princes live in the mansions.

The fourth master lived in Prince Zhuang's mansion, and Prince Zhuang had already moved into Beijing, so naturally the mansion was vacant.

The same goes for Prince Li's mansion, which is temporarily occupied by Ba Ye.

After entering Prince Zhuang's mansion, Fourth Master got out of the sedan chair and led Min Ning out by the way, and the two walked into the inner house.

On the way, I happened to meet Niu Gulu and Gunn.

These two were forced here together by Fujin, but seeing Geng Shi's reluctance, Min Ning knew that Niu Gulu Shi must have forced them here.

There is no resistance to Geng's Minning. In fact, the reason for his resistance to Niu Gulu's is because he knows the future history.

Hongli was always a thorn in her heart. Although she didn't think she and her children existed, the fourth master would still choose Hongli as his heir.

But she was a little bit worried in her heart, afraid of the uncertainty of history, afraid that Hongli would have a destiny.

In the past two years, Minning has strictly guarded against him, and cut off the fourth master's contact with Niu Gulu's family. After all, he really cares about this matter in his heart.

But in fact, Niu Gulu did nothing wrong at all, and she was very respectful in her daily life as a side Fujin, and she was the one who intervened.

If he deprives the other party of the right to have children and trades him as a side Fujin, Minning sometimes feels that he is the unreasonable one.

Then this kind of thing is not a question of who is right and who is wrong?Fourth master is the most important thing.

It's a pity that Minning is also in the mud at this time, and some can't see the facts clearly.

"I've met you, I've seen you Fujin." It seemed that he didn't expect to meet Fourth Master and Minning, and the two little princesses saluted awkwardly.

Fourth Master gave a deadpan "Yes", and then said, "This is the road leading to the outer courtyard, so don't walk around here in the future."

Minning has been observing Niu Gulu's expression, and found that Niu Yulu looked a little disappointed after Si Ye finished saying this.

As I said before, Niu Gulu's appearance is very ordinary, but after these years of development, his figure is quite good.

Perhaps it can be said that Niu Gulu's and Geng's bodies are the kind of bodies that are easy to bear at first glance. When these two princesses were bestowed on the fourth master, the fourth master was facing Honghui's premature death.

The emperor probably felt a little guilty about the fourth son after all, and even sent two of them to look like they would be born.

It's a pity that neither of these two looks suits fourth master's taste.

The fourth master probably inherited the emperor's aesthetics, and he admired Han women more, such as Li Shi and Minning, who were a little bit closer to this style.

As for Geng's and Niu Gulu's, they are all plump. If they wear a little thicker clothes, they will look big and thick.

However, this time Fujin seemed to want to hold two people together, otherwise he would not have arranged for these two people to serve the fourth master.

Speaking of this, Minning felt a little conflicted in her heart. In the past, when the fourth master went to other people's yards, she could turn a blind eye and pretend that she didn't know, but when it was Niu Gulu's turn, Minning resisted. .

At this moment, Fourth Master reached out and held Minning's hand, tightened slightly as if to comfort her, then you ignored the two Gege and took Minning back to the yard.

"What's the matter?" Fourth Master keenly noticed that whenever Minning saw Niu Gulu's, there was always something wrong with his expression.

Min Ning smiled slightly, "It's nothing, I just think that Niu Gulu used to guard my grandfather when he was sick, and I feel a little uncomfortable."

Fourth Master touched her face, and said with joy in his tone, "You don't care what she does. As Master's concubine, it's her duty to take care of Master."

Minning also felt that he was hypocritical, and even a little disgusted with himself, so he quickly put this matter behind him and discussed the train with Fourth Master.

"All the trains we create can be handed over to the imperial court, but the imperial court has to pay us for the previous investment!"

The fourth master directly vetoed it, "The court doesn't have that much cash, and the 800 million taels of salt tax that was just lost has not been recovered yet."

Although the imperial court said that it recovered a lot of old debts by relying on the Japanese trade, it also had a lot of expenses. Especially last year when the Ningxia Road earthquake occurred, it spent a lot of money to repair the disaster. .

Otherwise, the emperor would not be outraged by the loss of 800 million taels of tax silver this time, because this money is really important to the court.

The loss of this money is of course important. Fortunately, the gold and silver shipped from the Americas temporarily supplemented the household department, otherwise the household department would be really empty and would be trapped by mice.

Minning is also persistent, "The loss of money by the imperial court seems to have nothing to do with this matter. The train and the track are all our real money. We invest a lot of money in exploring geological research trains and laying tracks. Everything is money. Yes, it is impossible for the imperial court to take it for nothing.”

The fourth master stared at her and said, "The court is in a difficult time, why can't you be considerate?"

"Then why don't you understand me? Could it be that I deserve to make up for the court's difficulties?" Minning also stared at him, how could his eyes be bigger than anyone else's?

The fourth master slapped the table and said, "Nonsense, the matter of the train is very important, and it must not be in private hands!"

Minning waved his fan leisurely and said, "It's not that I didn't say no, the court can exchange it with silver if they want to take it back!"

Things came back to the original point, the fourth master wanted to hold the train in his hand, but Minning was sure that the money would not be let go, and he would never give it if he didn't give the money!

"It's true that the imperial court has no money to buy your train, what conditions do you have before you are willing to let go?" Fourth Master sat upright and stared at her.

Minning smiled and said, "How about I give you an idea?"

Fourth master frowned and looked at her. He always had the feeling that she had bad intentions.

Minning held the handle of the fan and turned it around and said, "Didn't you say that the imperial court has no money? Why don't we contract the railway to a local businessman according to the old rules, and the merchant will get back the investment by the ticket. After the investment is recovered, the imperial court will get the train for nothing." and track."

"Still use the method of building a new city?" Fourth Master pondered, and had to say that this is indeed a method, but in this way, not to mention taking back the train tracks from An Jia's hands, all over the country will have to hand over to businessmen .

"But if the businessman tampers with the ticket, when can the train station be taken back?" If it can't be taken back after hundreds of years of delay, the court will definitely not want it.

Seeing that he was worried, Minning said, "Why don't the ticket sellers at the train station and those who collect tickets on the train be arranged by the imperial court. At that time, part of the money from selling tickets will be deducted for tax and distributed to those merchants. That way It is in the hands of the imperial court, can you still not believe it?"

She knew how dedicated fourth master was, and she wished she had everything in her hands. He was naturally worried about leaving this kind of matter to the businessman himself.