Chapter 347: Let you know what rail transit is
It took more than two months to make trouble in Chang'an City, and there was no movement at all when His Majesty was patrolling.
However, at this time, Li Shimin specially brought Chen Zhengtai into the palace!
When he saw Chen Zhengtai, Li Shimin was silent.
Chen Zhengtai was silent for a long time and had to speak first: "Your Majesty..."
Li Shimin suddenly came to his senses and smiled at him: "Before, I thought that the person you were talking about was Pei Ji, but now it seems that I am missing."
"Your Majesty's meaning..." Chen Zhengtai looked at Li Shimin in confusion.
Li Shimin said: "I declared to the outside world that I would patrol Shuofang. On the surface, I was guarding 20,000 troops and horses. But behind my back, I ordered Pei Ji to prepare rations for 3,000 troops. Do you know why?"
Chen Zhengtai actually thought about some possibilities, but there was no conclusive evidence for these things, so he simply didn't think too much, so he subconsciously said: "Your Majesty's move is to lead a snake out of the cave. When His Majesty toured Yangzhou, he was behind his back and didn't have many people. Now he is going to Shuofang with great fanfare, and the court opposes loudly, so His Majesty wants to create an illusion for Pei Ji that his Majesty may be privately patrolled, so he only needs to bring three thousand elite troops out of the pass. Therefore, His Majesty secretly mobilized 3,000 people to the border town, and looked like he was living in a quiet place, which made him mistakenly think that His Majesty's patrolling was fake, but his real purpose was to privately patrol the desert like Yangzhou."
Li Shimin nodded: "That's right, this is a secret decree. Only I, you, Zhang Qian, and Pei Ji knows. I'm thinking, if Pei Ji is really the person you mentioned, then... If I go out of seclusion in private and be captured by his people, wouldn't this person be able to make great profits? You, Chen Zhengtai, rebuilding Shuofang, can make him feel like a thorn in his throat. Over the years, the world has begun to be governed, and sooner or later it will sweep the desert, and may even notice Pei Ji's guilt. He is ruling.
Why isn't I like a thorn in my throat? So while I pretending to be like I've actually gone out of seclusion in secret, I'm still ordering hundreds of cavalry and Hu people to investigate. But... So far, the Hu people have not made any changes at all. Zhengtai, it seems that you and I have been thinking apart. At least it is impossible for the Pei Qing family. These days, as usual, they are still carrying cages to make birds every day. Life is very normal. He is old and it's time to enjoy his old age."
Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Yes, at first, Erchen also suspected him, but now it seems that he might have been a misunderstanding. But... if it weren't for him, who could it be?"
"Everyone can do it." Li Shimin said with a serious expression: "Even if you are the Chen family, you can't get out of your relationship."
Why did he mention his family again? Chen Zhengtai said it was very unfair!
Seeing Chen Zhengtai crying and wailing again, Li Shimin immediately suppressed his hand and said, "Although I haven't found this person yet. But... I have issued an order to patrol Shuofang. Since I have opened a golden mouth, how can I not go? I have thought about it and it should be better to go there. But now the world is so opposed to it, it is indeed not advisable to make a big fuss. I have already greeted the prince, so I will naturally ask him to supervise the country. I will go to Shuofang for a few days before I go back, and there is no need to mobilize the troops."
Chen Zhengtai was worried and couldn't help but say, "It's really dangerous in the grassland."
Li Shimin laughed and said, "What is this? Do you know that when I was in battle, I always brought a few entourages to the enemy camp to observe the enemy's situation? Who can hurt me in this world? As long as I sit on the horse, I will be the enemy of ten thousand people, and you don't have to be too careful."
Such words can be called bragging or arrogant.
But from Li Shimin's words, there was no sense of incongruity.
Chen Zhengtai couldn't say anything anymore. After all, he was just a mortal, and he didn't understand what his father-in-law had to do. He couldn't stop him from doing anything!
At this time, there were many juren gathering in Chang'an City, and everyone was talking about it. In fact, most of the juren who came from various sources were excited when they first came to Chang'an, thinking that they would be the imperial examination in the spring next year. At that time, with their beautiful articles, they became famous all over the world. This is the dream of almost every scholar.
Regarding Chang'an City, they think everything is novel. Of course... the arrogant scholars will inevitably have a lot of discussion. Everyone calls their friends, makes friends with each other, and quickly gets together!
When I came to Chang'an, I learned about the university. My psychology was shocked by the strength of the university, and I couldn't help but feel fear in my heart. But deep down, they thought that studying should not be like a university. Although studying is boring, it seems that the university is like this... so it is a bit too utilitarian.
It is strange that the most elusive thing about a person's temperament is that it is clear that all living beings are busy with fame and fortune. Some travel thousands of miles to take the imperial examinations and study day and night. Some people sweat heavily for business and are very particular about it. But the more this happens, such people like to say that they do not seek fame and fortune, and denounce others for being utilitarian. Or they claim that they do not love wealth and goods, and look like they are superior to the public.
When fame and fortune are occupied by such people, they have to show off. Not only do they have to lose any money in the benefits they deserve, but at the same time, they also have to occupy the moral high ground.
Just as people are talking about it.
However, Li Shimin had already led hundreds of iron cavalry into three routes, and clear and simple out of the palace city, and then... he arrived at Erpigou.
Erpigou has a little more fireworks than the previous place. Most of the people walking here are merchants and craftsmen. People in the past are all hurried and do not want to stay for more. Even the pace of walking here is obviously much faster than those in Chang'an.
It was still time to start work at this time, so there were few pedestrians on the street, but many construction sites in the distance were noisy and bustling. Relying on the university hall, there were patches of mansions being built, and dust was everywhere.
To a certain extent, in Li Shimin's opinion, this place is not suitable for people to survive compared to Chang'an City. There is too much dust, but there are still people who flock to it, as if they all want to find their own way out on this land.
Li Shimin sat in the carriage, watching the scene on the street with concentration, while Zhang Qianze sat in the corner of the carriage, serving him full-time.
Suddenly, Li Shimin said, "I don't know how well this wooden track is laid."
Zhang Qian said respectfully: "I heard that it has been paved for hundreds of miles. It is said that they were constructed in sections, with thousands of people going in separate ways! There are continuous production of wood here, while there are continuous paving roads there. The process is very fast, but I heard that the expenses are very huge, and it is like throwing money into water every day."
When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said with a wry smile: "Yes, so much money! This is nearly one million chunks. The entire court, the money and food for raising soldiers in a year, is just like this. Zhengtai acts, and has always been like this, and is very prosperous... He is still young and does not know how precious money is, and it is too easy to make money."
When it comes to making money too easy, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel sad, and finally smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Zhang Qian looked at Li Shimin carefully, and followed Li Shimin's words: "This is true. In fact, I really can't figure out what the purpose of this wooden track is. It's said that the boss can take a car, but can't take a car on this road? It's really unnecessary. I don't want to say bad things about the prince-consort, but it's really... It's so heartbreaking to see how spending money is! Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the Tang Dynasty has been in vain. It's time to use money. Where is this bad use of this money..."
Li Shimin pulled his face down and said, "Okay, don't say anything more."
Zhang Qian trembled and said hurriedly: "I'm dead."
Li Shimin had a long face tense. He felt that what Zhang Qian said was quite a bit of a heated smell, which made him instinctively disgusted.
But if you think about it carefully, Zhang Qian's words make sense.
The road that you can walk is already so you have to pave wooden tracks on the road. Are you full and full?
This is not the case if you have money!
At the beginning, Li Shimin felt distressed. Now he has brought up the old things again, which makes him feel even more unhappy.
Li Shimin became depressed, but he soon met Chen Zhengtai.
Chen Zhengtai had already prepared his clothes, but in fact he was full of expectations for Shuofang.
After all, he spent a lot of effort, manpower and material resources for this place, let alone Shuofang... But the future of Chen family, thousands of years later, people's impression of Chen family may not be Mengjin anymore, but Shuofang Chen family.
Chen Zhengtai has laid a future for the entire Chen family, family, country and the world. If a person is only dedicated to the country and the people and is free from the low-level interests, it is a bit too much. People should have public intentions, but they also need selfish desires! But... Chen Zhengtai tries his best to tie the future of the family with the future of the people in the world.
After investing so much in Shuofang, Chen Zhengtai naturally wanted to take a look.
So, Chen Zhengtai and Li Shimin had a head, and the monarch and ministers did not have much greeting. Chen Zhengtai led the people directly and went to a temporary station without stopping.
This station is specially built for wooden tracks.
Then someone took off Li Shimin's luggage. There were a lot of luggage, hundreds of guards, and Li Shimin's daily necessities, which were as much as 30,000 pounds. There were more than 70 cars loaded.
The laborers unloaded the goods and began to load the car parked on wooden tracks.
Li Shimin got off the four-wheeled carriage and stood on the platform. He saw the wooden tracks laid on the ground. He saw special carriages parked on these wooden tracks. Because they were only loading goods, they had not yet been put on horses. Each carriage has a four-wheel structure and the carriages are quite large.
The laborers desperately loaded the goods in.
But... Li Shimin had no interest in Mugui at all, but he also found something strange, so he said, "Zhengtai."
"My son is here." Chen Zhengtai responded with a smile.
Li Shimin said strangely: "So many pretenders?"
What he calls too much actually makes sense.
It was so difficult to pull the 30,000 kilograms of luggage before, but these laborers did not care about the weight at all. The goods that were supposed to be loaded in seventy cars actually piled up all the luggage in just ten cars. This was obviously a bit incredible to Li Shimin.
Is the goods loaded by the first seven vehicles in such a car?
"Can this horse be able to bear it?" Li Shimin couldn't help asking!
This is the truth.
Horses are loaded with weights. Although Li Shimin knew that Chen Zhengtai’s four-wheeled carriage was indeed loading more and less weight, now... they are loading too much.
Chen Zhengtai said confidently: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this is a trivial matter. I'll know when the time comes. Please ask Your Majesty to get on the bus first."
Zhang Qianze looked around and said that His Majesty brought about a hundred imperial guards, but Zhang Qian was relieved before that, because he knew that Chen Zhengtai would also go with him this time. Outside this pass, it was the territory of the Chen family, and Chen Zhengtai had to arrange hundreds or thousands of guards to accompany him to protect him.
But now looking at the appearance of this guy Chen Zhengtai, it seems that only he, Xue Rengui and a dozen guards came over, and then there were some grooms.
This is not big, right?
He opened his mouth and wanted to say something.
However, Chen Zhengtai has already introduced Li Shimin into a huge car!
I saw that the carriage occupied a large area, which was enough to accommodate more than a dozen people. It was specially decorated with wooden walls around it, blankets were laid on the ground, and the tables and chairs fixed to the carriage were all ready-made, making it look neat and comfortable!
Just look at the appearance of this big cart. If you put it elsewhere, you are afraid that there will be no five or six horses, so you won’t be able to pull it.
Li Shimin walked in and looked around the carriage. He felt extremely spacious and couldn't help but say, "I still want to ride a horse and hurry up."
Chen Zhengtai smiled and said, "Here, it's more comfortable than the time, and the speed is not slower."
Li Shimin sat down and someone had served him tea. He took a sip of the tea, but said, "When will it take for him?"
"It's OK now." Chen Zhengtai said immediately: "Your Majesty wait for a moment, my son... I'll go and give me an order."
Li Shimin nodded, feeling that the itinerary was a little too fast.
People and horses are not machines. Because of this, any long-distance trip requires complete preparation!
Li Shimin was born in a military leader, so he naturally knew the reason why food and grass should be carried out before the troops moved. Because both people and horses need to eat and drink, and food, clothing, housing and transportation along the way also need to be prepared in advance.
But when I arrived at Chen Zhengtai, the thousands of miles away from the city looked like I was out of the city for an outing. Wherever I got, I could leave at will?
Li Shimin is a calm person. Although he was suspicious, he did not raise his own questions immediately. He just drank tea while waiting to see what mysterious Chen Zhengtai wanted to do.
Zhang Qian, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, I think this is unstable. Should I promote Mr. Chen, otherwise..."
Li Shimin said calmly: "Let's take a look."
"Here." Zhang Qian didn't dare to say anything else. He had already made His Majesty unhappy, for fear that His Majesty would be angry with him again, so he had to laugh: "Then... take a look."
Chapter completed!