Chapter 26 Zhuge is the Taoist, do you know your sin? (Please collect it, vote for me, recommend me, and read more)

"Boom, boom, boom, woo."

With the sound of the train whistle, Zhuge Weidao, who was immersed in reading, raised his head and glanced out of the train window. He was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him. This time, what he saw was no longer an endless horizon.

Instead of being desolate, there are factory buildings that seem to have no end in sight!

I don't know when the train had already sailed from the Monan Prairie, where the grass was blown by the wind, and cattle and sheep were seen, to a heavy industry city full of power in the industrialization era. It also made Zhuge Weidao's understanding of his new Ming Dynasty motherland one step closer!

This time, the railway line that took Zhuge Weidao from Yining to Beijing, the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty, was called the Saibei Railway. It started from Yining, the capital of Ili Frontier Province, and went northwest first, bypassing the remaining veins of the northwest foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, and entering Junggar.

The grassland then passes through the passage between the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains, enters the western part of the Monan Grassland, then goes all the way east to the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, and finally passes through the Badaling Mountains through a tunnel and enters Shuntian Prefecture in Beijing.

Such a large railway, not counting the branch lines that lead to the south of the Tianshan Mountains, the north of the desert, and the large iron ore mines in Baiyun Mountain, the total length of the main line alone exceeds 3,800 kilometers, and there are many railway bridges erected along the way.

Many tunnels still need to be opened, and the problem of wind protection and sand fixation in this section west of the Monan Grassland has to be solved. It is no exaggeration to say that the Ming Empire was able to build such a railway, which already shows its strong national power and industrialization strength.

However, the economic value of this railway does not seem to be high. At least west of the Yanshan section, the train almost travels alone in the mountains, deserts and grasslands, and only occasionally sees herdsmen. To be precise, it should be the villages where ranchers live -

- Looking at the appearance of these villages from a distance, the cattle pens, sheep pens outside the villages, and the small stations dedicated to loading cattle and sheep near the villages, Zhuge Weidao can also imagine the life of the herdsmen on these grasslands.

That's quite moisturizing.

The train sometimes stops in towns along the way to add water, coal and rations. These towns located between grasslands, deserts and mountains look very small, and are usually located in fortresses that have become historic sites. Look at those towns.

The ancient castle has been in disrepair but still maintains its majesty. Zhuge Weidao can imagine how the gray-bearded King Zhuge Wuzhong stood on the grassland more than a hundred years ago, drew his sword and looked around, and the heroes restrained their hands, and it was difficult to defeat him.

!

It's just that the ancestors are awesome, but the children and grandchildren are becoming more and more timid from generation to generation.

However, the internal affairs of those cowardly people seemed to be doing well. Not only did the herdsmen on the grassland look quite prosperous, but the small towns that relied on grassland animal husbandry for survival also seemed to be well managed.

When the train passed through each town, Zhuge Weidao would put down the "memory review materials" in his hand and observe them carefully. The buildings in these small towns all seemed to be a combination of Chinese and Western styles, with two- and three-story buildings.

It is very common. The greening in the city is also good. Tall trees can be seen everywhere. It seems that there is no shortage of water.

Near the station, there are usually cattle pens and sheep pens with many cattle and sheep waiting to be shipped, businessmen selling cattle and sheep, railway workers at the station, and other passengers all seem to be living a good life, and no one has a face.

Food, shabby clothes.

Zhuge Weidao also saw schools with sun and moon red flags (the national flag of the Ming Dynasty) flying in several small towns and schoolchildren carrying schoolbags to school - Guo Xiaobao told him that after the new Ming Dynasty completed the land equalization system reform, it began to implement

Compulsory education. After more than a hundred years of development, the number of years of compulsory education in Ming Dynasty has reached nine years, and the adult literacy rate is infinitely close to 100%!

The role of high-level compulsory education in promoting the second industrial revolution cannot be overemphasized!

The train Zhuge Weidao is riding is currently passing through a typical heavy industry city in the second industrial revolution era!

Zhuge Weidao put down a piece of "Da Ming Daily" in his hand and began to carefully look at this city full of chimneys and factory buildings. Suddenly, there was another whistle, followed by a heavily loaded freight train roaring in.

He passed by the passenger car Zhuge Weidao was riding in. Zhuge Weidao looked at the heavily loaded carriages and found that they were filled with dark coal. He didn't know whether it was used to generate electricity or to make coking?

Thinking of this, he turned to He Tianran, who was sitting on the side reading a novel called "The New Edition of Jin Ping Mei", and asked: "Mu Ru, where is this? What do these factories do?"

He Tianran immediately put down "****" and introduced: "This is Xuanfu. These factories are the properties of the Xuanfu Steel Co., Ltd. of the Zhuge family. This Xuanfu Steel Co., Ltd. was founded by King Wuzhong, and they all have a legend.

It has been more than a hundred years! Until now, it is still at the bottom of the five major steel companies in the Ming Dynasty. It has good net profits every year and is a very reliable investment! However, among the many investments of the Zhuge Family Industry Association, Xuanfu Steel can only be regarded as a second- or third-rate asset.

.Borneo Petroleum, Jiangdong Heavy Industries, Datong Coal Industry, Anben Steel Company, etc., that can be called a huge source of wealth!"

Zhuge Wei said in his heart: "Capitalists who are good at calculating will certainly have a lot of money when doing business, but that means choice is greater than effort! If you go in the wrong direction, no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain. So I am a person who is really good at calculating."

, must be the favorite in the eyes of those old cowards from the Zhuge family!"

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao became more determined. He picked up a "history textbook for the third grade of high school" bought in Yining City and continued to study on his own. A high school history teacher actually wanted to buy a history textbook from the 19th century after traveling through time.

Self-study, no one else, right?

Beijing, Forbidden City, Cining Palace.

There was a rush of footsteps, and an elderly black eunuch and a short female official in white were seen walking in like flying one after the other.

The young man was drinking tea and talking next to Empress Dowager Zheng. The short female official in white possessed herself and whispered a few words in Empress Dowager Zheng's ear. Empress Dowager Zheng actually showed a surprised expression and murmured in a low voice.

:"How can it be"

Zheng Guozhong and the young man both heard what Empress Dowager Zheng said, and they all looked over.

Empress Dowager Zheng ignored them and asked again: "Are you sure?"

The female officer in white replied: "Very sure!"

"Zhongming!" The Queen Mother called the black eunuch's name again.

The black eunuch immediately replied: "Old slave has been following her since Yining. Along the way, except for two maids, she has never been alone with anyone else."

"I understand," said the Queen Mother, "keep this a secret for now!"

"yes!"

The black eunuch and the female officer agreed together.

"Queen Mother, what about her?" the black eunuch asked again.

"Send all three of them to Yingtai and take good care of them, but they are not allowed to leave."

"yes."

"Step back, everyone, step back!"

"yes!"

It was not only the black eunuch and the female official in white who resigned, but also the other black eunuchs and minor maids in the hall. Because the "Ming Dynasty Covenant Law" passed by the political council during the era of King Wu Zhong gave the people of the Ming Dynasty inviolable personal freedom, so

There are no eunuchs or maids of Ming nationality in the Ming Palace. The eunuchs in the Ming Palace are all imported from the Ottoman Empire, while the maids are made in Japan. Of course, they all entered the palace at a young age and have long been separated from each other.

Home country connections.

Zheng Guozhong and the young man did not retreat, but looked at Queen Mother Zheng curiously.

Empress Dowager Zheng frowned and said, "Fourth brother, thirty-eighth brother, Zhuge Bai08 seems to have slept with Grand Duchess Natalie!"

"What? How is this possible? How could Brother Daozi do such a thing?"

Zheng Guozhong and Zheng Zhongtang were not well yet, but the young man who came with him and was called "Thirty-eighth Brother" by Empress Dowager Zheng spoke first.

He is also a member of the Zheng family, named Guoxian, and is the younger brother of Empress Dowager Zheng. He calls Zhuge Dao and Daozi brother, which is obviously the existence of Zhuge Dao and Daozi brother.

"Thirty-eighth brother," Zheng Guozhong pointed to his head, "it seems that the little fox of the Zhuge family really has a problem here!"

"Then" Zheng Guoxian frowned, "that is an opportunity to deal with Brother Daozi and divide the Zhuge family!"

Zheng Guozhong asked with a smile: "How to clean up? How to divide it?"

Empress Dowager Zheng said: "Don't deal with Daozi too badly. The Ai family will be heartbroken!"

"Don't worry, sister," Zheng Guoxian said with a smile, "I will definitely let Zhuge Daozi be used by my sister."

"That's pretty much it," Queen Mother Zheng asked, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

"Let's kill someone with a borrowed sword first, and let the people of the Zhuge family deal with Zhuge Daozi themselves," Zheng Guoxian said with a smile, "The status of the First Fang of Wuxiang Marquis in the Zhuge Family is second only to that of King Wu, but now there is no military adviser.

It happened to be the opportunity for each house to suppress them. Originally, there was Zhuge Ba88 who followed old man Zhuge, and there was Zhuge Daozi who was called a genius by everyone. The status of the first house of Wuxiang Marquis was as stable as Mount Tai, but now it is good. Daozi is gone.

, there is only one fat man left, he must not be able to hold on to the situation. When Zhuge Daozi is dealt with, we will act as good people, excuse him, and then give him Grand Duchess Natalie, so that he can be used by us.

."

Zheng Guozhong said: "His brain is broken, how can he still be used by us?"

"Brother Eighteen," Zheng Guoxian said with a smile, "Zhuge Daozi just lost part of his memory, and his brain should still be very useful. Otherwise, he can bring back Grand Duchess Natalie? He can snatch the Rakshasa Kingdom's armored ship order.

If he gets it, Emperor Daoguang and He Shen of the Jin Kingdom will give him something like Fairy Nalan to use as a cauldron? These two are both famous old foxes.

In addition, we provide help in times of need. What does it cost to win over Zhuge? So what if the Grand Duchess Natalie gave him as his wife? If it weren't for Zhuge Youde's legacy, how could the Holy Emperor marry a Grand Duchess Rakshasa? Now Siam

The princesses of the Zheng family are still waiting to marry the Holy Emperor! Now Zhuge Daozi has ruined his father's plan, isn't it playing into our hands? The price offered by Siam is not low!

And how long will Zhuge Daozi’s amnesia last? What if it is cured? Then we will make a profit!"
Chapter completed!