Chapter 699: Severely punish those who disobey
Sulu Henidi was stunned with surprise when she saw a magnificent city deep in the mountains. There were continuous houses all around, and the streets were very flat. The bustling flow of people extended all the way to the ferry on the bank of Mahu River.
Chen Chen and Zhao Feiyan were happy to see Hu Lan coming. After greeting the old lady, they took Hu Lan to see the child.
Hu Lan pouted and said: My brother is very busy and has no time to name her foal. He doesn’t even have a big name.
Chen Chen said proudly that it was easy, and that she would ask her father to name the child later. Her father was a famous Jinshi in the previous dynasty, and he would ensure that his son would have a reputable name.
In the evening, the street lights in Xinshi came on, and every street was bright and clear. The number of pedestrians walking on the road was the same as during the day, with no decrease.
Chen Chen proudly told them: Ever since Xinshi got electricity, all the inns in the city have been filled with people coming to Xinshi to see the new things. We have added three trains and they are all full. Our construction team is building a street on the river bank again.
Zhao Feiyan said: The house is selling well.
On the prairie where Sulu Henidi lives, everyone goes back to their homes at night and warms themselves by the fire. When have you ever seen such a scene? The streets and alleys are as lively as during the day, and all the restaurants are packed.
After dinner, the group returned home and found that there was still no electricity at home. Hu Lan said regretfully: It would be great if we could have electricity at home.
Zhao Feiyan told her: The imperial court is going to renovate Zhongdu Town and turn it into a place for the imperial capital's officials to retire. The master craftsman has already made arrangements to pull electric wires there so that we will have electric lights to use in the future.
Everyone wants to use electric lights.
Ma Ling'er from Cuiping Mountain was explaining this while having dinner and playing with a group of elderly people.
Zhao Yulin's father took a train to Xinshi. After seeing the electric lights, he couldn't let them go. He asked Ma Linger many times when Xuzhou could have electric lights?
She saw several old ladies also looking expectant, and said very embarrassedly: The small hydropower station is still under testing, we have to see what the master of Hongmeng Valley says?
The old scholar told her anxiously: The elders and relatives in Xuzhou have all come to me for three cups of tea, and they hope to use electric lights as soon as possible. Our Jiuzhouba has a long history, and if we can illuminate it with electric lights, the business will definitely be booming.
How much silver? Let Chen Xian name a price. We in Xuzhou are not short of money. We can give double the price to support the court in developing electricity and provide electricity to the people of Xuzhou.
Ma Linger smiled when she saw the old scholar's anxious look, and answered him carefully that it was not enough just to have a light.
The old scholar said confidently that of course he knew, and that there must be wires to transmit the electricity.
Ma Linger told him with a smile that there was much more to it than that, and they first had to find a place to build a hydroelectric power station.
However, building a hydroelectric power station is not an easy task. You have to find a river or lake with a drop in elevation and at a suitable distance. Otherwise, how can you plant poles and pull wires? These are very rare things.
The old scholar was obviously unable to make a decision when he saw Ma Ling'er talking to him about all this, so he asked her to write a letter to Zhao Yulin and ask him to call San'er back. He wanted to hear the definite answer in person.
Ma Linger didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but still said with a smile: Brother Yulin is busy, she will write the letter right away.
In Chengdu, Zhao Yulin was summoning Geng Feihu, the pacification envoy of Jinghu South Road.
The situation has been investigated. Feihu was thrown into the Yangtze River by the deputy envoy in charge of criminal investigation. At that time, the flood was raging, and everyone thought that he was most likely drowned, but he actually climbed ashore with the flow.
Feihu said with great emotion that it was the young master's teaching that was good. He never gave up on exercise and relied on his determination to fight against the flood and survived.
Zhao Yulin said with a laugh: We Flying Tigers have survived a great disaster, so we will surely have good fortune in the future. We will go back and manage Jinghu well, so that the people can quickly resume their normal lives.
Feihu nodded and reported to him that several counties were flooded this time. He planned to ask the old water engineer to make careful plans and define the flood diversion area and flood storage area of Jingjiang River.
The Jingjiang River has to fight floods every year, but it still cannot withstand the severe floods, so it is better to release the water.
Zhao Yulin nodded in agreement and told him to report to Yu Gong more often. To manage the Jingjiang River, we should be bold in thinking about what needs to be dredged. If there are bends and corners, we should dig out what can be dug together, just like Yugong moving mountains, and make it unblocked.
In the future, the Yangtze River embankment in Jinghu will be built to be more solid and durable. We will repair it section by section, and one day we will conquer the flood.
Feihu was delighted to hear this and kept nodding in agreement.
Three days later, Zhao Yulin summoned pacification envoys from various places to discuss the matter.
Everyone was shocked after Vice-President Hua Yue reported on the flood prevention and rescue operations in Jinghu South Road and the earthquake in the Jinghu officialdom.
Zhao Yulin reminded everyone to pay attention to safety, strictly supervise the officials around them, and actively accept supervision from their subordinates.
He used the Ezhou flood prevention corruption case as an example to remind all the pacification envoys that they must attach importance to the construction projects done by the court. The Ministry of Transportation will have imperial envoys go to the site for inspection, and they must not allow those black-hearted parasites to embezzle the court's money at will.
Hua Yue then gave a lecture in person to interpret the revised laws.
In the evening, Zhao Yulin and Shunzhidi accompanied the female gang leader to have dinner at the Beggar Chicken in Huaxi Village. Zhao Guangchen changed from his bold and aggressive self and leaned on the female gang leader and acted coquettishly like a docile little lamb.
Zhidi told Guangchen not to disturb the female gang leader, but she reached out and held her darling granddaughter in her arms and let Guangchen do whatever he wanted.
Zhao Yulin said that Guangchen was just like her mother, who would immediately help others when she saw injustice. He also wanted to learn how to do Shunfengsi's work from her mother Yuqi, and he was worried about him.
The female gang leader said proudly that her good granddaughter had great kung fu skills, so there was nothing to be afraid of. If anyone dared to bully Guangchen, she would call her grandfather to come out and slap him to death.
My Immortal Master, it’s a big deal that Grandpa Pharmacist is coming out of seclusion.
Zhao Yulin didn't want to discuss this topic anymore. Let him do whatever he wants.
He passed the beggar's chicken to his mother-in-law for a taste. Zhao Guangchen saw the beggar's chicken that had been torn into pieces and said with a smile that his mother-in-law wanted to eat a whole chicken and would not eat such rotten chicken.
The female gang leader said with a smile that her good grandson still loved her grandmother-in-law, but after working as a comforter for a few years, her grandmother-in-law has changed her personality, so we will just eat this kind of chopped chicken.
Then he grabbed two chicken legs, gave one to Guangchen, and put the other to his own mouth and started chewing.
Zhao Yulin was completely speechless and just accompanied him during the meal obediently.
The next day, he continued the training.
Zhao Yulin explained to each pacification envoy how to formulate plans and programs, and required the pacification envoys from various places to conduct extensive research after arriving at their posts, listen carefully to the opinions of local elders and relatives, and then formulate practical and feasible governance goals for themselves.
This is more complicated.
In the past, when there were continuous wars, the imperial court focused on stability and timely payment of taxes when evaluating local governments. Now that the entire territory of the New Song Dynasty has stabilized, the focus is on how to carry out construction and ensure that the people have enough food to eat and money in their pockets.
He asked the envoys to go back and conduct a careful investigation, divide the areas into districts, and solve problems for the people time and time again. There would always be a day when the goal would be achieved.
Three days later, the appeasement envoys completed their training and meetings and left one after another.
Wang Gui has returned to take over as the logistics envoy. Cao Yong is about to go to Tubo, so he accompanied Wang Gui to have tea and say goodbye.
Zhao Yulin said with a laugh: Brother Cao is really practicing that our officials can be promoted or demoted. This time when I go to Lhasa City, the first thing I need to do is to take care of my health.
Wang Gui asked him worriedly if it was really possible and he should stay in Chengdu.
Cao Yong smiled and said, "Please come back, brother Wang, I am going to Tubo. Tubo has changed a lot in recent years, and everything has improved a lot, so there will definitely be no problem." He often dreamed of Commander Li, who told him to do a good job in Tubo. He couldn't let it go, so he had to go and guard it.
The Marshal Li mentioned by Cao Yong is Li Yunqing, who died in Queer Mountain in his attempt to unify and govern Tubo.
Li Yunqing was an early capable general of the Shenwei Army who came out of Yibin. He was wholeheartedly concerned about the affairs of Tubo and had no other desires. At that time, Cao Yong was a deputy of the Western Expedition Army and worked under Yunqing.
When Zhao Yulin heard him say this, he stopped talking nonsense and told him: The military advisor left a will, and we must let the military advisor subdue Tianzhu.
From now on, Brother Cao, just focus on this matter.
We don't bully others. This is our New Song Kingdom, and we won't give an inch of land to Tianzhu. If you don't obey, just beat me up.
Cao Yong nodded and told him that the Western Regions were basically stable. There were so many troops stationed on the Tubo Road, Anxi Road and the Western Regions Road. He should discuss with his brothers and then report to the third young master on what to do.
Zhao Yulin nodded and told him that there was no need to put in much effort since the country of India was in pieces at the moment. They liked to talk big and always said they were right. We should not be fooled and should defeat them with our fists first and then talk with them.
Geng immediately took Wang Gui to see Cao Yong off.
On the way back, he asked Wang Gui to familiarize himself with the situation and then go to Thang Long first to understand the pros and cons of the new First Army after its formation, so as to quickly determine the organization and adjust the equipment, and reorganize our New Second Army and New Third Army.
Wang Gui immediately took the order and left.
This girl was so happy when she received the order to return to Chengdu. She didn't expect that she could come to Beijing to work when she was about to retire.
Cao Yong took it and introduced it to him: Logistics work is actually very simple, just do whatever the Third Young Master says, and as long as you are not greedy and don't overreach, everything will be fine.
Cao Yong asked him if he knew how much the logistics expenses were last year.
How could Wang Gui know clearly? Based on his expenses in Lingzhou, the estimated amount was still a huge difference. He was so frightened that his heart was pounding. He stared at Cao Yong with wide eyes.
Cao Yong patted him on the shoulder and said: People die for money and birds die for food, but when we have reached our level, there are some things that we cannot throw away. He believed that he had not made a mistake in choosing the right person.
Wang Gui told him not to worry, as they had all crawled out of a pile of dead bodies and would not be blinded by silver.
However, Zhao Yulin asked him to go to Thang Long today to learn about the reorganization of the new army, which was beyond his imagination. He did not dare to be careless and immediately went to report to Yang Xingyun, the Minister of War.
When Zhao Yulin returned home, Hu Lan said with a smile that they were going back soon. The foal had grown into a big baby and was named Zhao Guanghe. Uncle Chen hoped that Guanghe would grow up healthily on the grassland.
He walked around the yard holding his little son, muttering: I don't know how long it will take for him to come back this time.
Hu Lan didn't want to leave either. She looked at him with burning eyes and said: It will be a pleasure to serve me tonight.
