The first rebel of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2111 No Choice
In the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin fell silent after hearing Fang Xuanling's recitation.

After a long time, he finally said, "What did you say? Li Yin really said that. Does he really want the shares of our railway?"

Li Shimin was shocked by Li Yin's request.

Why do this?

Okay, I want his shares again.

Last time it was Li Shimin who voluntarily gave up the railway shares, but later the railway made a little profit, so Li Shimin joined in again.

This is because Di Renjie agreed.

But why did Li Yin take it back?
Is there any dark secret in this?

Fang Xuanling immediately replied, "Yes! Your Majesty. That's what the Sixth Prince said."

As the narrator, Fang Xuanling could only follow what Li Yin said as much as possible.

Li Shimin asked again: "Then did he ever say what the reason is?"

Fang Xuanling responded directly: "I didn't explain why. But this is the only condition proposed by the sixth prince. He only wants us to withdraw from the railway shares. There are not many demands!"

"He really doesn't want a penny?" Li Shimin wondered.What is Li Yin's goal in doing this?
Wouldn't it be to deceive people?
"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"No money?"

Li Shimin muttered.

At this time, Li Shimin was still feeling strange.

why?

Because Li Yin wants to go back to the railway part.

Is there something tricky in this?
He was wondering if the railway would have a huge income this year?

Therefore, I don't want the court to get involved.

Or other reasons?For example, to count Li Shimin.

Calculate the court?

In his opinion, Li Yin can do anything.

……

A lot of questions flashed through Li Shimin's mind.

Then, Li Shimin asked: "You said this kid wants to get back the shares. With food as a threat, what is his real purpose?"

At this time Fang Xuanling said.

"Your Majesty, the railway has been losing money for several years. Maybe the sixth prince is just because he sincerely wants to help us tide over the difficulties, but it's not easy to directly provide food. Or he feels reluctance to see the court's continuous losses. That's why he thought of this." way?"

"What you said makes sense. But I always feel that this matter is not that simple. This kid. Before everything he does, he has his purpose. He is a person with a very clear purpose. Every step he takes, In fact, he made a plan a long time ago. Therefore, he must have thought about the railway stake this time."

"Your Majesty, I feel that between railways and grain, grain seems to be more expensive in comparison. Moreover, the Shengtang Group does not only provide grain. The Shengtang Group is also responsible for transportation. Transport all the grain to the designated place, And distribute it, so that the court can save a lot of things." Fang Xuanling said again.

He is completely on Li Yin's side.

It is also on the side of the people.

Otherwise, he would not speak for Li Yin.

Li Shimin listened.

However, he still felt that something was weird.

But I can't tell what's wrong.

"Although that's what he said, I always feel that his purpose is not pure. Apart from the railway, can he really say anything?" Li Shimin confirmed again.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince only wants the railway shares, and he didn't say anything else."

"Let me think about it again." Li Shimin said calmly.

But Fang Xuanling was in a hurry.

He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is no time to think about it. This has to be done quickly. It is rare for the Shengtang Group to make such a big concession. We must not chill their hearts."

"How much did you invest in the shares of the railway?"

"It should be one hundred million taels."

"What about the food?"

"In terms of food transportation and quantity, because the regions of the states are very large and the demand for manpower and material resources is very large, I would like to spend a lot of [-] million taels!" Fang Xuanling said very pertinently.

Li Shimin stopped talking, he always felt that Li Yin was always trying to plot against him.

Fang Xuanling said again: "Your Majesty, in my view, the Sixth Prince's business is a loss. He still does the business! Have you ever thought about a question? That is, the Sixth Prince cares about the safety of the people!"

"If he really cares about the safety of the people, he doesn't want money!"

"" But has your majesty thought about another question? He is thinking about the court.

Shengtang Group seeks a deal with the imperial court, and the imperial court will provide disaster relief in the name of the imperial court.

This is of great benefit to the promotion of His Majesty's reputation.I think this is what the sixth prince wants to give.It is also what His Majesty wants to achieve, isn't it?

Fang Xuanling said so, Li Shimin didn't say anything.

Fang Xuanling went on to say: "Moreover, our current treasury has invested most of the money in Shengtang Group. Now our treasury doesn't have much money. If we spend money to buy grain from them, it's not A very sensible choice."

After Fang Xuanling said this, Li Shimin became even more silent.

Yes, he made a lot of sense.

"Fang Xuanling, you are right! Could it be that that kid is really thinking of me? Really thinking of us?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I think it is true! Everything the Sixth Prince did was for the good of the Tang Dynasty, and the court benefited from it, didn't it?"

Fang Xuanling said again.

He speaks for Li Yin everywhere.

This is also the fastest way to save people.

Now Li Yin has said the conditions, and they agree.

Anyway, a railroad isn't too profitable either.

But Li Shimin kept thinking about why.

In the end, Li Shimin also gave up.

He said: "All right, all right. If he wants some shares, just give him. Anyway, I only invested this year, and I don't know when it will make a profit, and it still occupies such a large part of the branch line. It's uncertain, next year it will only be There are 5000 million taels left. I’m not as good as buying food.”

"Your Majesty is wise! Then I will go and talk to Di Renjie now!"

"Go, hurry up, this matter has to be done quickly!"

"By the way, Your Majesty! The sixth prince said that his food will be transported every day. It will last for nearly a month!" Fang Xuanling said again.

"Why did it take so long?"

"Because he has to allocate grain from various places to Chang'an. This will take time. There is not much grain stored in Chang'an City."

"If this is the case, then it's all right. You can do it quickly. There must be no mistakes."

"Then I'm going to find Di Renjie now."

"Go, go, hurry up. Don't miss it!"

"clear."

Only then did Fang Xuanling leave Tai Chi Palace and headed for Tang Lou.

Fang Xuanling has a long way to go this time.

If it is not done well, many people in the north may die.

But since Li Shimin agreed this time, it is basically impossible that it will not fail.

It depends on whether things go well.

After he left, Li Shimin started busy again.

Fang Xuanling went to find Di Renjie to deal with some related matters.

Every little detail has to be taken care of.

And these things are also very fragmentary, and they cannot be dealt with in a short while.

But fortunately, Di Renjie is professional enough, he can quickly provide Fang Xuanling with more professional advice.

It can be said that after Fang Xuanling left, he could only nod and shake his head, and he couldn't make constructive suggestions at all.

But that's fine too, it's very safe.

A few days later, Fang Xuanling found Li Shimin again.

"How's it going? Now." Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, the current matter has been dealt with in the Kanto region. Now the Sixth Prince has sent the Shengtang Group's transportation brigade to the northern states to distribute food, and there are also people from our court present to distribute food. They have also achieved absolute fairness. It may have been recognized by the people, but not only that, the people of the Shengtang Group have also carried out well drilling operations in various parts of the north to provide drinking water for the people in the north. Unfortunately, although there is groundwater, they have missed planting time, but there is still some food that can be grown, and some things are not too late."

When Fang Xuanling said this, Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. He really didn't expect that Li Yin would think so much.

What Shengtang Group did was beyond Li Shimin's imagination.

"Then what name did they come under?" Li Shimin asked.

After all, the money was spent by the imperial court. If the Shengtang Group is acting in its own name, then Li Shimin is being taken advantage of.

"Your Majesty, they are doing things in the name of the imperial court. Please rest assured that the people in the northern states feel that His Majesty has not let them go. Everyone is praising His Majesty's kindness, and there are a lot of articles about His Majesty's kindness." , Said that His Majesty is an emperor through the ages!" Fang Xuanling said again.

Li Shimin was very happy after hearing this.

This is all he wants.

After all, he did something, if he didn't get what he deserved, then why would he do it.

Now it is the Tang Dynasty under his rule. If the people don't listen to him, what's the point of being the emperor?

"The common people are very sensible!" Li Shimin said again.

Of course, all of this is due to Shengtang Group's relationship. If Shengtang Group contributes by itself, it is not impossible.

But Li Yin didn't want to, since Li Shimin wanted to perform, let him perform.

Besides, now Li Yin doesn't have the energy to take care of these things.

He didn't know what the situation in the north was like now.

Also, Dongzhou needs his intervention even more.

Therefore, if Li Shimin hadn't asked Fang Xuanling to find them, they wouldn't have known about it.

"Yes, Your Majesty, but Shengtang Group has done a good job this time. They didn't use their own banner, which is rare and valuable."

"Indeed, the Shengtang Group performed well this time, and I will give them some rewards later, and report how they are doing." Li Shimin said again.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Anything else?" Li Shimin asked again.

Because he saw that Fang Xuanling was still here, there must be something wrong.

"Yes, there is one more thing!"

"what's up?"

"Now the railway has started to invest heavily again. Shengtang Group plans to rebuild ten railways in Datang, so as to connect various states and counties."

"Oh? That cost a lot of money, right?"

"A railway will cost at least [-] million yuan."

"What? So many!" Li Shimin was shocked.

In this way, it is right to quit by yourself.

"Yes, Your Majesty, there are a lot of them. This time the railway is very long, and a faster train is also used. Oh no, it should be called a bullet train."

"What do you mean by car?"

"It is a power vehicle driven by electricity. Everything has power. It no longer uses steam to run, but uses electricity. The speed can reach [-] miles an hour, which means that the time from here to Qingzhou is within the existing basis. The top is halved." Fang Xuanling explained.

Now Li Yin is already developing towards the train.

It was also because Li Shimin didn't pay much attention to the direction of the train, so he didn't know that the train had already been tested as early as the year before last.

And it's out this year.After the speed is faster, the transportation capacity will be at least doubled, people will have more time, and the distance between the two places will be shorter.

But in Li Shimin's opinion, this is a bit fast.

"What! What does Shengtang Group want to do? Can't the train speed up?"

The train has limitations, and it is really not as good as the bullet train.

Since the Shengtang Group wants to use bullet trains to speed up, there must be a reason for it.

Fang Xuanling quickly explained:

"I heard from Di Renjie that speeding up the transportation can make the economy develop faster. They have calculated that every time the transportation speed is doubled, the economic development speed can be accelerated by at least [-]%!"

It turns out that this is the case. The purpose of developing EMUs is to speed up the economy.

Li Shimin also knew this, and he knew the relationship from the very beginning.

Sheng Tang Group did not disappoint him either.

But compared to the economy, Li Shimin is more concerned about how the trains are.

"Good guy. Go and see it when you have time. How does the train look like?"

"It's just that bullet trains can only transport people, not goods. For goods, ordinary trains are still needed."

"Anything like this?"

"Yes, but in the train, you can enjoy too much. Besides the high speed, you can feel very comfortable on it like at home. Moreover, the speed they designed is one thousand miles per hour, and it may reach that in the future. One thousand two hundred miles and one hour."

"Hmm..." Li Shimin was shocked.

He never imagined that one day the train could be so fast.

Does that mean that the speed of the train can catch up with the plane in the future?

"So the advantage of helicopters may be slowly eroding."

"Indeed, but the advantage of the helicopter is still there, because the direction of the train is fixed, and the helicopter can go anywhere, not affected by the region?"

"You're right. When can they experience it?"

"I heard that from here to Qingzhou, there will be a trial run of a high-speed train every day. Your Majesty wants to take it?"

"Fang Xuanling, you go and settle this matter. I want to see what's different about this train." Li Shimin got excited.

The speed of trains used to be about 120 kilometers per hour, but now the bullet trains can reach [-] kilometers per hour. The speed has increased a lot, and in the future it can even reach [-] kilometers per hour.

This kind of improvement is really amazing.

"Yes, Your Majesty will go to Di Renjie now to see if he can experience it."

"Okay, this matter has to be done quickly, I want to go to Qingzhou to have a look."

"Yes, that minister will do it now."

"Go."

(End of this chapter)