Emperor Liu Hong

"Prince of Persia is here again, why is he here?" Hearing Qiao Xuan's report, Liu Hong was quite puzzled.

"Your Majesty, it's a good thing that the Prince of Persia came here this time." Seeing Liu Hong's doubts, Qiao Xuan quickly explained with a smile, "Your Majesty, although I don't know much about it, it seems that he heard what the Prince of Persia meant. The businessman who went to them said that our big man now has something like a railway, which can greatly promote transportation. So he came to our big man and wanted to discuss with your majesty to build a railway leading to their rest .”

"Build a railway leading to Anxi?!" Liu Hong was immediately stunned by the idea of ​​the Prince of Persia, but then there was a pity, "Made, if it weren't for the high mountains in the west, the undulating terrain, and the changeable climate. , with the current technology, it is not suitable for building railways in the west. This Persian bamboo stick sent to the door can definitely be knocked on."

Although the matter of road construction is not under Qiao Xuan's control, Qiao Xuan still cares about matters related to national strategy.Seeing Liu Hong's grim and cloudy complexion, he continued to be reluctant, so he hurriedly persuaded him, "Your Majesty, aren't you building the road to the west? Forget about the railway. Anyway, Anxi has money, let them invest more, this will not only save us big men, but also the transportation capacity of this railway is much stronger than that of the road."

"Qiao Aiqing, of course I know that the transportation capacity of railways is stronger than that of highways. But given the geographical conditions in the west, it is really not suitable for railway construction at this stage!"

"Your Majesty, there is nothing that is not suitable." After listening to Liu Hong's words, Qiao Xuan shook his head, "Although I don't know much about railways, I also know that the west you said is not suitable for building railways. It's nothing more than It’s just that the west is mountainous, so it’s more difficult to build a railway.”

"It's just more difficult?" Hearing what Qiao Xuan said so lightly, Liu Hong couldn't help but say, "Qiao Aiqing, it's not just that it's more difficult, it's quite difficult!"

"Your Majesty, don't care if it's just a bit more difficult, or quite difficult. It is precisely because it is difficult to build a railway there, so we need to rely on Anxi's power to build the railway!"

"Oh. How do you say that?"

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, there are many resources in the west, and there is also an important Silk Road. It must be a matter of time before we big men build a railway there?"

"That's true." Liu Hong nodded.Said: "If it is not too troublesome to build the railway there, I would even want to build it now."

"Your Majesty, since it will be repaired sooner or later, according to my minister, it is better to repair it sooner than later!" After listening to Liu Hong's words, Qiao Xuan said quite firmly: "The geographical conditions in the west are like that, and it will never change. ...And in a short period of time, even if our technical conditions can be improved, how much can we improve? Therefore, unless we are not in the Western Railway. Otherwise, the cost of early repair and late repair is almost the same. If this is the case, we Why not use Anxi's strength to repair this railway, it will save us big men a lot of trouble."

Hearing what Qiao Xuan said.Liu Hong realized that his thinking had entered a misunderstanding.Although his idea is good, he wants to use the power of technology to reduce the difficulty of building railways.But we have to wait for this technology to rise to that level, and we still don't know when.Because he knows quite well that in the era when he lived in later generations, building railways in the west was always a problem, let alone the current age.

The technology is not enough, and if we want to build the railway, we have to pile up money and fill it with human life.This thing has experience to follow in later generations. After all, almost all the railways in later generations were built with human lives.Therefore, with the current technical conditions, he will inevitably take this path.

"What Qiao Aiqing said is that now that the local tyrants of Persia have come, they still take the initiative to ask for the construction of the railway. It would be a pity if we let such a good opportunity pass." With the Prince of Persia hanging out, he smiled and said to Qiao Xuan: "Qiao Aiqing, please arrange for me to meet with the Prince of Persia as soon as possible, so that this matter can be settled."

Liu Hong and Qiao Xuan were in the palace, discussing how to take advantage of the prince of Persia.But the prince of Persia went door to door to give gifts to those important ministers in the court.

The current Anxi Kingdom is different from before.With the mercenaries of the big man and the firearms of the big man, the country of Parthia has been completely stabilized.It is precisely because of this that the Persian prince who came to the big man to move his troops was considered to have made great contributions, and was directly named the prince by King Anxi.

Although it is a happy thing to be crowned prince, it also arouses envy.After all, King Anxi is not the only son like him. The other princes are also staring at the throne covetously.Now someone has taken the lead, and the other princes are not consistent with the outside world, so it is strange to pull the one who took the lead!

Prince of Persia is not a fool, he is quite clear about his situation.And he also quite understands that his crown prince came because of the big man, and if he wants to keep the crown prince now, he must maintain his relationship with the big man.Therefore, the firearms deal between Anxi and the big man was firmly in his own hands, as his trump card.

Of course, he is also very clear that the big man is too far away from Anxi.Although he has the firearms deal with the big man and can make those other princes be wary, their scruples are limited.After all, the big man has already built the city in peace, without him, other people can easily contact the big man.Therefore, when he heard from a businessman that such things as railway trains appeared in Dahan, he immediately fell in love with them.Moreover, in order to be afraid of those businessmen exaggerating, before he came to see Liu Hong, he went to Chang'an first, and Luoyang came by train from there.

Seeing that train, the Prince of Persia was relieved.Because in his opinion, the train is even more miraculous than what those businessmen said. Therefore, on the train, the Prince of Persia made up his mind that no matter what the cost, he would build the railway leading to Anxi.After all, once this railway is built, the connection between the big man and their rest will be close.In that way, his relationship with the big man will not only shock the other princes, but he can really use the power of the big man at any time.

In order to make those important ministers of the big man speak well for him, the Prince of Persia gave full play to his local tyrant nature and gave gifts desperately.But with Cheng Yu and Tian Feng, those officials accepted the gifts from the Prince of Persia without any scruples, and for a while, the guests and hosts really enjoyed themselves.At this time, Qiao Xuan came to inform the Prince of Persia that Liu Hong wanted to meet him.

After hearing Qiao Xuan's words, the Prince of Persia thought that the presents were useful, so he happily went to the palace to meet Liu Hong. (To be continued..)