Chapter 36 [Steam Train]

The cabinet, which was discussing the empire's construction issues for the coming year, was a little confused when it suddenly received news from His Majesty the Emperor.

The Prime Minister looked at the 200 million yuan mentioned by His Majesty the Emperor, frowning, but still handed the content to the Minister of Finance and said, "Old Dragon, take a look at this."

"What the hell?"

"For making a steam train, his engineering institute dares to charge me 200 million?"

Suddenly, when he saw the message handed to him by the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Long Wen slammed the table and stood up with his eyes wide open in anger.

Two hundred million, what does that mean?
What is the empire’s annual GDP?
How dare his Academy of Engineering ask for 200 million yuan in research and development funds from me?
Two hundred million is enough for the people of the imperial capital to live for a year, and there is still some left over.

Could it be that the steam train is made of gold?

"what happened?"

Prime Minister Bai Qing looked at Finance Minister Long Wen and asked tentatively.

Is there something wrong with this application?

"what happened?"

"Is the Imperial Engineering Academy taking advantage of Your Majesty for not knowing the prices, or what?"

"Your greed has extended to my Ministry of Finance?"

"I've thought about this thing and I know it won't cost that much. How dare you ask for such a high price?"

Long Wen was furious.

You can take money from other sources, but if you want to easily take money from your own treasury, it is not that easy.

The words fell.

Long Wen angrily left the Suzaku Hall, the cabinet headquarters, and walked towards the Xuanwu Hall in the distant Imperial Palace where the Academy of Engineering handled official business, looking very aggressive.

Everyone looked at the finance minister who left in a storm, feeling confused and puzzled.

What is this guy doing?

But they did not hesitate. They immediately put down the work in their hands, got up and rushed towards the direction of Xuanwu Hall.

……

Xuanwu Hall.

Liu Ming, the dean of the Academy of Engineering, was studying a document in his left hand and sipping a cup of tea in his right hand.

'boom. ’

Sudden.

The door of his office was suddenly kicked open with a dull thumping sound.

Liu Ming, the president of the Academy of Engineering, was so frightened that the tea in his hand shook and splashed all over his pants.

Suddenly.

He hurriedly stood up from his seat, wiped his trousers, and anger gradually appeared on his face.

Who is it?

How dare you humiliate him like this?

But just as he was wiping the water stains off his body, a dark shadow rushed into his office.

Followed by.

A strong and powerful hand grabbed Liu Ming's collar and lifted him up.

moment.

Liu Ming did not deal with the water stains on his pants. He looked at Long Wen who was grabbing him angrily in surprise, his mind was in a daze.

It seems that I have not offended Long Wen.

What is this guy doing?
"Lao Long, Lao Long, what are you doing? Put Dean Liu down immediately."

at this time.

The cabinet ministers who came from behind were shocked to see that Long Wen actually picked up the president of the Academy of Engineering.

To know.

Now the Imperial Academy of Engineering has no relationship with the cabinet, and the Academy of Engineering has also been separated from the cabinet.

But the status of the Dean of the Academy of Engineering is comparable to ours.

occasionally.

The Academy of Engineering also has special powers.

"Brother Long, what do you mean?"

Liu Ming was being carried by Long Wen, but he quickly calmed down, looked down at Long Wen who was carrying him, and asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean?"

After putting the guy down, Finance Minister Long Wen threw the document from the Emperor in Liu Ming's face and said coldly, "You, the Imperial Engineering Academy, are so shady that you're trying to cheat me out of money?"

Hear the words.

Liu Ming reached out to pick up the document that had fallen on the ground and began to read it carefully.

"How did I embezzle money?"

“It’s a normal offer!”

Liu Ming was quite puzzled when he saw that it was his application and the Emperor had agreed.

This is not a quote on its own either.

Rather, it is a funding project summarized after detailed calculations by the entire Imperial Academy of Engineering.

How did it turn into black money?
"Normal quotation?"

"I'm going to give you a normal quote."

"Do you know what 200 million means in the Empire?"

"Is your steam train made of gold?"

"Another two hundred million? Two hundred million is enough to cover the military expenses of the imperial army for ten years."

"Enough to build another city like the Imperial Capital."

"How dare you charge 200 million for a mere steam train? Why don't you go to heaven? Why don't you go to death?"

Long Wen was furious.

It’s fine if you can fool His Majesty the Emperor, but how dare you fool these people who deal with money and numbers?

Is steel expensive?
Fifteen yuan a ton. Look at these two hundred million, how many tons of steel can you buy?

"No, have you looked at the statistics at the back?"

"How dare our Academy of Engineering build only steam trains for a 200 million yuan project? We wrote in the back that we will be laying rails from the imperial capital to the eastern Shanxia Pass. The total distance from the imperial capital to the Shanxia Pass is as long as 150 miles. You can calculate how much land we will need to occupy, how much compensation we will need for people's houses, and how much steel we will need."

In an instant, Liu Ming understood what was going on, and said helplessly as he looked at the furious Long Wen.

It seems that you all don't read the content later, and are only concerned with the 200 million steam train plan, without paying attention to the subsequent laying issues?

"This……"

"It's impossible to grant you 200 million."

"One million at most. My Ministry of Finance will grant you one million at most. You are responsible for building the steam train. As for the road paving, our Ministry of Finance will handle it ourselves."

……

Royal study room.

Secretary General Bai Ling hurriedly walked in from outside the Imperial Study and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers of the Cabinet are rushing to the Xuanwu Palace in a threatening manner. I'm afraid they want to cause trouble for the Academy of Engineering, especially the Minister of Finance, Long Wen."

Long Wen, the current head of the Long family.

She was afraid that the head of the Long family would take action against the dean of the Academy of Engineering.

After all, the four great families, Long, Bai, Lin and Yang, are all families of military generals, and the children of the families must maintain a strong and healthy body from an early age.

So, how can the top-notch academicians who carry out scientific research projects all year round be the rivals of these entities?

"Ha~"

"Let them be."

Yang Yu shook his head slightly, having anticipated all this.

Anno 456.

The imperial treasury spent 100 million yuan to the Imperial Academy of Engineering to research steam locomotives, and the Ministry of Finance took the lead in expropriating people's houses and land in preparation for building railways, which meant that the Xinggu Empire was about to usher in a new era.

Anno 457.

After two years of research and development, the Imperial Academy of Engineering completed the experimentation and construction of the steam locomotive.

The steam locomotive was introduced for the first time.

Anno 459.

Over a period of four years, the Xinggu Empire, relying on its population advantage and huge capital flow, completed the construction of its first 75-kilometer railway.

same year.

The three carriages of the steam train were completed, and with the efforts of countless workers, the steam train was finally transported onto the rails.

(End of this chapter)