Chapter 829 Ready
"You heard it right." Zhao Xu smiled.
A train ferry is a ship with rails laid on its deck.
When a train encounters a large river like Jinhe or Jiujiang, the steam locomotive can directly drive onto the ferry.
Of course, since the steam locomotive is very long, the length of the ferry is limited.
A ferry cannot carry a train.
Therefore, the locomotive will pull the carriages onto the ferry in batches, and then cross the river with the last ferry.
In modern times, when it is impossible to build bridges across the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, this problem is solved by ferries.
Otherwise, materials from the north cannot be transported to the south, and materials from the south cannot be transported to the north.
With the steam engine, the steam-powered ferry is enough to transport the steam locomotive's carriages across the river.
So it is no longer a problem for the steam locomotive to go south.
Thinking of this, he explained it to Zou Rong.
Zou Rong widened his eyes, first in disbelief, then in ecstasy.
"In this way, I am relieved. "Zou Rong said with a smile.
Zhao Xu nodded, "The opening of the Yanjing Railway is just the beginning. I hope that the next planned railways can be opened to traffic one after another."
"Yes, Your Highness, I will not fail in my mission." Zou Rong said firmly.
After chatting about some infrastructure issues, Zhao Xu and Yang Susu returned to the palace.
Before they could sit in the chair in the bedroom, Feng'er suddenly reported that Liang Cheng was coming.
Zhao Xu was a little surprised. While going to the study, he asked Liang Cheng to come in.
"Your Highness, congratulations. "When Zhao Xu arrived at the study, Liang Cheng also came over, holding the imperial edict in his hand.
Seeing the imperial edict, Zhao Xu vaguely guessed something and shook his head slightly.
Liang Cheng chuckled twice, and did not read the imperial edict, but handed it to Zhao Xu.
He was a shrewd man, and naturally knew that he could not act big in front of King Yan.
Zhao Xu took the imperial edict, unfolded it and glanced at it. Just as he guessed, Zhao Heng officially appointed him as the crown prince.
At that time, he was also wondering what Zhao Heng meant by "very good".
It turned out that after returning from Jinghai, he decided to do this. matter.
Since Zhao Heng arrived in Yancheng, Zhao Xu never mentioned it, nor did he mention it in a vague way.
After all, to him, it was just an empty title.
Zhao Heng therefore could not guess his thoughts and ignored this matter.
Now Zhao Heng suddenly ordered to make himself the crown prince, and he must have been completely impressed by him from the bottom of his heart.
If he had made a crown prince before, he might have just been under the eaves and had to bow his head.
But now that he has made a crown prince, he is really willing.
"Thank you, General Manager Liang, for making this trip. Feng'er, take some silver to reward the general manager." Zhao Xu said.
"No need, the emperor is still waiting for the old slave to go back and report." Liang Kai waved his hand, lifted the hem and trotted away.
Now, even if he had a hundred courage, he would not dare to accept the silver from the King of Yan.
"Puff." Feng'er couldn't help laughing when she saw this.
Then she thought of something and said in a delicate voice: "Congratulations, Your Highness, on your promotion to the East Palace."
Zhao Xu shook his head, "This king still likes to be called the King of Yan. "
After that, he put away the imperial edict and put it in the study for the time being, waiting for the right time to make it public.
"Why?" Feng'er was puzzled, "In the past, the princes fought hard for the title of crown prince."
Zhao Xu said: "This king just finds it troublesome. There are many red tapes required to be promoted to the East Palace. Besides, Dasong has not been unified yet, so what's the use of this title."
Feng'er understood and nodded.
Then, Zhao Xu sent someone to bring Liang Cheng back and told him what he meant.
He accepted the imperial edict, but when did he, the King of Yan, become the crown prince? He would choose the time.
Liang Cheng understood and went back to tell Zhao Heng what Zhao Xu meant.
Zhao Heng naturally had no objection to this.
It was enough that he had the intention.
However, this matter could not be covered up. In the following period of time, Liu Fu, Yang Feng and other ministers came to congratulate one after another.
Even Yang Zhen and Mi Yan, who were far away in Jincheng, came back.
Chang Wei and Ma Han were naturally unwilling to be lonely, and they also returned to Yancheng to express their congratulations.
Since the King of Yan recognized Zhao Heng's status and the court.
They still hoped that Zhao Heng would formally establish Zhao Xu as the crown prince.
This would be justified.
As for when the King of Yan would announce it to the world through newspapers, it was up to him.
After a month of commotion, the revelry of Jiangbei officials gradually subsided.
It was also the last moment to deliver 120,000 Qin-style rifles.
"Your Highness, the last batch of 30,000 Qin-style rifles will be delivered to the Wangfu's personal army tomorrow."
That day, Zhao Xu arrived at the Armory, and Wang Ying immediately came to greet him.
Qin-style rifles were delivered while being produced during this period, rather than being delivered together.
So 90,000 Qin-style rifles have been delivered intermittently.
Of these, 50,000 were given to the Wangfu's personal army and 40,000 were given to the Qin army.
For the last batch of 30,000 Qin-style rifles, 20,000 were given to the Wangfu's personal army and 10,000 were given to the Qin army.
"Well, the hint was finally completed. "Zhao Xu said with a smile.
Wang Ying sweated, "This is all thanks to your Highness's strategy of civilian-to-war. To be honest, the Armory Department only produced 40,000 Qin-style rifles this month, and the rest were produced by other workshops."
"This is normal. How can a Armory Department compare with the workshops in the entire Yancheng?" Zhao Xu said.
After thinking for a while, he continued: "But since the civilian-to-war strategy has been implemented, it will continue for a few more months so that the entire army can be equipped with Qin-style rifles."
If it were in the past, he would never boast about this.
After all, the civil war had a great impact on the development of commerce.
But after robbing Japan and taking the wealth of the Xie, Han and Wang families, he suddenly became rich.
These wealth were enough to support him to build Qin-style rifles, steamships and sailing warships.
The delivery of the Qin-style rifles was no problem, and Zhao Xu returned to the palace.
The next day, the order and the Qin-style rifles were sent to the western front.
After receiving the Qin-style rifles, Chang Wei and Ma Han were briefly trained and took Jianguan and Zhonglingguan.
Turn the passive situation into an active one.