The recruitment of mercenaries of Xinshang Company went smoothly, and Gao Huan provided training grounds and all military equipment for Shikai.

In order to support Xinshang Company to gain a foothold in Yinzhou, Gan Chao spent a lot of money, and all the funds were almost half sold and half given away.

At this time, Sanqian escorts were reorganized into the first security battalion of Xinshang Company according to Gan Jun's organization.

Xinshang Company has also become the first company to have private armed forces, and the treatment is more generous than that of West India Company.

When the San Thousand Guards were undergoing training on Chongming Island, Gao Huan received Xia Wanchun's report and decided to go to the Ministry of Industry to inspect the steam engine.

Before he attacked the Western Regions last year, he ordered Shanxi to build a railway from Taiyuan to Tianjin Wei.

For this reason, Shanxi Province borrowed more than 3 million yuan, mobilized more than 200,000 civilians to build railways in large quantities.

The construction of the railway has driven the mining and smelting of iron ore in Shanxi. Hundreds of thousands of people have eaten, drunk and urinated, and also boosted Shanxi's economy, making Shanxi's economic data very impressive in the short term.

Not long ago, Gao Huan received news that the railway had been paved for fifty miles, and using horses to pull trains has greatly improved the ability to transport raw materials.

Although the entire project will probably take several years to complete, Gao Huan must consider the issue of the locomotive after the railway is built.

After all, horse-drawn trains have limited transportation capacity, high cost, and are not as efficient as steam trains.

Steam trains only burn coal, the machine does not need to rest, horses need to eat, drink, defecate, and rest. The strong horse is valuable and pulling a cart is not cost-effective.

Therefore, Gao Huan was very happy to learn that the steam engine had made a breakthrough. If the railway was built, the steam train could run immediately, and Ganchao's national strength would increase significantly.

It would be too easy for the Dan Dynasty to use industrial countries to fight against European agricultural countries. The Qing Dynasty is the most typical example.

Early in the morning, Gao Huan got up from Concubine Ma's bed, had some breakfast, and prepared to go to the Ministry of Works.

In order to maintain harmony in the consequences, Gao Huan recently enjoyed the rain and dew of his concubines, and the consequence was that the bloodline of the Gao family had expanded again.

At this time, the carriage that Gao Huan was riding in was walking through the palace under the strict protection of a hundred guards. Suddenly, Gao Huan heard a noise outside, so he raised the curtain and saw the prince Gao Hu and his brothers playing in the palace.

"Stop!" Gao Huan couldn't help but issue an order when he saw this.

The carriage slowly stopped, Gao Huan walked out of the carriage and looked at the sons in the distance. Gao Hu and others also saw Gao Huan, and they couldn't help but startled and stopped to play.

Gao Huan frowned, "Come here."

Crown Prince Gao Hu took his short sword, threw it behind him, kicked it into the grass, and led a group of younger brothers over.

Ten years after Gao Huan ascended the throne, he fought abroad for many years in the early years and had no children. He was once suspected by the ministers that he had an indescribable hidden secret and had no fertility, which made his brother Gao Jian have the ambition to be the crown prince.

Later, Gao Huan gained a foothold and spent more time with the queen and concubine, so his son and daughter gave birth to one after another.

Now that the world is peaceful, the people have no entertainment at night, an ordinary couple can have five or six children, or even more.

Gao Youcai was so old that he gave birth to a younger brother to Gao Huan. Recently, he wrote a letter asking Gao Huan to give him a title to his brother whom he had never met before.

As the emperor, Gao Huan had many beauties in the harem. In the ten years since he ascended the throne, the empress and concubine had given birth to eleven children for him, and the twelfth and thirteenth ones were about to give birth to him again.

To be honest, in addition to being concerned about the eldest daughter, the prince and the second son of the emperor who were born first, Gao Huan can be very concerned about the children who were born later. It is probably because he was influenced by Gao Youcai, and there may be too many children, which makes him numb.

"My son pays homage to my father!" Gao Hu and Gao Yuncheng bowed obediently.

Gao Huan asked in a deep voice: "Early early in the morning, don't you go to school?"

Gao Hu quickly explained: "Father, today is the day of the earth, and my sons don't have to go to school."

Gao Yuncheng said curiously: "Father, where are you going?"

In the ancient calendar, the twenty-eight constellations were arranged in the order of day, month, fire, water, wood, metal, and earth. The seven days and one week are repeated, and are called "Seven Stars".

With the development of handicraft industry in Jiangnan, the working class appeared in Ganchao. In order to protect their interests, Gao Huan used the sun, moon, gold, wood, water, fire and earth to correspond to Monday to Sunday.

The earthy day is Saturday, and it is a rest time according to regulations.

After this regulation appeared, the government and all walks of life gradually accepted the concept of two days off a week.

However, to implement it in detail, there are only officials and schools that implement it. As for the workers in various meritorious houses in Jiangnan, they still work almost every day and have no rest time.

Gao Huan reacted and remembered that he had not been with his sons for a long time, so he said in a deep voice: "Since you don't go to school, then follow me to see the world!"

Gao Huan didn't ask his sons whether they wanted to do so, so he deprived them of time for fun and decided to take them to open their eyes.

This is not only to cultivate feelings, but also to cultivate heirs.

After all, Gao Hu is already ten years old, and Gao Yuncheng is also nine years old.

At this moment, Gao Huan asked them to get on the carriage together. The children had little contact with Gao Huan and were a little afraid of him.

Although Gao Huan has been staying in Nanjing for the past six months, he has been busy with government affairs and has no time to take care of his children.

In the carriage, the children dared not speak or fight. Gao Huan tried to show an amiable smile and asked the children what they learned and what they like.

After all, they are father and son, and children also long for fatherly love and quickly become familiar with each other.

When Gao Huan got along with them, he soon discovered a problem. Except for Gao Hu, the other princes were relatively weak in character.

These princes were born in the deep palace and grew up by women. They had never met their father for a long time, so they naturally became more and more concerned about their mothers.

"Father! Where are we going? Are we hunting?" Gao Hu, like Queen Luo, prefers to dance guns and sticks.

Gao Huan shook his head, "Hunting is not interesting. I will show you something I have never seen before!"

Gao Huan decided to bring several sons by his side and teach them some basic understanding of the world so that they can gradually understand the world so that they can have the ability to govern the world in the future.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works has arrived!" Yang Yan said outside the carriage.

When the carriage stopped, Gao Huan said to his sons: "When you get to the place, follow me to get out of the car. I will take you to see the machine you will move!"

After speaking, Gao Huan got off the carriage and the guards carried the princes down.

At this time, Song Yingxing was standing outside the Ministry of Works. He received the news early in the morning and led a group of people outside to wait for the greeting.

"Your Majesty, is this?" Song Yingxing was a little stunned when he saw Gao Huan bringing a group of princes.

Gao Huan touched Gao Hu's head and said with a smile: "I bring them to open their eyes and know that the power of science will be good for them in the future!"
Chapter completed!