The stage was lively and everyone in the audience was not idle.

Some are talking about family matters, some are talking about strange stories, and some are talking about folk gossip.

Sun Jian listened to the people above with one ear, and listened to the people around him with one ear.

"I heard that Jingnan has started fighting again. It seems that the world will be peaceful in three years at most."

"If the war is over, there is no need to build so many weapons and weapons. Will the price of this steel continue to decline?"

"Hey, I'm thinking too much, how much steel can weapons and weapons use? Look at the railways outside the city, and think about how big our great man is. No matter how much steel there is, it's not enough!

I think the price of steel will still go up, but when the railway is almost completed, the price of steel will drop sharply!”

Ma Qiang returned to Hebei. After Zhao Yun, who was staying in Jingnan, became familiar with the situation in Jingzhou, he soon launched a tentative attack on Jingnan.

Zhao Yun led his troops to take charge of Jiangling, and then divided his troops into four groups. Cai Mao led his navy to attack Dongting, Le Jin led his army out of Jiangxia, Han Hao led his army out of Yuzhang, Zhang Xiu led his army out of Nanjun, and then sent Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Lu Xun and Sima Yi to the four army as staff to assist in the battle.

Not only that, Huan Jie, who assisted Zhao Yun, also wrote letters everywhere, instigating various places in Jingnan to raise troops to respond to the imperial court. For a moment, the beacons in Jingnan were everywhere, and there were sounds of swords and weapons everywhere.

Although the people could only guess the situation of the war before the court disclosed it to the outside world, no one thought that Jingnan could turn the tables.

The railway being paved outside the city is about the construction of the Hebei Cross Railway with Guangzong as the core.

As the Guangping Line was opened for a long time, Zhang Ning, Ma Jun and others continued to propose improvement suggestions for steam locomotives and railways and verify them, thus putting forward a railway expansion plan.

After the expansion plan was reviewed and approved by the General's Office and the Government Council, it was determined that the next step would be to expand the railway into a flat-temperature line and two Jiyang lines.

The so-called flat-Wen line is a horizontal line with the plain as the easternmost end, passing through Guangzong, Yecheng, and Chaoge to Wen County, Hebei as the end.

The Jiyang Line is the northernmost vertical line with Ji County as the northernmost end, passing through Zhuo County, Hejian, and Anping through Guangzong to Neihuangliyang as the southernmost end.

This railway project that is thousands of miles apart, vertical and horizontal, requires steel, wood and other materials, to the eyes of people of this era, is simply astronomical, and there is no voice that thinks that Ma Qiang's construction of railways is a waste.

After all, in the eyes of those people, this is no different from paving the road with gold, and people and livestock can also transport supplies, so why do you need to run a train?

Ma Qiang still understands this view very well. After all, many people in later generations think that letting workers work overtime can increase production and profits. Why do you have to upgrade the industry? It is not only difficult but also easy to cause unhappiness among Western friends.

"Slowly turn around~ Maofeng in Huangshan is here~ Please use it slowly, this is the snack we delivered in our small shop."

The waiter placed a purple clay pot filled with tea in front of Sun Jian, and placed a few tea cups and a plate of snacks.

These snacks are all pastries and are of great value. The teahouse dares to use such things as gifts, naturally because the pot of Maofeng ordered by Sun Jian is more expensive.

Without Sun Jian pouring tea, the guard next to him helped him pour it. Sun Jian picked it up and smelled it, nodded.

Maofeng is one of the top ten famous teas even in later generations. This kind of tea leaves is slightly curled in shape, looks like a sparrow tongue, with yellow in green, silver hairs exposed, and has golden croaker leaves, so it is also called a golden piece.

"Good tea!"

Sun Jian only drank this kind of tea without any spices after he arrived in Hebei. When he first drank it, he was a little uncomfortable and felt that the taste was a little light, but soon he found that this tea soup had a fragrant smell and a full aftertaste. After drinking it, he was at ease and could no longer live without this new tea soup.

"No, it's a good person!"

"Come on, what are the instructions for the guest?"

"Pack two taels of this kind of tea."

"Cheer, wait, come right now!"

Soon, two small iron cans were brought over, with paint on the iron cans, with three large characters "Vancao Pavilion" written on them, and four small characters "Huangshan Maofeng"

Vancao Pavilion is naturally a tea brand created by a few girls. With the efforts of a few girls, this new type of tea has begun to be circulated to teahouses in major cities, and tea houses are used to sell tea.

"How much?"

"Returning to the guest, one or two tea leaves are five hundred coins, a total of thousands of coins!"

Sun Jian nodded, and there was a guard beside him to pay the bill with money.

Now a strong man in Guangzong City has a monthly salary of only about 2,000 yuan, so this tea is also expensive.

But even though the price is so high, people can still afford it and they are often out of stock.

Of course, when the tea gardens being opened are operated and the production of tea increases, the price of ordinary tea will naturally drop.

Well, ordinary tea and good tea are always the price of rare things.

Sun Jian ended another day in the teahouse and returned home.

"Father!"

"Ce'er, what's wrong?"

"Just just now, someone from the General's Mansion sent a message saying that the General will be back in a few days, and in addition, Yidi and his friends' files have been completed, so they can take the entrance exam tomorrow."

From the later achievements of Sun Ce and Sun Quan, we can see that Sun Jian has always been very strict in the education of his children.

After coming to Guangzong, Sun Jian proposed to let his children enter school, which was to use this to dispel Ma Qiang's vigilance against Sun's family, and secondly, he hoped that Sun Yi and others would get better education.

"Okay, let Yi'er and the others come over, I'll give you a few more words."

Sun Ce gave a few instructions to the attendant beside him, and Sun Jian said again, "General is back this time, Ce'er, are you?"

Sun Ce smiled and said, "Don't worry, Father, the child's injury is fine."

Sun Jian sighed and said, "After you arrive in Xizhou, be careful in everything, Gongjin is both wise and brave, and loyal to you, you must listen to him more.

Now, you are not as calm as before, your temper is more restrained and you should drink less wine. I heard that Xizhou is even more bitter and colder than Liangzhou. You should pay more attention to keeping warm. If you have a father at home, you don’t need to worry..."

Xizhou is located in a remote area. It is said that the Qiang people there are more barbaric than the Qiang people in Liangzhou. Sun Ce did not go there for a trip this time, but went there to fight in the army. How could he not worry about being a father?

At this time, Sun Jian did not look like a tiger in Jiangdong at all, but was like an old lady, nagging and saying things he had said many times.

After a while, Sun Yi and others walked in and learned that they would be admitted to school in a few days. These children who were almost crazy about playing in their new home these days suddenly had bitter faces on their faces.
Chapter completed!