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But the business representatives he led were not as calm as he was.Almost all these commercial representatives took the train for the first time. They had only heard Zheng Yiguan sporadic mentions before, but they had never seen it or taken it.

The previous kind of wood-burning car was enough to surprise them, but they didn't expect this kind of train to be even more surprising.

These businessmen sat in the train carriages, their surprised expressions hadn't come off the train since they got on the train.

They couldn't figure out how this kind of transportation was made, and they couldn't figure out how this kind of transportation was supposed to transport things.They sat in the car and looked around, desperately trying to figure out how the train worked.

Although the steam locomotive is only a very backward thing in later generations, for them, it will never be understood by them.

The sky gradually darkened, but the train was still running on the land of Shanxi.The electric light in the carriage was turned on, and the business representatives were even more surprised by the electric light so that their mouths opened wide.

"This thing doesn't seem to be on fire, and I didn't see anyone lighting it just now. Why is it so bright? What is this thing?"

A businessman looked at the bright electric lights above his head, his mouth was wide open, and his expression was incredible.

Not only him, but even other business representatives were shocked.

"This thing doesn't seem to need to be ignited, what the hell is this thing?"

"Yeah, this thing really doesn't need to be ignited. I have lived for so many years, and I have never seen such a magical thing. This kind of thing is really shocking. If you install this at home, it will save money throughout the year. A lot of candle money."

There was a lot of discussion in the carriage, Zheng Yiguan looked at the electric light on his head, and said to himself: "Could it be the electric light that Hong Chengchou said? At that time, I didn't believe what he said was amazing, but now I have to believe it." up.

I really didn't expect it, this thing can be so bright, I really didn't expect it. "

Zheng Yiguan looked at the merchants, "This thing is called an electric light. Let me tell you, this electric light is precious..."

Zheng Yiguan said all the things that Hong Chengchou told him, and added some of his own understanding, and he was stunned by what these businessmen said.

At this moment, these businessmen's desire for Xuanzhen became deeper.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The train was speeding on the railway, and the steel wheels made a clanging sound as they passed the railway interface.

Zheng Yiguan fell asleep sitting on the table in front of him, and everyone in the carriage also fell asleep.

The train went all the way north, passed through the whole of Shanxi, and finally entered the territory of Xuanzhen.

At this time, the sky darkened again.By the time Zheng Yiguan arrived at Xuanzhen Railway Station, it was already midnight.

At this time, the people Zhao Wen sent to greet Zheng Yiguan had already arrived at Xuanzhen Railway Station.

Just as Zheng Yiguan jumped off the train, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

I saw that the current train station platform is brightly lit, and there are bright light bulbs everywhere.

These light bulbs illuminate the platform of the railway station as if it were daytime.

Standing behind Zheng Yiguan, Zheng Zhihu said in disbelief: "If it weren't for me, it would be night, I thought it would be daytime. It's really unexpected!"

Zheng Yiguan and Zheng Zhihu had never been to Xuanzhen before, and this was his first visit to Xuanzhen.

They felt that they were already mentally prepared, but unexpectedly, they were still shocked.

The prosperity and power of Xuanzhen can be seen from the Xuanzhen Railway Station in front of you.

"Fortunately, I didn't have two hearts at the beginning, otherwise I would have died a miserable death!" Zheng Yiguan suddenly remembered the time when he surrendered to Zhao Wen, at this time Zheng Yiguan was very grateful that he had surrendered to Zhao Wen.

At this moment, Liu Wenzhong walked over from the platform with a few followers.

"But General Zheng!" Liu Wenzhong came to Zheng Yiguan and bowed his hands at Zheng Yiguan.

Zheng Yiguan hastily returned a salute, "I am Zheng Yiguan!"

"I was ordered by His Majesty to come here to meet the general. I have already arranged a residence for the general. The general will come with me. As for the goods on the train, I will let people handle them." Liu Wenzhong said.

Zheng Yiguan said: "My lord, this time I brought along some business representatives, and these businessmen have put in a lot of effort in this incident."

"Understood, the residences of these business representatives have already been arranged, the general need not worry." Liu Wenzhong said.

"That's good, that's good!" Zheng Yiguan let out a long breath.

"General, please follow me!" Liu Wenzhong said and led Zheng Yiguan out of the train station.

Not long after Liu Wenzhong walked out of the train station, the staff in the train station began to move the goods pulled by the train down.

Zheng Yiguan walked out of the train station and came to the streets of Xuanzhen.

Zheng Yiguan looked at Xuanzhen, which was full of bright lights, and the shock on his face became more intense.

"Hey, is this daytime?" Zheng Yiguan looked at Xuanzhen, which was as bright as daylight, and stuttered.

The business representatives following Zheng Yiguan were also shocked. They never thought that Xuanzhen would be so bright.

Although they were already mentally prepared for this on the train, they were still shocked when they actually saw this scene.

"Master Hong is a little more modest!" Zheng Yiguan said to himself.

Liu Wenzhong walked along the streets of Xuan Town with Zheng Yiguan and others, and there were vendors setting up stalls everywhere on the streets.

It is summer now, and more and more people like to eat night markets.Especially those working in Xuanzhen City, they like to eat night markets in the city after get off work.

Zheng Yiguan has never seen this scene before, and this is the first time he has seen this kind of night market.

"Hey, can you still do business like this? If the southern side can open the door at night, it will definitely make a lot of money."

The eyes of the business representatives following Zheng Yiguan shone brightly, and they keenly sensed business opportunities in the night market.

Zheng Yiguan followed Liu Wenzhong to the Xuanzhen Posthouse. As Zhao Wen's territory became larger and larger, the area of ​​the Xuanzhen Posthouse also continued to increase.

Zheng Yiguan sat in a post house room that was somewhat similar to the suite of later generations, and he was not used to it.

Zheng Yiguan's suite has three bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom. It is his and Zheng Zhihu's room.

The staff of the post house led Zheng Yiguan and Zheng Zhihu around the suite, and left the suite after familiarizing themselves with the environment.

Zheng Yiguan stood on the balcony, looking at the night scene outside the balcony, his face was full of emotion.

Zheng Yiguan's room is on the sixth floor, so he can see the night view outside.

After Zheng Zhihu wandered around the room for a few times, he came behind Zheng Yiguan quite excitedly.

"Brother, this room is really strange. The hut is still in the house, and it's made of ceramics. It's really extravagant. It's the first time I have used a ceramic hut when I grow up." Zheng Zhihu said with a smile on his face. .

Zheng Yiguan turned around and looked at Zheng Zhihu, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect Xuanzhen to be so strong. It seems that the choice we made at the beginning was right. I, Zheng Yiguan, have done countless things in my life. Choose, and this time the choice is the most correct."

Recalling all this, Zheng Yiguan now feels more and more that his original choice was very correct.

"Brother is just saying, fortunately we knew the current affairs back then, otherwise we wouldn't be where we are today!" Zheng Zhihu grinned and said in a low voice.

Those business representatives also lived in suites, but their suites were not comparable to Zheng Yiguan's in terms of size or environment.

Even so, these businessmen are full of curiosity about everything in the room, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

"Hey, I've never lived in this kind of room. Tsk tsk tsk, I have to say, this kind of room is really well designed. You don't need to go too far from the last hut, tsk tsk tsk!" A business representative stood in the bathroom, Looking at the toilet inside, I am amazed.

After the staff of the inn introduced the various facilities in the room just now, the business representative was full of curiosity about the toilet in front of him.

He pressed the switch on the top of the toilet tank, and with the sound of splashing water, the water gushed out of the tank and flowed down the toilet's sewage pipe.

"Ingenious workmanship, ingenious workmanship!" The business representative praised.

Tonight was a sleepless night, and Zheng Yiguan and the business representatives couldn't sleep because of their excitement.

Although I didn't sleep all night, I was still full of energy the next day.

The sun rose from the horizon, and Liu Wenzhong headed for the post house with a few entourages.

Zheng Yiguan and the business representatives put on their clothes and waited in the courtyard of the post house.

After Liu Wenzhong came to the post house, he walked towards the assembled people.

"Your Majesty has an order to announce that you will enter the palace for an audience." Liu Wenzhong stood in front of these people and shouted at them.

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Chapter 696 Vulcanized Rubber

Led by Liu Wenzhong, Zheng Yiguan and the others walked into the palace.

At this time, Zhao Wen did not choose to meet them in the imperial study room, but chose to meet Zheng Yiguan and the others in the Hall of Zhonghe.

The imperial palace in Xuanzhen is the smaller imperial palace in the capital city. In terms of the setting of the palace, it is similar to the imperial palace in the capital city.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is the so-called Jinluan Hall, which is mainly used to hold great court meetings and some important ceremonies.

Zhao Wenduan was sitting on the throne in the Hall of Central Harmony. Because it was not a particularly formal reception, Zhao Wen didn't wear a dragon robe, but ordinary clothes.

Zheng Yiguan and the others walked into the Hall of Central Harmony, looked at Zhao Wen sitting on the throne, and bowed to salute.

When Zheng Yiguan and the others entered the palace, Liu Wenzhong briefly explained the rules to them.

In Zhao Wen's case, except for such important events as offering sacrifices to the heavens, kneeling is required, other times, kneeling is not required, just bowing is fine.

Zhao Wen waved his hand, "Get up! Come here, give me a seat!"

Chen Donglai walked down from Zhao Wen's side, fetched a stool, and placed it behind Zheng Yiguan.

Zheng Yiguan thanked him and put half of his butt on the stool.

Zhao Wen said with a smile on his face: "Zheng Aiqing did a good job this time, a very good job!"

Zheng Yiguan hurriedly replied: "All this is thanks to His Majesty!"

"Haha, what are you talking about, what do you mean by my blessing?" Zhao Wen shook his head with a smile, and then said: "How is the situation in America now? How is the survey going on in the Americas? How are the statistics on terrain and so on?" How is it?"

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhao Wen couldn't wait to learn more about America.

Zhao Wen's longing for this piece of land is still the same, and he has long wanted to hold this piece of land in his hands.

"Returning to Your Majesty, after I went to America, I surveyed the coast of the Americas and drew detailed charts along the way. With the charts, it will be much more convenient for me to go to America in the future.

Chen established about a dozen rubber plantations in America, and these rubber plantations produced a large amount of rubber.This time, Chen brought back all the rubber accumulated in the past two years.

The plantation is located in Central America. Near the plantation, the Saxons established several mines, and the minister snatched these mines.

In addition to robbing the mines, I also let people survey various mines in the local area, and the hard work paid off, and many veins were discovered..."

Zheng Yiguan sat in the main hall and talked about what happened in America in the past two years.

After Zhao Wen heard the word "Saxon", he suddenly became vigilant.

Saxons are the name of this era for the "shit stirrers" of later generations, and this era is when the shit stirrers expand.

As the Thirty Years War draws to a close, the restless country is heading overseas.Now they have set their sights overseas, and America has become their goal.

At this time, the shit-stirring sticks had already established colonies in the Americas. Although the colonies were not large, they paved the way for later large-scale colonization.

The Renaissance is over, and the Industrial Revolution is coming. In another five or sixty years, the Industrial Revolution will appear.

At that time, this shit-stirring stick will turn into a hungry wolf, relying on the weapon in his hand, to rampage in the world, and eventually become the empire on which the sun never sets.

If Zhao Wen hadn't come to this era, the rise of the shit-stirring stick would be unstoppable.However, Zhao Wen is here, and Zhao Wen will definitely not just sit and watch the shit-stirring stick develop.

"Saxons, Saxons." Zhao Wen muttered a few times, then looked at Zheng Yiguan, "there are not many colonies established by the Saxons in America today, but they should not be underestimated. This country is a country where money is paramount. For their own interests, they can do anything. If you meet them again in the future, you can't be merciful."

Zhao Wen's eyes were full of murderous intent. Zheng Yiguan didn't know why Zhao Wen's reaction was so strong, but he didn't ask.

"When I came back this time, in addition to the things His Majesty named rubber, I also brought some ores and local products from America. These things are now on the train, and they must have been transported. When I go back , present these things to His Majesty." Zheng Yiguan said.

"Don't be so anxious, these things can't fly." Zhao Wen said.

Although Zhao Wen wanted to see these things very much, but now that these things have arrived in Xuan Town, there is no need to be so anxious.

"Are these the business representatives you told me about in the memorial?" Zhao Wen looked at the business representatives behind Zheng Yiguan.

Zheng Yiguan replied: "Your Majesty, these merchants are the representatives of the merchants I mentioned earlier."

Zhao Wen nodded, and looked at these business representatives with a smile, "You guys went to America with Zheng Aiqing this time, lived in America for two years, and cooperated with Zheng Aiqing to transport rubber and other things.

You have made a great contribution this time, regarding your rewards, the Senate will tell you after deliberation, so you don't have to worry.Before that, you can put forward what you need. "

As soon as Zhao Wen finished speaking, a businessman stood up.

Zheng Zhihu stood behind Zheng Yiguan. He looked at the businessman who stood up with dissatisfaction.

Standing up at this time, do you want rewards so much?Are you in a hurry?Even if you want to reward, you also need to score occasions, right?

Zheng Yiguan turned around with dissatisfaction on his face.

"Before I came here, I told you that this is not my place, and you should be more cautious in doing things. Are all my words fart? Just ignore my words. Really, it doesn't matter the occasion!" Zheng Yiguan slandered.

Of course, this businessman knew that it was inappropriate to stand up at this time, but he was a short-tempered person, and he wanted to ask some questions face to face, and he couldn't wait for such a long time.