Chapter 384 I'll repair this railway!

The blue sky and low clouds, riding on the yak and walking on the staggering mountain path, Li Qiang seemed to feel that his whole body was clear, and his body and mind seemed to have received a baptism.

On the top of the mountain in the distance, the white snow was like a crown hat. The eagle circled over the mountainside from time to time. The antelopes gathered in groups of spree and looked up to be vigilant, as if they were very dissatisfied with this guy who passed overhead from time to time.

Looking back, the long yak team stretched for thousands of meters. Next to the yak team, there were several accompanying believers, wearing thick Tibetan clothes and two thick felts tied to their knees. They kowtowed at every step. They didn't even look at the yak team around them, looking pious and solemn.

"Head, do you think they really want to kowtow to Lhasa step by step?"

After carefully putting his beloved sniper rifle on the back basket of the yak, Li Qiang drove the yam to Li Qiang's side and followed his eyes to look at the devout Tibetan believers, as if there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Li Qiang took a deep breath, and the cold and fresh air dissipated the fatigue of rushing on the road. He said, "This is faith. Everyone should have their own faith. Faith is the joy in people's hearts. It can let you avoid the hustle and bustle of the world and let you see the outside world clearly."

"But those who rebels in the northwest also have their own beliefs, but don't they want to kill my Han people for fun?" Next to him, a night shadow said.

"That's different. What the Hui rebels believe in is not in China. Their faith originated in Persia. Although their faith is good, their belief is too extreme and too xenophobic. But look at these Tibetans, are they xenophobic?

Tibetan Buddhism originated from India. With the exchanges in the Han and Tang Dynasties, especially after Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, she gradually stepped into the land of the Central Plains. Through the great wisdom of the sages of the Han family, a unique Southern Zen Buddhism was formed, but its roots remained unchanged, and it persuaded people to be good and pursue the afterlife.

Taoism originated from the land of the Central Plains. It pays attention to this life. In morality, it is more about fighting, but this kind of struggle is regarded by many people to fight for the world. The emperors of all dynasties were deceived by villains and thought that the struggle of Taoism would seize the world. But in fact, Taoism pays attention to fighting with heaven and life, and didn't you find it? Although Taoist alchemy has a lot of lead and mercury, which is not as magical as the legend, many things are discovered by them first, such as the gunpowder we are using now.

Our Chinese nation has been in this land for thousands of years. Whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, it is tolerated by us over time, but these two beliefs have begun to fade because of war and turmoil. The emperors of all dynasties have either supported Taoists or valued Buddhism, resulting in continuous conflicts between sects. This is [[***] It's not the fault of faith.

"And you can have a look." Li Qiang pointed to the devout Tibetan believers and said with a smile, "In such a beautiful world, do you think you will breed a heinous faith?"

Li Qiang's words made the night shadow warriors silent one after another. Wen Xiu shook his head first: "We have also been to many places. Canada, Alaska, Siberia, Hawaii, Chile, Cuba, almost all over the world, but there is really no place that can compare with this. When you look at these clouds, they are even better than mountains. Short, no wonder the emperor said that this is the roof of the world and the auspicious place of our Chinese nation, so I also think it is impossible to breed the extreme of the Persian sect born in the desert.

"Head, you know a lot."

"Ha ha, how can I know so much? This is what the emperor told me before he left to remind us that we must respect the beliefs of the local Tibetans after entering Tibet, and don't cause disputes." Li Qiang waved his hand modestly, returned to the task he was on, and asked, "How's the radio?" Have you contacted Lord Tang in the back?

The night eagle carrying the telegraph machine shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Beauty is beautiful, but there are too many mountains here to be contacted at all."

"Forget it." Although he lost the radio contact, Liu Guishan led the team later, so Li Qiang was not very worried and said with a smile, "I hope the lamas and Tusi can think about it carefully, so that we can set up the railway and telephone lines here as soon as possible, and save such trouble."

"Do you build a railway here?"

Wen Xiu looked at the continuous mountains and canyons around him, as well as the extremely hard permafrost under his feet, and took a breath of cold air. If the railway is built in this place, I'm afraid the amount of work will be too large to scare people to death.

"Let's go. It's not what we care about. It's time to get to Lhasa in a few days. I hope we can go well this time." Li Qiang waved his hand hard, and the bells under the yak's neck began to jingle again. When the yak team disappeared into the clouds of the path, those devout Tibetans still knelt down to Lhasa step by step--

In front of the door wall made of green bricks, several employees were carefully tidying up the flowers and plants next to them. One of them brought a ladder and carefully wiped the big sign hanging at the door. Every time he wiped it, he did not forget to breathe. It seemed that the door sign had become a treasure of the glazed workshop, which was worthy of his care.

A car stopped quickly at the door. Without waiting for several workers to raise their heads, Liang Qichao in a dress had already got out of the car. He looked at the worker who was wiping the sign and said with a smile, "Uncle Wu, be careful when climbing high."

"Your Excellency, you have come so early in the morning. You see, we haven't packed up yet." When Uncle Wu saw Liang Qichao, he quickly went down the ladder and saluted. He smiled and pointed to the sign and said, "Look, have you wiped it clean?"

On the wooden card, "Yanjing University" suddenly came into view. Looking at the spotless door sign, Liang Qichao nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Ha ha, how can we work for the headmaster? We just want it." Uncle Wu laughed, and the craftsmen around him also echoed and laughed one after another. Not to mention that this work was really not very hard, but the monthly labor of three yuan was enough to clean the school. Compared with those farmers who were digging in the field, it was really leisurely.

"Well, you can do something." Liang Qichao nodded to everyone. Just as he was about to walk in, he suddenly remembered something and turned his head and said, "That's right, the emperor will come later. Remember to clean up the road in the school."

"Your Majesty, the emperor is also coming." Hearing Liang Qichao's words, the craftsmen were breathing abnormally. Who is the emperor? I didn't expect to come to the opening ceremony of this university. It seems that it is true that the emperor is a student.

After Liang Qichao finished speaking, he quickly walked to the school. Yanjing University, which was renovated and expanded from the former Beijing Normal University Hall, is finally about to open after two years of construction. The students from all over the world have arrived in Yanjing City and are waiting for this day.

After several years of training in Honolulu, he usually arranged the work of those expatriates, which made him much more mature. Although many people felt that he was not qualified enough, he did not expect that Li Mo still tried his best to be the first president of Yanjing University.

The experience of escaping from the knife and axe is incomprehensible to many people. The failure of Wuxu's reform almost made him be beheaded, which not only did not make him depressed, but also strengthened his confidence in reform. If he wants to complete the reform, the first thing is the students, so he has been very attentive to foreign students over the years, not only selecting Many young people with both morality and talent went abroad and invited many excellent foreign teachers back, or this is why he became the president of Yanjing University, who is important and can even be regarded as a model for universities in Xinhua.

Although Xinhua has several universities, especially in Fengtian, Changchun, Harbin and other places in the north, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan and Hubei are also preparing to build, Yanjing University has a special geographical location, and Liang Qichao is very clear that Li Mo wants to build a world-class university, so After taking office, he attached great importance to the construction of the university. He not only tried his best to create a good environment for the students in terms of facilities, but also hired many well-known scholars in China. He also invited Wu Rulun and Gu Hongming to be the chief and deputy chief teachers, and Lin Yu, the translator, was appointed as the general office of the Translation Bureau. He even contacted Chang Lin to ask him to arrange some foreign departments of the Ministry of Science and Technology from time to time. Scholars come to lecture and strive to build a college that integrates Chinese and Western cultures.

Half an hour later, the door of Yanjing University was finally opened. Countless students entered the dream university with excitement. Among them, there were even local students selected from Honolulu, Ryukyu, Luzon, Daxia and other places. They will pick up here with more than a thousand Chinese students. Higher education.

With the arrival of cars, more and more officials and well-known scholars from various places also arrived one after another. In the end, Li Enfu and Li Mo, like students, walked out of the car and walked into the campus together, and the whole Yanjing University became a sensation.

From "Xinhua Theory" to "We Stand Up", although Li Mo has only published two articles in the newspaper, each time it has caused a huge sensation. The funny beginning, the passionate but simple words make everyone who has read or heard it unforgettable for a long time, especially he never restricts officials from publishing in the newspaper. The article, so when he escaped from Canada, participated in Chile, walked into Honolulu, and his deeds such as the decisive battle to save China were exposed, his legendary experience aroused the yearning of the students. It was this article that made many people begin to know that the young emperor was not an ambitious man. In fact, He planned from the beginning to give this nation a chance to rise again!

After Li Mo and Li Enfu resigned, Yanjing University finally opened with rumbling firecrackers and drums, which also represented Xinhua Education to a new level.

But at this happy moment, Li Mo, who returned to Xinhua Garden with Li Enfu, frowned and asked, "Isn't there any news from Liu Bingzhang and Li Qiang?"

Li Enfu knew what Li Mo was worried about and immediately said, "The radio has never been contacted, but the emperor doesn't have to worry too much. Liu Bingzhang has been in charge of Sichuan for many years, and there are many Tibetans in the territory, so he should be very clear about Tibetans, and this person has a very good way to deal with ethnic issues. Now you have appointed him as The Minister of Ethnic Affairs is also one of the important ministers. I think Lhasa should also see our sincerity. If this doesn't make sense, then we have no scruples!"

Li Mo nodded. Maybe Li Enfu said a lot. He seemed to be a little too nostalgic for the land where he had lived a year in his previous life. Now the war in Xinjiang is coming to an end, and more than 100,000 rebels with nowhere to escape are surrounded by a small area in the northwest. Less than 10,000 square kilometers of border, and as expected, when Britain reached an agreement with Xinhua, and the Far East Fleet's arrival in India with the remnants was reprinted by European newspapers, Nicholas II could only swallow it when the army was not fully prepared and the Siberian railway was not completed. The entire army that entered Xinjiang Province was withdrawn.

Losing the help of the Russians, waiting for the rebels to say goodbye to the motherland forever in addition to total annihronze. For some of them, at this moment, they understand the feeling of betraying the country, but it is too late. After the beginning of spring, Sun Jiugong has issued a general attack order, which may be full of artillery fire. .

The restoration of Xinjiang Province is already waiting. In this way, the only province in Xinhua that has not been under the central management is Tibet Province. Li Mo's mood for this plateau is very complicated. It is the birthplace of the Yellow River of the Yangtze River. It is not too much to describe it as incubating the Chinese nation, but it is really too remote, plus The British behind the Himalayas have been staring at whether they can enter Tibet smoothly has become the biggest stumbling block to Xinhua and him.

To be honest, Li Mo doesn't want to fight there. The plateau war consumes too much, and the northwest has fought so hard. To fight in the Tibetan province with a more dangerous geographical environment, the cost will be greater, which will seriously aggravate the already overburdened financial crisis, and because he can't bear to let the gunfire and smoke pollute the clear sky. .

In his previous life, he stayed there for half a year. The magnificent natural environment, simple Tibetans and rotating scriptures there are still deeply affecting him.

So after thinking about it for a long time, he finally discussed with Li Enfu, sent the Minister of Ethnic Affairs first, and specially arranged for Li Qiang to take the night eagle to protect it, which showed that he attached great importance to Tibet.

Another thing that made him unable to make up his mind is the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The major artery in later generations has also been planned for a long time, and it took countless years to build. If the province of Tibet is under management, whether to build the last section of the southwest artery will also bother him.

The railway from Shaanxi to Gansu into Xinjiang Province has been planned. Among them, the section from Shaanxi to Gansu has been under construction. After the restoration of Urumqi in Xinjiang Province, the construction corps has also been mobilized to enter. The roadbed has been surveyed and leveled to prepare for the start of construction. For this reason, the Prime Minister's Office has also adopted Li Mo's opinion in Jiuquan and Ulu, Gansu Province. In the two places, based on the local iron ore, two medium-sized steel mills were built to provide steel for this large artery.

But it's not another one from Qinghai, but it's really a headache to extend to Lhasa.

The Prime Minister's Office is certainly unwilling to open this railway at this moment. The manpower is fine, but the cost is too large. Even if the land sale in Borneo has begun, the issuance of treasury bonds negotiated with Germany and Italy has also made progress. A large amount of income has stabilized the finances, but it is still impossible to build a new Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

But Li Mo has other ideas, which may be time-consuming, labor-intensive and more expensive, but once this major artery is built, it will greatly enhance the communication between Tibet and the mainland. More importantly, it can directly threaten the British crown!

So whether it is for the unification of the country or the future of Xinhua, this major artery must be repaired!

"Mr. Li, you ask Tang Shaoyi to contact Xixiang Congdao to collect 300,000 workers on the condition of exempting part of the debt. In addition, contact Huang Fuqi to send 200,000 sourinho from Borneo as soon as possible!"

"I'll repair this railway!" Li Mo gritted his teeth and made up his mind...

(to be continued)