There was a quarrel in the court.
And in the center of the vortex, he was trying to shrink with his hands in his sleeves, pretending to be a quail.
The core of the argument is still the same as in the previous few days, the skyrocketing iron price. He had been able to get away with it with vague words in the previous times, but this time he was afraid it would be a hanging matter.
The issue of Eastern Suburbs University and the Royal Academy of Sciences organizing personnel to build a railway has already caused a sensation.
As the railway became longer and longer, and began to appear near populated areas from wasteland, this matter began to ferment.
At first, no one paid attention to this little thing, thinking that it was just another weird invention by the Academy of Sciences.
There are also all kinds of strange and bizarre theories. As well-informed people in the capital who have heard a lot of them through the Mid-Levels Daily, their horizons have been broadened a lot.
This time, however, things seem very different.
The construction of this railway is endless! It has been almost a year and it is still under construction.
Moreover, during the construction process, curious people often went to watch, and you could always see the Jinyiwei patrolling along the railway.
All kinds of rumors began to spread among the people, and they speculated what these two railway tracks were.
Of course, Fang Zheng ignored all superstitious ideas that did not affect the construction of the railway, but he struck hard at those who spread rumors and caused trouble!
After some revisions, the public wisdom has finally reached a consensus on railways.
After scientific research, Dongda University plans to build armor on the dragon vein to protect the country's destiny.
As a result, a trend has emerged where many people go for a walk along the railway line to help digest their food after a meal.
They try to get some dragon energy and hope to live a good life in the coming year.
As for the officials in the court, they were dismissive of such rhetoric.
Dragon vein?
There is an official explanation for dragon veins! If you just build a broken road underground, it will become a dragon vein?
After many investigations and studies, they came to a unified conclusion.
Fang Zhengyi has a lot of money to burn, he is simply ambitious and wants to pave the road with iron!
And because there was not enough iron, they only made two iron bars that looked like they were there.
That thing would probably need specially made wheels so that the carriage could run on it.
There is no other possibility.
This conclusion was mainly due to the fact that this guy had a criminal record and seemed to have an unusual passion for road construction.
Moreover, the railway was obviously built next to the road between Taoyuan County and the capital.
From their perspective, the road from Taoyuan County to the capital is unparalleled in the world.
Is it a good thing to exceed the standard of ordinary roads? No, exceeding the standard by too much is simply a waste of money!
Why make it so easy to repair? Isn’t it enough to be able to walk?
But he pays for it himself, so he can just do it if he wants. It will be all rusted in a few years anyway, and then people will laugh at him.
However, as the construction of the railway showed no signs of stopping, the price of iron continued to rise.
Even though Fang Zhengyi had purchased pig iron resources through various channels, there was still a shortage of pig iron in the capital.
At this point, everyone was completely panicked!
The rich are not to be feared, what is to be feared is that they spend money recklessly!
Salt and iron are national strategic resources. You are desperately trying to buy pig iron, which has caused market resources to be scarce and prices to be high.
What should the court do?
The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Works were the first to discover that expenditures exceeded the budget, and they immediately joined forces to launch an attack.
Although at the current level of knowledge, people don’t understand what economics is.
But they understand that supply and demand determine prices, which is an eternal truth!
Let Fang Zheng continue to build recklessly without regard for cost.
Will the army and border troops still produce military supplies? Will the Construction Bureau under the Ministry of Works continue to carry out various projects?
Finally, the money was collected and all expenses were charged to the Ministry of Revenue.
"Master Fang, please say something! Don't just stand there pretending nothing happened. You are the one who caused all this trouble!" Feng Jie from the Ministry of War had been staring at him for a long time.
Emperor Jing glanced at Fang Zhengyi and smiled bitterly in his heart.
In the court, he was the most embarrassed one.
Although he didn't know what this railway was used for, he was the one who moved the first shovel.
And Zhengyi said at that time that he wanted to show filial piety.
You can't not let the son-in-law show his filial piety...and I don't know how much money has been invested now.
The silver used to buy the iron did not cost the court's money, and he was now in a dilemma.
Surrounded by the gazes of the "wolves", Fang Zhengyi stood up helplessly.
Road testing will begin in two days, and it will be completed in less than a month. We will be ready to make big news then.
Now these people are endlessly entangled and the public is very excited. It is necessary to give an explanation now.
"Your Majesty, I built the railway for the benefit of the people of the world. During the construction of the railway, I hired countless workers and benefited many people. The people praised me. I built the railway for good. What's wrong with that?"
"Lord Fang, don't avoid the important issue. We all have no objection to you spending your own money on the construction. But now your actions have affected the price of iron ore, and then affected the entire court. This is no longer just your family's business!" Feng Jie said seriously.
"Your Majesty, the time is right now. The iron and stone used by the Ministry of War to cast guns, swords, and armor is incomparable. The current construction of railways has occupied a large amount of iron, which has seriously affected military funds and even the price of civilian farm tools. Your Majesty, please immediately order the demolition of all railways, purchase the demolished steel at a fair price, and re-smelt it to cast weapons."
"I agree with you. Iron and steel are the most valuable. We, Dajing, are not stingy with real gold and silver. How can we in the world leave real gold and silver in the wasteland?"
"Master Fang, even if you have money, you can't waste it like this! It would be better to let the court take it away to recover some of the losses."
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