From a freeloader to a world leader

Just as everyone finished inspecting the Hengzhou Bridge and accepting the girls' academy whose main structure had been completed and was being finalized, a fast horse hurriedly crossed the Hengzhou Bridge, which had not yet been opened to traffic, and headed towards the island in the middle of the river.

Sun Shan, whose eyesight and hearing were far superior to those of ordinary people, heard this. After thinking for a while, he ordered people to go and greet them. Could something have happened?

The women's academy is a three-story structure made of blue bricks and black tiles, covering an area of ​​nearly 1 square kilometer, basically occupying the entire area in the southeast of Jiangxinzhou.

It can accommodate 1000 teachers and students, all women, to study and live in the academy.

Because it was the first women's academy in the empire, and it was built by Princess Qian Yue'e of Heng in her personal name, so it was naturally built in a magnificent manner.

In order to become famous in the future, the construction funds were repeatedly increased.

From the original 300,000 taels, it increased all the way to 500,000 taels. If the project was finally completed, it would take at least 600,000 taels of silver.

To this end, Princess Heng almost emptied out her own private money. Fortunately, her natal family, the Qian family, learned of the additional funds and privately transferred 100,000 taels to her as an emergency measure.

This will prevent the opening ceremony of the academy after the Lantern Festival tomorrow from being affected by money.

The relationship between the Qian family, the maiden family of Princess Heng Qian Yue'e, and the Qian family, the maiden family of Queen Qian Ruyu, is like the relationship between the Sun family of Chenzhou and the Sun family of Mianyang.

They both had the same surname, Qian, but they separated at the beginning of the empire.

Although they don't interact much in normal times, private communication between the two families is inevitable.

Both families share a natural shrewdness and persistence when it comes to business and money.

However, the two companies focus on different directions.

Qian Ruyu's family in Qianjiang mainly invests in various large entities, such as emerging forces like Datong Chamber of Commerce, and prefers to invest in docks and water freight.

The Qianjiang River freight company had more than 200 ships of various sizes and a staff of to people. It was one of the three major shipping gangs in the Sui Empire.

Princess Heng's maiden family, the Chuyang Qian family, as the main branch of the Qian family, mainly invests in money houses and pawnshops.

The Qian family's Qian's Bank is one of the most influential banks in the entire empire. As for how much assets the family has, some people secretly speculate that it is probably at least tens of millions, if not 100 million.

After a while, Sun Ziyong jumped off his horse in a hurry and shouted in a low voice: "Report to the prince and the advisor, there is good news-----"

"Hehe, what's good?"

Sun Ziyong walked quickly to the front, walked between the two of them, and whispered excitedly: "The Queen and Princess Kewei are here!"

Sun Shan, who had not received any news, was a little surprised. How could two people suddenly run to Hengzhou without any sound?

The Chinese New Year is almost here. Are they going to celebrate it in Hengzhou?

However, when he thought of Queen Qian Ruyu's graceful figure and the look in her eyes when she looked at him privately, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Although he was a little surprised, he turned to look at Yang Yuanqing, wanting to see if he knew about it in advance and had communicated with him.

Sure enough, Yang Yuanqing laughed cheerfully: "It came pretty quickly. I thought it would take two or three days."

Then, Yang Yuanqing asked Sun Ziyong, who was in charge of Hengzhou's foreign affairs: "Ziyong, how many people came with the queen this time? Where are they now?"

"There are probably about a hundred people here. The queen and the princess have already moved into the Datong Royal Villa. I just went to see it with my own eyes."

"Does the Queen have any instructions?"

"Nothing, the Queen said not to alert the authorities and wanted to rest first, but------"

Sun Ziyong paused and said to Sun Shan with a strange look, "But the Queen asked you to go to the Royal Villa when you are free. She has something to tell you."

"Oh, I see. I'll go over there later."

Yang Yuanqing thought that the Queen was looking for Sun Shan to talk about Yang Kewei and the Datong Carriage Factory's investment in building a factory in the imperial capital.

He hurriedly revealed some information so that Sun Shan could be prepared.

Unexpectedly, Sun Shan actually shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this is not easy to do. We haven't sorted out the situation in Hengzhou yet. We haven't even achieved the production of 1000 vehicles a month. How can we have the energy to build a factory in the imperial capital?"

After hearing what Sun Shan said, Yang Yuanqing's face darkened.

In fact, he had privately communicated with Emperor Yuanfeng and Prince Cheng for a long time, and felt that it was not impossible to build a carriage factory with a royal brand by leveraging the royal funds and power.

But this matter certainly cannot bypass the Datong Chamber of Commerce and Sun Shan.

Because the core technology and business philosophy of horse-drawn carriage manufacturing are all in Sun Shan's hands.

Then, the best option is to encourage Sun Shan to build a branch factory in the imperial capital first and master the full set of car manufacturing technology nearby.

Especially the imperial military, after half a year of border fighting, found that the carriages manufactured by Datong Carriage Factory were so convenient and easy to use.

Because, under Sun Shan’s suggestion, the Datong Carriage Factory temporarily unified the standard size, and the parts produced were exactly the same.

Then, even if a car breaks down, you can replace it with a new kit on the spot and start it up right away.

Even if there are no spare parts to replace in time, the same kit can be removed from other broken carriages and assembled to repair it.

The horse-drawn carriages of the past were not only of poor quality but also had insufficient carrying capacity.

Moreover, each manufacturer's kit is completely different. Once it breaks, you will be dumbfounded and have to send it back to the repair factory to see if it can be rebuilt based on the situation.

In this case, not only will the maintenance period be long, but the cost will also be much higher.

Therefore, when the military submitted the practical report and the list of items to be purchased, the Royal Fund set its sights on the supply of horse-drawn carriages for the military.

He planned to snatch this piece of fat meat that was previously controlled by several aristocratic families including the Wang family.

"You can consider it, Zhongshan. The sales in the imperial capital are very good now. The Wang family is beginning to make moves and wants to build a carriage factory before our Datong."

"Haha, it's not that easy. It looks easy, but if you're just a little bit off, the feeling when you run will be different."

Sun Shan was very confident about this.

Because the core technology of the carriage factory is in the hands of Master Huang and Mo Jia, these people have the grace of rebirth for them.

Besides, I have been very kind to them.

Not only in terms of annual salary and benefits, but also in terms of social status, we are given respect that others cannot give us.

Sun Shan, who came from a thousand years later, understood better than anyone else in this world that science and technology are the primary productive forces.

In his mind, technical talents like Huang Dajiang and Mo Jia are all treasures.

What's more, Sun Shan's targeted pioneering thinking a thousand years later is more like a beacon.

It gave them guidance on the road to scientific advancement.

Scientific research and creation are actually like a layer of paper. As long as you poke a hole in that layer, it is not difficult.

However, before success, no one knows whether what they are doing is right, and how long it will take to break through that layer of paper.

Sun Shan is undoubtedly like a prophet of this world, knowing the trajectory of all scientific developments in the future world.

"Zhongshan, you should think about it again. The number of vehicles needed by the imperial military is not a small number. We cannot let various restrictions affect the military operations of the empire."

Yang Yuanqing said, patting Sun Shan's shoulder a little heavily: "Or, you can go and see the queen now to see what arrangements she has with the emperor."

Now, Sun Shan felt the pressure.

Now it seems that Yang Yuanqing has become a little obsessed. After all, everyone wants to take a bite of the big piece of fat meat called the carriage factory.

There was no Datong Coach House before, but you have been doing fine for hundreds of years, haven't you?

Why, it doesn’t work now?

"Okay, then I'll see the Queen first. Anyway, this matter can't be rushed for the time being."

After saying a few words, Sun Shan climbed onto the big horse that Sun Ziyong was riding, and drove towards the Datong villa area with excitement.

As for the beautiful woman who glanced at him and grabbed his big bird.

As the mother of a country, Qian Ruyu is full of longing and expectation.