Chapter 1122 - 1066. Promoting Yue Ying
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"It is a masterpiece, Liu Ye. Master Huang Chengyan, Lady Huang Yue Ying... your work is extraordinary," Lie Fan praised them, walking up to run a hand along the smooth, iron plated rail. He turned back to his advisors, his mind already leaping ten steps into the future.
"If the trials are a big success, then we move to immediate, large scale implementation," Lie Fan decreed, his voice taking on the commanding tone of the Emperor once more. "We will begin laying these wagonways to connect the primary coal and iron mines directly to the central forges, and then we will connect the main granaries to the capital. But hear me well, this will require a massive shift in our logistics."
Lie Fan looked at Zhuge Liang, who was still subtly glancing toward Yue Ying. "Minister Kongming, we will need more human resources. This is not a road of dirt that can be left to the rain. The maintenance of the iron rails, the replacement of the timber, the engineering of the flanged wheels... it will require a dedicated, highly trained corps of maintenance workers and engineers. You will need to recruit heavily."
"It shall be done, Your Majesty," Zhuge Liang bowed, forcing his mind back to the logistical challenge. "I will establish a specialized guild within the Ministry of Works to oversee the recruitment and training of these railway artisans."
Lie Fan then turned back to Liu Ye and the Huang family. "Do not stop here. This is merely the first iteration. I want more research, more development, and more funding poured into this project. I want the wagons made stronger. I want the friction on the wheels reduced further. Investigate better alloys for the rails."
"Improve it. Advance it. The Hengyuan Dynasty will not be constrained by the speed of a walking ox in the mud. We will build a network of iron that binds this continent together so tightly it can never be broken again."
As Lie Fan painted his magnificent vision of an iron bound continent, the air within the smoky, cavernous testing warehouse seemed to crackle with an entirely new kind of electricity.
Standing just a half step behind her father, Huang Yue Ying could no longer contain the sheer, unadulterated excitement that was practically vibrating through her slender frame.