Chapter 630 - 628 Disappointment
Ye Xinyan naturally didn’t know what the two said after they left the Qi family’s home, but she did know their dialogue at the Qi family’s. However, she didn’t take it to heart. Regardless of whether Jinrong could understand her intentions, based on her understanding of Jinrong, even if he disagreed with her viewpoint and did not approve of her disdain for the scholars who were the foundation of the nation, she thought he would simply ignore it and not interfere with how she treated the craftsmen of the Construction Industry.
Jinrong, Jiang Yifan, and Ye Xinyan were each busy with their own affairs.
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The railway carriages in the capital city ran very well. Now, the carriages were used not only for passenger transport but also for cargo, which accounted for a considerable amount of transportation, giving the Emperor, who closely monitored the operation of the railway, more confidence.
The court’s railway transport had been in use for a while, laid between Jiwang, an important granary storage location, and the border pass of Liaoyuan Prefecture. The transportation was extremely efficient. Leaving from Jiwang Town in Heyuan Commandery in the morning, one could reach the border pass of Liaoyuan Prefecture before dark. The only issue was the railway’s distance from the capital city, which meant the Emperor could not inspect it closely.
However, this efficient mode of transport was enormously expensive. According to the plan, another railway was to be prepared in the following spring, and the court had to raise silver taels for laying it.
So, when the Emperor heard from Jinrong that Jiang Yifan, who had been demoted to Qingyuan County, had unauthorizedly agreed to the private sector laying wooden rails for experimentation, he did not question Jiang’s wrongdoing. Instead, after reviewing Jiang’s evaluations over the past three years and despite compromising Duke An’s face, he transferred Jiang back to the capital city.
Jiang Yifan, being a man who understood the situation, managed to obtain Old Master Ye’s forgiveness after his return, and became very close to Duke An’s Mansion. This made His Majesty the Emperor feel less embarrassed when facing Old Man Ye.