The Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty belongs to the inland administrative region, and there are only a few large lakes in the territory, however, in the Tang Dynasty, because the area of these lakes is relatively large, they are all given the name of the sea, the largest one in the northwest is called the Aral Sea, and later generations are also called this name, the big lake in the north is called Yibohai, the name of later generations is Balkhash Lake, and the smaller one in the south is Atami, which is also the Issyk-Kul Lake in later generations.

At this time, the Aral Sea lake was still very large, and the salt content of the lake water was not very large, and in later generations, because of the development of cotton planting, a large number of medicinal water and fresh water from the Wuhu River, resulting in less and less fresh water flowing into the Aral Sea Lake, and eventually led to the continuous shrinking of the area of the Aral Sea, and the salt content of the seawater gradually increased, and even, in a few years, the Aral Sea will completely disappear from this planet, and this will cause a serious Aral Sea crisis.

The so-called Aral Sea crisis is because of the gradual reduction of the area of the Aral Sea, which has caused harm in all aspects, such as fishermen fishing nearby, there is no fish to hunt, life is extremely difficult, there is a large amount of salt on the lake bed that has dried up, and a saline-alkali sandstorm is formed after being blown by the wind, and the harm of the saline-alkali sandstorm is very large, and these small saline-alkali sandstorms blown away by the wind will enter the farmland, thereby causing large-scale salinization of the farmland and affecting the harvest of crops.

Yibanhai is a large freshwater lake, and the freshwater reserves are very huge, it is a very good lake, which can solve the lack of water resources in Anxi, and the area of Atami is not large, so it is not enough.

In short, Anxi Duhufu is an inland administrative region with only a few lakes, and after Li An took Anzhu Prefecture, the situation changed completely, although the area of Anzhu Prefecture is not large, but it is narrow enough to extend from the sea to the Tocharian region, and Tocharian and the northern land in the river have long been attached to the Tang Dynasty, and it is already part of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, and Anzhu Prefecture has also been included in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, so that the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty has become a coastal administrative region, and, It is the only western coastal administrative region, and the rest of the coastal administrative regions are all in the southeast.

Nowadays, the Datang Railway can go directly from Chang'an City to the southernmost Persian Governor's Mansion in Tocharo, that is, Jiling City, and from Jiling City to Anzhu City, there are more than 1,000 miles of road, as long as this section of the railway is completed, from the railway of Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, you can directly reach Anzhu City, which is of great significance.

During the period of building the Land of the River and the Tocharian Railway, a large number of road builders have been trained, and these craftsmen are local people, let them take the train to the Persian Governor's Mansion to build the railway, and give an extra 30% of the wages, I believe they will not refuse, and at the moment when the railway is built, if the craftsmen are in a hurry, they can also return home in a very short time, and there will be no delay.

As long as the craftsmen from these two places can be transferred, the goal of building the railway to Anzhu Port in an extreme time can be achieved.

Because this new railway plan was not available before, and Datang has railway branch lines to be built throughout Anxi, many craftsmen are currently building railway branch lines in Anxi and are not idle.

However, the importance of these railway branch lines is obviously far less than that of the strategic railway leading to Anzhu Port, so in this case, it is completely possible to put aside the construction of the railway branch line first, transfer all the resources and labor to the Persian Protectorate, and go all out to build the railway from Jiling City to Anzhu City.

As long as Li An made this request, the Tang Dynasty would definitely support it, and everyone could see the importance of this railway, of course, it would inevitably damage the interests of the Land in the River and some of the subject states of Tocharo, and it would make them feel quite unhappy.

However, as long as this railway is unblocked, the entire commercial channel will be formed, and it will inevitably bring huge benefits to these small countries in the future, which are much higher than the immediate losses.

After deciding the best strategy, Li An immediately sent another letter to the imperial court, demanding that the construction of all railway branches in Hezhong and Tocharian be stopped, and all existing resources and manpower should be transferred to the Persian capital, and that the rest of the branch railways be delayed by the queen.

After writing the memo, Ang Lee handed it to his subordinate officials to read, and asked them to make some constructive suggestions, or help polish it, so as not to think about it somewhat.

Subordinates will always excuse themselves, saying that their positions are low and they are not qualified to see them, but as long as Li An asks for a few more times, they will not refuse.

"The construction of the Anzhu City Railway is not a secret, you can see, it doesn't matter if it is leaked, it can attract more businessmen to come and invest."

Li An said as he handed the fold to a few of his subordinates.

"Li Shilang, this plan seems to be extremely changeable, and it will temporarily damage the interests of some small countries, but in the long run, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, and my subordinates feel that it is completely feasible."

"My subordinates also think it's feasible, but it is inevitable that the imperial court will send additional officials to coordinate with the countries, appease the emotions of the small countries, and make them willing to support my Datang's decision."

Several of his subordinates spoke their minds.

Li An was not surprised at all to be recognized by his subordinates, but he was still in a very good mood, and immediately sent someone to send him to Chang'an City.

The resources of the port are very scarce, at least temporarily, so if you want to build a railway, you must rely on resources from other places, the land in the river and Tocharian have built the railway for so long, and the railway-related industries have been developed, and the resources are naturally relatively sufficient, so if you want to build the Anzhu City Railway as soon as possible, you must find a way from these two places, and you must obtain the manpower and various resources of these two places, otherwise, this railway cannot be built.

Of course, because of the lack of resources, a lot of iron materials still need to be transported from Chang'an City, and with the railway as a guarantee, the pressure of transportation is not very great.

Because the iron resources of the port are very insufficient, the construction of the railway tracks needs to be delayed, but the construction of the railway station in addition to the railway tracks, there are many building facilities, such as houses and courtyard walls, which can be solved only with resources such as bricks and wood, so the construction can be carried out at any time.

In order to stabilize the people's hearts and make the merchants and common people believe in the strategic planning of the Tang Empire, Li An immediately issued an order to build the Anzhucheng Railway Station, no matter when the railroad tracks are laid, the infrastructure of the station must be completed as soon as possible.

In order to build the station's infrastructure as soon as possible, Li An ordered the 6,000 soldiers who joined the ranks of craftsmen to divide 2,000 to build the railway station, and asked many subordinates to give their full support.

"Li Shilang, now that there is a shortage of people and building materials in various places, why should we concentrate on building a train station? It will take a long time for the railway to open to traffic, and even if the railway station is completed immediately, it will not be used for a long time, which is really unnecessary. ”

"That's right, Li Shilang, manpower and building materials are needed in all aspects, especially commercial streets and residential areas, which must be built as soon as possible to meet the needs of more and more businessmen stationed here, since the railway station is not possible to use for the time being, why should it be built in advance? Is it to make the merchants believe that Anzhu City will build a railway, even if they are not in a hurry to build a railway station, the merchants will believe that a railway will be built here? ”

Several subordinates expressed their incomprehension and felt that there was no need to rush to build a railway station that could not be used for the time being.

Li An insisted: "No, the railway station must be built as soon as possible, so that the businessmen can see more intuitively, although many businessmen have believed that there will be a railway in Anzhu City, but there are also businessmen who do not believe in this, they will take a wait-and-see attitude, and as long as the construction of the railway station is completed, these people who hold a wait-and-see attitude will fully believe in the future potential of Anzhu City, so that they are willing to come to compete in advance to gain a firm foothold as soon as possible, so the railway station must be built as soon as possible to attract more businessmen to come and invest." ”

"Anyway, since the railway station is so important, it is necessary to build it as soon as possible."

One of the subordinates said.

"Li Shilang, the railway station is in the northwest direction of Anzhu City, and Anzhu Port is due west, with a distance of more than ten miles in between. In this way, after the goods on the train get off, they can be transported to the nearest ship, how convenient it is! ”

One of his subordinates felt that the location of the railway station, which was a bit far away from the port, was quite unfavorable to the transportation of materials.

When Li An heard this, he felt that what his subordinates said was quite reasonable, it was indeed the case, the reason why Anzhu City had a bright future in the future was because it had the role of a dual hub on land and sea at the same time, which greatly facilitated the transportation of various commercial materials, and if the cargo ships in the harbor and the freight trains in the railway station were too far apart, the effect of transportation seemed to be really weakened, and it was indeed not conducive to the transportation of materials.

However, after a lot of investigation in the early stage, the terrain in the northwest is relatively flat, and the flat place is relatively large, which is indeed more suitable for the construction of a railway station, and in many ways has an advantage over the seaside, and the only weakness is that it is a little far away from the seaside.

"Although it is convenient to transport goods near the sea, the railway station needs too much land, and there is no suitable location for the seaside, so it can only be built in the northwest, however, in the future, two railroad tracks can be laid from the railway station in the northwest to the seaside, so that it is much more convenient to transport materials, and the place near the sea in the north can be used as a small storage base, and the goods that are too late to be loaded and loaded can be temporarily stored here."

Ang Lee gave a more feasible opinion.

"Yes, yes, it seems that this is the only way, there is no better way."

"Li Shilang, my subordinates will arrange it, and the train station will begin to take shape within a week."

The subordinates said happily.

Li An was very happy, waved his hand, and asked his subordinates to immediately make preparations and start preparing for the construction of the railway station immediately.

The construction of a railway station in Anzhu City, such a big event, naturally the more people know about it, the better, so as to attract more businessmen to invest and set up entities.

The best means of propaganda is to start the construction of the railway station immediately, and before the construction, in order to boost the morale of the builders, it is necessary to carry out a very necessary groundbreaking ceremony, and also invite important people to speak, in order to show the importance of the imperial court, and the propaganda effect will inevitably be doubled.

Li An returned to the house, picked up a brush and wrote six big characters of Anzhucheng Railway Station himself, and immediately shouted: "Come on, go find a few carpenters who can carve words." ”

"Yes."

Soon, several honest carpenters walked in.

Li An handed the six big characters to one of the carpenters and said, "You should use the shortest time to engrave these six big characters on the wooden plaque, and you must have the best wood door plaque, the sooner the better." ”

"Li Shilang, don't worry, the little one will do his best, and he will be able to do it in a few hours."

The carpenter who took the lead assured.

Li An nodded, and asked them to go to work immediately, and work quickly.

The subordinates who obeyed the order were not idle, they were quickly mobilizing people and horses, and let these people transport all kinds of necessary building materials to the location of the railway station, which can be regarded as pre-construction preparations.

Such a large-scale allocation of manpower and building materials naturally caused a great stir, and the merchants and people of the port all turned their attention to it.

The busier businessmen can only continue to be busy, while the businessmen and ordinary people who have free time are taking leisurely steps to go to the construction site of the railway station to see the excitement.

"Yo, it's a lot of movement! More than 2,000 people were dispatched to transport so many building materials, it seems that there is going to be a big construction here! ”

"What is going to be built here? commercial buildings, or residential. ”

"Such a large place, it must be an unusual building, will it be a railway station!"

"Hey, it's really possible, didn't the Datang officials say a long time ago that this port city is going to build a railway station, maybe it's here."

"I'm not sure, so why don't you go over and ask!"

Several businessmen got together and talked.

A businessman stepped forward and inquired to the officials of the Tang Dynasty: "Dare to ask what is going to be built here, such a big movement." ”

"Oh, it's a railway station, after the construction is completed, Anzhu City will have both a port and a railway station, as long as the train is opened, the value of Anzhu City will increase greatly."

The Datang official replied lightly.

"The train station, it's really the train station."

The merchant ran back to tell his companion with a very relieved expression on his face.

"The train station, it's really the train station, there is a train station in Anzhu City, it's great."

"Such important good news must be told to more people, gone, gone."

"Let's go! Now that we already know that there is going to be a railway station here, there is no need to stay any longer, it is dusty and not good for health. ”

"Yes, yes, let's go have a cup of tea together."

Several businessmen left the construction site in high spirits.