At the same time as building the railway from Bianliang to Yingtianfu, the Ding Navy had actually begun to explore the west of Bianliang.

There is no way, the location of the Ding Navy itself is close to the sea, and the transportation is convenient, but all kinds of resources are insufficient.

The foundation of industrialization lies in the huge productive forces, which can handle materials, whether it is raw materials or output, are very huge, so as to support the development of the entire Ding Navy.

At present, Ding Haijun has not completed the manufacture of the steam engine and has not found the rubber, but if he has not found it now, does it mean that he will not find it in the future?

In nature, the organism containing rubber is not a rubber tree, but a rubber tree, which belongs to the kind that contains more total amount, and at the same time, the extraction method is relatively easy.

In fact, what Zhao Xin knows, many plants contain rubber, the most of which is Eucommia, but there is no way to know the method of extraction, so you can only prepare it slowly.

According to the progress of the experiment, perhaps, it may not take several years to make mass-produced rubber, but the laboratory completes the final refining and the probability of making rubber is very high.

At present, the research on the steam engine, in fact, is stuck on the rubber, other alternative materials, can not reach the level of rubber, so that the maximum steam engine is only about 0.5 horsepower, such power, can not meet the needs of the Ding Navy at all.

However, as long as the rubber produced in the laboratory is recorded by the card system and stored as a permanent material, even a quarter or even half of the card system's production capacity is acceptable.

Studying history, even if it is not world history, but as a common sense, the role of the steam engine, Zhao Xin knows very well that once the steam engine is completed, the railway will not be as complicated as it is now, and the productivity of the entire Ding Navy will also be greatly increased.

Britain, relying on the steam revolution, in just a few years, has become the world's largest manufacturing country from an island country, and the Ding Navy has popularized industrialization, as well as the assembly line method, it can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, as long as the research of the steam engine is completed, even if it is the most primary, the simplest kind of steam engine, as long as the sealing and power are reached, the productivity of the entire Ding Navy will get a blowout.

What is the basis of the steam revolution, it is coal, there is no kind of mineral, there is a great role of coal, it is the blood and backbone of the whole industry, without coal, the steam engine can not be carried out smoothly.

As long as Ding Haijun develops itself and Ryukyu, the demand for steam engines is very terrible, perhaps, Ryukyu still has some coal, but the reserves of coal are not enough, and in the whole of China, and even the whole world, where is the place with the most coal reserves, is Shanxi.

The whole world is stocked with coal here, and it can be said unceremoniously that almost all of the coal is hidden under the mountains and rivers of Shanxi.

The popularization of the steam revolution will almost inevitably, so that the demand for coal will greatly increase, now, the railway is only through Yingtianfu to Bianliang, and then build the railway from Yingtianfu to Jiangning, Yingtianfu to the Daimyofu, there is no need for this, and the construction to the northwest is the most important choice.

Of course, in other places, Zhao Xin did not deceive Ye Qingchen, and some basic data in the northwest were confirmed by Han Qi and some chambers of commerce in the northwest by Ding Haijun.

It's not that Zhao Xin's simple mention of the point has such a magical effect, Zhao Xin has never stopped mentioning the point of the Northern Song Dynasty, and even the fertilizer has also made efforts.

It's just that not many people in the Northern Song Dynasty believed it, after all, just getting some manure and simply treating the manure can increase the grain output by one-third or even more, which is a bit unbelievable.

But in fact, this is the case, the release of manure directly into the farmland, easy to burn the crops, but harmful, left for a long enough time, most of the nutrients, will be volatilized.

The method of farmhouse fertilizer, which has been summed up among farmers for a long time and has undergone scientific research in the second half of the 20th century, is the best ratio, and the effect is at least three to five times higher than that of ordinary fertilization.

The role of fertilizer has been proven, adding fertilizer, can make food grow better, in later generations, has become a well-known thing.

However, in the Northern Song Dynasty, the power of habit was huge, and most of the land was in the hands of landlords and nobles, who did not recognize it, or could not see the results, and it was impossible to promote it.

On the contrary, it was a blank sheet of paper in the northwest, and Han Qi did not have a better way at that time, Zhao Xin and Ding Haijun gave a solution that allowed the population and land that the northwest had at that time to reclaim more land.

As long as there is enough land and cultivation methods, there is no need, just follow Zhao Xin's coming.

I'm afraid that Han Qi didn't expect that there would be the current result in the end, at that time, his idea, an average of one stone per acre of land, calculated, more than 3,000 mu, almost more than 30 million stones, can basically solve the problem of the northwest, and let the grain of the nine sides be solved.

No one could have imagined that in the end there would be 120 million stone of grain, which alone would be enough to feed 30 million people if all of them were used.

This is most of the population of the north, under the premise of its own output, this grain is very critical, not to mention, there are a large number of livestock, if there is a railway, these can also be quickly transported out, better serve the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xin's requirements for coal, in fact, are among the many minerals, large-scale strengthening of Shaanxi's coal development, and even in the future, to a certain extent, from Xi'an to a railway, to ensure the transportation of coal to the Dinghai Navy, this railway, seems to coincide with the railway in history.

Longhai Railway, which began to be built in the later Republic of China period, to the large-scale improvement of the railway after the founding of the People's Republic of China, from the beginning, is related to the transportation of coal, to the 21st century, it is an important hub of coal transportation, a steady stream of railways, from Shanxi, through the Longhai Railway, transported to Lianyungang, or exported, or transported to the coast, the city that needs energy.

Dinghai has a huge production capacity, almost naturally occupies a dominant position, if the Northern Song Dynasty has no output, it will not work in the long run, the emergence of raw materials such as coal, which is a key to the balance of both sides, the same, in the future, after the Dinghai Navy productivity is upgraded, it will gradually transfer production capacity, and finally achieve the effect of balance.

There are too many things involved, even if Zhao Xinming told Ye Qingchen clearly, Ye Qingchen would not have more ideas except for misunderstanding, anyway, the Northern Song Dynasty would get benefits, so he simply suppressed it and didn't say it.

Ye Qingchen made a decision on this railway, this is only a preliminary intention, although because of the money, the jurisdiction of the entire railway is given to the three divisions, but because the railway project is too significant, the short railway from Yingtianfu to Bianliang is close to a million yuan of investment, a little longer, it may be millions, or even tens of millions, this money cannot be spent casually, and the matter of the railway still has to go to the court.

From Zhao Xin's hands, he got enough data, and then, adding some of his own judgments, formed a letter, which once again caused a sensation in the court.

A total investment of 12 million guan, this is not a problem, in the court, most people know that the navy has money, and the previous railways were almost all invested by the navy, and then take out millions of guan, there is not much problem.

Before, Zhao Xin gave Renzong money, and did not hide it, at the very least, the senior officials above the 2nd grade all knew, in their opinion, as long as the Dinghai Navy does not get involved in military power, does not get involved in the military field, what is there to do some business, according to the three divisions and the Dingjun, more strict, the Dinghai only has the right to dividends, and there are some full efforts to coordinate the transportation capacity, all the nodes, horse changes, control, almost all are managed by the three divisions.

The reason why it caused a sensation is because the northwest, in the hearts of most people, the northwest is a barren land, before, several borders could not withstand the attack of Western Xia, and they had to rely on the center for blood transfusion.

Although Han Qi crossed the line slightly, there was a time difference, and more than 10 million yuan of funds were invested in the northwest, which in itself was very controversial.

Fortunately, in the northwest, which used to be the Hetao Plain, there is a basis for production, and if it can have millions of acres of land and produce millions of stone of grain, it can be regarded as a stable border area.

The left and right are free things, and there are a lot left, and the court will no longer pursue it, and after that, I heard that the cultivation is good, and the grain planted is also good, but not many people pay attention to it.

However, now, a large satellite has been put in the northwest, and although it has not yet reached the harvest season, the specific data has not been reported, but as long as you know a little about farming, you can estimate the exact output in the later stage of grain planting.

If you produce 4 stones per mu, at least it will not fall to 3 stones, or even 3.5 stones, which is difficult, that is, it may be more than 100 million stones of grain.

After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was only a few years of good life, and then, there were many natural disasters, because the Northern Song Dynasty was based on the Zhou Dynasty and obtained political power, and did not experience the kind of tragic war in the last years of the dynasty, and the population still had a certain guarantee.

The imbalance of food, on the premise of ensuring that 4 stone is enough to feed one person, in fact, on average, the per capita consumption is more than this number, after all, for the rich and noble, they eat more, account for more, and waste more.

Some of the officials present here have made great contributions in the process of cultivating the silted fields in the south of the Yangtze River, but most of those silted fields are tens of thousands of acres, increasing the grain output by 40,000 or 50,000 stones, and creating some wealth for the state capital.

Like Han Qi, there are 30 million mu more, and they are all high-yield fields, and the total output of more than 120 million grains has increased for the first time.

Everyone looked at Han Qi, but Han Qi was very calm, it had been nearly half a year since he came back, and he was still the deputy privy envoy, but he was the first privy deputy envoy, and in the privy council, it was enough to compete with Jia Chaochang.

If there is a convenient transportation channel like the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it can support these grains to be sent to the Central Plains and to Bianliang, which is very important for stabilizing Bianliang.

Walking on one leg is always unbalanced, and the two paths support Bianliang's food needs, which can definitely ensure food security.

Grain is always the top priority of the feudal dynasty, and nothing can be compared with grain, which is the foundation for the stability of the dynasty.

Because of the problem of food, there is no problem with the determination of the railway route this time, even in the past, some power families wanted to decide the railway route and seek benefits for them, but under the premise of food, everything disappeared.

However, as a result, the Northwest, which is barren and not much people pay attention to, has entered the field of vision of many people.

Now is the moment for the development of the northwest, Han Qi has laid a deep foundation for the northwest, which can definitely surpass any place in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, the grain output is terrible, as well as animal husbandry, minerals, these together are a place of rapid development.

The most important thing is that the emergence of the railway, originally, to go to the northwest, more than 2,000 miles, it takes 2 months, all the way, very hard, but now, as long as such a key railway through, 600 miles a day, at most more than 3 days, even if a day 300 miles, at most 6 days, 6 days is far away?

A railway with a total investment of 12 million yuan to the northwest is so decided.

On the same day, it was decided that the third division of such a big project was not the most popular place, the most popular was Han Qi's mansion, although it was said that Han Qi had become the first person to become a privy deputy before, and there were many people who came to drill the camp, but this time, basically they came, all of them were big families.

Their purpose is very simple, to recommend their excellent nephews or juniors to go to the northwest.

Han Qi also couldn't laugh or cry, when he developed the northwest before, it was almost difficult to get the support of these bottoms, at that time, it was the dwarf who picked the generals and mobilized them from all over the northwest, as well as some of his previous subordinates, which promoted the development of the entire northwest.

What do these nobles want to do, Han Qi knows very well, but there is still a shortage of people in the northwest, this is a matter of killing two birds with one stone, he just needs to make sure that they are not the sons of gentlemen, and the development of the northwest is definitely a win-win situation.

A frenzy in the northwest caused by railways and water conservancy projects, which began, the poor countryside that no one went to, with the help of these two, suddenly became the most popular place, this craze lasted for several years, until the northwest stabilized, this gradually dissipated, but the development of the northwest is completely different, a few years later, the northwest has changed, which is also Ye Qingchen and Han Qi did not expect.