When Zhao Xin arrived at the railway station, the railway station was really lively, a train composed of 4 carriages, was parked on the platform, itself, the original plan, was a few horses to pull a carriage, but this method of use, more or less wasteful, after thinking twice, decided to 4 carriages.

The 4 carriages are not evenly distributed, the front, about 12 horses, and then, there are also on both sides, with unique sets to fix the horses and prevent them from running around.

At this time, in front of the platform, there were Japanese soldiers standing guard, after all, there were several governors and political affairs, as well as officials from the six departments, officials from Kaifeng Mansion and Yingtianfu, there were all kinds of people, more than 100 people, almost all of them were above the fifth grade.

If something goes wrong with such a large group of people, it will be a big deal, not only will they stand guard at the train station, but in the future, when the officials board the train, there will be 500 people on the train.

Fortunately, the carriage is relatively wide, and even if more than 500 people from the Japanese army are added, it will not look particularly crowded.

Zhao Xin's arrival made the scene commotion, because of the banner of Dinghaihou, there was no too much obstruction, allowing him to enter the inner circle.

Ye Qingchen was talking to several officials under him, and when he saw him, he took the initiative to catch up.

Ye Qingchen is not flattering, at his level, there is no need to do this to anyone, even when Zhao Xin was still a prince, it was like this, not to mention, now he is not even a prince, just a festival envoy.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Jiedu envoy could be said to be a high authority, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was only a symbolic meaning, but Zhao Xin was a special case.

Since the Northern Song Dynasty released the military power from the Taizu Cup, it has been very concerned about the military power, and even the heartfelt generals have been weakened one by one, not to mention the Jiedu envoy, the Jiedu envoy is either a false position, just a substitute leader, or, it is as small as the Dinghai.

How many people can there be in a county, how much food can there be, and how many troops can be trained even if they have the heart.

But Zhao Xin walked, not the road of the Northern Song Dynasty at all, he took industrialization, is the leading technology, bringing wealth effect, less than 2 years, the Ding Navy has a population of more than 2 million, wealth is even more terrible, if Zhao Xin wants to rebel, pull up 100,000 troops, there is no problem, and the Ding Navy also has enough money, food and weapons to support the long-term operation of the entire army.

Of course Ye Qingchen didn't know this, perhaps, for him, as long as he paid attention to it, many things in Ding Haijun were impossible to hide, and there was no need to hide them.

This may be the legendary dark under the lamp, in line with inertial thinking, no matter how well Ding Haijun develops, it is at most a place of business.

It is precisely because of the merchant that he has money, and the responsibility of the third division is the money bag of the Northern Song Dynasty, during this time, the combination with the Ding Navy has saved a lot of expenses for the third division, and at the same time, the third division has also sold some things to the Ding navy.

The industrialization of the Ding Navy required a lot of raw materials, some of which could be purchased from merchants, but more of them had to be mined.

The Northern Song Dynasty itself had many huge mines, and now, it is just adding some that the Northern Song Dynasty did not use before.

The same mining, coal and iron ore may not make much profit in the end, but other mineral deposits, such as non-ferrous metals, and other material deposits, Ding Haijun gave a high price, which has also become a new growth point for the three divisions.

It is precisely because of the emergence of Ding Haijun that the finances of the three divisions are somewhat unbalanced, and they are gradually balanced.

Those who manage money know that the reason why there is a deficit is either the source is depleted or too much money is spent.

Before, the Ding Navy, because of the relationship between Western Xia, spent a huge amount of money in the northwest every year, and in ordinary times, it exceeded 5 million, and when the war came, it would even exceed 10 million, or even 15 million.

Although the financial revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty was very large, reaching about 30 million yuan per year during the period of Renzong, the expenditure was also very huge.

In Zhao Xin, an iron material, although it covered the iron material of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, saved the center at least a few million guan, plus the reduction of longbows, weapons, and other aspects, the cumulative amount exceeded 10 million guan, which is not counting, the additional benefits brought by some materials.

As a result of the actual destruction of the Western Xia, the fiscal revenue of the entire Northern Song Dynasty rose by 5 million guan last year, but the expenditure decreased by more than 15 million guan.

After coming and going, the balance has increased greatly, and even among them, there are direct funds given by Zhao Xin, just last year, Zhao Xin's money to Renzong exceeded 8 million, and some other dividends and incomes, together, also exceeded 15 million, which is also the foundation for Ye Qingchen to dare to open the northern farmland water conservancy.

This is a process of accumulating strength, and open source, the barrenness of the north, so that the income is not as good as the south, and even the basic food is somewhat insufficient, the repair of the north, not only makes the dynasty more stable, simply increasing production, is not enough to explain his role, food for the entire people's livelihood, the stability of the entire political base, is very obvious.

Of course, Ye Qingchen is also one of the few who knows something about the railway, and he is involved in the whole construction process, and even now this first voyage is not the first time the train has been used.

There are more than 100 high-ranking officials like the governor of the government throughout the whole process, and if there is no initial experiment and back and forth drills, it is simply impossible, even a simple overthrow is easy to make people lose their heads, let alone more important things.

It's just that these are all carried out on a small scale, and not many people know about it, but Ye Qingchen is just one of them.

It was these small-scale experiments that let Ye Qingchen know that the effect of these railways was only above Zhao Xin's estimate, and no longer below his estimate.

Before, the funds given by Zhao Xin were the key to agreeing to the construction of such a railway, but after it was really completed, Ye Qingchen found that such a railway, and even more railways in the future, was of great significance to the Northern Song Dynasty.

It's a pity that the railway is too expensive, the cost is too high and too high, hundreds of thousands of millions, it took more than 300 miles to build, if it becomes 3,000 miles, or even more, millions, or even tens of millions, this fund, there is no way to raise this fund.

The investment of tens of millions of dollars, Ye Qingchen has not started, the construction of farmland and water conservancy in the north is such a project, but it is a traditional project that helps people's livelihood, and the investment in farmland and water conservancy is quite important for stabilizing the local government, which is not easy to cause a rebound, and the railway is different.

Then, the appearance of Zhao Xin, such a gold master, will almost inevitably attract Ye Qingchen's pursuit, he doesn't care about anything else, a railway through Bianliang and the northwest, it is inevitable to build, when the time comes, the grain, livestock, and other resources located in the Hetao Basin can be continuously transported to the interior of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the livestock has already been obtained from the Liao State, and it can also play a role.

Zhao Xin's identity is not a secret at the top level, and the high-level people who can come here also know the relationship between this railway and Zhao Xin, but they each have their own ideas and do not come forward.

After a few simple greetings with Ye Qingchen, Zhao Xin was noncommittal about the future expansion that Ye Qingchen took the initiative to propose, just said that it would be up to the results of this operation.

What Zhao Xin meant, Ye Qingchen also understood, Zhao Xin definitely didn't want to build it, or he didn't have the money to build this railway, he had to wait.

Now when the railway is not running normally, maybe only Ye Qingchen, and a few people know, but once the railway from Yingtianfu to Bianliang is opened, more and more people will definitely come to understand that Zhao Xin wants to build not a railway or two, that is all over the Northern Song Dynasty, at least, Sijing, Jingzhao, Jiangning These key cities must have railways to connect with each other.

Ye Qingchen didn't say much, the construction of the railway, of course, is not casual, a matter that is decided with a pat on the brain, even if it is decided now, the preparatory work in the early stage is quite long, he is just determined, Zhao Xin's attitude.

Soon, under the guidance of some personnel, everyone began to get on the bus, at this time, there are special personnel, to introduce this trip, when I heard that this trip, at most only one day, except for a few people who know it, the expressions on the faces of other people, more disbelief.

The distance between Yingtianfu and Bianliang is more than 300 miles, because of the close relationship, the traffic is quite intensive, even if you take a boat and walk the Bianhe, it will take more than 3 days.

The Bianhe River is busy, even if it is a fast boat, unless it is a car and boat like Zhao Xin, it can run quickly, and other boats can ensure that five or six miles per hour is already good, 10 hours a day, it is only forty or fifty miles, a little blocked, not even thirty or forty miles, so it takes a total of 5-10 days.

Now, this strange thing in ancient times can actually be half a day, half a day may be possible, I'm afraid it's just a little out of the capital, and then turn around.

High-ranking officials have their own city government, and there are some things that they are not too sure about, or if they understand, they will not talk nonsense, but in order to make them believe, they must also come up with real things

The horse-drawn train is ready, the passenger car is much less injured than the train, each carriage is about 120 people, that is, seven or eight tons, two 15 tons, and the difference between the freight car is similar, but for the people of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is unimaginable.

The three governors, the two privy councillors, and these officials drawn from various departments, more than 100 of them, sat in the carriages separately, as a military route, which could not be opened to the small people of Shengdou for the time being, and their first attempt was mainly to determine the purpose of this line.

The Bianhe River is the largest river near Bianliang and the most convenient passage connecting Bianliang and Yingtianfu, but under the premise of increasing transportation, the congestion of the Bianhe River has become more and more serious.

Civilian merchant ships may be able to wait, but some military supplies, they absolutely can't wait, in this case, for the Bianhe, which has no overall planning and no command at all, the traffic congestion will be even more serious.

The emergence of the railway, even if it was not used by the civilian population at the beginning, the military use is also very important, as long as some things that need to be rushed are run through the railway, it will not only increase efficiency, but also reduce the congestion of the Bianhe River, which kills two birds with one stone.

Ye Qingchen sat opposite Zhao Xin, but he didn't go to talk to Zhao Xin, the simple exchange just now had already made him know Zhao Xin's thoughts, there was no need to continue, as long as the central side of the itinerary was unified, then it would be the day of the new railway.

The more he knew about the railway, the more depressed Ye Qingchen felt, it was so simple, why didn't anyone think of it before?

As the third envoy, it is more clear that the transportation problem is beneficial to a country, and if the transportation problem is solved in the northwest as soon as possible, what will the Western Xia of a projectile land count. Even the Liao State has resisted for so many years, let alone the Western Xia.

He had long known the benefits of the railway, otherwise, he would not have promoted the construction of the railway.

But thinking about it on the other hand, Ye Qingchen also understood that even if he knew that the railway had such an excellent role, it would not be possible to build it.

This is all built of fine iron, if put in the past, a pound of fine iron, the cheapest price, is also 500 Wen, a simple one-meter-long railway, 44 catties, the cost is as high as 22, 150 kilometers, may cost up to millions, or even tens of millions.

That is, Ding Haijun improved the smelting, so that the price of refined iron has been reduced a lot, which has promoted the construction of this railway, and in the entire investment meeting, the price of iron itself also occupies the majority.

4 carriages, if there are more than 100 people, the carriage seems particularly empty, fortunately, there are still Japanese soldiers, they did not enter the inside of the carriage, in the front and back, and even the upper layer for fortification, although it seems dangerous, but these carefully selected professional soldiers, there is no problem.

In the arrangement of the carriages, Zhao Xin referred to the trains of later generations, and the final composition was a row of seats.

A carriage, according to the form of three or two, has 5 rows in a row, a total of about 35 rows, that is, it can probably accommodate 175 people.

Now the main entry is two carriages in the middle, one carriage is more than 3 high-ranking officials, only 37 people, and the other carriage is more than 70 carriages, no matter which carriage, it seems empty.

Ye Qingchen and Zhao Xin together, sitting in the front row, waiting for the departure, in Bianliang to Yingtianfu, a total of 7 stations were set up, which is equivalent to being divided into six sections with about 50 miles as a node, of course, to take into account the city.

In this case, the time to get on and off at each station is also the time to change horses, which is conducive to maintaining speed.

Soon, a person came to the carriage, told everyone to be careful, and drove up.

Actually, everyone is already a little impatient to wait, this thing that looks a little like a big carriage, is it just like a carriage?