Han Qi is not the kind who only reads sage books and does not understand general affairs, on the contrary, the reason why he joined Fan Zhongyan's command and supported the change of law was also because of his understanding of the bottom.

The development of the Northern Song Dynasty was very uneven, although the development of the Northern Song Dynasty was the highest in the entire feudal dynasty, but the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty underwent great changes in the Renzong Dynasty.

By the time of the Qingli period, contradictions had already appeared, and the deficit was getting bigger and bigger, and it had not yet reached the level of a crisis, but as long as someone with a little vision could see that the crisis was already brewing.

Because of this, Han Qi's understanding of the bottom layer is top in the Northern Song Dynasty, so that he can open up the situation in the northwest in a short period of time.

For another one, even with such epoch-making weapons as the longbow and the fortress, it will take a considerable amount of time to simply fight for power, let alone open up the situation in the northwest.

Entering the northwest, from the popularization of the longbow to the construction of the fortress, almost every step, Han Qi participated, and even some fortresses, Han Qi also personally participated in the construction, those convenient gourd cranes, very helpful.

Obviously, this strange thing looks the same as the role of the gourd crane, in the previous construction of the fortress, Han Qi used the hoist crane, but that and the crane are two different things, the crane is more convenient, no longer straight up and down, but can be carried out in a small range of horizontal movement, which is useful for more than ten meters long bridges, and even more useful for the fortress.

"What is this?" Han Qi asked a little puzzled, "Why not in the northwest!"

"Northwest time has not been made, this is a new product!"

Han Qi nodded, did not continue to ask, Zhao Xin did not explain too much, they came over, it was to see the entire construction, the progress of this bridge is good, one by one huge cement prefabricated parts were lifted one by one, to put it bluntly, this kind of work is to save time, such efficiency is doubled.

Before there was no cement, the masonry bridge, more is to wait, let these stones, little by little condense together, the construction time is very long, to the appearance of cement, because of convenience and performance, the speed of construction has been greatly accelerated, to put it bluntly, if it is according to the traditional construction mode, cement condensation takes time.

This time, complementing the construction of the bridge, has become the main time for the construction of the bridge, the condensation of cement, can not be achieved overnight, must be completed step by step, the use of large factories in advance to construct prefabricated parts, has become an effective way to save time.

In later generations, under the premise of a large number of mechanization, the use of cement prefabricated parts is also quite extensive, which Zhao Xin is very clear.

Before the construction of the Yingtianfu Railway, the Dinghai Navy had already built at least four large-scale prefabricated parts factories along the line.

It is not difficult to establish these factories, unlike other factories, cement prefabricated parts factories, as long as there are enough molds, agitators and some basic raw materials such as reinforced cement, under the premise of certain technology, this can be produced for a long time.

The railway must be opened, even if it costs a huge price, he is not afraid, when Zhao Xin himself came to Bianliang, he was prepared, if he did not convince Renzong of them, he would even pay for it himself, and build this railway under the premise of giving up more benefits.

Without the support of the Northern Song Dynasty government, without the suppression of the upper forces, a festival envoy will not have much effect on the local area at all, and when the time comes, it will really have to pay a huge price, and a simple land acquisition will cost astronomical sums.

Now, after convincing Ye Qingchen, an experimental railway, the railway from Bianliang to Tianfu, which is almost the busiest railway in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, will inevitably play a huge symbolic role, and when the time comes, there will be no need to worry.

The 300-mile-long railway, the final investment is less than 400,000 guan, a 1,000-kilometer-long railway, but 4 million guan, even if it is 10,000 kilometers, it is only 40 million guan, this money, for the political arena of the Northern Song Dynasty, is a very large amount of money, for Zhao Xin, not so important.

The appearance of the simple Dinghai coin, has allowed the Dinghai Navy to enjoy a rich minting income, now, the Dinghai currency can only be embodied through the card system, but the stainless steel formula has been made, as long as the laboratory is researched, it is only a matter of time before it is manufactured, and when the time comes, it will be a huge profit.

Based on the volume of the Northern Song Dynasty, calculated according to the average number of 100 guan per person, this is the average at a fairly low level, and the total scale will also exceed 10 billion guan, in the middle, how many benefits can be generated0.

Of course, if Zhao Xin is not stupid, he will not let stainless steel coins occupy the market, he will adjust the formula, or use precious metals, or use credit currency, in short, the terrible size of the currency, will create rich benefits, not to mention, Dingjun still controls the manufacturing industry of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

As long as the Northern Song Dynasty is on the road to industrialization, then the traffic problem must be solved, a smooth channel, can further increase the share of products, and even before, some less expensive products can also be circulated to all parts of the Northern Song Dynasty, for example, food, for example, some simple daily necessities.

Ye Qingchen's consent reduced Zhao Xin's consumption, and even the money he gave to Renzong was also used by Ye Qingchen, in the future, in the division of the railway, Dingjun will invest 30% of the funds, plus construction and technical support, to obtain about 20% of the income, and the rest will go to the three divisions.

I have to say that Ye Qingchen is still very discerning, even if the railway is a new thing, but in a brief introduction, Ye Qingchen also keenly grasped the key, the railway will be very profitable.

Even if it is calculated according to the current ordinary business behavior, the rate of return of the railway will reach a very terrible level, even if it refers to the objective law, the emergence of the railway, reduce the freight to a certain extent, and after the freight is reduced to a large extent, it can also obtain huge income.

I have to say that Ye Qingchen's choice is correct, according to the data within one year after the opening of the railway from Yingtian to Bianliang, the passenger revenue reached 230,000 guan, and the freight revenue reached 720,000 guan, aside from the inevitable cost and operating expenses, the income was as high as 260,000 guan, you know, the cost of the entire railway did not exceed 400,000 guan.

2 years to return to the capital, this is not a dazzling achievement for a business, some businessmen, even a hundred times or even a thousand times the profit, sometimes, investment in a business, three or four months, doubling abounds.

But the railway is different, this thing itself is a huge thing, multiplied several times, that is not a large amount, for example, invest 500 yuan, make a profit of 2000 yuan, it seems to be 4 times, but there are several such businesses.

Large-scale chambers of commerce, they run millions of businesses, but the annual income is only much, and in the huge number, it is not bad to be able to have 10% of the income.

A chamber of commerce with a total scale of 1 million guan, earning 100,000 guan every year, I am afraid that the personnel of the chamber of commerce will wake up with laughter, 100,000 guan, for a huge chamber of commerce, is also a very terrible profit.

All businessmen are looking for suitable business opportunities, but most of the doubled, or even several times the business opportunities, their volume is not large, in a short period of time to form the demand for goods, will soon because of a large influx of goods, and quickly rebound, the first to eat crabs, must be profitable, the rest, is to lose money.

At present, among the bulk commodities, the most profitable is salt and iron, which are subject to market control, and another bulk commodity is grain, which is what everyone needs, but there are not many people who really meddle in this, the reason is very simple, that is, freight, under the premise of large transportation costs, the surrounding grain will stabilize the price, in a fixed range, as long as there is a slight problem with transportation, it will lose money.

The railway is different, a short, Yingtianfu to Bianliang railway, the investment has also reached 400,000 runs, this income is very terrifying, you know, what about the longer railway?

How many railways were needed in the Northern Song Dynasty, but simply from the current main trade routes, it can be inferred that at least it is more than 10,000 miles, and the overall investment may be 200 million, or even higher.

The focus of Zhao Xin's discussion with Ye Qingchen is the railway in the northwest, perhaps before, it was not so eye-catching, from Bianliang to Lingzhou, I am afraid it is the relationship of transportation, at most to stabilize the situation on the entire northwest border.

Not to mention that there is a railway, even if there is no railway, in order to stabilize the situation in the northwest, millions or even tens of millions of guan are spent every year, and they must be placed on the northwest to support the garrison in the northwest.

Now, with the railway, the expenditure in all aspects will be reduced to a very low level, and the simple freight may be reduced from millions of yuan to hundreds of thousands, or even lower.

Now, the situation in Lingzhou has changed significantly, and Lingzhou has become the fastest growing state in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the past, Lingzhou was just a not very developed pasture in the hands of Western Xia, but now, the situation in Lingzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes.

With Han Qi's changes to Lingzhou, especially the huge investment in farmland water conservancy projects, in the feudal dynasty, farmland water conservancy projects are a huge investment, even the government has no way to invest in the project, but once the systematization is completed, the effect is huge.

At the time of the initial development, Lingzhou through the canal and water irrigation, have harvested 8 million stone of grain, this alone, is a huge income, this is just the beginning, with the spread of water conservancy projects, as well as the increase in the population of Lingzhou, in the next three to five years, this number, will increase significantly.

A grain is enough to lay the foundation of Lingzhou in the frontier, the entire northern and northwest borders, that place is not short of grain, but Lingzhou is not only so simple as grain, planting grain is only a part of Lingzhou's output, the main output is traditional animal husbandry.

The biggest difference between cattle and horses and other wealth is that wealth will not increase in value on its own, and people must speculate or operate it to generate profits, which may be positive or negative.

Cattle and horses are breeding, and from the hands of Liao, a terrible number of cattle and horses have been obtained, and these cattle and horses have harvested a large amount of funds at the Weizhou Cattle and Horse Conference, but these are only a small part of this part of the cattle and horses.

In feudal society, transportation is the biggest restriction, even those huge chambers of commerce, they used huge manpower, but only transported a negligible part of the cattle and horses, and the rest of the cattle and horses were basically placed in Lingzhou.

Han Qi's approach is not to let these cattle and horses fend for themselves, but to take the initiative to raise them.

Under the natural horse farm in Lingzhou and the animal husbandry technology supported by the Dinghai Navy, these cattle and horses have also undergone truncated changes.

The most important thing is to change free-range to semi-captive, further strengthen health management, increase the success rate of breeding, these simple steps, put on cattle and horses, the effect is very good, the success rate of breeding has increased by more than two times, on behalf of this more livestock appeared.

For ordinary cattle and horses, the natural breeding rate is about 5 to 7, but through simple management, this number can be increased to between 15% and 20, which is a big increase.

In the whole Lingzhou, more than 30 million heads of various cattle, sheep and horses, although most of them are sheep, compared to large livestock such as cattle and horses, the reproduction rate of sheep itself is high, after a special promotion, it can even reach the level of two children in three years, what does this mean, on behalf of this close to 20 million sheep, a year can increase 6 million sheep.

It is impossible to use it when the baby is just bred, but under the premise that Lingzhou has enough grassland, as long as it is stable for two or three years, it can produce 3 million cattle and horses and 5 million sheep every year.

The total value of this thing is more terrible than grain, it is conceivable that with Lingzhou, the large-scale output of cattle, sheep and horses, these things that were originally in the Northern Song Dynasty, higher prices, will inevitably have a large price reduction, but how to reduce the price, they will also have a basic value.

Even pork, are dozens of Wen a catty, these things are reduced in price, it is impossible to reduce the price of pork, conservative estimates, a sheep, according to the meat of 20 catties to calculate, according to the lowest 60 Wen a catty, also worth 1.2 guan.

These are the basic data, sales will generate income, when the value of Lingzhou's output exceeds 15 million yuan every year, this basic number can give the railway a foundation.

Not to mention, how much revenue will be created by a railway connecting Bianliang to Jiangnan.

Even if the railway is repaired more, the profit will be reduced, not to say that it is two years to return to the cost, but to say that it is 10 years, or even 20 years to return to the cost, which is a temptation that cannot be refused by a businessman, which represents a fixed income, represents every year, a steady stream of income, as long as the railway still exists, this income will continue.