The purpose of Ye Qingchen coming to the Dinghai Marquis Mansion was to confirm that such a railway, the railway from Yingtianfu to Bianliang, can be said to be a very suitable railway, not only has a huge economic value, but also his value.

400,000 only, although Zhao Xin has also intentionally or unintentionally said that if the funds in the center are limited, Ding Haijun can take over, not only providing all the construction and technical support, but also including all the investment, but in terms of the final share, a little.

If it is someone else, it may be for the sake of greed, after all, 400,000 guan, even for the third division, is not a very small number, you know, even if the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty has greatly improved now, the tax paid by an ordinary state and county is only tens of thousands of guan, and it is generally a little worse, that is, four or five hundred thousand.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the current total tax revenue is about 20 million to 30 million, and the Northern Song Dynasty originally had 18 provinces, and later expanded to more than 20, that is to say, in terms of Laping, it is more than 1 million yuan per province.

In the middle, it is necessary to deduct, such as Sijing, Yangzhou, Jiangnan and other rich places, in addition to deducting their taxes, the average of the others, that is, six or seven hundred thousand.

Ye Qingchen's thinking is quite clear, and he also made the most correct choice at this moment, that is, to choose independent investment, railways have always been profitable, even in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, China's economy and politics have been backward, and it has ceased to be the center of the world.

Ying Tianfu to Bianliang, which is much more important than the Qing Dynasty's entry railway, he held the entire Bianhe Pass, the most important thing is that the benefits born are very terrible.

With the help of the Huai River, the supplies of the Ding Navy can be quickly transported to Bianliang, which is the biggest growth point of the railway.

Aside from the Ding Navy, the original production capacity of the Northern Song Dynasty was at most half the load of the railway, and it may not even be even one-third, but after the Ding Navy, the original limited by the relationship of transportation capacity, some bulk commodities, as well as products with greater depth and breadth, they are almost impossible to transport to Bianliang, and the overall sales are there, but after putting aside the freight, the profit is too low, and even loses money.

But with the help of this railway, everything is different, even if Zhao Xin helped, Ye Qingchen set the lowest price of the railway, the price per mile is not even half a penny, from Bianliang to Yingtianfu, the passenger price of the whole journey is less than 1.5 million, and the price of freight is about 10 stone per mile, but in the first year of the completion of the construction of the railway, it created a capacity of 50 million stones, which was converted into a price of 300 miles, and the gross income of the simple freight was 800,000 yuan.

An investment of 400,000 yuan, a year to recover 2 times the cost, of course, this is the result of all aspects of the cost is not deducted, but this does not include passenger transport, in fact, the circulation of the Northern Song Dynasty is not low, but there is no convenient and fast way to travel.

Now, there is a convenient and inexpensive way to travel, the prototype of the past, has been completely abandoned, in just one year, the average daily flow of at least 10,000 people, a year close to 4 million people, this is a terrible number, simply this travel, the annual gross profit is more than 300,000.

It took a year to earn a railway, which was still a terrible return on investment for the prosperous business of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the most terrible thing was that it was huge.

In the field of investment, there is a volume problem, with 10 to earn 10, this is not a problem at all, some excellent, even with the help of the cost of 10, earn 100, or even 500.

But when this number rises to 1,000, it is very difficult to earn 1,000 with 1,000, and it is almost difficult to get to 10,000.

For example, in the event of a famine, or in the case of frozen sorghum, it is almost impossible to generate tenfold or even hundredfold profits out of thin air.

When that number goes up to 100,000, 1 million, it's almost impossible.

But the railway broke this, a year of stable income can be doubled, a 300-mile long railway, on the investment of 400,000, a thousand-mile railway, at least 3 million, or even 4 million, the entire Northern Song Dynasty needs how many railways.

These investors, of course, know that railways like Bianliang and Yingtianfu are unavoidable, but they also ask for this, for large investments, it can be regarded as very good to be able to return on investment in 10 years, similar to usury, which not only contains huge risks, but also is easy to criticize.

However, this railway, with a simple calculation, you can know how many business opportunities are contained in it, a simple reduction in freight will completely change the transportation status of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, and then calculated, at least about 20% of the profit, that is, five years to return to the capital.

Because of a railway from Yingtianfu to Bianliang, such a short railway, but detonated the enthusiasm of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, to put it bluntly, Zhao Xin did not even have the opportunity to ingest into this field, he prepared a large amount of funds for the Northern Song Dynasty to lay a terrible foundation, so that the vertical and horizontal railway network spread all over the enemy of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

But I didn't expect that a large amount of money that detonated private investment entered the field of railways, and the investment in fixed assets has never been brought by simple investment, which is very great for the overall improvement of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

The development of the traffic problem has strengthened the control of the Northern Song Dynasty, which is very helpful for its own flow and control, the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty has improved, and the mobilization ability of the army has risen to a higher level, coupled with the numerous fortresses around, the ability to attack and defend and the overall ability have been greatly improved, and the development of the Northern Song Dynasty is destined to be different.

For these reasons, Zhao Xin can vaguely see that in later generations, even in the semi-feudal and semi-colonial era, the Qing Dynasty still raised terrible funds with the help of railways, and the impact of railways on the Qing Dynasty was huge.

After Ye Qingchen finished choosing, he was ready to leave, but he didn't expect it, he didn't know why, he had known Zhao Xin for so long, and he was relatively familiar with it, Ye Qingchen didn't let it at all in the big section, even if Renzong came forward, he might not let it, but in the small section, he didn't care much.

Zhao Xin is also familiar with Ye Qingchen's habits, as long as he does not violate Ye Qingchen's principles in specific things, he does not have to abide by them so much in small things.

Zhao Xin soon told his purpose of stopping Ye Qingchen, it was the New Year soon, after more than half a month of brewing, Ding Haijun Glass Workshop, Treasure Workshop, and several other workshops were ready to open, just fine, Zhao Xin wanted to go with Ye Qingchen to have a look.

In itself, Zhao Xin didn't think about making it so big, but Ye Qingchen happened to bump into it, and he compared his spleen and stomach, so of course he sent out an invitation.

If Han Qi also returned to Bianliang to report on his work at this time, he would also invite, but Ouyang Xiu, who had seen him and was very famous in history, had a temper or something, and he didn't quite fit Zhao Xin's appetite, even if he was in Bianliang at this moment, he wouldn't invite him.

After Zhao Xin said the purpose, Ye Qingchen relaxed slightly.

Although it is said that after Zhao Xin entered Bianliang, he has never been too out of line, of course, this out-of-character is not high-profile, but he has not contacted Renzong, let alone colluded with the ministers of the DPRK and China, this is a key point.

Money in the Northern Song Dynasty, has a greater role than other dynasties, in the Tang Dynasty, and even further era, a rich person, can not have a high sense of existence, whether it is to support the Han Wu Emperor merchants, or in the Three Kingdoms period of the big merchants, their sense of existence is very low.

However, in the Northern Song Dynasty, the status of merchants was somewhat improved, and the Northern Song Dynasty was able to unify the relatively small territory of the dynasty, but created brilliant economic achievements, which was inseparable from the contribution of merchants.

No matter how low-key Zhao Xin is, he is the son of Renzong, which can never be erased, and there are many people in the court who know it, and it is inevitable that some will be a little cold.

It's easy to put the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow, and this difficulty is mainly for ordinary people.

The Northern Song Dynasty treated scholars well for decades, and with unremitting efforts, it produced fruitful results, and in the middle of Renzong, it lasted until the late Shenzong, and the time of fifty or sixty years has always been the era of the shining stars of the Northern Song Dynasty.

One by one, in another era, the literati of an era can be suppressed, and one by one they were born, Lu Yijian, Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Su Shi, even in the feudal history of more than 2,000 years, they are also outstanding generations, concentrated in less than a hundred years, appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, not to mention the second-level Zaifu.

Even if it is the Renzong Dynasty, the Zaifu who has served as the chief assistant, basically every one of them is a temporary choice, such a person, the Renzong Dynasty has at least returned more than 20 prime ministers, as for the privy envoy and the third envoy, I don't know how many, which shows that there are many celebrities in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Ye Qingchen is in the middle of it, he may not know how the stars are shining, but for the understanding of his colleagues, there must be people who want to fry cold rice.

Compared with those gentlemen, Zhao Xin's ability is first-class, at least, he has money.

Money can't solve all problems, but it can solve most of them.

Even when Ding Haijun was in the army, someone came to contact, but Zhao Xin didn't pay attention to this at all, whether there was Austrian aid or not, the impact was really not very big for him, to put it bluntly, even if there was no internal response, in the face of absolute power, any obstacle was a mantis arm.

After coming to Bianliang, there were more people who wanted to take this shortcut, but Zhao Xin ignored it, which was also the root of Ye Qingchen's satisfaction.

Hearing that it was such a thing, Ye Qingchen was stunned for a moment, the glass mirror, he had seen it, it was definitely a beautiful handicraft, but there were no glass products.

As a thing that appears at the same time as the glass mirror, glass products certainly have, and even in some exquisiteness, they are better than glass mirrors, but it needs to be displayed under the light, and the most is under the indoor light, and even unique angles and directions, so that you can see the beautiful scenery.

This point was displayed by the concubine at that time, there was no way to show it, the concubine showed a glass mirror, the glass mirror is particularly eye-catching, so it has also become the focus, any woman, especially a woman who loves beauty, they can't refuse the temptation of the glass mirror.

In this case, even Ye Qingchen was sent out to ask Zhao Xin for a mirror, to be honest, after seeing these mirrors, especially the three-foot-long dressing mirror, he understood why the concubines were so crazy.

No woman will refuse this temptation, unless it is the kind of woman who is old and yellow, as long as she is still round and jade, she will not let it go, let alone what kind of place is it in the palace.

It is a place that lives on the favor and beauty of the emperor, and a mirror that can enhance the beauty will inevitably become the supreme weapon for gratitude.

To be honest, Ye Qingchen was very curious about Zhao Xin, why, Zhao Xin was able to have such a big family business in such a short period of time, iron is the key, but Ding Haijun, a steady stream of new products, is the key to development.

There is nothing left and right now, even if the railway from Bianliang to Yingtianfu is set, there are a lot of things that need to be prepared, but most of these things need to be done by Zhao Xin's engineering team and survey team, and all Ye Qingchen has to do is to prepare funds, and mobilize and coordinate the land acquisition work.

When Zhao Xin arrived at the Crystal Fang, it had not yet opened, but there were already a lot of people around to watch the excitement, and there were many powerful people.

The magnates have a lot of power in Bianliang, but who is Zhao Xin, and who is standing behind Zhao Xin, who uses 1% of the income of the entire Ding Navy as pocket money for Renzong, and at this point, no one uses unconventional means to deal with these shops.

Not to mention, the reputation of glass, in half a month, has spread, the glass mirror of the simple concubine, not yet has such a big notoriety but 200 mirrors, not only in the palace, the concubines have been obtained, some small ones, but also as the last time, rewarded to the loyal ministers of the court.

These people are the backbone of the imperial court, and their wife, under the show-off, suddenly let the reputation of the glass spread completely and unceremoniously said that the entire Northern Song Dynasty wealthy family is proud of having a mirror.

In particular, the effect of the mirror is still so strong, some noble ladies who are qualified to see the mirror, maybe their status is not high, it is impossible to get the reward of Renzong, but some families are powerful, they have accumulated a lot of money for generations.