Chapter 348: Hurricane Wings
This is the wings of a butterfly, and it is not a butterfly, but a hurricane, which costs millions of guan and mobilizes some strength, but the final result is that the entire Western Xia no longer exists.
It no longer exists, and it is a little too much, Yuan Hao is not dead, and there is still a state in Western Xia, but compared with the Western Xia in the five continents before, it is already negligible, and even as long as the Liao State is in front, the Western Xia, which is the greatest threat to the Northern Song Dynasty, no longer exists.
The emergence of Zhao Xin has indeed changed a lot, and the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty is a great change, increasing the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty from the depths of the foundation.
But this time, there are too many wings, Zhao Xin is a historian, he knows very well that this stage of the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, Western Xia in history, even the Liao State perished, and even the Jin State, when it was about to perish, the Western Xia perished.
The Jin State, which replaced the Liao State, perished in 1234, and the Western Xia perished in 1227, only 7 years apart.
Such a dream demon of the Northern Song Dynasty, and even the later Jin Kingdom and Mongolia, actually perished now, in 1044, a full 200 years, this change is not small, and there is a feeling of earth-shattering.
Zhao Xin paid more attention to the details, of course he couldn't ask Jia Chaochang to send Han Qi's recital, according to his previous agreement with Han Qi, Han Qi would send more detailed things.
Because of a thousand things, Han Qi gave Zhao Xin information, two or three days later than the first hand, and at the same time, it was not 800 miles, but 600 miles.
Compared with Bianliang, it was about five days late, and the detailed information was received, and compared to the recital to Renzong, there was more content on this one, and there were more secrets involved.
The information sent by Han Qi for the first time not only included the entire Privy Council and the Imperial City Division, the application of Zhou Wenxiu, but also the first-hand information sent by Zhou Wenxiu, as well as the comparison of forces between the two sides, almost restored the entire process of the entire Liaoxia War.
After reading it, Zhao Xin could only sigh with emotion, everything is fate, this is the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty and the fate of Western Xia.
At the beginning, Liao Xingzong did not think about destroying Western Xia at all, otherwise, he would not have sent 100,000 troops, but would have attacked the country.
Liao Xingzong just wanted to knock Yuan Hao and let him understand who the boss was, so that he would not play some small tricks and obediently follow the Liao State to suppress the Northern Song Dynasty.
But the plan did not change quickly, and Yuan Hao, until the time of defending the city, did not realize that Western Xia was about to perish.
Even when the Northern Song Dynasty arrived under the Xingqing Mansion, Yuan Hao did not realize that the Western Xia was about to perish.
Liao still wants to come from two sides, on the one hand, greatly weaken the Northern Song Dynasty, if it can be weakened in Han Qi, bite Han Qi, let the Northern Song Dynasty suffer huge losses, and make Yuan Hao admit defeat, this is the perfect result.
Zhao Xin saw that when Yuan Hao retreated and carried out defensive operations under the city of Xingqing Mansion, he had already guessed the outcome of the matter.
The combat power of the Liao State was greater than that of the Western Xia, but it was still a little difficult to occupy Xingqing Mansion, and the appearance of explosives was to change the root cause of everything.
It only took half a month, and they were all preparing, there was no consumption at all, and they took Xingqing Mansion directly at once, and when the destruction of Western Xia was irreversible, of course it was impossible for the Liao State to save, and they naturally got the greatest benefits.
Han Qi's indisputability is also a struggle, and the Liao State won the greatest benefit in Western Xia, so it is possible to relax a little more with the Northern Song Dynasty.
So many livestock, if not exchanged for money, or other things, for the Liao State, it is useless, simply Liao's own things, has already exceeded the total amount, if it were not for the tacit understanding with the Western Xia, jointly dealing with the Northern Song Dynasty, these materials would have been able to enter the ranks of the trade, which is actually the fundamental reason for the Liao State to unify the Lingzhou contract.
Regardless of regret or not, the Western Xia has perished, and after the Liao State annexed the Western Xia, the power above the surface has increased greatly, and in this case, there should be nothing for a little resource.
In fact, Western Xia was controlled by the Liao State, not as terrible as it was in the hands of Yuan Hao.
What kind of person is Yuan Hao, he is a madman, but his sense of war and luck are very strong, it can almost be said that in the entire Renzong period, the threat of Western Xia was greater than that of Liao.
Now after the destruction of the Western Xia, for the Northern Song Dynasty, it is necessary to obtain benefits from the Liao State, and the Liao State and the Western Xia, what is the most, is livestock, these are the most lacking in the Northern Song Dynasty.
And a cow, for Liao, may be just a consistent money, not even yet, now it can be sold for 1.5 guan, which is equivalent to a cow can get at least six or seven hundred more Wen.
Being able to sell at a higher price is a huge boost for the Liao State, they have more money, they are rectifying their armaments, and they can even exchange for equipment from the Northern Song Dynasty.
In Liao's view, their combat effectiveness is above that of the Northern Song Dynasty, and if they get enough equipment, the effect is greater than one plus two, but Liao didn't realize that they didn't get much benefit from this transaction.
On the surface, the Northern Song Dynasty obtained a lot of practical benefits in this transaction, simply trading, that is, five or six times, a cow can get at least 10 guan income, but from a macro point of view, can a cow only provide about 10 guan?
If you simply eat meat, it may be about the same, in the Liao Kingdom, it is about 1 run, and in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is much more expensive.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, cattle is an important material, but beef still has a price, the price of a pound of beef is more than mutton, more than 200 Wen, a thousand pounds of cattle, kill and eat meat, also on 500 pounds, the price of simple meat is also as high as 10 guan, as well as cowhide, horns, cow bones and other things, these things combine the value together, it will show a good value.
Importing a large number of cattle and killing them for meat is something that only happens in the 21st century, which is no less short-sighted than killing chickens and taking eggs.
The greatest use of cattle is not to eat meat, but to farm.
Agrarian society, the most important thing is all kinds of livestock suitable for farming, with cattle and without cattle, with two completely different concepts.
A sturdy ploughing ox has extremely high work efficiency, about 10 times that of manpower.
If you use oxen to plow the field, you need a certain amount of ploughing and a certain amount of manpower to control it, and the oxen will not plow the land by themselves, so that if you deduct one or two people, it will be at least three or four times as much.
The increase in productivity is huge, and the ox cart is also a very convenient and fast tool, not to mention that the ox cart is not as good as the horse-drawn cart, but it is also the best thing for bulk transportation, a cow, for a family, can do a lot of things.
According to the current situation of farmland development in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, 1 million cultivated cattle is equivalent to providing 4 million manpower, and there will be no large input.
The Northern Song Dynasty lacked labor, more than 3 million square kilometers of land, the vast majority of which were plains, which can be said to occupy the most elite area in later generations, and according to the amount of 800 million mu in the Northern Song Dynasty, there should still be a large amount of uncultivated.
In some places where there is a shortage of labor, the average yield per mu has decreased because of labor, as long as the cattle and horses enter China, and then arrange them through the government level, the agricultural production efficiency of the Northern Song Dynasty will be greatly improved.
What is agriculture, is the foundation, why all the ancient civilizations in the world, only China has such a huge population, the area is only one aspect, developed planting technology, can make less land, feed more people, with food there are people.
Han Qi's contract not only allowed the Northern Song Dynasty to obtain huge benefits, but also laid the foundation for agriculture, as long as in the next time, after the completion of this contract, it will obtain huge benefits, and this benefit will be shown in a few years.
Even in Han Qi's record, it is not mentioned that building roads reduces expenditures, but such a large transaction, in the future, after the Liao State completely controls Western Xia, animal husbandry will usher in greater development, which is a long-term transaction.
In this case, Zhao Xin naturally thought of building a road.
Before the change, this road could only be built as a cement road, but now, the 37-kilometer-long railway has allowed the Dinghai Navy to accumulate enough experience, and is preparing to open the railway from Haizhou to Hongze Lake.
The railway is a matter of great importance, not only the overall investment is huge, but also the smelter needs to cooperate, Zhao Xin first went to the smelter, with Niu Dali as much as possible, the next period of time, the smelter about 7 percent of the production capacity, are turned to the rails, in a short period of time, accumulate enough rails, for large-scale construction to lay the foundation, on the other hand, also need to prepare funds.
The difficulty of building a railway is not high, the cost per kilometer is about 1,000 runs, a 1,000 km railway line is only one million runs, plus the double line, it is only 2 million runs.
For the current Dingjun, 2 million yuan is really not a lot of money, and it can't even roll up the bubble, but spending it on the Dingjun Navy and spending it on the Northern Song Dynasty are completely different things.
The railway is different from others, it needs land acquisition, construction, and even control over the other party, which the Northern Song Dynasty may not know, but for Zhao Xin, it is very clear that at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, when China was semi-feudal and semi-colonial, the hegemony of imperialism was actually extended through the railway, and the railway could be extended as far as it went.
The stakes are important, not to invest money, but to do it, Zhao Xin decided to go to Bianliang and personally inquire about this railway.