On the canal, three fast boats formed a team, and they drove on the canal quickly, and the speed was really like flying.

These boats look a little weird, because they don't have sails on them, unlike normal boats.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, even if it was a fast car and ship sailing on the river, it had sails, after all, it could act as an auxiliary force.

However, in the Ding Navy, through the study of the pool system, it was found that when the power reaches a certain level, the sail will not only not provide additional support for the power, but will affect the speed.

After reasonable adjustments, this boat is somewhat similar to some speedboats of later generations, while taking into account the size, the whole hull appears relatively long, a little narrow, which is an important feature of fast boats.

The entire power no longer relies on the sails, but on the rear part of the boat, with two paddle wheels slightly exposed.

In the cabin, there will be two groups, a total of 40 people, responsible for the power operation, all of them are powerful men, and through the transmission device, as much as possible, and provide the fastest speed, the line.

Because it is on a densely populated canal, the speed is not too fast, but the current speed can also reach about 10 knots, and this speed can run close to 500 miles a day.

Zhao Xin received Ye Qingchen's eight-hundred-mile expeditious, so he set off in a hurry, in fact, during this time, he focused on fishing, but forgot a little thing.

Proposed by Zhao Xin, Ding Haijun invested most of the funds, and a key project led by the Third Division, the railway from Yingtianfu to Tokyo, has been completed.

This railway was built under the strong promotion of Zhao Xin, and at the beginning, it was not long after the Chinese New Year, and Ding Haijun sent a large team to build the necessary bridges on the railway.

Even if it is only 300 miles away, it passes through the two most prosperous Kyotos of the Northern Song Dynasty, which is also an important supplement to the Bianhe River.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been able to pass to Yingtianfu, but after that, it is not the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it is the Bianhe River, which has been extremely weak in later generations, even in the Northern Song Dynasty, dredging countless times, but it is congenitally insufficient, and it has become the biggest constraint in Tokyo.

Whether it is the boat or the canal itself, when it arrives in Yingtianfu, it will be restricted, especially in winter, after the Bianhe River freezes.

A road made of steel will be of great help to Bianliang, no matter how clear Zhao Xin is, Ye Qingchen is also said to be moved, but it is not completely completed, there is no personal experience, this kind of completely unfamiliar thing is still not recognized.

In fact, the construction of the railway, twists and turns, according to the estimation of the Ding Navy, 300 miles of railway, is not very long, Ding Navy's round-the-island railway, almost 120 kilometers, that is, 240 miles, perhaps, in the middle, there is no railway bridge, but the former construction, that is just out of the mud legs of the peasants.

Now the team sent by the Ding Navy is not only experienced, but also carries a lot of tools, even the longest bridge, has been completed with quality and quantity.

According to Zhao Xin's understanding, the most difficult node of railway construction is the bridge, generally speaking, when the railway design passes, after a series of practical investigations, it is often the bridge that starts first, when the bridge is completed, when the prepared railway construction personnel, it can even be built at a speed of several kilometers a day, or even more than a dozen or dozens of kilometers.

In this Northern Song Dynasty, of course, it is impossible to have such a fast tool, but Ding Haijun invested at least 20,000 people, 20,000 people, and 4,000 pieces of machinery for this railway, and divided it into more than 40 construction teams, almost every construction team is only responsible for a distance of 7 miles.

Skilled workers, after groping, finally the most suitable for the construction of the railroad of various kinds of machinery and equipment, these caused the initial speed.

However, there was still a problem with the railway, and it was a big problem, in the early survey, the local officials below were not in place, and it cannot be said that they were corrupt, but it can only be said that the policies of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Ding Navy were not explained in place, and in the construction, there was some backlash.

The countryside and the mausoleum, this is the place that the clan attaches the most importance to, and the new thing like the railway, of course, Zhao Xin can't pass through the cemetery, and many times, he will detour.

However, this is not a cemetery, it is just the land of a large local family, this big family, the county guard who was once done by the ancestors, and his son was also admitted to the juren.

This clan surnamed Liu is very large, almost more than 2,000 households, distributed in 4 villages, and when this large household is recruited, there are at least more than 10,000 people, obstructing the construction of the railway.

Not only did they smash the railway construction crews, but they also demolished part of the railway.

This is the largest iteration encountered in the process of railway construction.

The railway was a new thing, and when the land was occupied, some people complained that if this matter was not handled properly, it might cause a series of problems.

At that time, Zhao Xin also got the news through internal channels, and was taken aback at the time, even in later generations, when the railway and construction and demolition were demolished, the mass incidents caused were a very difficult thing, no matter who was right or wrong, once the personnel were on it, the adverse impact on the railway would definitely be huge.

At that time, Zhao Xin was ready to leave Ding Haijun to deal with this matter.

Zhao Xin is not a prince now, he is just a Dinghai Hou, and he can't interfere in local affairs, but Zhao Xin is prepared, not to mention anything else, just money.

The land occupied is not much, even if it is 4 villages combined, it will not exceed 1,000 acres, he gave this money, and it is doubled, no one will get along with the money.

The importance of the first railway, Zhao Xin is very clear, if this railway is difficult to deliver, in the future, it will not be able to be implemented.

The development of railways is definitely correct, but when it does not fall into reality, no matter how good you say, no one will pay attention to it, only when the construction is completed, and then let them see the actual effect, and see that the railway is stronger than what Zhao Xin said verbally, the power to hinder this will not exist.

However, Zhao Xin did not make the trip, it was not that something was delayed, the matter of the railway, it can be overwhelming, although it increased the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty to a certain extent, but whether it was for him to do business, or for the Northern Song Dynasty itself, it was good, and there was nothing that could override him.

The appearance of an official solved the problem.

Fu Bi came back from Hebei and happened to pass by here, and as a privy deputy envoy, he had a certain right to transfer troops.

Before, when Zhao Xin was telling everyone, the entire center listened, and Fu Bi was the one who listened.

Fu Bi is a civilian official, but more, shouldering military duties, and getting involved in the military more, if the railway can really achieve this effect, then for the Northern Song Dynasty, it is absolutely important.

After the longbow gradually replaced other classes of troops and became the main branch of the forbidden army, Fu Bi also keenly discovered the weakness of the longbow.

Logistics, a longbowman without logistics, even if he carries more and fights two battles, he will have no bow and arrows, no matter how powerful he is, what can he do.

The longbow has a long distance and an astonishing rate of fire, which is the most advantageous point of the longbow, but the faster the speed, the more arrows are needed, which is three times faster than the short bow, and the longbow is much larger than the short bow, which puts a huge pressure on the logistics.

The logistics problem of the Northern Song Dynasty has been unanimously recognized, when the Western Xia was in the past, it is not that the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty cannot win the Western Xia, the key is that there is no way to fight, and there is no way to logistics.

A bucket of rice, transported to Western Xia, requires 6-7 buckets of consumption, and the barrenness of the northwest makes the conditions in the northwest unable to support hundreds of thousands, or even millions.

Now, under the premise of a comprehensive rearmament, there is no problem in the Northern Song Dynasty, not that the Northern Song Dynasty has solved this logistics, but because of the emergence of the Ding Navy.

Compressed biscuits, canned food, and some reduced dry food, those dry foods that seem to be small enough to feed a person in a small piece, sound unreliable, but in practice, they are really so.

Compared with food, it saves a lot of weight, only more than one-seventh, and the most important thing is that it is easy to use.

In the barracks, you can boil hot water and soak it directly, even in the field, as long as you take a piece and eat it directly with water, there is no problem.

Food is the biggest problem of the army, and under the premise of the same weight, more troops can be supplied, which improves the combat effectiveness of the army, not to mention canned food.

On the front line, you can rely on canned food, eat fruit, meat, and a range of other things, which is very important for morale boost.

On top of the food and other things, the reduced weight, the increased logistics of the longbow, are not so conspicuous, but he is a problem after all.

Fortunately in Hebei, there is the Grand Canal as the foundation, and the things in the capital can be quickly transported to Sanguan through the waterway of the Grand Canal, which is a lifeline, but what to do in the northwest.

Although Yuan Hao was driven to the extreme west, he may not make a comeback, besides, there is the Liao army.

According to what Zhao Xin said, the railway has a huge transportation capacity, and if it is well utilized, its transportation capacity is even lower than or even higher than that of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, so this experimental railway is quite important.

300 miles, not long or short, the location is very important, connecting the two most important capitals of the Northern Song Dynasty, is an important supplement to the Bianhe River, such a project, someone actually wants to destroy, it is absolutely not allowed.

If another person appears here, a family that has been out of the county guard, and there are heirs who are lifted, in the state capital, it can be regarded as a very high-status family, even if it is four or five grades, it needs to be taken slowly, especially for more than 10,000 people.

But who is Fu Bi, he has seen a big scene, and he has even been to the military camp of the Liao State, which is not false at all.

Fu Bi's 300 personal guards, as well as 500 people temporarily transferred from the Ying Tianfu military camp, a total of 800 people, were quickly dispatched.

Xiucai met the soldiers, it was unreasonable, these people dared to make trouble because of the strength of the clan, but when a high-ranking official of the privy envoy came with 800 soldiers and came murderously, they immediately retreated.

This is not a barren place far away from the Tiangao Emperor, this is close to Gyeonggi, in the core of the two capitals, and there can be no turmoil here.

A sudden crisis, with the intervention of Fu Bi, was quickly quelled.

Fu Bi is also soft with one hand and hard with the other, of course, to calm down the incident is to use thunderous means, but after it is calmed down, it is impossible to be tough.

After asking for a clear reason, it became clear that the local officials were not doing their job.

In fact, because of Ding Haijun's investment, the money for this railway is very sufficient, and the funds for land acquisition are also very large, which is more than 150% of the ordinary land price, and anyone will be satisfied with such a range.

It's just that the lack of communication from local officials, coupled with corruption, eventually led to this incident.

In the end, as a result of Fu Bi's treatment, each of them hit 50 big boards, and all officials involved in corruption were taken down, and for ordinary peasants, those who occupied land were compensated according to the highest limit, and of course, for the big households at the beginning, they were also dealt with.

Because the big family took the lead, and his son raised the momentum, in fact, it almost caused tens of thousands of people to revolt, in the face of the exact evidence, the identity of the young master of the big family was dismissed, but it was not forbidden to take the test again, as for the big family itself, he also checked the land occupied, and finally, calmed down the matter.

Fu Bi's treatment, compared to Zhao Xin's personal arrival and use money to buy, is not only much more effective, but also much faster, and it is Fu Bi's quick knife to cut through the mess, so that the railway problem itself because of the land and unknown fear has been solved, perhaps, there will be some people who are a little dissatisfied, but it will not be exposed, because no one can bear the consequences.

After that, the construction of the railway, no longer encountered a big problem, mostly some small friction, Zhao Xin also after that, specially instructed the construction personnel, do not be arrogant, must go deep, if there is some friction, money to open the way, must be completed with quality and quantity.

There were some twists and turns in the middle, but in the end, the railway was successfully completed after 3 months, almost half a month later than planned, but the efficiency was not low.

The railway is a new thing, even if it is Fu Bi Ye Qingchen and them, they can't say clearly, what is the effect of the railway, just after the construction of the railway, the third division directly repaired the book to Zhao Xin, and invited Zhao Xin to come to participate in the opening ceremony.

In the 21st century, railways are commonplace, and people are the most convenient and cheapest way to travel, as well as faster ways to travel such as high-speed trains and bullet trains.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, this is the first time outside the Ding Navy, Zhao Xin thought that there is no better way to promote the railway in the Northern Song Dynasty than such a one-time operation, and after inquiring about the following, the preparations for operating the railway have been made, leaving Ding Haijun's mess of things, and rushing to Bianliang as fast as possible.