A city with one, passing by the window of the car and ship, Zhao Xin was silent, for Zhao Xin, speed is already a very normal thing, in later generations, accustomed to the airplane, high-speed rail such a high altitude way, the speed of no more than 18 kilometers per hour, for him, is already a very simple thing.

Along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the speed of the car and ship is slightly faster, but it is not the limit, the fastest speed, can reach 18 kilometers per hour, and it is 24 hours, in this way, this speed, to exceed 800 miles of expedited.

800 miles expedited, it is already the Northern Song Dynasty, the fastest speed, once Tang Xuanzong smiled for Bo Jiaren, and rode the red dust concubine to smile, no one knew that it was a lychee, and the use was more than 800 miles of expedited.

The lychees transported from Lingnan to Chang'an are only 3 days at most, but this way is destined to be a minority, maybe a few catties, more than a dozen catties of lychees, or some letters, if you want to transport some bulk items, it is almost impossible to get things.

The appearance of vehicles and ships, the study of mechanics and power, to a certain extent, has reduced this distance, Haizhou to Bianliang, a total of no more than a thousand miles, even if it is through the canal, around a certain road, in the end, the whole incident is only 3 days.

Day and night, it was probably in the early morning of the day that Zhao Xin finally arrived in Bianliang

Originally, Zhao Xin should have arrived at Yingtianfu, Yingtianfu is closer, and it may save most of the time, after all, there is still a distance of 300 miles between Yingtianfu and Bianliang, even if it is a high-speed vehicle and ship, such a distance will take more than 5 hours

In the entire territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is inconspicuous, and it can even be said that in history, a capital city without any sense of existence is much worse than the Daimyo's Mansion and even the Henan Mansion.

Not to mention the Daimyo's Mansion, among the four capitals of the Northern Song Dynasty, in addition to Bianliang, it is the Daimyo's Mansion, which is the capital of the north, if it is invaded by the Liao State, the Daimyo's Mansion will shoulder all the rights of the entire north, which is not comparable to ordinary places.

Henan Mansion, which is the most important city after the unification of China by Qin Shi Huang, from the Eastern Han Dynasty, to the Tang Dynasty, and then later, several successive dynasties set the capital here.

However, in the territory of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, Ying Tianfu played a very large role, he was the throat of Bianliang, a Bianhe, through the Central Plains, connecting Bianliang and Yingtian, which also became the foundation of Bianliang, without the Bianhe River to transport all kinds of materials in the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang would not have developed into a huge city with a population of millions.

The first railway, the choice of Bianliang and Yingtianfu, is also because of this, Bianhe at the beginning, because of its natural terrain advantages, let him become the link between the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and Bianliang, but with the development of time, it is increasingly unable to assume this important role, a railway between Yingtianfu and Bianliang, that is, a very normal thing.

The number of envoys and privy envoys, including some high-level personnel, more than 100 officials above the fourth rank, and as many as 15 people simply participated in political affairs and above.

Perhaps, the first assistant, and the privy envoy did not come, but basically, most of the following have arrived, and they may have a lot of complaints about this railway, but a project with hundreds of thousands, or even a cumulative investment of millions, is still worthy of their attention.

Zhao Xin has a complete consideration for the railway, whether it is the location, or the station and other things, they are very well considered.

The station of Bianliang was not built into Bianliang City, a city of one million people, absolutely in this era, is eye-catching, dozens of kilometers of city walls, dense enough to have no loopholes in the fortifications, plus many markets, which have been in the development for a long time, formed the foundation of Bianliang.

The rash construction of the railway station here will inevitably affect the defense of the entire Bianliang.

The railway will inevitably excavate the city wall, although Zhao Xin has a reason, whether it is Liao or Yuan Hao in the future, it will not be able to threaten Bianliang, but at this time, digging up the city wall and making the original complete fortifications fragmented is not what Zhao Xin wants to see, in this case, this station is placed outside the city.

Outside the city, the closest place to Bianliang, from the Northern Song Dynasty Palace in Bianliang, the distance in a straight line, no more than 20 miles, was carved out of a huge territory, at least a thousand acres.

Zhao Xin is very clear that the important role of a railway hub, this is the first railway, in the future, with the completion of this railway, this railway is almost inevitable, has been recognized by everyone, when the time comes, with Bianliang as the center, the entire railway hub, will be built.

Even if it is only one vertical and one horizontal, it also needs a staggered crosshair, which requires a relatively large territory, not to mention, in Zhao Xin's planning, this other railway is very huge.

Bianliang links to Sijing, in the link to Jingzhaofu, Chengdu, Jiangning, Hangzhou, counting, the total number of railways, at least 8, when these railways are intersected to Bianliang, the final need for land will be very huge.

When Zhao Xin arrived at a wharf in Bianliang, he didn't attract everyone's attention at all, Zhao Xin only had three small boats, and the speed was also fast, to a certain extent, Zhao Xin didn't alarm anyone at all, not even the Privy Council.

A four-wheeled carriage quickly got them from the dock where they disembarked to the train station, which was a very remote place.

Because no one knows what the role of the train is, it covers a large area, and it is impossible to carve out the territory in a popular place, otherwise, it is a very terrible thing to simply acquire land.

The key to the difference between the Northern Song Dynasty and other dynasties was the credibility of the imperial court.

In the past dynasties, if the building was higher than the palace, it was almost certain that this was a felony of disobedience and a felony to raid the family and exterminate the family, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, it did not exist.

Fan Tower, at the beginning of construction, when it was built, the Northern Song Dynasty did not exist, and after the existence of the Northern Song Dynasty, Fan Tower has been built for a short time.

The current Northern Song Dynasty Imperial Palace, once only the residence of Song Taizu, and later after a series of expansions, the imperial palace was formed, but compared with the previous dynasties, and even with the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, it is not big.

However, when the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty wanted to expand this palace, they encountered problems.

Around the palace, there are either high-ranking officials and nobles, or top businessmen, they are not bad for money, even if the Northern Song Dynasty royal implementation, it is impossible to forcibly expropriate their land, as for the method of buying with money, as soon as asked, it made the Northern Song Emperor retreat.

Song Taizu and Song Taizong have both tried, an official residence of less than one acre of land, the amount of money that may be required is tens of thousands, even if the palace of the Northern Song Dynasty is expanded to the extent of the Tang Dynasty palace, the funds required are almost hundreds of millions, and this is only land money.

This is also the fundamental reason why the imperial palace has always been relatively small in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, not that the emperors don't want to be extravagant, but that they really don't have this money.

Because of this, such a railway station, which may occupy a very large area, could not be built in the city, even if the city walls could be excavated.

This construction is in the southwest direction, whether it is feng shui, and some other concepts, the northeast direction, is the top direction, but the southwest direction, not very eye-catching, the development of the city, is not in this direction.

The railway station does not pursue these aspects, but only requires a relatively large site, so in the end, it is a minimum of 4,000 acres of land, which may be expanded to 20,000 acres in the future.

Here, itself is a smooth road and half-slope land, here in Bianliang, the chance of use is not large, in the past, there are still people, planting some vegetables and fruits and the like, now in Dinghai has come up with a very high price.

All the costs of the Dingjun Navy for the acquisition of land are on the basis of fertile land, and an additional 30% is given, which is equivalent to paying 130% of the cost at once.

Such a cost ratio, perhaps in the south of the Yangtze River, large-scale silt fields, 30% premium, is certainly impossible, but in the north, near Bianliang, such a price is high enough.

Fertile land can be bought, not to mention wasteland, the common people, almost without any hesitation, sold the land in their hands, at that time, at the time of the construction of the railway, the construction of the railway station also began.

What are the characteristics of the station, from the initial appearance of the station, to the end, there is not much difference, how to use the simplest and fastest method, the same method that does not affect the railway transportation, to send people to the platform, this is the important role of the railway.

The station is just the simplest on land, while underground and aboveground, these are two common methods.

The newly built Bianliang Station is relatively simple, there is only one huge underground passage, Bianliang Station at the beginning, there are only two railways, respectively to the north and to the south, but in fact, in the design, there are 8 railways reserved underground, and the huge underground passage is reserved for some passages to that side.

In Zhao Xin's view, as long as it is a project he is involved in, it is almost certain that the development speed will be very fast.

Dinghai, from one port, to two, three or even four, if it were not for Zhao Xin's compulsion, let the canal become a shipyard, a simple factory dock, would occupy most of the area of the canal.

This is the power shown by Zhao Xin's planning and the help of the card system.

The railway is located in Bianliang, but in this era, both Renzong and these governors of Renzong are outstandingly capable.

The biggest problem of the railway is the performance of steel, and after solving this, construction is not a difficult thing.

Why does a big country fall apart, the reason is very simple, there is not enough control, why is there not enough control, too far away, even if you use the method of 800 miles expedited, it will take two or three days.

In other words, even if the center attaches great importance to it, it takes more than 7 days for a message to be transmitted back and forth.

How many areas in the Northern Song Dynasty, simple counties and counties, are very huge, and it is impossible to pay attention to every place.

Not counting the eight-hundred-mile expedited, if the personnel of this place go to Bianliang to sue, let's not say whether they can sue the place, let's just say that the boat and car along the way are tiring, and there is no time for two or three months, absolutely not.

really waited until the sue was filed, two months later, or even half a year later, some of the clues that had been there before had already disappeared without a trace.

Distance is the biggest problem, in the absence of background, in the absence of pressure from top to bottom, the center's control over the local area is only at the county level, and it cannot be lower.

The construction of the railway is not the same, even if it is the most primitive horse-drawn way, reaching 1,000 miles a day, this is definitely not a problem.

According to the speed of 22 kilometers per hour, 24 hours a day, it has exceeded 500 kilometers, which is the general speed, if it is particularly fast, at all costs, it can even reach 30 kilometers per hour, that is, 1500 miles.

In this sense, the area controlled by the Northern Song Dynasty was large, as long as the railway reached the place, even if it was 2,000 miles away, it would take 2 days to take the train, in this case, anyone who made a mistake would have to think about it.

Speed, turning a long distance into a very close one, is a general law, and it is not subject to the will of some people.

The governors of these centers of the Northern Song Dynasty may not be able to see very high and very clear because of the embodiment of history, but as long as the railway is built and a little calculation, they will know the principle.

The reason why Gyeonggi is developing better in all aspects than other places is that it is close to Bianliang is one aspect, but more is that some of the above policies can be quickly conveyed, and some corrupt officials will also be reined in.

Gyeonggi is mostly a distance of one or two days from Bianliang, counting the carriage, that is, the distance of radiation 80 to 100 miles, and now this distance has expanded to 10 times, 20 times, that is, in the range of 2000 miles, it can be directly controlled, which is how big is this for the improvement of the Northern Song Dynasty.

After the completion of the construction of the railway, under the relatively high speed, a relatively high level of management will be formed, which may not be as good as that of Gyeonggi in the past, but the control and execution of the Northern Song Dynasty will be expanded, and the overall strength will also be improved.

The four-wheeled carriage quickly passed through the city gate and entered the remote place, between the city gate and the railway station, a distance of 10 miles, almost all of the roads were made of cement, the wide road was very smooth, because of the sparse relationship between people, it arrived very quickly.

At least 40 meters high, the 8-storey building is very eye-catching in the suburbs of Bianliang, and the horse-drawn carriage sped up and seemed brisk, and went straight to the train station.