Chapter 687: The Railway Boom
The statistical method disseminated by the Dinghai Navy, in the first attempt of the Northern Song Dynasty, produced very good results, according to some basic aspects, through calculation, addition, and finally obtained data, this data may not be the most perfect data, but it also clearly illustrates the current situation in the Northern Song Dynasty.
In this statistic, the financial revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty, for the first time, exceeded the plan, not only supporting a moderately intense war, but also a balance, after the complete expenditure of various rewards for the entire Northern Expedition, the three divisions had a balance of almost 12 million to 15 million.
This is the first time, maybe before, the Northern Song Dynasty also had it, but it was confused, in short, I felt that there was a shortage of money in all aspects, and there was still a lot of shortage, but if it was missing in that place, I didn't know.
In terms of the use of funds, it is often necessary to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, and even in some cases, some necessary funds are used, and I don't know.
After such a poor life, so much income has increased at once, and it is all over the year, after all the expenses have been spent, and finally these remaining.
For the balance of more than 10 million, there are many people who are tempted, and there are many people who want to get it, and many people are fighting this idea, but Ye Qingchen has always held it and did not let it out easily.
In the eyes of many officials, their lives are quite hard, and the government's financial balance should have been their reward, and it is no problem to send them in advance.
The number of officials in the Northern Song Dynasty is not ordinarily small, this is a lot, as long as these people raise their wages a little, the money will be used, 10 million, which seems to be a lot, but in the face of the Northern Song Dynasty, more than tens of thousands of officials, larger officials, as long as they open their mouths, even if the average person is ten or so, this money will not be kept.
The same is true of feudal society, as long as the income increases, it is easy to be rewarded, and in the end, it is easy to rise, but it is not easy to reduce it, so that the cost will be more and more, and eventually it will drag down the finances, unless there are some changes and changes, otherwise, the government's financial revenue will always be less and less, but the expenditure is more and more.
This is also known to Renzong and Ye Qingchen, they will definitely choose to avoid these situations, and it is impossible for some heavy bureaucrats to increase on this.
However, if this money is not spent, even if it is put in the accounts, it will certainly not be, and the officials from the top to the bottom will make countless demands, and they cannot all be vetoed.
Where is this money going to be invested? If it is the original, there is a surplus of funds, which can be invested in some large projects, the most important of which are some projects such as farmland water conservancy projects, such as the repair of the Yellow River, and some water conservancy projects in the north.
It's just that these have been done by Han Qi and Ye Qingchen, Han Qi did the water conservancy in the northwest, and repaired the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River, although it is not said that the wind and rain have been smooth, but the output of hundreds of millions of stones has increased to the northwest, which is very important for the entire northwest.
The water conservancy project in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River started by Ye Qingchen encountered a little twists and turns in the middle, but when it was pressed down from top to bottom and the heads were rolling, in fact, the funds spent did not increase much, and it was slightly reduced, just a little time was wasted.
However, in two years, the initial results have been achieved, and now, there are only some marginal jobs left in the entire northern water conservancy project, which will take longer and cannot be solved by money.
As for the south, for the repair of the sea pond, it is a fixed appropriation, and the rest of the water conservancy does not have much effect, because even if it is repaired, the final effect is not very good, once the flood comes, any kind of project will be washed away.
There is no way to water conservancy, and there is no need for other cities to build cities and supplement defenses, and the investment in the fortress is smaller and more powerful, and it has been popularized in the north, perhaps the Central Plains region, which needs more, but not the most.
Then, the importance of the railway appeared, and Ye Qingchen made statistics according to the statistical method of the Ding Navy, which not only included the entire Northern Song Dynasty, most of the income, but also included some subtleties.
In the middle, the change started with the products of the navy, but the larger-scale change still started with the railway connection.
The railway from Bianliang to Yingtianfu is more of a supplement to relieve the traffic pressure of the Bianhe River, which is nothing, but the railway in the northwest is a real railway trunk line.
The railway of later generations, why is it so important, passenger transportation is only a small aspect, the key is freight, industrialized society, what is needed, is raw materials, is a variety of machinery, these can be the original resources, processed into products, and then sold to all over the place.
In the original Northern Song Dynasty, although the science and technology were not low, and the handicraft and manufacturing industries were also developed, there were very few raw materials that could be used, such as iron ore, coal, all kinds of wood, and some simple products and grains, which could not be compared with the needs of industrialization.
All kinds of mineral deposits buried in the ground, these decades, thousands of years, have no one to pay attention to, in front of the Dinghai Navy, but have value, although the Dinghai Navy needs the most iron ore and coal, but others, such as limestone, all kinds of alkali ore, and some basic mineral deposits, these have become the key to a large-scale increase in fiscal revenue.
Although Dingjun provided a lot of income to the Northern Song Dynasty, but these incomes, more so, on the premise of obtaining high profits, squeezed out of the middle, in the entire profit, did not occupy the absolute upper hand, at best, Dingjun received 10 million income, to the Northern Song Dynasty about 500,000, the proportion is not large, but the total amount is large, and there are more for the Northern Song Dynasty.
However, these basic mineral deposits, they determine the future development of the navy, although it is said that the price can be reduced to a certain extent, but once the quantity comes up, then the total amount will not be bad.
In the middle, I have to say that in the northwest, these places were originally a desert and barren land, aside from the Hetao Plain, which is plugged into the south of the Yangtze River, other places are not places where people can survive.
However, in these places, there are a large number of minerals, large-scale alkali mines in the northwest desert area, those salt lakes, are natural chemical raw materials, as well as iron ore, coal, various non-ferrous metals and other mineral deposits, and even under the guidance of later information, Zhao Xin also pointed out the location of several gold and silver mines to the Northern Song Dynasty.
Here, itself is a place with more gold and silver mines, as long as one, you can supplement the income of the Northern Song Dynasty on a large scale, and the exchange between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Dinghai Navy is more like the exchange between two enterprises.
Using a large number of basic products, grain, and resources to exchange for various industrial supplies, this is an obvious dumping, even if the Northern Song Dynasty can't find it at the beginning, it will be found in the future, and when the time comes, there will inevitably be problems, but if the Northern Song Dynasty can produce all kinds of raw materials, and have gold and silver, it can be used to achieve a certain balance, and it can exist for a long time.
This is just like the superpowers of later generations, except for some strategic resources that must be held in their hands and are also very critical, other resources can be completely released, especially some harmful exploitation, which can be handed over to these medium-sized countries or their own countries, as long as they are bought with money.
The railway not only transports a large amount of resources, obtains huge income, but also creates huge value for itself, which is not only known to the three divisions, but also to other people.
As early as the time when Bianliang went to Yingtianfu Railway, there were some powerful people or big families who were asking about the construction status of the railway, but the railway was too long, the investment was huge, and the benefits were uncertain.
Now, in the annual summary, the three divisions have taken out the railways that have been in operation for one or two months, and the huge benefits have moved everyone.
In the past, China was able to support large-scale investment projects, one was the construction of cities, and in a certain place, the construction of a strategic new city, which could accommodate large sums of money, or the construction of farmland and water conservancy.
These projects are good, the former is strategic in nature, there is no profit, there is no guarantee of security, no matter how good the profit is, the latter, is long-term in nature, for the country, it may be useful, but for some individuals, it is really not very useful.
Railway, taking into account large-scale investment and commerciality, itself is for commercial operation and existence, Zhao Xin's many strategies, are also focused on the operation of the railway, which has been shown in the southeast railway, in the northwest railway, the performance is more obvious.
Because of Zhao Xin's reminder before, the third division has mastered the authority of the railway, although Dingjun has some investment, this investment does not have the right to manage, only the right to dividends and profits.
Although there was some pressure from the powerful, he withstood the pressure and continued to control the railway.
Compared with the situation when the second railway was built, now, the funds in the hands of the third division are much larger, and the strategic partner of the Dinghai Navy has also been introduced, with an investment ratio of 1:3, that is to say, if the third division can come up with 12 million guan, the Dinghai Navy must be matched with 36 million guan, plus the funds introduced from other magnates, if it continues to be enlarged, 12 million guan, at least 60 million guan.
This is a very large number, several times that of the Northwest Railway, and similarly, these railways can also be centered on Bianliang.
The railway is a new thing, it is a project that has never been touched before, this project is related to the overall investment of tens of millions of dollars, and there can be no problems, after thinking about it again, Ye Qingchen still asked Zhao Xin before designing.
Zhao Xin received an eight-hundred-mile rush from the Third Division at that time, and was still taken aback, and after seeing the project, he couldn't help but smile, the Third Division of the Northern Song Dynasty has developed to this extent, not only to make a subtle count of the national fiscal revenue, but also to make almost, investing in some large projects, which is itself a characteristic of the country, especially the railway.
He never doubted that at the beginning of industrial society, when the industrial revolution began in Europe, railways were the first and most popular project, nothing more than profits.
Even in some densely populated, non-industrialized countries, railways are one of the most profitable projects, which is the transportation of raw materials and various goods and goods.
The faster and more efficient the transportation of things, the greater the benefits will be generated in the end.
Things that were not so valuable in the past, or in other words, projects that were not very profitable when trafficked were not very profitable, can also obtain considerable profits under the premise of a large amount of money and strong demand.
In industrial society, a few cents of money, or even a few cents of profit, can be sold for money, and sometimes, profit is not the end goal, but selling it is.
Zhao Xin quickly replied to Ye Qingchen, and according to the railway operation map of China in later generations, he divided the railways in several regions, which had always been his plan, and he also took this opportunity to invest in it.
Three vertical and three horizontal, forming a rice-shaped traffic railway map in Bianliang, compared with Ye Qingchen's plan, at least a few grades higher, and the total investment is also very amazing, without 200 million, it will definitely not come down.
However, the railway is not a one-time investment, and the construction of the Northwest Railway is relatively fast, which is the good preparation in front, and there are many materials, funds, and personnel.
Now, fully rolled out, starting from the rice-shaped structure of Bianliang, this investment is also large, and the personnel are relatively spread, under this premise, the speed of construction will inevitably decline, and it will drop a lot.
However, this three-vertical and three-horizontal rice-shaped structure is the first to penetrate these with Bianliang as the center.
Although it is said that under the premise of occupying the northwest and recovering the sixteen states of Youyun, the area of the Northern Song Dynasty expanded on a large scale, but it was only from the original more than 3 million square kilometers to more than 400, which increased a lot, but compared with the area of later generations, it was a little worse.
At present, the most essence of the Northern Song Dynasty is the area centered on Sijing, now, you can expand this area to Zhejin Mansion, south to Jiangning Mansion, west to Jingzhao, although the area is expanded, but the scope of the shroud, the population is still about the same, as long as the railways in these places are through, and the resources here are taken out to use, the promotion of the Northern Song Dynasty is big enough.
Sufficient funds, coupled with perfect layout, so that such a railway construction plan, successfully completed, and then the relationship between perfection and overall planning, in the next two or three years, the construction of the railway, will usher in a boom.
This boom is capital and construction, the same way, the railway this new investment project, for the entire Northern Song Dynasty to upgrade, is also obvious, a Northwest Railway, opened a Bianliang to the northwest of the fast channel, if it is said to be other places, the entire Northern Song Dynasty all the major cities, combined into a whole, what will be the effect.