Ye Qingchen came to the Dinghai Hou Mansion again, in the recent period, he came a little more frequently, not to mention coming to the door every day, once every two or three days, almost breaking the threshold of the Dinghai Hou Mansion.

It stands to reason that these things are to be discussed in the court, or in the third division, or in the Eastern Mansion, but it is inconvenient for Zhao Xin to go, even if there are many reasons, he even resigned from the previous court, let alone go to the Eastern Mansion and the Third Division.

Basically, when I came here, I was either at home or went to Miao's house, and I rarely went out.

Ye Qingchen is very clear about Zhao Xin's identity, and he also knows what he is worried about now, from this aspect, the decision he made before is right, Zhao Xin does not have that kind of mind, which will also make the court less fighting.

At this time, it was the best era of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, to put it bluntly, the Western Xia problem that had been plaguing for decades was finally completely solved, the biggest loophole in the Northern Song Dynasty was solved, and the support of Ding Haijun was added, and in terms of saving resources, the deficit of the Northern Song Dynasty suddenly became positive, even if in the future, the political and financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty continued to deteriorate, and there was enough time to react.

The reason why Ye Qingchen did the farmland water conservancy project in the north was also for this, the entire northern part of the Northern Song Dynasty was once the richest place in the whole of China.

For example, before the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was the land of the king, starting from the Qin Dynasty, to the Han Dynasty, and then to the Tang Dynasty, all of them exerted their strength in Guanzhong, and then occupied Sichuan, and had the opportunity to compete for hegemony.

However, now, Guanzhong has long since declined, and even the land of Shandong is not a rich land, but they have the foundation, as long as the construction of farmland and water conservancy in the north is completed, a large amount of water is used to irrigate the land, and the grain production of the entire Northern Song Dynasty is improved, for the Northern Song Dynasty, it is an open source process.

Ye Qingchen saw this point, and used the funds in all aspects to use them in a more appropriate place before they were quickly used, and then changed the financial situation of the entire Northern Song Dynasty when the volume of financial revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty became further larger.

Ye Qingchen could only solve this systemic problem in the Northern Song Dynasty from his own perspective and through his own efforts, but he didn't know that this problem had been solved by Zhao Xin.

The problem of the Northern Song Dynasty was that they did not realize the importance of taxation, and if you collected the peasants' agricultural tax, let alone 30%, even if it was 1 out of 10, or even 1 out of 30, it would not be able to solve the problem of the peasants.

But in business, if you still pay 10 taxes, or even 30 taxes, it will not be too comfortable, even if you are an ordinary businessman who has turned your hands, if you don't earn about 30% of your income, you can't be considered in business.

A product, from the place of origin to the hands of consumers, 5 times is very normal, 10 times will not cause any problems, some unique roles, unique products, 500 times, 100 times, are a very normal thing.

Later generations have proved that the value-added tax on business is about 17%, plus personal income tax, commercial tax, and fixed tax, these things make the tax pressure on commercial products very heavy, but he has no problem.

The Northern Song Dynasty could not collect taxes, calculate and count as it did in the 21st century, which was the biggest problem, and it would take a long time to popularize it throughout the Northern Song Dynasty.

However, a simple increase in the overall tax rate to 20% and 30% is so simple and rude, but it can increase the commercial tax revenue of the entire Northern Song Dynasty by two or three times, and this alone can obtain a lot of benefits.

Others, such as state-owned enterprises, the combination of technology and technology, on the premise of harvesting, the amount of capital will swell to a terrible extent, which also fundamentally solves the problem of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Ye Qingchen is the top talent in the Northern Song Dynasty, it can be said that among the entire ministers of Renzong, there are few who exceed his ability, and even in a certain sense, in the position of the third envoy, there are only a handful of people who can be stronger than him.

It is precisely because of the appearance of Ye Qingchen that the Renzong Dynasty was basically maintained, when Ye Qingchen was unable to bear the problems of the Northern Song Dynasty, he became ill from hard work, and finally unfortunately died, Renzong was also very sad at that time, and the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty also began with Ye Qingchen, showing signs of deterioration, although the successor ministers were relatively outstanding, but the Northern Song Dynasty still fell into the abyss.

At this time, Ye Qingchen was full of vitality in Zhao Xin's eyes, the financial thing is really a very cumbersome and detailed thing, if there is no problem with finance, a qualified financial personnel can be distributed smoothly, but when the money is not enough, the trouble will be big.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, there is no rice, even if you have the level of the imperial kitchen, you can't give full play, at that time, Ye Qingchen, maybe because of this day and night, finally fell into the tip of the horns, and finally went depressed.

Now, the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty is far from deteriorating to that extent, coupled with the recent alleviation of financial problems, Ye Qingchen's mood is definitely much better than before.

Ye Qingchen's purpose for coming was very simple, and after a little chat, Ye Qingchen led the question to the purpose of his visit.

Ye Qingchen revealed to Zhao Xin and asked Zhao Xin if there was an example that was shorter and could be placed in front of everyone, so that it was easy to introduce.

A doer like Ye Qingchen, in order to verify the quality of a certain aspect, he can choose to send people to Ding Haijun to verify it by using the method of fast horses, but other people can't do it, if they want to be the least criticized, a railway that is not a big investment and is very close to Bianliang has become an inevitable choice.

Ye Qingchen was very right, Zhao Xin didn't take this into account before, and after thinking about it, he took out a plan, which was a railway plan from Bianliang to Yingtianfu.

The four capitals of the Northern Song Dynasty are the most prosperous and wealthy in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the status is also quite high on the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Bianhe River connects Yingtianfu and Bianliang, under Yingtianfu, it is the Huai River, the Bianhe River is a tributary, the amount of water is less, but it is an important channel connecting Yingtianfu and Bianliang, even if it has been dredged several times, but the transportation volume is still not high, which actually restricts the contact between Bianliang and Yingtianfu.

In ancient times, canals and rivers were the basis of all transportation, except for the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, there were no other artificially excavated rivers, and they could only adapt to the situation of the river, not change.

Now, if a railway is built here, the length of 300 miles is not very long, as long as enough people are invested and built in seven or eight sections, the railway may be completed in eight to ten months, and once completed, the economic efficiency will be higher.

In fact, in Zhao Xin's original plan, there is another road, that is, the railway from Bianliang to Henan Province, which is also an advantage, although it is said that Luoyang, the former ancient capital, has already passed hundreds of years, and it has disappeared, there is no developed water transportation, and the commercial exchanges between Bianliang and Luoyang are not high.

However, it is not completely without benefits, this is a section of the Northwest Railway, and it can be regarded as an early attempt, but, relatively speaking, this distance is a little too long, 400 miles, almost a third longer, and the most important thing is that the mountains around Luoyang are not easy to penetrate, unlike from Bianliang to Yingtianfu, a horse and a flat river, suitable for construction.

After the discussion was completed, Ye Qingchen proposed this new plan at the court meeting, this plan was completely different from the previous plan, the horse-drawn carriage traveled quickly on the two railroad tracks, not to mention the technical problems required to build him, just this idea made people unimaginable.

Is this okay, you don't need to build a road, just two railroad tracks, not later generations, there are projections and pictures, in the hands of Ye Qingchen, only the people sent to draw a series of vernacular, the style of painting in ancient China, and a little abstract, I can't see what this is.

Not to mention, the personnel who were sent to the Ding Navy by Ye Qingchen this time, they were responsible for the responsibility, they were very detailed in terms of records, and almost recorded all the steps of the entire railway, but none of them were good at drawing, and they didn't even give the railway a map.

The people of this era do not have an intuitive understanding of the nature of the railway, and it is impossible to have a deeper understanding by relying solely on these words.

Ye Qingchen's concern was indeed correct, the construction of a huge railway connecting Bianliang and Lingzhou at once would definitely cause a series of conservative backlash, but an experimental railway, only 300 miles, is not so difficult to accept.

The investment is not large, 300 miles of railway line, there are no large-scale projects and bridges, a railway through Yingtianfu and Bianliang, the investment is about 400,000 yuan, which has taken into account the cost of fixed raw materials, as well as construction and many other aspects, perhaps there are discrepancies in the future, but the overall proportion is definitely not more than 10%.

In the past, 400,000 guan could never be regarded as a very small amount of money for the entire Northern Song Dynasty, it was a big money, except for some temporary expenditures that had been fixed, it was difficult to get support.

Now, with a series of open sources and cost reductions, the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty is already quite good, not to mention the 3 million guan obtained from Renzong, in Ye Qingchen's hands, there is a balance of about 2 million guan, but this money is used for emergency purposes.

Now this is the emergency situation, invest 400,000 yuan to build a railway between Yingtianfu and Kaifeng, so that these courtiers, at close range, can see the benefits of the railway, so as to ensure the construction of the railway.

The distance of 300 miles is not long, nor is it short, the Yellow River is here in Kaifeng, and begins to go north, as the eastern capital and the southern capital of Yingtianfu, there is only the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from Luoyang to Yangzhou in the middle, which cannot pass through the Yellow River water system.

In the case of dense north-south traffic, in fact, the traffic is somewhat dense, and a land road is needed to supplement it.

300 miles is in a relatively flat plain area, the entire North China Plain, there are not many mountainous areas, there are not many precipitous places, 300 miles, and it is not too long, if there is a lot of manpower, it should be very fast.

It had been prepared for a long time, and as a pre-engineering project for the Northwest Road, the Dinghai Navy also sent a large number of skilled workers who were outstanding in all respects. A 300-mile-long road, divided into 10 sections, began the preliminary work, and once the data of these key places were summarized, the construction of the entire railway could be carried out.

Compared with the railways of later generations, this requirement is not high, and later generations need to consider the economy and the surrounding natural environment, but this is just a track that bears about 15 tons and is a simple horse-drawn train, so there is no such problem, as long as you find a relatively close line, build less bridges, and then you can.

Less construction of rivers is a general direction, but completely, there is not a single river, this does not exist, why there are so many civilizations on the continent, can reproduce such a large population, has a lot to do with surface runoff.

In the world, any city must have water flowing through, and a city without water cannot exist.

Ancient Loulan, in ancient times, in the Han Dynasty, and even earlier, it was a rich land with abundant grass, so a huge urban agglomeration was established, and at its peak, there was a large population, becoming a key node around.

However, climate change, driven by force majeure, has rapidly deteriorated the surrounding environment and turned into a desert.

Without food, you can last for a few days, but without water, human beings may not be able to hold on for even a week, and the water network in the north is not as dense as in the south, and every thirty or fifty miles, there will always be rivers of all sizes and sizes.

It's almost impossible to really want to get around.

Bridges must be built, and the Navy has made certain breakthroughs in all aspects, and prefabricated parts have also appeared, borrowing cranes, but it is just an application of pulleys.

Perhaps some of the original performance of the pulley group, can not be produced by mass production methods, but it is still possible to build by hand, excellent steel, the production of willful strength is very good steel cable, plus a large number of combination of pulleys, can make the power saving, up to 32 or even 64 times, that is to say, 10 people pull up a ton of force, this, at least can pull up about 64 tons of objects, which is still very critical to the construction of bridges.

Although it is said that large bridges of more than 1,000 meters, or even above, these are also prefabricated parts, at least 300 or even 500 tons, but bridges below 200 meters, 64 tons, are already very good.

With the help of the simple tool of the hoist crane, the lifting is realized, and the construction speed of the bridge is greatly accelerated under the premise of sufficient preparation of prefabricated parts.