It's just early afternoon, and there's still some time before it gets dark, and if it's this time, it's not going to show you when you go back, and it's 3 hours, and the night must be deep.

This is not a steam engine, it is impossible to run for a long time, at night, when the carriage is moving, it is a very dangerous thing, and it is not easy to control what happens, so unless it is Ding Haijun, a large number of lighting facilities have been popularized, so that the more than 30 kilometers of railway, as if it were day, otherwise, it will not advance at night.

There are as many as seven high-ranking officials in a car who simply participate in political affairs, and it is impossible to risk letting them drive at night.

Because there are many high-ranking officials, especially some top bosses, the left-behind people of Ying Tianfu have also come one after another, compared with the Daimyo Mansion, the level of Ying Tianfu is much lower, and they came out to see them in the way of officials.

If there were still doubts before, seeing the city gate of Yingtianfu, and many officials of Yingtianfu, the most important thing is that the obvious language of the common people, who still doesn't know, has arrived at Yingtianfu.

2 and a half hours, pulling at least 100 people, from Kaifeng to Yingtianfu, if this was said before, no one would believe it, a day is already a fast horse, but now it is really in front of everyone

Other officials, some of whom are smart, have already begun to consider this use, and among them, the one who has considered it the most deeply is Ye Qingchen.

From the start of this project, it was Zhao Xin who took out some things of this project, which was opened, in the middle, the three divisions did not invest much money, but there was a lot of energy, whether it was construction, or experiments, he had some understanding, there was a foundation before, and now, it is on this basis, and it has improved a lot.

Perhaps, after large-scale use, the overall speed cannot be increased so high, but even if it is reduced a lot, it is very terrifying.

Maxima, known as rare, even if it is the fastest communication method in the Great Song Dynasty, 800 miles expedited, is not applied every day, such a train, as long as it runs for 8 hours during the day, it has already exceeded 800 miles expedited.

It is not possible to drive at night, it is in the middle of the night, and in summer, the daytime time exceeds 8 hours, and even when the sky is dark, it is not impossible to run.

Even with a discount, the speed of driving for 6 hours a day and more than 700 miles is more than the vast majority of transportation.

Ye Qingchen has been silently calculating, this is simple, the consumption is not too big, even if it is passenger transportation, it can already have a lot of income, the income of freight is higher, and the construction is used for diversion, and even for military purposes to a certain extent,

That night, Ying Tianfu gave them a warm reception, some of them were addicted, but more people were thinking about it, and then, when the next day, when the train also took less than two and a half hours to pull them to Bianliang, a battle began.

Before Ye Qingchen could plan which department to assign the railway to, the Privy Council proposed that the excellent function of the railway should be urgently merged with 600 miles, and the entire country's railway network should be gradually laid and handed over to the Privy Council for management.

Almost half an hour later than the Privy Council, the household department wrote a letter, asking this to be handed over to the household department for management, and the household department and Caoyun shouldered 90% of the transportation tasks of the Great Song Dynasty every year, and needed to transport taxes and grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the north to ensure the normal operation of the whole country.

With the gradual increase in the population of the Northern Song Dynasty, the pressure on Caoyun is increasing, even if this railway is not very long, only connecting Bianliang and Yingtianfu, but it is very useful to solve the traffic problem of the Bianhe River, and it should be classified as Caoyun.

These two, plus the three divisions, can be regarded as some reasons, but several other departments, such as Kaifeng Mansion, have joined in at the request of Tianfu for jurisdiction, and even if they don't have a boundary at all.

Everyone is optimistic about such a railway project, and everyone wants to manage it, which is the sequelae of the experiment.

For this, Ye Qingchen was prepared for a long time, because the officials invited only saw an effect, and they did not participate in this project.

The reason is very simple, even the three divisions are not very expensive, at most resources and manpower, not shown in the finance, others are even more unknown, they just saw the excellent effect of such a project, without considering the cost.

In fact, in terms of cost, even Ye Qingchen is a little staggering, the investment in the entire railway is almost 400,000 guan, which does not include horses, ancillary facilities, and railway wagons, plus these, it is almost about 900,000 guan.

This is the result of a large-scale decline in the price of horses, and if the price of horses is followed in the past, 3,500 horses alone, each of which is 200 yuan, is as high as 700,000 yuan.

Now, a large number of livestock obtained by Western Xia gradually flowed into the Central Plains, and the price of horses gradually decreased, from 200 to 100, and then to the present, good horses are about 80 yuan, and ordinary horses are between 20 and 50.

The purchase of horses for this railway is centralized procurement, obtained from the Privy Council and the Northwest, all according to a relatively low price, about 40 guan, that is to say, the price of the whole horse is more than 100,000 guan, plus the locomotive, it is almost 900,000 guan.

This is a 300-mile-long railway, and according to this calculation, the average is 300,000 per 100 miles, even if this number is less, it is not much.

Even if it is to cooperate with Ding Haijun and let Ding Haijun take the lion's head, then the construction of the Northern Song Dynasty will not be less than 100,000 yuan.

According to the proposal of the Privy Council, the construction of a large railway line connecting the entire border army, at least a railway of more than 20,000 li, that is to say, the Privy Council alone is as high as 20 million.

Caoyun is a little less, but it will not be less than 10,000 li, that is, 10 million guan, this money, neither can be taken out.

Although the three divisions were nervous, when the deficit of the entire Northern Song Dynasty was effectively resolved, the new harvest from the northwest, coupled with the vigorous commercial activities of the Ding Navy, formed taxes.

Other powerful people, when doing business, do not want to find ways to use their ability and influence to reduce expenses.

However, Ding Haijun is different from Zhao Xin, he basically pays according to the regulations of the imperial court, which brings new sources of wealth.

Zhao Xin is really not as noble as Ye Qingchen thought, itself, the manufacturing industry he invested in is an industry with a fairly high profit and scale, from the later generations, paying taxes is a necessary thing, and even his small salary will pay a certain amount of taxes.

The taxes of the Northern Song Dynasty are not only not expensive, but also quite cheap, and he pays a little, which can be regarded as a blood transfusion for the Northern Song Dynasty, and even in a sense, all the taxes he paid are probably not as much as the pocket money he gave to Renzong.

Ye Qingchen didn't go to the book that day, he made a day's preparations, after all, anyone who goes to the book needs a period of fermentation, after this incident alarmed Renzong, it caused a boom between the government and the opposition, and then, some people who couldn't beat the eight poles, and even those who had not participated in this experience, also stepped in, in short, competing for interests.

This is even bigger, this is not something that can be ended in a short time, and finally it was put by Renzong in the big court meeting after 3 days, so that all the governors and officials of the capital who participated in the political affairs and the Beijing officials who were more than 5 grades discussed together.

The railway is a new thing, but his magic lies in the fact that he can pull 600 people, in 2 and a half hours, he went to Yingtianfu, 300 miles away, this speed and transportation capacity, really eye-catching, even if you can't see the future of this railway now, you also feel that it is a very good thing to control it in your hands.

At the court meeting, Ye Qingchen began to watch everyone compete coldly, watching these people know nothing, and even some people, because of Ding Haijun's input, when he made a big fuss, he smiled coldly.

Without the financial support of Ding Haijun and the guarantee provided by Zhao Xin, how to build, even if all the money of the three divisions is counted, it is only 10,000 li to build.

It is impossible for the money of the three divisions to build the railway, which is not realistic at all, and I am afraid that it will be squeezed out, that is, about 10 million yuan.

If you use the funds of the Ding Navy, or even let them tilt it, you can build a railway of 10,000 li or even farther away, if it is not applicable, it may only be 3,000 li, which is not short, but for the demand, it is far behind.

In a few days, in addition to combing through some previous information, Ye Qingchen also made a simple calculation of the place where the railway had to be built.

Sijing is definitely wanted, and the border is definitely wanted, at least, one to the northwest, one to Liao, and one to Sichuan Railway is necessary, and in the middle, there must be a Ding Navy.

The commodities produced by the Ding Navy have occupied an important position in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Privy Council, the Third Division, and even the Sixth Department have a very close connection with the Ding Navy.

It's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked, the longest of the seven, eighty, nine railways is three or four thousand miles, and the shortest is one or two thousand miles, and after calculation, the railways that may be built in the end are almost more than 50,000 miles.

In the middle, I haven't considered it, Zhao Xin said that the double line, the braking force of the carriage is not good, even if it is used intensively, the distance between them is very far, which can not fully play the role of the railway, plus, as long as there is an omission, when calculating and putting in, there is a little error, a railway and two trains are opposite, there is no place to dodge, where is the blockage, there will be a lot of problems.

In order to improve efficiency and strengthen transportation capacity, double lines are definitely needed, and even Ding Haijun has reserved some when the railway line between Bianliang and Yingtianfu is built, for example, all the bridges are double-sided, only half of them are used.

As long as this side agrees, it may take more than a month to build the double line.

The single line is going to die, the double line, it's almost 100,000 miles, this is too huge, so huge that Ye Qingchen can't help but tremble.

However, once these are completely connected, most of the roads of the Northern Song Dynasty and the connection between the capital will gradually become closer, at most two or three days, which is too important for the Northern Song Dynasty and the management of the center.

Because of this, Ye Qingchen still has to cooperate with Ding Haijun in a series of plans in the future, and even come up with various conditions to increase the voice of the center and the three divisions, of course, in terms of money, Ding Haijun has a little more.

Ye Qingchen's thoughts, Zhao Xin doesn't know, even if he knows, he won't care, the railway is huge for the integration of a dynasty, he will make remote places, rebellion is no longer so easy, even if Ye Qingchen does not propose, Zhao Xin will work hard to do it in the future, and even if he does not control the Northern Song Dynasty, there will be direct benefits, the huge materials of industrial production will be dumped into the Northern Song Dynasty, which has a huge effect on expanding industrialization and recruiting population.

When everyone was arguing endlessly, and even talking nonsense, Ye Qingchen saw that the time had come, and took out his recital.

The first thing to do is to mention the cost of the railway, when the cost of 100 miles and 300,000 guan comes out, the entire court is silent.

The Northern Song Dynasty is also in the past two years, only a little good days, not to mention 300,000 guan, 30,000 guan of expenditure, can go to the court, some key projects, because of no money, and postponed, and even caused very tragic consequences, now, a hundred miles of 300,000 guan, a through Bianliang and Jingzhao railway, more than a thousand miles, is not 3 million guan.

Some people who originally just wanted to make a profit basically died down, and under this number, not the departments below can compete for it.

When the expensive cost came out, some old scholars immediately raised objections, saying that this project, which costs people and money, should be abolished and should not be built.

According to Zhao Xin's point of suggestion, coupled with the actual situation of the railway, he told about the possible income of railway freight, as long as the train can run 30%, the annual income of this railway is as high as 180,000.

5 years to return to the capital, or a huge investment, this business is definitely worth doing, although for the people, the income of usury is very high, but that is not suitable for the government's behavior, not to mention, this railway for the Northern Song Dynasty in the transportation of important roles.

When Ye Qingchen told everything one by one, the Privy Council and the household department knew that they had no chance, whether it was preparation, investment, or planning, the three divisions had natural advantages, which they could not control, and in the same way, the income said that this railway must also be merged into the three divisions.

This is the end of the court, and the railway finally belongs to the three divisions, but when the household and the Privy Council need it, they can coordinate and give priority to ensuring the needs of the military and the household department, rather than making money.

At this point, Ye Qingchen decided on behalf of the newly established Railway Division, and then Renzong set the tone, gave the Third Division a period of time, determined the plan for the next railway construction, came up with a complete plan, and then discussed and decided at the Great Dynasty Meeting.

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