"Bachelor's ...... Bachelor, Bachelor! ”

A louder and louder cry woke Huang Shang from his sleep.

Huang Shang opened his heavy eyelids, and his accompanying companion sat up in front of him, "Where are you?" ”

"It's time for the Jingshi."

"So fast?" Huang Shang's mind was groggy, and he only felt that he hadn't slept enough.

"Bachelor, it's almost time. Li Xuezheng has already left the cabin. ”

"Unitary time." Huang Shang frowned and got up, but his body still felt very tired.

On a summer afternoon, on a narrow boat, after a full meal, there was nothing else to do except sleep.

After a year of hard work in Yunnan, on the way back to Beijing, Huang Sheng found that he was becoming more and more lazy, in addition to reading books and practicing calligraphy, the rest of the time was really only sleeping.

After changing his clothes, Huang Shang walked up to the front deck, and a rainbow bridge was passing overhead.

The prosperity around him also made him really feel that the Jingshi had arrived.

A man who was standing on the bow of the boat turned around when he heard the voice, "Bachelor, are you up?" ”

"When I'm old, I can't endure hardship, and I sleep a lot when I sleep." Huang Sheng smiled self-deprecatingly, and walked to the side of the deputy Xuezheng on Yunnan Road, "In the middle of the track, why did you come out?" ”

"Fu was stuffy in the boat, so he came out to blow the wind." Li Fu said.

Li Fu is a disciple of Qi Studies, and like Huang Shang, he has been Han Gang's staff. However, when Li Fu was a staff member, it was still when Han Gang was ordered to attack Jiaozhi, and when Han Gang was transferred to Jingxi, Huang Sheng threw himself into his door. But now, both of them are on Yunnan Road, one is the governor of Lizhou and the pacification envoy of Yunnan Road, and the other is the deputy envoy of the study and administration, and they have a lot of contacts at work, because of the relationship between Han Gang, the two naturally feel close.

Huang Shang said: "It's because the boat is too slow, and it's replaced by a carriage, and it's windy to sit in the carriage." ”

"It's too slow." Li Fu sighed, "I came out of Fangcheng Mountain and walked all the way by boat for six days. It would be good when the railway of Fangcheng Mountain could go directly to Jingshi. ”

"I'm afraid we'll have to wait." Huang Shang said.

Rail transport is no substitute for water transport.

A freight wagon can only cover the capacity of one or at most two ships. A freight wagon of eight or even sixteen horses, traveling the same distance, is much more expensive than a ship. Although it is faster than Tsunaya, many times, speed is not the first place. That is, it is a combination of factors such as capacity and time, and the freight passenger transportation from Fangchengshan to Kaifeng is still the best result of water transportation.

After listening to Huang Shang's explanation, Li Fu seemed to be clear and not clear, "In this case, why did the imperial court want to build the Beijing-Si Railway?" ”

"Huimin River and Bianshui can not be compared." Huang Sheng shook his head.

The water transport of the Bianhe River has its peculiarities. One is because the water source of Bianshui comes from the water of the Yellow River, so it is silted up year by year, and the other is that Bianshui has to be stopped in winter, more than one-third of the time every year, yes, and another, in order to maintain Bianshui shipping, the annual cost is too high, and the funds invested by the imperial court to build embankments, dredging, and shipbuilding have doubled the cost of transporting grain into Beijing. In addition, the private freight from the south to the north is through the Guò Bianhe River, and there are too many ships, which makes the river transportation of the Bianhe River often blocked. The imperial court was also forced to make great efforts to build the Beijing-Si Railway.

After passing Fangcheng Mountain, the water source of Huimin River comes from the Rushui and Yingshui that it passes, as well as the tributaries of the two rivers such as Weishui and Qinshui, the water quality is excellent, and there is no sediment accumulation problem brought by the Yellow River, so there is no need to treat it year after year.

"I see." Li Fu nodded and was taught, "Thank you for your advice." ”

……………………

"Who says you can't fix it? Definitely going to fix it. ”

After the two arrived in Beijing, Han Gang set up a banquet to entertain them, and the two talked about the discussion on the boat during the day, but Han Gang's reply was unexpected.

Huang Shang suddenly felt that his face was feverish, so he let out a lot of nonsense in front of Li Fu, and let Han Gang pierce it when he turned his face. He hurriedly asked, "Xianggong." Why did the imperial court want to build the railway from Fangchengshan to Kaifeng?! ”

Zong Ze accompanied the guests today, and after hearing it, he explained on the side: "The imperial court has a plan, and it plans to build a railway from Ezhou [Wuhan] to Heyin. ”

"Ezhou goes straight to Heyin?" The map of Gyeonggi and Hubei appeared in Huang Shang's mind, but he couldn't imagine how this railway would be repaired, he frowned, "How to build this road?" ”

"Out of Ezhou all the way to the north, through Anzhou, Xinyang Army, arrived at Mengzhou Heyin. [Note 1]," Zong Ze said.

"Xinyang Army?" Huang Sheng was stunned when he heard it, Xinyang is a mountainous area, "What happened to Wuyang Pass [Wusheng Pass]?" There is no easy way to go in Yiyang Sanguan, right? ”

Li Fu also said to Han Gang: "Xianggong, although the lower officials have not walked through Wuyang Pass, they also know that this place has been a dangerous pass since the third generation, and Wu Guo broke Chu and attacked here first. Building a railway here is much more difficult than Fangcheng Mountain. ”

Han Gang took the cup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Wuyang Guan Road, the ancient name of the Great Tunnel Road, how to repair it, it shouldn't be difficult to guess, right?" ”

"The cave is a tunnel?" Huang Sheng and Li Fu asked at the same time.

"It's the easiest way to do it." Han Gang nodded and said, "If the Wuyangguan Tunnel can be successfully excavated." There is a straight road connecting Jinghu and Gyeonggi, the total length is only 1,200 miles, and the Jingying Forbidden Army can reach Ezhou in four days. ”

"But why Heyin? Is it bad to go straight to Jingshi? ”

"Because after exploration, if you want to build a bridge to cross the Yellow River, Heyin Yicundu is more suitable than Baimadu. Biankou is opened in Heyin, precisely because its beach is narrow and the bank is strong, it is easy to divert water, and the sluice gate is set up. ”

Huang Sheng had already felt that he had been surprised too many times before, but he still couldn't help but be surprised today, "Build a bridge on the Yellow River? ”

He couldn't help but be surprised, Huang Sheng understood that the bridge that Han Gang wanted to build over the Yellow River was by no means a pontoon bridge - the pontoon bridge could not be paved with tracks, it would only be a solid arch bridge. But this kind of technology, Huang Sheng has never heard of it, before the Jingluo Railway, in order to repair the bridges across the tributaries of the Yellow River, but it took a lot of twists and turns, delaying the construction period for nearly a year, before it was repaired. Now, Han Gang said that he would build a bridge over the Yellow River.

How is this possible?!

"Don't be surprised, this is ten years away." Han Gang laughed, "Within ten years, when Jingshi goes to Hubei, he still only uses the Fangcheng Mountain track. ”

Ten years from now, will you still be able to fix it? Huang Shang felt that Han Gang thought too well.

At that time, the Son of Heaven was already in power, and Han Gang, the minister in power, still had a chance of staying in the East Mansion safely? If he leaves the phase, the series of plans he has set will only be shelved.

Huang Shang didn't worry too much about Han Gang's safety.

The emperor now has a prejudice against Han Gang, this does not mean that it will be like this in the future, the love and hate of children are too simple, and when he is a little older, he will know how to weigh the pros and cons.

Isn't Emperor Xizong disgusted with Han Qi, who has controlled the government for nearly ten years? Don't you think that Han Qi said that if the Son of Heaven recovers, he can only be the emperor when Yingzong has just taken over and has a diagnosis that the Son of Heaven may recover, which has exceeded the duty of a courtier? But in the end, the grace given to Han Qi is still the best in the government and the opposition, whether it is two generations and three people guarding the township and county one after another, or the inscription of the two dynasties Gu Destiny and Decision Father, no one can compare.

It's just that at that time, the possibility that Han Gang can still hold the phase is too small.

Now the spring breeze is proud, and it may be cold in the future.

He looked at Zong Ze and Li Fu, but still suppressed the words that came to his lips. If you want to admonish, it is better to wait for no one to say it in private, someone is present, and the prime minister who holds great power may not be able to listen too much. Even though Han Gang seems to have a full prime minister's belly, Huang Sheng is unwilling to risk his relationship with Han Gang.

"Okay, let's not talk about it. In two days, you and Ru Lin will go to visit Mengxue to see how the Mengxue in Beijing is governed, and look back to see if it can help Yunnan. ”

To promote Mongolian learning under Yunnan Road, Huang Sheng and Li Fu followed Zong Ze to inspect Jingshi Mengxue, which is a logical thing. Both of them agreed in unison.

"Xianggong, how many Mengxue schools does Jingshi have now?"

After sitting down, Li Fu asked about the topics he was interested in.

"There are two hundred, large and small."

Han Gang took out the new silk weaving technology as an exchange condition last year, and the wealthy families who were interested in it, in addition to paying a technology transfer fee to the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce, also met Han Gang's requirements.

Silk weaving factories in various places have broken ground, Jiangnan, Huaizuo, and even Hebei, there are people to open new silk weaving factories, in order to make money, everyone can't wait. At the same time, there are more than 200 Mongolian schools registered with the government in Beijing alone - in fact, this is not a difficult matter, as long as the clan school is changed, it is a ready-made Mongolian school. All you have to do is change what you're learning.

"It's much more than Yunnan." Li Fu sighed.

Although it is a study of politics, Yunnan's study and politics can not be compared with the Central Plains, more than ten years, can have one or two people in the Jinshi examination, it is already a high level of Wenqu star.

Han Gang shook his head and said, "This is a school in the city, and there are many more outside the city." However, on average, there are only twenty or thirty students in a Mongolian school, and there are no more than 100 people. ”

"The Liao Kingdom has also begun to run Mongolian schools," Zong Ze said, "and even the textbooks are exactly the same." Jingshi is good to say, in many places, it is not as good as the Liao people. ”

Jingshi and Shaanxi, these two places, are the focus of Hangang's promotion of new Mongolian studies based on Gewu. Shaanxi is not wealthy, but without the burden of the war in the past, and with the students in Hengqu Academy doing their best to publicize it, the enrollment rate of students in the cities and towns can reach at least 40%. The most important thing is that the school system and internal structure of Mongolian school are also detached from the form of private schools, and are more in line with the needs of future development.

However, the situation of Mengxue in Jingshi is much worse, which is completely incommensurate with the economic level of Jingshi. Fortunately, Han Gang is patient, and he doesn't expect to be able to popularize education within two or three years, which is a hundred-year plan. What's more, now that there is an external drive, the situation is gradually improving.

I have to admit that the Liao State, which has internal and external troubles, does have a driving force that cannot be compared with the land of peace.

Note 1: This is actually the route of the future Jinghan Railway.