Is Hou Junji crazy?

He is not crazy, as the secretary of the military department, he needs to control all the defense lines in the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty. If he can make his strategic support reach a day's journey, then the number of garrisons that Datang needs now will be greatly reduced.

According to the extent of expansion of a day's journey, if it is a range of thousands of miles, Datang can reduce the number of soldiers by at least 200,000.

Thinking about it from another angle, these 200,000 soldiers can be used in other places.

The length units of Datang are inches, rulers, steps, zhangs, leads, and miles. Ten inches and one foot, five feet and one step, two steps and one zhang, eighteen zhang and one lead, ten lead and one mile. That is, 1,800 feet is a mile. According to the calculation of Tang ruler and modern times, almost one mile is 576 meters.

Hou Junji asked for the construction of the railway, not for economic considerations, but for war.

When Wang Jishan arrived at the palace, Hou Junji was in Li Er's study, constantly talking about the benefits of building a railway.

Li Er sat on the throne, holding a watch and looking at it.

seems to be listening to Hou Junji talk about his theory, but in fact, the seal on Li Junji's second hand is not Hou Junji's. It is the budget book of the Ministry of Industry on the Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangning, which no longer has those nonsense, and is completely formulated in accordance with the budget table and budget list taught by Wu Cao.

Immigration, land occupation or anything is all trivial.

Cement can be produced in Zhengzhou, which is not a big deal.

Labor is nothing, and a large number of Goguryeo slaves and Silla and Baekje laborers can completely solve the problem of manpower.

Probably the most troublesome thing is the special steel.

30,000 tons, based on the fact that each train can transport about 1,500 tons of steel. That is, twenty special trains can be transported, but the account does not seem to be calculated in this way, first of all, the gathering of high-quality ore from all over the world, plus good coal, which occupies the railway and shipping needs at least 100 special trains.

You must know that Datang now only opens a special train to Xuzhou once a day.

Affecting the Tang Dynasty Chang'an and several trade transportation to the east, this cost is huge, and the transportation cost alone is a lot.

Li Er was thinking about building a bridge.

And there is also a powerful figure in the Tang Dynasty who is sleeping in the side hall of the study.

Li Yuanxing knew that Hou Jun must have come for the railway, if he was the secretary of the military department, he would not let Datang have the millions of kilometers of railway network in later generations overnight, not as simple as a few railways. But in fact. Resources are limited and manpower is limited, so they can only come one by one.

As soon as he heard that Hou Jun had entered the palace, Li Yuanxing immediately suggested that the news should be spread out quickly. Then he hid in a side room and went to sleep.

Li Er continued to flip through his watch. waited until Li Jing, Fang Xuanling, Wang Jishan, Du Ruhui, and Liu Chongchong came in. Only then did he put down the seal.

Originally, Li Jing had no intention of coming. I heard Wang Jishan and Liu Chong rushing into the palace, so they also hurried in.

Li Yuanxing, who didn't sleep, woke up after hearing the footsteps, and the first question in his mind was. How much influence did the railroad have on the interests of the families? Hou Junji is not a bachelor, he also has his own family. Houjia's greatest potential is in Fengzhou.

(Fengzhou, is the modern Xianyang, Hou Junji was born in Sanshui, which is Xunyi County)

If it was purely to gain a political reputation, Hou Junji should not be so anxious to ask for the construction of this railway.

The biggest benefit of this railway is not military, but commercial!

"No!" Li Yuanxing shook his head lightly and said commercially. It is more practical to take the sea from Youzhou to Guangzhou. So who is the biggest beneficiary of the good repair of this railway?

The Tang Dynasty said that it was an imperial empire, but in fact it was a feudal political group composed of countless gate lords and royal families. The interests of Datang are, in a general sense, the interests of the people of the Tang Dynasty. To be practically speaking, it is the interests of Datang's various gates.

At present, under the control of Li Yuanxing, the current Datang is the first national interest and the second family interest.

But this second is not unrelated.

On the basis of protecting national interests, it is still very important for the family gate valve to strive for sufficient its own interests.

"Holy Lord, the minister thinks that what Hou Shangshu said is very true, but this railway is the national vein." Wang Jishan scolded Hou Junji for being a madman before entering the palace, but after entering the palace, he expressed his support for the first time. This reaction surprised Li Er a little, but he just smiled and motioned for Wang Jishan to continue.

"It's just that this railway consumes a lot of money and can be included in the plan. Start next year, or the year after. ”

Is Wang Jishan against this?

Li Yuanxing and Li Er are both asking this question, in fact, if there is really money, this railway is still extremely important.

"Holy one, never. If the treasury does not have years of savings, I am afraid that it will not be able to cope with the slightest eventuality! Liu Chongchong was opposed.

Fang Xuanling also said slowly: "The Yellow River Bridge is the difficulty!" ”

Du Ruhui said: "How much does it cost to build a mile of railway?" ”

Li Er stood up at this time and shouted softly to the right: "Gorou, are you awake?" ”

Hearing Li Er's call, Li Yuanxing walked out of the side room, arched his hand at the six adults, and then came to Li Er: "Brother Huang, brother has figured it out, five of the six people present are all responding to build the railway to Huating, just now after thinking for a while, I finally figured out the meaning of Hou Shangshu's seal." ”

Can the king's order be changed overnight?

There was obviously a trace of unhappiness in Li Er's eyes.

Li Yuanxing sat down on the nearest chair and nodded at Gonggong Gao: "Old Gao, bring a cup of tea to this king!" ”

The tea was delivered quickly, and Li Yuanxing said again: "Old Gao, Datang map!" ”

Hearing Li Yuanxing's order to everyone sit down on the chair according to their status, Li Yuanxing is the king of Qin, but Li Yuanxing's wisdom and insight are beyond their self-recognition.

Now that Li Yuanxing has made a decision, even Li Er has to listen to it.

When the little eunuchs opened the map, Li Yuanxing said to Hou Junji: "I'm afraid General Hou wants to borrow huge supplies so that you can go to fight the battle of Tuyuhun one day earlier." In other words, the trade gap between the north and the south can allow the military department to earn a huge military expenditure. ”

"Your Highness is wise, and there is a certain selfish intention. The scholars of Daibei and Hedong provinces can use this railway to increase their income by at least five times the annual income, and they can also increase the annual tax revenue of at least 6 million guan for the household department, and the military department can earn no less than 8 million guan of freight revenue per year. ”

Hou Junji is clever.

This is a compliment in almost everyone's hearts, since Dou Xinyan is not Li Yuanxing's opponent, it is better to tell the truth. Maybe he will get Li Yuanxing's support, but if he fights his eyes, things may be difficult to do.

"It takes 200 to build a railroad on the plains. Cheap it! Li Yuanxing laughed.

It is only 200,000 guan in 1,000 miles, and it is 400,000 guan from Youzhou to Zhengzhou. However, there are bridges in the middle, and some places need to be opened, which needs to be calculated separately, and building a station is another account.

Li Yuanxing held the teacup and said to Gonggong Gao: "Take the blue rope and connect Youzhou, Yizhou, and Hengzhou." Then add a double line from Hengzhou to Bingzhou, and then from Hengzhou, Xingzhou, Xiangzhou, and Zhengzhou. Among them, the state is added to the Fenzhou, Jinzhou, and Zhengzhou lines. Plus the merge state, Luzhou, and Xiangzhou lines. ”

Li Yuanxing said, and Gonggong Gao climbed on the ground with a few little eunuchs and began to connect several states with a blue rope.

"Youzhou, Yizhou, Yingzhou, Weizhou, Qizhou, Yunzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou."

Li Yuanxing just said, no one asked questions, and no one interrupted.

Looking at the end of the connection between Gonggong Gao, Li Yuanxing said again: "Chang'an to Lanzhou, Chang'an to Lingzhou two lines. ”

After all the connections were completed, Li Yuanxing said to Li Er with a smile: "Brother Huang, if these are not counted as the Zhengzhou Yellow River Bridge, all the expenses are almost half of the Jiangning Yangtze River Bridge." That's how much it cost to build that bridge. If they don't object, why do the courtiers feel strange? ”

Li Yuanxing will definitely not talk nonsense, and there must be enough basis for daring to say so.

That's right, Li Yuanxing has detailed information about later generations in his hands, so naturally he knows that these places are all plains, and there is not much cost at all. Compared to the construction of a bridge on the Yangtze River, it is really trivial.

In later generations, the Whip Dynasty invited Europeans to build a railway, and the Jinghan Line cost 30 million taels of silver.

One tael of silver in Datang is equivalent to the purchasing power of 4,000 yuan in later generations. The one or two braids were as high as 700 in later generations, but when it came time to build the road, it was only less than 200 yuan.

When it was with Datang, the purchasing power of silver was too far behind.

"What does Gorou mean that all this, plus the Zhengzhou Yellow River Bridge, is almost the same as that bridge?"

"It can be as low as hundreds of thousands. Or a million guan! Li Yuanxing replied truthfully.

At that moment, five of the six officials stood up.

"Stop!" Li Yuanxing stopped these people as soon as he stretched out his hand: "Don't say stop the bridge and then build these railways." Don't even think about it, you don't know how much the bridge is and how much the bridge spends, but for the entire Datang, the wealth created is a miracle. ”

Of the six officials, only Li Jing sat and did not move,

The other five people's minds were really as Li Yuanxing said, to persuade Li Yuanxing to stop the Jiangning Bridge and rebuild this series of railways.

Li Yuanxing directly broke their minds, and said very clearly, he would never stop. This reaction surprised the six important ministers, and Li Er also smiled with satisfaction. He made a holy decree, and the bridge could not be stopped, which was related to the face of the Tang Dynasty, and naturally the face of him, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

"It's not easy to repair to the south, because there are too many rivers and too many bridges are needed." Li Yuanxing began to continue to say: "But it also needs to be repaired, first repair it to Ezhou, and then talk about it, the bridge in Ezhou is not much worse than the bridge in Jiangning, so it is very meaningful to build a railway from Jiangning and then to the south. ”

"His Royal Highness King Qin said so, there must be a solution?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"It's very simple, get some money first, then get some people, and just repair it together." Li Yuanxing's smile made Wang Jishan a little nervous. (To be continued......)

PS: Grandma's first seven are finally over.

Tomorrow for everyone.