Chapter 39: The Railroad Controversy

He Xi brought a lot of things to Daming.

There is no consensus on most things.

There are many things that some people think are very good, and some people think they are bad, but the railway is something that everyone agrees with.

Without him, transportation in ancient times was too difficult. No matter how conservative people are, they can't refuse the convenience of trains. And the benefits of railways can be seen by anyone.

It can be said that wherever the railroad passes, it immediately becomes rich. The effect is immediate. Hebei Province didn't bring it up, and as soon as it was raised, the matter immediately became uncontrollable.

First of all, because of geography, it is more convenient to build railways in the north than in the south, because there are many fewer bridges to be built.

Secondly, there are many rivers in the south. Moreover, it does not freeze in all seasons, and water transportation is developed.

There are many places where railways can be substituted for this.

But these reasons are not reasons why these provinces are not striving to build railways.

It seems that it is the dispute over water conservancy, and there are other activities to compete for the resources of the imperial court, so that these people understand a rule, that sentence is a good thing of the imperial court, even if you don't want it, you can't give it to others.

If others get it, but you can't get it, it's equivalent to suffering a loss. Crying children have milk to eat.

Although, the railway is repaired to various places, because of the different geographical problems, each has its own problems, such as the southwest region, He Xi wants to build the railway, can it be repaired? It is simply impossible, at least with today's railway construction technology, it is absolutely impossible.

Climbing over Yanshan, I don't know how many people's brain cells have been consumed.

And it is simply impossible to open up the 100,000 mountains in the southwest.

It is an insurmountable gap in engineering technology today.

But it doesn't stop them from crying a few times first.

As a result, there are many provinces vying for the right to build railways, and almost every province has its own plan, which He Xi asked them to give. They also do it very simply, draw a line on the map.

Others are not considered at all.

If you are a little more particular, you just avoid some mountains and rivers.

As a result, the demand for railway construction gathered in He Xi's hands surprised He Xi, and that feeling was simply like Sun Dacang's 100,000 railway plan, which was not reliable at all. It seems that with a single stroke, you can cross rivers, lakes and seas, and mountains and mountains.

Or. The ability of future generations to build infrastructure has this ability. No matter how you draw the line, it can be built in general. But now it's a different story.

It's simply not possible.

Moreover, the total mileage of the railway is far more than 100,000, and even rushed to 200,000 miles.

Dozens of times more than the current railway. If it is really successful, it will be more than the railways before the liberation of China.

He Xi originally wanted to wait for Dingguo to eliminate some unreliable plans. But I never thought of it. Because each province has its own ideas, even the nobles from all over the country have their hometowns. When people from my hometown come to visit, it's not easy to ignore it.

The entire railway plan is the only one that has been passed by more than half of the way. It is from Beijing that the Liangjing Railway was built along the canal.

On the one hand, the importance of the Liangjing Railway is extraordinary, and it is almost parallel to the double-track project of the canal. Most of them are on the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, which is flat, and although it may be threatened by flooding, it is generally not difficult to build. There are canals for transshipment, and there are enough rails and sleepers in the north. It's not very difficult to build.

Today, Beijing and Nanjing are the capitals of the Ming Dynasty.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the future capital of the Ming Dynasty may not be Nanjing. Because the resources near Beijing are a little too abundant.

Soldiers, iron, food, these resources are there, not to mention, His Majesty is now Beijing to raise troops and sweep the world. Moving the capital back to Beijing is also the idea of many nobles and officials from the north.

Of course, that's all for later. Even if you don't move back. Nor is it possible for the imperial court to let Beijing out of control. And the Liangjing Railway is too important. It is a pivotal project connecting the two capitals.

It has extremely profound political connotations.

Naturally, there are many people up and down the government and the opposition

support.

Another aspect. It's a matter of popularity.

The Founding Heroes Group can be called the Huaixi Group. Because most of the heroes are from between the two Huai. The Liangjing Railway, naturally, has to contact the Huaixi region, and it is easy for the founding heroes to move and come forward to support.

Among the nobles of Longwu, there are many Huaixi. But there are also few people in Liaodong, Hebei. Although many *** may not be from Liaodong, Hebei. However, among the second-class princes, there are also a considerable number of Hebei people. Of course, among the civil officials who came from the north, there were more people from Hebei.

In this case, they made efforts at the same time, and it was very natural for them to pass very well at the Dingguo meeting.

But apart from the Liangjing Railway, there are not many people who support other railways. But there are staunch supporters, and there is no conclusive conclusion on this matter. Naturally, it was handed over to He Xi here.

He Xi called the cabinet people to come over to discuss, especially Ge Tiangong to come over and analyze so many railway plans.

After Ge Tiangong saw the whimsy below.

A lot of impossible solutions have been removed. For example, those who want to build bridges over the Yangtze River, want to build railways in the Hengduan Mountains, or Sichuan plank roads have been sent away.

In the end, more than a dozen plans were gathered. Ge Tiangong said, "These are probably all feasible. But there are also many problems, and I generally think that they can be solved. It's just that whether it will work or not depends on the specific exploration."

He Xi took a closer look. Each province has different railway plans, but under Ge Tiangong's selection, a railway system has been formed.

First of all, the Longhai line, but from Denglai along the coastline to the south, and then along the southern foot of Mount Tai, to Xuzhou, but also Xuzhou to the west, Kaifeng Luoyang, Tongguan Xi'an, all the way to Lanzhou, and Lanzhou to Beijing railway connection. At the same time, a railway was branched out to Xining.

It's a plan that connects several identities.

Among them, the idea of going from Lanzhou to Xining is naturally Mei Yin's idea. Mei Yin has been dormant in Xining for several years and has a deep affection for the local area. At this time, it is natural to exert its own strength and seek benefits for Xining.

Otherwise, who remembers Xining for such a thing.

In addition, there are from Datong Yanmen Pass, Taiyuan, all the way to Puzhou. That is, the Tongpu Railway.

This is the strong demand of Shanxi locals.

In fact, Shaanxi also has a route connecting the Tongpu Railway to Xi'an, and there is a demand for a Yellow River bridge in the middle. But it was ruthlessly removed by Ge Tiangong. The reason is simple.

Ge Tiangong has had enough of the Yellow River Bridge.

Others will only see that Ge Tiangong built the Yellow River Railway Bridge in Dongsheng, and it is a big iron bridge, but they don't know that this iron bridge has been in danger many times.

There are all kinds of situations, but iron is still not the same as wood. Using the logic of using wood to arrange the iron bridge, it is strange that there are no problems.

What's more, the first time such a bridge was built, all kinds of sequelae could not be solved. Although it is said that in the various battles with the Dongsheng Railway Bridge day after day, the means of Daming engineering and technical personnel are increasing day by day. There are also a lot of new breakthroughs. However, Ge Tiangong still wants to live a few more years, and now he definitely does not want to build a railway bridge.

Therefore, in almost all railway construction, it is possible not to repair the bridge, not to repair the bridge, even if it is repaired, to choose an iron bridge with a small span as much as possible, this is actually a little experience.

As for the bridge across the big river, I'm sorry, please change boats.

There is also along the Yangtze River Railway, starting from Nanjing, to the east to Songjiang, west to Wuchang, and even extending to Yichang.

And when Ge Tiangong was doing this thing, he paid attention to some problems, that is, the relationship with the iron factory.

Most of the railways in the north are directly connected to the ironworks, and if not directly, there are canals. Or by sea. Dalian materials can be transported to the construction site.

The Nanjing railway is based on the Taiping Iron Works.

The heritage and strength of Taiping Iron Works are still there. It is only necessary to transfer some technicians from the north and transform it slightly, and the production capacity of the Taiping Iron Works is estimated to be no less than that of the Liaodong Iron Works.

Therefore, with the Liaodong Iron Works as the core, it is logical to build a railway network with Nanjing as the center.

In addition, it is the route connecting Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang and the railway line on the south bank of the Yangtze River. It is also a small railway network, but it is divided into discontinuous railways by large rivers.

And then there are the railways in the corners.

For example, Sichuan must build a railway around Chengdu. Some small railways along the coast of Fujian.

The former represents the entire southwest, and the railways in the southwest were denied by He Xi. He just gave the southwest a promise to repair the official road, after all, it's not that He Xi doesn't want to repair, he really can't repair it.

It's just that it's always a bowl of water.

Otherwise the Southwest will not be satisfied. And Sichuan, as the boss of the southwest region, naturally wants to be appeased. Fujian, Guangdong is geographically not connected to the railway network on the south bank of the Yangtze River. And by the sea. Most of the railways built were mainly to connect major cities. Not long.

Ge Tiangong calculated that if you take the sea and directly transport the raw materials from the north, it is also possible.

That's why there was such a plan.

In He Xi's view, the whole plan, one in the east and one in the west, cannot be regarded as a railway network at all.

At least before the Yangtze River Bridge can be built, it is impossible for Daming to have a railway network.

He Xi sorted it out and said, "Then this is the plan. Submit it to a given country."

Not only Ge Tiangong, but many people were surprised. Without him, the grandeur of this railway project is simply unprecedented. Ge Tiangong roughly calculated, in terms of cost, it is not inferior to fighting a big war.

The financial pressure is too great.

Many people didn't expect that He Xi would make such a decision.

Yang Shiqi couldn't help but say, "My lord, this plan is too grandiose, and the imperial court can't support it. Please think twice."

"yes. Think twice." For a while, these people said one after another.