From Weihai to Yanzhou and then to Xuzhou, the original railway construction, it was only an experimental laying, Jie Zhicong and Mo Jia and others also according to Xiao Ming's earliest sketches, the Bull Running is also a small steamer car, and the stereotyped manufacturing also refers to a lot of transmission methods on the paddle wheel, and the speed and load are very limited.

In order to make the head larger and heavier, the railway laid before needed to be reworked, and the rails were only a dozen meters because they were manufactured for the first time, and the rails used this time were all indicating standards and drawings were unified.

It didn't take too many people to renovate the railway, so 2,000 prisoners were arranged along the way, but the section from Tianfu to Bianliang needed to excavate earthwork and level the land, and it was necessary to build bridges in the denser river network in Kaifeng, so more than 10,000 prisoners were all arranged to work here.

All kinds of wood, stone and earthwork on the construction site were transported over, and the cement prefabricated sleepers from Xuzhou were laid up one by one, and finally the iron track was placed, and fixed with iron nails, so that a section of the track was completed, and then the next section of the track was laid, and the completed railway had to rest and maintain.

Xiao Ming considered the possibility of establishing a railway company, but at this time, no formal private enterprise had appeared, and if such a strange organization appeared, it was estimated that many people would not be able to accept it, so Xiao Ming still considered using the name of the imperial court official, but this is all a later story.

Although the battle for Tokyo was only carried out for 20 days, the entire Bianliang City was still destroyed, and when the city was broken for the first time, many people took refuge in the royal garden Genyue in order to avoid the war, and the garden was also destroyed, and the famous Genyue Xingyun and Yishan Sunset can no longer be seen.

The reason is that when the Jin soldiers attacked the city for the second time, the soldiers and civilians of Bianliang City demolished all the pavilions and stone walls in Genyue and used rolling wood and stones, and even more, many sika deer and other birds and beasts in the garden were eaten by the hungry people, and tens of thousands of people were sheltered in the entire Genyue, and countless shacks and grass huts were built.

Some of the palaces in Longting were also baptized by war, and the houses in the inner city were burned to the fire, and even spread to the palace, and this time the renovation of Bianliang City and the reconstruction of some palace rooms was also a huge project.

However, Xue Bingchang wanted to undertake this project, because Xiao Ming promised to support him with cement and glass building materials, but he still needed a lot of wood, and Zong Ze also considered building Bianliang City in order to welcome Gaozong's return, at least some damaged palaces in the palace needed to be rebuilt.

But there is a serious question here, that is, where does this money come from? Xiao Ming was very generous to bear most of the expenses, and the rest was collected by the social donations initiated by Zong Ze, not because Xiao Ming was generous, but because he already had a large amount of money in his hand.

The total amount of financial taxes paid by the five roads in the southeast is 5.2 million taels, nearly 6 million taels of silver, plus grain, tea, salt, and the official income of the three roads city, the total amount of silver is close to 10 million taels, such a large amount of money was "cheated" by Xiao Ming from Gaozong's hands! ”

Of course, Gaozong is not a fool, he probably knows that the taxes of the five roads in the southeast will add up to a lot, but he doesn't know that there will be so much, if it is just the military expenses he promised Xiao Ming, then if he sees that Xiao Ming actually has an army of more than 3,000 people, maybe the psychological side will also be calculated.

So Xiao Ming organized a large-scale railway construction plan, and the iron and cement factories all received orders with high returns, and they were full of enthusiasm for production, and at the same time, tens of thousands of laborers needed to spend money and food, although this actually did not cost much! If you don't scoop out something to rebuild Bianjing City, I'm afraid Xiao Ming himself won't be able to convince Gaozong where the big sum of money is!

And there is another more important point, Zong Ze didn't know that Xiao Ming's money came from the taxes of the Southeast Fifth Road, and thought that it was Xiao Ming's own pocket, his identity as the big boss of Richanglong, with a huge net worth, was able to scoop up so much money to support Zong Ze to renovate Bianliang City, Zong Ze was naturally very grateful, and spared no effort to promote and build momentum for him.

The construction of the railway and the rest and renovation of Bianjing City are carried out at the same time, there are indeed rich and good officials in this world, and the treatment provided by Xiao Ming is still good for the laborers and craftsmen engaged in various projects, and even those prisoners of war in the Jin Kingdom, as long as they work hard, they will be provided with meat every day! Therefore, not only is the progress of the project not slow, but the mood of the captives is also very stable.

Such intense and hectic work was carried out in less than a month, first the railway from Yanzhou to Nanjing was paved, and then the railroad track from Yingtianfu to Tokyo was paved to Chenqiaoyi, which is less than five miles away from Bianliang, and now the cement road has been paved, and the entire station in Tokyo has been arranged here.

At the same time, the renovation of Bianliang City has been basically completed, Gaozong Zhao Gou finally decided to return to Tokyo Bianliang, the people of Bianjing City have tens of thousands of people to go to greet them, plus tens of thousands of Tokyo defenders with bright armor, all kinds of honor guards, colorful flags have been stretched from Bianjing City to Chenqiao Station Station.

This may be the happiest and most lively day for the people of Bianliang, Tokyo in recent times! Everyone went to welcome His Majesty the Emperor back to Beijing, and everyone forgot the painful experience of Jingkang's shame at that time, and with the leadership of the young and promising new emperor, it seems that the future of the Great Song Dynasty will be better!

In order to be precautionary, Zong Ze sent 8,000 Tokyo Forbidden Army to participate in maintaining the scene, and they used wooden shelves to besiege several large areas of the square here, so that the soldiers and civilians in Tokyo could see the dragon face of His Majesty the Emperor.

The soldiers and civilians gathered here were all talking, and they didn't know why they came here to greet the emperor, it seemed that this was neither a long pavilion nor a wharf, only two black iron rods were seen lying on the ground in front, and extended into the distance, is this the direction the emperor came from? Or did the emperor arrive in a special carriage capable of climbing iron sticks?

The square of the station is full of people, and it is very lively! Zong Ze and his subordinates and officials from all over Tokyo were also waiting anxiously, and kept looking in the direction where the iron rod extended, with a deep and thick cow roar! The whole station suddenly felt like the ground was moving.

Everyone had a frightened expression on their faces, and they couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing what was going on! So I saw that in the distance where the iron rod extended, a behemoth suddenly appeared! Panting with a loud vibration sound, "Empty click......!" "Run here!

'Woo!' A cow's roar that resounded through the heavens and the earth! The behemoth rushed into the station with a loud bang! Suddenly, a crowd of tens of thousands of people suddenly rioted! Everyone cried for their fathers and mothers, and adults made children cry! And swarming to run for their lives, just run out!

At this time, the Tokyo forbidden army arranged by Zong Ze in advance finally played a role, and even along the way and outside the station, there were thousands of forbidden troops maintaining order, so the chaotic scene quickly subsided, and the crowd that was divided into several areas did not trample on each other, but the huge panic and uneasiness were still spreading!

This emotion slowly stopped with the huge cow barking, and with the panting and spewing steam, it finally stopped moving! It turned out that this monster was dragging a long body behind it, and then, its body began to spit out people!

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Gaozong Zhao Gou was even more excited today, and when he returned to Tokyo, he was warmly welcomed by more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, and this kind of moving even exceeded the psychological impact and emotion caused by his ride on the two large steamer cars, on the one hand, he faced Xiao Ming to accompany him to ride such a strange vehicle, and on the other hand, he also experienced its amazing speed!

Without being pulled by cattle and horses, you can run like flying, and even be able to carry huge loads, such a means of transportation may bring huge prospects and benefits, especially to Gaozong's heartbeat, Xiao Ming's things are even more admired, especially after the train arrives at the station, welcomed by thousands of people, Gaozong's self-confidence has never been so full, he feels that he must be able to become a generation of Ming Jun, leading the Great Song Dynasty to become the most glorious dynasty in the world.

From Chenqiao Station to Bianjing City, the people along the way cheered long live, until they stayed in the palace and looked at the renovated palace, Gaozong was really grateful and moved by Xiao Ming's efforts! He didn't know how to reward and reward Xiao Ming anymore!

But the most satisfying thing is Xiao Ming, the action he and Ai Qili planned to send the emperor by train has been a great success, not only the emperor was greatly shaken, but even the civil and military ministers who accompanied him were also shocked by this thing, and the appearance of the train has seriously exceeded the thinking mode of these people! For these people, it was a shock from the bottom of my heart to the ends of my hair!

Xiao Ming felt that it was time to start the issuance of railway bonds while the iron was hot, and for this reason, Ai Qili rushed from Hangzhou to Bianliang, and Xiao Ming also gave Zhao Gou a note, to the effect that he wanted to establish: the Great Song Dynasty Royal Railway Management Division! Richanglong and the Great Song Dynasty royal family jointly funded and cooperated to establish a for-profit organization!

This is an epoch-making thing, how can there be such a royal since ancient times, the so-called whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister! The whole world belongs to the emperor, do you still need to set up a special institution to make money? But the Great Song Dynasty is really not like this, since the founding of Taizu, the silver royal of the household department really has no right to move.

When the emperor needs to spend some money for himself, if it involves the silver taels of the household, the emperor must also discuss it with the courtiers, and the royal treasury has the palace messengers, the eunuchs and palace maids, and the monthly money and silver of the concubines of the three palaces and six courts, sometimes it is often not enough to spend!

Ding Jianpeng once told Xiao Ming such a story during small talk, and the original words were like this: "During the time of Renzong, one year, the emperor wanted to expand the palace, so he sent people to negotiate with the residents north of the palace. "Under the world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister", the palace wants to find the subjects for a piece of land, carry out public welfare infrastructure projects, and stimulate GDP growth, but they still have to discuss with them, which is shocking.

Unexpectedly, the "nail household" over there is not allowed to do so. In this way, there is a stalemate, according to common sense, the next step should be that the government should issue a demolition notice, hire a demolition master, and follow the bulldozer into the demolition site. However, the Song Dynasty did not have the statement of forced demolition, this scene did not happen, the people of the palace retreated, and Song Renzong actually gave up, which is unimaginable in any dynasty. As a result, Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty had the smallest imperial palace in history. It is equivalent to the house of a festival envoy.

This shows that the Song Dynasty has already appeared the prototype of the separation of powers between the legislative, judicial, and administrative powers. Impeachment of powerful ministers was not uncommon, and even the emperor's decree was once rejected by the officials. The most special example is the story of Bao Zheng and Bao Kuroko."

And Xiao Ming knew that it was not until the Great Song Dynasty at the time of Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty that some Confucian ministers could not afford to have some royal majesty, and also expanded the palace, which caused great waste and unscrupulous immorality in the time of Huizong! But it is a fact that the royal family has never had any money!