Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1767, major infrastructure construction

"Your Majesty, Black Earth Province is too far away from our mainland, and there are many local natives. I think that in order to strengthen our control and governance of Black Earth Province, our Ming Dynasty should build railways leading to Europe from two directions. "

After discussing external matters, Liu Jin also took out a written memorial and handed it to Emperor Hongzhi.

This is an extremely huge infrastructure plan, similar to the five-year plan of later generations. Of course, the railway leading to Black Earth Province is only a part of this huge plan.

Emperor Hongzhi looked quickly and carefully.

This infrastructure plan is very large.

The core points are carried out around the four aspects of railways, highways, ports and urban construction.

In terms of railways, on the basis of the existing railways, several main railway ideas and plans have been put forward.

One of them is to build a railway plan leading to the Black Earth Province in Europe. This part of the railway plan is divided into two parts. One part is from Central Asia Province and Transogna Province through the Ural Mountains, Kazan City of the former Kazan Khanate, and Ryazan City of Ryazan Principality to Moscow. City, and finally arrived directly at the city of Houzhao, which was transformed into the Baltic Sea.

The other part is to go north from Xiji Port in Nanyun Province, enter the territory of the former Ilkhanate through the gentle area of ​​the western Caucasus, and then repair along the Sea of ​​Azov to the territory of the former Crimean Khanate, and finally connect to Kazakhstan. Facheng, Kyiv, and Moscow City form a complete railway network to strengthen the control and rule of the Ming Empire over the entire Black Earth Province.

The other is to build a railway connecting Sichuan. Sichuan is a land of abundance, fertile land, and a large population. However, since ancient times, the road to Sichuan has been too difficult, so Sichuan has not achieved much development.

It is difficult for people and materials from Sichuan to go out, and it is also difficult for people and materials from outside to enter Sichuan, forming a closed environment, which is very unfavorable for the development of Sichuan.

If Sichuan can develop rapidly and keep pace with the development of Ming Dynasty, then Ming Dynasty will have a great rear in the southwest.

Of course, Liu Jin, who came from later generations, is also well aware of the importance of balanced development in various regions.

Due to various reasons, later generations chose to concentrate their strength and resources on the development of the eastern coastal areas, and then count on the strategy of getting rich first and then getting rich later.

Although great achievements have been made, it has also led to uneven development between regions. The eastern region can be compared with developed regions in Europe, while the western region, in many places, is not even much different from Africa.

Some people in the eastern region can eat millions of dollars for a meal, while a school in the western region costs less than [-] yuan a year for meals for hundreds of teachers and students.

Huge differences have brought about many problems. The excessive concentration of population to the eastern coastal metropolitan areas has caused many problems, such as left-behind children, over-crowded urban population, employment and schooling, and many other problems.

In addition, the areas that developed first are also full of superiority. They discriminate against and look down on outsiders, thinking that the reason why they are richer than others is because they are smarter, harder-working, and more capable.

However, in fact, this is not the case.

The reason why they were able to get rich was entirely because the resources and policies of the entire country were concentrated at the beginning and the development of these areas was prioritized, so that they were able to get rich quickly.

But they think all this is their hard work, and they look down on the poor people in the central and western regions, but they don't know that at the beginning, the coastal areas are not as good as the inland areas, and they often don't even have a meal. They couldn't get enough to eat, so they went to Nanyang to make a living.

Liu Jin is a time traveler, so he knows this, the importance of balanced development and the huge benefits it can bring.

The land of Tianfu must be built with a railway. The completion of the railway is equivalent to opening up the development of the Tianfu area, which can make the land of Tianfu prosperous and strong.

Later generations of Sichuan Tianfu began to make continuous efforts after the infrastructure was gradually improved, and gradually became the largest city and economic and industrial center in the southwest region. Chengdu even has the potential to become a first-tier big city, which is enough to illustrate this. a little.

Of course, it's not just the land of abundance.

In Liu Jin's infrastructure plan, the development of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Huguang and Jiangxi are also included.

Later generations originally relied on the golden waterway of the Yangtze River. Huguang and Jiangxi can actually obtain the same status as the coastal areas. With convenient river transportation, the economy can also develop rapidly.

However, the policy is to give priority to the development of coastal areas, and all the bridges on the Yangtze River are built too low, which makes it difficult for [-]-ton oil tankers to pass. As a result, Jiangxi and Huguang are miserable.

The Huguang area is better. Relying on the railway transportation to develop slowly, Jiangxi has completely become a place without any sense of existence. It is a proper agricultural province. There were few areas around Jiangxi that were better than Jiangxi before. In the end, it turned out that No one in Jiangxi can compare.

It has to be said that this is purely caused by policy inclinations. If they develop independently, I am afraid that Huguang and Jiangxi may not be much worse than the coastal areas.

Therefore, in the new upcoming plan, Liu Jin clearly proposed to develop Huguang and Jiangxi, dredge the waterway of the Yangtze River, open up the dangerous areas, and give full play to the value of the Yangtze River.

Now that there are steam ships and internal combustion engines, it is completely possible to overcome the inconvenience of navigation caused by headwinds. As long as the dangerous places in the Yangtze River are dredged, according to the exploration and estimation of later generations of scientists, the Yangtze River The shipping value is completely direct to the Wuchang area in the core of Huguang.

Even if a reservoir is built here at the location of the Three Gorges, the shipping value can go directly to Chongqing. Of course, it is definitely not feasible to build the Three Gorges reservoir in this era, so don't even think about it.

It is enough to be able to get through shipping to the Huguang area.

In the current Yangtze River Basin, there is very little water and soil erosion, and the ecological environment is very good. When Liu Jin went to Nanjing last time, he saw a large number of finless porpoises in the Yangtze River.

Because the water and soil are well maintained, the water volume of the Yangtze River is very stable and abundant. The areas of Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake are large, and even large ships can directly enter these two large lakes.

In addition, Daming has been immigrating abroad, moving a large number of people to overseas, outside the customs and other areas, which has also reduced the ecological pressure of these places, which also means that the ecological environment of these places can be maintained for a long time. Very well kept.

These are very favorable factors, which are conducive to Daming's support for the development of Huguang, Jiangxi and other places, dredging the golden river of the Yangtze River, and building ports and wharves in Huguang and Jiangxi along the river.

In addition, the railway will be built, and the water and land will run parallel. It is entirely possible that Huguang and Jiangxi can be compared with the coastal areas, and have convenient transportation. In addition, these two places have a large population and are rich places in Ming Dynasty. Huguang There is no need to worry about the development of Jiangxi.

At that time, if the railway to Guangdong and Guangxi is built, and the railway to the north and then to Henan is connected, then it can become a transportation center and develop faster.

In addition to the railway, it is to overhaul the road.

In Liu Jin's plan, a road connecting every state capital of Daming is to be built. Of course, at present, this is limited to the local area of ​​Daming.

Overseas lands are sparsely populated, and there is really no way to build roads there.

On the Golden Continent, the population is concentrated in a few coastal towns, far apart from each other, so it is more convenient to travel by boat.

And in Australia, the land is even more sparsely populated, and the population is concentrated in a small number of immigrant towns and cities. As long as cement roads need to be built in these places, it is enough to strengthen the previous connections and exchanges between each other.

The key is the local side of Ming Dynasty, where the population is the largest, and at the same time, the differences between different regions are also the largest, and it is also the most in need of transportation.

In the five-year plan, it is planned to connect every state capital in Daming with a kilometer connection, and further to connect every county. For many villages and towns in remote areas, as long as the transportation is inconvenient.

Liu Jin's plan is to relocate all the people in these areas. There is a vast and wide platform black land in the Black Earth Province. Compared with many remote townships and poor areas, I don't know how many times better.

Since these places are not suitable for survival and life is hard, then all of them should be moved out, and these places should be reserved as nature reserves to protect the environment and prevent soil erosion.

Like many places in the southwestern region, the traffic is very inconvenient, and the investment in building roads and railways is too large to be worthwhile. It is not worth moving out as soon as possible. It is not that there is no land and no choice.

Of course, the most important thing now is that the Ming Dynasty has a lot of silver, which is so much that there is no place to spend it, and it is a pile of iron lumps in the treasury. It is better to use it for infrastructure construction, which can improve transportation and drive the economy of the Ming Dynasty. development, drive employment, and stimulate the development of related industries.

Generally speaking, the current Ming Dynasty has many favorable conditions. It has a strong family background, sufficient resources, and it is a period of rapid development of the new industrial revolution. Naturally, it is necessary to seize the opportunity to lay a good foundation and drive the balanced development of all regions. .

Unlike later generations, after a hundred years of turmoil and semi-colonial and semi-feudal plunder, the wealth of the entire country has been looted, and the degree of poverty and poverty is completely beyond ordinary people's imagination.

At that time, even eating was a big problem, how do you expect to plan and develop properly?
It’s nonsense to talk about environmental protection. In the case of eating all you can, everything is cleaned up. If you want to develop under such circumstances, you can only concentrate on developing some areas first. There is no way to say Like Liu Jin, fully consider the balanced development of all parties.

PS: Do you think it makes sense?
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