Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1783, the road to Shu is more difficult than going to the blue sky

Sichuan, Guangyuan leads to Jinniudao Mingyue Gorge in Chengdu. A group of officials from the Ministry of Industry arrived here, exhibited a mountaintop, and watched the surrounding terrain with binoculars.

"The road to Shu is difficult, but it is difficult to go to the blue sky!"

Sun Pan, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, put down the binoculars in his hand, and he sighed again and again.

The two ministers of the Ministry of Industry, the left servant Zhong Fan was in charge of going to the Yangtze River Basin to urge the governance of the Yangtze River, and the right servant Sun Pan came to the Land of Abundance and was responsible for building the Changcheng Railway from Chang'an to Chengdu, Sichuan.

In order to explore the feasibility of building this railway and come up with a mature and feasible plan, Sun Pan came here in person and walked the Shu Road in person.

After walking through it himself, Sun Pan even felt that it was too difficult, too difficult to build a railway to connect with Sichuan.

Take a look at the Mingyue Gorge and the Jinniu Road in front of you. The roads here in Mingyue Gorge are plank roads. What is meant by plank roads is that there are no roads, and then a plank road is built among the cliffs with wood. This kind of plank road is very narrow and unsafe.

Because the bottom of the plank road is tens of meters, even hundreds of meters of cliffs, and because the plank road is built with wood, no one knows whether the wood you step on will rot and collapse.

This kind of road, not to mention the construction of railways, even the roads, cannot be built. You have to be careful when walking, and you may fall if you are not careful. It is too steep.

"My lord, if you want to build a railway, it is simply impossible. No matter how much money you spend, it is impossible to build a railway."

Qiu Ye, an official from the Ministry of Industry who came to inspect with him, couldn't help shaking his head.

There is only one shortest road to Sichuan, and that is to build a railway from Chang'an Mansion to Hanzhong, then build a railway from Hanzhong to Guangyuan, and then build a railway from Guangyuan to Chengdu.

In this process, two mountains need to be crossed, one is the Qinling Mountains between Chang'an and Hanzhong, and the other is the Daba Mountain between Hanzhong and Guangyuan.

And even if it is repaired to Guangyuan, Guangyuan still has to take the narrow road of Jinniu Road to Chengdu. It can be said that there are so many mountains and steep valleys on this road.

In Qiu Ye's view, it is impossible to build a railway.

Of course, not only Qiu Ye, but also the officials and officials who came with him felt that it was impossible, because the terrain was too steep, and if they wanted to build a railway, they might not even be able to pay for it with money.

"Yes, my lord, this road is really too steep."

"It's too difficult, it's simply impossible."

"It's hard to even walk, let alone build a railway."

Other officials followed suit.

"I also know that it is difficult, but it is precisely because of the difficulty that we need to do it. In Liu Gong's words, this is a major event that will be accomplished in the present and will stand in the future. Once the railway can be built, Sichuan will be considered. Once the context is established, it will be easier to travel to and from Sichuan.”

Sun Pan let out a long sigh.

Looking at the mountains and rivers in front of me, the mountains and rivers are undulating, extremely steep, surrounded by clouds and mists, echoing in the empty valleys, resounding streams in the mountains, and crying monkeys. It is incredible to think about building a railway in such a place.

"But my lord, we at the Ministry of Industry are really at a loss as to how to build a railway in such a place."

Qiu Ye was about to cry, a word from the top would cause the bottom to break his leg.

Sun Pan just came here to inspect and inspect. After that, Qiu Ye will still be responsible for the specific construction of the railway. Thinking of this, he wants to resign from office.

Building a railway in such a place is simply sick and crazy.

Qiu Ye felt that Liu Jin should be brought here to have a look and walk the Shu road. In this case, maybe Liu Jin would change his plan of building a railway to Chengdu, Sichuan.

This nima, where is the place where the railway is built? You should be in the Beijing-Tianjin plain area, or in the hilly area. This is the Shu Road. Look at the mountains and rivers in front of you. These are not mud, they are all rocks. There are a lot of rocky mountains and rivers, tell me how to repair this railway?
"That's right, my lord. Don't say that you have cultivated to the level of Sichuan. Even if you cultivate from Chang'an to Hanzhong, it will be a huge difficulty to cross the Qinling Mountains."

"I estimate that if there is no ten or eight year old, it will not be repaired at all."

"If you want to go from Hanzhong to Chengdu, Sichuan, it will be even more difficult. It may not be possible to repair it in decades or hundreds of years."

"My lord, according to the officials, we should write a memorial to the emperor to explain to His Majesty the difficulties of building this railway. It would be more cost-effective to cancel the plan and use the money elsewhere."

"Yes, yes, this is simply impossible."

Others followed suit.

If you are not a good official, who wants to run back and forth on this Shu Road, after walking this once, you don't want to walk it a second time in your life.

Still repairing the railway, if the railway is not repaired, he will die first.

"However, this matter is a matter decided by the emperor and the princes in the court. It is a key construction project of my Ming Dynasty in the future. How can it be canceled just because of difficulties?"

Sun Pan pondered for a while, thought for a while and said.

He also felt that it was impossible to complete the construction of this railway. Although Daming's infrastructure technology has developed by leaps and bounds, and even the Yangtze River Bridge can be built, it seems possible to build a railway to Sichuan.

However, only when you are really on the road of Shu and feel the precipitousness, steepness, and twists and turns of the road of Shu, you will understand why Li Bai lamented that the road of Shu is difficult to reach the blue sky.

Just walking, the road to Shu is already so difficult. It is hard to know how many difficulties and obstacles to go through to build the railway.

When the Son of Heaven and the princes of the imperial court formulated this plan, they considered the balanced development of various regions and regions in the Ming Dynasty, but they did not actually come to the Shu Road once. How could they understand the steepness and steepness of the Shu Road.

Before coming here, Sun Pan also felt that it was possible to build a railway, but he was also shaken just by walking it once and experiencing the hardships of the Shu Road.

"Grandson~"

"You are the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, you are an important minister in the court and the cornerstone of the country. You should stand up and oppose some wrong policies in time."

"The purpose of the emperor and the princes in the court is good, to promote the development of Sichuan, but they ignored and underestimated the difficulty of the project, and did not fully consider the cost and difficulty of the entire project."

"After all, the emperor and the princes in the court did not come here, did not personally experience the difficulties and obstacles here, and see this precipitous mountain and river."

"I walked the Shu Road once, and I have personally seen the steepness and steepness of the Shu Road. Naturally, I have the most right to speak and know the difficulty of the Shu Road."

"Let's not talk about railways, even ordinary roads are impossible to complete. The difficulty of the Shu Road is really difficult to reach the blue sky!"

Qiu Ye was about to cry, he wanted to leave here even in a dream, and he didn't want to stay here for a moment.

Think about how comfortable I was when I was in the capital city. When I go out, I always take a car, no matter how bad it is, there are four-wheeled carriages. The roads are smooth and it is convenient to go everywhere.

But here, in many places, you can't even ride a horse, you can only walk with your own legs.

Thinking about how old I am, if I build a railway here, I am afraid that I will die in this mountain if I run around in the future.

"Yes, my lord, this is simply an impossible task!"

"We should jointly report this matter to the emperor and the court. This is simply impossible. There is no need for the court to waste a lot of money on it."

"My lord, it's not that I'm lazy and afraid of hard work, but that this is really too difficult, too difficult, and impossible."

The others followed suit and said that everyone wanted to leave this ghostly place as soon as possible.

Even the local officials in Sichuan were silent, because they also agreed with this statement. It is simply impossible to build the railway.

The development of Sichuan has lagged far behind that of Ming Dynasty. Because of the inconvenient transportation, it is difficult for immigrants from Sichuan to go out, and capitalism in Sichuan cannot develop.

In other places, factories and workshops have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, but here in Sichuan, there is nothing, and the development speed is very slow in more than ten years, which is far behind other places in Daming.

But what can be done about this?

This natural danger blocked Sichuan's external roads, and fully hindered foreign commerce and exchanges.

Although they are very eager to build the railway, they also feel that it is really impossible to build the railway.

"If that's the case, then I will jointly write a petition to the emperor and send a telegram back to the capital, requesting the emperor and the princes of the court to cancel the plan to build this railway?"

Sun Pan looked at the officials around him, thought for a while and said.

"Yes, it should be cancelled. This is simply impossible."

"My lord, I will jointly write a letter to the emperor, and ask the emperor and the princes in the court to think about it again."

When Qiu Ye and the others heard this, they immediately nodded their heads in agreement.

It is really too difficult here, the roads are difficult to walk, there is no way to go to the village, there is no shop behind, and there is no place to even have a meal. The Shu Road is too difficult to walk, and it is impossible to build a railway.

(End of this chapter)