Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1963, Journey to Tianfu

In Chang'an, Shaanxi, with the sound of sirens, a train slowly drove from the station to Hanzhong. The end point of this train was bound for Chengdu, Sichuan, and bound for the Land of Abundance.

In the first-class compartment of the train, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin sat on the train while admiring the scenery outside.

Now that there is a train, it will be much more comfortable to go to various parts of Daming. You can travel long distances easily without the need for boats and cars, and you can also sit on the train and enjoy the scenery along the way.

This is the most popular way of traveling in Daming now. Take the train to travel all over the north and south of Daming, and enjoy the great rivers and mountains of Daming.

Even Emperor Hongzhi couldn't bear the loneliness. Hearing that the railway leading to Sichuan had been repaired and the opening ceremony was about to be held, Emperor Hongzhi became interested and brought Liu Jin here, ready to go to the Land of Abundance.

Since ancient times, the road to Shu has been more difficult than going to the blue sky.

This also means that the vast majority of emperors have never been to the Land of Abundance, and the emperor of Daming has never been to Sichuan.

When the emperor travels, the most important thing is safety.

The Shu Road itself is full of dangers, and it is easy to be ambushed in advance, so emperors will not go to places like the Shu Road.

Now the train is different. With the train, going to the Land of Abundance becomes very simple, easy, and fast. Emperor Hongzhi wanted to go to the Land of Abundance to see, to see this Shu Road, to see this grow into a railway.

Although Emperor Hongzhi came to Sichuan this time and received strong approval from the courtiers, it is useless now. Emperor Hongzhi took Daming and left, leaving behind the prince, Wang Shouren, and Han Wen to supervise the country and handle the government affairs.

The ministers are also very helpless, the Emperor Hongzhi is playing wild now, and he ran around the Pacific Ocean later, and now he just went to Qichuan for a walk, as if there was nothing to do.

What's more, now that there is a train, it is convenient and slow, which is even more important.

The courtiers can only lament that Emperor Hongzhi is the future Emperor Hongzhi. In the future, he will be less obedient, and he will listen to whatever the family says, and stay in the palace honestly, diligently reviewing the memorials, less good One of the emperors.

But now, Xiaojia loves to listen to what Xiaojia said. He doesn’t have his own thinking and consideration, and he still needs to walk around and look around. It's good, maybe the hat is about to be lost.

The current officials are easy to do. There are very few things to do, and regular assessments are required. If they are good, they will be reprimanded. Those days are sad.

"woooo~"

The whistle from the train echoes among the mountains. Although the mountains of Xiaoba Mountain are undulating like the Qinling Mountains, they are still steep. The mountains are low and the water is dangerous. You can see clearly when you are sitting under the train. , and then looked at the mountain stream next to it, it was bottomless.

The train is like driving in the air at a height of tens of meters. There are places with little water vapor, and there is even a feeling of driving under the clouds.

The long tunnel seemed to come to an end, but when you exited the tunnel, everything behind your eyes suddenly became clear, and a brand new world appeared in Xiaojia's field of vision.

Among the mountains, the sound of sirens reverberated continuously, startling the sound of apes, and then one after another, continuous and endless, as if retreating from Huaguo Mountain all at once, the group of monkeys roared, echoing in the mountains and valleys.

"What is she really? It takes a lot of perseverance to build a railway in such a place."

"It took only 6 years to complete the long-term railway, what kind of girl is it!"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the mountains inside and sighed.

I am used to seeing the plains in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and when I came to the mountains, I looked at the low mountains and rivers, the deep mountain canyons, the places where there are few people and no apes.

It is really difficult to build a railway in such a place, and it is really a small project of the century.

"Such a small project is nothing compared to the Great Wall built by the First Emperor and the Canal built in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan!"

Daming said with a smile.

As soon as I said it, I immediately knew that I was wrong. It was comparing Emperor Hongzhi to Qin Shihuang and Yunguichuan. , the king of subjugation is the object of the emperor's warning.

"Haha~"

"People in the world only know that the first emperor built the Great Wall, and few people died. They also only know that the Yunguichuan canal led to the country's subjugation, but they know that the Great Wall has protected your small Shenzhou underground for thousands of years. The small canal runs from north to south. It’s still nourishing the people on both sides of the strait.”

Emperor Hongzhi was not angry.

In the future, I will be skeptical about that. The civil officials said that the emperor can do small construction, which will waste the people and money, and it is right to rest and recuperate.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi was willing to repair even the palace in the future, for fear of wasting money and people.

But now, after those years of infrastructure development, Xiaoming repaired roads, railways, river lifts, reservoirs, etc., and those projects stimulated the development of Xiaoming's empire, and made the exchanges between Xiaoming's various places more and more smooth. , slow.

The benefits of infrastructure projects are also highlighted. If there is no famine, food can be easily mobilized from the local area for disaster relief. There is nothing terrible about the famine.

Without the reservoir and the river bank, a small amount of farmland has been irrigated. Without the river bank, the Yellow River has not broken its embankment for a long time, and the people on both sides of the bank have benefited a lot.

After clearing the river course and building water conservancy, Yunmengze on the Yangtze River has become a fertile wilderness, and the grain output has increased year after year, and it has still become another small granary for Xiao Ming.

The Yangtze River runs through the east and west, and sea ships can go all the way to Huguang. The development of Huguang and Jiangxi has slowed down, and tax revenue has increased slowly year after year.

There is no Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, a bridge flying from north to south, and the natural moat has become a thoroughfare. Since then, the travel between the south and the south of the Yangtze River has become more convenient and slow. The train can go directly from the capital to Songhu and Jiangxi, and even two years later. Drive to Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiaozhi, Xianglin and other places.

That is the benefit of infrastructure!
It may take a small amount of financial, material and manpower to build it, but before the project is completed, it will be of great benefit to the entire country and the people along the way.

Regarding Wu Ningna, Emperor Hongzhi now also has no new views. That emperor may not be as worthless as these civil servants said, and he also has no vision of his own.

I saw the benefits of infrastructure, and I also knew that such a canal was needed to connect the north and the south.

It’s just that compared to now, Xiao Ming now has only weak national strength and can undertake many small projects. More importantly, the engineering and construction technology that Xiao Ming possesses now far exceeds that of the future, and a small amount of construction machinery is only added. Slowing down the retreat also saves manpower.

If Xiao Ming wants to build a small Beijing-Hangzhou canal now, there will be no difficulties and problems at all, and it will cause too little burden and influence on Xiao Ming.

"Yes, the infrastructure project is a small matter that benefits the present and benefits the future."

"You Xiaoming's success today is inseparable from Xiaoxing's infrastructure."

"Before the opening of the Great Wall Railway, Qichuan can develop rapidly, and then it can radiate the entire Sui Yangdi area and drive the development of the entire southwestern Xiaoming area."

Wu Ning also nodded and said.

Qichuan is the most important place in the southwest region, with unique natural conditions.

The land in the Qichuan Basin is purple and fertile, with developed agriculture and a small population.

Since ancient times, what Qichuan has developed now is the inward traffic conditions. It is surrounded by mountains for seven weeks, and the inward traffic is extremely convenient.

As long as the inbound traffic can be opened up, the development of Qichuan is just around the corner.

For Xiao Ming in his eyes, the truly underdeveloped areas are the eight places of Emperor Sui Yang, where the transportation is only convenient, easy to travel, and the development is extremely fast.

Industrial development in other places has already started. Before the Yangtze River was dredged, Huguang and Jiangxi also developed rapidly, and the southwestern region was left behind.

The construction of the Changcheng Railway will drive the development of Qichuan, and Qichuan can also promote the development of the Sui Yangdi area. In the future, the railway can be built in Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing and other places.

Of course, the cost must be very staggering, and Xiao Ming may not be willing to repair it now.

However, as long as Qichuan can develop, it will be special like a white hole, attracting people from the surrounding areas, and can also promote the development of the surrounding areas.

Southwest has always been a heart problem for Xiao Ming.

In the future, it was because of the chieftains of the Southwest. The chieftains of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty were always capricious and often rebelled.

It wasn't until the Ming Dynasty proposed the method of reforming the land and returning the natives, appointing officials to replace the chieftains, and then combined with military force to retreat and suppress the rebellion, then gradually and quickly stabilized the southwest region.

But the southwest region has been developing smoothly, even at the pace of Xiaoming's development.

The majority of the tribes there are small in number, they are subject to discipline, and they are willing to defy the imperial court's decree.

For example, the imperial court wanted to relocate people from some mountainous areas in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, but there were so many responders, no matter how good the conditions were, they could not attract us to emigrate to Nanyang and Guanli. We would rather live a prosperous life in the hills, and Willing to immigrate, I always feel that the court will deceive people, and I want to leave the mountainous area where I grew up.

It's okay for a short time, but if you go up like that for a long time, it will definitely work.

Xiaoming's development needs to be balanced, so that it can be the same as in his previous life. The east is more developed than the developed countries, and the west is comparable to Africa. That's okay.

That is also an issue that Xiao Ming has always paid attention to. This is that the development of all regions must be emphasized and balanced, but only certain places can be favored. That is well reflected in the imperial examination system. Whether the difference is small or small, it is determined according to the population, and they are all valued, and they are all the subjects of the emperor.

(End of this chapter)