I am Da Song

Chapter 614 The Holy Mule Empire
In fact, the north of Yanyun is not without economic value, at least it is not tens of millions of square kilometers, a land that is wider than the Central Plains, and even tens of 10 people cannot be supported.

In the past, the Central Plains lacked interest in this place, and the most important reason was that the wealth here could not be transported out.

For quite a long time, Lingnan was regarded as a poor country in the eyes of the people of the Central Plains. The energy of the Central Plains gave priority to moving criminals and prisoners to Lingnan to develop the land and enrich the population.

There is no energy and no means to develop the northern ice sheet.

However, the constraints of the agricultural age are no longer insurmountable shackles in the industrial age.

A railway line can be said to be the economic lifeline linking the entire ice sheet region. In terms of transportation, this is a qualitative change.

In the past, merchants from the Central Plains had to travel thousands of miles, cross ice sheets, walk through deserts, and resist wind and snow beasts in order to transport goods from the north.

But now, it is only necessary for the local people to send the goods to the towns next to the railway transportation hub. This distance may only be a few hundred miles, and even if it goes further north, it will not exceed a thousand miles.

This transportation fee can be said to account for almost only one percent of the previous one.Even a thousandth.

Jane saves such a huge shipping fee, which is the profit margin of the local people.

In the past, selling a piece of leather and a piece of ginseng might only earn a few tens of pennies, but now the profit may be as high as one or two.

The people who benefit from this will quickly expand their wealth.

There will be obvious benefits. The people along the railway line are obviously richer than the tribes far away.Even if they are engaged in exactly the same production, and even the prey they hunt is not as good as in the distant snowfield, the wealth is obviously more along the railway.

It is reasonable to say that with such a large land, even if they do not carry out industrial production and sell resources, it is enough for a large number of people to live a very wealthy life.

The Song Dynasty should have developed industries and advanced civilizations, and the people got rich through hard work and advanced technology to earn wealth.But it is even more necessary to give the common people a chance to lie down, relying on the country's unparalleled resources and wealth, to live a comfortable and comfortable life.

So when Su Chi finished introducing this railway line, Zhao Huan leaned on the soft couch and turned his head to the officials and said, "The north of Yanyun has always been regarded as a place of bitter cold. But after the railway was laid, the resources here Wood, minerals, prey, gold, silver, and gem buckets will become the source of wealth. I optimistically estimate that at least 300 million households can live a very wealthy life here.”

Quantitative change can produce qualitative change!

The same area of ​​land, ten acres per household, probably in the extreme north is definitely not as good as in the Central Plains.

But what if the quantity increases to [-] mu, [-] mu, or even [-] mu?
One square kilometer equals 300 mu of land.Calculated based on 30 million households, each household can be divided into more than [-] square kilometers, equivalent to about [-] mu of land.

This order of magnitude has definitely undergone a qualitative change.

Fifty thousand mu of land may produce more benefits than ten mu of land in the Central Plains.

Moreover, the extreme northern region is rich in resources, including many mineral deposits, gold and silver, and high-value items such as ginseng and deer antler.

There is a mine in the family, so it can be regarded as a wealthy family.

Zhang Jun said: "I thought that as long as the situation in the extreme north is announced to the people, some people will definitely go there."

Zhao Huan looked at Zhang Jun with a smile, and said, "Ms. Zhang's idea is a bit conservative. You might as well be more generous and turn it into a mark of the times."

"I intend to give a name to these people who travel far and wide. Now going to Nanyang has become a common custom. Those who travel to the extreme north should be called Chuang Jiutian."

Zuodu Yushi immediately flattered and said: "The folk proverb says that the summer solstice falls on the third Geng, and the winter solstice meets nine. Nine is the number of poles, the number of the sun, and the greatest number. Going through the nine days means the end of the cold and the arrival of spring. The name of Guanjia is wonderful, it is very appropriate to the custom of going to the extreme north. Once successful, it will mean prosperity, it is really indescribable."

Zhao Huan glanced at him and said: "Since Qin Qing appreciates it so much, then I will give you the honor of being a pioneer. I will give Qing Qing a son of [-] mu of land in the extreme north, and give him a chance to be the first in the world." .”

Zuodu Censor's face froze, he quickly adjusted his mentality, got up and saluted, thanking Dade and said: "I thank the official family Long En. When I return home, I will prepare a bag and entourage for the dog, so that he is ready to go to the extreme north to be the king's pioneer."

Not to mention whether he would let his son really go to the bitter cold place of the extreme north, at least at this moment, he behaved loyally and righteously.

But Zhao Huan really knew these bureaucrats too well.

This kind of thing is not something expressly stipulated by the law.

He Zuodu Yushi agreed, but let his son stay in the capital to enjoy the glory and wealth. Even if he was found out and reported, no one could punish him.

After all, this is a voluntary act of the people. Even if someone finds out that his son is in the capital, he can still argue that his son will go back to Tokyo for a few days to reunite, but this few days is a bit long, about 360 to [-] days.

So Zhao Huan continued to say to him with a smile: "You have such loyalty, I am very relieved. However, it is bitter and cold in the north, and it is a bit lonely to let Qing's son go alone. Therefore, I plan to let the royal consortium also send a team to the north. Let's be neighbors with Qing. Let's graze together, raising hundreds of horses and more than a thousand sheep."

There are people from the royal consortium next to him, how dare his son of Qin Yushi not show up all year round?

Zuodu Censor finally lost his face, and cupped his hands and said: "I will also let the dogs raise more horses, cattle and sheep outside the Great Wall, so as to preserve wealth for the country."

War horses, cattle and sheep are important wealth that an empire will never lack.

The army of mules and horses seems to be a product of history, but in fact it is not far from the modern society of later generations.

Until the Second World War, there was already a large-scale blitzkrieg. In fact, mules and horses were also the absolute main force of transportation.

In addition to the fact that Midi can realize mechanization, mules and horses are still the key transportation capacity even if the armies of other countries are assisted by railways.

For example, Germany, which swept across the European battlefield, was dubbed the Holy Mule Empire.

During the entire World War II, he used about 320 million mules and horses to serve the front line.

During the Megatron Operation Barbarossa, the German army mobilized a total of 50 to 60 motorized vehicles, including motorcycles, but a full 162.5 million mules and horses were used.

That was the time of the second industrial revolution where the railways had been developing for many years.

The first industrial revolution in the Song Dynasty has just begun, and the status of mules and horses is even more important.

After the accumulation of wealth in the entire northern region attracts a large number of people to settle down, it will greatly improve the horse breeding situation in Song Dynasty.

The situation that Song Dynasty did not have a good racecourse will never return.

Relying on this tens of millions of square kilometers of land, Da Song can achieve the feat of more than tens of millions of horses.

(End of this chapter)