I am Da Song

Obviously, the three cities of Tokyo, Xijing, and Beijing provide raw materials, one provides industry, and the other provides commercial trade.

Previously, these three cities were mainly connected by water transport.

But after all, water transportation is not comparable to the railway network.

Because the terrain of the Central Plains is generally high in the west and low in the east.

According to myths and legends, this is because Gonggong could not touch Zhoushan, causing the pillars to break, the earth to be short, the sky to the northwest, and the earth to the southeast.The sky is not full of the northwest, so the sun, the moon and the stars.The land is not full in the southeast, so the water is flooded and the dust returns.

Under this terrain, the water transportation in the east-west direction is doomed to have gaps one after another.The ship can't go up at all.

To transport the goods from Tokyo to Xijing, the goods must be unloaded in one place after another in the middle, and then go overland for a while, and then reload the ship.

For example, the famous Fenglingdu.

Yang Guo, the Condor Hero with the background of the Song Dynasty, met Guo Xiang here.

This ferry is the largest container ferry from east to west.

Basically, all water transport ships enter the Weihe River westward from here, and then sail across the plains into Chang'an, the capital of Xijing.

But with the railway, there is basically a lot of time left for loading and unloading.

Trains can whine at high speed on the tracks to every city.

The railway network built with these three cities as the center point is obviously the core main road, and there will inevitably be some branch roads.

Zhao Huan asked, "Which directions will Su Xianggong plan to build the road after he has finished repairing the main road in the past few days?"

Su Chi said: "The main road of the northern railway network connects the three capitals, and there will be some branches going to Liaodong South Road and Koryo respectively."

"The railway goes directly to Koryo, which is firmly tied to our economic system."

Obviously, the significance of the railway is not only in the military and economic aspects, but also has a very strong political significance.

Basically, two countries with the same gauge, after the railway network is connected, the political and economic bonds will be very strong.It can enhance cohesion and deepen the Central Plains court's control over the frontier, making it firmly tied to the Zhuxia civilization system.

The reason why Su Chi put civilization bundles in the economic module, not in the military module.That is, the economic bondage will be stronger and closer.

Just talking about Goryeo, Zhao Huan couldn't help smiling, and asked, "What about the transportation network in the south? Su Xianggong didn't design a branch line to reach Jiaozhi South Road, did he?"

Su Chi didn't know why the officials were so funny. He replied: "There is indeed a railway from Guangnan to Jiaozhi South Road. There is a very narrow and slender fertile plain along the coast. Basically, a railway can run through to the end. Once the railway is built, after a thousand years, Jiaonan will no longer be separated from the control of the Central Plains."

If such a feat can be achieved, it will indeed be able to avoid the famous joke that Zhao Huan thought of at the moment.

This is a joke that has attracted netizens from all over the world and made a lot of noise.

Only Zhuxia netizens, with a confused look on their faces, sat at home and joked across the ocean.

Probably the cause was a picture on the Internet, which caused a quarrel between Goryeo and the descendants of the Li Dynasty because of territorial disputes.

Yes, territorial disputes.

They were one after the Li Dynasty, one after the Goryeo Dynasty, one south and one north, and they had an irreconcilable relationship. There was a vast Chinese dynasty and almost a Pacific Ocean in between, and they could actually have a territorial dispute.

The reason is that the Goryeo people put up a map showing that after their ancestors defeated the Shang Dynasty, they ruled the vast area north of the Yangtze River for a long time.

The people of the Li Dynasty put a map showing that their ancestors ruled a large area south of the Yellow River during the Qin Dynasty.

Then the problem came, one of them ruled the north of the Yangtze River, and the other ruled the south of the Yellow River.

Who will rule the middle area south of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River?Netizens of the two countries quarreled wildly.

Watching them quarrel, Zhu Xia in the entire Huaihe River Basin was puzzled.

That is to say, have they considered that the basic market during the founding of the Song Dynasty was in this area.

And as Su Chi built the railway branch line to these two areas, it was obvious that they would have no chance to leave the Central Plains.

Abolishing feudal domains and setting up counties can be advanced at any time.

Zhao Huan quickly collected his mood, tried his best not to think about the joke, and then said to Su Chi: "Since the railway network in the south is mentioned, let's talk about it in detail by the way."

Zhao Huan asked: "There are no border troubles in the south, and there is almost no military pressure. Basically, the railway only needs to consider the economy. Where is it going, Suzhou?"

Su Chi immediately cupped his hands and said, "The official has learned that there are three main railway lines in the south, and the easternmost one is indeed leading to Suzhou."

Zhao Huan nodded, this is reasonable.

The land of Suzhou is really so fertile, it is simply the economic pearl of the entire East.

Looking around the world, I can't find one or two regions that can stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Like Liaobei Road, although there is a vast black land, the climate is cold and it is far away from the sea.

Although Kievan Rus has an outlet to the sea and a vast plain, its climate is not as good as Suzhou.

Italy's climate is good, but there are many mountains.

In front of London, the climate, land, and access to the sea are all fully occupied, but it is far away from the economic center and left outside the densely populated areas.

Only the area of ​​Suzhou, Changzhou, and Hangzhou, close to Taihu Lake, West Lake, Yangcheng Lake, and the flat and fertile Suhu Lake Plain, is already a land of abundance, and the warm and humid climate is simply perfect.

The land of fish and rice, the land of abundance, is destined to have a very developed agriculture.

Basically, the first wave of economic southward movement began in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and this area became the absolute core territory of the southern rulers.

They have already taken advantage of agriculture, but in terms of commerce, they are the economic center of the south.

It's quite interesting to say that Jiankang is clearly the Nanjing of the Song Dynasty.

But when everyone mentions the important town in the south, the first thing that comes to mind is Nanjing...Suzhou next to it.

This city really has a unique advantage, Suhu is familiar with the world.

Before the rise of North Liaodong Road, Suzhou had already accomplished everything he dreamed of.

It can be said that Liaodong North Road is now devoting itself to constructing and seeking achievements that Suzhou had already had hundreds of years ago.

When the Ministry of Industry built the railway to Suzhou, an important consideration was also to transport grain.

But he didn't just consider this.

As an important economic center in the southeast of the Song Dynasty, Suzhou's industry is extremely developed. In terms of industrial level and industrial scale, there is no city in the world today or even from now on that can be compared with Suzhou.

Before that, he had assumed the responsibility of contributing to the things in the southeast, and now he has taken this position to the extreme.The Song brocade, sugar, chemical products, precision machinery, and high-end industrial products he produced industrially are high-value items that the entire Song Dynasty needs.