Chapter 790 Transportation Planning

The rolling thunder in the distance was getting closer, Su You said: "These are not the important points, now hurry up and stay away from this place!"

After a thunder explosion, the living gods of the Song Dynasty turned into dead gods.

Everyone in Jiangning Mansion could see that a huge lightning bolt, like a dragon, struck the top of Zhongshan Mountain.

If you don’t see the first one clearly, there will be a second and third one after that.

Countless literati recorded this incident in their notebooks.

There are different opinions, some say it is a punishment from heaven, some say it is a thunder disaster.

Chao Buzhi, secretary of Liangzhe Road, was a party involved. His records were relatively detailed. He said that after everyone inspected the scene, the iron objects around the minefield, such as the wrench Zhao Zongyou threw on the ground, were magnetized.

Under Li Shining's altar, some sand also turned vitrified.

Li Shining's body had his clothes ripped apart, his hair standing straight, and there were signs of burning on his body.

There are still strange red and green runes on part of the skin.

Su Shaobao said that this was traces of current passing through the human body, and the salt in the human body became a path for the current, and then electrolysis formed traces. Li Shining tried to provoke Tianwei, but was electrocuted to death.

Everyone is doubtful about this statement, but even gods can't defeat thunder and lightning, so a consensus has been formed in the Song Dynasty.

Li Shining's death was just a topic after dinner, adding a touch of mystery to Zhongshan Observatory.

After restoring the lightning rod and moving various astronomical instruments to the top of the mountain, Su You began his second inspection.

There will be no stability without farmers, and there will be no prosperity without workers. The farmers in Liangzhe Road have been stabilized, and the second thing now is to increase production capacity.

The first is the saponification industry, which focuses on two series - soap, toilet soap, medicated soap, and various scented body oils.

Then there are nitroglycerin, nitrocellulose, and rice husk toner oil explosives.

With a large amount of high explosives, you can open a large mine.

Explosives also have very high requirements for silk fabrics. Raising silkworms is not difficult, but handling the cocoons is difficult.

This is directly linked to the output of Jiangnan soda ash.

The quality of soda ash-treated cocoons and raw silk is much higher. The hydraulic reeling equipment developed in Shuzhong has long been developed. It is actually used for linen materials. Silk fiber is much easier to process than linen.

The output of soda ash is linked to the output of salt and tri-acid. Fortunately, He Zhizhong's execution ability is comparable to that of Cai Jing. Two famous traitors in history, one has presided over the opening of 50,000 hectares of polders, and the other has presided over the transformation of Xiu Ming.

From the two prefectures, the ten major salt fields from Qingdun to Changguo, in this year's performance evaluation, they are among the best in the country.

Suyou set the rules for the two Zhejiang roads. The commercial road only collected two taxes for traveling and traveling, and issued a tax stamp called a "pass".

The pass means that there will be no traffic jams along the way and taxes will be increased. The local government will increase revenue. One is to develop commerce and the other is to improve road transportation.

Liangzhe Road has always been the most economically developed area, and the dense water network is one of the important reasons.

However, waterways are limited by the natural environment, so some land routes connecting states must also be built.

The land transportation network has planned a loop line and several main lines.

The ring line is the line between the military prefectures around Taihu Lake, connecting Hangzhou, Xiu, Su, Hu, Chang, Run, Jiangning, and Guangde.

This is the outer ring, and the inner ring is a circle drawn in Taihu Lake.

One internal and one external, it has become a large economic circulation body for the entire northern Zhejiang.

This area is the most fertile. Apart from Bianjing, it can be said to be the most governed area in the world. Suyou has been in charge of government for more than a year. The local strong economic and population base, coupled with strong driving force, suddenly brought the development of the area for twenty years to a new level.

Shuzhong was once again left behind.

I am the second child of ten thousand years on Chuanxia 4th Road and I feel so aggrieved.

In addition, there are several east-west trunk lines.

The first one is Jiangning, Taiping, Chi, Jiang, Nankang,

This is the most important copper, iron and coal industrial trunk line of the Liangzhe Road. From Nankang to Jiangning, it is mainly a waterway, while to go upstream from Jiangning to Nankang, you need to rely on land.

The second one is the Hangzhou-She-Rao trunk line. Although there are only three states, the line is longer than the first one and connects the Qiantang River and Poyang Lake.

On this line, there are Yongpingjian, Yinshanjian, Jingdezhen, Fuliang, and She County. It is the road of gold, silver, copper, porcelain and tea.

The third one is Hang, Yue, Wu, Qu and Xin.

This line is the second longest trunk line, connecting Baofengjian, Yongfengjian, Qianshanchang, Dingxichang, Changshan, Changhua, Longyou, Jiangshan, Yiwu, Zhuji, and Kuaiji.

This road has the largest silver-producing area in the Song Dynasty, important gold mining areas, copper mining areas, as well as a large amount of tea, silk, and citrus essential for navigation.

The last line is Hangzhou, Yue, Ming, Taiwan, and Wenzhou. Needless to say, this line is all coastal areas, that is, salt and seafood.

There is also the most excellent seaport in the Song Dynasty - Mingzhou Xiangshan Port.

Cai Jing collected the reports from all walks of life in one place. Su You was dumbfounded when he saw it: "How can we do this? These roads are all so fat. If you don't repair any of them, you will feel like you are losing money..."

Although these roads actually already exist, they are just some projects such as straightening bends, widening roadbeds, reinforcing and leveling roads, building bridges, etc. On average, the cost of a three-foot-wide road is 50 kilometers per mile.

Three feet definitely does not meet the requirements of Suyou for running a large cart. It must be at least one fathom, which is eight feet, which is one hundred and fifty miles.

The area that needs to be reconstructed is no less than 3,000 miles long, and if we include bridges and mountain excavation, it will cost 5 million.

Cai Jing smiled: "Ming Gong, the authorities are confused."

"Oh? What did Yuan Chang say?"

Cai Jing said: "Don't forget that there is a supervision company called Sitong. In the past, road construction was used by officials and subordinates to line their own pockets. I estimate that one-fifth of them were used. Isn't that excessive?"

"Ah?" Su You suddenly realized that this was really the case.

"Coupled with unified planning and dispatch, the application of explosives, cement, coal tar, and the introduction of various tools, I estimate that we will save another fifth. Isn't it an exaggeration?"

"ha!"

"If we also provide meals, work clothes, and services to migrant workers, can we make some money back?"

"Depend on!"

When Cai Jing was about to say more, Su You raised his hand to stop him: "Needless to say, now Lu Jiawen can also get started with water conservancy. I leave this matter to you, four million yuan, five years, can you win it?"

"If you can win the position of Judge of the Third Division of the Imperial Court, it must be you!"

Cai Jing bowed to the ground and said: "I have my wish, but I don't dare to ask my ears."

Su You waved his hand: "You cooperate with Sitong Company on this matter. I will allocate 100,000 jins of copper from Zeng Zixuan to you every year. Is that enough?"

Cai Jing stood up and said: "Ming Gong, a great talent, has saved the funds to open Taihu Lake. If you use the money to run errands, leave it to Cai Jing. Don't worry."

These words made Su You a little worried. This kid is so capable that he can do errands without taking any money, but it is the common people who suffer: "Don't just focus on saving me money and just follow the budget."

"Of course, officials and subordinates must be strictly assessed, but workers can be more lenient to give them some financial resources, which will be conducive to the future development of the two Zhejiang roads."

Cai Jing said with a smile: "After working with Ming Gong for so long, but still can't understand the ingenuity of Ming Gong's governance, then Yuan Chang's hard work will be in vain."

Su You patted his shoulder: "I can rest assured that you are doing things. I am very optimistic about you."

At this time Chao Buzhi came over: "Shaobao, in the following text of Zhongshu, at the request of Liu Shidan, a foreign official in the capital, he said that the "Nine Domains Map" was revised in the sixth year of Dazhong Xiangfu. It has been more than sixty years since the prefectures and counties have been abandoned.

, the names are changed, the ranks are promoted and lowered, and astronomers are begging to be re-educated.”

"Since the old book did not depict the topography, it was difficult to describe it as a map, so it was given the name "Nine Regions Chronicles"."

Su You even laughed angrily: "So stupid? Can't we just fill in the map and be done?"

Chao Buzhi also laughed: "Yes, your Majesty said so too, so he ordered each road to present maps to commend the loyal and diligent officials. Guess, Shaobao, which roads have been praised?"

Su You put his hands on his forehead, somewhat dumbfounded: "You can't escape Shuzhong, Shaanxi, Hebei, and Zhejiang."

Chao Buzhi held up his hand and said: "Congratulations Shaobao, it is exactly where Shaobao left his official career."

Su You waved his hand: "This is purely bullying and cannot be considered a political achievement."

Chao Buzhi said: "Then I will write a thank you note for Shaobao. By the way, the DPRK will ask the local government to recommend talents to take charge of this matter. What do you think, Shaobao?"

Su You said: "Then who else can there be? Clan brother, Shen Kuo, among the younger generation, Wang Chudao is one, and Su Wujiu is one. It's a pity that Shao Ziwen ran away, otherwise he would also be suitable."
Chapter completed!