Because both Shanghai Port and Xiamen Port are more than a thousand kilometers away, they are too far away and cannot be reached if anything happens. Send out the precious technical team. What if there is an accident?
Ankang City is only more than 200 kilometers away from Chang'an. It can be reached by riding a horse in one day. After the steam engine automobile is built, it will only be three hours away.
Zhang Yi understands geography. Only a small section of the Yellow River Basin is navigable, while the entire Han River is navigable. You can go up to the Land of Abundance, go down a thousand kilometers to Hankou, and then sail more than 700 kilometers along the Yangtze River to reach Shanghai Port.
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The warship is moving at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, so the whole journey from Ankang to Shanghai Port only takes 35 hours.
In contrast, a horse-drawn carriage convoy could only cover a maximum of 200 kilometers per day from Chang'an to Shanghai Port, taking seven days on the road and consuming a large amount of food and fodder.
After the warship arrives at Shanghai Port, it only takes 22 hours to travel to Xiamen Port. The distance by sea is 1,083 kilometers.
So, the best option is shipping.
The ship has large carrying capacity, short time and low cost. A warship equipped with two steam engines only requires 80 tons of coal from Ankang City to Shanghai Port, and only 50 tons of coal from Shanghai Port to Xiamen Port.
The most indispensable thing at present is coal.
There are more than 200 coal mines in the Kingdom of China, all of which are mined manually. The daily output reaches 1,000 tons. The next step is to use mechanical devices driven by steam engines and generators to increase production by at least 10 times. In other words, 10,000 tons can be mined in one day.
tons of coal.
It can fully meet the needs of warships and primary industrialization development.
Zhang Yi decided happily.
Mainly river shipping, supplemented by land transportation, establish a transportation network with Greater China and Little China.
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This is a revision and improvement of the original plan. The highway from Chang'an to Shanghai Port and Xiamen Port is still under construction, which is necessary.
In the future, if a railway can be built, it will certainly be more efficient than river shipping. But the railway is too far away. Based on the current technical conditions, it will take at least several years to build a railway. It can only be a long-term plan.
Zhang Yi did what he said, adding the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Construction, appointing officials, planning, and assigning tasks.
The Ministry of Transportation will first repair the road from Chang'an to Ankang City as quickly as possible. There is an original road and will widen it on this basis. The time requirement is within a month.
At the same time, the Construction Department built ports, steel plants, shipyards, logistics warehouses, living quarters, technical training schools, etc. in Ankang City.
Ankang City's status in the Kingdom of China soared rapidly.
Zhang Yi held a court meeting in Shangyuan Hall, announced the decision, and clarified the development priorities of several major cities.
Chang'an is an international political center and an industrial and commercial center. It has established an industrial system with steam engines, generators, vehicles and gun manufacturing as its core.
Ankang City is the only port in the northwest leading to the world, and has established an industrial system with shipbuilding as its core.
Mopan City is a strategic military location, and it also vigorously develops civilian industries, mainly glassware, plastic products, papermaking, printing, food and beverage processing, etc.
Set up a rubber factory in Xianyang City to develop and produce automobile tires, pipes, belts and other products. Raw materials are imported from Little China. In addition, the R&D and production of bicycles, looms, pharmaceutical products and other products are also located in Xianyang City.
Xianyang City is positioned as the research and development center for trilateral cooperation projects.
Chang'an, Ankang, Xianyang and Mopancheng, the above four cities, became the key development cities of the Kingdom of China.
At the same time, the traditional advantageous projects of the Kingdom of China, such as animal husbandry and cotton industry, are blooming everywhere and developing in an all-round way.
All civil and military officials praised Zhang Shoufu for being extremely wise, generous, courageous and well-arranged.
After Zhang Yi spoke eloquently in one breath, he leaned comfortably on the throne and breathed a sigh of relief. He heard the praises of hundreds of officials, which sounded natural, but it did not affect him in any way.
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His goal is to civilize the world, to conquer the barbaric empire of the world by force, and to unify the world. Therefore, he is still very nervous and anxious. He must fight for time, and he does not even dare to sleep for a day.
After taking a breath, Zhang Yi sat up straight again and scanned the whole place.
The officials immediately fell silent.
Zhang Yi began to break down the tasks and assign them to each official. Everyone must receive tasks and determine the time for completion. Those who have made contributions will be rewarded, and those who are not effective will be immediately removed from their posts and investigated.
No one should think of dereliction of duty.
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Among the people around Zhang Yi, only Mr. Song and Hei Song can enjoy life. The old man has worked hard all his life and should enjoy his old age in peace.
The policy of providing support for the elderly and education for the young has been implemented to the letter throughout the kingdom.
Xiaoliu is very busy. She is the director of the National Bank and is responsible for the logistics of the research team. She has a lot of things to do.
Now, as soon as Mr. Song sees the two of them, he will tell them in every possible way that they should pay attention to both career and life. The implication is that the unification of China is very important and defeating foreign enemies is also important, but having children is equally important.
Master Song wants to see Zhang Yi and Xiao Liu's child as soon as possible.
However, Xiao Liu never showed any signs of pregnancy. But Yue Ya'er was pregnant. Yue Ya'er worked in the Ministry of Culture and Literature and was also very busy, and so was Xiao Han, who was often too busy to go home. But the young couple got the fruit of love smoothly.
Xiao Liu was a little anxious. In the middle of the night, she put her arms around Zhang Yi's neck and said worriedly.
"Brother, should I see a doctor? Am I not able to have children? Am I getting out of shape by practicing martial arts?"
Zhang Yi couldn't help but smile and consoled him.
"What's your problem? What a joke! You're suspicious. Don't think too much, and don't put too much psychological pressure on me."
As he talked, Zhang Yi murmured to himself, wondering if he was too busy and under too much mental stress, leading to infertility?
Maybe he should let the doctor take a look.
Xiaoliu noticed his emotional change and turned to comfort him.
"You're still talking about me, you're starting to have random thoughts. I don't think it's your problem, your body is as strong as a tiger..."
Xiaoliu smiled shyly and was embarrassed to continue.
It’s true that Zhang Yi’s energy is not ordinary. Whether it’s fighting, working, or nightlife, he is like a tireless engine.
So, whose problem is it?
"Liu'er, don't rush, don't panic. Sooner or later, we will have a child. I hope it will be a cute little princess like you!"
"Well, I want a little princess and a little prince. I want them both."
"Maybe we will have a pair of twins, a little princess and a little prince. That would be so wonderful!"