The country has never regarded land as a mode of transportation.
The lack of horses is one thing, but the key is that shipping is fast and saves money. And the most important point is that the territory of the country is only so small...
The Yellow River Basin should be the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and it basically covers most of the other northern state capitals in the country except the northwest border states and Hedong Road.
Not to mention the south, there are rivers and lakes everywhere, and there is no need for land routes.
During Zhao Xi's trip this time, he really saw the so-called official ways of the country.
In the Kingdom of China, the land route to the south was called a auxiliary road. Although there were many inns, they were difficult to compare with the inns heading west on Jingxi Road.
When officials from the south go to Beijing, even if they go to Jingchu Road, they use the Yangtze River water transport to the east, and then turn north and take the water transport route.
Zhao Xi knew that most of Henan is located in plains, especially in eastern Henan and southern Henan. There are almost no mountains, but there are dense rivers.
From Bianliang City to Xiangzhou, all the way to Fangcheng Mountain, there is a vast plain.
It has passed four or five rivers, including the Wohe River, the Helu River, and the Shaying River.
Due to the direction of the country towards water transportation, the development of shipping was promoted.
There are merchant ships plying every river. However, because they cannot connect from north to south, the scale and transportation volume of these merchant ships are much smaller than those of the Bianhe River.
If there could be a transportation line with a transportation capacity no less than that of the Bianhe River, running from Xiangzhou to Bianliang, no need to think about how busy this transportation would be.
Such a transportation line related to the country and North Korea should be led by the imperial court. But it can't be done! Even if the country and North Korea are nominally owned by his family, it can't be done.
Zhao Xi did not submit the request rashly. Not to mention the matter of not passing the refutation of face, considering the current difficult situation of the country, he did not want to embarrass his father.
How many times, since he could not take over the water transport, Zhao Xi always talked about the track during daily meetings and chats.
At the beginning, the husbands listened to it purely out of curiosity, just as a novelty.
When Zhao Xi went further and talked about the importance of orbit to the country, no one found it surprising anymore.
You should have a backup plan when doing things, or you should try to think of possible surprises before you start.
Just like Zhao Xi now, even though he looks down on official channels, he still has to use official channels as a backup for emergency response.
Therefore, he wanted to lay tracks along the official road.
The official road can be turned at will, but in the Huanghuai Plain, people know that they can go straight and build bridges when meeting rivers. There is no bend that is not suitable for laying tracks.
It is precisely this direct approach to the Huanghuai Plain that causes the official road in the Fangcheng Mountain area to turn around until it reaches the foot of the mountain.
Stopping at the inn built on the mountain, a group of people were worried about the mountain.
As for the track, both the escort camp and the New Money Supervisor Workshop have already had samples, and directness is the top priority. This is everyone's overall understanding.
Compared with the curves, the straight track is not only faster by one or two points, but it is completely different.
The key point is that the track envisaged by His Royal Highness is drawn by a horse drawn cart, and the curved sleepers are laid, which will inevitably lead to a difference in the spacing between the inner and outer rails. In this way, the speed of the horses will be different, and it is easy to
Causing rollover...
Looking at the inn, one side is straight, and the other side has a curve that cannot be seen in front of the road...
"Your Highness, why not lay it at the gap in Fangcheng Mountain?"
The gap? There is at least three to five miles away from the inn. The key is that after passing the gap, you still cannot go straight. You still have to go around.
Paving from the gap means that the existing post station resources can be fully utilized only after being separated from the official road by a certain distance.
And the construction of new inns during this section of the journey was a huge expense. Merchants were accustomed to the route, and before the change, these inns had to support a large number of idlers.
Given the current situation in the country, Zhao Xi really didn't want to support idle people anymore.
After the track laying was completed, his purpose was to integrate the Guochao Station with the track station, thereby separating the consumption of this part of people from the imperial court...
The solution to the three redundancies must not be simply decomposed and revoked, as that will only increase instability.
Zhao Xi's purpose is also simple, to find a better livelihood for some of the people who are causing redundancy than to just eat and die, thereby changing the situation of the court supporting too many people.
Between increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, Zhao Xi believes that increasing revenue is more important than reducing expenditure.
“Let’s go over the mountain tomorrow and have a look before making a decision!”
Zhao Xi probably has a genealogy. This should be the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains, which is also the so-called north-south line. This means that this mountain is not isolated. It should have ups and downs, continuous lines, and may form gullies.
of mountains.
That is to say, it is very likely that this official road was built close to the mountain...
The mountain on the back of the inn is not high, with a vertical height of only thirty or twenty meters to the naked eye. Zhao Xi and others left their horses at the inn and climbed the mountain early in the morning.
Sometimes mountains and rivers can really deceive people, or there is a saying that goes, "There are mountains and rivers, and there is no way out, but there is a village with dark flowers and bright flowers."
When they climbed to the top of the mountain and looked south, they saw another unobstructed view... It was just such a small mountain.
"Oh, it's just such a small place, and it's such a big mountain. If the imperial court sent workers, I'm afraid it would take a year or two to dig through it."
Dispatching labor? Zhao Xi has never thought about it. He has never thought that this method of assigning labor is reasonable, and he also knows that it is the least efficient way.
The servants offer tea, water and rewards. And sending servants is the only practice in the entire dynasty without reciprocal rewards.
This morning, the air was quite fresh. Zhao Xi sat down on the ground without any image... This hilltop was really annoying.
I hold the ground in my hand...it's bluestone, which means it's limestone...
Limestone is ground into foam, clay is added, the clinker is calcined, mixed with ash, calcined again, and then mixed with gypsum... This is how earthen cement comes from.
Zhao Xi suddenly understood.
"Blow up this mountain ridge and straighten the track route!"
My Highness! The guard camp has become a profiteer. It's hard to make some money by using old and new coins, but it's not enough to pay for the construction of the track.
Now we have to blow up this mountain ridge again... Don't we need money for gunpowder?
Although the imperial court has approved the deployment of gunpowder and ammunition for various forbidden troops, the weapons inspection has not yet been completed, and the court's order for gunpowder and ammunition has not yet been completed. In other words, the current gunpowder raw materials are still supplemented by other livelihoods of the guard camp.
Just a casual word will blow up the mountain ridge... None of them knew how to persuade them, so they just stared at His Highness who had another seizure.
Is it difficult? It’s only a ridge of twenty or thirty meters. Zhao Xi thinks it’s not difficult.
It's not like Yu Old Man Moves Mountains. When equipped with explosives... black powder is also an explosive. When there are explosives, it really shouldn't be difficult.
In the later period, there were many villages that spent several years digging roads in the mountains, not to mention the magnificent buildings built collectively in a specific era.
It just exploded a mountain ridge. Nowadays, the imperial army has hundreds of thousands of troops, and there are even more idle and useless imperial troops. They must be allowed to have other skills and live as individuals.
I have been busy for a long time and have only solved the solution for tens of thousands of people. This time...