Wang Ning'an carefully planned the railway line, and went east-west, passing through the east-west Beijing, Jingzhao Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture, Haizhou... probably overlapped with the Longhai Line in later generations. As for the north-south one, it was necessary to go south from Youzhou, pass through Cangzhou, and extend southward to Pukou north of the Yangtze River, which was roughly equivalent to the Jinpu Line.

The construction of two railway transportation arteries in one go is so large that it requires so much investment, which is beyond imagination. The first batch of 20 million bonds is just the beginning.

It is also necessary to coordinate the resources and manpower of the whole country to complete this huge project.

"If the railway is completed and transporting people and horses from Jiangnan can reach Youzhou within three days and fight against the Khitan in five days, our Song Dynasty will have an unprecedented level of mobilization. Moreover, the railway is built, north-south cargo transportation, personnel exchange, and roles are more than ten thousand times better than the Grand Canal!"

Zhao Shu nodded repeatedly, his eyes shining, "What Master said is so true, I will support it with all my strength, but what should I do now?"

The little emperor was a little confused. Wang Ning'an said: "To build a railway, you must concentrate the country's manpower and financial resources. First of all, you must form a strong leadership department and work together to complete it... In a nutshell, it is necessary to adjust the official system!"

As mentioned earlier, the need to reform the official system was only due to various considerations, and the final decision had not been finalized. Now that this major project is available, it is impossible not to move.

Of course, Zhao Shu expressed his full support.

First of all, as the Prime Minister, Wang Ning'an is in charge of government affairs, is responsible for comprehensive government affairs, and is in charge of road construction.

Sima Guang was promoted to secondary minister, responsible for financial support, and coordinated with local governments, requisitioned civilian workers, and cooperated with construction.

Wang Anguo was sent to the Royal Bank, where he integrated all financial institutions and provided loan guarantees to the railway.

In addition to the arrangements of the upper class, Wang Ning'an transferred three more people to Beijing, namely Su Song, Liu Yi and Shen Kuo.

When Su Song and Liu Yi were in the Six Arts School, they were responsible for teaching students about astronomy and water conservancy. Later, they built the Sichuan-Shaanxi Road and supervised the diversion canal in the Western Regions. They had rich engineering experience.

As for Shen Kuo, it goes without saying that he is the general office of Sichuan-Shaanxi Direct Road. Wang Ning'an developed a steam engine and wanted to build a railway, so he invited Shen Kuo here. In the past year, Shen Kuo has actively studied, mastered the principles of the steam engine, put forward a lot of improvement opinions, and supervised the construction of the railway, and has a considerable degree of experience.

Su Song and Liu Yi were appointed as the railway supervisor, while Shen Kuo served as the general office, and these three people were directly responsible for railway construction.

In addition, Xu Yang, the inventor of the steam engine, was appointed as the chief engineer.

At the same time, including Lu Huiqing and Zhang Dun, who are implementing the Universal Land Order, and many young officials, have been appointed as the heads of the segmented project.

It is no exaggeration to say that these two railways bring together almost all the elites of the Song Dynasty.

These people are not those literati who only know how to chant the wind and the moon.

Among them are the most capable officials, engineering talents, technical experts, and financial experts... Wang Ning'an has taken out all of them over the past decade.

In addition, to build roads, there are also thousands of factory workshops involved in the contracting!

Such a scale even exceeds that of Emperor Yang of Sui when he built the Grand Canal!

All of my life, honor, disgrace, success or failure are bet on!

Wang Ning'an had a strong energy and did not dare to be careless at all.

He thought for a long time and took the initiative to find the drunkard Ouyang Xiu.

Because the Governor was sent out before, Wen Yanbo went to Xixia, Di Qing went to Bohai, Song Xiang was sent to Goryeo, Zhang Fangping was sent to Japan, and Pang Ji went to the Western Regions... Only Ouyang Xiu continued to stay in the capital. First, he was in poor health and could not withstand the tossing, and second, the old man really didn't want to take power, so he was only willing to devote himself to his studies.

"The drunkard, there is really no way. If you have a position, you must pick it up."

Ouyang Xiu kept shook his head, "Wang Erlang, stop talking. I have gone to the Political Affairs Hall to block the gun for you. Now I am old and weak, my teeth are shaking and my hair is gone. I don't want to care about anything anymore. Don't harm me!"

Wang Ning'an smiled all over his face, "Drunk, if there is a way, I really don't want to disturb you. There is no way. Such a big mess. If there is no respected person, I'm really afraid that I can't do it. Even for the sake of the people, you will be reluctant to do it."

Ouyang Xiu snorted, "What the hell are you asking me to do? Let's talk about it first."

"It's like this. To build roads, you have to use civilians, you have to spend money, you have to eat, you have to eat, you have to eat, you have to eat, you have to eat, you have to eat, you have to buy wood, steel, etc...."

"Say the point!"

"The key point is these things. It is best to take them from other places to reduce the burden on the people... I mean, you always take the matters of the colonial department and deal with those old guys. You can't do without you!"

After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu narrowed his old eyes and fell into deep thought.

He would read newspapers and railway projects, which were indeed terrifyingly large. The manpower he mobilized was more than one million. If he was not careful, it would become a way to harm the people!

Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal, and the world rebelled, died and destroyed the country. The lesson was not far away!

The Song Dynasty must not repeat the same mistakes. If you want to harm the people less, you must squeeze oil from the colonies. If you can fight for more, the people of the Song Dynasty will lose one less...

Ouyang Xiu slowly opened his old eyes and sighed, "This is a sinister thing, I have taken it over, but..." Ouyang Xiu suddenly said sternly: "They can't be cheap either. Let Jia Ziming and Wang Jiefu be my assistant! Let the three of us come together!"

Wang Ning'an finally smiled... exactly the same as he expected. If these two roads were only cultivated by the human resources of the Song Dynasty, no matter how careful they were, they would consume a lot of money and even civil unrest.

It is inevitable to introduce coolies from outside, and to introduce coolies, you need to deal with those old guys. Ouyang Xiu takes the lead, plus Jia Changchao and Wang Anshi, it is enough to be competent.

Moreover, Wang Anshi's daughter Wang Qing is about to become the queen and will bring the future father-in-law into the water. Wang Ning'an has no choice but to let the Zhuiweng be the evil one.

Wang Ning'an was quite relieved. He talked with Ouyang Xiu for a while. Before leaving, he called Ouyang Xiu's two sons, Ouyang Fa and Ouyang Bian, and asked them to join the road construction project to be responsible for bidding and procurement.

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"This is to exert the power of the whole country!"

After receiving the news, Wen Yanbo couldn't help but sigh. The old guy leaned on the chair and sat for a while. Suddenly he suddenly stood up and laughed with his palms.

"Okay, great, business is coming again!"

Wen Yanbo immediately came over several people, including Han Jiang and Han Zhongyan. Old Wen said excitedly: "You see, the railway is going to be built in the court."

Han Jiang was not interested, so he just snorted. However, Han Zhongyan took it over and took a closer look, and couldn't help but say, "Mr. Wen, if you really follow the above, the steel, cement, and coolies that the court needs this time will not be a small amount!"

"clever!"

Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "I have shares in the steel factory in Liangzhou and the cement factory in Xijing. Xijing Bank also needs to lend loans to railways. Just give these things to the people below them. The barrier is this manpower. You must think about a solution."

Han Jiang couldn't help but say, "The Song Dynasty lacks everything, but there is no shortage of people, just requisition it on the spot."

"Wrong!"

Wen Yanbo waved his hand, "Tell you, I have built the Sichuan-Shaanxi Road in the past. Do you know how many people died?"

Han Jiang took a breath, "I heard that it was a lot, but there was not much noise. Is there a thousand or two thousand?"

Wen Yanbo laughed loudly, "It's 30,000, the whole 30,000!"

"What!"

Han Jiang stood up in fear, "Mr. Wen, it's impossible. With so many people dead, why didn't the court move?"

Wen Yanbo said quietly: "Because those people are prisoners of war!"

"Oh!" Han Jiang was so shocked that he was silent for a long time. He really didn't expect that a straight road in Sichuan and Shaanxi was piled up with so many lives. In total, it took ten or eight dead people per mile, which was worthy of its name, a blood-stained road!

"Then, that railway is much harder than straight roads. How many people will die?" Han Jiang couldn't help but sigh: "He Wang Ning'an is so brave? How dare he take the blame for the world?"

Han Zhongyan obviously knew Wang Ning'an better than Han Jiang. He immediately said: "You can use prisoners to repair the straight roads in Sichuan and Shaanxi. How can you not use these two roads? King Xiliang is a person who cherishes his feathers. He will not easily smear himself on his face!"

Wen Yanbo smiled, "Well, I finally got the point! Have you figured it out now? Why did Wang Ning'an move to a powerful man, why did he send his royal family overseas, and the governor here?"

Han Zhongyan exclaimed: "Mr. Wen, is it your point... The King of Xiliang had already planned to make a plan, and wanted us to get the road construction coolie for him... Then, then he is too sinister, how deep is this to plot?"

Wen Yanbo sneered: "If he hadn't had such deep scheming, could he drive us all out? This kid finally showed his fox's tail, he was lying on his mind!"

Han Jiang said angrily: "Mr. Wen, we are not slaves under the king's subordinates, why should we listen to him? We just don't help him get the hard work and make his railway unable to be built. Let's see what he says?"

Han Zhongyan shook his head when he heard this. Obviously, this husband Han had not yet come out of his anger. Thinking about the fact that his father had just died at Wang Ning'an, he was far more angry than him. After so many years, he dare not say that he had forgotten his father's grudge, but he would not be blinded.

"What if we don't cooperate? There is Song Xiang, Pang Ji, and Zhang Fangping... and Wang Ning'an asked Zui Weng, Wang Anshi, and Jia Ziming to preside over the colonial department... What does he mean? If we don't cooperate, we will immediately replace the people to be the governor. Who dares not listen?"

Han Jiang was stunned by the words.

Wen Yanbo gave a thumbs up, "Good experience! This time you can learn about Wang Ning'an's power!"

"Mr. Wen, what are you going to do?" Han Jiang said curiously.

"Hahaha, of course I am cooperating with him. Not only will I cooperate, but I also want to be the first place!" Wen Yanbo slapped, "Fifty thousand coolies...you can help me get it out immediately. I will send it to Xijing now and congratulate His Majesty on the wedding!"

History is full of dust

That... a small analysis of the industrial revolution took place in Britain, which refers to the primary... other countries just follow, but the conditions are different...
Chapter completed!