In the morning, Yuwen Wen, who came back from Sanchao, was quite happy. He didn't even change his court uniform. He held the newspaper published today in his hand and kept boasting about "Huangzhou Speed". However, this kind of flattery was just "boasting", because there were not many listeners at all.

"Secretary on duty this month" Yang Lihua changed his clothes for Yuwen Wen. When she saw this person, she felt funny: "What's wrong with Erlang? His tail is raised."

No one dared to say that the emperor "tail raised up", but the concubines can do it, because Yuwen Wen didn't mind joking with his family, so he followed the topic and said: "Hmph, what's the tail raised up? The younger ones performed well, and the king of the big one ('with' pronunciation) was happy!"

Yuwen Wen hummed and waved the newspaper, almost hitting Yang Lihua in the face.

"The Huangbo Line is connected, and the first train is loaded with thousands of passengers. It departs from Xiyang, Huangzhou, travels day and night. It took twenty hours to take the railway that is 900 miles apart. There are stops at small stations along the way, with an average operating speed of 45 miles per hour."

"The extension line runs from Huai River through Woyang to Xiaohuang, Bozhou. It has a total journey of 300 miles and is completed and opened to traffic in one year. Look, look, this is the speed of Huangzhou. The iron production of Daye Iron Manufacturing Institute is not a blow!"

Yang Lihua finished changing clothes for Yuwen Wen. Seeing that she couldn't help bragging, she was like a child who had achieved good grades to show off to her parents, so she pinched a biscuit from the food box and shook it in front of Yuwen Wen.

Seeing the other party shook her head, she put down the cookies and asked, "Didn't you know this news last night? Why did Erlang be so happy today that he couldn't even close his mouth?"

"Two things, two things, I was happy last night, that was just having fun; today is to be publicly advertised, everyone knows that was everyone having fun." After Yuwen Wen finished speaking, he signaled Yang to sit beside him and spread out the map on the desk.

"This is not easy. The Huang Railway has already extended to the south bank of the Huai River, but to cross the river to Xiaohuang, Bozhou, we must first build the Huai River Railway Bridge. This is a technical problem because the piers are not easy to repair."

"You know Huai River. The river flow is large and it is endless all year round. It is not easy to drive piles in such a deep river. If you want to build a large bridge pier that can withstand huge weight, it will be even more difficult."

"Do you know Fushanyan? In the Liang Dynasty, in order to return water to irrigate the Shouyang City of Wei Kingdom, Liang's army built a dam downstream of the Huai River in Shouyang. It was for Fushanyan. As a result, tens of millions of kilograms of iron were spent, and countless people could not handle it. It can be seen that the flow of Huai River is so large."

"Although repairing bridge piers and river dams are not the same as repairing river dams and the difficulty is different, the rapid river water has a great impact on the construction of the construction team."

Yuwen Wen became more and more excited as he spoke. Yang Lihua wanted to get out of here on excuses but could not, so she could only listen honestly.

"There is no pile that is impossible for steam pile drivers. If there is one, then one more one!"

"Rely on steam pile driving ships, we drive piles to the bottom of the Huaishui River, penetrate the sand layer, and reach the rock foundation, one, two, four, many, and finally we put together, and we will be a bracket, then put a large iron tube, penetrate the bottom of the river, drain the river water in the tube, and then inject cement and stones."

"This is an amazing new technology. It first appeared in Xiyang. After more than ten years of improvement, many bridges have been built in Jinghu. Therefore, the technology has matured and it is time to use it on the Huai River Railway Bridge."

"The Huai River Railway Bridge is just one of them, and the railway from Pengcheng, Xuzhou to Suiyang will be opened to traffic soon. In the future, the railway bridge across Tongji Canal will also be built using this method."

"Suiyang is north of Xiaohuang. Do you know why the railway from Pengcheng to Suiyang in Xuzhou is built instead of connecting Pengcheng and Xiaohuang by railway? Why does Xiaohuang have an additional railway to Suiyang?"

Of course Yang Lihua knew why, because Yuwen Wen had been talking about it before, but now he pretended not to know: "I don't know..."

Yuwen Wen drank a cup of tea and began to show off again: "Hmph, Suiyang is a commercial port on Tongji Canal. Xuzhou travels west to Suiyang, and then west, all the way west, Bianzhou Kaifeng, Yingzhou Yingyang, and Luozhou Luoyang. This railway is amazing in the future. It can be said to be a horizontal line that runs across the Central Plains."

"At that time, people and goods will board the train from Haizhou on the coast of the East China Sea, and all the way, "and, let alone,"...... What a spectacular journey it would be to pass Suiyang, Yingyang, Luoyang, Chang'an and directly to Longyou?"

Yang Lihua asked knowingly: "But isn't this railway expected to take decades to build?"

"Well, I'm afraid I can't see you and I have a lifetime, but isn't it worth having a good start?"

Yuwen Wen's excitement did not dissipate so quickly, because good news came one after another.

Since the train made breakthrough progress last year, the court began to plan to build railways, but the financial resources were limited, so we could only make a long-term plan and take it slowly.

However, the people are very interested in building railways.

The court wanted railways, but had no money; private investors wanted railways, but had money, but had no power.

Yuwen Wen decided to handle the special matters and promised preferential policies of "ten-year transfer of the right to road" (ten-year profits of railways) to stimulate "investors" to invest enthusiastically.

After some operation, several railway investment agencies that "official supervision and business office" were quickly established, raising a large amount of private capital (money and grain) and injected them into a promising large-scale project of railway construction at a total amount of several times the "principal" earned by the court.

So, three railways broke ground last summer and autumn, and now they have achieved results.

Railway 1, based on the Ezhou Daye Iron Manufacturing Institute, extends the existing Guanghuang Railway northward (crossing the Huai River) to Xiaohuang, Bozhou, with a total length of 300 miles and is completed and opened to traffic recently.

Railway 2, based on the Xuzhou Liguo Ironmaking Institute and other iron smelting as the auxiliary, built Pengcheng from Bozhou Suiyang Railway, with a total length of 300 miles and is expected to be completed and opened to traffic by the end of the year.

Railway III is built with the Wuyang Iron Manufacturing Institute of Xuzhou and other iron smelting as the auxiliary. The railway from Yecheng to Yingyang is 300 miles long and is expected to be completed and opened to traffic by the end of the year.

At the same time, after a year of preparation, the Guanzhong Railway began to be built.

Starting next year, it will take about two years to connect Xiaohuang and Suiyang in Bozhou by railway (120 miles), Luoyang and Yingyang by railway (80 miles), and Xuzhou Pengcheng and Haizhou Qucheng by railway (400 miles).

At that time, in conjunction with the Tongji Canal, a "T-shaped" water and land transportation network that runs across Henan (including the Qingqi land) and connects Henan to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River will take shape.

The court had no financial resources to build this T-shaped water and land transportation network, but relied on the method of "official supervision and business" to mobilize the civilian forces to build this "net".

The price is to transfer the "right of way" for ten years.

Similarly, the construction of Guanzhong Railway has received active investment from the powerful, wealthy and wealthy merchants. Therefore, even if there is no large-scale iron making facilities in Guanzhong to make rails, Guanzhong Railway can still obtain sufficient iron materials from large and small iron smelting to lay rails.

At the same time, relying on the "official supervision and business office" to pull the telegram line, convenient telegram communication can be achieved without increasing the financial burden.

what does that mean?

It means that the court has gained everyone's recognition. Whether it is officials, big households and wealthy merchants in various places, they are willing to "invest" "big projects" led by the court. This recognition is actually the allegiance of various interest groups to another situation in the court.

This is also the recognition of the achievements of Yuwen Wen's 20 years of administration.

So, how could he be unhappy?

Yang Lihua was still a little puzzled about this: "Is it too... too..."
Chapter completed!