Cui Tao bought real estate in an alley near the Governor's Mansion, and Cui Ruoyun also moved to Shazhou with his younger brother.
But King Jianning was also afraid that Cui Ruoyun's experiments would take away the governor's office, so he built a special laboratory for Cui Ruoyun outside the city.
It was rare that both siblings were at home. When Cui Tao saw his sister, he immediately said: "Sister, how can you submit a letter to build the railway? Can you repair it?"
Cui Ruoyun looked at her younger brother and said, "Why can't it be built? I have already discussed it in the advice of Prince Ning of Guijian. The railway plays a great role, and the current technical difficulties in its construction are not great. It can be built."
"I know what you said is technically feasible. The second phase of the iron plant of Dashuixia Iron Mine is also under construction. It is also possible to repair while smelting iron. But what I am talking about is not the technical level, but the railway construction project.
Feasibility!”
Cui Tao said: "Sister, do you know that in many small countries in the Western Region, iron and copper are the materials for making coins? If you put rails on the road, isn't it the same as putting money on the road? Can no one steal the rails?
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"The distance from Shazhou City to Guazhou City is not very close. We can't send people to patrol such a long distance every day, right? How high will the cost be?"
"And how much material transportation can be done between Shazhou and Guazhou now? Can the railway you are building now pay for itself?"
King Jianning put aside the debate between the northward faction and the westward faction, but launched the railway plan that wasted people and money, which made Cui Tao very depressed.
So as soon as I got home today, I mustered up the courage to quarrel with my sister Cui Ruoyun.
Cui Ruoyun watched her brother finish speaking, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the first time you resisted me was in a game."
Only then did Cui Tao remember the terror of this sister, and he quickly lowered his head.
Cui Ruoyun came over and patted Cui Tao on the shoulder and said, "My brother who only cried before has grown up."
Cui Ruoyun pulled up the chair and sat down and said: "I know these problems mentioned. Stealing railway tracks happens in the real world to this day. No matter how low the price of iron is, someone will still steal it."
"And our old friend Pakistan Railways, do you know how many meters of railway tracks are stolen in Pakistan every year?"
Cui Tao shook his head, "But considering the private demand for steel in Pakistan, this is probably not a small amount."
Cui Ruoyun continued: "You are right. There are only tens of thousands of residents in Shazhou and Guazhou, and there is no transportation demand for railway construction."
Cui Tao looked at his sister in confusion. He originally thought that Cui Ruoyun was a simple technology geek and was interested in science and technology, but he didn't expect that she had already considered the questions he asked.
Cui Ruoyun added: "I have told King Jianning in person about these practical difficulties. It is absolutely impossible to recover the cost of building a railway between Shazhou and Guazhou."
"Then why repair it?"
Cui Ruoyun shook her head and said: "How many railways in the world do you think are profitable? The East-West Railway in America has deserted towns along the way. How much money do you think it can make?"
Cui Tao also fell silent. In this way, it is really difficult to make back the money on railway construction.
Even the capital-led American railways suffered huge losses at the beginning, and many railways were not profitable until the builders died.
Cui Tao asked doubtfully: "Then why do you need to practice?"
Cui Ruoyun said: "Industrial Enlightenment."
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"You all know that the steam engine is the mother of industry. In fact, the sign that a country has truly entered the industrial age is the large-scale construction of railways."
Cui Tao was stunned for a moment, it seemed that what Cui Ruoyun said made sense.
Both the United States and our country began to enter industrial countries through large-scale construction of railways.
The railways built by the colonists and warlords before the founding of the People's Republic of China are not included. The railway mileage is too short.
The real large-scale construction of railways really took place before the rise of industrialization in the country.
Cui Ruoyun said: "If you look at industrial history, you will know that railways are the engine of heavy industry. To build railways, we need to develop car-making technology and steam technology. These are currently the most advanced technologies."
"Railroads need lower-cost steel, which requires the development of smelting technology."
"Building railways is a national project and requires mobilizing a large number of railway workers, which also trains a large number of workers."
"A country that can build railways means that it has complete basic industrial categories."
"The problems we encountered when building railways are the same problems we will encounter when developing industry in the future. In this world, we can cross the river without an eagle, because Datang is the most advanced country in the world!"
Cui Ruoyun's words silenced Cui Tao. The more he "played" this "game", the more Cui Tao realized that development was not easy.
Even for players who have cheated, it is extremely difficult to reproduce a certain technology or carry out a certain reform in this world.
And as Cui Ruoyun said, developing industry cannot rely solely on players.
It is impossible for the player to work long hours in the ironworks, and it is impossible for the player to drive to and from Shazhou and Guazhou every day.
These boring, but very important positions need to be filled by indigenous people.
To train these workers requires the enlightenment of industrial ideas and the running-in of a large-scale project.
Cui Tao also had the idea that if he wanted to change the current situation of Datang, he would ultimately have to rely on the people of Datang.
In Jiangling Mansion, an old man with a white beard licked his pen with his tongue.
The two eunuchs beside him were holding brocade silk. After scratching his head and ears for a long time, the old man took another sip of wine.
Then he splashed his ink and read the poem while writing:
The barbarians in the north of Sanchuan are in chaos, and the south of the sea is like Yongjia.
But use Dongshan to thank Anshi and chat and laugh for you to calm Husha.
Sitting on the flagship throne, King Yong put his palms in his hands and said happily: "Okay!"
Xue Yu, a close aide of King Yong, could not help but praise: "What a poem! Taibai is really a poet!"
Then Xue Yu paid homage to King Yong and said: "Your Highness, the current turmoil in Sanchuan is still ongoing, and the officials and people in the two capitals are fleeing, just like the troubled times in Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty. Your Highness is far more intelligent than Xie An, and this time the water-throwing division will surely succeed in the northern expedition."
Go straight to the rebels’ home base and put down the rebellion!”
King Yong laughed again, and first gave gold to Li Bai, who composed the poem, and then said:
"This time, I am entrusting you with the imperial edict to command the lonely king to rule the four states in the south of the Yangtze River. Wen Youqianlang, Li Taiqing, and Wei Zichun are the counselors. Wu Youhun Weiming, Ji Guangchen, and Gao Xianqi are the generals. There are also poets such as Taibai who sing and cheer for our army.
! If civil servants and generals serve their lives, why worry that the world cannot be peaceful!"
Staff officer Xue Yu nodded one after another.
King Yong said again: "When the lonely king arrives in the south of the Yangtze River, he recruits hundreds of thousands of troops and goes north, and the land east of the river can be recovered! When the time comes, the emperor's brother attacks Xijing, and the lonely king attacks the eastern capital, and the rebellion of An and the traitors can be put down!"
At this time, the fleet entered a gentle river bend, and the soldiers on the shore immediately drove the captured civilians to pull the tugboat.
The ropes cut the thin shoulders of these poor people into bloody flesh, and the soldiers continued to yell and urge.
The trackers who were so tired that they fainted were thrown into the river by the soldiers. The emperor's flagship, the king's general, ate the food, while the conscripts on the shore were turned into bones.