Chapter 543: This Ming Dynasty is the Real Prosperity
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The train roared with thick black smoke as it raced through the mountains of Araucanía. Although it was April, it was autumn in the southern hemisphere. A slightly cool wind blew into the carriage from the window, which made the train feel uncomfortable.
It makes people feel relaxed and happy.
The railway from Linhai to Nanhua was laid along the Central Valley. The railway first passed through the coastal mountains on the west coast, passed through the vast and hilly Central Valley, and entered the Andes Mountains on the east side. This railway took almost four years to complete.
Declared completed, this Pacific Railway has become the lifeline of South China since its completion - immigration ships can reach Linhai directly through the Pacific Ocean, and then transport immigrants to various places in South China by train. In fact, in the past few years,
Here, South China builds an average of more than 1,500 kilometers of railways every year. The vast Pampas prairie has been railwayized. Along the railway, collective farms stand on the grassland. Immigrants have built a large number of irrigation projects on the grassland.
——Dams, aqueducts, reservoirs and hundreds of drainage and irrigation stations using steam pumps have reclaimed tens of millions of acres of fertile farmland.
All of this was unfamiliar to Rong Hong, Li Jingfang and their entourage who had just arrived in Ming Dynasty. After the train passed through the thrilling "Devil's Nose" and exited the Andes Mountains, they were greeted by the endless "New Summer Plains"
That is to say, the Pampas prairie appeared before their eyes, and everything they saw was green.
The sheep in the distance dotted the grassland like white clouds in the sky. Further on, the grassland turned yellow - the golden color of wheat. The water surface of the artificial river was sparkling, and the banks of the river were covered with willow trees.
Waiting for the woods.
In the agricultural planning of the Ming Dynasty, although the basic principles of planting along the river were formulated, in order to preserve water and soil, not only was the basic principle of prohibiting reclamation within 500 meters of both sides of the river, but also a 200-meter prohibition of reclamation was planned on both sides of the artificial river used for irrigation.
At the same time, planners intend to set up a "landscape belt" along the river as a place for people's leisure and entertainment. Not only are there flowers, plants and trees on both sides of the river, but there are also a small number of pavilions and pavilions on the river banks near some cities, including riverside parks.
To some extent, this is the characteristic of Ming Dynasty.
Although he had never been to Daming, the rivers he saw along the way seemed to have been deliberately renovated. After discovering this, Rong Hong was a little curious.
"I didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would have such a leisurely atmosphere."
Looking at the scenery on the bank of the river outside the car, Rong Hong secretly admired in his heart that such scenery could not be seen in the Qing Dynasty. Perhaps there were countless scenic spots in the Qing Dynasty. However, those desolate and dilapidated towns could never be seen.
Compared with what we see here, wherever we pass along the way, the buildings are regular, the roads are flat, and the villages and streets are tidy.
"Perhaps, this is the real weather of China..."
For some reason, Rong Hong had such a thought in his heart. This thought made him panic for no reason. He even glanced at the eldest son with a little worry, and saw that the eldest son was immersed in the scenery outside the car.
In the middle, notice him there.
so far so good.
You may not be able to think like this in the future.
Rong Hong reminded himself secretly in his heart. However, along the way, his heart could not be calm for a long time, especially when he saw the peaceful and prosperous world in front of him, which was like a paradise.
It is always inevitable to have random thoughts and think about things that you shouldn't think about.
Two days later, when the train approached Nanyuan, the largest steel industrial zone in Ming Dynasty, the scene before their eyes changed drastically. Towering chimneys spewed black smoke. This industrial zone not only had many chimneys,
, and there are more than a dozen tall iron-making blast furnaces. The thick black and white smoke almost obscures the sky. Even when the train passes by, a strong smell of rotten eggs can be smelled in the air. This coking produces
When the strange smell rushed into Rong Hong's nose, it only made him cough repeatedly, and he quickly covered his nose to hold in his breath.
"Mr. Rong, this is what industrialization looks like!"
Li Jingfang looked at this magnificent industrial area. Not only was he not choked by the smell of rotten eggs, it was the smell produced when coal was used to refine coke in the coking plant.
He even took a deep breath, then closed his eyes to feel all this, and then stared outside the car and said.
"One day, there will definitely be scenes like this outside Xuzhou City, Mr. Rong."
In fact, there are similar factories from Xuzhou to Haizhou. The Liguoyi Iron Factory in the north of Xuzhou is also magnificent. The iron factory founded by Zhao Tianfeng produces nearly 100,000 tons of wrought iron every year. I don’t know how many people are watching the iron factory.
Later generations once lamented: In the eastern half of the earth, within Asia and outside China, there are no such iron factories.
Xuzhou Manufacturing Bureau and Haizhou Shipyard are both first-class factories in Asia in terms of scale. Together with Lieshan Coal Mine, Xuzhou Textile Bureau, Telegraph Bureau, Railway Bureau and China Merchants Shipping Bureau and other Westernization enterprises, in the past few years,
During the 1970s, under the pressure of war, Governor Li's Western Affairs Office became larger and further advanced than ever before.
There is nothing else, because the Kingdom of Heaven goes further - the ironworks and shipyards near Nanjing are also huge, and they even employ managers and engineers from Nanhua. Under the pressure of the Kingdom of Heaven, even many conservatives in the DPRK criticized Li
The governor and the court did not dare to criticize too much. After all, if Governor Li could not stop the Kingdom of Heaven, the Aixinjueluo family would lose the world.
However, even so, the scale was far less than one-tenth of that of the Ming Dynasty. Facing the industrial atmosphere, Li Jingfang was hit by an unprecedented impact. As the son of the governor, he had more to think about.
But what are you thinking about more?
Of course - if the people of Ming Dynasty could do it, they can do it too.
In the morning of the next day, the train finally entered the territory of Nanhua. When the train slowed down and entered the station, the conductor accompanying the train shouted:
"South China East Station has arrived! The terminal station has arrived..."
Finally, we arrived in Nanhua. Although before that, when the number of buildings outside the train increased, Li Jingfang and the others knew that they had entered Nanhua, but now when they were about to get off the train, they still felt a little excited.
Passengers poured out of the car like a tide, and Rong Hong and his party also got off the car among the crowd. However, the employee of the American Company who was responsible for receiving them did not let them leave with the passengers.
"Mr. Rong, let's take another passage."
It has to be said that privileges are everywhere no matter where you are. When ordinary passengers left the train station along the crowded exit, more than a hundred members of the Liuming Children's Group of the Qing Dynasty had already passed through the special passage