Wentang

Chapter 737

Weishui River Wharf, because of the opening of the train, there is a trend of developing from the wharf to a comprehensive city.More and more shops were built around the train station, and matching residential areas naturally appeared.

According to the normal law of development, the birth of a new thing will always bring a period of inadaptation, and even partial chaos.

Until the government realizes this problem and sends people to sort out and summarize the experience, there will be traces to follow when similar things happen in the future.

At the beginning of the founding of the country in the previous life, due to lack of experience in infrastructure construction, there were many such pains.Moreover, due to the overly conservative expectations for the future, the lack of forward-looking infrastructure has brought huge troubles for subsequent expansion.

The most typical example is urban road planning. 30 years ago, everyone felt that four-lane traffic was too extravagant, causing a lot of waste.Many people even criticized the government in newspapers.

However, more than ten years later, everyone found that the four-lane road was still too conservative, and all eight lanes were blocked.

Faced with this situation, you are helpless, what should you do?When the city was planned, only four lanes were left, and there was no room for expansion.We can't demolish all the houses on both sides of the road.

I can only think of various ways to patch and make do with it.

Many places are constantly demolished, because the renovation of old buildings has also caused huge social conflicts.Of course, there are elements of evil capitalists in this, but in essence, they still pay for the short-sightedness decades ago.

But experience is slowly accumulated through practice. After a few decades, China will lead the world in the long-term planning of infrastructure.

For example, a certain place suddenly has an extra entrance and exit of a subway station in the wilderness, and it has been placed like this for many years, so that people may misunderstand that it was deliberately created by someone to make money.

However, if the timeline is extended by ten years, you will find that there are already tall buildings here, and the subway station that was considered a money grab ten years ago has become the most important transportation hub.

Later, as there were more and more such examples, everyone realized that our country's infrastructure planning had been seen decades later.

The seemingly useless infrastructure now is for ten or even twenty or thirty years from now.

The train is a brand new thing for Datang, and no one knows how to deal with the changes it brings, so they can only grope slowly.

Fortunately, there is Yue Shan, a traveler. Although he was not an official in his previous life and didn't know much about it, he knows that trains will inevitably lead to the rise of a large number of hub cities.

Weishui Wharf is likely to be the first place in the world to rise because of the railway station.So he reminded Li Shimin early on to take countermeasures in advance.

Li Shimin attached great importance to his opinion, and transferred Songjiang Changshi Jia Yizhang to serve as the Wannian county magistrate, saying that the county magistrate was actually only in charge of the one-third of an acre of land around the Weishui Wharf.

Jia Yizhang was the magistrate of Bohai County in Dizhou at first. Because he was an outsider, he was ostracized by his subordinates to become a villain. Later, Yueshan went to Dizhou to reuse him.

He also participated in the initial construction of Dizhou throughout the whole process. Later, the imperial court built a Shencheng in the south of the Yangtze River, so he was transferred there.

He is one of the few officials in the Tang Dynasty who participated in the construction of Dizhou and Shencheng.Just because of the lack of background, the ability is indeed not outstanding enough, the official luck has not been very good.

Later, the imperial court cut the developed Shencheng from Hangzhou and established Songjiang Prefecture. Because of his merits and qualifications, he became the long history of Songjiang.

This time the imperial court wanted to find someone to manage the Weishui Wharf, but it really wasted a lot of thought.

No way, this position is too embarrassing.

Strictly speaking, Weishui is under the jurisdiction of Wannian County, and Weishui Wharf is just a town under the jurisdiction of Wannian County.

Find a person with a high position to come over to subdue his talents, and find a person with a low position may not be able to hold the place.Moreover, the officials transferred must be capable, otherwise it would be meaningless to transfer him.

It is best to be someone who is not high or low, has good ability and is willing to do practical things in a down-to-earth manner, and it is best to be someone who has been exposed to new things or has a strong ability to accept new things.

And the relationship between this person and Yue Shan can't be too close.

It is too difficult to find people who meet these standards. In this era, anyone who meets this standard is either a general of the Yue family or a newcomer cultivated by their faction.The staff of the official department almost plucked all their hair before they found Jia Yizhang.

This person meets the standard, the only shortcoming is that he has a background in Dizhou.

But fortunately, he was transferred from Dizhou earlier, and he had little contact with Yueshan after that, and he didn't even try to give gifts to Yueshan's house during the holidays.

After comprehensive consideration, Li Shimin decided on this candidate, and a decree transferred him to Gyeonggi to serve as Wannian county magistrate.

For Jia Yizhang, this is also a huge leap, directly stepping from the ranks of local officials to the ranks of Beijing officials.Although he was only in charge of the small area of ​​Weishui Wharf, he was very satisfied.

As for why the Wannian county magistrate was appointed, because the Weishui River is within Wannian territory, and the Weishui Wharf is under the management of Wannian County.

Jia Yizhang knew that the opportunity was rare, so he carried out drastic reforms after taking office.

He is very clear that the advantage of Weishui Wharf is transportation, so he should maximize this advantage.The Weishui Wharf was re-planned, and a large number of warehouses were built around it to facilitate the storage of goods.

Planning has also been carried out around the railway station, business district, residential district, labor market and so on.

Having personally participated in the Dizhou and Shencheng plans, he knows very well that sometimes as long as the imperial court sets a good standard, the rest of the common people and businessmen will spontaneously improve it. This is the case now.

After he planned everything, businessmen from all over the place spontaneously built everything in the planned circle.

It can be said that the Weishui Wharf has changed three times a day, and in the past few months, it has taken the initial shape of the city, which is still a fully open city without city walls.

Early this morning, Jia Yizhang came to the Weishui Wharf in person and asked someone to set aside a passage on land and water.

People who often come and go on this route know that it is either for the travel of noble people or for other important purposes, so they consciously avoid this route.

At ten o'clock in the morning, three inland warships appeared on the water and docked at the pier along the reserved channel.

In addition to the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, there were also a group of aliens in strange costumes who got off the boat.

Jia Yizhang didn't go directly to meet him, but stood in the distance.

"Xian Cheng, is this the Tubo envoy?" a subordinate asked.

"Looking at the clothes, it should be." Jia Yizhang said.

"Aren't you going to see it?"

"I won't go, I'm just a group of people begging for mercy. The court even told me what to do as a county magistrate."

"That's right, but it's not good if we don't go to people, why don't I go and have a look."

"Well, you can go and have a look, lest they offend the people without etiquette, and send them on the train by the way."

After the agreement was made, the official greeted him unhurriedly.

It was the envoys from Tubo who came, led by the famous historical figure Gal Dongzan, but everyone prefers to call him Lu Dongzan.

Originally, he thought that Datang would at least send a high-ranking official to greet him when he was on a mission.Who knew that after disembarking from the boat, no one was greeted after waiting for a long time, and it took a long time for someone to come, still in green clothes.

Based on his understanding of the Tang Dynasty, the eighth and ninth grades are wearing green clothes.It can be regarded as a humiliation to send such a low-level official over.

He was very angry in his heart, and the entourage at the back were also excited when they saw this situation, and many people clamored to go back.He himself wished he could turn his head and leave without getting angry.

But thinking of the domestic situation, he had to swallow this breath forcefully.

After spending a lot of effort to appease his subordinates, he squeezed out a few smiles and negotiated with the officials who greeted him, and finally embarked on the road to the next stop under the guidance of the officials.

On the way, he had been observing the situation at the pier, and was amazed by the prosperity here.The large and small ships that cover the river for tens of miles, the piles of goods piled up like mountains, and the crowds crowded shoulder to shoulder... these are all symbols of strength.

Along the way, he didn't see the slightest trace of war.From the moment he entered the territory of Datang, what he saw was the scene of living and working in peace and contentment, and what he saw was the large-scale construction going on everywhere.

While Datang is fighting everywhere, the country has been recuperating. These two seemingly contradictory things miraculously exist in Datang at the same time.

This made him feel particularly heavy, because it meant that Datang didn't try his best at all, and even swept away all the enemies with only three to five minutes of effort.

Terrible, terrible.

However, he soon discovered that his conclusion was still too early.

Under the guidance of the official in green clothes, they boarded something called a train.What is this?He knew about cars, but this was the first time he had heard of trains.Can it run like a car?

But how many oxen and horses would it take to move such a big cart? The problem was that he didn't see any oxen or horses.

He couldn't figure out what these Tang people were doing.

While waiting to set off, he looked out the window and saw that someone outside was loading countless goods into the back compartment.

When he was pedaling just now, he counted that there were twenty compartments of that kind.It will be a huge quantity if loaded with goods.

At this moment, his heart became uneasy. Could this so-called train take away so many goods at once?This is no longer as simple as being scary.

The more you are afraid of something, the more something will come.

From the clock in the carriage, he knew that an hour had passed. At this moment, there was a deafening gong sound outside, accompanied by loud shouts.

"The train will leave in 15 minutes, everyone evacuates as soon as possible."

With the sound of shouting, the people who were still around the train just now ran away from the distance.

Lu Dongzan's heart suddenly thumped, this train can't really run, can it?His mood is very complicated, he wants it to run, to see this spectacle with his own eyes, and he is afraid of it to run.

However, no matter what he thinks, the fact will not change.

The sound of "rumbling" sounded, and soon a whistle sounded, and the train began to move with the sound of "besides".

Looking at the receding scenery outside the window, Lu Dongzan's heart also sank to the bottom of the abyss. The car loaded with hundreds of people and countless goods really moved.

And the speed is getting faster and faster. At the fastest time, he felt that he surpassed the war horse.

At this moment, there were only two words in his mind, monster.

If it wasn't a monster, what kind of power could make this car run.

In fact, he knew very well that this could not be a monster, but that Datang had mastered a magical thing that could drive such a huge car body.

But at this moment, he would rather this thing be a monster.Because monsters cannot be copied, tools can.If Datang has more tools like this, the consequences...

He was not the only one who realized this problem, many people accompanying him thought of it, and everyone's faces became uglier than one.

Halfway through the walk, they saw another long train coming from the opposite side, and quickly passed by.This confirms one thing, there is not only one train, but many quantities.

Has Datang actually become so strong?What can Tubo use to compete with them.

The conversation with Zamp before the trip came to his mind:
Songtsan Gampo: "You are Tubo Xiaolun (Deputy Prime Minister), and you are very clear about the situation we are facing. We are fearless in the military. The Tang Dynasty United Baoji and Xiangxiong also have nothing to do with us, but the national strength can no longer support us to continue fighting .”

"If we can't end this war as soon as possible to recuperate, and we don't need foreign enemies to come over, we will collapse first."

"Now the initiative of the war is in the hands of the Tang people, and the people who decide whether to fight or make peace are thousands of miles away in Yong'an Palace in Chang'an City."

"This trip to the Tang Dynasty, we must do everything possible to persuade the Tang monarchs and ministers to stop this war."

Lu Dongzan: "I'm afraid the emperor and ministers of the Tang Dynasty will not agree easily."

Songtsan Gampo: "At all costs, you can pay tribute, you can even send protons to Chang'an, as long as this war can be stopped."

Lu Dongzan: "I swear to die to complete the mission."

At the beginning, he was full of confidence, and he conceived several plans, which dignitaries should be lobbied, how to persuade the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, and so on.

But as they gradually penetrated into the inland of the Tang Dynasty, this kind of confidence became less and less.At the moment of seeing the train, all confidence crumbled.

He didn't know what reason to use to persuade such a powerful Datang to cease fighting.

Is it unrighteous for the Tang master to conquer other countries without a name, and will he be punished?The Tang Dynasty also has enemies, aren't we afraid to push us into a hurry?The war is also depleting the national power of the Tang Dynasty, which is not good for both sides?
These reasons have become a joke in the face of a strong national power.

Moreover, Datang also has an extremely powerful artifact of war, artillery.No one dares to one of its power, Goguryeo is the ironclad proof.

Strong national power combined with powerful weapons... The deeper you understand Datang's strength, the more desperate you become.

I don't know when the train stopped, Lu Dongzan looked up at the clock, only four or ten minutes had passed.

He has studied everything about Datang, and he knows that the distance from Weishui Wharf to Chang'an is only sixty or seventy miles.

In other words, this thing called a train traveled sixty to seventy miles in only four to ten minutes. This speed made him close his eyes in pain, who was already a little desperate.

Zamp, I may disappoint you this time.

(End of this chapter)