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Chapter 2029 Tubo? Who cares?

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The team of the delegation stayed in Datong Mansion for a while, and Wuma no longer had the excitement of coming. Everything about the prosperous Song Dynasty in front of him was like a tsunami.

He was too shocked and too humble. He knew that what Renqin Sangbo said was not exaggerated, and what Jiao Siluo said was true. The huge dynasty of the Song Dynasty had surpassed the imagination of the Tubo people.

His strength does not lie in his huge territory or in his large population, but in his completely different spirits in the hearts of the Song people.

The team rolled forward under the escort of Wu Cheng's 800 armored cavalry. Wu Ma felt that his mission had been completed, and he saw what Da Song looked like.

The heads of various Tubo tribes hoped that he could bring back some good news, such as the Song Dynasty was not as powerful as it seemed, and the Jiaosiluo was just afraid of the Song Dynasty.

But in fact, the power of the Song Dynasty was like a mountain. Whether you believe it or not, it was there.

Mountains cannot be changed because of people's ideas. There is no comparison between Tubo and Song Dynasty. The people of Song Dynasty did not even care about the war in Tubo, but thought about how to make money.

In the words of the Song people, I have to worry about how to earn more money every day. Who has the time to take care of the Tubo people? If he has the ability, he will fight. Let’s see if I, the Song Dynasty, is as easy to bully as the late Tang Dynasty?!

This is the attitude of the Song people towards Tubo, an attitude that they had no time to pay attention to...

What's even more terrible is that the Song people naturally felt that Tubo would eventually become a part of the Song Dynasty, just like the Western Xia and the Liao Dynasty, they would eventually become the land of the Song Dynasty.

Wuma felt that his only remaining faith had disappeared, and she felt this way just in Datong Mansion, not to mention what would happen after Shendu City.

If my faith had disappeared before, now my whole body's energy and spirit would have disappeared without a trace.

Woo.........bang, clang, clang.........

The entire mission stopped and stared at the giant beast with white smoke. The train appeared on the edge of the official road. It was a train leading to the Shendu City.

All the Tubo people were stunned by the mythical monster in front of them. They had heard of the train when they were in Datong Mansion. At that time, each of them was sneered by the description of the Song people.

What monster can eat carbon stone and emit white smoke, and pull it day and night, let alone pulling it tens of thousands of pounds of goods?

Not to mention being able to catch a horse, even being able to catch a ox cart is considered awesome!

But now, the myth has become a reality, and it is right in front of him. I have to believe that Wuma's hand holding the horse whip is constantly trembling. He finally knows why the Song Dynasty made such a rapid progress.

With this thing, goods from the south and goods from the north can be communicated with the fastest. With this thing, the north no longer has to worry about not having enough food.

Like the Han family, Tubo often encounters disasters. Like the Han family, it is not that there is not enough food to eat, but that the grain output is uneven. Some places have good harvests, and they cannot eat food, and even are harmed by insects and rats. In some places, rats are starved to death.

The main reason is that inconvenient transportation is that transporting grain from one place to another requires a large amount of personnel and losses. Ten thousand kilograms of grain will be consumed by nearly half of the people transported on the road!

When a group of victims arrived at the destination, they were just a drop in the bucket. Why did they still lack food after the train in the Song Dynasty?

Less than a hundred people can transport food from the south to the north, and the train can successfully arrive day and night in just a few days.

Wu Cheng rode on the horse and smiled silently at Wu Ma next to him. This scene was not new. Almost every person from the outside who saw the train had this expression. Even the emperor of India claimed that when he first saw the train, it should be a monster that walked out of hell.

What monster! It’s just something made by the craftsmen of the Geju Academy with iron tools. The principle is very simple. It is a teapot theory known to all the people of the Song Dynasty. I heard that this is the official Qige Academy of Geju Academy.

The train came and went quickly. When the long train disappeared at the end of the road, Wu Cheng urged Wuma: "Empress, this is my Song Dynasty train. I'm not very curious. You should hurry up and arrive at Shendu City in fifty miles. It's not too early. When you arrive at Shendu, you still need to ask the Honglu Temple for the placement of the Guanshi, otherwise the officials of Honglu Temple will be in trouble."

Wuma, who came back to her senses, nodded and said with a loss: "General Wu, how many trains are there?"

Wu Cheng was stunned for a moment and laughed and said, "How can I know this? I have dozens of railways in the Song Dynasty, and the trains are endless day and night. I don't know the distance at a stop. I'm afraid that only the Road Chief Yuan will know! You'd better get on the road early!"

"I don't know what? I don't know how much?"

Wuma kept muttering and subconsciously waved his whip to the road. His heart was filled with a question. Since the train could transport food and goods, it could also transport weapons and armor...

After looking at the dense rails on the ground, Wuma felt a little relieved. The train costs a lot, not the train itself but the railway tracks on these grounds.

The territory of the Song Dynasty was vast. How many railways were needed for such a long road? How much steel was needed? How much manpower and material resources were needed?

Forging these rails is not easy. Looking at these well-made rails, Wuma used the simplest common sense on the grassland to speculate.

In his opinion, forging these steels requires a lot of manpower, as well as ore and charcoal?

However, he did not know that many industries in the Song Dynasty had begun to form industrial chains, which was a terrible existence that emerged under the operation of capital.

When the industrial chain emerges, it means that the demand for ore mining and forging will lead to more technological innovation and more large-scale mining and construction.

The railway tracks of the Song Dynasty were not only laid by the imperial court, but also a large number of merchants and even local prefectures participated.

What Zhao Zhen is best at is maximizing interests. The more interest groups involved, the easier it is to achieve goals. Relying on the court alone to do anything will often fail because of touching other interest groups.

A "good teacher" in history. The failure of the Song Dynasty reforms was caused by the failure of reformers and emperors. In the end, not only was the reform unable to continue, but the measures to save the country were also said to be a tyranny that harmed the people.

At present, the reforms of the Song Dynasty were all encouraging everyone, not only winning over the former generals and civil officials, but also winning over the people.

After the reform, farmers became the biggest beneficiaries because the agricultural tax was abolished, which was a benevolent government that had never appeared in thousands of years. For this alone, the word "benevolence" would always shine on Zhao Zhen's head.

But in fact, the merchants who received the most benefit were the merchants, including royal families and generals, and even some civil officials.

How can reform fail when most people become beneficiaries?
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