There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 532 Just Make a Deal
Soon, the Qilin Army's vigorous promotion of electricity was known to the court.

As for electric lights, the imperial court has been rushing to them for a long time. Since the electric lights were installed in Rufen Town, the lights are as bright as day at night. The imperial court asked Li Chu for this thing very early, but later due to some reasons, Li Chu gave it to Li Chu. Refused.

The last time when Li Chu took Yang Kang to Tokyo, he exchanged the name of Yang Kang's number one scholar for the construction of a small hydroelectric generator. After all, it is a small generator, and the power it can generate is limited. At most, it was used by several palaces of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty For lighting, 80.00% of the entire imperial city does not have access to electricity. Many concubines who were favored by Song Huizong used various tricks, but Song Huizong did not agree.

Only after using it do we realize the value of electricity.In addition, although Li Chu got them electricity, he didn't leave a maintenance master. They didn't understand this thing, and they couldn't pull the wire to other locations.

This is the case in the entire palace, not to mention outside the palace, what was used before is still used now.

Now, after knowing that the Qilin army is vigorously promoting electricity and the price of electricity is so low, the imperial court is excited.

Finally, it is possible to install lights on Tokyo City.

The cause of this incident was first proposed by a minister in the court who was inclined to enjoyment. After enjoying the bright lights in the hall, it was a bit uncomfortable to see the dark room at night when he returned home. In addition to other reasons, he I have been paying attention to the movement of the Qilin Army, and now I found this, and immediately brought it up in the court.

"Since the Qilin army intends to promote this electric lamp in the south of the Yangtze River, why don't the officials send an imperial decree to ask Li Chu to install this electric lamp in the entire city of Bianjing?"

Therefore, this proposal was quickly responded by the ministers.

Some ministers even proposed the Qilin Army's railway train. Since the Qilin Army has such a sharp weapon, why not directly build a railway from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital, so that the food from the south of the Yangtze River can be transported to Bian continuously and quickly. Beijing, this move will not only alleviate the food crisis in the capital, but also many gadgets from Jiangnan can be transported up immediately.

The minister who proposed the railway may be a foodie. He gave an example, lychees, bananas, and flowers and plants in the south of the Yangtze River.

"If we build the railway from Rufen Town to Bianjing again, wouldn't it be possible to deliver the lychees and bananas from Guangnan within a day?"

litchi?

banana?

Flowers and plants in the south of the Yangtze River?
Song Huizong was tempted.

Just making the whole Bianjing city as bright as day at night, he couldn't bear the excitement in his heart, if the railway was repaired again...

Electricity, everyone supports it wholeheartedly.

However, some people in the DPRK and China are not happy about the railway, and there are many opponents.

These opponents all have one characteristic, that is, there are fields around Bianjing, which are paddy fields.

If the railway is to be built to Kaifeng Prefecture, then the prices in Bianjing will drop drastically, which will affect their interests, so naturally they cannot agree.

However, there are too few voices of opposition after all.

The paddy fields are limited, and this is just a small profit. Many literati value that one day in the south of the Yangtze River.

One day to Jiangnan.

If you can take a train to Jiangnan in one day during vacation, how would it feel...

Hearing that after the construction of the railway, you can travel to the south of the Yangtze River anytime and anywhere. Song Huizong was moved, even excited.

Since ancient times, Emperor Sui Yang built the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in order to make it difficult to go to the south of the Yangtze River, which caused the people to live in dire straits, and various uprisings broke out in the end.Qin Shihuang went to the south of the Yangtze River several times, which was a waste of money and people.To be a virtuous and virtuous king, a holy king naturally cannot be like those previous emperors.

but.

When going south to the south of the Yangtze River is no longer a waste of time and money, you only need to make a train and arrive in less than a day.

When we no longer need so much money to go south to the south of the Yangtze River, so...

Not to mention Song Huizong, even the courtiers below are all moved.

So, the matter of the railway was so happily decided.

Song Huizong issued a decree to Li Chu. Since Li Chu was in Rufen Town, the decree went directly to Ruzhou, and it was delivered to Li Chu within a day.

Do you want to install a light circuit in Biankyo?

sure!
Do you want a railway to be built to Bianjing?
you can!

It is very simple to add the railway to Bianjing.Anyway, the terminus of the Jiangnan Railway is Rufen Town, and it is enough to build another railway directly between Rufen Town and Bianjing City, Kaifeng Prefecture, so that the connection will be established.

If you go directly from Jiangning to Kaifeng and enter Kaifeng Mansion in a straight line, forget it. Li Chu doesn't have so many customized coins.

After all, it’s not too far from Rufen Town to Kaifeng Mansion, it’s very close, and it’s just spending some custom coins to repair a road, not too much custom coins.

Regarding the matter of the railway, Li Chu was afraid that the imperial court would not approve it.

After all, the military status of this thing is too important. Once the railway is built to Kaifeng Mansion and into Bianjing City, does that mean that the train of the Qilin Army can enter Bianjing City at any time?From a military point of view, once the railway is repaired, it means that Bianjing City is always under the threat of the Qilin Army.

Originally, Li Chu was afraid that someone in the court would know about the dangers involved and would not mention it to them.

Now they are the ones who brought it up.

That's right.

I just wanted to make a deal with the court about this matter to see if the court could show any sincerity in exchange.

As for the matter of circuit lamps, Li Chu would also take the initiative to bring up this matter if the court did not take the initiative to mention it.

Now that we have decided to take the road of controlling the emperor to control the world, the future capital will be Kaifeng.

Although he wanted to make Chang'an the capital, that would be a matter for the future, at least during the period when he controlled the emperor to rule the world, the capital would still be Kaifeng.

That being the case, it is inevitable for Kaifeng to lay circuits and power grids, and it is only a matter of time.

Song Huizong took the initiative to mention it, isn't this another bargaining chip for Li Chu?
Anyway, it will be paved and built at that time, so it happens to be used as an excuse at this time.

However, Li Chu did not directly agree, but wrote a note to the little Huangmen who delivered the decree, and asked him to take it back to Song Huizong.

The content in the notebook stated the difficulty of building these two projects and the funds needed for their construction. It means that this project is possible, but it is too difficult. Please forgive Li Chu for not agreeing.

After the booklet was given to Xiaohuangmen, Li Chu continued to return to the yard to accompany Axiu.

In the past month or so, many things have happened in the court.

Tong Guan, who is currently at Yanyun in the northeast, has suffered a big defeat!
After the Jin people learned that Tong Guan had sent troops to Yanyun, Wanyan Aguda also started to act. Regardless of self-cultivation, the army directly sent troops to the Shangjing area to attack the Liao people's Zhongjing Dading Mansion. The Liao people's reinforcements were not enough Defeated by Jin Renren in time, Wanyan Aguda occupied Dading Mansion in Zhongjing.

(End of this chapter)