The curfew in the Northern Song Dynasty is not just talking, every square market needs to be locked, it cannot be said that there is no connection at all, but from one square to another, you need to open the door.

With Ye Qingchen's identity, of course, it is impossible to be stopped, but the necessary pause is still required, and in such a stop-and-go process, Ye Qingchen fell into contemplation.

The reason why it lasted for more than 3 hours, the plan proposed by Zhao Xin was a bit groundbreaking and solved the traffic problem, in his opinion, it was so troublesome, but Zhao Xin put forward two plans so easily.

The scheme of the cement road, Ye Qingchen also has a slight understanding, cement, an emerging material, in addition to sitting on the fortress, is also used as a ground paving, which can act on the fortress, of course, on the road surface.

Someone once proposed to mix cement with crushed stones, and then lay a relatively smooth road surface, which is also a method of using cement, but this method only stays on the assumption, the reason is very simple.

Ding Haijun was originally scheduled to build a 10 million ton cement plant, but later, due to pollution problems, this output was directly reduced to about 3 million, only about 30% of the previous one, although the number is also very large, but it is unable to support large-scale construction.

More than half of it was used in the Ding Navy to help the Ding Navy build a huge city, and in addition, it was necessary to use other aspects, simply Jia Chaochang's proposal, more than 300 fortresses, at least hundreds of thousands of tons of cement are needed.

The cement road for the consumption of cement is very terrible, generally one kilometer needs to consume 2400 cubic meters of concrete, aside from the gravel, sand, and water, a simple side of concrete needs about 250 kilograms of cement, that is to say, one kilometer of cement road, at least 600 tons of cement.

A road, the simplest and ordinary, 1,000 kilometers of roads, at least 600,000 tons of cement, this is not counted, which requires bridges, land-based, and other aspects of cement consumption, even at this level, a year's cement production is all put into it, but only 500 kilometers.

Relatively speaking, if it is a railroad, it is greatly reduced, absolutely no more than one-tenth, that is to say, 50 tons is a pass, under the premise of the same output, the railway is indeed the best choice.

In fact, after the industrial revolution in Europe, railways appeared earlier than cement roads and asphalt roads.

For a road that he has never heard of, or even some can't understand, is a road built entirely with iron, Ye Qingchen has no bottom, he prefers another cement road, although Zhao Xin also said that because of the problems of production and other aspects, this cement road can only squeeze out 2000 miles of output a year, which in his opinion, is already good.

From Bianliang to Lingzhou, it is only about 2,000 miles, as long as such a backbone road is built, it can increase the control of the center over the northwest, and it will also allow those cattle in the northwest to enter the Forte of the Northern Song Dynasty in large numbers, which is a direct capital.

However, Zhao Xin's support was another, and he made it clear that if they chose the railway, they would not only ensure enough supplies, but also send skilled engineering teams to participate in the construction.

Of course, Zhao Xin understands that it is of course unrealistic to make a person believe in something he has never seen before, but he will come up with an example, which is the fundamental reason for Ye Qingchen's hesitation.

Dinghai already has 30 kilometers of railway, and it is operating quite well, whether it is cement or steel, it is transported directly from the factory to the port by rail.

In fact, all the materials of the entire Ding Navy, including industrial products and basic materials, are all pressed on such a railway.

Ye Qingchen would not know that Zhao Xin had also set up an ambush, but the transaction volume between the Privy Council and Ding Haijun alone was more than tens of millions of stones, such a terrible capacity, and it was still transported out in such a short time, and this railway was quite terrifying.

Ye Qingchen, who only came home late at night, didn't sleep well all night, and the next day, he used 800 miles to expedite and ordered the personnel of the Third Division near Haizhou to personally watch the operation of the railway, and he would not decide until he really saw it.

Zhao Xin is not in a hurry, according to his itinerary, he will be in Bianliang for more than a month, from Bianliang to Ding Haijun, under the whip of the horse, it may not exceed 3 days, and the back and forth will not exceed 10 days, plus the time of personal observation for two or three days, it is enough to solve the problem within half a month.

This plan, for the time being, Zhao Xin is just ready to hand over Ye Qingchen, Ye Qingchen is the Minister of Finance and controls the funds, it is impossible for a railway to leave the support of the center, without the support of the center, there is no top-down thing, he can't affect so many state capitals along the road at all.

Ye Qingchen already has the mind to build transportation, whether it is a cement road or a railway, it is a solution, as long as there is a mind, capital is actually not a problem, whether it is investment or joint shares, you can.

As long as Ye Qingchen is tempted, there is no need for Zhao Xin to push it, although he can still convince Renzong, but at this point in time, it is really not appropriate for him to contact Renzong directly.

There are some things that can be done, Ye Qingchen's arrival is just an accident, and next, the most important thing is to receive the concubine.

Zhao Xin came to the Miao family, nominally, Zhao Xin was the heir of the Miao family, and in the days when the concubine arrived, Zhao Xin returned to the Miao family and waited for the arrival of the Miao concubine.

As a concubine, even if the Zaifu acquiesce, it is impossible to stay in her mother's house for a long time, and it takes about 10 days for her to be approved, which is already a limit.

In fact, only those in Beijing are eligible to return home, and the time will not be too long, and some concubines even only have a few hours, and 10 days is already the most in 20 years.

On the first day out of the palace, because of many ceremonies, I left the palace city in the morning, and then paraded all the way through the streets, showing the royal style, and finally, when I returned to Miaojiazhuang, it was already noon.

The concubine's guard of honor is really extraordinary, Zhao Xin doesn't know, among them, there is also his credit, if it weren't for Zhao Xin giving Renzong so much money, most of this money was taken away by Ye Qingchen, but there was also some left, plus the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty improved, under such a premise, it was impossible to extravagant and wasteful construction, but the most basic expenses could still be guaranteed.

With these basic expenses, the royal demeanor can still be guaranteed, even if Renzong has been thrifty, for the concubine, for Zhao Xin, there is still something indebted, this time, in addition to not wearing the queen's clothes, some etiquette, has surpassed the concubine.

For this, the high-level are all turning a blind eye, and even the imperial historians, some of them have not been long-sighted to propose impeachment, and they have all been suppressed by the imperial historians, just kidding, these are just compensation, and they are not really establishing this position, and even to put it mildly, with the status of the concubine and the degree of favor of Renzong, it is not an exaggeration to really set the queen.

At the very least, the eldest princess is still there, and Zhao Xin, a son who is not a son, has enough status.

Of course, Miao Guifei is like an arrow, and said unceremoniously that she wants to see her son, but according to etiquette, she still has to meet her parents when she returns home, and there is a complete set of etiquette, which cannot be avoided.

The concubine could only suppress the eagerness in her heart, greeted the etiquette one by one, and did a series of etiquette according to the etiquette, and then when she met the juniors, she saw Zhao Xin.

There was no introduction, the nature between mother and son, almost made her recognize her son at the first time, she hadn't seen her for two years, but Zhao Xin was very tall, no longer a child of six or seven years old, but a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, who seemed to have surpassed her, thinking that the relationship between them was far away, and she couldn't see it clearly, but above her eyebrows and eyes, it was almost exactly the same as before.

Her eyes were sore, and the tears seemed to be unbearable, and she was about to flow down, but she couldn't help it, this was not the time to show her true feelings, and she had to maintain a demeanor.

Of course, Zhao Xin noticed the eyes of the concubine, after having the card system, his physical fitness was very good, and his feelings became more and more keen, even if he didn't look up, he knew how long Miao Guifei's eyes stayed on his body.

His position was not deliberately chosen, plus the changes in the past two years have been very large, mixed with a large number of people, he should not raise his eyes, after all, above him, there are Lao Taijun and others, but Miao Guifei saw this side almost immediately, this may really be the attraction in the dark.

For Miao Guifei, after seeing Zhao Xin, she almost lived like a year, and felt that time passed very slowly.

After many ceremonies were completed, and after meeting some more people, the apparent rituals were completed, and Miao Guifei also changed the honor guard and entered the garden.

The beautiful garden did not attract the eyes of the concubine, but entered the room, and immediately asked Zhao Xin to come and see him.

To be honest, after getting the notice, Zhao Xin was a little apprehensive, but he still slowly walked to this room, which he specially arranged, these days, almost a dozen times in and out of here, of course, very familiar.

Miao Guifei is very emotional, she hasn't seen her son for too long, she almost hugged him, and the emotions that have been suppressed for a long time burst out almost instantly, bursting into tears, and she kept saying that she was sorry.

Next to Miao Guifei is Princess Fukang, that is, Zhao Xin's sister, although she is only two years older than Zhao Xin, but she looks a head lower than Zhao Xin.

The daughter and son are gathered next to her, plus the identity of Zhao Xin now, even if it is a well-known secret among the high-level people, it is not suitable to tell her daughter, she suddenly stopped, let go of Zhao Xin, and began to ask routinely.

Princess Fukang looked at Zhao Xin curiously, when Zhao Xin left the palace, Princess Fukang was only 5 years old, and she was not impressed by her brother who was two years younger, and Zhao Xin also changed greatly, especially in height, such a tall person, or a young man, she didn't even know that this was her younger brother, and said in a milky voice: "Mother, who is this cousin?" ”

Cousin, after Miao Guifei heard it, her eyes turned red again, her own children can only be commensurate with her appearance, this can be regarded as her sorrow, but these heavy things are not suitable for her daughter to be contacted too early, she turned to look at Zhao Xin, wanting to see Zhao Xin deal with it.

Although Zhao Xin is two years younger than Fukang, according to God's mandate, coupled with the terrible development of Ding Haijun, it all proves Zhao Xin's wisdom.

Zhao Xin glanced at Fukang, of course Zhao Xin was very clear about such a sister, and even her tragic experience was also clear.

Because of Zhao Xin's death, Renzong actually did not have a surviving son, Princess Fukang, as the eldest princess who survived, and was smart and sensible, became Renzong's most valued princess.

Fukang, who is well-behaved and sensible, was awarded the title very early, and he is the most respected among the princesses, because of the relationship between Aiwu and Wu, plus some compensation, Renzong later made the decision and married him to his uncle's second son.

Renzong's biological mother did not enjoy the respect of the queen mother, and his uncle was also poor, and he began to be rich until Renzong knew the truth, how could such a family be worthy of such an eldest princess, not to mention, when Li Wei got married, he was already in his 30s, but Fukang was only 19 years old, a difference of more than ten years, and at the same time, his living habits were completely different, so it was strange that Fukang wanted to be happy.

If it's just like this, there is also a vulgar mother-in-law who asks for the princess with the people in the market, which has become the focus of the contradiction.

But that was the history of the past, as long as Zhao Xin was in this era, he would definitely not let the tragedy happen again, he bowed to Princess Fukang and said, "Hello cousin!" ”

After finishing speaking, he took out the gift from his arms, which was originally for Princess Fukang, and after knowing that Princess Fukang and the concubine were coming together, he got ready.

It is a simple glass bracelet, but it has been carefully carved, with a total of twelve beads, but it includes the images of the zodiac.

Even now, the mature glass process, if you want to integrate the graphics into the glass, it is very difficult, almost concentrated skilled craftsmen, used thousands of experiments, this succeeded in the 12 sets of different attributions, these were all included in the card system by Zhao Xin, and then copied out.

Even so, Zhao Xin is not ready to copy more, after all, such things that can be called strange treasures are indeed not suitable for more production, and rare things are expensive.

Zhao Xin gently introduced the benefits of such a bead string to Fukang, even the concubine was a little moved, this is no longer meticulous, but as exquisite as a ghostly workmanship.

Look at the two children being in harmony, but the other way around, making the younger brother an elder brother and the elder sister a younger sister, when she thought of this, the concubine's eyes were sour, but tears flowed down again.