Within half a year of the arrival of the railway soldiers in Shanghai, a Songhu railway was built, which was considered fast. However, the construction www.biquge.info of the Songhu Railway is relatively easy, there are no control projects such as tunnels and long bridges, and several bridges along the way are small bridges, the span is very small, and the difficulty is not much higher than the most common stone bridge in the south of the Yangtze River in those years, and it is quite easy to lay a small bridge after having cement and steam engine cranes.

However, with the technology of this era, it is impossible to build the Yangtze River Bridge. Not to mention the Yangtze River Bridge, even if it is the Huaihe River Bridge, the Qiantang River Bridge, the Ganjiang River Bridge, the Xiangjiang Bridge and the like, there is no possibility.

The steam locomotive gasped and slowly drove into the Shanghai North Railway Station, and there was no railway before that, and the railway line to Nanjing was still under construction, and the scale of the railway soldiers had been expanded to 150,000 people, because the abundant financial resources and advanced logistics and transportation support supported such a huge paramilitary force, which was unimaginable if it was in the past.

At present, the railways are still made of wood and iron, and when there is more steel in the future, it will be an all-track railway.

"After the opening of this railway, in addition to freight cars, we also opened passenger cars. At first, when many people saw the locomotive spewing fire and smoke, they would feel terrified, thinking that the fire dragon in the sky had descended to earth. However, after operating for a period of time, many people choose to use trains for transportation because of the speed of the train. From the industrial zone to Wusongkou, many people along the way also began to choose to take a bus. It's just that the railroad hasn't started to make a profit yet. Yao Tingxuan introduced.

Wang Xinyu nodded: "The railway in Dongfan is completely loss-making, mainly for military purposes. This railway, as well as the one built in Jiangnan, will be profitable in the future. However, there is still a long way to go before the railroad becomes profitable! Sooner or later, we will be able to take a train from Shanghai to Beijing directly. ”

After getting off the train at Shanghai North Railway Station, a huge convoy and cavalry had been waiting here for a long time. Wang Xinyu and Yao Ting got into the carriage, and the convoy was escorted by cavalry and drove in the direction of the old county town of Shanghai.

Along the way, the urban area to the north of Suzhou Creek has developed, and the urban area to the north of Suzhou Creek is an industrial zone, where there are textile mills, spinning mills, garment factories, silk factories, shoe and hat factories, clothing factories, canning factories, distilleries and sugar factories and other light industrial factories. In the vicinity of the factory is a dormitory area, and there is also a small commercial area where some people have opened small shops, restaurants, restaurants, etc.

Nowadays, some of the shrewd Jiangnan gentry have begun to transform, and they see that the income of local landlords renting land is much lower than that of engaging in industry and commerce, and many gentry simply contract land to some small landlords who are good at land management, and come to Shanghai with money to develop.

Although the current Ming Dynasty industrial and commercial tax is not low, compared with the pre-Ming period of industrial and commercial tax is much higher, but all kinds of new machinery into production, high-efficiency means of transport into the transportation industry, so that the profits of industry and commerce have become higher, and the Manchu court in the south of the Yangtze River, the tax is not low at all, now a change of owner, although the tax is higher, but the production efficiency is also higher, and the money is more.

The Nanyang Company, led by Wang Xinyu, did not exclude the gentry from engaging in light industry and commerce, but also encouraged competition, as for the Nanyang Company itself, it originally started in the shipping industry, and now it has heavy industry and land transportation industry, plus the financial industry that is taking shape, those light industry and small businesses might as well let the Jiangnan gentry compete on their own.

No matter how the Jiangnan gentry develops, it will always involve the banking industry in the end, as long as the Nanyang Bank begins to issue banknotes in the future, it will be able to make money continuously by starting the money printing machine, and no matter how much the Jiangnan gentry make money, they can't compare to the Nanyang Company.

Yao Tingxuan said: "The gentry in Jiangnan are still relatively enterprising, they see that industry and commerce are making money, and the price of land in Shanghai is also rising, and they all come here to develop. However, the gentry in other places still did not have such a vision, they were not enterprising, and only knew how to hold on to their land. ”

"It doesn't matter! If they have no vision and cannot see the future, then they are doomed. Wang Xinyu replied disappreciatively. For those gentry, if they fall, they will decline, even if they go to the Qing court, Wu Sangui, or even go to the camp, it doesn't matter, they can solve everything with their super strength.

Suzhou Creek divides downtown Shanghai into two. To the north of Suzhou Creek is the industrial area, and after the convoy crosses the stone bridge over Suzhou Creek, it reaches the south side of Suzhou Creek, which was the most prosperous business district in the world at that time.

After the convoy crossed the bridge over the Suzhou Creek and entered the business district, the scene was completely different, there were no factories in sight, but residential areas lined with shops on both sides of the street. After passing through the residential area, it is the most prosperous business district in Shanghai.

Of course, the urban planning of Shanghai in this time and space is completely different from the later Shanghai in real history. In real history, Shanghai was built by foreigners and was a city developed on the concession of all countries, so the streets of the city are tortuous and complicated, and none of the roads are straight. The layout of the streets is similar to that of Beijing, Xi'an, and Nanjing, all of which run due south and north, except for the streets along the Huangpu River, which are affected by the terrain.

The convoy walked south along Xizang Road, crossed Nanjing Road, crossed Huaihai Road, and came to the old town south of Shanghai.

Tibet Road is named by Wang Xinyu, called Tibet Road, all people don't understand why they want to take this name, even if they are smart people like Wang Yuyou and Yao Qisheng, they can only think that Wang Xinyu will take Tubo into his bag in the future. However, Wang Xinyu knew in his heart that this was the name of the road later, but it was just restored.

The convoy entered the old city, which was later the area of the City God Temple in Shanghai.

"The prince has arrived!" With a long shout, the guards and civilians at the gate of the city knelt down one after another.

Entering the city of Shanghai, a group of civil officials such as Zhang Huangyan, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi, Gu Yanwu, Fang Yizhi, and Qi Bansun had been waiting here for a long time.

"Wu Sangui is ambitious, and he coerces the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and we should be the king of Lilu as the prison country!" Zhang Huangyan offered advice.

Fang Yizhi said: "Before that, the Son of Heaven abandoned the country to hunt in the south, which made my Jiangnan scholar feel cold. If today's son falls into the hands of Wu Sangui again! Lord, this Wu Sangui first descended to the Tartars, and now he is holding the Son of Heaven hostage, if this person captures the capital, it will not be good for me in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Qi Bansun, Gu Yanwu and others also chimed in: "Please also ask the prince to invite King Lu to Yingtian!" ”

"The matter of King Lilu as the prisoner of the country, I am afraid that it will cause me to have internal strife, and I need to think about it in the long run!" Wang Xinyu shook his head.

"Even if you don't establish King Lu, you can first make King Lu come to Tianfu to restrain Wu Sangui." Zhang Huang said.