In Sichuan, at the Mingyue Gorge on the Jinniu Road from Guangyuan to Chengdu, a group of officials from the Ministry of Industry arrived here, displayed on a mountaintop, and looked at the surrounding terrain with telescopes.
"The road to Shu is difficult, but it is harder to reach the blue sky!"
Sun Pan, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, put down the telescope in his hand and sighed again and again.
The two ministers of the Ministry of Industry, the left minister Zhong Fan, was responsible for going to the Yangtze River Basin to promote the management of the Yangtze River, and the right minister Sun Pan came to the Land of Abundance and was responsible for building the Changcheng Railway from Chang'an to Chengdu, Sichuan.
In order to explore the feasibility of building this railway and come up with a mature and feasible plan, Sun Pan came here in person and walked the Shu Road in person.
After walking there himself, Sun Pan even felt that it was too difficult to build a railway connecting Sichuan.
Look at the Mingyue Gorge in front of you and the Jinniu Road you walked on. The roads here in Mingyue Gorge are all plank roads. What is a plank road is that there was no road originally, and then a plank road was built among the cliffs using wood and the like. Such a plank road is very Narrow and unsafe.
Because there are tens of meters or even hundreds of meters of cliffs below the plank road, and because the plank road is built with wood, no one knows whether the wood you step on will rot or collapse.
This time 75 z w.*com Zhang Si. There is no way to build such a road, let alone a railway, even a highway. You have to be careful when walking. You may fall if you are not careful. It is too dangerous.
"Sir, if you want to build a railway, it is simply impossible. No matter how much money you spend, it is impossible to lay a railway."
Qiu Ye, an official from the Ministry of Industry who came with him for inspection, couldn't help but shake his head.
There is only one shortest road to Sichuan, which is to build a railway from Chang'an Prefecture to Hanzhong, then build a railway from Hanzhong to Guangyuan, and then build a railway from Guangyuan to Chengdu.
During this process, two mountains need to be climbed, one is the Qinling Mountains between Chang'an and Hanzhong, and the other is Daba Mountain between Hanzhong and Guangyuan.
"And even if we reach Guangyuan, we still have to take the narrow road Jinniu Road from Guangyuan to Chengdu. It can be said that there are countless mountains and steep valleys on this road.
In Qiu Ye¡¯s view, it is simply impossible to build a railway.
Of course, not only Qiu Ye, but also the officials who came with him thought it was impossible, because the terrain was so steep that building a railway might not be possible even with money.
"Yes, sir, this road is really dangerous."
¡°It¡¯s too difficult, it¡¯s simply impossible.¡±
¡°It¡¯s hard to even walk, let alone build a railway.¡±
Other officials also spoke one after another.
"I also know that it is difficult, but it is precisely because of the difficulty that we need to do it. In Liu Gong's words, this is a major event that will contribute to the contemporary era and will be established for the future. Once the railway can be built, Sichuan will be opened. Once you have the connections, traveling to and from Sichuan will become easy.¡±
Sun Pan let out a long sigh.
Looking at the mountains and rivers in front of us, they are undulating, steep, shrouded in clouds and mist, echoing in empty valleys, ringing mountain streams, and apes crying. It is incredible to think about building a railway in such a place.
"But sir, how should we build a railway in a place like this? We at the Ministry of Industry are really at a loss what to do."
Qiu Ye was about to cry. One sentence above and a broken leg below.
Sun Pan just came here to inspect and inspect. From now on, Qiu Yelai will still be responsible for the specific construction of the railway. Thinking of this, he wanted to resign.
24378 I'm sick, it's crazy.
Qiu Ye thinks that Liu Jin should be brought here to have a look and walk through the Shu Road. In this case, maybe Liu Jin will change his plan to build a railway to Chengdu, Sichuan.
Damn, where is the place where the railway is being built? You think it is the Beijing-Tianjin plain area, or the hilly area. This is the Shu Road. Look at the mountains and rivers in front of you. They are not made of soil, but are all rocks. There are a lot of rocks and mountains. Can you tell me how to build this railway?
"Yes, sir, let alone cultivating to the level of Sichuan, even if you cultivate from Chang'an to Hanzhong, it will be a huge difficulty to cross the Qinling Mountains."
"I guess it won't be possible to repair it if it doesn't take ten or eight years."
"Think again about cultivating from Hanzhong to Sichuan Chengdu"In the future, it will be even more difficult, and it may not be possible to repair it in decades or hundreds of years. "
"My lord, in my opinion, we should write a memorial to the emperor to explain to him the difficulties of building this railway, cancel the plan, and use the money elsewhere where it would be more cost-effective."
"Yes, yes, this is simply impossible."
Others also spoke one after another.
Who is willing to run back and forth on the Shu Road if a good official is not qualified? After walking it once, he will never want to walk it a second time in his life.
Even if the railway is built, if the railway is not built, he will die first.
"However, this matter is decided by the emperor and the princes in the court. It is a key construction project of our Ming Dynasty in the future. How can it be canceled just because of difficulties?"
Sun Pan pondered for a while, thought about it and said.
He also felt that it was impossible to build this railway. Although Ming Dynasty's infrastructure technology has developed by leaps and bounds, and even the Yangtze River Bridge can be built, it seems possible to build a railway to Sichuan.
However, only when you are truly on the Shu Road and feel its ruggedness, steepness, and twists and turns, will you understand why Li Bai lamented that the Shu Road is too difficult to reach the sky.
Control the big one and control the owl. Just walking on the Shu Road is already so difficult. To build the railway, we don¡¯t know how many difficulties and obstacles we have to go through.
When the emperor and the princes of the court made this plan, they took into account the balanced development of each region in the Ming Dynasty, but they did not actually go to Shu Road once. How could they understand the ruggedness and steepness of Shu Road.
Before coming, Sun Pan also thought that it was still possible to build a railway, but he was shaken just by walking through it and experiencing the hardships of the Shu road for himself.
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"Mr. Sun~"
"You are the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, an important minister of the DPRK and the cornerstone of the country. You should stand up and oppose some wrong policies in a timely manner."
"The purpose of the emperor and the princes in the court was good, to promote the development of Sichuan, but they ignored and underestimated the difficulty of the project, and did not fully consider the cost and difficulty of the entire project."
"After all, the emperor and the princes in the court have not come here to personally experience the difficulties and dangers here and take a look at these steep mountains and rivers."
"I have walked the Shu Road once and have personally seen how dangerous and steep the Shu Road is. Naturally, I am the most qualified to speak and understand the difficulty of the Shu Road."
"Not to mention railways, even ordinary roads are simply impossible to build. The difficulty of the Shu Road is really difficult to reach the sky!"
Qiu Ye is about to cry. He now dreams of leaving here and doesn't want to stay here for a moment.
Think about how comfortable you were when you were in the capital. The only way to go out was by car. Even worse, there were four-wheeled carriages. The roads were flat and it was convenient to go anywhere.
But here, you can¡¯t even ride a horse in many places, so you can only walk on your own legs.
Thinking about how old I am, if a railway is built here, those who run around in the future will probably die in this mountain.
"Yes, sir, this is simply an impossible task!"
"We should jointly state this matter to the emperor and the court. This is simply impossible. There is no need for the court to waste a lot of money on it."
24378 This is really too difficult, too difficult, and simply impossible.¡±
Others also spoke one after another, everyone wanted to leave this ghost place as soon as possible.
Even local officials in Sichuan were silent, because they agreed with this statement that it was simply impossible to build a railway.
Sichuan¡¯s development is now much behind that of the Ming Dynasty. Due to inconvenient transportation, it is difficult for immigrants in Sichuan to leave, and Sichuan¡¯s capitalism cannot develop.
In other places, factories and workshops have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain, but here in Sichuan, there is nothing. In more than ten years, the development speed has been very slow, far less than other places in the Ming Dynasty.
But what can be done about this?
This natural barrier blocks Sichuan¡¯s external roads, thus hindering external trade and exchanges.
This time .*c*om Zhang Si. Although they are eager to build the railway, they also feel that it is really impossible to build the railway.
"If that's the case, then we will jointly submit a report to the emperor and send a telegram back to the capital, asking the emperor and the princes of the DPRK and the Central Government to cancel the plan to build this railway?"
Sun Pan looked at the officials around him, thought for a while and said.
"Yes, it should be cancelled. This is simply impossible."
Control the big one and control the owl. "My lord, we will jointly submit a letter to the emperor, asking the emperor and the princes in the court to reconsider this."
When Qiu Ye and others heard this, they immediately nodded in agreement.
It is really difficult here. The roads are difficult to walk. There is no village, no shop, no place to eat. The road to Shu is too difficult to walk, and it is impossible to build a railway
"If that's the case, then we will jointly submit a report to the emperor and send a telegram back to the capital, asking the emperor and the princes of the DPRK and the Central Government to cancel the plan to build this railway?"
Sun Pan looked at the officials around him, thought for a while and said.
"Yes, it should be cancelled. This is simply impossible."
Control the big one and control the owl. "My lord, we will jointly submit a letter to the emperor, asking the emperor and the princes in the court to reconsider this."
When Qiu Ye and others heard this, they immediately nodded in agreement.
It is really difficult here. The roads are difficult to walk. There is no village, no shop, no place to eat. The road to Shu is too difficult to walk, and it is impossible to build a railway