In August of the eighth year of Jingkang, there were at least 150,000 muskets in the Song Dynasty.

With huge military demand and fortifications that the emperor personally stared at, the manufacturing of muskets in the Song Dynasty developed rapidly in just a few years.

From pure hand-made construction to molding of abrasive tools, to all standardization, after standardization, the prototype of assembly lines began to appear.

In addition, the imperial court bought a large area of ​​land in the suburbs, established a large military factory there, and moved the East and West Floors.

According to Sima Junru's front information, the Jin Kingdom had begun to make muskets.

The Jin Kingdom had a complete military-industrial system, and the Jin Kingdom inherited all the legacy of the Liao Kingdom.

A country like the Liao Kingdom is no longer the former nomadic peoples of the north.

The Liao Kingdom had a complete political system and mature craftsmanship.

During the wars of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, a large number of Han people fled north developed large-scale craftsmanship there, including weapons manufacturing and even gunpowder manufacturing.

Therefore, Zhao Huan was not confident enough. If the Song Dynasty could do it, the Jin Kingdom would definitely not be able to do it.

The Jin Dynasty also had a large number of Han talents and also had a foundation.

They stole some muskets from the Song Dynasty, which was equivalent to standing on the shoulders of giants.

This is an inevitable problem.

However, the number of muskets in the Jin Kingdom must not be compared with that of the Song Dynasty.

After all, dozens, hundreds, or even thousands can be piled up with manpower.

But what about tens of thousands?

This requires a large-scale production workshop. It has been almost five years since the Song Dynasty made it today's small achievements.

It took at least twenty years for the Jin Dynasty to reach the current scale of the Song Dynasty.

The reason is very simple. In the Song Dynasty, iron smelting and mining were already very developed, with sufficient iron and relatively mature technology.

This is incomparable to the Liao Kingdom before and the Jin Kingdom now.

This is the competition for comprehensive national strength. From Zhao Huan's perspective: I am not worried that you will steal my technology. I cannot stop this technology. The reason why I am not worried is that true comprehensive strength must be accumulated over a long period of time.

What's more, the people's livelihood industry in the Jin Dynasty was a scumbag, and the Jin Dynasty could not afford the cost of large-scale military development.

If Wanyan Zongpan wanted to forcibly develop his military equipment, Zhao Huan would naturally be happy to see it.

During this period, Zhao Huan received the most during his time. Xu Churen's progress on mine development across the country.

Now several major mines in the Song Dynasty have been buried in gunpowder and are bombing mountains every day.

Today, in the Song Dynasty, there are three official steel mills.

One is Chang'an Steel in Jingzhao Prefecture.

The second is Taiyuan Steel in Taiyuan Prefecture.

The third is Hanyang Iron and Steel on Jinghu North Road.

These three official steel companies are basically transportation hubs, and the geographical location is very particular, covering the most important parts of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, four years ago, the court began to encourage the people to produce steel.

Today, in the Song Dynasty, there are more than 200 steel smelting plants in record sizes.

And due to the massive demand from the court, steel plants are still increasing.

The application of gunpowder and steam engines has improved the efficiency of mining and made merchants make money faster.

This is a positive loop.

Steel is being replenished continuously, and the first railway tracks of the Song Dynasty have also been completed.

The rails are laid with wood, and only two tracks are made of steel.

It was a bulky monster, and it ran at about the same speed as a human being.

Because the speed is too slow and the consumption is too high, the ministers of the court have been debating whether to abolish the railway.

In this matter, the court divided two factions, one was abolished faction, led by Taizhai Xu Churen.

The other faction is the retention faction, led by Yu Yunwen.

People were surprised to find that Yu Yunwen, who had just taken office this year, had become the Navy minister of the Song Dynasty, and was only half a level lower than the Imperial Prison House.

Definitely the candidate for the future prime minister.

You know, Yu Yunwen was only 23 years old this year!

He was able to speak out in the court and quickly had a faction, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was the emperor who wanted to support him.

This is a new political trend.

These two factions were very fiercely arguing in the court.

Xu Churen believed that the railway did not play a practical role, while Yu Yunwen believed that the railway could transport a large amount of goods at one time, which was incomparable to horse-drawn carriages, and the Song Dynasty needed to build more railways.

As for speed, let the Academy of Sciences find a way.

Yu Yunwen is a young man. When he talks in the court, he is full of vitality and vitality, and he maintains an optimistic and desire to explore everything.

As for Xu Churen and other veterans, almost all of them opposed the continued manufacturing of railways.

With a living case in front of you, the railway is a failure, and even the emperor cannot refute the input and output.

After the two sides fought each other for a while, there was still no result.

So Zhao Huan had a headache.

The Zhengshi Hall is obviously unwilling to carry out railway construction now, and has a strong resistance. Xu Churen is more willing to pave densely packed highways across the country.

On this point, the emperor and the prime minister had differences.

The railway was the most important part of Zhao Huan's rise to the Song Dynasty.

After thinking about it for a long time, the emperor announced the establishment of a new government office, called the Railway Department.

The Railway Department is fully responsible for the future railway construction of the Song Dynasty.

The Sibu is one level lower than the Mansion, and the Navy Minister Yu Yunwen served as the general secretary, and the Railway Department directly reported to the emperor and directly crossed the Political Affairs Hall.

This is a very sensitive message, and the emperor is stripping some power from the Political Affairs Hall.

At least, the emperor is fully supporting Yu Yunwen.

Some people are wondering whether Seo Chu-in, who is 72 years old this year, is slowly beginning to retire.

After eight years of the new policy, Xu Churen's disciples were spread all over the world, and countless officials inside and outside the court were promoted by Xu Churen.

A new party is forming.

In the promotion of newcomers, the emperor avoided Xu Churen's people.

This is enough to show that the future candidate for Prime Minister must not be Seo Chu-in's person.

Some people also say that it was Xu Xianggong who interfered with the crown prince and was being alienated by the emperor.

Some people even privately speculated that Xu Xianggong supported Duke Chong's successor to the position of crown prince, which was contrary to the emperor's idea, so he was neglected by the emperor.

You know, the position of the Eastern Palace is related to the country.

If the emperor is unwilling to establish Duke Chong, Xu Churen, who is determined to support Duke Chong, will naturally be embarrassed. In order to balance the future situation of the government and the opposition, the emperor intends to gradually alienate Duke Xu.

Even the construction of railways is not actually because the emperor really wants to develop railways, but because he wants to divide the power of the political affairs hall.

Of course, these are all the private speculations of the ministers.

No one knows what the emperor thought.

In fact, Zhao Huan’s idea is very simple, but it just didn’t show it.

He established the Railway Department alone, naturally because the railway is very strategic and was established separately to ensure the normal progress of railway construction.

The second is to let Yu Yunwen participate in civil affairs as soon as possible. After all, Zhao Huan had high hopes for him, and Xu Churen was old and might be seriously ill at any time.

Zhao Huan was more willing to arrange the young and fresh blood among the ministers of the prime minister.

I found that many readers asked me about the plot after joining the group, but when they returned to the Song group, they were all kinds of chatting places for their relatives, and sometimes they would push the plot away.
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