Chapter 2530
Chapter 2530
Chapter 2530
When they set off from Sanya, it was about to enter summer. If Tao Hongfang hadn't mentioned the time, everyone would not have remembered that it was almost Mid-Autumn Festival.Except for Ha Jianyi, the other three basically spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with their parents and family members in previous years, but this year they came to a place thousands of miles away, which can be regarded as a new experience.
The speed upstream was naturally much slower than that at sea. The official ship traveled on the Qiantang River for a full day before arriving at the wharf at the mouth of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal outside Hangzhou in the evening.
Compared with the ports and wharves they had been to before, although the Jiangan port area here in Hangzhou is still prosperous, due to the terrain conditions, the level of infrastructure and port facilities are somewhat limited, which is indeed somewhat different from Hangzhou's status in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. commensurate.
However, it was the first time for Tao Hongfang and the others to see the artificially excavated channel of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.The river here is more than six feet wide, but the depth of the waterway is limited, so the draft of the boats coming and going on the river is not too deep.
Tao Hongfang and the others have been on the ship for many days, and now they can be regarded as half of the shipping experts. After roughly looking at the hydrological conditions here, they can calculate that the navigable capacity of this canal is about [-] ships under tons.Although it seems that the navigation capacity is limited, considering that this kind of artificial canal can guarantee smooth flow all year round and is not easily affected by factors such as weather and tide, its cargo volume should still be considerable.
In fact, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal can be roughly divided into seven segments, and the Jiangnan Canal at the southernmost tip is the segment with the strongest navigation capability. From Pingwang to Hangzhou, the more than 200 li in Zhejiang is the most smooth.
This section of the canal was first built in the Three Kingdoms era. After continuous construction and strengthening in successive dynasties, it finally connected the Taihu Lake water system and the Qiantang River water system, and extended the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to Ningbo Prefecture, so that the inland water transport artery that runs through the north and south can be connected with the sea. Shipping link up.
Tao Hongfang and others only knew about the Grand Canal when they were studying geography, but how could those descriptions compare to the shock brought by what they saw with their own eyes.
"Such an artificial river extends thousands of miles north from here, all the way to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. What a formidable project! In my opinion, the difficulty of this project is comparable to the roundabout of Hainan Island planned by the executive committee. The railway is gone!" Tao Hongfang sighed.
"However, the round-the-island railway planned by the executive committee does not need a construction period of thousands of years to complete." Bai Letong obviously appreciates the executive committee's transportation plan for Hainan Island. After all, Haihan's engineering construction capabilities are far superior to those of the predecessors. Many large-scale projects that have been completed have fully proved this point.
Ha Jianyi said: "No matter what, this canal has now belonged to our Haihan Kingdom. The predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade. We can also enjoy the various conveniences brought by this canal in the future!"
Ning Zijing shook his head and retorted: "It may not all be convenient, as far as I know, because this kind of inland artificial river is too gentle, it is easy to form silt over time, so the maintenance of the river will be very heavy. , may be much larger than our investment in maintaining a railway.”
"Since this is the case, there is no need to consider the maintenance of the waterway when transporting goods by sea, so why didn't the dynasties vigorously develop maritime transport?" Ha Jianyi asked in puzzlement.
Ning Zijing said: "This is due to the limited shipbuilding and navigation technology in the past, and it was difficult to create a large-scale maritime shipping system to meet the transportation needs. The second reason is that more and more people have relied on this canal for food in the past dynasties. , the so-called millions of waterworkers depend on food and clothing, whoever wants to vigorously develop maritime transportation is taking advantage of the jobs of this group.”
When Ha Jianyi heard this, he understood: "At the end of the day, interests are at the root of the trouble! However, the name of our country has the character "sea", and the country has been established by the sea throughout history. Presumably Mr. Shi will not let the previous dynasty's actions affect our country's rule. .”
"It's hard to say." Tao Hongfang, who knew a little about this, shook his head and said, "I have read relevant information. The Ming Dynasty specially set up the Yamen of the Water Transport Mansion, and there are 12 armed guards under this Yamen. The yamen with real power in control of the military. It also established laws such as the Supporting Transport Law, the Exchange Transport Law, and the Change Exchange Law to improve the water transport management system. The interests involved are extremely wide, and the million water workers mentioned by Zijing are not Exaggeration. If not handled properly, it will cause chaos."
All dynasties have used this canal to transport grain and other bulk materials to the north. During the reign of the Ming Dynasty, the share of grain in Zhejiang alone reached 63 shi. bear.In this way, all levels of government have various excuses to increase consumption and levy, which naturally leads to corruption that cannot be eradicated.
In the end, the Ming Dynasty failed to solve all the drawbacks.Although a new person is now in charge of governing the world, it is certainly not an easy task to satisfactorily resolve the historical issues left over from the previous dynasty.Although Shi Diwen is recognized as a powerful person, he is not an omnipotent god. At least the young people on the boat can't imagine what method Shi Diwen should use to deal with the many hidden dangers behind this canal. trouble.
After the ship stopped, they found that there were no local officials who came to greet them on the pier.While this made them feel relieved, they also felt a little bit lost.They don't want the local government to organize a grand reception ceremony, but it doesn't feel good to be completely ignored.
Although the four of them have official duties, it is not very clear who they will work with after they arrive in Hangzhou.Moreover, it was getting late at this time, and probably no yamen was still open for business.
"Everyone, from the looks of it, there should be no one to receive us. Why don't we let my younger brother arrange to stay at Qiong Lianfa's store for one night?" Ning Zijing asked for his life.
"There are more than a dozen people here, is it convenient to live in the store?" Tao Hongfang still asked politely.
"Don't worry, you will definitely be able to live there. It is said that Qiong Lianfa's office in Hangzhou was built according to the standard of a first-class storehouse, and the scale may not be smaller than the Dutch storehouse we visited in Zhoushan Island. If we want to live in our ten There should be more than enough people to come." Ning Zijing immediately made a promise.
After sitting on the boat for so many days, everyone didn't want to delay any longer on the boat, so they landed first, and the followers went to the pier to hire a carriage. After the luggage on the boat was unloaded, they went to Qiong Lianfa's store together.
(End of this chapter)
When they set off from Sanya, it was about to enter summer. If Tao Hongfang hadn't mentioned the time, everyone would not have remembered that it was almost Mid-Autumn Festival.Except for Ha Jianyi, the other three basically spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with their parents and family members in previous years, but this year they came to a place thousands of miles away, which can be regarded as a new experience.
The speed upstream was naturally much slower than that at sea. The official ship traveled on the Qiantang River for a full day before arriving at the wharf at the mouth of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal outside Hangzhou in the evening.
Compared with the ports and wharves they had been to before, although the Jiangan port area here in Hangzhou is still prosperous, due to the terrain conditions, the level of infrastructure and port facilities are somewhat limited, which is indeed somewhat different from Hangzhou's status in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. commensurate.
However, it was the first time for Tao Hongfang and the others to see the artificially excavated channel of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.The river here is more than six feet wide, but the depth of the waterway is limited, so the draft of the boats coming and going on the river is not too deep.
Tao Hongfang and the others have been on the ship for many days, and now they can be regarded as half of the shipping experts. After roughly looking at the hydrological conditions here, they can calculate that the navigable capacity of this canal is about [-] ships under tons.Although it seems that the navigation capacity is limited, considering that this kind of artificial canal can guarantee smooth flow all year round and is not easily affected by factors such as weather and tide, its cargo volume should still be considerable.
In fact, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal can be roughly divided into seven segments, and the Jiangnan Canal at the southernmost tip is the segment with the strongest navigation capability. From Pingwang to Hangzhou, the more than 200 li in Zhejiang is the most smooth.
This section of the canal was first built in the Three Kingdoms era. After continuous construction and strengthening in successive dynasties, it finally connected the Taihu Lake water system and the Qiantang River water system, and extended the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to Ningbo Prefecture, so that the inland water transport artery that runs through the north and south can be connected with the sea. Shipping link up.
Tao Hongfang and others only knew about the Grand Canal when they were studying geography, but how could those descriptions compare to the shock brought by what they saw with their own eyes.
"Such an artificial river extends thousands of miles north from here, all the way to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. What a formidable project! In my opinion, the difficulty of this project is comparable to the roundabout of Hainan Island planned by the executive committee. The railway is gone!" Tao Hongfang sighed.
"However, the round-the-island railway planned by the executive committee does not need a construction period of thousands of years to complete." Bai Letong obviously appreciates the executive committee's transportation plan for Hainan Island. After all, Haihan's engineering construction capabilities are far superior to those of the predecessors. Many large-scale projects that have been completed have fully proved this point.
Ha Jianyi said: "No matter what, this canal has now belonged to our Haihan Kingdom. The predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade. We can also enjoy the various conveniences brought by this canal in the future!"
Ning Zijing shook his head and retorted: "It may not all be convenient, as far as I know, because this kind of inland artificial river is too gentle, it is easy to form silt over time, so the maintenance of the river will be very heavy. , may be much larger than our investment in maintaining a railway.”
"Since this is the case, there is no need to consider the maintenance of the waterway when transporting goods by sea, so why didn't the dynasties vigorously develop maritime transport?" Ha Jianyi asked in puzzlement.
Ning Zijing said: "This is due to the limited shipbuilding and navigation technology in the past, and it was difficult to create a large-scale maritime shipping system to meet the transportation needs. The second reason is that more and more people have relied on this canal for food in the past dynasties. , the so-called millions of waterworkers depend on food and clothing, whoever wants to vigorously develop maritime transportation is taking advantage of the jobs of this group.”
When Ha Jianyi heard this, he understood: "At the end of the day, interests are at the root of the trouble! However, the name of our country has the character "sea", and the country has been established by the sea throughout history. Presumably Mr. Shi will not let the previous dynasty's actions affect our country's rule. .”
"It's hard to say." Tao Hongfang, who knew a little about this, shook his head and said, "I have read relevant information. The Ming Dynasty specially set up the Yamen of the Water Transport Mansion, and there are 12 armed guards under this Yamen. The yamen with real power in control of the military. It also established laws such as the Supporting Transport Law, the Exchange Transport Law, and the Change Exchange Law to improve the water transport management system. The interests involved are extremely wide, and the million water workers mentioned by Zijing are not Exaggeration. If not handled properly, it will cause chaos."
All dynasties have used this canal to transport grain and other bulk materials to the north. During the reign of the Ming Dynasty, the share of grain in Zhejiang alone reached 63 shi. bear.In this way, all levels of government have various excuses to increase consumption and levy, which naturally leads to corruption that cannot be eradicated.
In the end, the Ming Dynasty failed to solve all the drawbacks.Although a new person is now in charge of governing the world, it is certainly not an easy task to satisfactorily resolve the historical issues left over from the previous dynasty.Although Shi Diwen is recognized as a powerful person, he is not an omnipotent god. At least the young people on the boat can't imagine what method Shi Diwen should use to deal with the many hidden dangers behind this canal. trouble.
After the ship stopped, they found that there were no local officials who came to greet them on the pier.While this made them feel relieved, they also felt a little bit lost.They don't want the local government to organize a grand reception ceremony, but it doesn't feel good to be completely ignored.
Although the four of them have official duties, it is not very clear who they will work with after they arrive in Hangzhou.Moreover, it was getting late at this time, and probably no yamen was still open for business.
"Everyone, from the looks of it, there should be no one to receive us. Why don't we let my younger brother arrange to stay at Qiong Lianfa's store for one night?" Ning Zijing asked for his life.
"There are more than a dozen people here, is it convenient to live in the store?" Tao Hongfang still asked politely.
"Don't worry, you will definitely be able to live there. It is said that Qiong Lianfa's office in Hangzhou was built according to the standard of a first-class storehouse, and the scale may not be smaller than the Dutch storehouse we visited in Zhoushan Island. If we want to live in our ten There should be more than enough people to come." Ning Zijing immediately made a promise.
After sitting on the boat for so many days, everyone didn't want to delay any longer on the boat, so they landed first, and the followers went to the pier to hire a carriage. After the luggage on the boat was unloaded, they went to Qiong Lianfa's store together.
(End of this chapter)