The autumn in Bianjing is nothing more than that.

When the autumn wind comes, the leaves change color, some red, some yellow, some orange, some purple, some green, some colorful and quite beautiful, but people who have been in Bianjing for a long time will not feel anything.

But at this moment, Su Shi shed tears excitedly.

Finally back.

Although Lin'an is good, Bianjing is the flesh in my heart.

A majestic city faces north and south, with a layer of gold edges in autumn. Next to the city, there is a slightly smaller but particularly beautiful city, which is West Lake City.

When he returned to Bianjing again, Su Shi felt quite complicated because when he came back this time, he could not call him Guijing, but could only call him to visit because his identity was a minister of the Song Dynasty, and the current city of Bianjing is not the capital of the Song Dynasty, but the capital of Xixia.

"well!"

Su Shi sighed softly.

...

He went north, because there was a great battle on the land road, Su Shi came from the sea, landed from Mizhou, passed through Yizhou, Yanzhou, Jeju, Xingren Prefecture, crossed Jingdong East Road, and arrived at Bianjing, which was only reached by Jingdong East Road. What he saw and heard along the way opened his eyes.

Let’s talk about the transportation he took. The two routes he took from Mizhou this time, the transportation he took was not horses or carriages, nor walking, but a means of transportation called trains.

This thing is simply unheard of. When Su Shi first saw it, he couldn't believe his eyes.

Such a big train like a steel dragon lies across a railway, with black smoke coming out from the top, and the dragon roars loudly from time to time. It is said that it is the sound of a whistle.

The huge body of the train is divided into sections, with small door openings opening in each section, allowing a large number of people to be accommodated.

"Zizhan, this is the train."

Zhang Dun introduced to Su Shi with a smile.

When Su Shi went north, Ouyang Bian was very loyal. He wanted to come to Mizhou to wait for Su Shi, but everyone stopped him. Originally, Su Che was the best to greet him, but Su Che couldn't leave. Fortunately, Zhang Dun volunteered, which was appropriate.

Su Shi said curiously: "Who are these people?"

Zhang Dun smiled and said, "Everyone wants, workers, merchants, scholars in the Mizhou Industrial Park, officials who want to go to Beijing, etc."

Su Shi nodded: "How much does this train ticket cost? Can they all afford it?"

Zhang Dun shook his head and said, "At present, it is quite expensive. It costs about a consistent amount of travel from Mizhou to Bianjing. Ordinary people cannot afford it, but ordinary people do not need such long-distance travel.

As for merchants, officials, and scholars, they have a basic need to go to Beijing. The travel expenses of the usual money are much cheaper than walking into Beijing or riding a carriage. Not to mention the cost of the carriage, even the food and drink along the way are more than the usual money."

Su Shi nodded, he understood this principle.

"I don't know how fast the train is?"

Zhang Dun smiled and said, "This train is very fast, and its maximum speed can be much faster than a horse's fast running.

The key is that horses can only stop and rest for half an hour, and they can't run much in a day.

But this train can run for days and nights without sleep.

For example, it takes about a thousand miles to get from Mizhou to Bianjing. If it is a carriage, it may take a month to get there if it is a carriage.

But if it is this train, it can travel 120 miles or 1,000 miles per hour, which is only eight or nine hours.

In other words, you can arrive in Bianjing in one day. Of course, because there are also supplies and passengers on the way, and this time may be extended to two days."

Su Shi was shocked: "You said it only takes two days for us to leave from Mizhou to Bianjing?"

Zhang Dun smiled and said, "Two days are very abundant. We can have a good sleep in Mizhou, then get in the car and spend the night, and arrive in Bianjing the next night to have delicious food."

Su Shi's shock was obvious. It was a thousand miles from Mizhou to Bianjing, and about two thousand miles from Meishan to him. When he and his father and brother came out, they took about two months. If there was this train, wouldn't it mean that they could arrive from Meishan to Bianjing in about three days?

Zhang Dun sighed: "It is normal for you to feel shocked, because we are also shocked. When we came to Bianjing from Fujian Road, it took two months to arrive in the capital. If there was this thing, it might be a few days.

For Fujian students, going to Beijing to take the exam can be considered a life-and-death death. It was a good thing during the Taiping period. When it came to some unsafe years, thieves would often kill the students. If there was this train, there would be a lot of tragedies."

Su Shi deeply felt the same and sighed: "If there were this train back then, the three of us father and son would not have been able to see my mother for the last time."

When Su Xun and his son were officials in Bianjing, they were the two of them, and Su Xun's wife died of illness at home. When the bad news came to Bianjing, several months had passed.

When the father and son rushed back, they would not even see the body for the last time. They could only cry at the grass on the grave.

Su Shi and Zhang Dun boarded the train, and the harvest scenes along the way were dazzled by the Yizhou, Yanzhou, Jeju and Xingren Mansion.

The fields outside are full of golden yellow, including rice, wheat, and sorghum and cotton. The mountains and forests are full of busy people.

The busy harvest scene shocked Su Shi. Most of his resume was often local. He knew the local situation, especially over the years, water conservancy construction in most places was sluggish and the weather was not good (it began to become cold at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty). Although crops can still be planted, it is extremely rare to have such a good harvest.

Zhang Dun explained: "In recent years, the north has indeed had less precipitation, but as long as the coordination is good, some achievements can be achieved.

First, we actively develop water conservancy, which ends with local water shortage problems. Second, we are vigorously developing drought-resistant crops, such as cotton, sweet potatoes, potatoes, sorghum, etc., which can save a lot of agricultural water."

Su Shi nodded and asked, "If this is the case, I'm afraid there will be insufficient food, right?"

Zhang Dun smiled and said, "It's true, but it's okay. Jiaozhi has returned to Xia. The rice produced in Jiaozhi every year is enough to supplement half of the grain in Daxia, not to mention Ryukyu. Recently, the DPRK and Central China have begun to plan to vigorously develop Qiongzhou. The geography of Qiongzhou is similar to that of Jiaozhi Ryukyu, and it also has the potential to become a grain base."

Su Shi was shocked again: "Have Jiaozhi returned to the Xia Dynasty?"

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "Yes, before attacking the Song Dynasty, Di Xiang took back Jiaozhi with the navy general."

Su Shi's face was still shocked: "Retract...well,... there is no problem with taking it back, but is Jiaozhi so easy to fight?"

Zhang Dun smiled: "There is nothing that is difficult to fight, that is, it is difficult to fight for the Song army. For Daxia, haha."

Su Shi couldn't help but feel silent.

Yes, for the Western Xia, the Song army was a native chicken and a tile dog, the Liao army was also a native chicken and a tile dog, and the Jiaozhi army was even more a native chicken and a tile dog.

Su Shi shook his head, not worrying about this issue, and changed the topic: "It is reasonable to take back Jiaozhi, but what happened to develop Jiaozhi and Ryukyu? Isn't that wild land there? Can it still become a grain base?"

Zhang Dun smiled and said, "Yes, there are indeed some problems over there, but in fact it is not difficult to solve. As long as you make sufficient preparations, it can be solved."

Su Shi frowned and said, "The question is, where to develop the land, is it too expensive, right?"

Zhang Dun agreed with Su Shi's statement, and he said: "The cost is indeed much higher, but Ji Mo has his own statement on this."

"Oh? How do you say it?"

"Jimo's statement is that the climate is not fickle, but has certain regularities. According to historical records, the Xia and Shang dynasties were a period of suitable weather. During the Zhou Dynasty, the weather became colder. Because the weather became colder and grain production was affected, the entire Eastern Zhou Dynasty was turbulent.

This period continued to the Han and Tang dynasties. The weather became warmer and wet, and the rainfall increased. Therefore, Guanzhong and the entire Central Plains ushered in a bumper harvest, so the Han and Tang dynasties had long been prosperous. However, by the end of the Tang Dynasty, the weather became colder again, so the output became smaller again. Therefore, the turmoil of the Five Dynasties is still in this period, and it may continue to be worse. Therefore, the Central Plains region was not as good as Jiangnan in recent years.

Because there is too little rainfall in the north, the economic center will move to the south of the Yangtze River, and the economy will continue to go south in the future until the wet and warm weather continues to return, but this time may take thousands of years.

Therefore, the south is the strategic focus of the country in the future, and the Jiangnan will be the economic center. The entire south, including Guangnan East and West Road and Fujian Road, are the focus of national development.

Jiaozhi, Ryukyu, and Qiongzhou are no longer like wilderness in the Han and Tang Dynasties, but are close to Jiangnan in the Han and Tang Dynasties. Although development is difficult, it is not impossible to develop."

Zhang Dun's words made Su Shi's mind related to the historical books he had read like lightning. As expected, he followed this trend. The more he thought about it, the more he admired: "Ji Mo is indeed Ji Mo. Such things actually made him summarize the rules."

Zhang Dun smiled and said, "Well, so now the great strategy of the Great Xia Kingdom is to go south and then south! When the Song Dynasty is taken back, the focus of Daxia is to develop the south. As long as the south is developed, the troubles in the north will be insignificant..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Dun shook his head: "...In fact, the north is no longer a problem now. The Great Wall has been taken back. The Liao Kingdom is already weak. Although Ji Mo is still worried that the Jurchens will become the next Khitan. Ha, even if it is the next Khitan, so what? When the Central Plains Empire rises, there is always a strong enemy from the north as a footnote, such as the Huns during the Han Dynasty, the Turks during the Tang Dynasty, and the Daxia Dynasty may also need a Jurchen."

Su Shi couldn't help but be fascinated: "It's so good, so good. In his lifetime, he can see the Han family's heroic power on the grassland!"

Zhang Dun glanced at Su Shi and said, "Zizhan, we have been contacting you over the years, why are you just unwilling to come?"

Su Shi sighed and said, "Although the Song Dynasty is not good, Su is a Song Dynasty person after all, so how can he abandon him? My Su family has received the kindness of Renzong and Yingzong. Today's emperor's grace is as high as a mountain and deep as a sea. No matter how bad it is, Su can't bear to leave it."

Zhang Dun smiled: "Zizhan, you are pedantic. Look, the people of Daxia live and work in peace and contentment and can enjoy the benefits brought by economic development. They have land to cultivate without having to bear heavy taxes, let alone bear all kinds of unreasonable levies. Except for a tax of fifteen taxes and one tax, the rest of the income is their own.

So everything you see now is the result of the people themselves, so they can eat well and wear warmly. Even in the year of disaster, they have a certain ability to resist risks. In addition, the country will be able to get rid of it if it is a little help from the country.

Don’t you, Zizhan, know what life did the people of the Song Dynasty live?

The heavy taxes and exploitation of landlords and gentry made the people breathe. The so-called prosperity is nothing more than the prosperity of the gentry, landlords and gentry. What does it have to do with most people? It is very difficult for them to survive, let alone happiness.

Zizhan, your loyalty is for the Zhao family, not for the whole world.

Ji Mo once said his ideal, his ideal is to establish a mind for the world, establish a life for the people, inherit the unique knowledge of the past sages, and bring peace to the ages!

The four worlds, the people, the sages, and the four worlds are equal in Ji Mo's eyes. We cannot be wronged by paying attention to the world, the sages, and peace.

The Song Dynasty was exploiting most people to support a very small number of people, which was even more wrong. Zizhan, don’t go astray anymore!”

After speaking, Zhang Dun was already a little embarrassed.

Su Shi looked at Zhang Dun with a confused look, his mouth opened and closed, but he didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Zhang Dun sighed: "Oh, think about it slowly."

The train whimpered and shuttled between the vast world. The outside was full of vitality. People who were happy because of the harvest, Su Shi remembered the people in suffering that he saw in the Song Dynasty. Such a sharp contrast made him feel even more confused.

...

Bianjing was still the same Bianjing, but when he got closer again, Su Shi felt familiar, but there were too many differences.

There were some people waiting there at the gate of the city.

Su Shi tried hard to open his eyes.

Well, my younger disciples Ziyou, Zigu, Zihou, Zichun, haha, Ji Mo, and many of them in the same year of Jiayounian!

Su Shi's eyes gradually became wet, and with tears in his eyes, he seemed to have returned to the past.

...Many years ago, a heavy rain flooded Bianjing City. My father and son arrived in Bianjing City. Bianjing City was in a state of chaos. When my father and son were not sure where to stay, my father decided to visit Ouyang Xiu's mansion.

My father took him and his younger brother to sit at the home of the great writer Ouyang Xiu for not long before he saw what Ouyang Xiu said was lazy.
To be continued...