Destiny Only Han

Chapter 576 Zhang Buyi: Mo Nian Mo Nian...

Xinfeng City, Lychee Dog Meat Festival.

After eating a delicious dog meat feast, I was reluctant to part with it, so I chose to go elsewhere to see if there was any crowd. At this time, they started to run wild, and countless people ran around like headless chickens.

Without him, it's raining.

The face of a child in June can change as soon as it is said. Half a quarter of an hour ago, the sun was shining brightly, but a few dark clouds floated in, and in an instant, it rained heavily and poured down.

However, the rain in summer comes and goes quickly. Many people have just been drenched, and the rain stops...

Standing on a four-story attic, Liu Ying looked at the cursing crowd below, with a look of losing millions.

Umbrella!

He actually forgot that there is such a good thing that can be handed over, which can be very practical to keep out the rain, and can also be used to pretend to be aggressive!
Well, practicality is of course needless to say, but he does not intend to make money by making umbrellas.

After all, things like umbrellas don’t really have any technical content. Before there was large-scale industrial production, they were sold cheaply and didn’t make money. If they were expensive, people made them themselves.

Therefore, the most profitable place for umbrellas for the public is to sell the paper and tung oil used to make umbrellas.

Therefore, what Liu Ying cares about is the pretentious attribute.

The business practices of later generations told him that things like umbrellas that don't look too tall can also be sold as luxury goods!
Especially the kind of Chinese-style umbrellas made of fine materials and exquisite materials!
At that time, find a few better painters to draw a few posters and paste them all over the streets and alleys, and make the gimmick first!

Such as the alley, the drizzle, the girl holding an umbrella, Lang Guan walking towards you...

Another example is the rainstorm, the ferry, the scholars who study abroad, the snake demon who came to repay his favor...

With a sense of atmosphere, sales will naturally follow.

Liu Ying took a look at the rich and noble girls who were dressed in gorgeous clothes on the street but were a bit embarrassed after being exposed to the rain, and thought that they would be the most perfect leeks.

Protects against rain in rainy days and shades in sunny days.

The important thing is that under the stink of wine and meat, the parasols they bought for tens of thousands of dollars are the same as the dresses they wear, and they can only be worn twice at most. When they appear for the third time, they will be regarded as Disgraceful, pushed out of this circle...

The corner of Liu Ying's mouth raised slightly, and her thoughts diverged to the rubber forest he planted in Lingnan.

Raincoat, this is the focus of his next money.

In fact, the earliest raincoat in the world was made by the Frenchman François Frenault in 1747, soaking the cloth in the unvulcanized rubber stock solution cut from the rubber tree.

It can be said that this is one of the earliest practical cases of rubber in history.

Nowadays, with the promotion of cement, at least the roads leading to many counties are no longer the rammed earth roads of the past, but hard roads that are not afraid of rain.

Therefore, what restricts people's travel is actually the sudden rainstorm like just now.

For example, the famous Chen Shengwu Guangze Township uprising was caused by heavy rain, and everyone was trapped on the road, so they lost their time, so they waited to die, and the country died...

Well, bamboo hats and coir raincoats can only keep out the rain for a short time, and after being exposed to rain, they will suddenly increase their weight by a few catties or even more than ten catties. Being exposed to rain, carrying heavy loads, plus forced travel, eating and sleeping in the open, is no different from directly sending them to death.

But if everyone has a poncho and a concrete road to walk on, and if the business is booming due to the improvement of the road, you can find a restaurant that provides catering and accommodation for merchants traveling from south to north within a range of more than ten miles. If you can eat hot meals and sleep in a room sheltered from wind and rain, maybe the fate of Qin II's death will be rewritten... right.

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September in the golden autumn, on the south bank of the Weishui River.

On the golden field in the distance, many farmers and mediocre cultivators waved their sickles to grab the last crop of this year.

Or, it was the last crop planted on these lands.

With the continuous expansion of the Han Empire and successive victories in foreign wars, people bought up but did not buy down. Many people who worried that the Han Empire would repeat the mistakes of the Qin Empire also abandoned their previous ideas and chose to settle in Chang'an, the capital of goodness. .

As a result, the farmland outside the city was naturally turned into construction land.

As for the farmers who sell their land, they don't actually suffer.

After all, the Han Empire legally recognized the private ownership of land and allowed trading, and the price of farmland, even the irrigated fields around Chang'an City, was only two to three thousand yuan per mu, but if it was sold to others and converted into residential shops, it would be expensive. At least [-] to [-] yuan can be bought at a high price!
If it is elsewhere, this way of selling ancestral property is an act of prodigal son.

After all, although the annual income of farmland is not high, it is available every year, and it is wealth that can be passed on to future generations.

But here is Chang'an City, the capital of goodness in the Han Empire. It is a place full of gold. The myth of getting rich overnight abounds. What people lack is not the opportunity to start a business, but the lack of money to support them to realize their dreams.

Well, if you are worried that your business will fail and you will lose all your money, you can also use the money from the land sale to buy bonds, such as state-owned silver mines in Jingdao, plantations in Lingnan, or projects that are sure to make a profit. The dividends generated every year Much more than farming too!

Therefore, many people who have sold their ancestral property long ago and bought a large number of bonds spend their days wandering around in cages and birds. After the bond dividends are paid out, they take a free public carriage to Xinfeng City to enjoy a luxurious life...

But today, these guys ran to the edge of the Wei River one after another, three floors inside and three floors outside, like a duck being held by its neck, looking into the center of the crowd.

They are all here to see the rarity.

steam engine.

Building the Weishui Bridge is a big project, so a big steam engine is needed to drive the crane, pump water, or tow the pile driver.

Among the onlookers, the craftsmen were busy, while the pavilion chiefs and the pavilion soldiers who maintained the law and order seemed exhausted physically and mentally.

"Stand back, what about you!"

"What are you groping for? If you grope again, your hands will be chopped off!"

"Master Seventh Uncle, don't make any trouble here... Go home and take care of your grandson!"

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After all, the onlookers were all from the village, and people were not worried about being caught, so the pavilion chiefs felt a little helpless.

The important thing is that they have stayed here and haven't slept soundly for several days!
Regardless of whether it is a steam engine or steel bars, wood, cement, and bricks used for bridge repairs, they are almost all piled up in the open air on the embankment for construction, especially things like bricks and cement. Anyone who is a pigsty can use it.

Therefore, these most grassroots 'police station directors' are under great pressure...

However, with the arrival of law enforcement officers composed of villainous teenagers transferred from elsewhere, the commotion around the construction site gradually subsided.

Evil youths belong to the masters who "hope that cows fight during the day, and wish that ghosts soar to the sky at night". Dogs passing by them on weekdays will have two shoe soles, so naturally they will not save face for any folks in the village.

"It's the job!"

Zhang Buyi, who was watching the bridge repair from a distance, spat, then looked at Liu Ying, and said flatteringly, "We'll get married in two days, lend me some help for the law enforcement officers..."

Naturally, Liu Ying had nothing to do, he nodded lightly:
"Let's talk about it first, those bastards like Xia Houzao and Lu Tai can handle it themselves, as for other guys who stand in the way and beg for happy money, let them go! After all, evil boys are just evil boys, and they can't be provoked by Lu Tai..."

"Don't worry!" Zhang Buyi squeezed his fists, and immediately showed a flattering expression again: "But Lu Tai is still you... When he got married last time, I had a lot of trouble, and he will definitely not let it go this time. I!"

Ah this?I had a lot of fun that time... Liu Ying scratched her head, but she still agreed, after all, he actually had a big killer in his hands, which was Little Lolita herself.

Although Lu Tai is older than the little Lolita, he was actually beaten up by the little Lolita. What if he dares to make a fuss and mess up the little Lolita's wedding?
Well, we promise not to use the little lolita first... The corners of Liu Ying's lips raised slightly, and immediately heard a series of exclamations in the distance.

He looked intently, and saw the steaming white gas, followed by the roar of steam engines and the sound of pile drivers beating wooden piles.

The Weishui East Bridge built today uses the cofferdam bridge-building method, that is, a circle of wooden piles is laid in the water, wooden boards are embedded between the wooden piles, and finally sand and gravel are poured in.

In this way, a lake in the river is formed. At that time, it is only necessary to drain the river water in the cofferdam, and then the bridge piers can be easily built.

Looking at the wooden stakes quickly inserted into the Wei River, Zhang Buji was a little dumbfounded. Although he knew the power of the steam engine, he didn't expect it to be so big.

According to his experience, in the past, it took at least [-] people to work hard for a day to drive such a thick wooden stake in the water, but now, driven by the steam engine, the most time-consuming thing is actually to insert the wooden stake into the water. , and then adjust the pile driver to the corresponding position...

"It's so fast, I think half a year is enough to repair the bridge!" Zhang Buyi looked at the other side, and muttered to himself at the old Weishui bridge, which was said to have been built for ten years.

"Half a year?" Liu Ying said with disdain on her face, "That's the time for two bridges. The Weishui East Bridge is just a single-story arch bridge with two-way eight-lane lanes for carriages, so the construction period of this bridge is only two months!"

Zhang Buyi was stunned for a moment: "Arch bridge? What is an arch bridge?"

Hearing Zhang Buyi's question, it was Liu Ying's turn to be stunned this time.

But in the next second, the dusty memory in his mind jumped out and bit him hard.

The arch bridge was first built in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty. It gradually developed from outrigger wooden stone beam bridges and braced bridges. And other words to represent the arch.

So with Zhang Buyi's painful expression on his face, Liu Ying began to preach and receive karma to solve doubts:
"The reason why the arch bridge is called an arch bridge is that the geometric structure of the arch is exchanged for the characteristics of full-section compression. The purpose of the arch is to reduce the local tension effect caused by the live load, and the structure of the arch axis is reasonable..."

(End of this chapter)