Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 386 Great Construction ([-])
another three years later
Winter of the 30th year of Marquis Yan (240)
sugar cane mountains
With the reclamation of the swamp in the middle of Sugarcane Island and the western river valley, many small towns were established. In order to connect the towns at both ends of the mountain range by land, instead of having to circle the island for half a circle every time, three years ago, the prefect of Sugarcane Cai Yan submitted a "Sugarcane plank road construction plan" to [Shangshutai].

[Shangshutai] then submitted this plan to [Yushitai] for review, and after [Yushitai] passed it, it was submitted to [Jiaqing] for decision-making. And submit it to [Yushitai] for a second review. After [Yushitai] passed the second review, it was resubmitted to [Jiaqing]. After all nine [Jiaqing] passed, this "Sugarcane Plank Road Construction Plan" It was signed and sealed, and then submitted to [Yushitai] for the third review. After [Yushitai] passed the third review, it was handed over to [Shangshutai] for execution. Finally, [Shangshutai] followed the plan Conduct talent recruitment and mobilize manpower and materials to build plank roads on Sugarcane Island.

It took a year to go back and forth.

Subsequently, the Wang family established a temporary "Sugarcane Plank Road Department", which is responsible for the construction of plank roads on Sugarcane Island in the next few years.

【Sugarcane Plank Road Division
General Manager: Cai Yan (General Manager)
Strategic Envoy: Ma Jun (Chief Commander)
Supervisor: Wang Shuang (supervising the progress of the project)
Observer: Wang Xue (recording the project situation)
Secretary: Xun Yi (Secretary)]

Now, after two years, a quarter of the sugarcane plank road has been built.

at night
There is a temporary tent at the entrance of the plank road. Oil lamps are lit inside the tent. Wang Xue is recording the progress of today's project. She is writing and chanting: "Today, 21 slaves were killed and 36 slaves were slightly injured during the construction of the plank road. , seriously injured nine slaves, and consumed wood..."

"Consume food..."

"Consume ropes, nails..."

"Consumption... ahache!"

A gust of cold wind blew into the tent, and she couldn't help sneezing.

Her father is a member of the royal family council, but she also has an older sister and a younger brother, and there is only one quota. If she can't make outstanding achievements, she can only go to Taohuagang to become a well-to-do citizen.

Under this kind of encouragement, even if it is just a woman, she must work hard.

The women of the Wang family have no vases, and they are all doing practical things. Even if they fail to grab a seat in the parliament, they can go to other cities to work as a small official, or go to a guild as a clerk.

Although occasionally some family members who study the books of sages criticize this ethos of women being the masters of the house, most of them don't take it seriously.

"Mr. Ma is really a great talent. This kind of transportation tool is suitable for use on the plank road." While recording the progress, Wang Xue accidentally caught a glimpse of a design drawing next to the table. masterpiece.

It started three years ago when Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han, attacked Qin with an army of [-], using a transportation method called "wooden cattle and flowing horses".

Ma Jun, the great inventor, made improvements based on the "Wooden Niu Liuma" created by Zhuge Liang, and it was called "Ma Jun-Wooden Niu Liuma".

The so-called wooden ox is a small cart that is suitable for walking on uneven mountainous areas and is relatively energy-saving. This small cart is smaller than the Central Plains cart and can pass through various gaps in mountain roads. It is two bilateral four-wheels with relatively narrow spacing. The advantage of this is that it can not only have the flexible turning advantages of a unicycle, but also have the balance and labor-saving advantages of a two-wheeled vehicle. It is a combination of a unicycle and a two-wheeled vehicle, and it is close to the push handle There is also a wooden leg that can be stowed and fixed. In this way, when the man is tired, he can put down the wooden leg to form a triangle with the two wheels, and then put the cart directly on the spot. You can rest, very convenient.

As for the Liuma, it is a small four-wheeled cart suitable for propelling on a flat plank road. The top and two wings of the small cart can be used to store goods, and the shape is concave, so there is no need to tie the goods with ropes, and they can be placed at will. When it is needed, and when it encounters stairs, Liuma can complete the material transportation through relay, that is, each section of the plank road has a special Liuma in charge.

This kind of "wooden cow and horse" has obvious advantages in mountainous terrain. Because the wooden cow has a larger carrying capacity, its function is like a more powerful cow, so it is called a wooden cow. Because of its faster transportation speed, the Liuma functions like a galloping ox. Horses are the same, so they are called Liuma.

Of course, "wooden cow and horse" cannot be in the shape of a cow and a horse. The cow and horse are just a metaphor for the function, just like the tiger tooth general has no tiger teeth, the mandarin duck team has no mandarin ducks, the tiger and leopard rider has neither tiger nor leopard, and the wife cake has no wife.

Their advantages in the mountains are very obvious, but at the same time they only have advantages in the mountains. If it is on the Great Plains, it is better to use a large carriage.

After hearing Zhuge Liang's "wooden cow and flowing horse", Ma Jun used his ingenuity to improve it and create better mountain transportation tools.

At the same time, Ma Jun also has a bold idea, that is to build a "cableway" between the two mountains, that is, to connect the two mountains with a lot of ropes to form a cableway, with two back and forth cableways, to put the truck on the It can travel thousands of miles a day by being transported on the cableway. This kind of truck is also a special structure, named "cable car" by Ma Jun. The cable car is like a baby cradle, with a concave space for reloading goods below it. A bamboo tube with a core is covered in layers, so that as long as the bamboo tube relies on the gravity from top to bottom on the cableway, it can move forward by itself.

His "cableway" idea is also an improvement on the "cable bridge".

During the Warring States period, after the Qin State occupied the Bashu area, it built a "cable bridge" between the mountains of Bashu, that is, the two mountains were connected by ropes, and then the trucks were directly placed on the ropes for transportation.

This kind of crude cable bridge is not only easy to damage, but needs to be replaced with new ropes every few years, and the load-bearing capacity of the transported goods is relatively low, so it can only transport a small amount of emergency supplies, and cannot transport large quantities of daily necessities.

On the basis of the cable bridge, Ma Jun improved the cableway, connecting multiple ropes at the same time to form a plane, just like a suspended road, and then the cable car has bamboo tubes as pulleys, which can reduce loss and increase load-bearing.

Of course, all of this is only in Ma Jun's imagination. He has drawn up the design drawings in advance and is going to hand them over to [Shangshutai-Craftsman Shangshu], so that the Wang family can allocate manpower, material and financial resources to support his genius idea.

"With a great talent like Mr. Ma, the construction of our Wang family on Gancane Island will be smoother." Wang Xue was more and more amazed at Ma Jun's whimsical ideas. She is only 17 years old this year and has not yet married. Your husband's heart.

(End of this chapter)