Villager of Daming

Chapter 501 Palace construction can be stopped (third change)
The distance from Lantian County to Chang'an is not far. If you set off in the morning, even if the road is a little slower, you can reach the place in the afternoon.

There are pedestrians on the road and boats carrying passengers on the water. The special products on the mountains in Lantian County need to be transported to Chang'an for sale.

When I went there, I went along the river, and it happened to be transported there by boat. When I came back, I also spent some money to take the boat, which saved me the hard work of walking.

It is not cost-effective to carry the burden from the county to Chang'an. I leave in the morning and arrive in the evening. I am so tired that I have to eat some pancakes at noon.

Take a load to the river, spend a few pennies, and float down with the Bashui, arriving before noon, saving a meal.

At night, countercurrents will also arrive home before dark, or walk back with an empty load, which is fast.

If someone goes shopping empty-handed, he will be reluctant to part with the few pennies. He will take a dry cake with some pickles in the cake and head to Chang'an before dawn.

Sixty miles away, it was only noon when I arrived at the place. I ate the things I brought and bought some things to see if it was sinking. If it was sinking, I would take a boat.

Zhu Wentian saw someone rushing past the line, obviously wanting to walk with their feet.

The people in the team also walked on their feet, and they had to be responsible for safety on the ground, while the others rode in cars and walked down in turn.

Zhu Biao took a telescope to look at it: "The road is good and flat. I think I have paid attention to Lantian County before, and the general repair of the road from Chang'an to Lantian County.

Up to now, the common people have become accustomed to walking this way, the stars are brighter at night, get up early, and walk back and forth a day.

Second brother, if it is just to pull a few goods and people, the iron-clad wooden track is probably fine. The small train that the village takes the children to play with can pull many people at a time, and the speed is very fast. "

Zhu Xi, who was also looking at the people of his fief with the binoculars, was suddenly taken aback, and turned to look at the chief.

"His Royal Highness King Qin only wants to go from Chang'an to Lantian? How about using a steam engine boat? Why bother to lay a track?
Look around, there are basically rivers around Chang'an, and you can run back and forth as long as you use a boat.

His Highness wants to build a road to Lantian County, and then use the mountain road behind to transport things to Luonan and Luoshui.

Or when goods from other places come over, they also take that route instead of other passes? "

The head of the village guessed Zhu Xi's mind, and wanted to open a good road to the outside for his fief, instead of waiting for the Yellow River to have water.

Zhu Xing nodded vigorously: "That's right! Is this mountain okay?"

"Your Highness, can't we build along the mountain? The mountain has a drop, about 340 feet, and the common people can walk on their own. Transporting a lot of goods can exhaust people to death.

Going along the mountain, it happens to be connected to the head of Luoshui. Choose a good location there, and the road connecting the past can be paved with tracks.

Use boats to walk along the Bashui River, transport the goods to the end of the Bashui River in Lantian County, transfer to a small train, and go around a long way. "

The head of the village helped to find a way, not to carry the goods over the mountains and mountains, the drop is too high.

"Then this road is not for nothing?" Zhu Xi felt that the two and a half days of hard work on the road was a waste.

"At least until the other road is completed, this road is the best road. We have worked hard for two and a half days, and the people have benefited.

And want to build an iron-clad wooden track around the past, how many people can His Highness produce?
It will take about eighty miles, and the mountain will be blasted, the roadbed will be laid, and the small train will have to be reinforced.

What's more, the train made is not the kind of toy in the village. It must be bigger anyway, and it can pull three to five hundred people at a time. "

The head of the village didn't think that the mountain road was built in vain, at least the people could walk before other roads were repaired.

Otherwise, they would not be able to get out, and those in Lantian County could only go around for a long way, going out from Qianyou Pass, a circle of hundreds of miles.

Or it is a lot of people walking the mountain road together. On the road that we walked before, everyone encouraged each other and climbed slowly.

People in Luonan County can't get in, so they have to go around, or find a path through the valley, which is very dangerous, easy to fall, and may be bitten by poisonous snakes and eaten by wild animals.

"Ah?" Zhu Xi frowned upon hearing the distance, "How long is the Yanzhi River?"

"Thirty miles." Zhu Biao gave the answer.

"Are there many places that need to be fried?" Zhu Xi asked again.

"It's not as good as the Yanzhi River, which is full of stones all the way. We have to go around the road to repair it, and we have to blow it up like that. It's better to go over the mountain!" The head of the village replied.

Zhu Xi scratched his head: "We don't lack wood, right? Iron can support it, right? When we come back, the Qin Palace will not be repaired.

Send people to build roads for us, and the palace can be built slowly, give us a place to live, and other palaces will come little by little.

The palaces in the imperial city are like this, and they can’t do things without saying anything. Let’s live in a big tent first.

After the road is repaired, the people in our fief can continuously exchange goods with the outside world.

Many native products no longer need to rot on the mountains. Give us a steam engine ship, and we will be rich even if we sell coal.

There are also petroleum candles. It is more convenient for everyone to use candles than oil lamps. We can also let the common people make various sauces, and there are more local beans..."

Zhu Yu muttered about calculating how many resources the fief had to use, what jobs to find for the people to make money, and the goods from outside were brought in to increase the non-staple food for the people.

Soap technology can't be used in fiefdoms, so I took the oil to my father to change it, and when I got it back, the people were clean and less sick.

Zhu Wentian listened with a smile on the side. At this moment, Zhu Xi looked like an official who wanted to build the local economy well and really serve the people.

Because he doesn't need to be greedy, the land tax and tax of the fief belong to him, and he can seize the power of the fief officials.

He said how to develop, how to develop, others dare not obey, he is more skilled than officials.

As he spoke, Zhu Xi patted his thigh: "That's it. After we come back, we will come out again. It is specially arranged. We are old and can do things well."

After finishing speaking, he looked at his elder brother: "Brother, the resources should be given priority to us, and we should treat it as a pilot here. If it succeeds, switch to other places."

"Okay! Give it to the second brother." Zhu Biao nodded and agreed. He really wanted to see how well the steam engine boat and the train could cooperate.

Given part of the resources, the other part must be used on the Yangtze River. The Daming Navy is still doing well and can support it. The main problem is shipbuilding.

As the team moved forward, from time to time they met people who were tired from walking ahead, and invited them into the car, and took them to Chang'an.

Some women carry their children on their backs. In order to save a few pennies, there is no one to take care of the children at home, so they can only take them with them when going out.

Children are dirty and not cute at all, but after wiping their face and applying some skin care rouge, they will immediately change their appearance.

The sun is slowly turning to the sky, the team is not stopping, and there are still ten miles left before Chang'an, and they will rest at the place.

The magistrate of Xi'an Prefecture and others hurried over and followed the team back.

At the third quarter of the first day, everyone finally arrived at the place, entered the unrepaired palace in the city, and set up tents here.

The artisans who were working did not eat. Some people said that His Highness the Crown Prince and the King of Qin came down to cook and add more dishes.

The original dish is too shabby, adding another dish will give people a good feeling.

(End of this chapter)