Datang first village

Jiang Ning!Yangtze!Nanjing!

There is a bridge there, which was once thought to be an impossible task, and it took eight years to complete it in the modern era with the same lack of technology, funds, and resources. .

Datang here has the most advanced collection of materials for later generations, as well as the best craftsmen.

Moreover, Li Yuanxing holds countless overseas resources that can be squeezed regardless of the consequences, so why can't he build them.

A pure steel and concrete bridge has been completed in Datang. Although it is not long, it is only a short 200 meters, but it is now in Liangzhou. It has become a very important bridge on the transportation line. times, tens of thousands of tons of stones were transported.

There is also a Xiaolangdi Dam with a length of 300 meters and the Fenglingdu Bridge under construction.

That is to say, the craftsmen of Datang have digested those plans and put them into practice.

"Brother Huang, why don't you add an order. The construction of the new Chang'an city wall is all suspended, and all the cement and craftsmen are transferred to Jiangning. A Chang'an city, no matter how big and beautiful it is, also shows the wealth of the Tang Dynasty. But What a bridge represents is a miracle in the eyes of the world, and the industrial value driven by this bridge alone will not be less than 5000 million per year!"

Li Yuanxing suggested again.

Li Er looked at Li Yuanxing and nodded silently: "What Wu Lang said is true!"

Eunuch Gao and the others withdrew.

On the eighteenth day of the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan, all newspapers such as Datang Daily and Chang'an Daily made headlines.At the same time, all states and counties in the Tang Dynasty were electrified, and a telegram was even sent to Malacca.

Jiangning Yangtze River Bridge.

Ten miles in length and 35 steps in width, it is a huge bridge divided into upper and lower floors.The height from the water surface is about twelve feet, and the highest point, the highway bridge above, is nineteen feet from the water surface.

Yaozhou Steel Works, the peak of Datang, announced at the same time that it would stop all external supply and transfer the contract to Zhouzhi Steel Works, Zhengzhou Steel Works, and more than 20 steel plants in Hebei Road, Hedong Road, and Liaodong Road to continue execution.

Dashang Zhongshuling personally signed the document.The breaking of the contract by Yaozhou Steel Works is not the return of the contract, it is all for Datang!

Thirty thousand tons of mysterious special steel.No one even knows the difference between the refined steel produced by the Yaozhou steel plant this time and ordinary ones. The only news that the people of Datang can know is that the best iron ore and coal in the entire Datang should be shipped to Yaozhou.

A bridge, is it worth it?

Many envoys from foreign countries did not understand that even the construction of Chang'an City had been suspended in the Tang Dynasty. Should we build a bridge at all costs?

The order jointly issued by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty was originally supported by half of the people in the Tianying Pavilion. When the document was officially issued to all ministries, no one could stop it.

The Ministry of officials below.Author of Li Chunyi, a master craftsman of the bridge department, and the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Engineering, is the third grade.He is fully responsible for the construction of the Jiangning Yangtze River Bridge. At the same time, he accompanied the order issued by Li Jing, the secretary of the Tang Dynasty. All states and counties on both sides of the Yangtze River, Li Chun has the right to call all forces for the construction of the bridge.

Seeing the newspaper, the cabinet master who was training low-level officers in Kunming Lake rushed back to Qinwangzhuang.

"Yuanxing, Grandpa knows this bridge. This is the backbone of our Huaxia, back then..."

Li Yuanxing interrupted the cabinet master for the first time, with a serious face on his face: "Grandpa, the backbone of our China is not limited to this bridge. The Tang Dynasty has not had a real landmark until now. In fact, this bridge will be repaired three months later." It doesn't matter five years, but I need a stimulant injected into the entire Tang Dynasty."

The cabinet master carefully analyzed Li Yuanxing's words, and nodded vigorously: "Well said!"

"In ancient times, Qin State built the Zhengguo Canal, and now the Tang Dynasty built the Jiangning Bridge." Li Yuanxing suddenly laughed.

The master of the cabinet also smiled: "When the bridge is open to traffic, it is the time to start the war against Turpan."

Both grandpa and grandson laughed at the same time.

The cabinet master patted Li Yuanxing on the shoulder: "Help grandpa stabilize for another year, and finally two years of court. Then stabilize Nanyang, at most two years later, there will also be the Dao, state, and county of Datang!"

"Grandpa, don't worry, they will naturally be greedy when they eat meat in Nanyang. But I don't say anything, and no one dares to make mistakes. Suppress them. When the rules are really let go, they seem to be hungry for a long time." The wolf can fully control the entire Nanyang in half a year." Li Yuanxing said confidently.

The master of the cabinet also smiled: "The joint attack from the king of Tang Dynasty, Australia, and the nine major ports, you have underestimated grandpa too much in half a year, and you have also underestimated the ambitions of these aristocratic warlords."

"When will you put some pressure on Tianzhu?" Li Yuanxing didn't mention Nanyang again.

"In at least another year, the people of Tang Dynasty have not really tasted the benefits of the colony." The cabinet master suggested to Li Yuanxing.

Li Yuanxing was about to say something when someone came to report that Li Chun asked to see him.

"Li Chun, Yuan Xing should go and meet him. Grandpa doesn't have anything important here. Just say, no matter what the cost, it will take up to four years to build this bridge. If it doesn't work, go dig the gold mines in North America."

"No, there are a lot of gold mines in Australia!"

The master of the cabinet went to rest, while Li Yuanxing was walking to the front hall, ready to meet Li Chun.

But in the front hall, Li Chun, who was wearing a scarlet official robe, was kneeling on the ground, with his head firmly pressed against the ground.Kneeling like that motionless, Li Yuanxing glared at Zheng He. Zheng He was terrified, and hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, it is Li Shangshu who wants to kneel, and has nothing to do with slaves!"

"Your servant, I will die!" Li Chun kowtowed heavily.

Li Yuanxing did not go to help Li Chun.

"Li Chun, don't say anything. This king has prepared a tombstone for you, and I will risk your life to repair this bridge. There must be a place seven feet below the bridge head to bury your bones and erect a monument!"

"Your servant, I will die!"

Li Chun shouted loudly, kowtowed three times vigorously, got up and took three steps back, and bowed again: "Your servant, leave!"

"Li Chun, you are not old yet, don't die on that bridge. I sincerely hope that you will have a more gorgeous tombstone!"

Li Chun saluted again and left.

There is nothing to say, everything is under his big gift, which shows his determination.Back then, it was just an excellent craftsman who built a stone bridge worthy of his pride.Then he became a slave, and Li Chun didn't care about being a slave, but he didn't have the chance to come into contact with the bridge that he was most obsessed with in his life.

Ten miles in length!Who dares to think, who can imagine that such a bridge can appear on the Yangtze River.

Datang dared, Datang was able, and Li Chun, the person in charge of bridge repair, was full of confidence.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty, Yan Lide and his younger brother Yan Liben, when they were arguing about whether to build Huating at the beginning, they completed a painting with the help of Wu Zhao.A pair of scrolls that are four feet long and five feet high.In addition to the two brothers, ten outstanding painters were called to help with coloring and supplementing details.

In Chang'an City, a painting hangs on the wall of Suzaku Gate.

Jiangning Yangtze River Bridge!

Discussions about the bridge in the entire city of Chang'an stopped, but the result was silence.For the first time, the people of Chang'an have the most intuitive understanding of this bridge. This is not a bridge, it is a miracle.

The new Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Liu Chongchong from the Liu family in Chang'an, stood among the common people in casual clothes, and was as shocked as the common people.

"How do you feel?" Wang Jishan stood beside Liu Chongchong.

"My lord, the construction of the canal in the former Sui Dynasty cost only a few million guan. After so many years, even with the extravagant waste and the expedition to Goguryeo, it did not exceed 1000 million guan. But it completely consumed the national power of the former Sui Dynasty. Light, and then many people rebelled, and then the country was destroyed." "

When Liu Chongchong said these words, he was not nervous at all.

Datang will no longer punish people for certain remarks, but only if the words are well-founded, no crimes will be ignored.

Hearing this, Wang Jishan nodded with a smile: "Yes, the former Sui Dynasty used too much national power!"

"The consumption of the Changyi Railway is no less than the total consumption of the canal. I don't even dare to calculate how much money that bridge will cost. I don't know if 500 million is enough?" Liu Chongchong sighed softly. tone.

But Wang Jishan laughed loudly: "It's just 500 million guan!"

"500 million guan, it's just a mere return, what's the matter?" Liu Chongchong stared at Wang Jishan in surprise.

He knows how much Datang's tax revenue is. The 500 million guan is almost one-seventh of the total revenue of Datang's treasury.Datang's current treasury revenue is only about 400 million yuan, even if it vigorously develops industries.And it's not just one bridge that costs money.There are countless places to spend money.

500 million guan, which is almost the purchasing power of 200 billion in later generations.

But here in Datang, the actual cost of transportation, steel production, and cement and other industrial products is much higher than that of later generations.You must know that the original cost of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was 200 million. The [-] million at that time was almost equivalent to the [-] billion when Li Yuanxing crossed.

It can be said that this is a huge sum of money.

Wang Jishan said softly: "Liu Shangshu, I suggest that you submit a form immediately and apply for [-] mathematics elites for your household department. Otherwise, you will be overwhelmed. You will be overwhelmed because you collect too much money."

"Please advise, Mr. Wang?" Liu Chongchong's time in the top management was too short, so his posture was very low.

"You are not a good official." After Wang Jishan made a joke, he became more serious: "Forget it, you will know more after you are selected into Tianying Pavilion in March this year. Datang's actual income , more than you can imagine. And this year, only Nanyang’s tax revenue, according to some estimates, will not be less than 1000 million.”

Hiss... Liu Chong took a deep breath. Even though he had officially become the Secretary of the Ministry of Accounting for almost two months, he hadn't really touched the deep things of the Ministry of Accounting, and he was still slowly getting familiar with the work.

"You two ministers, the Ministry of War has just handed over the form. A railway is going to be built!" A man in a fourth-rank official uniform came over and told the two of the news directly: "Hou Shangshu wants to build a railway from Youzhou to Guangzhou. railway."

"Crazy Hou, it wasn't just three days ago that I submitted the application for the railway from Chang'an to Lanzhou. Youzhou..., Guangzhou..." Wang Jishan's exclamation shocked many people, but Wang Jishan quickly rushed to the palace. (To be continued.)