Chapter 270: Big hand

It is not easy to ask the guards to lift the iron pillar up. The iron pillar must be kept stable so that the gun hammer can hit each time. Otherwise, it will be missed all of a sudden, causing the steel pillar to burst open, or even be knocked out, and even the bracket can be interrupted. But this is also simple. First aim, then use a large ruler to determine the size. The current guards and future civilians will match the size when they are supported.

It is just more labor-intensive and helpless. Backward technology leads to backward and labor-intensive operation methods.

Because of this, there were many people who were watching around. Gradually, the iron pillars sank under the stone. Although the stone layer was hard, it was just a stone, not a diamond. The cannon hammer has been repeatedly improved and is more powerful than the original cannon hammer. But it is still very slow.

It’s not that I built a dam now, I just tried it and started to lift it with a winch. It was slower. And now it’s just on the shore, and it’s much easier to operate. Once the dry season comes, it’s gradually tamped into the door, making it even more difficult to operate.

But it may be the best way now.

The main thing is the columns and columns. The barbed wire mesh can be weaved in advance and discharged into the water step by step. If you want to save money, you can untie the barbed wire mesh when lifting the columns. Or the water in the Dan Water is gentle, and hemp rope can be used instead.

Seeing that it took a lot of effort and lifted up the iron pillar, the people didn't know what was going on.

Only then did Li Wei give the order and start erecting a wooden sign on the edge of the Renmen Peninsula, adding a rain eaves on it, and posting a few large pieces of paper below, drawing it clearly. Posting the ideas, maybe the people can come up with better ways to improve it. At the same time, it is also to calm the people's hearts.

But not only that.

In addition to the newly opened river, Li Wei finally revealed his real idea. This year, it is not easy to complete the construction smoothly. Next year, the river will be opened on Shenmen Island. It is feasible to go from Renmen to Shenmen Island. After all, a large amount of manpower and materials are required to be transported. The second is the Guimen Peninsula. After careful study, it is precisely because the Guimen Peninsula is crossing the middle of the river, the Guimen Shenmen water flow is biased towards the northeast, and it is integrated with the Renmen water flow, and the water flow speed is accelerated and it rushed straight towards the main pillar.

When the new river from the Ghost Gate Peninsula is not for navigation, it is to leak out part of the water. Once the three rivers open, the water will gradually calm down. Then, from Shenmen Island to Ghost Gate Island, another new river is dug, all of which are mainly flood discharge. Of course, if you have no ability and ability, you will solve all problems when you build a Sanmenxia Dam. As for whether it will block mud and sand like the Nile River Dam, Li Wei probably didn't consider it. Even if you consider it, you don't have the ability to build it. Therefore, you should use dredging methods.

As soon as the four rivers open, the water situation immediately becomes smooth. I will continue to use the boatman, but it will not be as miserable as it is now.

It is either that it will become a paradise immediately, or that there are no three gates. When the Yellow River arrives here, it will be very steep and turbulent, and something will happen. But it will be better. Besides, who can guarantee that the shipping will be 100% safe? Even if the water flow on the Grand Canal is relatively smooth, there will be frequent accidents, whether it is a ship colliding, or the ship itself has hidden dangers.

The intention was very good, but Wei Xuantong and Wei Siqian both took a breath of air conditioning.

Wei Xuantong said: "Your Highness, this fee..."

My brain is very good, but I can't calculate the cost.

Li Wei smiled and said, "Shi Wei, don't underestimate Haishi. Besides, the next year, there may be a considerable income for expenditure next year."

Wei Xuantong believed and suspected that this was not a small amount of money. Like the controversial sales quota last year, the effect was also good, but compared with the two channels, the finance raised was less than one-tenth. Using the 200,000 yuan a year in the imperial court, it was estimated that it would be piled in three doors, for ten or eight years, but it would not be successful.

But it's a bit credible.

When I arrived at Zhulin Pass, I saw the form of Danshui and calculated the project and difficulty, and felt relieved. However, an iron net bag immediately solved the problem of building a dam and blocking water. This cost was very high. Many places needed iron pillars, not one or two, but maybe tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. In addition, the cost of ramming and allocation was huge. Even Wei Xuantong suspected that the court did not have so much iron ore to smel.

But the iron pillar cannot be used again if it has been used once. Besides, if it is not used, it can be remelted into an iron tool, which is also considered a recycling cost. However, using this method to solve the difficulty of blocking dams in a deep and rapid water flow, it also saves great force and labor. Carefully calculating is not a waste, but a saving.

Maybe the prince will come up with a new solution to solve the financial problems.

So Wei Xuantong remained silent.

Of course, the people did not know the specific situation, but only saw that there was a solution. Once the newly opened river was opened, the canal transportation was convenient. If several rivers were divided into several rivers and the water level was slowed down, the labor would be less and even many relatives would be killed. They were very happy. Moreover, because the construction difficulty increased, the daily salary of the people was raised from fifty to fifty-five, and the joy was thunderous.

But when the news reached the capital, all the officials were speechless.

Big deal!

Although the idea is good, where did the prince raise this batch of expenses? Not to mention that in the future, even this year's expenses will become a serious problem.

But another thing also attracted the attention of officials.

By September, more ships returned. It was not very smooth. There were winds and waves on the sea. Some people were buried in the sea because of the ships sunk and were never able to come back. There were also indigenous people who were uncivilized, and there were conflicts. The troubles followed and they suffered not much. After all, the Tang Dynasty emphasized martial arts and over literature, and the folk martial arts style was very prosperous. They were not familiar with it. The situation of fighting in the nest did not happen. Everyone went to sea to encounter accidents, so they formed a large fleet. Although there were few people on each ship, they all carried weapons, which was not comparable to the Japanese. When encountering bad things, coupled with the mentality of a great country, they did more things that harmed the local area.

However, it is mainly about transactions. There were many good things in the Tang Dynasty, including porcelain, lacquerware, paper, cloth, silk, tea, some spices and medicinal materials produced in the Central Plains, jade, and even Tang Sancai for burial.

When I went abroad, I went to exchange for spices, gems, ivory, coral, and pearls. I even exchanged them for glassware produced by the great cannibals at some ports in the South China Sea, with hair, squids, and Persian brocade. There was really no such thing as Japan, so I would exchange for gold, silver, copper and iron, or related ore. This is also good. The Tang Dynasty had a serious lack of metal, including iron. The simplest example is armor. Although the Mingguang armor is good, not all soldiers can afford it, and the imperial court cannot afford it. In addition, there are armor such as light, fine scales, mountain text, and black horns. In order to save iron, they even used net bag armor and chain mail instead.

Sometimes cloth armor, silk armor and wood armor are also used. First, the cost is high, the process is backward, and third, iron ore is very small, military use, and civilian use it. Not to mention the value of gold, silver and copper. In addition to making utensils and jewelry, it can be used as currency. For example, a piece of cloth is only 300 yuan cheaper, but it has a lot of weight. If it is used as copper coins, the imperial court's Tongbao money is only 1.5 kilograms, and the private private treasure treasure is not enough. If it is exchanged for silver, it is only three cents and gold is 0.4 qian. It is not that I don't know the benefits of metal currency, but because gold is insufficient, silver and copper are inconvenient to circulation, so I use cloth instead of trading.

It is also a problem if you can't understand the language. During most transactions, you take out three or four basins and take a jade from the other party, pushing each other. The natives are just behind, but they are humans after all, and they can understand it. After all, it is not a safe way. Without good communication, there are many misunderstandings.

The court does not talk about the wealth and what strange things have happened. They have the ability to earn it themselves, but only the latter point makes many censors lose their words. With more metal, they all know the benefits they bring to the court. But even if they enter the port, they will be at least half a year when they arrive at Suzhou Port. However, some merchants have already asked the manager to ride fast horses to Chang'an, acquire the production around Chang'an, go down the canal, and trade with foreign trades. Of course, it is unlikely to exchange for a basin for an ivory, but the price difference is very large, and they have made a lot of money.

Finally, the merchants who had already obtained quotas in the two capitals finally couldn't sit still and sent people south to Quanzhou to discuss shipbuilding and hire sailors. This incident also caused a sensation, but what made the censor speechless was not only the metal, but also some indigenous chiefs who came to the Tang Dynasty to worship him. They were very disdainful of Li Wei, but they were valued by feudal dynasties in history. There was also sulfur, which needed merchants to exchange it from overseas. How important sulfur was, even a seven-year-old naughty boy in the capital knew.

But it was still not as shocking as the prince's big deal.

When Wei Hongji heard this, he couldn't stop and dragged his sick body to the third gate. When he saw Li Wei, he said, "Your Highness, no."

Originally, the project was going to expand into the three rivers...

Wei Hongji's head is so big.

Li Wei smiled and said, "Whether it can be done is a cost. You can see it right away."

How much can be obtained depends on Yao Shu's mouth. Li Wei has no idea. But September is coming and the autumn harvest is gradually over, and construction can be started. So he recruited civilians and transported a large amount of materials, including various gun hammers, and even in Danshui. Considering the special terrain, the ship's masts are anchored, and the masts are used as hammer arms. As well as drilling rigs, there are **, pachin bags, coke, and other materials. The civilians will not need 35,000 yuan, mainly the cost of materials. The iron pillar has not been discussed, and the expenses of 200,000 yuan cannot be discussed. But fortunately, there is no rush. Even the Danshui canal can start from easy to difficult, from the beach to the stone reef.

A large amount of supplies arrived and were thrown to Wei Hongji and Zhu Jingze. He took Wei Xuantong and Wei Siqian to Danshui. Yao Yu was not there, so Li Wei had to preside over the presidency himself. There was no construction immediately and further investigation was conducted. Not only did he eliminate the dangerous shoals, but he was also used as an auxiliary channel. In the future, the ship's heavy tonnage would increase. When the water flows upward, the small boat could be driven upward with oars, but the large boat was reluctant to do so. Especially in some rapids, a plank road was also needed to be set up and pulled by a boatman to allow the ship to pass safely.

Another safe plank road is to be dug out.

In addition, the middle and upper reaches of the river are larger, and people need to be sent to investigate further.

It is also time to wait for the water to be smaller. The smaller the water, the less difficult the construction is, and the more costly it is.
Chapter completed!