Chapter 2205:

For other empires, people would do things like road building, but they would definitely not invest as much as Li Cong. In their opinion, this is simply a problematic move in their minds. They know the convenience brought by a road, but the huge investment is definitely not they are willing to bear, mainly because in this era, roads are built on stones, and the cost of roads paved with bluestone slabs can be said to be very huge. Just like the widest street in the capital of the Eastern Empire, eight horse-drawn carriages can walk side by side, all of which are made of bluestone slabs. One question arises. How many bluestone slabs do you need? This road has been repaired for 30 years. During these 30 years, millions of slaves have lost their lives. The length of this road is only less than 400 kilometers, but this road is already the longest in the Eastern Empire. The road is good, the length of the bluestone slab is only 50cm, and the width is 25cm. The width of the road is 20 meters, and one kilometer requires 160,000 bluestone slabs. This whole road uses tens of millions of bluestone slabs, even for two people. If you carry a piece, it will take as much manpower as it is to transport it, and some of them are unqualified and replaced. At that time, the price of bluestone slabs was not very valuable, only less than forty cents. , But if it is shipped to the capital, the price will be 5 taels of silver. This kilometer of road will cost 800,000 taels of silver. Who can bear it? Back then, it took hundreds of millions of silver for various expenses to give this road. If it is done, even if it is so, it will have to invest millions of dollars in maintenance every year, which is still a normal year. If there is any major event, it will need to be overhauled, and overhaul is absolutely impossible without tens of millions of dollars.
Although there may be some officials who swallowed money, it can also reflect how vast the project is, and the livelihood issues that arise are also very important. If it is not slaves, but ordinary ones. In terms of labor, it is estimated that the Eastern Empire at that time would not have done such a thing. After more than a hundred thousand years of development, these four empires will only have such bluestone roads in some relatively large cities. . This is already very good. That is, only the interior of the imperial city contains some of the more precious stones. As for what the people’s road looks like, they don’t care about that. Of course, they all know how good a good road is during war. of. But this is also impossible. Finances are already very tight now. If they continue to use this, I really don't know how they should live their lives. Now there is no way to get mixed up. There are already a lot of foreign debts, and there will never be any more money on this road. Looking at Li Cong, the tens of thousands of kilometers of road is a preliminary plan for Li Cong. This is also for Li Cong. To defend the border, the other is to have a large artery in his territory. Li Cong also studied the economic zones of the four empires, which are basically in the riverside branches of the empires. Because they don’t have a land transportation point, inland waterway occupies a large share. If there is no such thing, it is estimated that they would not do that. That’s why they would do it. What Li Cong has to do is to create an economic route in his own territory for no reason. It is very necessary to develop the economy.
Li Cong just took advantage of the opportunity of building roads to pull up a large amount of labor. In the past, after all, they belonged to the people of the Southern Empire. They wanted to accept Cao’s house for a while. Simple things, but Li Cong quickly brought them a lot of work, either pruning roads, or some reservoirs, and some huge warehouses. The people from Cao's Commercial Bank will always give them You bring some work, you can pay with food, and you can use silver, anyway, it can make you work with peace of mind. Eminem is an obvious example of these people. He can be said to be a typical example of a person who is full and the whole family is not hungry. His parents don’t know where he went, and he doesn’t know where he came from. He grew up begging for food on the street. Yes, I never thought that now I can eat full every day. I have lived for decades. This is the first time such a thing has happened. He was asked by the Cao family firm when he was begging for food. Those who were caught here by the army, and those of their own partners, as long as they had physical problems, were sent to another place called a welfare institution. They said that someone would help them, but they were so strong but nothing. People who are capable are brought here by them. They said that doing a day's work can give themselves three catties of wheat. If you can learn well, you will have 5 catties of wheat a day after one month. You can choose whether you want food or money. In fact, I wanted money at the beginning, but I still want to fill my stomach with a slim waist. It's a good thing to get these food every day.
He had seen the corvee given by the government before. They were all told when you were asked to go there. What is this the garden of the duke and the king? As long as you do it well, the adults will be sure You won’t lose your talents. What is the result? I’m tired every day, but I can only get a miscellaneous bread every day as something to satisfy my hunger. Such a life is really uncomfortable. At the beginning, many people didn’t believe this, including him. I think so too. Although the Cao’s family members belong to a duke and king, they can defeat the lords of the Southern Empire. This ability is not something ordinary people can have. Look at theirs. The promise seems to be much stronger than those people. Dozens of them are still waiting and watching. When they brought dozens of carts of food, Eminem would not hesitate. This might be an opportunity for him. In fact, I don't want to be a beggar every day, but there is no other way. I don't have the ability to do other things and no one will let me do it. It is because of this that he feels that this is an opportunity. He can do things like coolies. He has been doing one thing these days, which is to carry some powdery things from the car. Come down, and mix it with sand and water. The rest will have nothing to do with them. Those people will use their cars to take them to the road. I have never seen such things before. Yes, this thing looks like mud. I also asked my own team leader. But he said that this thing is used to build roads, to build a dirt road? This is Eminem's question mark every day.
It can be said that there are many people who have questions like him, but the person who has been repaired said that they can come and have a look tomorrow. These Cao's business people are also true. Why can't I go today? Have to wait until tomorrow. But they all know that the newly built roads are called highways, and they are all very hard. Don’t say that the carriage is overwhelmed. Even if it is smashed down with a hammer or something, there will be no problem. There will never be any problems. They are all excited because of this, forget it, anyway, Minger You can see what is going on there. Eminem enters his dream with his own doubts. Although it is the work shed arranged on the construction site, he is also the first time he has his own quilt. As mentioned above, as long as I have been working for a month, and all these quilts are all my own. It’s really good to come here to work. Not only will I have a lot of food, but I can also have a lot of things for myself. There are many. If you have done it for a year, you will be a skilled master in the future, and your salary will be doubled, but you must go to work elsewhere. Otherwise, the money is not your own. , The few people who work with them are all local people. They have to worry about some things at home. Besides, those far away places have never heard of them, so naturally they can’t just pass by. , No one knows what it looks like outside, but it’s all those people’s thoughts, it doesn’t have much to do with me, I’m just a person, anyway, no matter what you are, there is nothing here for Lao Tzu If you want to be nostalgic for a little bit, you must continue to work with the people from Cao's house.
In the next morning, Eminem was woken up by a few people in his house. At this time, it was just dawn. Some of them had already started to go over there to see what was going on there, Eminem. Naturally, I also want to know what this legendary very hard road is all about. After all, I have been thinking about this problem for several days. How could the mud become hard? Some houses in the village are also made of soil embryos, although they are much better than mud, but relying on their own strength, if you really go up with one foot, this wall will not have much ability to bear, Eminem and the others By the time it arrived, dozens of people had already watched it. The first impression was that the road was really smooth. Although it hadn't reached the acceptance standard on the earth, it was the best ever on this planet. Of course, the good stones in the palace are naturally much better than this, but the bluestone paved road in the capital is nothing compared to the one in front of you. There is nothing good. , Basically it’s like that. Just when they tried it quietly with their feet, the horse-drawn carriage over there was already ready. The carriages of Cao’s house were different from other carriages. Others All of the carriages of Cao’s are all four-wheeled carriages, which is why they can pull more things. They need four horses to pull. The horsemen on this carriage work hard. After waving the whip, the four horses in front ran with difficulty. The people around quickly stepped aside and looked at the groom in surprise. Does this guy have a nerve problem? How could such a thing be done?
They can see that the cargo on the carriage must be at least thousands of today, and even heavier. If it is slow, it should be no problem, but now you are at such a fast speed if there is so much on the road. If there is a small pit, the entire carriage may be destroyed. Everyone knows such things, but what they thought did not appear. The carriage passed by like a gust of wind, and there were still more than a dozen carriages. , If this were the previous road, it is estimated that the dust raised could make them go back several meters, but now what they were thinking about did not appear at all. The carriage ran out for a few hundred meters before it started to slow down, because the road is not that long. If it is really very long, it is estimated that the horse can run to the city over there. This speed is the first time they see it. Yes, in the past, even those who ran wildly on horses could not reach this speed. The quality of the road is also very important to the horse. A good road can make the horse run farther. Yes, Eminem and the others quickly climbed up to touch the road in front of them, my goodness. It turned out to be nothing. There was no trace of what was so heavy just now. What kind of path is this? How could it be so powerful? They were all taken aback. If such a road was built, they all knew that the carriage would have to travel one day and one night before reaching the nearby county. The speed of the carriage just now is estimated to be within a few hours. It is estimated that it may save a lot of time. The leader just said that in the future there will be such a path everywhere. Wouldn't life be much easier in the future?
"Haha. Okay, what do you guys do? You still have to work today. This thing is just as rare when it first came out. If I ask you to come and see it in the future, I guess you Those who don’t want to look at this thing, just tidy up and get ready to start. The above said, this is a miracle. You are the people who made miracles. You will be recorded in history. You will get old in the future. At that time, it is estimated that this road will be better. At that time, someone will talk about who trimmed the road. At that time, it will be your glorious moment." A guy with the appearance of an overseer came over and said, with a gentle look. It's not the kind of fierce overseers. There is no mention of beating people on this road, but there are regulations. You will do a certain amount of work in a day. If you don't reach this number, you will be deducted. Salary, of course, if you can do better, we can also give you some more money, this can be up and down, of course, in order to allow these people to have enough rest time, beyond working hours The time was limited to two hours. After more than two hours, no matter how much you do, you won’t get any salary. Hearing that the supervisor said that they were all very passionate. It’s not wrong. The people around don’t even know what they’re doing. Many people want to come over and see what’s going on, but they don’t have such good luck. We are still doing very good work. My son, I have my own food, and I still like this job, so I just go to work as soon as possible, and I don’t have that good luck for the rest.
This is just a microcosm of all the construction sites. Because there is no machinery in this era, so even if the cement comes out, it will have to be paved by hand. If it is according to the standards on the earth, some are made here. Things are not very qualified, but the people here don't have so many requirements. Besides, some carriages on the highway are not as heavy as those trucks on the earth, and naturally they will not be overweight. The car crushed the road, so all these things were done very well. Eminem went back to the place where he worked yesterday. The road on his side was still covered. It is said that It was not very hard yet. He looked at the cement and other things he had made again. He had to work hard. After he gained trust here, he could go there to learn how to build roads. At that time, if I was transferred to a new department, I could be promoted. I would work with people from Cao’s house in the future. I don’t have any relatives anyway. As for those skilled, I would not be able to. Learning to build roads is also a very good thing according to what the supervisor said. In the future, there are still a lot of places to build roads. You can be considered a skill to survive. It is not a cool thing like the current one. I thought about it. Here, this guy is more motivated. You must let yourself stay here. There are many people who think like him. Most of them are the lowest level of the previous society, and they don’t want to. It looks like that, just because they lost at the starting line in the early stage. Now there is an opportunity for them to make up for it. They will never give up this opportunity.
Li Cong began to construct 15 places at the same time on a 40,000-km construction site, and a large cement plant with an annual output of 300,000 tons was established in each place. Anyway, such things as cement plants are available as long as they are suitable. The total output can reach one million tons. But because the skilled workers are not very skilled now, if they are all proficient, these factories' Cement is not enough at all. It is okay to see the cement plant now, but it will not be used much in the future. So when the first phase started, Li Cong had already started the selection of the second batch of cement plants. The site is working, the choice of these places is not difficult. Only transportation is a problem. The cement needed for road construction is definitely not a small amount. A car can only transport more than two tons of cement. What can the two tons of cement do? It is almost the same to make the road two meters long, and that's why. Choosing a suitable address is even more important. Another thing is to get water. This is not the same as on the earth. You can just get this well-drilling team to solve the problem. There are not so many geological exploration teams here. Even if they have, they have not visited here before, and it is impossible to find the location of groundwater. Although the local people have their own drinking water places, generally speaking, some water sources are not very abundant. It’s okay if they use their own domestic water, but if they use such a large-scale project, this water is not enough. So now Li Cong’s first solution is the water problem. But this is also a problem for the second period, and the first period is okay.
For Li Cong to make such a big plan, the senior management of Cao’s house also felt that something was not very feasible. Of course, the financial matters are understandable by everyone. Although the cost is very huge, It is still possible for the current Cao’s house of business to solve, especially since these people are still a large number of slaves sent by the Western Empire. What the Cao’s house of business is wasting is to send them all around. The rest is left. It’s not a big deal. Wu Zuoxi feels that it’s okay to build roads, but there is no need to build a large one. This kind of cement was used by Cao’s merchants before, but they were all used to build military facilities. At the beginning, I thought such a thing was an advanced product. It is impossible to use it on such a large scale. Now I can feel it. In fact, there is nothing advanced in such an advanced product. Looks like, but some of the military defense products built by this thing are very good. There was once a cement fortress that was besieged by 2000 people from the Southern Empire for nearly three days, and four soldiers were killed in three days. The Nandi team, which had about 150 people, blocked the Southern Empire’s rapid frontline reinforcements. This is also a good thing. At that time, the people of the Southern Empire wanted to get this thing, but they did it. It will not be produced on a large scale when it is handed over, so this plan will not stop at the end. In fact, if the people of the Southern Empire continue to study, it is estimated that they will have their own hope in a few decades, because This thing is not some high-tech products, but they don't have that kind of perseverance, and they are really not good at researching.
Gu Xin is the person in charge of this plan, but from the bottom of my heart, this plan is too big. At the beginning, he thought it was a sign that Li Cong was going to leave him in the cold. After all, let himself be in charge of thousands. Wan's slave, don't you look down on what you are? There is simply no effect at all. You must know that when you were in charge of the training camp before, those fifth-level fighters were quickly put into the Cao’s business at all levels of the army. They were all middle and high-level officers. , It’s not comparable to what it is now, and because of this reason, he didn’t feel how important this matter was at the beginning. Li Cong personally said a few words to this guy, which meant that Cao’s house would plan for the next few years. Basically, it has something to do with this. We want all the land occupied by Cao’s house in the Southern Empire to become our own place. In addition to the previous minimum security policies, it is the current road construction plan. All of them know clearly that the people of the Southern Empire will never give them a chance. As long as there is a little slack, the people of the Southern Empire will definitely take these things back without hesitation. , They are not stupid, this is the same as a malignant tumor, the people of the Southern Empire wanted to take the malignant tumor from their body. If you can’t take it anymore, your body may become waste because of this malignant tumor. At that time, it’s impossible for you to regret it. Although the Southern Empire’s power is not very strong now, their mood is all right. Understanding is also clear, so Li Cong has to quickly build such a road. As long as there is any problem on the border, the support from various places can quickly pass.
The Southern Empire was surprised that the people of Cao's Commercial Bank did this. They were just like the people of the other three empires. The people in Cao's House of Business began to investigate this matter after they gathered so many slaves. In fact, the people of Cao’s House of Commercial Bank did not conceal this. They knew that the cement of Cao’s House of Commercial Company was some very valuable things. When the news was not clear, the senior officials of the Four Empires I felt very happy because Li Cong had something to do. As long as this guy has something to do. Many things will be much better in the future. At least there is no need to always guard against them. There will be some roads in the empires, but the longest road is the 400 kilometers long road in the capital of the Eastern Empire. Who knows that the people of Cao's House of Commercial Bank are up to 40,000km, which is a hundred times that of the Eastern Empire back then. It is undeniable that the people of Cao's House of Commercial Firm can put out more money than the people of Eastern Empire, but what about other things? How does he accomplish it? Is such a path so easy to complete? If this is also possible, they will re-evaluate the capabilities of Cao's Commercial Firm, but they will know when the news is complete. It turns out that the people in Cao's Commercial Firm are doing something different from what they think. There is no meaning to use bluestone slabs. Such things can no longer keep up with others. People use cement-like things. They used to talk about very expensive things, but now they can be produced on such a large scale. This kind of thing made them feel impossible, but this is another fact. There is no way for such a fact to be placed in front of them, and they will not stop it.
If the people of Cao’s house do other things, they can still go out and interfere, but now they are doing road construction within their own limits, and no one can stand up and say anything, especially the people of the Southern Empire. , They are the most depressing thing. When they signed a treaty before, they said that they wanted the right to build roads. Now that’s the reason. Many times these things are not that simple. People say that it is to facilitate the lives of the people, but the people of the Southern Empire can see that on the front line of thousands of miles, the people of Cao’s house cannot be stationed in all places, so they can only be Hoarding troops at certain points, but what if the people of the Southern Empire do not attack these places and go around them? They didn’t have any solution. The people at Cao’s Commercial Bank must have seen this potential threat, so they thought of other ways. The first thing they thought of was the issue of road construction, as long as it was what they called After the road is repaired, the Cao’s army can quickly go anywhere. In the past, Li Cong thought that as long as there were airships, it could be supplied, but after a war with the Western Empire, Li Cong did not Feeling that these things are so easy to do, he now understands that things are not as simple as he thought. The traffic in other places is temporarily out of control, but there is still no problem within the scope of his own rule. This is just an experiment. If this 40,000 km road can be quickly built, Li Cong will have 400,000, 4 million or even 40 million km of roads to build in the future.
In fact, since the people of the Southern Empire discovered the actions of Cao’s House of Business, they have begun to use a lot of small actions for the people of Cao’s House of Business, but unfortunately none of their actions have worked. They think When we wanted to incite the people to make trouble, some people killed them with a single word. When we followed you, we didn’t have anything. Even the food problem was not solved for us. How do your officials live their lives? , Eat ours, drink ours, and in the end they haven’t treated us as human beings, but the people from Cao’s Commercial Bank felt different after they came. Not only did they give us food and drink, they also found a lot for us. Work, have you done this? They really did not do it, let alone now that you haven't fought a war. If we really want to change our current lives, we are the first to stand up and resist you. What about the former officials and landlords? These people should all support our southern empire, because we used to give you benefits. Now that Cao’s house has occupied this place, you don’t have a good life. You should support us. , But unfortunately, they guessed wrong again. These people didn't want to go back to rule the Southern Empire. There are just too many things to do to go back to that time. Do we have the guts to do it? That's impossible. We don't have the courage. You should know by looking at these people in our family. Didn't we get up and toss in the beginning? But at that time, when we got into trouble, there would be no one of you. To put it bluntly, we are treated as cannon fodder. sorry. We won't be so stupid this time, our head is the most important thing.
In addition, a large number of detailed works of the Southern Empire in the occupied area. Li Cong also made relevant regulations. The people everywhere are the best. The Baojia system established by Li Cong is also quite good. This leaves some strangers without the foundation for their own survival and want to go to other places. If you go, it’s okay. You can ask someone here to give you a letter of introduction. Although it’s easy to send out such a thing, it will be investigated when the time comes. Li Cong also told all these people and gave it to others. Opening a letter of introduction is a good thing, but if the person you opened out has a problem, it means that your head is gone. For a while, except for the hidden ones, no one else survives. Space, because they have only been here for less than a few years, it is impossible to have so much information, and only those senior meticulous works can stay, and other people may be killed. Yes, after they knew they were exposed, they all fled from the Cao’s house. Li Cong had no opinion on their escape, and he didn’t kill them all. Of course, there were quite a few of them. It can help us do things. For example, if some people who are not determined are discovered by us, we can give you a new identity and expose you to the southern empire, so that you can’t go back anymore. I can give you some money for you to live with me. Of course, you have to find out all of your top and bottom. That's the only way you can, which makes those who think they are hiding well The meticulous work has also come out. Now it can be said that there are people from the Southern Empire on the Cao's house, but the number is definitely not that many, very few.
The battle between the Eastern Empire and the Northern Empire has begun to escalate. The people of the Northern Empire did not have any mercy. After the retreat of the Eastern Empire’s warships, they checked some of the Eastern Empire’s offices in the Northern Empire, and also removed them. The pot was occupied. In fact, the government of the Northern Empire did not intend to do that. It was purely because some frontline officers had red eyes. Some merchant organizations in the Eastern Empire were all very rich. Do you have a good future? Since the army can't give it to yourself, then you have to fight for one. Just like the one in front of you, you have to move them all to your own home. Otherwise, I'm really sorry. At the beginning, the people in the Eastern Empire didn't think that things would be so big, so they didn't say anything one by one. They just blocked the matter and hoped that the Northern Empire was there. They don’t even look for this if they take a low profile. Who knows that apart from stealing money, they actually liked Lihu. The people of the Eastern Empire had longed for the place of Lihu, and their naval power required It’s much stronger than the Northern Empire. The Northern Empire’s doing so is too shameful for them. If this is the case, we can teach you a lesson. The people of the Northern Empire brought a lot of ships to show their might. After wandering around Lihu, it seems that this place is already theirs, but the news from the Eastern Empire also made them feel that things are not good. More than 3,000 warships in the Eastern Empire are already sailing, and they can still handle this. But then the news turned out to be that the first to go out were the advance troops, and the more than 200,000 ships behind were the main fleet. This is too bullying.
The Northern Empire had only half a million naval warships. The Eastern Empire came all at once. Although it was a long journey, it took several years to come, but the people of the Eastern Empire dare to come to this place. Come, they will not be afraid of this. People must have their own supply plan. The people of the Eastern Empire have begun to build some supply points in the coastal areas. UU reading www.uukanshu.com although this is the Warcraft Mountains , But most people know that the Warcrafts rarely go to the beach. They all like to stretch out in the Warcraft Mountains, so if you want to build some supply points along the way, there is no problem. The three thousand ships in front It can be said that the warship is here to establish a supply point. By then, the ships behind will be able to transport supplies to the front line bit by bit, which can also support the front line. Li Cong never thought of this. Yes, I didn’t expect the people of the Eastern Empire to have such advanced thinking, and soon they could grasp the essence of naval warfare. Some islands are of course very important, but seaside cities are also very important. Everyone is not a fool. The Eastern Empire can do it, can't the Northern Empire do it? In theory, there is no problem, but the Northern Empire’s financial capability does not allow them to do that, and they are now at the door of their homes. If they build a supply point, wouldn’t they just stay close and seek further distance, so the Northern Empire’s people let it go. A chance to defeat an opponent outside the country, now they can only wait for others to come to their own land to do things, this kind of thing is also done by those stupid people in the Northern Empire, replaced by Li Cong's words , It would never do such a thing, it was a fool.
This is why the development of the Northern Empire is not the same as that of the Eastern Empire. This gap cannot be completed in a short time, and it may be widened in the future, so the last enemy may be the people of the Eastern Empire. , This is also certain. (To be continued...)