Chapter 293 decided to build roads

   "Glutinous rice? I have glutinous rice! Although I don't grow much, it's okay to eat a few meals."

  In Huang Wudie's eyes, eating is a big deal, how could he let go so easily.

  I know you are a rich woman, so you don't need to show off like this.

   "But Nanxiang doesn't have any here. How about talking about it when the next time the grain comes over?"

  Looks like I need to pick a few more servants. It is always difficult for Amei to prepare food for such a large group of people by herself.

  Feng Yong thought to himself.

   "Speaking of food transportation, this concubine came to Nanxiang for this purpose." With Feng Yong's guarantee, Huang Wudie didn't continue to pester her.

   "This year's summer grain harvest is almost finished, so Feng Langjun can prepare to transport grain from Nanzheng again. That is not a trivial matter. This concubine came here to discuss this matter with Feng Langjun."

  Huang Wudie is his partner, so Feng Yong can't let her transport food by herself like others.

   "Manpower is a trivial matter, it's just this cart that transports food..."

  Feng Yong was a little overwhelmed when he heard about grain transportation. These days, the transportation volume is too small with ox carts and horse-drawn carts.

   Not only that, but these days are full of dirt roads, and the road conditions are not good.

   If it is transported by Hanshui, it will be even more troublesome.

   It has to be transported from Nanzheng to the Han River, and then all the way down the Han River, and finally it has to go against the water for a while to come back to Nanxiang.

  How many circles does this take?

  The key is that I don't have a boat.

   It would be great if there is a train, and a car is also fine.

  No way, textile workshops and pastures are places where no food is produced, and food is absolutely unstoppable.

  So no matter how high the cost is, we must maintain sufficient food.

  At this time, Feng Yongcai deeply felt the helplessness of Zhuge Old Demon who had no food in the middle of the Northern Expedition.

  From Nanzheng to Nanxiang, all the way can be regarded as a plain, and grain can be transported by ox carts and horse-drawn carts. Feng Yong felt that too much manpower and animal power were wasted.

  From Hanzhong to Guanzhong or Liangzhou, many sections of the mountain roads and plank roads are difficult to pass even by cars. I don’t know how the old demon Zhuge maintains the rations of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.

"How about this, I will send a message to Huo Jianling of Hanzhong Metallurgy in Nanzheng, and ask him to ask people from Hanzhong Metallurgy to build some more cars, and I got some cattle and horses from Ju County a few days ago, and put them in Nanzheng. Zheng's ranch."

   "After the car is built, I will send some people over here. The summer grain has come down, and it is the business to transport it as soon as possible."

  There are many serfs who are willing to stand up and sing, so Feng Tubie doesn't have to worry about the shortage of manpower if it is just to transport grain.

  Although the problem raised by Huang Wudie was temporarily resolved, this incident also reminded Feng Yong, making him finally realize that with the explosive growth of Nanxiang population, the food problem will become more and more prominent in the future.

  If this problem is solved, food will inevitably become one of the bottlenecks restricting the population growth of Nanxiang in the near future.

  Agriculture is the primary industry, this statement really makes sense.

   It is not impossible to rely on external transportation, but Nanxiang must be attractive enough, so the pace of exchanging food for cloth must be accelerated.

  Feng Yong had this matter in his heart, and he couldn't let it go. The next morning, he stood at the intersection in a daze for no reason.

   "Brother, what are you doing?"

  Li Qiu is a laid-back person. When he saw Feng Yong wandering around, he immediately walked over and asked.

   "Railway!"

   Feng Yong said unconsciously, pointing to the road in front of him, "This road is not good, I want to fix it."

  Li Qiu nodded in agreement, "Hanzhong has been through war for a long time, and it is reasonable for the road to be deserted, but this official road can still be used for driving, which is not bad."

   What a fart! When it rains, it's so muddy that people can't even walk, let alone a car. What's wrong?

   "How far is it from Nanxiang to Nanzheng?"

   Feng Yong suddenly asked again.

   "It's less than 200 miles, and it takes two hours to ride a horse. If it's an ordinary person, it can be reached in two days."

   In other words, less than a hundred kilometers?

   It doesn't seem to be very far away.

  Feng Yong immediately slapped his thigh and said, "Fixed!"

   "What does brother want to fix?"

   "Building roads."

"here?"

   Li Qiu looked at Feng Yong in surprise, and pointed to the road in front of him.

   "Yes, repaired to Nanzheng."

  Feng Yong nodded.

   "How much food will it cost?"

   Li Qiu asked in disbelief.

   "It doesn't cost much." Feng Yong shook his head, "It's not to open the road, but to repair the road and put some scum on it to make the road smoother."

   The cement that Feng Yong made was specially used for shabby projects. That kind of cement is simply a joke.

  It is useless except for a little advantage in construction speed, and at most it is for temporary emergency use.

  Use the concrete mixed with this cement to build a building, and it will collapse by itself within a few years.

   But no matter how scumbag concrete works are, they are better than dirt roads, right?

   And he is guarding a coal mine.

  Although this coal mine is definitely pitifully small compared to those large coal mines in later generations with hundreds of millions of tons of reserves at every turn.

   But Feng Yong does not use coal to generate electricity, and there is no industrial application. If it only supplies a few thousand people for heating and fire, it will be enough to last forever.

  More importantly, Nanxiang has the largest gypsum mine in Asia, and there are hundreds of millions of tons of limestone reserves. If you don’t use it, why keep it?

   "If you want to practice officialdom in Nanxiang County, then it's all right, but outside of Nanxiang County, isn't that appropriate?"

   Li Qiu hesitated.

   "What's inappropriate?" Feng Yong glanced at Li Qiu, "It's a big deal, I'll tell the prime minister."

   If you have something to ask the old demon Zhuge, who dares to force you?

   There is no need to think about the reasons, just tell the truth.

  Now Nanxiang is already the second largest county in Hanzhong, how could the old demon Zhuge not agree?

   Only the more convenient the traffic is, the better the place can be controlled.

   “To get rich, first build roads.”

  Feng Yong waved his hand, "That's it."

  The key point is that although there should be enough materials for the construction site, there will never be enough manpower, so Feng Tubie will definitely not fool around with the old monster Zhuge.

  The ultimate goal of building roads is for oneself, but objectively it is beneficial to the imperial court.

  So Feng Tubie decided to submit a testament to the prime minister of the Han Empire, called "Nanxiang to Nanzheng Road Test".

  It will focus on the application of the latest materials (tofu dregs engineering cement), and it is also a pilot for the large-scale application of new technological materials in the Han Empire.

  Feng Yong, Wei Cheng of Hanzhong Diannong School, took the initiative to apply for a cameo as a contractor to undertake the national road construction project.

  Feng Tubie believed that, for the sake of cement application, Zhuge Lao Yao would properly agree to his request.

   "By the way, I still have to go to Guan Ji about this matter."

  Feng Yong couldn't write his handwriting, so of course he had to ask Guan Ji for help.

  Hearing Feng Yong's words, Li Qiu's face was a little weird, and he coughed dryly, "Brother, don't be in a hurry. I saw Lady Guan and Lady Huang going out together this morning, so I should have gone to find a place to practice martial arts."

   Sure enough, is it still unavoidable?

  Feng Yong's face was a little dull, and he asked Li Qiu, "You know?"

  Li Qiu was neither smiling nor crying, and he didn't know what to look for. "Who has a little knowledge of Jincheng's news about the matter between the Guan family's daughter and Huang's daughter?

   "In my generation, even those who rely on their own strength, no one dares to speak bravely in front of the second daughter."

  So, you and Huang Chong acted as if you didn’t see me between them yesterday?

  Do you have any sense of loyalty? ah!

   The author is hospitalized, and he left some manuscripts. I distributed them for him in the past few days, but I forgot to post them yesterday, sorry.

  

  

  (end of this chapter)