Chapter 6513 Seizing the Future

There are probably only dozens of people of this level under Sun Qian, and each of them has a full schedule. Occasionally, a new one appears, and he might be arranged to work here before he even leaves the Imperial College. An official position of 600 stones is not a problem at all for Sun Qian, and he can really arrange it on the spot.

As a result, Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang fell silent when they looked at this group of elites under their command. It turned out that you are all useless. You can't even build an overpass. What's the use of you?

Of course, neither Yuan Shu nor Liu Zhang said this, but that was their attitude. The construction team working under them felt a little frustrated, so they got a secret mirror for Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang to see how difficult this thing was.

This stuff is considered semi-confidential, but due to the continuous expansion of the national transportation network construction needs, construction teams in many places have received the secret mirror distributed by Sun Qian. I don't mean any other things. You should also improve your technology. Who knows, there may be some talents that I can discover and absorb.

"So, we once had a bridge construction genius who was poached by Sun Gongyou, right?" Yuan Shu looked at his officers with dissatisfaction, "Aren't you using me, Yuan Shu, as a blood bag?"

"Well, not really. After all, there's really not much we can learn here. We just build roads and some bridges with short spans. We don't have the real technology here. It would be a waste to keep such people here." Liang Gang said with a dry laugh.

"Where is the loyalty! Where are my loyal subordinates!" Yuan Shu said angrily. He had never encountered such a strange situation. As for those subordinates in the past, regardless of their abilities, their loyalty was absolutely no problem. But what kind of people are this new generation? They run away for further studies as they say. What the hell!
"I'm here, I'm here." Liang Gang straightened his back and said, instead of talking about ability, just talk about loyalty or not.

Yuan Shu had a mouthful of blood stuck in his chest and didn't know how to answer. Liang Gang's loyalty was beyond doubt, but only his loyalty was worthy of praise, and other aspects were really not good enough.

"Go, find Sun Gongyou and borrow two designers for me. Just say that I need to build an overpass in Yinping County and ask him to lend me two professionals." Yuan Shu said with some fatigue. After all, he had already said it. If he couldn't do it, where would the face of his family, which had three officials for five generations, be put?

"Uh, lord, this can't be used like this." Liang Gang scratched his head. He had thought about this before, and even thought about using the so-called legion attack to blow up the mountain and then carry out construction.

There is no way. Compared with the size and intelligence of terrestrial animals, some animals in the ocean are larger in size and have better intelligence. Even without the alienation of the essence of heaven and earth, they already have the intelligence of eight or nine-year-old human children. Now, after the baptism of the essence of heaven and earth and the enlightenment of the demon master Perennis, the combat effectiveness of some marine creatures is really outrageous.

The former will only leave a ruin and only need to be cleared, while the latter will block the valley between the mountains and form new ruins. Although they are not as high as before, they are still there.

Take the Kabul River Valley, Lao Cao's target, as an example. The average altitude of the valley is 1800 meters. Well, there is no doubt that the valley is hundreds of meters lower than the surrounding areas, thousands of meters higher. However, the altitude of Kandahar is only 1000 meters. If Lao Cao has the ultimate level of construction capabilities and plans very well, and all the mountains are at least 1800 meters high, without any duplication, and only ten meters wide, Lao Cao's construction earthwork volume will be about 30 billion cubic meters.

“Well, my lord, I can only try my best.” Liang Gang bowed. He had no confidence in this matter. The people on Sun Qian's side were not easy to deal with, and Sun Qian was really a low-key person. But if we rank them in the Han Dynasty, Sun Qian would definitely be in the top five. He was in the large-scale construction industry, and was in charge of military control and military logistics. Hundreds of thousands of dollars, are you kidding me?
"By the way, I heard from Lu Jun that the naval guns have been developed. You can ask someone to talk to Lu Jun and borrow their naval guns. It's not that they are extremely powerful, but it should be no problem to use them to blow up mountains." Yuan Shu said with some respect.

The good thing for Lao Cao is that he is now in the middle of the Hindu Kush Mountains and only needs to fight for a few hundred more kilometers. Unfortunately, the mountains in the second half are relatively high, with some being over six or seven thousand meters high.

If there were not some problems with the power system at present, none of those big Kun would have been able to escape, and they would all have been towed to the East China Sea Ocean Fisheries Bureau to be made into various industrial products.

The general width of the Zagros Mountains is only about 150 kilometers. The location chosen by Rome itself is a narrow one, with relatively low mountains and original col passages, which was one of the roads used by the Parthian Empire to travel east and west. There are even some fertile mountain plains in these col passages (World Geographic Atlas, and Iran is still using it today).

Huge size, powerful combat capability, thick clouds, and a very simple but extremely effective sharp arrow formation. In short, it is invincible!

However, this group of ferocious beasts was enough to challenge the castrated version of the seventh-generation ship. Faced with a blow from the real seventh-generation ship, they simply fled in panic. The most unlucky one, the huge Kun, was directly smashed to pieces.

Wu Dang can use forty rounds, while ordinary legions can only use twenty rounds. But what does it matter? An ordinary legion can still produce dozens of them if necessary. But for the Wu Dang Legion, this thing is not unique, but it is almost the same.

As for Kandahar where Lao Cao is, how should we put it? To go west, along Kabul and into Peshawar, the mountains to be faced are the Hindu Kush Mountains and the Sulaiman Mountains. When the two mountain ranges converge together, they form an astonishing highland. In other words, 70% of the place Lao Cao faces is mountainous. And unfortunately, the Hindu Kush Mountains run from east to west and are 1600 kilometers long.

"On the one hand, it's a problem of earthwork. The earthwork that is blown up is essentially still there. If it's just one or two mountains, it's fine. But if it's a continuous mountain range, there won't be much change after the explosion." Liang Gang explained helplessly, "This is also the reason why Lao Cao didn't learn from the Romans and directly open up the mountains, but walked instead."

"In this case, it's not that we can't blow it up. If it's horizontal like this, it seems like we can get through. Isn't this also a road?" Yuan Shu frowned as he looked at the newly formed ruins. In his opinion, this thing could be used to build roads, which was very suitable.

In short, Yuan Shu had no real sense of how powerful the seventh-generation ships were, but the naval guns were really powerful. One shot could directly destroy a small island, and could defeat a group of intelligent, battle-formed warriors with super-thick clouds and an average breakthrough in the level of internal energy leaving the body with one shot. It was truly shocking.

"Why?" Yuan Shu looked at Liang Gang in confusion.

Well, considering the problems that have to be faced in actual construction, Lao Cao's actual earthwork volume may be ten times more than this. So Cheng Yu only mentioned using the legion's attack to smash a road, and the reason why he didn't mention it later was that it was simply impossible. Maybe if they blew it up desperately, with the support of technical personnel, it would be almost blasted open in more than 20 years, but if the blasted earth is not moved away, it is the same as not bombing at all.

This is the most ideal method, and there is no need for repetition. All links are perfect, and the ten-meter trench is infinitely flat. However, the amount of earthwork is almost the same as building twenty Three Gorges Dams.

Yuan Shu had never considered naval guns before, but Gongsun Gong, as Yuan Shu's younger brother, owned the Liaoxi Shipyard, a top shipbuilding company in the industry, so he was naturally qualified to participate in the sea trials of the seventh-generation ships. So he gave Yuan Shu a copy of the secret mirror he had recorded, which was simply amazing.

Such amazing power made Yuan Shu, after watching it repeatedly, suddenly have an idea: why not use it to build roads? One shot from a naval cannon can at least blow down a mountain. If it is used to build roads, the efficiency will increase hundreds of times. Instead of building an overpass, just build a highway.

Yuan Shu scratched his head upon hearing this and roughly understood it, especially when Liang Gang made a sand table for Yuan Shu in the mud nearby, with high and low mountains. He used internal energy as an explosive to demonstrate to Yuan Shu how to blow up a mountain when there were no mountains around, and the scene after blowing up a mountain when there were a circle of mountains around.

"Here's the problem. Such blasting will block the valley between the mountains. This V-shaped valley itself is prone to forming a barrier lake due to landslides. If there is blasting, it can be said that a barrier lake will inevitably be formed." Liang Gang said helplessly. These things were summed up by Sun Qian with his life. Behind each and every rule are human lives.

"A dammed lake?" Yuan Shu frowned.

"Yes, especially in places like Sichuan and Shu, where there is no shortage of rain. Directly blocking the river valley like this will inevitably form a barrier lake." Liang Gang said with a sigh, "It is very dangerous, the kind that will leave you dead without a burial place. So from a certain time on, before blasting the mountain, detailed research is needed to avoid fatal problems caused by changes in the geographical environment." "After blasting the mountain, what about relying on these rocks for construction?" Yuan Shu suddenly had an idea.

"The cost is higher than that of a tunnel, and the efficiency is also lower than that of a tunnel. At least the amount of earthwork of a mountain and the amount of earthwork of partially cutting the mountain are two different things." Liang Gang said after thinking for a while.

This is also why the Soviets used nuclear bombs to build reservoirs, mine, put out fires, etc., but gave up the plan when they tried to use nuclear bombs to build canals, because it was really inappropriate. As for the even more outrageous idea of using nuclear bombs to build roads, that is even more nonsense.

"So for now, viaducts and tunnels are the best options. If we blow up the mountain, unless we already have minerals, we will have to spend manpower just to clean up the mess." Liang Gang was somewhat helpless. He had been following Yuan Shu's orders for years and led the construction team to build roads everywhere. Now he has achieved some results. High-end things are fine, but the basic knowledge is enough.

"Oh, I see." Yuan Shu scratched his head and reluctantly gave up the plan to borrow a 700-ton naval gun from Lu Jun to bomb the mountain. Instead, he began to study how to build an overpass for Yinping County and Zitong County. He could not count on tunnels as this place was not suitable for tunnels, especially in Yinping County where one had to climb up and roll down. He could only rely on overpasses.

"An iron chain bridge is also possible, but it cannot be too wide, and the iron cables must be maintained regularly, otherwise the bridge will break sooner or later due to erosion by wind and water, and rust." Liang Gang suggested. He knew how to repair this thing, but it was difficult for a horse-drawn carriage to pass through it. It could only be said to be extraordinary. It was completely different from the things built by Sun Qian, and the difference was far, far greater.

"Forget it, at least the road needs to be open." Yuan Shu waved his hand and said, if the road is not open, many things cannot be exported, and local specialties cannot be exported. This place cannot develop, and even poverty alleviation cannot be achieved.

"We can only ask that person to open the road, but I think it is unlikely. Yinping County and Zitong County are not included in the planning scope." Liang Gang was not optimistic about this matter. The large-scale projects of the Han Dynasty were all written in the plan when Chen Xi made the five-year plan. Although Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang were also powerful figures, it was pure dreaming for them to touch Chen Xi's plan.

There are not many people in this world who can touch Chen Xi's plan.

"This is troublesome." Yuan Shu was helpless. He really had money and wanted to spend it, but he was not allowed to do anything. This was very annoying.

"Here, Gonglu." Liu Zhang came in from outside and poured a pot of sealed wine for Yuan Shu.

"What is that?" Yuan Shu was confused. After he took it and opened it, he realized it was wine. He tasted it and it tasted a bit strange, but it had a very clear aroma of malt, which was somewhat different from normal wine.

"It's a kind of liquor that the locals drink. It tastes weird when you first try it, but it tastes quite good after you take a few sips. If you don't believe me, try it again." Liu Zhang found a seat and sat down, then swayed left and right to fill the space on the armchair, and spoke to Yuan Shu.

"It's just so-so." Yuan Shu took a few sips and didn't think it was anything amazing. Overall, it was completely different from the wine they had drunk before, but for someone of Yuan Shu's level, it was just so-so. What good stuff hadn't he drunk? Yuan Shu had drunk a few bowls of the rice wine that Cookie made from the essence of heaven and earth. In comparison, this thing was just so-so.

"Li wine made from malt." Liu Zhang picked up the wine pot and took a few sips. Then, in front of Yuan Shu's puzzled eyes, he said, "This thing has a very promising future. The Li wine in the Central Plains has withdrawn from the times. This is the only Li wine I have seen. It is incredible."

The Liu family is full of wine tasting masters. Let’s put aside the wine connoisseur like Liu Biao. Liu Zhang also knows a lot about wine. That’s why Liu Zhang realized after taking two sips that this was not wine, but sweet wine.

Although nominally these two things are both wine, they are actually two different things. If the Central Plains continued to develop, wine would completely overwhelm Li, and then lead to the demise of Li. Then in the late Han Dynasty, Li barely still existed, but it had been eliminated from the mainstream because most Li was very unpalatable, so that a brewing method that had existed since the Yellow Emperor era was completely ruined in later generations.

In the later "Heavenly Creations" it was said that in ancient times, qu was used to make wine, and ye was used to make li. Later generations were tired of the bland taste of li, so the tradition was lost, and the ye method was also lost.

In fact, if we really want to classify this thing called Li, it is actually beer brewed from malt. It's just that in most places in the ancient Central Plains, Li lacked the most important thing, and was completely inferior to rice wine and white wine, and was eventually eliminated.

But later, after the most important thing was picked up and added in, beer began to surpass other liquors such as rice wine and white wine.

What is missing is hops. Without it, the flavor and taste of Li wine will be killed by rice wine and other liquors, and it will be eliminated in the Central Plains. Yinping County, where Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang are now, happens to be in the north of Sichuan, the origin of hops, the wild kind.

"Ah, is there any difference between this thing and wine?" Yuan Shu asked with some surprise. He took a few more sips and inexplicably felt that the aroma and special taste of this malt were quite good.

"Yes, it is recorded in the Book of Wine that 'the clear one is wine, the turbid one is sweet wine; the clear one is wise and bright, the turbid one is stupid and dull. They are all made from the wheat grown in Quxunqiu and the rice grown in the fields.' Wine is made from grains, and this thing is malt. The flavors of the two are completely different, and this thing can be brewed to be clear." Liu Zhang said to Yuan Shu with shining eyes, but Yuan Shu was still stupid and had not realized what Liu Zhang wanted to express.

"What exactly do you want to say?" Yuan Shu looked at Liu Zhang. Having been with him for such a long time, he almost knew what kind of person he was. The fact that he took his explanation so seriously showed that this thing was really important. However, he couldn't understand what it meant.

"You are stupid!" Liu Zhang's eyes sparkled with wisdom. "This thing can make money. It can make a lot of money. This money is enough for me to repair all the roads in the southwest."

"Is it so exaggerated?" Yuan Shu took a breath.

"It's not an exaggeration. I once asked Chen Zichuan how to get rich. He told me that if we just want to be rich to an ordinary level, then we are already rich. But if we want to be truly rich, then the upper limit is in the niche industries." Liu Zhang said very seriously.

"The gambling industry sounds like it has a high ceiling, but it's actually far from the real big money." Liu Zhang said with nostalgia, "Then I asked him about it, and Chen Zichuan said that commodities related to food, clothing, housing and transportation are the real ceiling, and the gambling industry is just bullshit!"

Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is true that the total output value of the North American gaming industry is only at the level of the total output value of the beer industry. Most of the time, the total output value of the North American gaming industry can only compete with a certain beer market segment in the beer industry, and may not even win.

Although Liu Zhang did not realize how high the potential of Li was, he believed that it was a new category of wine!

　Forget it, I'll recommend the book tomorrow. I won't be able to find the messages recommending the book when I get home.
　　(End of this chapter)