boyutpedia Chapter 202
Chapter 202
After listening to this, Su Chen asked curiously: "Since they are not bandits, why do Tu Jiu and his men consider themselves bandits?"
"According to Tu Jiu, it was their boss's request, saying that no one would dare to bully them." Wei Shuyu laughed.
"Hahaha... So that's it!" Li Chengqian laughed.
"Your Highness, Marquis, all the items on the carriage have been unloaded. Please tell me where the lunch is arranged!" Master Cheng and Master Liu came to report to Su Chen.
"Master Cheng, we can just eat a little for lunch. Just make a few dishes and some buns."
Su Chen had planned from the beginning that those who brought from Chang'an would cook separately, including the more than 800 soldiers.
"Master Cheng, please ask someone to freeze the beer first, and keep the prepared barbecue ingredients well."
This trip was mainly for the other eight brothers, bringing barbecue and beer, and Li Chengqian's condolences to the people who were repairing the road became secondary.
"Okay, Lord Marquis, I'll arrange it right away!" Master Cheng and the other two bowed respectfully and turned to leave.
"Your Highness, we'll have a simple meal at noon.
We'll have a barbecue in the evening when everyone else arrives. What do you think?" Su Chen looked at Li Chengqian and asked with a smile.
"I don't have any problem. Just arrange it as you see fit." Li Chengqian waved his hand casually, then looked at Qin Huaiyu and Wei Shuyu and said:
"Shuyu, tell us what difficult problems you encountered during the road construction."
Wei Shuyu nodded, bowed, and then said: "From Hengmen Bridge to Huaxian, the cement road that has been built is about 60 miles in total. There are still more than 50 miles behind, only one side has been built.
As for the difficult problems, one is getting water, and the other is getting stone.
It is difficult to mine and transport stone in the first 30 miles, and it is difficult to get water in the next 30 miles. Some sections of the road can only get water from the Wei River five or six miles away."
Su Chen nodded secretly, although he had never been to these places. But Su Chen looked at the topography along the way on the 3D imaging map. Most of the land near Chang'an is flat, and there is no condition for mining gravel.
Wei Shuyu continued to talk, but Su Chen did not listen anymore. Instead, he entered the system space with his mind and checked the 3D imaging map.
After finding the location of Hua County, the map showed that there were more than 140 miles from Hua County to Tongguan.
Su Chen planned that this cement road would cross the Yellow River from Tongguan, because the narrowest part of the Yellow River here is only four feet. At that time, a continuous arch bridge would be built here to connect the two places.
The other side of Tongguan is Fenglingdu in Yongle County, Shanxi (now Ruicheng County).
"Huh? What is this pyrite?"
Su Chen suddenly found that on the 3D map, there was a mountain in Hua County showing:
'Pyrite'
Annual output: about 5,000 kilograms.
"Pyrite, isn't it a gold mine? It's not far from here, about half an hour away. I'll take someone to have a look this afternoon."
Su Chen exited the system space and looked at Wei Shuyu and others.
He asked, "Have you heard of 'pyrite'?"
Everyone shook their heads. Su Chen didn't expect to get a positive answer, but just asked casually.
"Stinky... Su Chen, is pyrite a gold mine?" Princess Changle, who was sitting next to Su Chen, asked.
"I don't know what pyrite is either. If it's really gold, I'll give it all to you." Su Chen shook his head and laughed.
"Tsk!" Princess Changle rolled her eyes at Su Chen.
"Why did you suddenly ask about this 'pyrite'?"
Li Chengqian felt that Su Chen would not ask for no reason, even he himself didn't know what it was.
Su Chen said casually, "Nothing, I saw it in a book before. It's rare for me to come out this time, so I want to try my luck and see if I can find it, so I just asked casually."
"Has it rained here?" Su Chen looked at Wei Shuyu and asked again.
Wei Shuyu recalled and looked at Qin Huaiyu, and then they both shook their heads.
"It seems that it was cloudy for half a day, but it didn't rain." Qin Huaiyu said after thinking.
"Cloudy? Su Chen, I remember that Chang'an has been sunny and cloudless for the past month!" Li Chengqian looked at Su Chen and said.
"Rengui, do you remember that Chang'an has been cloudy for the past month?" Li Chengqian asked Xue Rengui and the others.
"Your Highness, Chang'an has been sunny for the past month, and there has never been a cloudy day." Xue Rengui answered very affirmatively.
Qin Huaiyu stood up and said to Wei Shuyu:
"Shuyu, do you remember that it was cloudy after noon that day? Many people who were repairing the road complained: 'This cloudy day is not sunny, but it is hotter than before'? And there were flashes of fire from time to time."
Wei Shuyu looked at the crown prince Li Chengqian, nodded and said: "I remember, it was indeed cloudy."
Qin Huaiyu and Wei ShuyuThere was some confusion as to why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Su Chen and the others were so serious when they heard Qin Huaiyu say that there had been cloudy days.
They did not know that on the night of August 15, Su Chen and the others came here to reward them because they were lamenting about the weather.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, since there had been cloudy days here, does that mean that it might have rained in other places? Or is it just that the drought was severe in Guannei Road?" Su Chen said to Li Chengqian.
There was a hint of excitement on Su Chen's face. If that was the case, if the drought in places like Jiangnan Road, Henan Road, and Hebei Road was not severe, then sweet potatoes and potatoes could be planted smoothly.
Those three Daozhou can be said to be the most suitable places for sweet potato and potato planting.
"It is indeed possible, then..." Li Chengqian also looked at Su Chen with some excitement and said.
He was very clear about the importance of the success of the second season of sweet potato and potato planting. One was to solve the problem of hunger among the people of the Tang Dynasty, and the other was to solve the land problem.
It was not that no one had ever nationalized the land before. That person was ahead of the times and dared to think and act.
If he had sweet potatoes and potatoes back then, I wonder if the final outcome could have been changed.
"Your Highness, what does 800 miles of express delivery mean exactly?" Su Chen suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question.
Li Chengqian's neck, which had been slightly stretched out, suddenly retracted, and his excitement just now disappeared in an instant.
"So this prince is excited for nothing? You suddenly ask this irrelevant question?"
Li Chengqian gave Su Chen a speechless look, but he still patiently answered Su Chen and said:
"Eight hundred miles express is the highest level of message transmission, with daily travel of 300, 400, and 600 miles. Eight hundred miles express is usually only used in two situations:
One is urgent reports from the border, and the other is large-scale civil unrest and rebellion.
Once the eight hundred miles express document is issued, the postman must change horses when he arrives at the post. If the postman is in poor physical condition, the postman will be either dead or injured when the message is transmitted to him."
Su Chen nodded and continued to ask: "Does the Tang Dynasty have pigeons to send letters?"
For Su Chen, pigeons have only been seen in movies and TV shows. As for whether the Tang Dynasty has pigeons, he really doesn't know.
"Yes!" Li Chengqian answered with certainty.