Five or six took them to continue to go up the mountain, all the way to point, how to open up the mountain road here, how to distribute the granite there, the head is the road, and the thinking is very clear.

Of course, what he put forward was only a suggestion, and the specific arrangement depended on Xu Wen's plans for on-site exploration.

All the way they walked up the hill to a flat meadow and rested for a while.

In fact, Xu Wen was okay at this time, and it was normal for five or six to look at it, but everyone else was obviously a little unable to hold on.

Especially Ni Tianyang, half of him hung on Zhu Shishi's body, his face was flushed, his whole body was drenched, and he looked like he was about to die.

Zhu Shi could have persevered, but with this burden, he couldn't breathe, but he still insisted on dragging Ni Tianyang, which was very touching.

"People, it's really not good to accept the old. When you were young, what was this accumulation?" Yan Ji was slightly stronger than Ni Tianyang, but he was also sweating profusely, and said breathlessly.

"I can't help that, it's that the mountain is too steep. "Zhu Gantang has traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, and climbing the mountain is just an ordinary thing for him, but today he is too tired to do it.

"But it's a nice view. He took a breath and stepped aside to look down the mountain.

At the edge of the meadow is a cliff, and looking down, you can see the dilapidated Fengchun City and the Yundai River at the other end of the city.

Spring has arrived, the river thaws, and the Yunshui River shuttles like a silver belt, reflecting a crystal light in the sun.

After a while, the water of the Yundai River will be more abundant and the transportation capacity will be greatly enhanced. At that time, large and small ships could only travel on the water, and many materials and resources from other places could be transported smoothly.

"Granite is a good thing, but it's a bit too heavy. In fact, if you can sail, you can also transport stones from other places, maybe it will be more labor-saving and trouble-saving. Five or six said suddenly.

He has spent all his time on the exploration of Tianyun Mountain recently, and if Xu Wen decides to abandon the granite and replace it with something else, it means that he has done all the useless work. But he was still sincere, apparently genuinely for the sake of the project.

Xu Wen didn't speak immediately, but looked at five or six and waited for him to finish.

Five or six were originally sitting on a stone to rest, when they looked around, stood up and said, "Follow me." ”

He took Xu Wen to the stone wall on the side of the grass, took out a short pickaxe, knocked around, walked somewhere, and dug heavily.

Moss, grass, and dirt trickle down from the stone walls, revealing the stone layers below.

Xu Wen carefully looked at the direction he dug down, as well as the surrounding situation, and was somewhat clear.

Sure enough, after a while, the gray-white granite appeared, stretching out to the other side, and it was impossible to see the ins and outs.

"You smash it. Five or six handed-out short pickaxes to Xu Wen.

Xu Wen took it and put it in his hand and checked it.

The short pickaxe of stainless steel is made of very good material, and it feels very solid in the hand.

He didn't immediately swing his pickaxe to smash it, but stuck his other hand to the stone wall and stroked it slowly for a while.

The cold touch came through the skin, carrying the residual wetness of the grass and trees.

He looked up to the other side, where there was a tree, small, rugged, with roots deep in the stone.

He walked up to the tree with a pickaxe and touched it from beginning to end.

Five or Six didn't expect his move and followed him in wonder.

Then, Xu Wen carefully observed the surroundings again, returned to the stone wall that Wu Liu pointed to, raised the iron pickaxe, and slashed down towards one place.

When he made the previous moves, Zhu Gantang and the others had already recovered a little bit and came over one after another. They didn't quite understand what Xu Wen was doing, and looked at him curiously.

Yan Ji and Zhu Gantang realized something at the same time, glanced at each other, and a secret smile appeared on their lips.

Sure enough, Xu Wen's iron pickaxe smashed into the granite, and the hard stone immediately cracked a crack. Xu Wen continued to cut along the crack, and without seeing how much effort he spent, the granite cracked, and it only took about a tea time for a stone to fall to the ground with an irregular side and a square side.

Xu Wen studied its shape for a moment, and continued to tap along the side, and in just a moment, the stone turned into a pillow-sized square brick, ready to be used.

Five or Six was dumbfounded, and when Xu Wen's question was over, and when he handed him the short pickaxe, he paused for a moment before taking it, walked to the side of the mountain wall, and knocked it too.

The force of the shock came, leaving a white mark on the stone, not even the smallest crack.

Five or Six knocked twice in confusion, and finally confirmed that this was the granite he was familiar with, hard and dense, and difficult to knock.

It took so much effort to knock it, how did Xu Wen do it so easily?

Five or six glared at Xu Wen, he originally had something to say to him, and letting him smash the stone was just a foreshadowing. As a result, the foreshadowing has failed now, and he doesn't know what to say next.

"Hehe, Lao Wu, I want to give people a dismount, but I didn't succeed, right?" Yan Ji teased with a relaxed attitude, "I didn't expect it, Xiao Xu is young and already an ink worker." ”

"Heaven and man are one...... "Five or six quickly understood, looked at Xu Wen, and shook his head, "I really didn't expect that, this is too young." ”

The unity of nature and man is the representative characteristic of the ink worker, and entering the state of unity of nature and man means that you can have a deeper understanding of the material and handle any material much more conveniently.

Since Xu Wen is an ink worker, of course he can deal with granite.

"Mine. I'm used to it, I can say it directly, but I have to sell it, and something goes wrong again. Five or Six said with a wry smile.

Another word, indicating that it is not the first time.

"Quarrying in the mountains is usually done by fire and water. The heat and cold are excited, and the solid stone cracks itself. Five or six thought for a moment and spoke.

In ancient times, the principle of heat/expansion and contraction was usually used, and the stone was first burned with fire, and then cold water was poured on it, and cracks would appear on the stone. Quarrying along the cracks will be much simpler.

"Tianyun Mountain can also use this method to take granite, but there are two difficulties. First, granite is so hard that it takes more work to crack it, whether it's hot or cold. Second, the mountain roads are inconvenient, and it is not easy to get water. Both of these difficulties can be overcome, but more human and material resources are needed, especially people. ”

Five or six smiled, looked at Xu Wen squarely, and was almost awe-inspiring.

"It's not easy to open a mountain and take stones, you only have two years, how many people do you have to use, and how much risk do you have to take to do this?"

"Why do you insist on using granite, why can't you bring it from another place?"

"As an inker, you find this easy. But how many inkmen are there in the whole world, and how much stone does it take to build a city?"

He asked harshly, but Xu Wen looked at him and laughed.

He was still a little hesitant, but when he heard this round of questioning, he suddenly made up his mind.

"Master Wu is sympathetic to labor, this is your kindness, I can understand. But to open the mountain and take stones, there is no need to boil water so troublesomely, there is a simpler way. ”

"Trouble?" Five or Six raised his eyebrows.

The burning stone method is already a very smart and simple method.

"Yes. Master Wu should have played with firecrackers during the New Year, right?" asked Xu Wen.

"Gunpowder?" At this time, Yan Ji's voice suddenly sounded beside Xu Wen.

Xu Wen turned to look at him and raised his eyebrows in understanding.

Sure enough, the Inner Pavilion is also researching gunpowder!