The Datang Maritime Silk Road planned by Li An is a commercial trade route that starts from Guangzhou, the southernmost point of the Tang Dynasty, passes through Malacca, the Lion Kingdom, the Red Sea, the Datang Canal, the Mediterranean, and finally arrives on the continent of Europa.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the only thing that has not been opened up on this maritime Silk Road is the Datang Canal, as long as this piece is opened, the construction of the Datang Silk Road will be truly completed, so it has become the top priority and attracted the attention of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, at the beginning, Ang Lee's original plan did not include the Mediterranean Sea and Europa, but after arriving in the northern part of the Red Sea, he found that the Mediterranean Sea and Europa also had more frequent commercial trade, and due to the lack of canal connection, the transportation cost of this section of the road through the land increased greatly.

For this reason, Ang Lee decided to increase the itinerary of the Datang Maritime Silk Road, including the Mediterranean Sea and Europa, so that this maritime Silk Road can be truly complete, and in this way, the biggest problem is to open the Datang Canal as soon as possible.

On the basis of the importance of the imperial court, a large number of additional talents and machinery were transferred, and Li An also obtained enough labor from Artik and Osmans, so that as long as everything went relatively smoothly, Li An believed that the entire Datang Canal would be able to be completed within a few years.

The five bridges on the canal are all designed by Ang Lee himself, among them, the middle one is a railway bridge, which can be accompanied by a railway in the future, while the remaining bridges can only meet the passage of highways, after all, the length of the entire Sinai Peninsula from north to south is only a little bit, and it is already very good to have a railway line to pass, and there is no need to use two at all.

In addition to the railway bridge to pass the train, but also to pass the carriage and pedestrians, therefore, must be built into a double-decker, the scale and difficulty of the construction, naturally larger than the general construction of a single-storey road bridge, so, the cost of building such a railway bridge, is several times the construction of ordinary railway bridge, but in order to be able to lead the railway to Egypt in the future, it is worth spending more money, while building the maritime Silk Road, we must not forget the land Silk Road, and the common development of the two is the right way.

After some encouragement and guidance, Ang Lee will also go on a field trip to see the construction site, and the five canal bridges, the closest to Canal City, are just a dozen miles away, and can be reached quickly by car.

In order to better transport materials and speed up the construction of the bridge, the concrete two-way highway has been repaired to the construction site of the first bridge, so Li An quickly arrived at the construction site of the first canal bridge by car.

"Li Shilang, construction has begun here, these are the laborers provided by Artik for us, the total number is more than 30,000, just food is a huge consumption every day, fortunately, we can transport it from the Red Sea route, and no one will go hungry."

The subordinate pointed to the construction site in the distance and opened his mouth.

Li An looked up, the surrounding black pressure was full of people, very spectacular, however, even if there were many people, there was not the slightest chaos, everyone was working in an orderly manner, some were responsible for the construction of the bridge piers, some were responsible for the excavation of the canals on both sides of the bridge, and some were responsible for transporting materials, and there were also a lot of chefs in charge of logistics, plus the craftsmen and officials who commanded, forming a whole.

"How many such construction sites are there now?"

Ang Lee asked.

The subordinates hurriedly replied: "Li Shilang, there are only five construction sites like this at present, but they will increase soon, as long as the personnel of the imperial court reinforcements are in place, you can divide some of these labors and let them dig the canal." ”

If there are too many people, it will naturally cause nest work, that is, the efficiency of work will become more low, and the personnel will be allocated to more construction points to carry out multi-point simultaneous construction, so that the efficiency is relatively high.

However, the premise of multi-point construction is to have sufficient command and management personnel, if there is no efficient command and technical personnel, rashly separating the labor force, it will cause great chaos, and the losses that can be caused may be more terrible than nest workers.

That is to say, every construction point, there must be technical and management personnel who can take charge of themselves, and the two are indispensable.

Li An nodded approvingly, and said: "You are doing a good job, the labor here is in good order, it seems like that, don't worry!" I will try my best to help you when I return to the court, if you encounter any difficulties, send someone to tell me at any time, and I will do my best to help you solve it. ”

For the Datang Canal, Ang Lee's heart is extremely important, this is the most critical point of Ang Lee's trip, therefore, Ang Lee will never allow any accidents, if there is an accident in this canal, Ang Lee's entire maritime Silk Road will not be complete, and the economy of the entire Mediterranean will not be activated.

The steamships that Ang Lee brought from Datang were moored in the port of Datang Canal City, and at this moment, these ships were receiving supplies, as long as the supplies were all completed, Ang Lee could return to Datang directly by boat.

When you come, the delay along the way is relatively long, and when you return, although there is no change in the route, the speed of travel can definitely increase several times, after all, many things have been dealt with when you come, and you only need to take a look when you return, and you can guide it casually.

After Li An arrived in Canal City, he had been busy guiding work, and his body was slightly tired, so he naturally ignored a few servants.

Yun'er, Beauty, White Fox, and Magpie have been together for a long time, so they naturally agree with each other, and Li Xiaolu is a newcomer who just came, and the relationship with the four of them is more delicate.

People have the nature of deception, even if a very kind person is possible, it is possible to do things that deceive life, which is a very normal thing.

Especially when Ang Lee went to the Europa continent this time, the only woman he brought with him was Li Xiaolu, which made the other four even more jealous.

The most popular thing is this stupid Li Xiaolu, who actually showed off with a drunken face when Yun'er asked her, showing off how she was favored and how she was cared for by Ang Lee, and she didn't see the jealous expressions of the four Yun'er at all.

"Our Ah Lang likes to drink soy milk the most, here are soybeans, this is a grinding plate, you can grind soy milk! Be quick, Ah Lang will be back soon. ”

Yun'er lightly handed over the most tiring work of grinding soy milk to Li Xiaolu, and asked Li Xiaolu to complete it as soon as possible.

"Okay, I got it."

Li Xiaolu didn't think much about it, she agreed very happily, she may be really stupid, she didn't see that Yun'er and the others were unhappy, maybe she saw it, but she deliberately didn't expose it, and then continued to work hard, she believed that as long as she worked hard, served Li An wholeheartedly, and was not hostile to Yun'er and the others, she would be accepted one day.

"Datang's official words are good, but her hair is all yellow, and she looks weird, but she is not as good-looking as our black hair."

"Ah Lang is just curious, and thinks that the yellow-haired woman is very special, so he will take such a fancy to her, if the novelty passes, he won't like it so much."

"That's it, the yellow hair on his head is like a golden monkey, it is not so pleasing to the eye, and the eyes are also blue, which is uncomfortable to look at for a long time."

The work was handed over to Li Xiaolu to do alone, and the four of Yun'er walked into the room and began to chew their tongues.

It is said that three women in one play, let alone four women, if you don't say something right and wrong, it seems that you can't live a small life.

This is the nature of women, they like to talk nonsense, especially things they are not used to, and they like to talk nonsense, as if they don't say a few words, and they feel very uncomfortable.

At this time, no matter from which point of view, the four of Yun'er have enough reasons to say Li Xiaolu, the difference in appearance and skin color, and the personality and behavior are also very different, Oriental beauties are more reserved and introverted, while Western women are more bold and enthusiastic.

The two are very different, and they have their own characteristics! But people are born with exclusivity, and they always feel that people who are different from themselves are abnormal, and only themselves are the most normal, so it is inevitable that all kinds of contradictions will occur.

"We just stand like this, hand over all the work to this yellow-haired girl, Ah Lang comes back and sees it, will it kill us!"

The magpie smiled at the corner of his mouth and spoke.

The beauty smiled and said: "What are you afraid of, I'll go to the front to watch, if Ah Lang comes back, we will go over together to help, so that Ah Lang won't see it?" ”

"My sister is really smart, let's go!"

Yun'er smiled faintly, and then sat in the room to rest, originally a little unhappy, but if she can let others work and rest by herself, her heart will naturally be much more balanced.

The last time he arrived here, Ang Lee was living on a boat, but at this time, the construction of Canal City was very good, and all the facilities needed for Ang Lee's life had been built, so there was no need to live on a ship.

From afar, Ang Lee saw the beautiful woman standing at the door to greet him, this feeling was very warm, which made Ang Lee very happy, but only after seeing it, when Ang Lee was a little distracted and then looked at it, he found that there was no one at the door, which surprised Ang Lee, and thought he was dazzled.

"Did you see someone at the door?"

Ang Lee asked the guard.

"I saw it, it's a beautiful lady."

The guard replied.

Li An nodded, it seems that he was not mistaken, it was indeed a beautiful woman who greeted him just now, but why did he suddenly disappear? What are you doing here, is there any surprise?

"Ah Lang is back, already back."

The beautiful woman trotted back, with a wicked smile on her lips.

Yun'er ordered: "Let's go, let's go help and get more soybeans." ”

After saying that, I ran over to help.

"Xiaolu, you've been tired for a long time, let's take a rest first! Let's do it. ”

Yun'er and the beautiful woman came over to push the grinding plate, the white fox brought more soybeans, and was busy pouring soybeans into the grinding plate, and the magpie was receiving soybean milk.

Li Xiaolu was busy for a long time, her forehead was beaded with sweat, her arms were tired and sore, and when she saw the four of them coming to help, she was naturally quite happy and sat on the chair to rest.

Li An quickly returned to his residence, and as soon as he entered the backyard, he saw the busy Yun'er and the four of them and Li Xiaolu sitting on a chair resting, and suddenly felt strange.

The strangest thing is not Li Xiaolu who is sitting and resting, but the beautiful woman who is working, because this guy was obviously at the gate just now, and he actually started to work in a blink of an eye, which is also too strange.

Ang Lee's curiosity is also very heavy, there is a good saying, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and the behavior of the beautiful woman is very abnormal, in addition, Xiaolu just came over, and she is not familiar with them, in this case, how can they tolerate Xiaolu sitting alone and resting.

With an exploratory mood, Ang Lee walked towards them step by step, frowning at each of them.

"Ah Lang is back!"

Yuna stood up and greeted warmly.

"A-a-lang, A-a-lang."

The rest of the people also greeted them, and after arriving in Canal City, Li Xiaolu also changed her words.

"Are you grinding soy milk?"

Ang Lee said casually, observing everyone, and quickly spotted the problem.

The four of Yun'er, who were working, couldn't see the feeling of tiredness at all, and there was no sign of sweat on their foreheads at all, while Li Xiaolu, who was sitting on a chair to rest, was full of beads of sweat on her forehead, and she was very tired at first glance.

Ang Lee, who is so smart, how can he not understand the scene in front of him, and Ang Lee also knows the reason for this happening, but this situation is very normal, and Ang Lee doesn't want to say anything.

"I've ground two barrels of soy milk, are you going to let all the soldiers drink a bowl?"

Li An frowned and looked at the four of them, and said lightly, with a slight sour taste in his words.

"Enough, enough, Ah Lang just came back, we were excited, and we grinded too much unconsciously, hehe!"

Yuna smiled evilly, looking very proud.

Ang Lee also laughed with her, and had no intention of exposing them, if this kind of thing was exposed in person, it would be too faceless.

The dinner went very smoothly, and there were no moths, but Li An could still see that the four old men were polite to the newcomers on the surface, but in fact, they did not approve of it very much.

After eating and drinking, it's time to rest, and Ang Lee needs someone to sleep every night when he rests, even if he doesn't snap, he has to sleep with the little beauty in his arms, so that he can sleep more sweetly.

Because in recent times, Li Xiaolu has been sleeping in the dormitory, and in addition, the four of Yun'er don't seem to approve of Li Xiaolu very much, so in recent days, Li An can't let Li Xiaolu sleep anymore, otherwise, it will make this yellow-haired girl even more isolated.