Although the design of the prisoner of the East Gate has been affirmed by Yang Hao, with the current financial and material resources of Qi State, it is impossible to carry out such a huge project in a short period of time.

But that doesn't mean he's given up on the bridge.

Yang Hao ordered the East Gate to go to Lingzhou to investigate the best place to build a bridge.

The cement produced by the cement workshop was also ordered to set aside a general output for the future construction of bridges.

It is not an easy task to build a bridge across the river, especially the underwater part is one of the most difficult technical difficulties.

There are two ways to build an underwater bridge foundation.

One of them is the so-called pile foundation method, which is mostly used in bridge projects where there are many underwater rock layers.

The general process is to fix a lot of thin piles on the rock layer like nails, and only expose the part of the pile platform, so the bridge built in this way is like putting it on the surface of the riverbed, which looks more beautiful and generous, you must know that this method has certain limitations, so they say this type of bridge. It needs to be built in places where the riverbed is relatively stable, after all, if there is a series of problems in this place, then the whole bridge will collapse.

The second is the caisson construction method, which first requires making a sealed hollow pier formwork and placing it in water.

Then his water will be drained clean, at this time the water will continue to flow out, so in the construction process it is necessary to keep pumping water, and finally carry out the process of digging and sinking down the row until he sinks to a more suitable soil layer, and these things are almost fixed and completed.

However, this method is extremely resource-intensive, and the technical requirements are also quite high, and it is simply impossible to complete with the current technical level of Qi State.

Yang Hao is naturally more inclined to the first method, and the most important reason for sending Dongmen to the field investigation is to explore the local hydrological situation.

It's like leading an army to fight, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to win the battle.

And more than a month later, the official document recruiting sailors has spread in remote areas of Qi country.

As Yang Hao expected, in these poor and backward areas, there are many more people who sign up for ocean expeditions than people in rich and stable areas.

If a person even becomes extremely difficult to survive, as for any danger, it has become a dispensable thing, which has to be said to be a kind of helplessness of the poor.

In order to return comfortably enough to live a lifetime of reward, many people take risks to face the sea they have never seen in their lifetime.

In just one month, Qi Guoguan conveniently recruited 1,500 sailors.

It's just that these people won't all be sent out on this expedition.

There will be ordinary people among them, who will be arranged to build supply depots in the local area.

Yang Hao's intended route to the American continent was from the port of Penglai, then bypassing the Korean Peninsula, passing north through the later Sea of Japan, crossing Sakhalin Island, passing through Kamchatka, and then heading along the archipelago between the Bering Strait to the North American continent.

Within this route, at least several supply depots need to be established.

In order to prevent the depot from being destroyed by local wildlings, the sailors who maintain the depot must have a certain amount of combat effectiveness.

Yang Hao did not ask them to expand their territory, but only asked them to be able to maintain the stable operation of the supply station and provide the expedition team with the ability to endur.

As for whether this group of people will develop and grow locally in the future, it is not within Yang Hao's consideration.

He didn't believe that just such a sailor, who couldn't read a single word, could lay a foundation in a wild place.

Even if they establish a force, it is okay to have a friendly attitude towards their own country, but if they are not friendly, with the size of the Qi country, it may be easier than farting to conquer such a big force.

As long as the Qi people with a normal IQ will understand the consequences of angering the Great Qi army, even if they hide overseas where birds don't, there is no guarantee that their heads will stay safely around their necks.

The newly recruited sailors, after each of them were given some settling-in allowances, followed the recruiters to Chang'an City to resume their lives.

They will be in Chang'an City for nearly a year of nautical training.

This group of future sailors, in rags, does not know what risks they will face in the future.

However, at present, the settling-in allowance given by the imperial court can at least allow their parents, wives and children to live a relatively stable life temporarily.

Qi has advocated filial piety since its founding, and this culture has been integrated into the blood of Qi people after the development of time.

Taking care of his parents, wife, children, and family is already something that a man must do to survive in heaven and earth.

In the somewhat messy team, a young man in his teens reluctantly looked back at his hometown where he grew up.

His hometown is located in the border area of Qinzhou, where although it is under the rule of Qi, but the village where he is located still retains the shadow of this tribal period.

Because he was too remote, his peers in wealthy areas were forced to enroll in school, and he was busy trying to survive from the time he was sensible.

After Qi abolished the walk-in marriage system, his mother also married an ordinary member of the tribe.

In the new family, a child like him is naturally not very popular.

Since having a younger sibling, he has not been cared for by his mother for a long time.

Years of hard life have not dampened his longing for family.

He didn't know where the sea was, or what the big ship was that the officials were talking about.

But he knew that the money given by the imperial court could solve many of his problems.

He only left a small part of the settling-in money, and gave all the rest of the money to his mother, who had not taken care of him for many years, and in his opinion, no matter what his mother was, at least his life was given by her.

If she goes out this time and doesn't come back alive, this money can also repay her for her fertility.

The young man sighed lightly as he looked at his hometown, which had faded into the horizon, and turned around and followed the group towards the west of the position.

This sigh means that this time he officially said goodbye to himself, although this is his hometown, it may have nothing to do with him in the future.

At this time, in the northeast region, due to the robbery of the remnants of the Xiongnu king, and the strength of the poor people, after a whole winter of fighting, finally gained a firm foothold in the white mountains and black waters.

And the local Su Shen people are not hopeless savages who have no ability to resist and lag behind, their ancestors once sent envoys to the original Xia Dynasty to meet the leader of the Central Plains, Dayu.

Although it is quite different from the Central Plains Dynasty in terms of civilization, it maintains a certain advantage in dealing with the rapidly rising Youqi clan.

In a remote area far from the ruling center of the Qi State, the competition for living space is far more tragic than imagined.