At noon the next day, Zhao Hongrun took all the Zongwei, as well as the Bureau of the Smelting Bureau, Chen Tang, Cheng Lin, Xun Xin and others, rode out of the girder and went straight to the northeast.

Even Zhao Hongrun felt incredible, the first time he went out of the city privately, it was not for fun, but to personally survey the land that he chose as the port on the north side of Daliang, Bolangsha.

During this period, he couldn't help but sigh that he was really getting further and further averse on the road to his dreams.

After all, he was originally to be a prince who enjoyed glory and wealth, and refused all the tiring and troublesome messengers, so he was not interested in his father's tiring position.

It's a pity that his father and emperor cheated him at the last ceremony, so that Zhao Hongrun had no choice but to join the smelting bureau for such a mess, so that he now has to run around to revitalize the smelting bureau.

Of course, on the way to the target place Bolangsha, Zhao Hongrun naturally would not forget his father, and at this time, he could only comfort himself with this self-deception.

Bolangsha, north of the Yellow River, south of the Guandu River, it is located in one of the "six battalions of the garrison" "Chenggao Pass" leads to a section of the official road to the Liang, the southwest is Zhongmu County, the east across the Guandu River is Huangchi County, if the construction is the port on the north side of the Liang, its geographical location is very superior.

This is the conclusion that Zhao Hongrun drew from the map near the girder.

But in fact, when they arrived at Bolangsha, Wang Fu, the director of the Smelting Bureau, as well as Langguan Chen Tang, Cheng Lin, Xun Xin and others, all shook their heads at the complex and harsh terrain conditions of Bolangsha.

It is no wonder, after all, Bolangsha is a river beach with extremely complex topography at the confluence of the Yellow River and the Guandu River. The sand dunes are overgrown with thorns and weeds. What's worse is that in the low-lying part of the dune, swamps and puddles are connected together, and reeds are thick.

As for the official road connecting "Chenggao Pass" and Daliang, it is located here. It can be called one of the most difficult official roads in the Great Wei Dynasty.

And Zhao Hongrun and his party are now standing on the east side of the Guandao River, looking at the swampy land on the west side of the Guandao River.

"Your Highness plans to build a port here?" Cheng Wangfu of the Smelting Bureau frowned, it seemed that he was quite dissatisfied with the construction of a port in Bolangsha, after all, the terrain here was too complicated in his opinion, and instead of investing a lot of manpower and material resources here, it was better to find a place with more suitable terrain to build a port.

After thinking about it, he persuaded Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, the lower officials think." It is better to build a port on the land of Junshui and Guandu River, and the river can be passed anyway. ”

"It's too close to the girder." Zhao Hongrun shook his head.

In fact, Wang Fu is not wrong, after all, Bolangsha is still dozens of miles away from Daliang, there is really no need to build the port so far, anyway, don't all those ores have to be transported to Daliang in the end?

But I have to say that the reason why Wang Fu thinks so is because he doesn't see as far as Zhao Hongrun.

In Zhao Hongrun's opinion. Maybe the suburbs around the girder are indeed desolate at the moment, but. With the gradual prosperity of Daliang, more and more people live in, and the existing Daliang City is definitely not enough to accommodate more and more people in the future, and at that time, Daliang City is bound to expand around.

Therefore. The construction of the port in Bolangsha, don't look at it is still far from Daliang, but in the future, with the expansion of Daliang City, it will sooner or later border Daliang City. On the other hand, if the port is set up in the location mentioned by Wang Fu, then it will be troublesome in the future, will it be possible to demolish the existing port and build a port in Bolangsha again? In this way, it is better to do it in one step and save manpower and material resources.

Moreover, don't look at the dozens of miles between Bolangsha and Daliang, but this vacant land just serves as a business and trade place in Zhao Hongrun's blueprint, after all, Bolangsha's geographical location is really superior, even if it is all wasteland, Zhao Hongrun also believes that this land will inevitably prosper, not to mention, now on both sides of Bolangsha, there are two county towns of Zhongmu and Huangchi.

In Zhao Hongrun's view, as long as his smelting bureau built a port in Bolangsha, then the two county towns of Zhongmu and Huangchi could also benefit, and the city and county gradually moved closer to this Guandu River, and gradually built this area into a prosperous place of commerce and trade, connecting with Daliang.

At that time, perhaps Bolangsha will become a gathering place for businessmen from all over the world and a hub for the world's economy.

『……』

Noticing the expression of His Royal Highness King Su, Jucheng Wangfu glanced at each other with Chen Di, Cheng Lin, and Xun Xin, and sighed helplessly.

Because he realized that His Royal Highness King Su had already made up his mind, it was useless to persuade him again, and instead of persuading His Royal Highness King Su many times to make His Royal Highness King Su angry, it was better to think about how to transform this land with complex terrain into a place suitable for building a port.

"Those reeds are easy to do, and they can be burned with a fire...... The difficulty lies at the bottom, if the lower officials are not mistaken, those are all muddy sand and silt, not solid soil...... If you want to be in this dock, I'm afraid you'll ......" Speaking of this, Wang Fu shook his head.

Langguan Chen Tang, Cheng Lin, and Xun Xin glanced at each other, and shook their heads one after another, after all, they are all craftsmen, although they are not very good at building, but at least they have experience in that area, and they know very well the importance of the foundation.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun interjected and reminded: "How about using giant wood to drive piles?" ”

Wang Fu, Chen Di, Cheng Lin, and Xun Xin looked at it suspiciously, and seeing this, Zhao Hongrun gestured with both hands, and said in detail: "Take the logs, sharpen a section, drive them vertically into the silt, and then cover those wooden stakes with wooden planks......"

Hearing this, Chen Tang stroked his beard and said in surprise: "This is a good way, but ...... Wood is perishable when soaked in water, and besides, the port requested by His Highness occupies a large area, and it may be a trouble to repair it in the future. ”

Zhao Hongrun was silent when he heard this, because this was exactly what he was worried about, after all, as Chen Tang said, if you drive the wooden stake into the mud, the wood will rot sooner or later, what should you do when the time comes? Pry off the planks that cover it and re-drive the stakes?

At this time, Langguan Cheng Lin proposed: "Why don't you use stone stakes instead of wooden stakes?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Fu and the others' eyes lit up and they nodded one after another. Only Zhao Hongrun had some regrets in his heart.

After all, in Zhao Hongrun's view, the best way is undoubtedly to build a barrel-like mold, bury it in the silt, and then pour concrete into the barrel, but unfortunately, he can't make cement at the moment.

Lime is not uncommon in Dawei. The problem is that the mixture of stone and sand mixed simply with lime lacks a kind of coagulation, and it can be used in ordinary times, but once it is stained with water, it is easy to melt.

Compared with it, it is better to use stone pillars instead, as Cheng Lin said, which is most in line with the current craftsmanship of Dawei.

The only downside is: The stone pillar needs to be polished with a whole long strip of boulder, you must know that the stone work is a meticulous craft, after all, in the absence of stone glue today, once the stone breaks when pondering, it means that the previous work is wasted, and the fault tolerance rate is too low.

Therefore, instead of using stones, Zhao Hongrun prefers to pour iron pillars. Iron stakes were used instead of stone pillars.

But in this way, the problem comes again, after all, the iron smelting process of Dawei is developed. Iron ore can be called a tight sale in this country, and there are too many places that need to be used, so that Zhao Hongrun even thinks about buying iron ore from other countries in the future, how can he easily use iron resources in this kind of place?

Who knows how much iron ore would be needed to build a port in his mind?

At this moment, Langguan Xunxin's words made Zhao Hongrun's eyes light up: "Use copper to cast piles." How is it? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun slapped his forehead, if Xun Xin didn't say it, he really didn't expect to use a copper pillar.

And no wonder, after all, in his mind. Iron ore had long become the most important resource, so much so that he didn't even think about copper for a while.

Not to mention, it's a really good idea.

You must know that in the Great Wei Dynasty, the use rate of copper is not high, except for the large amount of copper required to mint coins, the rest of the copper can be used, which is almost minimal.

It is undeniable that there are a lot of bronzes in the territory of the Great Wei, but to be more precise, almost all of them are bronzes produced in the Chu State.

It is precisely because Dawei is an iron-smelting country that the price of copper in Dawei is not expensive, and the price of ore is not even half of that of iron ore, and even then it is still unsalable, so that a large number of copper mines are abandoned, not as prosperous as iron ore mining, not to mention expensive metals such as gold and silver.

What's more, there are countless copper mines in the Chu State, and even if the domestic acquisition in the Great Wei is insufficient, Zhao Hongrun can also obtain copper mines from the channel of Xuancheng Jun Xiongtuo.

"The copper pillar is good, the copper pillar is good!"

Zhao Hongrun said a few times, and did not forget to glance at Xun Xin approvingly.

After deciding on the general development policy, all that remains is to formulate a specific strategy for opening up this barren land, after all, the construction of a port in Bolangsha with Zhao Hongrun's idea involves a lot of problems.

For example, transporting those copper pillars.

Of course, this is just a small problem, I believe that Jucheng Wang Fu and Langguan Chen Tang, Cheng Lin, Xun Xin and others will start to study strategies on their own after returning to the Smelting Bureau, and there is no need for Zhao Hongrun to come out at all.

There is only one thing that must be dealt with by Zhao Hongrun, and that is the ownership of Bolangsha: this land, which is located in the eastern suburbs of the Yuanyang Kingdom, belongs to the fiefdom of Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang.

Although Zhao Hongrun has not had any dealings with this uncle of the side clan, the son of this uncle is precisely Zhao Chengxiu, the son of the former Yang King who had a holiday with Zhao Hongrun.

The latter formed a grudge with Zhao Hongrun because of two incidents.

One is that Zhao Hongrun refused to share the war profits obtained from the Chu State to the cousins of the Ji side branch led by Zhao Chengxiu, the son of the former Yang Wang, which made the Ji gentlemen who were very jealous of the money have a grudge against Zhao Hongrun.

In the other case, in the Cui Xiaoxuan of the Water Pavilion, Zhao Hongrun asked Zongwei Shen Yu to teach this cousin a hard lesson because of Zhao Chengxiu's disrespectful words, and also made him be locked up in the meditation room of the Zongfu for a few days.

In this case, Zhao Hongrun did not guarantee that he would be able to get Bolangsha from the hands of his uncle, Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, even if Bolangsha was just a barren land.

After all, it is not difficult to guess that Zhao Chengxiu, the son of the Yuanyang King who has a grudge against Zhao Hongrun, will definitely make an obstacle because of the humiliation he suffered a while ago and destroy the plan in Zhao Hongrun's heart.

『……』

Zhao Hongrun raised his hand and rubbed his head, he felt that he was faintly a little irritable. (To be continued.) )