The wheel is an invention of cross-era significance in the history of human progress, the gem sea town with a car is different from the gem sea town without a car, the activity radius of the whole town has been greatly improved, with this old cow broken car, Mao Xingjian has planned a long time action, and finally got the show.

Early in the morning, in Baobaohai Town, which has become full of vitality again, in the crooked wooden houses, every household has risen with curling smoke, and the family is full of food, and the colonial men are bulging with round bellies, burping and gathering outside the town barracks.

In the sound of shouting and drinking, twenty oxen were put on the carriage, and each two pulled two ox carts side by side in front and back, the carriage was filled with thigh-thick, extraordinarily long spruce logs, and under the carriage were metal tools bought from the port of Fishy Haizi, the heavy wheels pressed the snow creaked, and in the wheel whip, more than 100 people went out in a mighty way.

Riding a horse and following the side of a dozen car fleets, Song Yongzhong rubbed his big head and sighed helplessly. He really couldn't understand why the crown prince was so fond of Outpost 22?

Although this trip is not directly to Outpost 22, it has something to do with it.

Geographically, the east and west coasts of the United States are all wrapped by the towering Rim Coast Mountains, and on the west coast where they are located, only at the foot of Mount Rainier, the valley impacted by the Columbia River is the most convenient access to the continent, but this road is not easy to walk, the road is rugged, the river ditch is vertical and horizontal, and now Mao Xingjian is doing a very good thing with the big guy, building roads!

Of course, like Mao Jue mobilized tens of thousands of people, groups of carriages pulled asphalt cement so much fanfare to repair the road, Mao Xingjian did not have that money, can only pull the wood to open the road and build a bridge in the water, build a relatively easy road to walk, from the end of December after the New Year, this is already the twenty-fifth day of road repair, there is nothing difficult in the world, just afraid of people with hearts, not to mention, after a series of hard work, the construction of the road around the coast has been quite fruitful, saving nearly one-third of the time than the last time, At two o'clock in the afternoon, the ox cart with tools and materials arrived at the final section of the fortification.

Columbia River Falls.

The first two times he entered the mountain, the Columbia River did not flow directly out of the Coastal Mountains, but in the north next to the nearest place, the river water was pouring down a platform almost 20 meters high, because of this waterfall, Mao Xingjian had to dismount and detour from the forest for more than an hour, so angry that he gritted his teeth.

Dare to make the prince angry, this forest also paid the price, when Mao Xingjian arrived at the construction site, the forest was already like the hair of a middle-aged uncle, cut into the Mediterranean, and there were people who constantly carried pickaxes to dig the ground down, dug the soil on the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, repaired the steep terrain a little, and pulled out a gentle slope.

There are also people who dig long pits on the slopes that have been dug and don't know what to do.

In this cold winter, many people were stunned to sweat on their backs, and simply stripped off their arms, and the entire construction site was a hot scene.

"The prince is here!"

Looking at the convoy, the loud shouting sounded again, but the more than 300 workers did not welcome the formation like the last time, but crowded to the side of the car, carrying the wood and snorting down.

Although he likes Confucian red tape, but there is no such capital at present, Mao Xingjian had to choose efficiency, and he personally ordered no salute.

Under the depressed gaze of the prince, the stalk neck Jin Lao Liu and they directly carried down the whole piece of fine wood that had been soaked in lime and embalmed in Baobaohai Town, and pulled it up with a saw according to the length of the dug pit.

The sawdust splashed, and the sawed wooden stakes were carried up the gentle slope one by one, directly into the pit, and then buried half of the side with the soil with a shovel, standing on the edge of the waterfall and looking up, surrounded by the earthen walls cut down on both sides, half a half of the two-meter-wide earthy yellow road paved with log stairs was impressively revealed.

After three days or so, the road will almost be paved, and then you will go along the plains of the Columbia River that have been hit by the river, and come back and drop the raft directly along the Columbia River, and the traffic to and from the Snake River Plain will be much smoother at once.

However, because of the phrase "happy and sad", just when Mao Xingjian was in a good mood, he sawed off a piece of wood and trotted over, while cleaning the sawdust on his body, while the bullish old soldier was like a gelding, nodding with a smile.

"Prince!"

"Something to say!"

Even if this thing bowed his head, Mao Xingjian still didn't like him, looking at the snow-capped mountains and rivers coldly, he hummed proudly, but then, the words of the terrier neck made Mao Xingjian turn his head suddenly.

"That's the case, Prince, our Lao Zhao has a comrade-in-arms at the other end of Maple Grove Town, the day before yesterday he asked people to bring the news, a few of them found Jinsha in the Yukon River, and asked our brothers to follow over to help, after repairing this mountain road, the little ones and Jin Lao Liu will not work for you!" I'll tell you first! ”

"You're leaving the Sea of Gems?"

"That's the case, Prince."

Mao Xingjian's face was obviously gloomy, but he didn't say anything, just nodded.

"Lone knows."

At six o'clock in the evening, the weather has been cold and makes people shiver, this is also the end of the work, for the convenience of accommodation, the workers here directly on the waterfall on the casual wood to build a shed, several fires are arranged in two rows, the mountain wind outside gradually howling, but shrinking in the shed, to this burning gurgling big iron pot, three hundred people still feel warm and coaxing, some of them take out inferior wine and pour it into their stomachs, a short man from the Kanto country of the Japanese country also danced the field dance, He had a black face dressed up in the snow-white of the pink picture, and he wore a white gauze hat worn by a girl on his right hand, wearing a girl's white gauze coat, and he was kicking and kissing his mouth there in a circle, although he couldn't understand what the dwarf said, but the shouts and exaggerated movements of Hiroro still attracted these poor coolies at the bottom to laugh.

"Big nephew, eat!"

The wooden spoon stirred out the meat and vegetables at the bottom and put them in the bowl, and in the envious eyes of a group of rough people, Han Xiaomo smiled sweetly and took the bowl to Mao Xingjian's side, but unfortunately, the prince with his eyebrows locked was still a very faceless push.

"If you can't eat it, take it."

Han Xiaomo was full of loss and silently retreated with the bowl, sat on the edge of the fire by the window, and lowered her head and pulled it up. Sending her away, Mao Xingjian stared gloomily at the Columbia River that was still flowing in front of him, and his eyes fell on the water surface that was much more spacious because of the estuary waterfall.

This is not an isolated case, there are already a lot of familiar faces and greet themselves to leave, as for the face of the face of his own quietly gone is not a family or two, no way, the big guys come to the New World, are all with the dream of making a fortune, spring is coming, as soon as the ice and snow melt, a group of guys are once again into the mountains, to find the gold of their dreams.

The serious consequence of this is that Baobao Haizhen, which was already seriously short of labor, was slashed down again, and without labor, Mao Xingjian's grand plan was just a piece of paper.

Now that he really understands the difficulties of pioneering, it is no wonder that the Spanish colonizers, the Portuguese colonizers, took decades or even hundreds of years to build a colony.

But he Mao Xingjian really doesn't have so much time, he needs to build the ideal country he wants on this vast and wild continent within more than ten years, to win Mao Jue's approval, and he also needs to spend time cultivating his own political team in the court, so that when Mao Jue is kicking his legs, he can take over the depleted resources and tight time of this huge empire, which really makes him anxious.

Of course, Mao Xingjian also has a choice, that is, to write a letter to Mao Jue to cry softly and poorly, with his father's strength, even if tens of thousands of people are forcibly relocated for him to drive, it is an easy thing, but the self-esteem in Mao Xingjian's heart can't pull off this face no matter what.

"I'll go for a walk!"

Annoyed beyond measure, he reached out and picked up the cloak, Mao Xingjian pushed open the door of the shed, turned around and went out, startled, Dongfang Meng hurriedly grabbed the musket, followed by a shake of his head, and followed with two sailors.

In this mountain, there are American waves, black bears, brown bears, wild boars, there is no shortage of anything, it is too dangerous to go out alone!

........

Not to mention, it's really the breath of spring has arrived, on the towering mountains, I don't know how many snow-capped mountains melt into streams, happily flowing down, and finally into the Columbia River, I have long been accustomed to people following everywhere I go, Mao Xingjian is lowered his head, stepping on the river ice by the stream, thinking of a way.

In later generations, Franklin once fell into a deep pit because he was observing the starry sky, and he didn't pay attention to his feet, but this time Mao Xingjian made the same mistake, patronizing and meditating, and he didn't pay attention to it, and smashed the ice with one foot, and sat in the news, and the cold stream suddenly penetrated down the cloak, and he shivered heavily.

"Prince!"

screamed, and hurriedly several sailors gathered around, dragging his shoulders and pulling Mao Xingjian out of the water, he was already irritable, Mao Xingjian was really angry, and his soaked cowhide boots were about to kick over the ice.

However, the boots full of mud stopped in mid-air, and then Mao Xingjian violently pushed away Dongfang Meng, who was concerned about the cold and warmth, and leaned over, so that after the wood was chopped, the bright moonlight shining in was cast on the water.

Against the bright moonlight, the dazzling golden light flashed out!

(End of chapter)