Hearing that there would be a steady stream of money flowing into their pockets in the future, the old men came to their senses again, put away their grumblings, and listened attentively.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin once said, if you want to get rich, build the road first, only when the road is repaired, the big guy can make money, Mobei has Mobei's specialties, but if there is no road, or the road is too poor, who do you think will come to buy your specialties? Wasting time on the road once here is enough for them to go somewhere else twice, and if it were you, would you come? ”

The old men shook their heads.

"In the same way, if the road is repaired, you can also transport things to Datang by yourself without worrying about the wear and tear on the road, which is equivalent to creating an opportunity for yourself."

"Don't think that building a road is so simple, and don't think that as long as you can walk people is the road, the real road can bring wealth, and the real road can bring opportunities."

"So don't just take care of the immediate interests, take a long-term view, the scenery of Mobei, the customs of Mobei, these are very attractive places, good at using their own strengths, developing their own strengths, so that a nation can survive."

Sun Cheng's main task is to be responsible for building roads, from Chang'an to Dingxiang I don't know how many headaches have been encountered on the way, the problem of demolition, the problem of compensation is countless, he has already learned how to rely on a mouth to fool others.

Of course, there are many things that are not foolish, but these things are suddenly unthinkable to ordinary people, and Sun Cheng, as a supervisor who ponders these problems all day long, is naturally better than others.

"This little brother, listen to what you mean, this barren and populated place in Mobei can also be regarded as a landscape?" An old man heard some ways from Sun Cheng's words, and asked suspiciously.

"The desert is lonely, and the sun sets on the long river! How wonderful this scenery is, the road is well repaired, and naturally people will come here to see these scenery and come here to appreciate the customs. ”

"There is a saying among the readers of the Tang Dynasty that it is better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles. Don't you think that this kind of desert beauty is the first thing that attracts people here? Do you think people will take a look at it and walk away when they get here? Or maybe they will live in the desert with plenty of food and water? ”

The old man's eyes lit up instantly, they couldn't understand the desert smoke and the sunset, but they could understand the back.

A large amount of white flowers and silver seemed to be piled up in front of me, gold beads, agate, silk and satin, and countless good things were piled up at home ...... after having money.

"No problem, repair, just repair according to the standards of the Tang Dynasty, since His Royal Highness King Qin looks up to us and gives us this task, we old guys are desperate to complete this task."

It's like changing their faces, just now they were complaining, and the old men who were full of grievances instantly changed their minds, patting their chests one by one and promising that the road would be repaired, and even some old men took the initiative to suggest whether to make the roadbed deeper.

After all, in winter, nearly three feet below the soil layer in Mobei will become a frozen layer, and in spring, the frozen soil will melt again.

The ancients did not know the principle of ice expansion, but they did know that the soil layer between freezing and thawing caused an irregular change in the ground, and this change is the root cause of the destruction of a road.

"There is no need to deepen it further, the three-foot roadbed is enough, but the three-foot roadbed must be tamped, and there can be no sloppiness." Sun Cheng saw that the matter was a foregone conclusion, and a warm smile appeared on his face.

What he just said is indeed a means to make money, but if these old men don't know the depth and really try, they may end up becoming their urging stickers.

"No problem, little brother, please rest assured, Tiele will do his best." The old men almost fell into the eyes of money, just thinking about the ways to make money that Sun Cheng said, and didn't notice at all that if the money was really so easy to make, why did Datang make it, but to give it to them.

……

After leaving Dingxiang City, several old men first discussed the division of labor with each other, and then went back to their respective homes, and each led his clan to start digging a ditch according to the agreed lot, which made Sun Cheng above the city head stunned.

"Sun Cheng, isn't it too good for you to lie to them like this!" Su Dingfang looked at the Tiele people working below, and said to Sun Cheng with a smile.

"With you here, what am I afraid of, besides, I really don't talk nonsense, I really show them a clear way, if they are not greedy for money, it is no problem to be a rich man." Sun Cheng patted the battlements on the head of the city, and did not feel any guilt for the old man he had just fooled.

"We old guys don't understand what you young people think, but as long as you don't provoke disputes, this matter has nothing to do with me, how do you like it." Based on the perspective of caring for the younger generations, Su Dingfang strategically warned Sun Cheng, and then asked: "Do you really plan to build a cement factory here?" ”

"Of course, why not? Now you don't know how expensive Datang's manpower is, if you still use the previous one, it is estimated that Guangyun Cement can make me be cut off by His Highness. Sun Cheng touched his neck.

The cement factory is more mysterious in the eyes of Su Dingfang and the old people, but in the eyes of those who know it, it is a broken kiln hole, and people may need to get a blank or something to burn bricks, but they don't even need to burn cement, which is much simpler than that brick kiln.

Of course, there are many other things that need to be added to the cement, and some professional equipment is needed, but those things can be customized casually now, and they are not as valuable as they were at the beginning, so in Sun Cheng's opinion, the consumption of transporting cement from Datang is far greater than that of firing directly from here.

……

Su Dingfang and Sun Cheng were discussing the follow-up plan at the head of the city, while the Tiele people below the city head were in full swing.

In the summer, the soil of the prairie is soft and easy to excavate, and the three-foot-deep ditch can be dug up quickly, and then someone will use special tools to tamp the soil, and with each tamping, the excavated soil will be brought back again, and then continue to be tamped.

In less than ten days, a roadbed several miles long and about forty paces wide appeared outside the city.

At this time, the team responsible for transporting the stone also found what they needed and brought it back at the same time.

Under the temptation of money, several old men surnamed Tiele Jiu were almost desperately urging the clansmen to work, and even they sent Xue Yantuo's prisoners of war who were captured some time ago to the quarry, and they were responsible for digging out a large number of stones every day and then breaking them to supply the needs of road construction.

(End of chapter)