The rails and the square timber underneath were fastened very firmly with large iron bolts. The wood is spaced one foot apart, and it is still cypress, which is very wasteful.

"You try to lift it." Wu Yanzhi arranged the soldiers around him.

It was also a lieutenant who led twenty people, lined up in two rows, and gave an order: "Get up." ”

The fifteen-meter-long fixed steel rail was easily lifted by twenty big men.

"Come to the young eunuch, you will lead 100 Jinwuwei soldiers tomorrow to be responsible for guarding and opening the road along the way, and those who do not listen to the command and watch without authorization will be arrested." Wu Yanzhi arranged.

"Yes!" Lai Junchen nodded respectfully.

Next, a few people went to see the Jiuding that had been cast.

But when I saw the golden light, nine huge tripods were lined up. One tripod is significantly taller than the rest.

Judge Sun Heng introduced: "The prince and the chiefs, this largest tripod is called Yuzhou Ding, also known as Shendu Ding, given the name Yongchang, one zhang and eight feet high, with a capacity of 1,800 stones;

The remaining eight tripods: Jizhou Dingming Wuxing, Yongzhou Dingming Chang'an, Yanzhou Dingming Riguan, Qingzhou Dingming Shaoyang, Xuzhou Dingming Dongyuan, Yangzhou Dingming Jiangdu, Jingzhou Dingming Jiangling, Liangzhou Dingming Chengdu, are all one zhang four feet high, 1200 stones, each map of mountains and rivers are produced on it, sharing more than 560,000 catties of copper. ”

After these nine large copper tripods were recast, Wu Yanzhi came to check it for the first time.

But see this glittering brass tripod, than the previous bronze tripod, spectacular!

"Judge Sun, Cui Shaojian, after the Jiuding is placed the day after tomorrow, the two supervisors and five officials who are responsible for making Jiuding will be recorded for the high school entrance examination once!" The Way of Martial Arts.

"Yes!"

Then Wu Yanzhi led them and checked the entire route. Then I took a closer look at the sky, the weather was good, it was spring, and it would not rain heavily. It seems that in the next two days, the transportation of Jiuding should not be a problem.

……

On the second day, due to the need to transport Jiuding, the Korean delegation was suspended.

According to Wu Zetian's will, all the directors of the departments related to the transportation of Jiuding participated. The commander-in-chief is, of course, Wu Yanzhi. In fact, it has also increased the generals of the left and right prison guards, the generals of the left and right Jinwuwei, and the generals of Zuo Yulinwei, and the generals will be masters. These people had something to do yesterday and were not able to participate in the survey line.

Outside the Xuanwu Gate, at the gate of the Jiuding workshop.

Flags are unfurled, gongs and drums are noisy.

More than a thousand soldiers and generals lined up neatly.

After a few gongs and drums sounded, Wu Yanzhi saw that the pointer of a large bronze bell he was carrying was already pointing to eight o'clock, so he waved his hand, and the person who beat the gong and drum immediately stopped.

That big bronze bell was specially given to Shang Fangjian by Emperor Wu Zetian! There are only a few of these things in the country, but everyone present is very greedy!

Especially those great generals, someone asked: "King Donglai, I heard that this timekeeper was made by Shang Fangjian craftsmen, I don't know how to buy one?" ”

"Buy one?" Wu Yanzhi sneered, and then he said: "This thing is not easy to buy, there are five of them from the emperor in the palace city, and a few are in the Sifu Temple, of course, this one must be added, and there is nothing else!" ”

When those people heard this, they immediately broke off their thoughts!

But then Wu Yanzhi's words made them immediately excited again: "But, someone invests." Let those craftsmen who make the time signal use their spare time to train some craftsmen to make this time signal.

Of course, the number is limited, and it is estimated that there will be no more than 100 of them a year. However, reservations are now accepted, but the price may be a little more expensive! ”

"More expensive? King Donglai, I don't know how much it is expensive? It won't cost thousands, will it? That's it. General Zuojin Wuwei Wang asked.

"That's not necessary, but the price is naturally different due to the different materials and processes. The most advanced chimes, they were going to produce ten, as if they were going to be set with precious stones, and some of the parts in them were made of gold. That's about 800 pieces.

The second-class ones may cost 400 to 600 times; Even the cheapest one is a hundred ......."

After they heard Wu Yanzhi finish speaking, they breathed a sigh of relief. These generals, but they all came from the battlefield, which one is not very rich? Thousands of a clock, although you can afford it, but you definitely don't think it's worth it.

But for them, it's pediatrics!

"King Donglai, my old father will be 90 years old in a few months, I don't know if I can make someone else that 800 times first?" General Wang asked.

"It should be no problem today, it seems that only six have been booked, but it will be difficult to say in a few days!" Wu Yanzhi said.

When those people heard this, they didn't feel very flustered: "King Donglai, please give a ...... to the contemptible people."

"A contemptible person also wants a ......"

"General Zhang, what's the hurry, King Donglai hasn't promised the contemptible yet......"

Next, five people actually ordered the clock.

"General Li, you said it's too late, the 800 guan is gone, if you want it, there are only 600 guan......"

"That'...... I want 600 pieces! "Then General Li is still very unwilling!

……

By the way, several clocks were pre-sold today, and Wu Yanzhi was quite surprised!

It seems that it is really "a trick fresh, eat all over the world!" I knew that this clock was so easy to sell, so what kind of glass did I bother to make? Just because I went to find soda ash, I was almost attacked by the Turkic cavalry!

But then I thought about it, I was an engineer in my previous life, and I couldn't just think about making money. It is our bounden duty to develop a large industry! Cement, steel, oil, coal, machinery, and so on have to take their time.

And finally, of course, rail, road and steamer!

After talking to several generals about the purchase of a chime, the hands of the big clock next to it were already a quarter past 8.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is a grand day for the nine tripods, and now I invite the king of Donglai to speak." Sun Heng said that he was the host of the ceremony.

Wu Yan went up and said a few words casually, followed by the ritual of killing chickens and sheep. In ancient times, special attention was paid to sacrificial work.

With such a big fortune, if there is no ceremony, if something happens, Wu Yanzhi will not be able to bear the responsibility.

After the sheep and chickens were put on the table, Wu Yanzhi went up again and toasted the gods. The whole ceremony was finished, and the time was already 10 o'clock in the morning.

"King Donglai, are you ready to go?" Sun Heng asked.

Wu Yanzhi looked at the sky, discussed it with several generals and generals around him, and felt that he could set off.

So he gave an order: "Let's go!" ”

I only heard the big gong and drum sound again in an instant!

The first person in charge of the site of this transportation work was Cui Shaojian.

I saw him wave his hand at the Captain Zuo Jinwuwei, and those people immediately pushed the big copper tripod that had already been placed on the track!

The front is of course the largest Yuzhou Ding - also called Shendu Ding!

……

Transportation on the flat road is to add rails while transporting, and transport a large tripod or 2 small tripods at a time. That is, on a track of 15 meters, at most two tripods are placed at intervals.

In fact, the total weight is only 120,000 catties at most, which is not too heavy. Needless to say, the most difficult to transport is this biggest tripod.

The road has long been leveled, but the track still needs to be adjusted. Of course, Wu Yanzhi had already prepared a number of thumbs-up gravel for padding wood in accordance with the requirements of the railway. Please Baidu "Throw Book Network" Thank you for your support!