Early the next morning, escorted by the Tang army, the caliph and dozens of ministers and attendants left the small riverside city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Compared with the tragic fate of the big food soldiers, they are doing well, and some have even gained weight.

They crossed the river from a simple pontoon bridge, which was narrow, and they could see thousands of migrant workers digging ditches on both sides of the river, just in time to have breakfast and get ready to work.

As he passed by them, the caliph subconsciously glanced at their breakfast.

This look at the eyes almost didn't bulge, white flour steamed buns, oil cakes, gruel, a few plates of side dishes, and even cheese! (The cheese produced by Wei Xi's army is not a minority, it is supplied in large quantities, and the people benefit from it, although the migrant workers are not very accustomed to their taste, but it is cheaper, and everyone knows that they are nutritious), and what is even more outrageous is that there are hot mutton steamed buns, which can even induce the fragrance!

There is a strong smell of tea in the large clay jar, which is intended for the migrant workers to drink after they start work.

It's so good!

Even migrant workers are such logistics, how can the war be fought!

The caliph set out on his way home with a heart full of concern.

Wei Xi made it mandatory to stipulate that the army was responsible for the food of the former migrant workers, and the army did not treat the migrant workers badly at all.

Generally speaking, if the military does not provide food and the project party provides its own food, then the migrant workers themselves have a tendency and impulse to save food expenses, or the foreman will deduct food expenses.

As a result, the nutrition of migrant workers cannot keep up, which will not only affect the progress of the project, but also increase the possibility of death in a foreign land from a humanitarian point of view.

Wei Xi didn't want to go out to work for ten people, and he had to come back with only two or three, isn't this Emperor Yang of Sui digging the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and transporting grain to Liaodong to fight Goguryeo? ! It's a big trouble to make a "Dead Song of the Dead Waves of the Endless Jiangdong".

With good nutrition, the lives of migrant workers are guaranteed, and many migrant workers have been following the army for many years, working day and night.

Here's the benefit of having a logistics department!

The logistics division of labor, the army is responsible for fighting the war, and the logistics is responsible for supply and construction.

When they leave, they don't know that three months later, a wide concrete bridge spans the upper reaches of the Amu Darya River, with a railway in the middle and people on both sides. In a month later, a railroad crossed the bridge, and trains roared across the bridge, carrying soldiers full of shouting arms to get a big meal.

The road builder is Princess Taiping! It was she who led the Datang infrastructure madness to build railways everywhere!

As her husband conquered more distant territories, her railroads were built wherever he went, and then branched off into highways, further strengthening and expanding the transportation network.

Starting from Dengzhou in the east, the railway winds westward like a dragon, passing through the Hexi Corridor, the Western Regions, Khorasan, Persia, Turkey, crossing the strait, entering Europa, and finally arriving at the Atlantic Ocean in France, with a total length of more than 20,000 miles!

Princess Taiping was instigated by Wei Xi.

Wei Xi drew a big cake for her, well, the name of this cake is pizza, and told her: "Men fight and conquer, women build and consolidate!" ”

"Wherever you conquer, where the railroad is laid, your reign will reach!"

"Why? If you want to get rich, you want to build roads, if the roads are repaired, people and materials will flow, the economy will be able to develop, and those who have food will not rebel! Your reign will be consolidated! Moreover, even if there is a rebellion, it is fast to use the railway to transport troops, and they will be leveled in an instant! ”

"Besides, you built the railroad, and you built it to the Atlantic Ocean, and your name was built into history!"

That's right! Princess Taiping felt that she could count in one fell swoop, so she became a fanatic believer in the railway, of course, she didn't expect that this was Wei Xi looking for something to do for her, saving her from looking for him to pay public food all day long!

Princess Taiping is very beautiful, but she is naturally gifted and capable, if she doesn't get her something to do, I'm afraid that she will be tired of Wei Xi's cow!

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Wherever the troops hit, the surveyors followed.

They belong to the general department, not only to measure the length and survey the geological situation, but also to shoulder the heavy responsibility of economic development.

The construction of railways should not only be based on geological conditions, but must also be conducive to economic development and military development.

The final situation is returned to Princess Taiping's desk and decided by her.

She not only listens to the reports, but also often goes down to the scene to try to make the best decisions she makes.

After she and her staff members deliberated, the decision was made to build the railway.

The terrain of Central Asia is complex, with deserts, Gobi, grasslands, plains, mountains, rivers and swamps, almost any terrain can be found.

Railways have to pass through these places. Because of the special terrain, sometimes flash floods, rivers dump, construction roads are often washed out, and sometimes after a long desert area, it is necessary to repair and defend sand forests along the route.

In addition, there are many deep mountains and valleys and swamps along the railway, and the project is very arduous.

Due to the difficult construction conditions, the erection of bridges, tunnels and open holes, most of the time we could only rely on the "crowd tactics", and the engineers and migrant workers flocked to the top, relying on a few treasures: shovels, hoes, and baskets, and just worked hand in hand.

Fortunately, there were more cattle and horses, and later a lot of donkeys and mules were sent to the country to show their skills in the mountains (cattle and horses can't), and they were responsible for carrying heavy loads, which greatly reduced the burden on humans.

In many places, there is nothing, and even a sleeper has to be brought in. The railroad tracks, as well as food, are all transported from abroad.

Many of the environments are extremely difficult, working in desert areas, the sun is scorching on their heads, the sand and stones under their feet are baked, and their feet are so hot that they can't stand, so they pour cold water into their boots, their feet are swollen, and they still insist on doing the work.

There are rivers in the desert, and the rivers have become wetlands in the lowlands, waist-deep not water, but stinky muddy water.

How many years have it been accumulated, a hundred years, two hundred years, anyway, I don't know how many years.

Every year the grass grows, and the grass accumulates water, so that it repeats itself year after year, and it is rotten, and the water is smelly.

There are a lot of mosquitoes there, and they are extremely vicious, let it bite on the leg, and the floating place is the size of a copper coin, and the leg has a sense of failure, and it can be recovered for a long time.

It is to build a railway in this place, and the roadbed must pass through this place, and the surveyors compare and compare, and it is completely impossible to avoid this place.

Then dry it, bring dry mud from the outside, replace the mud with dry mud, and then apply cement to build the roadbed.

If it weren't for good nutrition, tea to drink, and military medical treatment, soaking in such mud, he would really become a shipwright in the Yang Emperor period! (PS: Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty attacked Goguryeo, he needed a large number of ships, the government required to rush work, and the shipbuilders were soaked in the water for a long time, and their bodies under the waterline were maggots...... ）

The Tang people not only worked hard, but also worked very smartly, and built a section of the railway, and opened it to traffic, so that there was no need for cattle and horses to transport, and the transportation force of the railway was large, and the materials were transported, and life was relatively better.

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With the madness and persistence of Princess Taiping, as well as the naturally diligent Tang people, there is no problem with the logistics of the railway Wei Xi's army, and they are ready to attack!