Jiangning! Yangtze! Nanking!

There is a bridge there that was once considered an impossible task, but later generations also spent eight years to complete it in the face of extreme lack of technology, funds, and resources.

Datang has the most advanced collection of materials in later generations, and there are also the best craftsmen.

Moreover, Li Yuanxing has countless resources overseas that can be extracted without considering the consequences, so why can't he build it.

The pure reinforced concrete bridge Datang has been completed, although it is not long, only a short period of more than 200 meters, but now it is in Liangzhou, becoming a very important bridge on the transportation line, passing through a small train a hundred times a day, transporting tens of thousands of tons of stone.

There is also a 1,300-meter-long Xiaolangdi Dam and the Fenglingdu Bridge under construction.

That is to say, the craftsmen of Datang have digested those plans and used them in practice.

"Brother Huang, it's better to add an order. The construction of the new Chang'an city wall was all stopped, and all the cement and craftsmen were transferred to Jiangning. A Chang'an City, no matter how big and beautiful it is, also shows the wealth of the Tang Dynasty. But what does a bridge represent, this is a miracle in the eyes of the world, and the industrial value driven by this bridge alone will not be less than 50 million per year! ”

Li Yuanxing suggested again.

Li Er looked at Li Yuanxing and nodded silently: "What Gorou said is true!" ”

Gao Gonggong and the others retreated.

On the 18th day of the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan, all newspapers such as Datang Daily and Chang'an Daily made headlines. At the same time, all the states and counties of Datang were electrified, and even a telegram was sent to Malacca.

Jiangning Yangtze River Bridge.

The total length is ten miles. The bridge is 35 steps wide and is divided into two levels. The height from the water is about 12 zhang, and the highest point is that the highway bridge above reaches a height of 19 zhang from the water surface.

At the same time, Yaozhou Steel Mill, the pinnacle of Datang, announced that it would stop all external supplies and transfer the contract to Zhouzhi Steel Mill, Zhengzhou Steel Mill, and more than 20 steel mills in Hebei Province, Hedong Province, and Liaodong Province to continue implementation.

Dashang Zhongshu ordered the documents to be issued in person. Yaozhou Steel Mill's breach of the contract this time is not a construction and return contract, everything is for Datang!

30,000 tons of mysterious special steel. No one even knows what difference the steel produced by the steel mill in Yaozhou this time is different from the ordinary ones, and the only news that can make the people of Datang know is that the best iron ore and the best coal in the entire Datang will be transported to Yaozhou first.

A bridge. Is it worth it?

Many foreign envoys did not understand. Datang has even stopped the construction of Chang'an City, do you want to build a bridge at all costs?

The order issued by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty was jointly issued, and it was originally an opinion supported by half of the people in the Tianying Pavilion. When the document is officially sent to the ministries. There is no one left to stop it.

The following is the Ministry of Officials. Li Chun, a first-class bridge, is a master craftsman, and the department of engineering is still a scholar. Positive three products. He was fully responsible for the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangning, and at the same time issued an order issued by Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty, all states and counties on both sides of the Yangtze River. In the matter of building the bridge, Li Chun had the right to use all his strength.

Seeing the newspaper, the cabinet master of the middle and junior officers who was training in Kunming Chi rushed back to Qinwangzhuang.

"Yuanxing, this bridge grandfather knows how to say. This is the backbone of our China, and it was ...... back then."

Li Yuanxing interrupted the cabinet master's words for the first time, and there was still a bit of seriousness on his face: "Grandpa, the backbone of our Huaxia is not only this bridge, and Datang has not had a real landmark until now." In fact, it doesn't matter if the bridge is repaired three or five years later, but I need a stimulant injected into the entire Datang. ”

The cabinet master carefully analyzed Li Yuanxing's words, and nodded vigorously: "That's good!" ”

"In ancient times, the Qin State repaired the Zhengguo Canal, and now there is the Tang Dynasty to repair the Jiangning Bridge." Li Yuanxing suddenly laughed.

The cabinet master also smiled: "When the bridge is opened to traffic, it is the time to start a war against Tufan." ”

The grandfather and grandson laughed at the same time.

The cabinet master patted Li Yuanxing on the shoulder: "Help grandpa stabilize for another year, and the last one is two years to the court." And then stabilize Nanyang, at most two years later, it will also be the province, state, and county of Datang! ”

"Grandpa, rest assured, they will naturally be greedy when they eat meat in Nanyang. But I didn't speak, and no one dared to make a mistake. Pressing them, when this rule is really let go, they are like wolves that have been hungry for a long time, and they can fully control the entire South Seas in half a year. Li Yuanxing said confidently.

The cabinet master also smiled: "The joint attack from the king of the Tang Dynasty, Australia, and Jiudagang, you have underestimated your grandfather too much in half a year, and you have underestimated the ambitions of these family warlords." ”

"When, put some pressure on Tianzhu?" Li Yuanxing did not mention the matter of Nanyang again.

"At least another year, the Tang people have not really tasted the benefits of the colony." The cabinet master gave Li Yuanxing advice.

Li Yuanxing was about to say something, when someone came to report that Li Chun asked to see him.

"Li Chun, Yuanxing should go and meet, grandpa has nothing important here, just say one thing, at any cost, it will take four years at most to build this bridge, it's really not okay for you to dig the gold mines in North America."

"No, there are a lot of gold mines in Australia!"

The cabinet master went to rest, and Li Yuanxing was walking to the front hall, preparing to meet Li Chun.

But in the front hall, Li Chun, who was wearing a scarlet official robe, knelt on the ground, his head firmly attached to the ground. Just kneeling motionlessly, Li Yuanxing glared at Zheng He, Zheng He was frightened, and quickly explained: "Your Highness, it is Li Shangshu who wants to kneel, and it has nothing to do with slaves!" ”

"Your Majesty, never give up!" Li Chun kowtowed heavily.

Li Yuanxing did not help Li Chun.

"Li Chun, don't say anything. This king has prepared a tombstone for you, and you will fight for your life to repair this bridge. There will be seven feet of land under the bridge to bury your bones and erect a monument! ”

"Your Majesty, never give up!"

Li Chun shouted loudly, kowtowed three times, got up and took three steps back, and saluted again: "Minister, retire!" ”

"Li Chun, you are not old, don't be tired on the bridge. This king sincerely hopes that you will have an even more gorgeous tombstone! ”

Li Chun saluted again and retreated.

There was nothing more to say, everything was shown by his great gift. Back then, he was just an excellent craftsman who built a stone bridge that he was proud of. Then he became a slave, and Li Chun didn't care about being a slave, but he didn't have the opportunity to get in touch with the bridge that he was most obsessed with in his life.

Ten miles in length! Who dared to think, who could have imagined that there would be such a bridge on the Yangtze River.

Datang dare, Datang can, and Li Chun, the person in charge of repairing the bridge, is full of confidence.

The book of the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty, Yan Lide and his younger brother Yan Liben, when they were initially fighting over whether to repair to Huating, were completing a painting with the help of Wu Cao. A long scroll that is four feet long and five feet high. In addition to the two brothers, ten excellent painters were called to work on coloring and supplementing details.

Chang'an City, on the wall of the Vermilion Bird Gate, hung a painting.

Jiangning Yangtze River Bridge!

The entire Chang'an City stopped discussing the bridge, but in exchange for silence. For the first time, the people of Chang'an had the most intuitive understanding of this bridge, this is not a bridge, this is a miracle.

The new secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Liu Chongchong of the Liujia family in Chang'an, stood among the people in civilian clothes, and was as shocked as the people.

"How does it feel?" Wang Jishan stood beside Liu Chongchong.

"Prince, the former Sui repaired the canal, and the consumption was only a few million, and after so many years, even if you add extravagant waste and the expedition to Goguryeo, you have not said that it is more than 10 million. But it consumed the national strength of the former Sui, and then many people rebelled, and then the country was destroyed. ”

When Liu Chongchong said these words, he was not nervous at all.

Datang will no longer punish people for a certain remark, but what they say is well-founded, and they don't care about the crime.

When Wang Jishan heard this, he smiled and nodded: "Yes, the former Sui is too much national power!" ”

"The consumption of the Changyi Railway is no less than the total consumption of the canal. That bridge, I don't dare to calculate how much money it will cost, and I don't know if five million is enough? Liu Chongchong sighed softly.

Wang Jishan laughed: "It's just five million yuan!" ”

"Five million runs, it's still a mere one, it's just that?" Liu Chongchong stared at Wang Jishan in surprise.

He knows how much Datang's tax revenue is, and these five million guan is almost one-seventh of the total revenue of Datang's treasury. Even if Datang's current treasury revenue is to vigorously develop industry, it is only about 34 million yuan. And it's not just a bridge that costs money. There are too many places to spend money.

5 million guan is almost 20 billion in purchasing power in later generations.

But here in Datang, whether it is transportation, steel production, and the actual cost of industrial products such as cement, it is much higher than that of later generations. You must know that the original cost of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was 280 million, and the 280 million in that era was almost equivalent to 120 billion when Li Yuanxing crossed.

It's a lot of money, so to speak.

Wang Jishan said softly: "Liu Shangshu, I suggest that you hurry up and apply to grab fifty arithmetic elites for your household." Otherwise you won't be able to keep it busy. Because I collect a lot of money, I can't be busy. ”

"Elder Wang, please?" Liu Chongchong has been in the upper echelons for too short, so his posture is very low.

"You're an official, you don't deserve it well." After Wang Jishan made a joke, he became much more serious: "Well, after you are selected into Tianying Pavilion in March this year, you will know more about the Dao." Datang's actual income is more than you think. And this year, just Nanyang's tax revenue, according to some estimates, will not be less than 10 million. ”

Hiss...... Liu Chongchong gasped, even though he had officially become the head of the household department for almost two months, he had not really come into contact with the deep things of the household department, and he was still slowly getting familiar with the work.

"The two Shangshu, the Ministry of War has just handed over the seal. A railroad is going to be built! A person wearing a four-grade official uniform came over and told the two of them the news very directly: "Hou Shangshu wants to build a railway from Youzhou to Guangzhou." ”

"Wait for the madman, I didn't just submit the railway application from Chang'an to Lanzhou three days ago. Youzhou ......, Guangzhou ....... Wang Jishan's exclamation alarmed many people, but Wang Jishan quickly rushed to the palace. (To be continued......)