Looking at Chen Sheng and Chen Sheng's shocked face, Xu Wugui was quite satisfied in his heart, and said, "My lord, what do you think of my track?" ”

"Very good." Chen Sheng was speechless for a while, and then asked, "No ghost, do you know what a train is?" Seeing the track built by Xu Wugui, Chen Sheng even suspected that Xu Wugui, like him, had crossed over from another era.

It's a pity that Xu Wugui scratched his head and said, "What is the train?" ”

Chen Sheng felt a pang of disappointment in his heart. So I talked about it left and right. Let Xu Wugui explain to him the structure of this track.

Xu Wugui saw that Chen Sheng was interested in this track, so he explained it carefully.

The railroad is not the same as the railway that Chen Sheng saw in later generations. But the effects are almost similar. Even the carriage and horse can change lanes in it, which is very convenient.

The rail road made full use of the Qin Emperor's law of "cars on the same track", so the track standard of the rail was finalized, and the rammed earth foundation stone was underneath, and then paved into sleepers. The biggest feature is also on the sleepers, which are not like the railway, but are made of wooden strips pieced together, but slightly dented or convex in some places in the middle of the road, so as to provide the horse's hooves to borrow strength, but will not affect the rotation of the wheels.

Once the horse runs on the track, it will involuntarily accelerate, faster and faster, until it is exhausted or can stop at the designated "speed bump", and no matter how fast the horse is, it can also be controlled by the rider to change lanes and turn or something, which is very suitable for traffic.

After listening, Chen Sheng nodded frequently and said, "This track is very ingenious. How much does it cost per mile, how much time does it take, how much does it take for daily maintenance, and is it convenient? Chen Sheng is a person who knows goods, and his eyes have lit up when he sees this track, and he knows what kind of changes it will bring to the whole society if it is implemented in Fujian and even the entire empire. However, seeing that this track requires a lot of materials, and it costs a lot of money, I am afraid that the empire will not be able to bear such a huge expense.

Xu Wugui said: "The cost can be said to be very high, or it can be said to be very low. Xu Wugui took out a piece of silk paper from the wooden box that never left his body, spread it on the ground, and said to Chen Sheng: "My lord, the idea of this track has been conceived by my teacher for a long time, and it was not until I studied it for several years that I saw the results that adults see today. Of course, what we see is only the most rudimentary form of the railway, and it cannot be elegant. Adults, please take a look. Xu Wugui spread out his fingers on the cloth that was three meters long and wide, bowed down and said.

Chen Sheng smiled. This kind of track can't be climbed to the hall of elegance, how can it be counted? Take a closer look.

Xu Wugui said: "If I preside over the construction of the Chi Road, the reasonable width of the Chi Road is fifteen to twenty zhang. The left and right sides of the road are left for pedestrians, and a rail road is built in the middle for cars and horses! "On both sides of the road, green pines should be planted to shield the wind and rain and consolidate the roadbed. At regular intervals, post stations were built to provide for the replacement of horses and the rest of travelers. Thousands of miles away, you don't need ten days to arrive, thousands of miles away, but also not far away! When Xu Wugui mentioned this track, he was obviously very excited.

Chen Sheng frowned when he heard this. This Xu Wugui dares to have the same temperament as the emperor, he likes to carry out big projects, according to his siege plan, the entire Qin State will be invested in the next ten years of finance and labor, and I am afraid that it will not be able to complete the construction of a galloping road.

"How much does this cost...... Chen Sheng inhaled the cold air. If he proposed such a novel construction method as the imperial court, according to the emperor's character, eighty percent would be adopted. But was the Qin State able to invest such huge manpower and material resources? Chen Sheng smiled bitterly.

"Your Excellency. This may seem like a costly project, but in practice, it doesn't have to be. Seeing the disappointed look in Chen Sheng's tone, Xu Wugui hurriedly added: "To build a galloping road, there is only one material that is most urgently needed, and that is wood. However, when I looked at the construction of the Chi Road, almost all of it was surrounded by lush mountains and forests. Local materials can be used. The Qin craftsman system has a reasonable division of labor and high production efficiency. As long as there is sufficient labor, every mile of road will only cost 30 gold at most. However, the sleepers were rotted and repaired in the later stage, which was also a lot of money. But this capital is also easy to obtain, just set up a card to collect taxes from past merchants, and it is enough to maintain the road! ”

Chen Sheng's heart moved.

"Not bad!" Chen Sheng slapped his thigh. Excitedly said: "Why didn't I think of this? Thinking of building a galloping road, Chen Sheng was shocked in his heart, afraid that he would lose his people and money and lose his national strength. But if you think about it from another angle, isn't that a good thing? If it is really cultivated, the travel is convenient, the exchange of products is frequent, the business is prosperous, and over time, the potato is promoted, and the population is multiplying, then a real prosperous Daqin will appear! Although Qin Guo is currently under the slogan of suppressing business, from the perspective of actual behavior, it is not the case. The law is not suppressing commerce, it is suppressing merchants! In order to prevent merchants from enriching the princes by accumulating the goods of society, the influence on the monarchy and the traditional aristocracy! Judging from the emperor's attitude towards the Bajun Ling family and the Longxi Wu family, he was not exclusive to commerce and merchants. As long as the merchant can provide benefits to his empire, the emperor will be able to accommodate all rivers.

Chen Sheng was inspired by Xu Wugui, and thought that if he contracted the construction right of the Chi Road Project to private businessmen to coordinate the construction, and then collected "tolls" from the merchants who came and went on the Chi Road, he would recover the capital and maintain the Chi Road. Of course, this is not the only way, but it is simple and straightforward: Aren't all those highways in the future doing this? And in this day and age, the cost of building a gallop road is far less than the cost of building a highway!

"No ghosts, go back! Let's think about it, and submit the construction plan of this gallop road to the imperial court. Chen Sheng suddenly patted Xu Wugui's shoulder. Laugh.

Seeing that Chen Sheng had decided to hand over the road plan with the track as the focus to the imperial court, Xu Wugui was also happy in his heart. There is a wisp of unfathomable color in his eyes. However, looking at Chen Shengxing's hurried back, Xu Wugui sighed again in his heart.

The technical content of trimming the Chidao is solved by Xu Wugui. When it came to the pros and cons of Chidao construction, Chen Sheng also found his advisers Li Zuoche and Ling Suyun to send senior stewards to Minzhong to be responsible for the management of salt farms and paper mills. They don't know much about politics, though. But he is a good hand at playing the economy. Naturally, from the perspective of the national economy, people's livelihood and businessmen, Chen Sheng provided many suggestions. After summarizing many suggestions, Chen Sheng drafted them carefully, delivered them to Li Zuoche and filled in the mulberry paper that had just been produced in the paper mill, and finally stamped them and submitted them to Xianyang.