"Hurry up! The road builders are behind us, and if we don't complete the survey today, we will be behind tomorrow. If we are caught up by the road builders, our people will be lost. Li Hao urged the slow Xiong Cizhi to enter the summer. This northwest desert is simply not a place for people to stay, and it is hot and hot during the day, and cold and cold at night.

The popular local saying is that you wear a leather jacket in the morning and a yarn in the afternoon, and eat watermelon around the fire.

After the Yumen Pass, it is the vast sea. There are not too many deserts, more of the barren Gobi. Sometimes there is not even a single grass on the Gobi Desert, and walking on it seems that there is only oneself and one's companions in heaven and earth, and this feeling cannot be accurately described in words.

Although Li Hao didn't know how to describe it, he felt the insignificance and helplessness of human beings compared to nature.

In our opinion, ants are insignificant. Perhaps, in God's eyes, we are also ants, and we are also insignificant beings.

The railway has to be built from Yumen Pass to Hami, and this railway must not only ensure that it is out of the desert. It is also necessary to avoid the terrible subsidence areas and quicksand areas, and to avoid the ambush sites that may be used by the Mongols as much as possible. In this way, the railway could not be crossed from the side of the high mountain.

It is not easy to find such a road, not to mention that the road builders have already begun to lay it at Yumen Pass. With 3,000 road builders, a railway can be laid ten miles a day. It is even more difficult to find such a way in a short period of time.

Li Hao's time is only one month! In any case, he had to cover the journey in a month's time. In order to hurry, Li Hao had to ride a horse. Now, under his crotch is a tall, fishy-smelling camel.

"Don't listen to the nonsense of the Shi family, just in the place of Xingxing Gorge, they have to gnaw on two months. Telling Dashuai that it will be open to traffic in half a year is purely to make Dashuai happy. What month is it now? It's May!

Hutian is snowing in August, and this god is really going to snow in August. Do you think that with a thick layer of snow on the ground, they can do the construction steadily? Besides, the land has permafrost. After the winter is repaired, the roadbed will sink in the summer. If the settlement is uneven, the railway will break, or even the train will roll over due to uneven tracks.

So! This year, they will be able to work for up to three months. The rest of the time, they could only return to Yumen Pass and build some other railways. For example, the railway from Xi'an to Chengdu via Hanzhong!

The land of abundance has so much food output every year. But because Shu Dao is difficult to get out, our new dynasty has to solve the Shu Dao difficulty. The handsome man can say that the country of abundance is rich in the world. "Xiong Cishu sat on a camel, nibbling on twist flowers and touching around.

Seeing that Xiong Cishu began to eat twist flowers, Li Hao also hurried to one. The weather on the Gobi Desert is hot, and only fried things like twist can ensure that they will not rot for a long time. Take advantage of the fact that there is no wind and sand to gnaw quickly, otherwise the wind and sand will eat a mouthful of sand after a while.

Perhaps because he was thirsty, Xiong Cixu wrapped the military kettle tightly with a towel and shook it a few times. Then take a big sip!

This is a unique lesson taught to them by old customers who often travel to the northwest, as long as they shake it a few times, the water in the kettle will actually become much cooler.

"Hey......! If the railroad is not repaired well this year, maybe the defenders of Hami City will go hungry in winter. The three divisions and 40,000 troops are here, and if there is a lack of supplies, the consequences are really unpredictable. The wind and snow are still heavy in winter, and the airship cannot fly. Li Hao also knew that what Xiong Cixu said was true, but he couldn't help it.

If you explore the road early, you have to go to Sichuan. If it weren't for Hami's trip, he might be walking on the difficult Shu Road now. Xiong Cixu is right, since it is a new dynasty, he has to throw the matter of Shu Dao difficulty to the edge of the sky. Let the country of abundance and the Ming Dynasty be closely connected by rail.

Otherwise, if there is another figure like Zhang Xianzhong, he will still think of going to Sichuan to secession.

"Don't worry, my fourth master! Look at the endless flow of convoys. It's not all about transporting supplies to Hami!

Cao Wenzhao has been a division commander for several years, and he still doesn't know the importance of logistics and supply. Look at the airships in the sky, flying like bees all day long. Isn't it transporting grain, grass, ammunition and all kinds of supplies and baggage?

Coupled with these convoys on the ground, I think that before winter, Master Cao will hoard enough supplies. I really don't understand why the marshal is attacking the Western Regions. Look at this place where birds don't poop, no wonder the Mongols always want to invade our Central Plains. Compared to the Central Plains, this place is a fucking fart, and it is only suitable for exiles. ”

Xiong Cilu is very disgusted with the desert, and he is also not interested in the Gobi. He decided that the Mongols were God's punishment for staying here.

"As long as you talk a lot, take a shovel down and let's explore the geology." When Xiong Cixu spoke, Li Hao had already finished eating a twist flower, drank two sips of water, patted the camel's neck, and signaled that he wanted to go down.

The camel leader hurriedly took the camel and motioned for the camel to kneel on the ground. Li Hao jumped off the camel with one leg.

Geological exploration is done with something called Luoyang shovel, which was made by the eldest brother Li Xiao. Li Hao didn't understand why Li Xiao called this thing Luoyang shovel. However, this thing is really useful, and you can know the geology of the underground by digging a few caverns in the ground. Even the unique curvature of the Luoyang shovel can bring up some of the soil underground, and carefully observe whether it is a soil layer or a sand layer below.

"Fourth master! I heard that no, there are already some people in Guanzhong who use this thing for tomb robbery. I heard that with the wind water acupuncture technique, it is easy to find ancient tombs. A lot of people have made a fortune with this thing, and we might be able to dig out an ancient tomb as well. Xiong Cilu smiled and played with his mouth while punching holes.

"Forget it! This vast sea may be able to produce spring water. Grave? Save it......! They really want to do such an immoral thing as tomb robbing. I heard that this time the Uighurs were making trouble in Guanzhong, and the Guanzhong was completely disturbed. Li Hao carefully inspected the beaten soil.

"Yesterday I heard from the people at the military station that the Uighurs had killed the old nose man when they made trouble this time. I heard that the villages along Weishui in Guanzhong were slaughtered by the whole village. In some places in northern Shaanxi, people were almost wiped out. Many counties were killed by the Uighurs, and not a single person remained! Speaking of the disturbance of the Uighurs in Guanzhong, Xiong Cilu immediately remembered the gossip he had heard.

"Can the Uighurs attack the county seat? There are garrison divisions stationed in the county, although their equipment is a little worse, but they are also troops, and they can still be afraid of the rioters? When the Mongols first attacked Yinchuan, there were only two garrisons in Yinchuan City. In the end, didn't it last until my eldest brother led the troops to the rescue? ”

"Fourth master! Don't believe it, the Uighurs seized a lot of explosives. The city gates of the county town, and those thin city walls, are not ready to open as soon as they explode? The garrison divisions in Guanzhong are actually mostly pretending, and I heard that there are still vacancies.

Do you know how many Uighurs there are? Tell you the truth, two million, not a little more. Two million! is overwhelming, so what kind of scourge does it have to become? I heard that Guanzhong, with the exception of a few county towns and Xi'an, was slaughtered by the Uighurs. A few others fled to Lishan and survived.

The handsome man is really angry! The Japanese soldiers have been ordered to retaliate indiscriminately. The Uighurs in the whole of Shaanxi are not allowed to spare even a single baby, and they must be exterminated. The Japanese soldiers were ruthless in killing, and now it was the turn of the Uighurs to run into the mountains. The poor Japanese soldiers still have to dig holes in the mountains to find people.

I heard that the commander also formed a search team, and did not spare every cave in Zhongnan Mountain, and vowed to pay the blood debt of the Hugurs. ”

"The Uighurs also went too far this time, and the eldest brother killed them to make them look like babies. The north is pretty good now, there are strong barbarians in Liangguang, Miao barbarians in Lianghu, and those places in Fujian are all watched by ethnic minorities. If there is no wanton killing this time, and there will be a similar model in the future, and our Ming Dynasty will not be bloody?

Well! It's a nice place, you see, there's a lot of stone underneath the soil. This kind of road is not easy to sink, and it seems that we are on the right path. ”

"Huh! When people walk in the Gobi Desert, they all want to dig a spring. You can also drink a little more! It's good that you're so happy to hit the stone. Catch up with Ming'er to let you hit a stone mountain, happy enough! ”

"People are businessmen, let's find a way, can it be the same? Get on the road and keep walking. Li Hao ignored Xiong Cixu, who was packing his things, patted the camel leader, and signaled him to get on the camel and continue his journey.

Xiong Cixu commanded the servants and began to pack their things and prepare to continue on their way. If you can't get to the military station tonight, you can only sleep on the Gobi Desert. God knows if you'll run into wolves!

Anyway, Xiong Cixu has seen it, and there is a large group of green eyes looking at you in the distance in the middle of the night. I don't know when, they will pounce on you en masse and bite you to death. Along the way, I saw a lot of dead people's bones. Some even gnaw on half of the human remains, and under the wolf raid, even if you have a gun, it is useless.

The camel bells rang out, and the camel caravan continued on its way.

Wicker River! As the name suggests, it is an extremely small river. When Li Hao walked here, he realized that the river was even smaller than he thought. The width is only six or seven meters, and the length is not easy to say. Li Hao, who was in a hurry to build the railway, did not come to engage in geographical research, but to find a place to cross the river.

Li Hao suspects that the Wicker River is most likely the above-ground part of an underground river. Because he found that the water of the Wicker River was not only clear, but also bitterly cold. Even in the summer, it is still cold to the bones when the hand is put in.

"For such a wide river, all you need to do is build a railway bridge. You have to find a relatively strong place, otherwise the riverbed on both sides will easily collapse after a long time. "Xiong Cilu is also an old explorer, and when he looks at this river, he knows where to choose to build a bridge.

"Alright! Investigate along the Wicker River until you find a place where you can build a bridge. Li Hao gave an order, and the team marched along the Wicker River, exploring the riverside from time to time, trying to find a suitable site for building bridges.

I dug up a few places, but they were not very ideal. The outer skin looks like the hard surface of the ground is covered with sand, and such a formation can easily cause collapse. When the bridge collapses in a few years, the sin will be great.

"Fourth master! Luoyang shovel is missing. "Yesterday just after the sandstorm, Xiong Ci took inventory of the things with the team, and suddenly found that a Luoyang shovel was missing.

"Split up and look for it." The Luoyang shovel is not ordinary, and it is now a necessary equipment for exploration. If this thing is lost, it can only be sent from the mainland, and then it will take a long time.

The servants parted ways to look for them, and after a while, a servant who had been walking through the dunes suddenly ran back out of breath. Pointing to the back of the dunes, his mouth was flushed with urgency, but he couldn't speak.

"What's wrong?" Li Hao frowned, these servants were not only servants, but also students. They followed Li Hao to learn exploration knowledge, and in the future, they will also become a member of the exploration team, running all over the Daming River to explore where to lay railways.

"Over there...... Over there...... I can't tell, fourth master, you better go over and take a look. The servant looked panicked and pointed behind the dunes.

Li Hao was a little curious, these people followed him to the south and north, and they could be regarded as having seen a lot of the world. When I was in Shaanxi, even the ancient tombs were once punched. What the hell is behind the sand dunes, it actually scares them into this virtue.

Glancing at Xiong Cixu, the two of them pulled out a large eight-grain rifle from the camel's back bag. Pull the bolt and check Huang Chengcheng's bullet. The two of them walked up to the sand dunes, one after the other.

The sand dunes are thirty or forty meters high, although not too high. But climbing the dunes is not easy, and you have to be careful with every step to prevent your feet from sinking into the sand. Although the sand inside the pile cannot swallow a person like quicksand, if the sand gets into the shoes. If you don't shake it off, then these shoes are your lifelong nightmare.

The surface of the dunes is densely packed with wooden pillars, some of which are prismatic, round, and some of which are shaped like oars. It's all poplar wood!

Li Hao grew his mouth in surprise, although poplar wood grows in the northwest. However, due to the lack of water in the northwest, there are many poplar trees, especially those in this desert area. It takes years to get to fruition!

There used to be such legends!

It is said that poplar trees bloom for thousands of years, bear seeds for thousands of years, mature for thousands of years, and wither for thousands of years. After withering, it will stand for a thousand years without falling, and after falling to the ground, it can not rot for a thousand years.

Although I know that this is nonsense, I am right about one thing, that is, the growth cycle of poplar trees is very long. It may not take a thousand years for a poplar tree to grow so tall, but it is estimated that a few hundred years is necessary.

Hundreds of years of things, like this wooden stake in this desert?

"Fourth master! What the hell is this? Xiong Cixu was a little surprised, this kind of thick poplar wood can be sold for a lot of money in Xi'an.

"How do I know?" Li Hao shook his head, for more than a thousand years, the Western Regions were mysterious and unfamiliar to the Central Plains.

"How do I feel like we're going to get rich!"

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