Early the next morning, Ma Gu, who was wearing an official uniform, followed Yuan Xiaoju to Yang Guang.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, this is Ma Gu, the river opener of Luoyang City, in charge of the river in Luoyang, he has always done things safely, not arrogant or impatient, and he is also familiar with the river on the edge of Luoyang City, and then he will follow you to share your worries."

Ma Gu, who was wearing an official uniform, had a slender figure, a handsome complexion, and was an extremely handsome man, but he was full of bookishness, and he was a handsome Chinese guy in the traditional sense.

Yang Guang looked carefully at the man in front of him, this is a real talent, but how can this good young man choose a contraband name.

"Wechen Magu has seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin."

Yang Guang casually praised: "A talent, can be promoted by Motozuka Jae, presumably the ability must be extraordinary." ”

"Weichen's ability is slight, thanks to the love of Tsukazai, I am very grateful to be able to serve His Royal Highness the King of Jin before and after the saddle."

Yang Guang really needed the cooperation of local officials, and he was the local river opener, and he was in charge of the right things, so he used it first.

"Today, the king is going to see the situation of the river transportation, please open the river envoy to help lead the way and introduce it."

"Your Highness, it's good if you call me Magu."

Magu took Yang Guang to the various ports in Luoyang, the Luohe River is now busy with business, and it is unusually lively along the river, Magu really knows very well about this place, and gives Yang Guang a detailed introduction to every place, Yang Guang is still quite satisfied with him.

Finally, we arrived at the selected shipyard location.

"Magu, what do you think of the location of the shipyard chosen by this king?"

"The location is excellent, Wechen heard from Motozuka Zai yesterday that what you want to build is a huge shipyard, Wechen can't imagine this, I can only conceive of an ordinary shipbuilding shop in my head, Wechen will take you to see the current ship first."

Magu took Yang Guang to the shipbuilding workshop, which was also by the Luo River, but it was connected to the Luo River by digging a canal for nearly a mile, rather than completely facing the river.

The facilities of the workshop are actually very rudimentary, and a wooden boat about 10 meters long is being built.

Magu asked people to call the shopkeeper of the workshop here, and when the shopkeeper saw Magu, he was obviously a little scared and restrained.

"Zhang Dabao, this is His Royal Highness the King of Jin."

"Grass...... Grass people, see ...... I've seen Your Highness. ”

Zhang Dabao, who didn't know how to salute, almost knelt down on his knees and was stopped by Li Feng.

Yang Guang asked him to follow behind him, visited the ship under construction, and asked, "Who is this ship built for?" ”

"This is the merchant ship that the Liang family's shop wants."

Yang Guang asked again: "How big is the largest ship you have ever built?" ”

"It is about six zhang long, more than one zhang wide, and the depth of the cabin is one and a half zhang."

It's about 18 meters long and three meters wide.

Yang Guang carefully looked at the ship in front of him, the hull of the ship is made of three sections of wood tenon, the boat shape is slender, the head and tail are slightly narrow, the bottom transverse plate section is rounded, in addition to the bottom is connected with the whole wooden tenon, the two sides and the cabin plate and the canopy cover plate are nailed with iron nails.

Although the tools of this era are backward, the shipbuilding technology and the meticulousness of the craftsmen make the ships being built in front of them fit perfectly and are very regular.

Such a ship should be very strong if it were not for accidents such as collisions.

But this kind of boat can only travel in slightly flatter watersheds, equipped with sails and oars, and this is its power system.

Now the steam engine has not yet been made, it is very difficult to get power, and in history, Yang Guang went to Yangzhou but relied on the common people on the shore to pull the dragon boat.

Yang Guang wanted to build a shipyard, so naturally he had to start thinking of ways to build steam engines.

Boiling water is the only way for humanity to progress.

Before the development of the steam engine, only ordinary ships could be built.

At a cursory glance, this shipyard is good, and Yang Guang plans to take it down, and these craftsmen can also use it.

"Shopkeeper Zhang."

Suddenly called by the name of King Jin, Zhang Dabao was excited, and then immediately replied: "The grass people are here." ”

"You are very good at shipbuilding, and later this king will build a large shipyard by the canal, so please come and build ships in it."

Zhang Dabao was a little embarrassed, and Ma Gu said sternly: "Zhang Dabao, this is an invitation from His Royal Highness the King of Jin, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking in the shipyard of the imperial court, don't you know how to lift." ”

"No, no, that's not what the grass people meant, it's just that they should get off someone else's ship, and they have to be delivered first, and when it's done, Your Highness will see it, and our group of people will naturally be willing to build ships for Your Highness."

Yang Guang nodded: "Well, you are trustworthy in everything, you continue to build ships, anyway, it will take a while for the shipyard to be built, so don't worry." ”

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Jin."

Zhang Dabao thanked him, but his eyes glanced at Magu, as if he had something to say but didn't dare to say it.

……

Yu Wenkai returned to Daxing City and reported everything to the emperor, after the emperor saw the planning map, he was hesitant about the barrage dam, and frowned slightly: "Yu Wenkai, is this barrage dam really feasible?" ”

"Wechen also heard His Highness say it for the first time a few days ago, Wechen didn't dare to guarantee it, but Wechen didn't know why I, I think His Highness said that there should be no problem, if it can really be used, the canal is gentle, and the water storage and future dredging can be simpler."

Yang Jian smiled happily: "You have a lot of confidence in Amour, and it is groundless confidence. ”

"It's also strange to say, although Wei Chen thinks it's incredible or difficult, he just thinks that His Highness can do this."

"Then let's try it, I always think it should be possible."

"Wechen takes orders."

With the emperor's will, Yu Wenkai did not start immediately, but went to the workshop explained by Yang Guang first.

Lu Ben now inexplicably opened a lot of workshops under his hands, Yang Guang ordered to do it, and Yang Guang made them build a lot of things during this time, saying that they would use it for Yu Wenkai, and Yu Wenkai arrived until today.

Led Yu Wenkai to the warehouse of new tools, Yu Wenkai saw the wheelbarrow dump truck, which was used by the people to transport soil, the new shovel, Yu Wenkai tried, because of the improvement of smelting technology, the new shovel is lighter but the strength is better, and he also saw a lot of small tools, all of which are prepared for digging the canal.

Lu Ben specially took Yu Wenkai to another warehouse, where a track was built, because the metal manufacturing speed could not keep up, so this track was wooden, and there was a car on it, and there was a seesaw-like facility.

Lu Ben let people demonstrate that if someone swings up and down on the track like this, the car can be driven, and the cargo bucket can be pulled behind, whether it is pulling people or goods, it is much lighter.

This is based on the construction of the hand-cranked car on the railway, there is no way to do the railway in these years, the effect of the wooden track is much worse, the wind and sun are also easy to break, and the load-bearing capacity is also poor, but it can improve some of the transportation capacity at this stage.

All these tools are manufactured by Yang Guang in order to save labor as much as possible and improve efficiency.

The more labor-intensive and efficient it is, the less likely it is for him to accumulate public grievances when doing these projects.

The Grand Canal must use hundreds of thousands of people along the river, there is no doubt about this, there are not so many people, such a project cannot be done in this era, what Yang Guang can do is not to use the people too quickly.

And there are some benefits of manufacturing tools, with the improvement of smelting capacity, in fact, the tools at this stage can be improved once, there is a huge market, and Yang Guang can stimulate the innovation ability of the workshop, he started a start, the people in the workshop see that the improvement of tools can make money, can stimulate their creative enthusiasm, relying on his ability alone is definitely not enough.

In the end, Yu Wenkai came to the workshop where the gunpowder was stored.

Because of the danger of gunpowder, the emperor asked Yang Guang to set up a gunpowder workshop in an idle area in the south of the city, and they were all guarded, so that gunpowder could not be used at will.

The caretaker took Yu Wenkai in, and introduced: "This is the explosives prepared by His Royal Highness in order to dig the canal, the power of this thing is tsk, I am afraid when I think about it, if I accidentally stand on the side and be blown up, I have to blow it up." ”

Looking at so many explosives, Yu Wenkai was suddenly full of confidence.

When he encounters a good digging ground, he digs it, and when he encounters hard stubble, he will blow it up first and then dig it, which must be faster than he imagined, and he has already conceived the idea of segmented excavation in his mind.

Originally, the excavation of the canal needs to be more accurate in order to pass the water, but because of the existence of the barrage dam, the depth control is not so accurate, and the controllable error range is larger, so it can be excavated in sections, which will double the excavation efficiency.

At the end of this day, just looking at these tools, Yu Wenkai became more confident, this is like a general who is about to go to the battlefield, seeing the grain in his warehouse, and seeing his soldiers wearing brand-new armor and holding freshly built weapons, such a rich battle has never been fought.

Yu Wenkai did not hesitate, and used the fastest time to explore the location to be started, and prepared the people in the city, and set off with them.

The treatment given to the builders was the same as that of the previous construction of Daxing City, but because the construction of the canal is now not entered, the money has to be paid by the treasury, and the emperor was reluctant at first, but under Yang Guang's repeated insistence, Yang Jian loosened his mouth and agreed to Yang Guang's request.

The people were worried that once Daxing City was completed, their money-making work would be gone, and now there is a project to build the Grand Canal, and there will be no more opportunities to make money, especially some small leaders who have been appointed to manage the Minfu team, and the money is much happier than going home to farm.

The news of the canal digging spread in Daxing City, and in the palace of the King of Jin, the princess of Jin was packing up her things, preparing the carriage and guards, but it was not she who went out, but sent her maid Yuan Tiantian to the carriage.

Xiao Menglan said earnestly: "When you arrive in Luoyang, you must take care of Your Highness." ”

(End of chapter)