Chapter 418: The Problem of "Labor Shortage".
"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools", Cheng Liangqi and others are the ancestors of the Yuanying, although they have a far superior advantage in these projects with their powerful mana. However, they have been burdened by tools for a long time, and they have not been able to really exert their full ability in the construction process of the previous projects.www.biquge.info And now, with these construction machinery refined by Ye Zan, Cheng Liangqi and others can really give full play to the powerful advantages of cultivators.
If nothing else, simply digging the earth, which seems to be the easiest thing to do. The excavation machinery that Ye Zan refined was more like a simple huge digging bucket, and it didn't seem to have any special technology in it. However, before there was no excavation machinery, when Cheng Liangqi and others were digging earthwork, they could only use the technique of moving mountains to turn into a giant palm of mana to excavate. There are no huge shovels or magic weapons in the monastic world, and the world cannot forge any huge shovels for them as tools.
It's just such a simple job, with and without tools, it's much less efficient.
In addition, the work of laying a solid foundation is the most basic part of all projects, and it seems that it is also a work with little technical content. Moreover, Cheng Liangqi and the others also have the magic weapon of the Panlong Golden Seal, which should be regarded as having tools available. However, tamping the foundation is not something that can be done by sacrificing the golden seal of the dragon and smashing it on the ground, at least it requires some skills. Otherwise, if it is really smashed, it is easy to cause damage to the formation, and it will be troublesome to smash the foundation to pieces.
And the strong compaction machine that Ye Zan gave refining, in addition to being a construction machine, actually set a standard for Cheng Liangqi and others. With this compaction machine, they can't use too much force, as long as they use mana to drive the machine, they can tamp out the standard foundation with standard strength.
Cheng Liangqi and others, after reading the operation guide booklet and watching Ye Xiao's operation demonstration, quickly fully mastered the operation of these construction machinery.
"It's really unbelievable, these magic weapons are simply artifacts in this regard!" Cheng Liangqi sighed from the bottom of his heart after personally operating the shield machine and quickly digging a new tunnel.
After a period of construction, looking back at the progress of themselves and others, they also agreed with Cheng Liangqi's words. In their opinion, with these few magic weapons, they can definitely make a huge leap in the progress of the project, and it will not take long to complete the rail transit construction plan of Datang Kingdom.
"It's a pity, if we had such a magic weapon to use from the beginning, I'm afraid we would have already completed all the planned tasks. Someone said with regret, as if he was lamenting that there were no more projects to make these magic weapons show their strengths.
Ye Zan's rail transit construction plan for Datang has many considerations, and he does not intend to let the rail transit network cover all areas of Datang like a spider web. After all, the vast majority of people in this world do not have much demand for travel or even long-distance travel. Moreover, for short-distance travel, cars and horses are enough to meet people's needs, and there is no need to replace all means of travel with rail transit.
Therefore, what is being built according to the plan is a trunk line similar to that connecting the north and the south. The territory of the Tang Kingdom is not small, but Ye Zan only took the capital of the Tang Kingdom as the center and designed ten main trunk lines that radiate to the surroundings. Cheng Liangqi and others have completed the construction of four of the main lines before, that is, there are still six main lines left. It seems that there is still a lot of work left, but with these few magic weapons, Cheng Liangqi and the others are almost certain that they will be able to complete this more project in less time than before.
Hearing that man's words, Ye Xiao smiled and said, "Elder Huang doesn't have to worry, a few days ago, several countries around the Tang Dynasty sent envoys to our sect one after another, for the sake of this rail transit matter. Elder Ye has promised them that when the rail transit construction of the Tang Kingdom is completed, he will build rail transit for their countries. So, elders, there will be some more busyness in the future. ”
"Uh......" Elder Huang was speechless when he heard this. He just said it casually, somewhat complimenting Ye Zan, but he didn't expect that he really had a bit of potential for a crow's mouth.
Cheng Liangqi and the others couldn't help but smile secretly bitterly in their hearts, could it be that they would have to do these things all the time in the future! Don't look at them obeying Ye Zan's orders and obediently coming to build Datang, but it doesn't mean that they are really willing.
It is an inherent concept that cultivators consider themselves superior to mortals over the course of tens of thousands of years. Not to mention cultivators, even among mortals, there are scholars who look down on the uneducated, rich people who look down on the unrich, and so on, all kinds of contempt or discrimination. For example, if a scholar is asked to move bricks, how many scholars will be willing to do it? If a rich man is asked to do some coolies, he may simply hire someone to do it.
In the world of science and technology, there was a period of time when Gu Huaguo vigorously promoted the concept that "there is no distinction between high and low work". But in fact, concepts are just concepts, and people will naturally have their own judgments in their hearts about the level of work.
Cheng Liangqi and the others are the same, even if they listen to Ye Zan's instructions to do these things, they still think in their hearts that these things should not be done by cultivators like themselves at all. Originally, they thought that after the affairs of the Great Tang Kingdom were done, they could go back to the Yuqing Sect to concentrate on cultivation. But I never expected that the surrounding countries also wanted this kind of rail transit, and Ye Zan actually agreed.
However, no matter what they thought in their hearts, Cheng Liangqi and the others had left their mark on the Dao Soldier Book after all, so they naturally did not dare to disobey Ye Zan's orders.
At this time, Ye Xiao seemed to see the thoughts of Cheng Liangqi and the others, and said to them with a smile. "Elders don't have to worry, this construction of rail transit naturally can't be done by you all the time. Although the amount of work in the future will be very large, the sect will also send other people to replace you on a regular basis, and it will not affect your cultivation because of this matter. ”
Ye Xiao's words were actually said by Ye Zan through his mouth. Even if he was far away in the Yuqing Sect and did not face Cheng Liangqi and the others, Ye Zan had already expected their thoughts. This is not a clever calculation, as long as you understand the psychology of the group of cultivators, you will know that it is not unusual for them to have such thoughts.
However, this is also a problem that cannot be ignored.
After all, this Shenhua realm is too big, and rail transit is different from Qianli Transmission.
The communication tool of the Thousand Miles Transmission is as useful to mortals as it is to cultivators. Don't look at the fact that it has only been a few years since the appearance of Qianli Chuanyin, but now it can be said to be quite popular among the cultivators of the Shenhua Domain Realm. Hardly anyone can resist the convenience that this advanced means of communication brings to themselves. If one day, the sound of Qianli Transmission suddenly becomes unusable, maybe the cultivators will really be quite uncomfortable. Therefore, in the promotion of Qianli Transmission, each sect will put so much effort into it.
However, rail transit is different, although this mode of transportation is advanced, it is not very useful for the group of monks.
In terms of speed, the speed of the rail train is very fast, but it is only compared to the primitive transportation mode of mortals, and it is not comparable to the means of the cultivator's sword flying into the air. In terms of transportation capacity, even if not everyone has the Qiankun Ring, the Hundred Treasure Bag is still very popular. What goods are taken away directly with the treasure bag, where can I use the rail train. Although the capacity of the treasure bag is limited, how much cargo does the cultivator need to transport? and how many opportunities do you need to transport a large amount of goods!
If you have to talk about the usefulness of the rail train for cultivators, it may be that only cultivators below the Jindan realm who can't fly with a sword will get convenience from this rail train when they need to travel long distances.
Therefore, from these two aspects, the monks have almost no demand for rail transit.
People are like this, and only when they are willing to put effort into what is beneficial to themselves are they willing to do it, and cultivators are also human beings. Since this rail transit is almost useless to cultivators, then they naturally will not spend their efforts on this rail transit as they do with Qianli Chuanyin.
Of course, from Ye Zan's side, it was not that difficult to make the speed of the rail train reach the speed of the Cultivator's Edgeworth.
But the problem is that Ye Zan engaged in this rail transit, originally to obtain merit from mortals, that is, to take mortals as the main beneficiaries.
On the one hand, mortals don't need that high speed, and on the other hand, even if they reach that speed, cultivators probably won't choose this way of traveling. After all, monks are very concerned about staying away from the world, and there are very few opportunities to go to the world. Therefore, considering the cost and demand, Ye Zan set the running speed of the rail train as the current speed standard.
Therefore, this rail transit will be extended to the entire Shenhua Domain in the future, and there is no need to count on other sects to help, everything must be completed by the Yuqing Sect itself.
In response to this problem, Ye Zan can't help but make plans early, in addition to saying that the cultivation of talents on the sect's side, it is also essential to find foreign aid. After all, even if the Yuqing Sect was desperate to cultivate talents, it would not be able to cultivate a large number of Yuan Infant Ancestors in a short period of time.
Speaking of foreign aid, the five second-rate sects around the Ziyang Sect promised that they would send people to participate in the construction of this rail transit. However, there are two problems with this. One is the promise they made that when the rail transit expands to their side, they will send someone to help. Another problem is that the number of the Primordial Ancestors of the five sects of them is actually not very large, and it is impossible for all of them to be sent to help.
Therefore, for the future, rail transit will spread all over the Shenhua realm, such an incomparably huge project, the participation of the five sects can be said to be a drop in the bucket. Fortunately, after the completion of the project in the Tang Kingdom, the next project will happen to be in the countries where the five sects are located, which can also alleviate the "labor shortage" a little.