"If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools." Cheng Liangqi and others, as Yuan Ying ancestors, have far superior advantages than ordinary people in these projects with their powerful magic power. However, they have always been burdened by tools, and they were not able to truly exert their full capabilities during the construction of previous projects. But now, with the construction machinery refined by Ye Zan, Cheng Liangqi and others can truly take advantage of the powerful advantages of the ascetics.
Let's not talk about anything else, just dig the earth. This seems to be the simplest thing. The excavation machinery that Ye Zan refined was more like a simple giant bucket, and it didn't seem to have any special technology in it. However, before the excavation machinery was available, Cheng Liangqi and others could only use the magic of moving mountains to dig out giant palms of magic power when excavating earth. The monastic world does not have a magic weapon such as a huge shovel, and the secular world cannot forge such a huge shovel as a tool for them.
For such a simple job, the efficiency is much different with or without tools.
Let’s talk about the work of laying down the foundation. This is the most basic part of all projects, and it seems to be a job with little technical content. Moreover, people like Cheng Liangqi also have the magic weapon of smashing like the Coiling Dragon Golden Seal, so they should be considered to have useful tools. However, laying a solid foundation is not just about throwing the Coiling Dragon Golden Seal and slamming it against the ground. At least it requires some skills. Otherwise, if you hit it really hard, it will easily cause damage to the stratum and break the foundation into pieces, which will be troublesome.
In addition to being a piece of construction machinery, the dynamic tamping machine that Ye Zan refined also set a standard for Cheng Liangqi and others. Using this powerful tamping machine, they could not use too much force. As long as they used mana to drive the machine, they could compact a standard foundation with standard strength.
Cheng Liangqi and others quickly mastered the operation of these construction machinery after reading the operation guide booklet and watching Ye Xiao's operation demonstration.
"It's really unbelievable. These magic weapons are simply magical tools in this field!" Cheng Liangqi sighed from the bottom of his heart after personally operating the shield machine to quickly dig out a new tunnel.
Several other Yuan Ying ancestors also operated different machines. After a period of construction, they looked back at the progress of themselves and others, and they all 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 the Tang Dynasty.
"It's a pity. If we had such a magic weapon from the beginning, I'm afraid we would have completed all the planned tasks." Someone said with regret, as if he was worried that there were no more projects. It’s a pity that these magical instruments have shown their full potential.
Ye Zan's rail transit construction plan for the Tang Dynasty was based on many considerations, and he did not intend for the rail transit network to cover all areas of the Tang Dynasty like a spider web. After all, the vast majority of people in this world do not currently have much demand for travel or even long distance travel. Moreover, for short-distance travel, carriages and horses are enough to meet people's needs. There is no need to replace all means of travel with rail transit.
Therefore, what is currently being built according to the plan are trunk lines similar to China Unicom's north-south connection. The territory of the Tang Dynasty was not small, but Ye Zan only designed ten main lines radiating to the surroundings with the capital of the Tang Dynasty as the center. Cheng Liangqi and others have completed the construction of four main lines before, which means there are still six main lines left. It seems that there is quite a lot of work left, but with these magical artifacts, Cheng Liangqi and others are almost certain to be able to complete more projects in a shorter time than before.
Hearing what the man said, Ye Xiao smiled and said, "Elder Huang, don't worry. In the past few days, several countries around the Tang Dynasty have sent envoys to our sect for the purpose of rail transportation. Elder Ye has already agreed. When the rail transit construction in the Tang Dynasty is completed, they will build rail transit for their countries. So, elders, you will be busy in the future. "
"Uh..." Elder Huang was speechless when he heard this. He just said it casually, somewhat as a compliment to Ye Zan, but he didn't expect that he actually had the potential to be a crow's mouth.
Cheng Liangqi and others couldn't help but smile secretly in their hearts. Could it be that people like themselves will have to do these things in the future! Even though they obeyed Ye Zan's orders and came to construct the Tang Dynasty obediently, it didn't mean that they were really willing.
Ascetics believe that they are higher than ordinary people. This is an inherent concept formed over tens of thousands of years. Let alone ascetics, even among mortals, there are scholars who look down on the uneducated, rich people look down on the poor, etc., all kinds of contempt or discrimination. For example, if you ask scholars to move bricks, how many scholars will be willing to do it? If a rich man is asked to do some hard work, he may just use the money to hire someone to do it.
In the world of science and technology, there was a period in ancient China when the country vigorously promoted the concept that "there is no distinction between high and low in work." But in fact, concepts are just concepts. People will naturally have their own judgments about the quality of work.
The same goes for Cheng Liangqi and others. Even if they follow Ye Zan's instructions to do these things, they still think in their hearts that these things should not be done by a cultivator like themselves. Originally, they thought that after the affairs of the Tang Dynasty were finished, they could go back to the Yuqing Sect and concentrate on their cultivation. But he 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 others had left their mark on the Taoist military book after all, so naturally they did not dare to disobey Ye Zan's order.
At this time, Ye Xiao seemed to see what Cheng Liangqi and others were thinking, and said to them with a smile. "Elders, don't worry. Naturally, you can't always be responsible for the construction of rail transit. Although the amount of projects in the future will be very large, the sect will regularly send other people to replace you. It won't Because this matter affects your practice.”
Ye Xiao's words were actually spoken by Ye Zan through his mouth. Even though he was far away in Yuqing Sect and not facing Cheng Liangqi and others, Ye Zan had already anticipated their thoughts. This is not some magical plan. As long as you understand the psychology of the group of monks, you will know that it is not unusual for them to have such thoughts.
However, this is indeed a problem that must be faced.
After all, the Shenhua Realm is too big, and rail transportation is different from Qianli Sound Transmission.
Thousand-mile sound transmission is a communication tool that is useful to ordinary people, but it is equally important to ascetics. Even though Qianli Chuanyin appeared only a few years ago, it can be said to be quite popular among the cultivators in the Shenhua Realm. Almost no one can resist the convenience that this advanced communication method brings to them. If one day Qianli Sound Transmission suddenly becomes unavailable, the ascetics may really be quite uncomfortable with it. Therefore, each sect puts so much effort into promoting Qianli Yin Chuan.
However, rail transportation is different. Although this mode of transportation is advanced, it is not of much use to the group of ascetics.
In terms of speed, the speed of the rail train is very fast, but it is only compared with the primitive transportation method of mortals, and it cannot compare with the method of ascetics flying with swords. In terms of transportation ability, even if not everyone ascetics have the Qiankun Ring, the Hundred Treasure Bag is still very common. Any goods can be carried away directly in the treasure bag. There is no need for rail trains. Although the capacity of the treasure bag is limited, how much goods do ascetics need to transport? How many opportunities are there to transport large quantities of goods!
If we have to talk about the usefulness of rail trains to ascetics, it may be that only those ascetics who are below the Golden Core Realm and cannot fly with swords will benefit from the convenience of this rail train when they need to travel long distances.
Therefore, from these two aspects, monks have almost no demand for rail transportation.
People are like this. Only when things are beneficial to themselves are they willing to put in effort to do them. Ascetics are also human beings. Since this rail transportation is of almost no use to the ascetics, they naturally will not spend as much effort on it as they did with Qianli Chuanyin.
Of course, from Ye Zan's side, it is not that difficult to make the rail train reach the speed of a monk flying with a sword.
But the problem is that Ye Zan's purpose of building this rail transit is to obtain merit from mortals, and he takes mortals as the main beneficiaries.
On the one hand, mortals don't need such high speeds. On the other hand, even if they reach that speed, ascetics may not choose this way of travel. After all, ascetics pay attention to staying away from the world and rarely have the opportunity to go to the world. Therefore, considering cost and demand, Ye Zancai set the operating speed of rail trains at the current speed standard.
Therefore, if this rail transportation is to be extended to the entire Shenhua Domain in the future, there is no need to rely on other sects to help. Everything must be completed by the Yuqing Sect itself.
In response to this problem, Ye Zan had to make plans early. In addition to cultivating talents in the sect, it was also essential to find foreign aid. After all, even if the Yuqing Sect desperately cultivates talents, it cannot cultivate a large number of Nascent Soul Ancestors in a short period of time.
Speaking of foreign aid, Ziyang Sect and other five surrounding second-rate sects had promised at the beginning that they would send people to participate in the construction of this rail transit. However, there are two problems here. One is the promise they made that when rail transit is expanded to their side, they will send people to help. Another problem is that the number of Nascent Soul Ancestors from their five sects is actually not large, and it is impossible for all of them to be sent to help.
Therefore, for the future, rail transit will cover the Shenhua Territory, and for such an extremely huge project, the participation of the five sects can be said to be a drop in the bucket. Fortunately, after the Tang Dynasty project was completed, the next projects happened to be in the countries where the Five Sects were located, which could alleviate the "labor shortage" a little.