The Minister of Hubu raised his feet and walked forward.
This area is prone to flooding during the spring and summer rainy seasons. The water conservancy plan proposed by the old man from the Ministry of Industry is really expensive!
Since the money is not under his control, he doesn't think about how to save it!
After the two of them walked a few steps, Foreman Fu saw Wen Nuan coming and reminded the two stone-moving workers, "Be careful, don't hit your feet!" Then he walked to Wen Wen and Wen Wen: "Master Fang, Hui An Princess."
The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance stepped on the newly laid bluestones, which were very solid. He smiled and said: "Foreman Fu, your road is just right, smooth and smooth, and there is no stumbling at all! The bluestones are really well paved. OK! How much does such a fine bluestone cost?"
Foreman Fu smiled: "Sir, this is the smoothest bluestone slab. The upper and lower sides are flat. It costs fifty cents a piece."
Princess Hui'an requires the use of the best materials, so they are relatively expensive.
There are also very cheap ones, such as those that cost twenty cents a piece, or ten cents a piece, but those are not as flat, square, and require a lot of time and effort!
“……..”
Fifty cents a piece
Princess Hui'an is so rich!
The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance looked at the long dug roadbed. The bottom layer of the roadbed was paved with a layer of mud and sand, and was tamped and flattened with huge rolling stones as a base. Then lay down the bluestone!
Such a short road requires at least tens of thousands of bluestone slabs to build, and then adding labor, the other materials cost less than three to four thousand taels, absolutely impossible!
Nowadays, the roads in the city are not paved like this except for the roads in the areas where the rich and powerful are paved like this!
It's really a waste of money.
The Minister of Household Affairs thought that Princess Hui'an would not be able to build all the roads in the outer city. Even if the cheapest bluestone slabs were used, which cost ten yuan a piece, it would still cost a lot to build so many roads!
Moreover, the cheapest bluestone slabs are uneven, stumbling, difficult to pave, and difficult to use in the city, which means that they must be at least 30 cents a piece...
Shangshu Hube felt a little dizzy just thinking about it.
"It's not easy to polish such a bluestone slab, isn't it?" Wen Nuan asked.
At least fifty cents a piece is considered cheap.
So thick, so big!
Foreman Fu nodded: "It's not easy, otherwise our Nalan Kingdom could have paved bluestone roads everywhere. Why are there only bluestone roads in the city? It's just because of trouble!"
"Actually, bluestone slabs are heavy and not easy to polish. They are time-consuming, laborious and expensive. Is there any way to change the way we build roads instead of bluestone slabs?" Wen Nuan thought of modern roads.
I also thought of the famous Qin Zhidao. Qin Zhidao seemed to be built with mirage ash.
The road pressure in this era is not as great as in modern times. After all, there are no heavy trucks, just horse-drawn carriages. The most heavy cargo carriages only weigh a few hundred kilograms!
I guess it should still be bearable.
I don’t know about warmth either, but you’ll know after trying it!
Isn’t the reason why human beings have developed modern civilization and technology a result of constant exploration and experimentation
The left eye of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance twitched, and the left eye twitched for wealth!
Does this mean that Princess Hui'an has a better way to build roads
"Does Princess Hui'an have any good ideas?" Foreman Fu knows that Wen Nuan knows a lot and listens well.
She designed this road and drainage system very rationally, even more rationally than she thought.
No wonder the young master and the foreman from Ningyuan County were full of praises for her.
"I actually don't have any good ideas. I just have to use stones anyway. It's troublesome to polish such a large piece of bluestone. I wonder if I can use gravel mixed with yellow clay lime mortar instead of bluestone to lay it on top. This way, This road should be relatively smooth!" Wen Nuan began to guide Foreman Fu to change the road construction method.
Don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients. There is a reason why the Great Wall remains standing.
But when it comes to roads, the roads of ancient Rome are world-famous.
As the saying goes, all roads lead to Rome!
The total length of ancient Roman roads was more than 400,000 kilometers, enough to circle the earth ten times.
But the surface of Roman roads was also paved with stones, and the foundations were very well laid. The foundations had four layers.
It's not unreasonable to be world-famous.
But it is not necessary here, it is more time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Foreman Fu shook his head: "No, it's probably no problem if people walk away, but a carriage might easily be crushed if it goes away, especially a horse loaded with goods, weighing hundreds of kilograms. Day after day, year after year. One year, it is estimated that it will be crushed after a year and a half! No thick bluestone slab is practical, it can be used for a hundred years!"
The Minister of Hube nodded.
Take a look at the stone roads in the city. They are still in good use after more than a hundred years since the founding of the People's Republic of China!
Thinking about it this way, a few thousand taels for one road is actually quite a bargain.
After using it for more than a hundred years, I don’t use a penny every day!
Wen Nuan smiled: "Roads paved with bluestone slabs can indeed be used for hundreds of years and will not break down. I think it is good to pave them in the city. It is practical and trouble-free! But don't official roads need to be paved?"
There is a saying that the road leads to wealth and the road is easy to travel, but it brings a lot of convenience to the merchants coming and going and saves a lot of time.
If the journey time can be saved in half, there will be a lot of fresh goods between the north and the south! Will the living standards of people in the two places be raised to a higher level by then? "
At this time, the emperor came back with several officials.
A group of people stood aside and listened to the conversation between the three.
Minister of the Ministry of Revenue: "Paving the official road? No, even if the yellow mud lime mortar is mixed with gravel, the hardness should not be enough! Once paved, it will break down quickly! Isn't this a waste of money and energy?"
Engineer Fu nodded: "It is still feasible to use these to glue the gaps on the stones. After all, the stones bear almost all the weight."
Wen Nuan continued to induce: "What if we add some iron branches to make a bracket, and then mix it with gravel to bear most of the weight?"
When the Minister of Industry heard this, he felt disdain in his heart and almost laughed out loud, but because Nalan Jinnian was around, he did not dare. He just said: "Princess Hui'an said to use iron? Princess Hui'an, do you know how precious iron is?" Do you know what the iron in Nalan Kingdom is used for?"
Can iron be used randomly
Use iron to pave the road
Why didn't she say to pave the road with gold? !
It’s just pretending to understand when you don’t understand, it’s nonsense!
Hearing what Wen Nuan said just now, the Minister of Industry felt more and more that Princess Hui'an's reputation was hard to live up to!
Maybe those achievements she had made were given to her intentionally by King Jin in order to improve her status!
Now that she has made contributions in farming and military affairs, does she still want to take credit for paving roads and building bridges
This is your own field!
His credit must not be taken away by others!
Even King Jin can’t!
Foreman Fu: "Princess Hui'an, iron is very expensive and difficult to refine. It's better to use bluestone than iron!"