Farmers of Shu Han

Chapter 292
"Glutinous rice? I have glutinous rice! Although I don't grow much, it's okay to eat a few meals."

In Huang Wudie's eyes, eating is a big deal, how could he let go so easily.

I know you are a rich woman, so you don't need to show off like this.

"But Nanxiang doesn't have any here. How about we talk about it when the next time the grain comes over?"

It seems that I have to pick a few more servants. It is always a bit difficult for Amei to prepare food for such a large group of people by herself.

Feng Yong thought to himself.

"Speaking of food transportation, this concubine came to Nanxiang for this purpose." With Feng Yong's guarantee, Huang Wudie didn't continue to pester her.

"This year's summer grain harvest is almost finished, so Feng Langjun can prepare to transport grain from Nanzheng again. That is not a trivial matter. This concubine came here to discuss this matter with Feng Langjun."

Huang Wudie is his partner, so it is naturally impossible for Feng Yong to let her transport food by herself like others.

"Manpower is a trivial matter, it's just the cart that transports food..."

Feng Yong felt a little overwhelmed when he heard about the transportation of grain. These days, the transportation volume is too small with ox carts and horse-drawn carts.

Not only that, these years are full of dirt roads, and the road conditions are not good.

If it is transported by Hanshui, it will be even more troublesome.

It had to be transported from Nanzheng to the side of the Han River, and then all the way down the Han River, and finally had to travel against the water for a while to come back to Nanxiang.

How many circles does this have to go around?
The key is that I don't have a boat.

It would be nice if there was a train, but also a car.

No way, textile workshops and pastures are places where no food is produced, and food must never be cut off.

Therefore, no matter how high the cost is, we must maintain sufficient food.

At this time, Feng Yongcai deeply felt the helplessness of Zhuge Old Demon who had no food in the middle of the Northern Expedition.

From Nanzheng to Nanxiang, all the way can be regarded as a plain, and ox carts and horse-drawn carts can be used to transport grain. Feng Yong felt that too much manpower and animal power were wasted.

From Hanzhong to Guanzhong or Liangzhou, many sections of the mountain roads and plank roads are difficult to pass even by cars. I don’t know how the Zhuge old demon maintains the rations of tens of thousands or even 10 people.

"How about this, I will send a message to Huo Jianling of Hanzhong Metallurgy in Nanzheng, and ask him to ask people from Hanzhong Metallurgy to build some more cars, and I got some cattle and horses from Ju County a few days ago, and put them in Nanzheng. Zheng's ranch."

"When the car is built, I will send some people over here. The summer grain has come down, and it is the most important thing to transport it as soon as possible."

There are many serfs who are willing to stand up and sing, so Feng Tubie doesn't have to worry about the shortage of manpower when it comes to transporting grain.

Although the problem raised by Huang Wudie was temporarily resolved, this incident also reminded Feng Yong, and made him finally realize that with the explosive growth of Nanxiang's population, the food problem will become more and more prominent in the future.

If this problem is solved, food will inevitably become one of the bottlenecks restricting the population growth of Nanxiang in the near future.

It really makes sense to say that agriculture is the primary industry.

It is not impossible to rely on external transportation, but Nanxiang must be attractive enough, so the pace of exchanging food for cloth must be accelerated.

This matter was fixed in Feng Yong's heart, and he couldn't let it go. The next morning, he stood at the intersection in a daze for no reason.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Li Qiu is a laid-back person. When he saw Feng Yong wandering around, he immediately walked over and asked.

"Railway!"

Feng Yong said unconsciously, pointing to the road in front of him, "This road is not good, I want to fix it."

Li Qiu nodded in agreement, "Hanzhong has been through war for a long time, and it is reasonable for the road to be deserted, but this official road can still be used for driving, which is not bad."

What a fart!When it rains, it's so muddy that people can't even walk, let alone a car. What's wrong?

"How far is it from Nanxiang to Nanzheng?"

Feng Yong suddenly asked again.

"It's less than two hundred miles, and it takes two hours to ride a horse. If it's an ordinary person, it takes two days to walk."

In other words, less than a hundred kilometers?
It doesn't seem too far away.

Feng Yong immediately slapped his thigh and said, "Fixed!"

"What do you want to fix, brother?"

"Fix the road."

"here?"

Li Qiu looked at Feng Yong in surprise, and pointed to the road in front of him.

"Yes, repaired to Nanzheng."

Feng Yong nodded.

"How much food will it cost?"

Li Qiu asked in disbelief.

"It doesn't cost much." Feng Yong shook his head, "It's not to open the road, but to repair the road and put some scum on it to make the road smoother."

The cement that Feng Yong produced was specially used for tofu projects, and that kind of cement was simply a joke.

Apart from having an advantage in construction speed, it is useless, and at most it is for temporary emergency use.

Concrete mixed with this cement will collapse in a few years.

But no matter how scumbag concrete works are, they are better than dirt roads, right?

And he also guards a coal mine.

Although this coal mine is definitely pitifully small compared to those large coal mines in later generations with hundreds of millions of tons of reserves at every turn.

But Feng Yong does not use coal to generate electricity, and has no industrial applications. If it only supplies a few thousand people for heating and fire, it will be enough to last forever.

More importantly, Nanxiang has the largest gypsum mine in Asia, and there are hundreds of millions of tons of limestone reserves. If you don't use it, why keep it?

"If you want to practice the official way in Nanxiang County, then it's all right, but if you go out of Nanxiang County, it's not suitable, right?"

Li Qiu hesitated.

"What's inappropriate?" Feng Yong glanced at Li Qiu, "At worst, I'll tell the prime minister."

If you have something to ask the old demon Zhuge, who dares to force him?
Don't even think about the reason, just tell the truth.

Now Nanxiang is considered the second largest county in Hanzhong, how could the old monster Zhuge not agree?
Only the more convenient the traffic is, the better the place can be controlled.

"To get rich, build roads first."

Feng Yong waved his hand, "That's it."

The point is that although there should be enough materials for the construction site, there will never be enough manpower, so Feng Tubie will definitely not fool around with the old monster Zhuge.

The ultimate goal of building roads is for oneself, but objectively it is beneficial to the court.

So Feng Tubie decided to submit a testament to the prime minister of the Han Empire, called "Nanxiang to Nanzheng Road Test".

It will focus on the application of the latest materials (tofu dregs engineering cement), and it is also a pilot project for the large-scale application of new technological materials in the Han Empire.

Feng Yong, Wei Cheng of Hanzhong Diannong School, took the initiative to apply to be a guest contractor to undertake the country's road construction project.

Feng Tubie believed that, for the sake of cement application, Zhuge Lao Yao would properly agree to his request.

"By the way, I still have to go to Guan Ji about this matter."

Feng Yong couldn't get his handwriting out, so of course he had to ask Guan Ji for help.

Hearing Feng Yong's words, Li Qiu's face was a little strange, and he coughed dryly, "Brother, don't be in a hurry. I saw Lady Guan and Lady Huang going out together this morning. I should have gone to find a place to practice martial arts."

Sure enough, it still can't be avoided?

Feng Yong's face was a little dull, and he asked Li Qiu, "You know?"

Li Qiu was either smiling or crying, and he didn't know what to look for, "Who knows the news about the Guan family's young master and the Huang family's young master, who knows a little bit about Jincheng? After all, he was a person who fought at night with the lights on back then."

"In my generation, even those who rely on their own strength, no one dares to speak bravely in front of the second daughter."

So, you and Huang Chong acted like you didn't see me between them yesterday?

Do you have any sense of loyalty?what!

　The author is hospitalized, and he left some manuscripts, which I distributed for him in the past few days, but I forgot to post them yesterday, sorry.

　
(End of this chapter)