Traveling through Great Qin: Father Qin Shihuang!

Zhao Shu also put forward his own opinion at this time. Although the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Commerce are two independent departments, they are actually connected with each other. He still hopes to fight for this opportunity for the Ministry of Industry.

"No, even if Xuanniaowei is really stupid, it's impossible to always fail to learn. I think loyalty is more important."

"General Zhang Han means, except for you Xuanniaowei, are we all unfaithful? I am the one who insists on choosing the Ministry of Industry."

……

Zhang Han and Zhao Shu each had their own reasons, and the two couldn't argue for a while, so they could only look at Ying Zheng.

"Your Majesty, please make a decision!"

"This……"

Ying Zheng also hesitated, not knowing who to choose.

"Your Majesty, who said that only one person can be sent to learn the excavator? In my opinion, it is better to choose one from Xuanniaowei and the Ministry of Industry."

Meng Yi stood up to smooth things over, and by the way proposed a way to get the best of both worlds.

"That's right, why don't you each choose the one you think is more suitable?"

With a wave of his hand, Ying Zheng made a decision directly!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the two heard the words, they agreed with satisfaction.

"Okay, let's go down and make arrangements. By the way, find Zheng Guo, and I want to show him the latest blueprint!"

"Here!"

……

"Your Majesty, I heard that you asked someone to change the drawings of your servants?"

Zheng Guo, who got the news, rushed over quickly.

Zheng Guo was somewhat unwilling to admit defeat. After all, it took him such a long time to finalize his blueprint. In his opinion, it was considered perfect.

"Ai Qing, don't worry, your drawing is indeed good, it's just a little modification."

Ying Zheng comforted Zheng Guo, and then asked the servant to show Zheng Guo the revised drawings.

Zheng Guo frowned, then opened the drawing and took a look.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? The blueprint drawn by the minister before was deliberately bypassed because of the consideration of the road. You can't build the canal directly on the road, right?"

Zheng Guo said very disdainfully, in his opinion, the person who changed the blueprint was obviously superfluous, and even a fool would know that when building aqueducts, they should avoid roads.

"Then what if a stone bridge is built over the canal?"

"Building a stone bridge is feasible, but my ministers do not recommend it. Firstly, building a bridge will take a lot of time and manpower, which will only slow down our construction speed. Secondly, how can a bridge be comparable to a road? It's inconvenient."

Obviously, Zheng Guo had considered various factors before drawing this blueprint, and finally decided not to occupy the road.

"What you said makes sense, but I have a better way. If it can reduce the construction cost and time of the bridge, and ensure the bridge is more stable and smooth?"

"This is impossible!"

Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Zheng Guo objected without even thinking about it.

"Why is it impossible?"

"If the bridge wants to be built flat, it will definitely need to invest a lot of stone materials. Not to mention how long it will take to build, the excavation and transportation of those stone materials is a big problem, so the cost and time will definitely not be reduced."

"Then if there is something that can replace stone, not only strong but also increase the speed of construction, isn't it possible?"

"What does your majesty mean by this? Could it be that you have really found something that can replace stone? If that thing really has such an effect, your majesty's idea is feasible."

"Since Aiqing also thinks this method is feasible, let's go ahead and make arrangements. Prepare the manpower and materials needed for the construction as soon as possible. I will complete part of the canal construction work before the spring plowing."

"What? This is impossible, Your Majesty!"

Zheng Guo was taken aback by Ying Zheng's words, and he didn't even understand why he had such an idea.

"Your Majesty, I seem to remember telling you that according to the progress of our project, it may take at least half a year to complete the canal around Xianyang. You..."

"The widow naturally knows."

"Then why does Your Majesty want to speed up the progress all of a sudden? Even if it's only partially completed, we absolutely can't do it now."

Ying Zheng just smiled lightly when he heard the words.

Can't do it?That was before!
Now there are excavators, as long as there is enough diesel supply, the work progress of one excavator in a day can match the work progress of hundreds of people.

If all goes well, half a month is enough to complete the construction of all the canals near Huangzhuang.

Immediately, Ying Zheng informed Zheng Guo about the excavator and asked for his opinion.

"What do you think, Aiqing? I, Daqin, have this artifact. Could it be that I can't complete the task of building it within half a month?"

"Your Majesty's words are serious? Does the excavator really have such supernatural power?"

Zheng Guo felt that there might be bragging in Yingzheng's words. After all, this kind of mechanism that does not require manpower, can move by itself, and is so powerful is impossible in his cognition.

"Ai Qing thought that the widow would deceive you? The excavator was taken out completely, and the widow also saw it with his own eyes. The excavator can use thousands of catties of boulders as playthings."

Hearing this, Zheng Guo fell into deep thought.

What Ying Zheng said was so true, it probably wasn't a lie.

But even if the excavator is so powerful, there is only one excavator after all, and it is impossible to keep running for twelve hours a day, and it must stop to rest.

However, it can run for six hours a day, and the canals that can be built are definitely far beyond manpower.

In this case, within half a month, several mainstream canals could indeed be built.

"You can try it, but the specific effect depends on the actual situation."

In the end, Zheng Guo gave such a relatively conservative answer.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, the canal will be built after all, it's nothing more than the speed of construction."

Ying Zheng waved his hand, telling Zheng Guo not to put any pressure on him, and just proceed step by step.

On the same day, Zheng Guo, who received the order to go back, began to gather personnel and mobilize supplies.

After many investigations and an overall plan based on the efficiency of the excavator, Zheng Guo decided to use the several Huangzhuang in Xianyang City as the main route to start building the canals here.

Firstly, the land in Huangzhuang is fertile, and it is a field under the name of the royal family, so it should naturally receive some preferential treatment.

Second, in the original planning of the canal, Huangzhuang occupied the most important main river channel. The planning of the canal was centered on the Weishui River and the nearby fields, and then spread out in a spider web.

Therefore, there is definitely no way around Huangzhuang.

Once the construction direction has been decided, the next step is to gather manpower to prepare for construction.