Playing intrigue is worse than engaging in infrastructure

After the gunpowder was dispensed that day, Song Qingyuan organized a construction team to be responsible for the project of digging mountains and repairing roads.

Because of the danger of gunpowder and the need to keep the recipe secret, the task of blowing up mountains with gunpowder was handed over to the soldiers in the army.

For other work such as shoveling and paving, Song Qingyuan originally wanted to hire people from nearby to do it, but Lianti directly ordered a group of criminal slaves to be transferred from the mine.

His reason is that there are many similarities between mine mining and road construction, and these people are naturally more experienced in their work.

Song Qingyuan thought for a while, and felt that even what he said made some sense, so he agreed.

Although the distance between Wolf God Snow Mountain and Wang Ting is not too far, it takes several days to go back and forth.For the sake of convenience, Song Qingyuan lived directly in the camp where the soldiers were set up in the mountains.

It is not an easy task to open a mountain. Where to blast and how to choose a route need to be carefully considered.Fortunately, Song Qingyuan had rich experience in this area in his previous life, otherwise he would not have dared to rashly propose the idea of ​​building roads.

After clearing the dangers, the temporarily formed engineering team went into the mountain to prepare to start work.

Song Qingyuan had already planned to command on the spot, but was stopped by everyone before leaving.

His newly appointed person in charge has a serious face and refuses to let him watch.Song Qingyuan had no choice but to choose a hilltop closest to the blasting site and overlook their construction from above.

Road construction requires leveling the steep slope first, and then opening up layers of platforms like terraced fields from top to bottom.

In the past, this step would have taken at least several months.But now, because of the existence of gunpowder, it took only three days to complete the project of bulldozing the steep slope.

In the beginning, the blasting skills of the soldiers were still a little unfamiliar, and the amount of each time was not well controlled.

Either the amount of gunpowder was too small and the power of the gunpowder was not enough, or the amount was too much and directly blasted a deep hole on the hillside.

After several failures, they gradually grasped the amount of gunpowder.

With the sound of explosions, the smoke and dust dispersed, and a road leading to the valley gradually became clear.

Song Qingyuan stood on a high place, watching the rapid progress of the construction team, always felt that something was missing and he was uncomfortable.

After thinking about it for several days, Song Qingyuan realized that he forgot to plant trees on the land after the mountain was opened.

When building roads in the mountains, the first thing to do is to remove all the vegetation that originally grew here, otherwise it will not only affect the efficiency of the construction, but also pose a great safety hazard.

Therefore, around Song Qingyuan's planned route, there are only a few sparse withered grasses, which looks rather bleak.

I think he was also the one who carried out the green water and green mountains to the end, but now he actually left this barren land so barren.

Song Qingyuan conducted a self-reflection silently, and then asked someone to call the steward in charge of road construction.

The manager is a middle-aged man in his 40s and [-]s. Because he has worked in the mines all year round, he has a bronzed skin. When he speaks with his white teeth, he is particularly noticeable.

"Why is Your Highness looking for the younger one?" The steward looked respectful.

Song Qingyuan pointed to the wasteland under the mountain, and asked, "Can we plant trees on the bare land after the road is built?"

The steward looked suspiciously at where Song Qingyuan was pointing, and replied hesitantly, "That's fine, but why does Your Highness want to plant trees?"

Song Qingyuan couldn't say it was because of his habit, so he had to find another reason: "Planting trees can prevent the rain from collapsing rocks, rolling down, damaging roads or injuring pedestrians."

This is not Song Qingyuan's alarmist talk. On the road built in the mountains, one must pay attention to the boulders rolling down from the mountains and the landslides in the rainy season.

Later generations will even set up slope protection nets on both sides to prevent the collapse of rocks and earth from scattering.In this era without such conditions, we can only plant some trees to play the role of soil consolidation and slope protection.

The manager had a learned expression on his face, took Song Qingyuan's order and left, and immediately sent someone to buy saplings that were easy to survive.

The project of opening mountains and building roads was proceeding in an orderly manner. Song Qingyuan calculated the time needed and sent someone to call Du Wei over.

"Your Highness wants me to go to the Southern Zhou Dynasty to buy tea trees?" Du Wei asked when he saw Song Qingyuan.

A few days ago, Song Qingyuan sent him a letter telling him about the tea, and Du Wei hurried back.

Song Qingyuan said: "No, I want you to buy tea saplings."

Du Wei paused, then hesitated and said, "If it's tea saplings, I'm afraid it will be more troublesome to transport."

"I know." Song Qingyuan nodded.

When choosing tea tree species or saplings, he also struggled for a while at first.

Tree seeds are easier to transport, but they don't have as much time to start with seedlings.Although the transportation of saplings is more difficult and the cost has increased a lot, it saves a lot of time.

Seeing that Song Qingyuan had made up his mind, Du Wei stopped talking, nodded and said: "After I go back, I will immediately leave for Nanzhou, and bring the tea saplings back to Your Highness as soon as possible."

"Wait." Song Qingyuan stopped Du Wei and said, "I need tea saplings grown in tea fields in different regions. The more varieties the better, it would be too time-consuming for you to purchase alone."

"Different regions?" Du Wei asked subconsciously.

"Yes." Song Qingyuan nodded, "And it's best to plant tea saplings in hills and valleys with humid climate and low temperature."

Seeing Du Wei's puzzled expression, Song Qingyuan explained: "The closer the climate is to the snow-capped mountains and valleys, the easier it is for the saplings to survive."

When transplanting saplings, it is inevitable that the survival rate will be greatly reduced due to climate differences between different regions.What's more, it is a precious plant like tea tree, which should be treated with more care.

It was also for this reason that Song Qingyuan wanted as many tea saplings of different varieties as possible.He needs to conduct trial planting first, select a fine variety that is most suitable for Mobei, and then promote it on a large scale.

Du Wei suddenly realized, and couldn't help but sigh: "Your Highness, you are really thoughtful."

Song Qingyuan smiled and continued: "After the Southern Zhou Dynasty, you don't have to buy it yourself. You should first contact the merchants who wanted to buy woolen cloth from us and tell them that if they can help us transport suitable tea saplings, we will The woolen cloth produced will be given priority to them for sale, and we can also reduce the price by [-]%.”

"Is this...is it too much profit?" Du Wei hesitated.

You know, their wool fabrics are very popular in the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Not to mention reducing the price by [-]%, or increasing the original price by [-]%, the store is full of people who actively seek cooperation.

"Not many." Song Qingyuan waved his hand, "Tea seedlings must be transplanted as soon as possible."

Even if the price of wool cloth is reduced by another [-]%, they can still make money, but they can't wait long for transplanting tea trees.

Seeing that spring is coming, if it is delayed until April and May when the weather gets hotter before transplanting, the survival rate of tea seedlings will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, even if Song Qingyuan gave up this [-]% profit, he still wanted to transport the tea saplings to Mobei as soon as possible.

"I understand." Du Wei responded with a serious face, thought for a while and said: "Why don't I send a letter to my brother first, he is in Southern Zhou now, let them release the news first. In this way It could be faster."

"This is better." Song Qingyuan nodded.

After Du Wei left, Song Qingyuan continued to stand on the slope and watch the construction below.

But because the distance is a bit far, and when the gunpowder explodes, there will always be a lot of debris splashed, so it is always a little unclear.

Song Qingyuan curled his lips helplessly. If those people weren't too cautious, he could have stood by and monitored. If something went wrong, he could also direct the soldiers to make a remedy immediately.

But now he can't even get close to the construction site within a hundred meters.

Apart from the telescope, I have no other way to see the situation below.Song Qingyuan stood under the tree, sighing silently by himself.

He frowned and thought about the principle of the telescope for a while, as if... It's not very troublesome?

It's just that making glass in this era is a hassle, and telescopes have high requirements for glass.

It is necessary to make the surface smooth and smooth, but also to ensure that there are no air bubbles inside the glass.Song Qingyuan thought about the problems that might be encountered, then thought about the current level of productivity, and gave up decisively.

But besides glass, he is not without other options.

Song Qingyuan turned around, waved at Jiang Duo who was far away, and said very comfortably: "Help me find all the water jade in the vault, the lighter the color, the more transparent the better."

Jiang Duo froze for a moment, thinking, we don't have any impurities or blemishes in our warehouse.

Water jade is crystal, the more crystal clear and translucent it is, the rarer it is, and the price is very expensive, but to Song Qingyuan, it is nothing, and there are more expensive things in his treasury.

Therefore, Jiang Duo took the order very calmly, not caring at all whether Song Qingyuan wanted to use it for fun or for other purposes.

Song Qingyuan leaned against the tree, silently condemned his extravagance for a few minutes, and then continued to think about the planting of tea trees.

The telescope is simple and simple, but it is also complicated.

The simplest one is just a combination of a convex mirror and a concave mirror, but there are radio telescopes, infrared telescopes, etc. that are more complicated, which are no longer at the same technical level as the former.

But fortunately, Song Qingyuan did not have the need to observe the starry sky and explore the mysteries of the universe.

The author says:

I have a bad headache today, so the update is short, and I will make it up tomorrow, okay——