The first year of Hongwu.
winter solstice.
Zhang Hongzu unfolded a drawing, checked it again carefully, and frowned slightly.
The drawing in my hand came from the land of Xizhou and was drawn as a result of the exploration of the pyramids.
When Daqian arrived at this place for the first time, he was shocked by such a tall building.
Even if some people have seen the hugeness of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum and the Han Zhaoling Tomb, they still can't help but be amazed when they see the pyramid.
"Alang." His deputy rushed over and whispered: "The Governor has agreed and will send people to station here to protect our safety."
"Well, you can ask around again and see if you can find a translator."
"The locals simply don't understand what they say, so they have no way to communicate. They also have no way of knowing when and how these stone towers were built. How can such big stones be moved from a very far away place?" It’s very difficult to transport them here, let alone accumulate these stones layer by layer.”
"It's really a work of art!"
The deputy said: "Here."
It is really hard to imagine that there are such huge and magnificent buildings in the world.
This should be the ancient Egyptian civilization that Your Majesty mentioned.
It is worthy of being the first land in the world where civilization was born. A country with civilization can actually build such a tall stone tower.
In ancient times, Daqian also built large and tall buildings, such as large stone Buddhas.
But it was carved out of big stone.
This stone tower is built up with large stones.
The amount of work must be very large.
Xu Hongzu felt that his trip to sea this time was really not in vain.
After more than a month of calculation.
He finally calculated the height, width, length and other data of the three stone towers, and was immediately ecstatic.
This is the result of dozens or hundreds of repeated calculations, including manual measurements.
In the end we got a figure that was almost very close.
Xu Hongzu spread out the rice paper and began to write. He wanted to describe what he saw and heard in ancient Egypt.
He wanted to record his measurement process of these three stone towers, as well as the data, and also draw pictures.
All-round drawings from the front, side and three-dimensional.
Of course, there is no top view.
Xu Hongzu thought about it all night.
Finally, a name was given to the stone tower.
It's called a pyramid.
For this purpose, he found more than a dozen translators.
First, there was a person in Dashi who could speak Chinese, and then he met another translator through him. This translator also knew local people here, knew some local languages, and found local people.
Anyway, that's it.
Xu Hongzu finally understood the history of this place and barely understood the origin of the pyramid.
Like the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, it is the tomb of the highest local ruler.
In the past, it was thought that the emperor's construction of a mausoleum was a waste of national financial and human resources.
The two emperors of Daqian built the mausoleum of Daqian, but now His Majesty simply repaired it and said that he would not bring it with him in life or death.
What we advocate is no extravagance and waste.
But now, after seeing the pyramid.
However, Xu Hongzu felt that it was nothing for the emperor to build a mausoleum.
The feeling that such a magnificent building brings to future generations is very shocking.
It is also a witness to the prosperous era of Daqian in history.
For example, the pyramids witnessed the prosperity of ancient Egyptian civilization.
But it also witnessed its decline.
From this, Xu Hongzu thought of the prosperity of Daqian and wrote some warning words.
When his report was sent to the capital by maritime merchants, it caused a sensation.
The first is Ouyang Xiu, Zhang Jianzhi and others.
They did not expect that there really was an ancient Egyptian civilization in the West. Not only that, this ancient civilization could also build such tall stone towers.
Now that Daqian has cement, it is possible to build high-rise buildings.
The highest point is almost the same as a mountain.
Standing on the top floor, you can overlook a capital city.
In their view, such a building was unprecedented.
who knows.
The West has long been capable of artificially building a mountain.
However, the reflections written by Xu Xiake are also thought-provoking.
This kind of building is indeed majestic and tall, and it is enough to prove that there is an ancient civilization in this place.
The quality of building a stone tower is mixed.
The advantage is that it naturally proves its brilliance.
But what about after the glory?
The place now is filled with yellow sand.
In order to build his own mausoleum, the king dug into the mountains and cut rocks, destroying the local environment.
It's like Daqian has been digging mountains and chiseling bluestones.
If we blindly destroy the ecology, we will eventually be destroyed by the ecology.
If the ruler of the country at that time could build water conservancy, cultivate trees, prevent wind and fix sand, etc., it would surely become an oasis, right?
Daqian has now begun planting protective forests in the northwest and north of Harlem.
The purpose is to prevent land desertification.
I didn’t understand it before.
Now that I have seen Xu Xiake's travel notes, I understand that what your Majesty has done is an eternal achievement.
This is to ensure that the Central Plains is not swallowed up by the desert!
The first year of Hongwu.
Mid May.
"Beep!"
The whistle blows.
“Dinosaurus Dinosaur….”
"Ugh...!"
A twelve-car train slowly left the Jingshi Railway Station.
This is a train bound for Tuyuhun.
It's all goods.
Tea, white salt, white sugar, cloth, vinegar, soy sauce, food, etc.
Tuyuhun is also under development now.
Because there are coal mines here too.
In addition, it is naturally for the Western Silk Road.
Here you can go north to reach places such as Dashi.
Along the way, there are many capital cities.
You can also get gold, silver, jade, grain, etc. in exchange.
Daqian has now established four roads.
Capital to Suzhou.
From the capital to Yanbei.
Capital to Harlem.
From the capital to Tuyuhun.
After September.
A train link from Beijing to Qiongzhou will also be built.
Choose the best path.
When you encounter a hill, just drive up the mountain.
Encountering large mountains, we need to take a detour.
After all, Daqian's current technology cannot directly dig a long tunnel.
Then we can only go around.
People always come up with solutions.
There is a fourth train lane.
It is now more convenient for Daqian to reach Tuyuhun, a place in the northwest.
Not only that.
It is also possible to open up this road from Yili to Tuyuhun and then to Chang'an, the capital.
To the second year of Hongwu.
The official channels of Daqian are about to be smooth between states.
The length of the spacious and flat cement road has been continuously extended and improved.
According to records.
Thirty years after Daqian Zhenyuan.
There were no more large-scale peasant rebellions in the local area.
The people all live and work in peace and contentment, and they all want to maintain the prosperous age of Daqian that finally came.
