If you want to get rich, build roads first! "
This truth is not only understood by modern people, but also by ancient people.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t say that such-and-such city is a traffic artery.
In ancient times, there were only two ways of transportation: water and land. The water route depended on whether God had rivers or lakes.
As for the land route, you can control it yourself.
In a county and a prefecture, whether the roads are well built or not is directly included in the performance of the local officials.
And those wealthy households who have made money, the best way to earn fame is to spend money to build bridges and pave roads.
From all these, we can see the importance of roads.
Li Shimin was very satisfied with the cinder roads that Tang Ping and Li Yuanji built some time ago, and even promoted them in major cities in the Tang Dynasty.
Now I heard that Tang Ping has a new way of paving roads. The roads produced are no worse than stone roads, but the speed is about the same as cinder roads.
Naturally, everyone wants to come and have a look.
This time, Tang Ping planned to build a road from Shanghe Village to Chang'an first. The terrain in this section was flat, and with the frequent exchanges between Shanghe Village, Xiahe Village and Chang'an, the previous road was no longer suitable.
Even though the road was paved with cinders, it seemed a bit crowded.
I heard that the villagers in Shanghe Village had to build a road for their own village, and they were told that they should do this kind of work themselves.
Tang Ping looked at them and thought that was enough. If they wanted to do it themselves, they could do it themselves.
The route has been reported to the Ministry of Industry a long time ago. Just beside the original old road, one long bamboo pole after another is being held by the children in the village.
The men in Shanghe Village put up the mold on one side, and the children leaned the bamboo pole against it, so that when a mold was placed on the other end of the bamboo pole, the distance between the two molds would be just right.
The work of mixing concrete does not require manpower. The waterwheel used as a mill by the river was modified by Tang Ping. Now it is mixing cement, gravel and river sand together.
Then someone used a shovel to shovel the mixed concrete into the back of the bullock cart.
After filling the cart, he whipped his whip and the cow walked towards the place where the mold had been set up.
After arriving at the place, the truck body guard was released, and the concrete was poured out while driving the cattle.
There is also an ox on each side of the mold, pulling a large roller that is as wide as the road surface. After the concrete is poured down, the road will be flattened with the roller.
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Grind it once, scrape it once, grind it again, and a section of the road is paved.
Li Shimin and Duan Lun had never seen such a way of paving roads. In just one morning, they paved two miles of roads.
Calculating this, the road of more than ten miles can be paved in a few days.
The ministers who came with Li Shimin all looked at me and I looked at you, not knowing what to say.
You must know that this is a village of people. If the Tang Dynasty is willing, even Chang'an can summon 100,000 people.
As long as there are enough cement pipes, it won't take long to build a hundred-mile highway.
"Tang Ping, how long will this road be usable?" Li Shimin looked at the straight cement road with some anticipation.
Tang Ping looked at the sun: "I'm afraid it will take about 20 days. During this time, someone will have to water and maintain it from time to time to ensure the humidity."
After all, it is not quick-drying cement. Ordinary concrete takes 28 days. It has been hot recently, so this time can be slightly shortened by a few days.
"Why is it divided into sections?" Duan Lun asked, looking at the paved cement road and pointing to a thin wooden board inserted at intervals.
"That's because it's not the hottest time yet. By separating it like this, the road won't burst due to heat and contraction during the hottest time. And when it rains, it's easier to drain."
It was definitely impossible for Tang Ping to guard the entire road in the future. He called Duan Lun and people from the Ministry of Industry to come, just to give them the method of paving the road.
Although infrastructure construction can provide a large number of employment opportunities, it also consumes a lot of funds.
It was only because Datang's fiscal revenue had increased significantly recently that they dared to do this.
"However, this road is not without its drawbacks!" Tang Ping had to explain these things clearly in advance: "If a horse runs on this road, it will hurt the horse's hooves."
After all, if the road surface is hard, the horse's hoof will have greater feedback force when it steps on it, which will indeed cause a lot of damage to the horse's hoof.
"This is indeed a problem!" Li Shimin nodded. In addition to civilian purposes, road construction also has military purposes.
It is easy to pull a cart on such a flat road, but if it hurts the horse's hooves, then the cavalry needs to think carefully about whether to use such a road.
"If our country could have a pickup truck like yours, there shouldn't be any problem running on this concrete road."
Li Shimin could tell at a glance that this
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The most suitable type of road planting is Tang Ping's pickup truck.
Because he had ridden it several times himself, the smoother the road, the faster the pickup truck drove.
"So today I want to invite my uncle to see my newly built car." Tang Ping chuckled and pointed in the direction of Shanghe Village: "But let's go eat first!"
"Car?" Li Shimin was surprised. He knew that Tang Ping's pickup truck was a type of car, but he didn't expect that Tang Ping could actually build a car in Datang?
"You bastard, you have such a good thing and you are still hiding it. Come on, take us to see it."
As for eating, young people can starve to death if they eat for a while.
Tang Ping greatly regretted that he would have eaten first before talking about this matter. Fortunately, he knew that there were many people today, so Xiaoluo could specially prepare hot pot for everyone at noon today.
After a while, I turned on the fire, and I wasn't afraid that the food would get cold.
He took a few people to the workshop in Shanghe Village, the territory of the Wang Tieniu brothers.
Knowing that His Majesty might come back today, the two brothers Wang Tieniu worked a long night shift last night and could not let their boss lose face in front of His Majesty.
When Tang Ping led the people in, the two of them were still snoring on the floor in the corner.
"Let them rest first. Just take me to see them!" Li Shimin stopped Tang Ping who wanted to wake them up.
Others did not dare to make a sound when they saw this, and did not intend to wake the two of them without looking at His Majesty. Anyone who could follow them knew the status of the Wang Tieniu brothers in Tang Ping.
Tang Ping took them to the back, where a prototype of a vehicle had been assembled with a steam engine.
But it still looks quite ugly just like this. A large steam engine is in front of the carriage, with a drive shaft connected to the front wheels of the car.
To put it simply, this is a front-wheel drive vehicle. Tang Ping and others copied it from the 1881 Express. This vehicle is the first time that the control of the boiler, engine and vehicle itself are centralized in the driver's seat, making the operation of the vehicle easier. Much easier.
The driver's seat has been installed, but the glass has not been installed on the back, so it is not considered a complete car in Tang Ping's opinion.
But all the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were stunned.
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