"If we can't dig through the mountain, then dig through the mountain!" Li Ke looked at Yan Lide and said, "If we can't avoid the mountain, just dig a tunnel directly. Tunneling is not too difficult."
Yan Lide and others were in a daze, digging a tunnel? Digging directly through the mountain? this……
Well, the difficulty is much lower than driving directly into the mountain, but not by much.
Li Ke didn't think it was that difficult. Who gave him the experience that countless ancestors had tested with their lives? Only when he came to ancient times and implemented these technologies, did Li Ke understand that although technology is valuable, what is equally valuable is the experience summed up over a long period of time!
There is no trick to applying these experiences, but once it is summed up, the cost savings and other benefits are huge.
Take tunneling as an example. Not to mention high-end product shield machines, the use of shield machines for tunnel excavation is relatively limited. Even in the era when domestic shield machines dominated the global market in later generations, most highway and railway tunnels were still It is carried out using traditional excavation methods.
But many people should have an impression. At least Li Ke remembers watching many stories about construction soldiers digging tunnels, tunnel collapse and then rescue operations when he was a child.
But after entering the new century, engineering tunnel collapse is almost unheard of. This is brought about by technological progress and advancement in experience.
The new detection technology avoids more dangers, and the most important improvement is the construction sequence and plan during the tunnel excavation process. There are some technologies and principles that are not difficult, but have not been discovered before, or have not been researched.
Once the research is done, it can be easily implemented.
In fact, the modern shield machine of later generations is a machine that combines the processes of gradually optimizing human tunneling.
Although the world's first shield machine was invented as early as the 19th century, the gap between the two is too big in terms of construction technology and sequence.
It's almost the same as the difference between fireworks and cannons. The principles between the two are the same, but the technical gap is not the slightest.
Li Ke has complete tunneling technology in his hands. More importantly, he has exploration data on various aspects of geological structures across the country, and these exploration data have been preserved.
Therefore, tunnels can be dug slowly in the future, as long as the forging control method of high-strength cement is solved.
"It seems that according to what His Highness said, Datang's finances may be short of money in the next few years." Huangfulin said with a wry smile. You don't need to think about it to know that the cost of digging tunnels and building bridges is very high.
A Weihe River bridge requires two reservoirs, but a Yellow River bridge cannot be doubled? I'm afraid it wouldn't be cheaper to dig through a mountain than to build a bridge, right? Now Datang's fiscal revenue is only two treasury a year, and a bridge costs four treasury. How much does it cost to build railways all over the country?
Huangfulin couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought of the terrible financial consumption. When finances were tight, wouldn't he, the Minister of Finance, be under great pressure?
Huangfulin's words made everyone look at each other in shock, as if this was indeed the truth.
"Of course, Datang's financial shortage is inevitable, but this does not affect our national railway construction. My personal opinion is that the Shangshu Province should promote a national railway construction plan, which will be divided into several years."
"For example, the 4 billion guan infrastructure construction plan, or the 40 billion guan infrastructure construction plan, etc." Li Ke said with a smile.
Everyone felt numb when they heard this number, let alone 40 billion, 4 billion yuan... With Datang's current finances, might it take decades? Even if Datang's finances are growing every year, this is terrible.
"This... Your Highness, think about it again. I don't think we can do this. It's not that the veteran is opposed to building the railway, but can our plan not be so radical? We can wait until twenty or even thirty years to complete it. "
"The rise of an empire cannot be achieved overnight. Managing a big country is like cooking a small one. If the steps are too big, a country will easily collapse. Therefore, I feel that this matter should not be done too fast, but should focus on stability." Wei Zheng rarely came out to object.
Li Ke glanced at him, and Wei Zheng said: "..."
Your Highness, you see no use to me. I have to object to this.
After a pause, Wei Zheng asked hesitantly: "Or maybe, Your Highness, you have a better way here?"
"Oh, actually I don't want to say it." Li Ke sighed and said helplessly.
Everyone: "?"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, wondering why His Highness said this. What did he not want to say? Only by saying it can we know how to implement it.
"You haven't learned a lot of the knowledge I've popularized to you." Li Ke sighed and shook his head, looking like a brat who couldn't be taught.
Seeing Li Ke's pretentious look, Li Shimin's head was full of black lines. He almost kicked him, but luckily he held back.
I kept muttering a few words in my mind: "Let him play the harp", "Let him play the harp", "This is a good thing", "It's all a good thing".
"Forget it, let me tell you the truth, do you remember when I renovated Chang'an City?" Li Ke said lightly.
"Remember." Everyone nodded and said.
"Do you know how much I spent?" Li Ke asked lightly.
"More than eight million guan." Everyone said one after another, wasn't this number announced by your highness? Although there may be some discrepancies in their guesses about this number, especially now that His Highness has asked, there must be some discrepancies. They just don’t know what the exact number is.
"I didn't want to tell you at first, but there are some things that you can't understand. In this case, I'm going to show my hand. I won't pretend anymore. Let me tell you directly. Strictly speaking, I didn't spend a penny to renovate the entire Chang'an City. . If I have to say it, I probably made some money." Li Ke said lightly.
"Ah?!" At this time, everyone was completely confused. Didn't you spend a penny? Are you still making money?
Everyone was dumbfounded. They couldn't figure out how Li Ke did not spend a penny. This is impossible! The roads in Chang'an City, some city walls, and many dilapidated houses of ordinary people were all renovated by the way. Those who hired the people's manpower and material resources, but you tell me that they didn't spend any money?
This is impossible! Everyone looked at Li Ke with shocked expressions! If Li Ke hadn't said it himself, they wouldn't have believed it.
Even Li Shimin was a little shocked. Li Ke told him about this, but Li Ke didn't explain it clearly at the time, let alone details. Li Shimin just thought that Li Ke's cost was far lower than what the outside world expected. He didn't spend eight dollars. One million guan, maybe one or two million guan.
But...you didn't spend any money, but you still made money?
