Due to the professional explosion of the Tianxing Mining Guards some time ago, the progress of road construction has been accelerated. Now the access has been completed, but ditches need to be repaired in some places, and many places need to be waterproofed and soil erosion projects.
Ye Xing asked the construction team to plant grass in areas with severe soil erosion and compact the road surface with road rollers. He walked slowly along the way, constantly asking for rectification. Although it was a dirt road, it was definitely a big road and could be 4 A wide road where horses run side by side.
The slow driving along this road also made Ye Xing understand the importance of this road more, because now there are nearby mountain people and farmers using this road to travel, and some smart people have begun to build simple wooden houses on the roadside. Sell some food, do some small business, etc. It turns out that the road leads to wealth. If you want to get rich, you must first build the road.
The road was very slow and it took Ye Xing five days to return to the oil base by the Xijiang River after careful inspection.
Ye Xing asked Mu Zilang to calculate the cost of black oil extraction, filtration, processing, and transportation.
After a while, Mu Zilang reported, "It's mainly labor costs. The linen used for filtering is a bit wasteful now. The oil residue is now used to bake cement. The overall cost is not high."
Ye Xing said, "The linen is still too wasteful. Let's see if we can use the finest steel wire to make a mesh for filtering. It can be used repeatedly. Xijiang City should be built upstream and upwind, so as not to pollute the water source."
"It's all built with cement. It doesn't have to be done at once. The chemical industry area should be completed according to the design first, and then the living area should be separated."
"In the future, black oil will be sold at a price of more than ten times the cost price, so as to raise funds to build new cities as soon as possible. Cement can also be sold, with cost accounting done, and packed in sacks. A standard weight bag will also be sold at a price five times the cost. Sell it. First sell it to a nearby town for use as bonding material for construction."
"The dock needs to be expanded and built. Countless ships will come here in the future. A large dock will be built to prepare for mechanized transformation of all the ships that want to be transformed. This is a new city that produces and sells oil, and produces and sells equipment. This is the first priority. There is no rush to build the city."
Ye Xing took a few more design drawings and asked Mu Zilang to make automatic cement weighing and packaging machinery. These machines were very simple, but extremely sophisticated.
Two days later, Ye Xing boarded the steamship, brought along his entourage, and added 20 large barrels of refined black oil. Accompanying the ship were two teenagers from Yunhai Village, and the sailors at the helm were all invited river veterans. .
Ye Xing taught the two teenagers how to practice again and told them to persist in practicing. Then he went up to the top of the mast and sat and looked at the scenery along the river.
The infinite scenery between heaven and earth made it rare for Ye Xing to calm down. He felt that this was all he could do. From now on, he would go out of Donghai County and travel to the vast world, so that he could live a new life in vain.
Ever since he knew that the Qingyun Sect was not reliable at all, Ye Xing had a plan to get rid of the constraints of the Qingyun Sect. Now that the plan has been launched, he has done everything he can to do his best. He can only look at the efforts of those brothers.
As long as you spend more time, there will definitely be no problem. Ye Xing is very sure that with technology that is beyond this era, it will definitely be overwhelming for a period of time, and he is not afraid of any force at all.
And everyone in Yunhai Village is more sure than Ye Xing himself, because Ye Xing has always been the embodiment of wisdom, and has always gone from success to success.
After thinking a lot, I felt it was necessary to go to sea first, because Ye Xing knew that there were countless islands and countless strange customs in the southeastern sea, which attracted Ye Xing to explore.
The reason for not walking on land is because Ye Xing knows that his ability is limited now, and land is far less convenient than sea navigation;
Although everyone said that the sea was dangerous, Ye Xing felt that the sea was just storms and sea beasts. With his advanced equipment, there would be no real danger.
Returning to Xingchen Villa three days later, Ye Xing began to join in the work of transforming two large ships.
The sides of seagoing ships must be heightened, and they are all made of thick iron sheets. The heightening is three feet high, so that ordinary large waves should not be able to pour into the deck, and it is also helpful to resist arrow shooting during sea battles.
The latest steam turbine was installed, the entire ship was watertightly reinforced, a mast made of all-alloy was used, the main sail was made of the latest woven hessian canvas, an iron square extra-large fuel tank was installed on the bottom of the ship, and a large square fresh water tank.
Moreover, there are multiple large iron granaries installed around the middle layer of the ship.
This time, Ye Xing was busy for a month before the transformation was complete. The two large ships were extremely huge and armed to the extreme. They were completely warships, but they were very different from the high-rise ships used by the military today. , it still looks like a cargo ship.
Ye Xing asked all 150 people who were preparing to accompany him to get on the boat for testing. They walked back and forth on the river many times. They also used the two boats to visit the Xijiang City under construction many times, transporting a lot of grain and returning hundreds of barrels of food. black oil.
Ye Xing did not participate in these tests. He mainly arranged the future affairs of Xingchen Villa, which was Ye Xing's most pressing matter.
Ye Xing said to Lin Tie, "Make as much money as possible, move more people to Xijiang City, and build the city there as planned. Remember not to rush, but to have great foresight. That is our core place. "
"Those who renovate the ships are only for their own use, and others will not be carried out for now. The textile production line can continue to be sold, but remember to keep the black oil and equipment in hand."
"And from now on, we will sell small bottles of black oil for lighting. This will be a huge market in the future. We will make hundreds of thousands of oil lamps and sell them in Donghai City first, and make money first."
"We do not want to participate in the cargo transportation in Xijiang and Beijiang. We will only transport our own things. If there is any external conflict, don't worry and contact Tianxing City."
"We, the children of Yunhai Village, will all practice, and the 11 8th-level masters of the special team will also stay."
"No one can threaten you unless you are an innate master."
"During this period, I will prepare more pills for you to prepare. Six girls come here and learn to purify medicines from me. From now on, they will only do information, refinement and preparation."
Ye Xing called six girls into a room and trained them on how to use a microscope and how to purify two drugs.
When everything was handed over, Ye Xing went to the city to make arrangements for Xingchen Printing. Let them use the money to support rear construction first, and then use ships to transport it to other places for sale.
Ye Xing went to see his master. Li Xuantong told Ye Xing that the replacement would arrive in a few days and he would return to the sect after the handover was completed.
Li Xuantong took out a booklet from the room and handed it to Ye Xing. This was his cultivation experience written in his own hand.
Ye Xing knelt down and took it, then kowtowed to Li Xuantong. Li Xuantong immediately helped him up and said, "You dare to do whatever you want! We will definitely meet each other if we have the chance."
Ye Xing had lunch with his master and talked and discussed his cultivation experience while eating. Li Xuantong felt that he had nothing left to teach this apprentice.
After Ye Xing left the City Lord's Mansion, he went to some foreigners and bought multiple copies of the nautical charts at a high price. These were only nautical charts near the Song Kingdom. There were no charts further away. They were just fragmentary records of some people and were not systematic.
Back at the villa, Ye Xing asked the two ships to prepare black oil, grain, various ingredients, weapons such as spears, knives, bows and arrows, telescopes, compasses, generators, motors, batteries, and various tools, all of which were the latest.
The ship also carried several large sealed wooden boxes sent from Tianxing City. As for what they were, only Ye Xing knew.
Two flying eagles that became extremely large also boarded the ship because Ye Xing felt that they were close to him, and they might be needed more at sea, because the telegraph machine would be useless away from here.
Ye Xing went to the military camp to visit Li Qifeng and the remaining personnel. They all had a big meal together, talked about the good times of the past two years, and then waved goodbye.
When everything was ready, Ye Xing sent a message to Tianxing City and Xijiang City to ask them to implement the plan. Both sides sent back telegrams wishing Ye Xing a smooth journey.
Two days later, Ye Xing said goodbye to his mother and everyone, led a team of 150 people on two sea ships, and set off towards the sea.
Two years ago, I set out from Yunhai Village and determined to travel around the world. I didn't expect that I would stop in Donghai City for nearly two years. I really didn't expect that walking would be so difficult, with so many obstacles, and there would be more and more problems. The bigger the tie.
Ye Xing has no regrets, because what happened in the past two years has allowed him to truly let go and travel around the world without any worries. This is not just a trip, but also a practice.
From now on, Ye Xing will step out of this small circle, small world, and Donghai County is nothing. This is just his starting place.
The world is infinitely vast, and infinite hope lies in the distance.
