When Zhao Qian lived in the construction site dormitory, there was obviously no one there. Zhao Qian put down his bedding without asking anything. The dormitory environment was not bad for him. When he was in the army, he slept in the open air and lived in a place with a roof and wooden beds, which was a complete luxury.

Zhao Qian felt very tired after finishing his work the first day, but after three days he got used to the workload. The person in charge of the construction site was a guy who frowned for half a day, but he was not a bad person. He ate and lived with his colleagues every day, and everyone knew each other. The workers at the construction site were all nearby farmers. Zhao Qian talked about why everyone hadn't participated in farming, and the answer made Zhao Qian smile.

"Now there are many niggas and there are special farming teams, just give them some money."

"It's not interesting to farm at home, my wife scolds me all day long. It's better to be here, at least no one always dislikes me for not being able to make money."

After talking about his own affairs, the coworker asked Zhao Qian, "Brother, you don't look like a hard-working person. Why are you here to do digging soil?"

"I can't say, I have to come. Haha." Zhao Qian smiled.

Such a simple explanation is enough for these workers to understand, and no one pursued it. It can be seen that the internal environment here is quite loose, probably because they don’t know each other very much. Someone continued to ask: “How long do you want to work here?”

"It's probably done this month."

"So, I'm going to go home after finishing this month. The wheat harvest will be almost done in another month, so I have to come back quickly."

"Yes, it's still too tiring to harvest wheat. It would be great if there was someone with the same team as the farming team. I just had to order them wheat, and they collected the land for me."

"How much land has your family planted?" Zhao Qian asked while dissipating cigarettes for everyone.

"Ten acres of wheat were planted."

"My family planted five acres of wheat, and after harvesting the wheat, they planted another five acres of corn."

Zhao Qian did not ask them if they had participated in the farm, and the people in the farm probably wouldn't be busy on the construction site. The farm now has various infrastructure indicators, and civil engineering needs to be carried out during the slack farming period.

After working for a few more days, every day was almost dull. Except for someone who couldn't find something, the overall situation was quite stable. Zhao Qian took advantage of his spare time to read the railway construction materials as much as possible. In addition, the road construction was just next to a river, Zhao Qian felt that many things on paper suddenly became clear.

Railways are not simply laying sleepers, just fixing the rails. The railway also needs to be built under the railway, and the land under the gravel road balls also needs to be processed for a certain amount. The entire investment is not only huge, but also requires very high-level management. There are hundreds of people on any construction site. Even laying railways on the large plains will still encounter complex engineering problems. There are many rivers on the plains and bridges are required. In addition, the railways are theoretically not allowed to cross, and culverts need to be dug below. Culverts also require technical content. My father said that the purpose of establishing engineering corps and railway corps is to complete these technical work.

It’s not that they look down on farmers. They have not received special training and can complete the digging work with quality and quantity. Half a month passed by, and Zhao Qian still couldn’t understand his father’s meaning, so he decided to continue. Most things only last for three or two days, but they couldn’t figure out the most basic truth. Since his father sent him to him, there must be a reason. But Zhao Qian himself doesn’t understand the reason.

Two days later, it was the day to pay the salary, and Zhao Qian also mingled among everyone to get the salary. After receiving the salary here, many people carried their bags and left. The collective dormitory, which had already had many empty seats, quickly seemed empty. The person in charge knew that Zhao Qian had some background and was here to work and practice. Seeing that the matter could not be covered up, he took the initiative to find Zhao Qian and tentatively said: "Commissioner Qin, I should have told you about this matter long ago. Now there is really insufficient manpower."

Zhao Qian didn't blame the construction site manager. This person's performance was not bad and his salary was not deducted. Before, Zhao Qian heard these workers say that they had to leave after receiving their wages. He did not mention the bad words of the person in charge, so naturally he had nothing to do with the person in charge.

Seeing that the Commissioner Qin Ming was so reasonable, the person in charge was bitter. "It is difficult to find people now, and even fewer people are willing to work hard. Even if the wages are low, people in the city are unwilling to do such hard work. People in the countryside now want to enter the farm, and at least many livestock can be used there. We cannot pay higher wages for digging soil, and now the salary has reached the maximum..."

Zhao Qian nodded repeatedly and suddenly was stunned. The person in charge didn't know what Zhao Qian was doing, so he asked Zhao Qian a little uneasy. Zhao Qian forced a smile and said, "I suddenly remembered something and was distracted."

Seeing that Zhao Qian had a good attitude before, the person in charge felt that Zhao Qian would probably not say bad things after he went back, so he took this opportunity to leave. Zhao Qian sat in the empty dormitory and his mind was running quickly. He understood what his father was thinking. His father's method was indeed not to focus on the long term, but on the present. Money is a general equivalent, and one of the important uses of general equivalent is to purchase labor. Zhao Qian was willing to take moderate measures against neighboring countries, although it was because of cultural cognition, and also because Zhao Qian had participated in wars, he knew the fragility and value of life. But his father was not such a person. If according to the description of the "Tao Te Ching", his father could call other countries that "the world is not kind, and the world is not kind, and the people are straw dogs!"

If he had not understood it wrong, Zhao Qian felt that the next goal of the Song Dynasty was to buy the labor force of Japan. In fact, the Song Dynasty had not done it before. At that time, Zhao Jiaren had asked the four countries to organize personnel to participate in the construction of water conservancy facilities in the south. However, the scale of use was very small at that time, and the total height was only ten thousand people.

Now the Mileage of the Great Song Dynasty plans to build a railway is several thousand kilometers. If the workers on the construction site have this attitude, God knows when it will be completed. Just thinking, Zhao Qian’s guard and 'worker' asked Zhao Qian in a low voice, "Crown Prince, will you go back now?"

Zhao Qian was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood where to go back. He shook his head, "No, let's go back for a while, let's walk along the railway line."

This time, it took Zhao Qian a month to go out. If there were no other arrangements, Zhao Qian would probably want to walk a few more days. On the way back to Kaifeng, Zhao Qian carefully sorted out the errands that his father gave him several times, and the more he thought about it, the more he admired him. Even those wise and famous ministers in history only did "big things". The big things are done, and the rest of the time they have to wipe the butts for these big things.

The famous conservative ministers basically opposed all kinds of troubles, and they could not say that their reasons were completely unreasonable. The Song Dynasty is different now. The ministers worked hard and thought that they could turn back and report after completing their goals. When the best among the ministers really completed their work, they saw that the Zhao official family was waiting for them leisurely. Zhao Qian used to not understand why his father could always accurately select the most capable person among the ministers, but now he felt that he understood. Because his father's vision for the entire national planning was so profound that he would not make a century-long plan without any decision.

Only those who do not understand what will happen in the future will quarrel in the long term. Those who can see the future will only pay attention to the present. The present is the only way to the future. After this period of visit, Zhao Qian determined that if he wants to complete the railway within the planned time, he would need to increase the infrastructure labor force five times. With the current attitude of the labor force in the Song Dynasty, this is an unfinished task. Completed railways on time is a goal that must be achieved, so Zhao Qian's external work is particularly important. Only by getting along with other countries can he buy labor from other countries.

When he returned to Kaifeng, Zhao Qian went straight to his father's place. When he was led in by his secretary, he thought there was no one else, but he saw General Yang Tiexin, whom he knew when he was in the army, reporting to Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Jiaren waved his hand and asked Zhao Qian to sit down. Zhao Qian said hello to Yang Tiexin first, and then sat down honestly.

Yang Tiexin led his troops north last year and gave the northern barbarians the last blow. At this time, he was telling the story that impressed him in this war. "Officials, I didn't know that sheep could actually suck blood."

Zhao Qian was also shocked when he heard this. When he thought of the sheep, it was naturally white and horned. Adult sheep always chewed leaves or grass with very unfriendly eyes. This thing actually sucked blood? I really didn't expect it.

"This time we went north and saw the barbarians, we tried our best to flee north. Finally, we saw what it means to see cattle and sheep when the wind blows the grass. But I really didn't expect that I saw some sheep dead several times, and the other sheep chewed the meat of the sheep. They didn't eat it, just smashed the blood inside. It looked really scary."

Zhao Jiaren didn’t think there was anything strange about it. There were many things in nature that were not observed by humans. What happened to sheep sucking some blood? Isn’t it just to supplement nutrients and minerals? So Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, “In the past, I read historical books and said that there were large forests north of Yinshan Mountain, and there were grasslands between the forests. There was no great desert, but it was just that some places were short of water. Now, the deterioration of the environment in the north was caused by the sudden increase in the population there and barbaric grazing.”
Chapter completed!