Chapter 610 The country is not big, but there are a lot of shit
The pontoon bridge is related to cross-strait traffic, and Xu Chen attaches great importance to it.
This hull-type pontoon has been under construction for more than two years now, and it was not treated with tung oil at that time. Although it was maintained and painted once later, due to the scarcity of tung oil, the treatment was very simple. I just barely painted the entire bottom of the ship, and I was able to persist.
After two years of use, it has probably reached its limit.
It seems that before autumn, we still need to rebuild the hull and build a pontoon as soon as possible.
A pontoon requires more than 30 single-hull wooden boats. Although the hulls are not large, they consume a lot of wood and labor. He also feels a little overwhelmed by having to replace them every two years.
If we want to solve the cross-strait traffic problem once and for all, we must build a bridge.
But building a bridge over such a wide river is not an easy task.
When the Jicang River rises in spring and summer, the shallow riverbanks on both sides of the river will be flooded with an area tens of meters wide. Although it is not deep, it brings great difficulties to boats and bridges.
If you want to solve the problem, you must build river embankments and raise the roadbed, shorten the bridge distance to the central river area, and build several fixed bridge piers in the center of the river.
According to the technology accumulated by China at the moment, the stone arch bridge can be completely ignored, because without that technology and without any experience, it is impossible to complete a span of thirty or forty meters wide.
The only solution is the wooden bridge.
Should we re-build the hull and build a pontoon bridge? Or should we simply find a way to build a wooden bridge?
Xu Chen was a little hesitant.
However, it is now a period when the river water is swollen, so neither method can be implemented, so we can only put it aside for the time being and wait until the water recedes in autumn before making a decision.
The preparation and training of the Royal City Forbidden Army is going relatively smoothly. After more than two months of running-in training, there has been significant progress in terms of formation, discipline, and cultural classes.
As the logistics and procurement officer of the Forbidden Army, Gu Heju also reported in detail the situation of the dyeing workshop, garment factory, and production of bow and arrow weapons. Everything was going smoothly.
In addition to these major events, there are also many messy little situations in various tribes. Some women died in childbirth, some were injured while hunting, some were bitten by snakes, and some children fell into ditches and ponds and drowned. Among them
There were actually two adults who fell into the water while fishing in the Jicang River and were missing.
In addition, there were several cases of fights and troubles between hunters between tribes, and some people stole ducks and dried salted fish from other tribes.
The fights and riots at Fazheng Hall were dealt with in accordance with the law. Some people were spanked, and some were punished with three months of hard labor. However, some of them injured their arms, legs and feet and became disabled, so they could only consider themselves unlucky.
The thief who stole the ducks and salted fish has not been found, because there is no way to investigate, and the criminals have always been at large.
"The country is not big with a few dogs, but it has a lot of shit."
Sitting in the main hall, listening to a group of shamans and tribal chiefs and military officers reporting on their work one after another, Xu Chen kept rubbing his eyebrows and temples.
Although it seems that there is nothing wrong with the development going smoothly, when taken together, there is still a lot of news, most of which is not good news.
Seeing the depressed look on Xu Chen's face after hearing this, the four witches sitting next to him felt very ashamed.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, these are all our dereliction of duty!"
The little witch said nervously.
Xu Chen waved his hand and said, "I can't blame you for this matter. With so many tribes gathered near the royal city, it will definitely be troublesome to manage. It's understandable that anything will happen. At present, many functional departments in the royal city have not been completed. It depends on you alone."
This definitely cannot be managed. These matters still need to be strengthened by the clan leaders and chief officers of each tribe to manage and publicize them. However, I would like to remind you that this kind of thing will definitely happen more and more in the future. Therefore, in addition to increasing the punishment, there are also
Security patrols need to be strengthened. The inspection office has not yet completed preparations. This matter is temporarily coordinated by the Military and Political Palace. The Forbidden Army will arrange personnel to conduct regular patrols in the royal city area every day. Each tribe will also organize some hunters to take turns patrolling the territory of each tribe to deal with these illegal activities.
To deter violations of discipline, especially tribal conflicts that cause casualties and fights, they must be severely punished. The gods are always paying attention to the development and changes of the royal city. We cannot take it lightly. All tribes must
We must work hard to maintain the peaceful development of the royal city and not cause chaos."
"Follow the order!" Feng, Lei, and Long stood up together and clasped their fists.
"That's it for today's meeting. If there are any other situations, you can report to me at any time!"
The court meeting lasted for more than an hour. Although the main hall was spacious and cool, Xu Chen was still sweating all over his body. Most of them were trivial things. He became more irritated after hearing too much, so he decided to break up and go back to rest and enjoy the cool air.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, when the Tianyu clan sent salt a few days ago, they said they had found a new salt mine!"
When the meeting was over, Lei suddenly remembered something.
"Seriously?!" Xu Chen became interested immediately upon hearing this.
This can be said to be the best news he has heard in the past few months.
"The people of the Yu Gong clan said so, but it is said that the salt mine is very far away, further than the Mongolian people. There is a very barbaric tribe in the area. They brought pottery there and exchanged it for some rock salt, but the other party refused to tell them about the salt.
The two sides seemed to have fought over the location of the mine, and several of the other side died!" Lei quickly explained.
"How long have you been talking about this?" Xu Chen asked quickly.
"Yes..." Lei Moran clapped his fingers vigorously for a long time, thought for a long time and then said, "Ten days!"
Xu Chen's face was dark. You only have ten fingers, so naturally it means ten days. If you have twenty fingers, then it's impossible to tell.
However, he only left the royal city in mid-March, and it has only been more than a month now. This means that the news that the Yu Gong family has found the salt mine will not last more than a month at most.
Moreover, Yu Gongwu had just gone to the Ba tribe to participate in the ceremony to worship the First Mother God. At that time, Yu Gongwu did not mention this incident. Based on this calculation, this incident should indeed have happened recently.
Salt is the most scarce daily necessities in Pakistan. This time, no matter which tribe or settlement Xu Chen went back to, the clan chiefs almost mentioned salt during the exchanges. If this problem is not solved, it will be greatly
Impact on future agricultural production.
However, it is midsummer now, and everything is growing wildly. There are barren mountains and ridges everywhere, there are poisonous snakes and beasts everywhere, and unknown dangers are endless. Therefore, even if a new salt mine is discovered, it will not be easy to develop it smoothly at the moment.
In particular, this salt mine is further away than the Mongolian salt mine, and there have been conflicts with the local indigenous people.
But now that he knew it, Xu Chen couldn't ignore it. After all, the salt mine was related to the survival and health of tens of thousands of people from dozens of tribes in Ba. Therefore, he called Mo over and asked him to quickly take a rowing boat to the Yu Gong clan to find out the details.
Ask about the situation and wait until after the autumn harvest to complete the salt mine as soon as possible.
Mo didn't waste any time and summoned more than a dozen Ba hunters who had just arrived in the royal city to set sail again and cross the Wulong River toward the Yu Gong clan.
In terms of qualifications, Mo is older than the hunter leaders of the Ba League, such as Long and Heng. After all, he is from the Ba tribe and was the first to participate in training. However, Mo has a relatively honest and steady personality. He is not impatient, hard-working and does not complain. There is no such thing among the Ba tribe.
Feng Heju has a high prestige, but because he is very good at water, he has always been responsible for water transportation.
Xu Chen went out to explore for the first time. He took forty people on a raft and traveled thousands of miles to the Mammoth River Basin. It took three months. The person who followed the command from beginning to end was Mo.
Although Mo is not currently serving in the Military and Political Palace, Xu Chen has left all water training and transportation to him. On weekdays, the exchange of goods between the Ba Clan, Yu Gong Clan, Cicha Clan, and Gonghuo Basin is almost impossible.
He led the fleet to complete it.
The most familiar people on the Wulong River waterway are undoubtedly Mo and the team of hunters he usually leads, who are basically all Ba people.
Now the Ba people only have three boats, large and small, and two of them are almost dying. Although they have been renovated and maintained twice, they cannot travel far and can only be kept near the Jicang River pier in the royal city for ferrying and fishing training.
The only thing that can really be used is the largest ship with a capacity of thirty people, but this ship is more than two years old. Although it is still strong and sturdy, it is completely unable to meet the current growing development of waterway transportation.
First of all, people and goods of the Ba people have close contact with Gonghuo Basin, at least several times a month.
Secondly, He Yugong family
The exchanges are also very close, with at least two trips a month to bring back the salt mined by the Mongols, otherwise the salt of many tribes will be broken into pieces.
In addition, the demand for raw lacquer in the royal city is increasing, and the Cicha tribe also has a great demand for pottery, copperware, salt, and even linen and linen thread. Therefore, Mo has to lead a team to the Cicha tribe at least every two months, and this trip
It lasts at least ten days.
Therefore, Mo and his team of boatmen and hunters traveled on the Jicang River and Wulong River almost all day long, without much free time to rest.
Pakistan needs to establish a fleet of appropriate numbers to meet the growing demand.
And when this fleet is established, it is necessary to train a professional sailor, and Mo is the commander of the navy who will do his job.
In addition, the Yugong clan and the Cicha clan also have a strong demand for ships.
According to the current situation analysis, just to meet the daily exchanges of these tribes, at least eight to ten medium-sized wooden boats with a carrying capacity of about 20 people are needed. If you want to sail further to the Mammoth River Basin, at least five 30-person boats are needed.
Only large ships above the designated size can be satisfied.
When I went to the Mammoth River five years ago, it was still winter, but the Mammoth River at that time was almost the same size as the Yangtze River in summer. The river surface was several kilometers wide and the waves were turbulent. The green water rolled violently like thousands of horses galloping. Humans were in front of it.
As desperate and helpless as snakes and insects, Xu Chen and others' small raft did not dare to enter the river mouth and headed back home.
If it were summer, Xu Chen couldn't imagine how terrifying that river was. It was estimated that dozens of miles of Mammoth River beaches would be submerged, forming a vast ocean.
Although humans have gradually stood at the top of the food chain in this primitive era, they are still powerless in the face of the violent nature.
However, shipbuilding not only requires a large amount of wood and tung oil, but also consumes a lot of manpower and time. It is estimated that it will take two or three years to build such a floating fleet, so there is no rush.