As for the road leading to Longke Meishang, it is even more difficult to walk. The sandy and gravel mountain road has been severely worn and uneven due to the passage of time. It is full of potholes and cannot be opened to traffic at all.
In addition, it had just rained, and the road was heavily waterlogged and muddy. People were walking one foot deep and one foot shallow, making walking very difficult.
Fortunately, those magicians who have reached the fifth level can fly at low altitudes, which is a pain for the butlers and business representatives who are ordinary people.
"It's really unlucky. There has been no rain in the imperial capital for several months, and then it happens as soon as we go out."
Many aristocratic heirs had never experienced such hardship, and they couldn't help complaining: "But the road in Longke Coal Mountain is too bad! In the past, coal was transported by this road..."
“That’s why we need to build roads!”
Mondeo loudly announced to everyone: "Master Linda has long had the foresight and has already recruited 10,000 workers to renovate all the roads in Meishan!"
As if to confirm his words, everyone heard the sound of jingling stones.
After they turned around a hill, they saw thousands of workers cleaning the road with tools, and forcibly expanded the mountain road that was originally less than one lane wide into three lanes.
The reason why it was expanded into three lanes is to facilitate trucks to dodge. In the future, the trucks going to Longke Meishan will only become larger and larger, and naturally they cannot be used by the standards of cars. As for not expanding into four lanes, it is naturally a cost issue.
He planned to use the three lanes as two lanes.
Among them, the most eye-catching team of magicians at the end of the mountain road has a total of about ten people. The strongest is no more than an intermediate magician, and the weakest is just a magic apprentice.
At this time, they were using magic to open a road, blasting away rocks and softening the sand and gravel above the road surface.
Although they were all low-level magicians, the extravagant behavior of using magicians to open the way still shocked everyone.
"The first phase of the Longke Highway project is to rebuild the Longke Highway. After completion, the Westin Highway and the Bitwa Highway will be rebuilt in sequence. These three roads are all three lanes wide and can allow four four-wheel carriages to run parallel
Build.”
"Wow, this is a big deal!"
Many members of the aristocracy secretly calculated that just repairing these three main roads would cost at least 60,000 to 70,000 US dollars.
"Once completed, the traffic jam in Catrons will be completely relieved."
Many people are secretly looking forward to it. The entire imperial capital is blocked by these sections of bad roads, unable to form diversions. They are all crowded on a few main roads. Once completed, several main roads can also be expanded by a section and connected with each other, not only for transporting coal.
The cost can be reduced by half at once, and the transportation capacity will be greatly increased.
"Building this road is not just for transporting coal."
At this time Linda finally said: "After this road is built, business travelers coming to the imperial capital from the Mo Banner area will also benefit greatly."
"Master Linda really takes care of the overall situation..."
Many business representatives flattered him with their mouths and scolded him as a prodigal in their hearts. Taking care of the overall situation is also the empire's business. It is the businessmen who have to consider when it is their turn.
"teacher!"
Wei Lin, the intermediate magician in charge of opening the way, saw Linda coming and trotted over to salute.
Linda nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, well done!"
Wei Lin quickly lowered his head to show that it was not hard, and his body began to tremble slightly.
These apprentices, who had been abused by Linda to the point of being haunted, carried out Linda's orders meticulously, and occasionally being nice to them would scare them into sickness.
But once they are whipped hard, they will look relieved.
These are a group of children who were abused to develop Stockholm Syndrome.
They did not feel any shame in being sent to perform such a task. Instead, they were very proud. It was their greatest honor to work for the teacher.
While they were talking, everyone walked to a location one kilometer away from Longke Meishan and saw a circle of reed sheds surrounding the hillside beside the road.
This is the earliest coal kiln mined outside Longke Coal Mountain, and it is also the earliest abandoned coal kiln.
"We're here." Fox couldn't let the Mondeo stand alone, so he rushed to flatter Linda: "Elder, this is the No. 1 kiln that our Imperial Kerosene Oil and Gas Group Co., Ltd. is trial mining."
"So close?"
Everyone couldn't help but be surprised.
"That's right, it makes sense."
Since coal mining started in Longke Coal Mountain, we must start from the nearest and best place.
After the best locations have been dug, the nobles will continue to dig deeper into the mountains. In this way, from generation to generation and for hundreds of years, coal mines have been opened outside the scope of the imperial capital.
If you mine coal here, you can save a lot on freight alone.
It can still be in the hands of Linda. This coal mine must have been mined and cannot be mined anymore, so it can be in the hands of Imperial Kerosene and Gas Group Co., Ltd.
Many thoughtful people immediately became energetic, and their guesses might come true.
Linda did not explain, but greeted everyone enthusiastically: "You are all here, let's go and have a look."
The guard of the coal mine was a sixth-level swordsman from the Fox family, which surprised many people. Is there any need to mobilize people for a broken coal mine?
When they followed Linda into the reed shed, they saw a huge coal shaft under the shed. However, the coal shaft was a bit large. The wellhead was opened to a height of 2.5 meters and a width of 2 meters. There was also a weird track in the mine tunnel.
There is also a large iron box next to the well. Something seems to be moving inside, making a constant rumbling sound. It should be some kind of mechanical creation.
There are cast iron pipes outside the iron box, and a long water pipe is connected below. The water pipe is as thick as a bucket and goes deep into the mine.
"This No. 1 well was mined more than 300 years ago. The location is good, but due to serious water seepage, it was only mined to a depth of more than 20 meters and then abandoned."
Linda stood by the well and introduced to everyone with a smile: "But after reprocessing, I turned waste into treasure and it can be mined again."
"Really?" Many people were immediately intrigued.
What does it mean if abandoned coal mines can be mined again? I can’t even dream of it.
"If we can really turn waste into treasure, Master Linda will probably become the richest man in Catrons!"
This statement is not an exaggeration, but the price of coal has risen slightly now. The real reason why there has been no large-scale increase is that coal production is growing rapidly, which is barely holding back the upward trend.
Based on the number of abandoned coal mines acquired by Imperial Kerosene and Gas Group Co., Ltd., once all are restored to production, the amount of coal that can be produced is simply astronomical.
No, coal is now enough to be called black gold.
Suddenly, there was a loud banging sound, an iron wire rope made of condensed iron wire slowly straightened, and the track vibrated slightly.
On the other side of the wire rope, there is a huge winch that is constantly rotating, pulling the wire rope as thick as a baby's arm straight, and constantly pulling things out of the coal pit.