Chapter 1278 You continue to supervise the road construction first, I will find a solution
Chapter 1278 You continue to urge road construction, and I will find a way to solve this stone (please subscribe)
The heavy rain continued until dusk and then stopped. The next day, the sky finally cleared up.
The road construction team started work again, and Zhang, the official from the Ministry of Industry responsible for building the official road from Jingnan to Nengzhou, was inspecting the condition of the road.
At this moment, a policeman who was sent to check the situation ahead rushed back in frustration.
"Master Zhang, Master Zhang, the mountain in front has collapsed, I'm afraid the road won't be repaired..."
"The mountain collapsed?" Director Zhang couldn't help but be startled, and his expression quickly dropped.
"Tell me clearly, what is going on?"
"Master Zhang, about ten miles ahead, a big rock the size of a house fell down from the mountain, and now the road is completely blocked."
Seeing the officer's exaggerated gestures, Chief Zhang's expression changed and he quickly had his donkey brought over.
I followed the officer and walked along the old official road. After traveling for about seven or eight miles, I found that the official road was no longer on flat ground.
Instead, it was built halfway up the mountain, straight ahead, because there was a deep valley below, and perhaps yesterday's heavy rain made the originally gentle water flow in the valley look particularly turbulent at the moment.
Looking at the valley with a height difference of about ten feet, he looked at this official road dug by the ancestors, which was only four feet wide.
Director Zhang decided to move forward. After all, the mountain road was slippery and he did not want to put his life in the hands of a donkey.
After traveling for almost two miles, they saw what the officer said was a stone the size of a house.
A stone that was at least as big as a room fell on the old official road.
Only a narrow gap, large enough for one person to pass through, was left at the bottom of the old official road.
One end of the stone even stretched out nearly ten feet from the road. Looking at this huge stone, Mr. Zhang's face darkened instantly.
Just as he was about to step forward to find out what was going on, he was stopped by the local policeman.
"Mr. Zhang, please don't go there. Why do you have to wait two or three days to ensure that there is no danger of gravel falling before you go there."
Manager Zhang made a face and stretched his neck to look at the boulder. His whole body felt bad.
"Even if there is no gravel in two or three days, how can we repair it if such a large stone blocks the road?"
"The little man has no choice but to wait. Maybe the next heavy rain will wash this huge boulder into the river valley."
Manager Zhang looked at the local policeman who was serious and talking nonsense, and his face became darker and scarier.
In the end, he could only stomp back angrily. He had to rush back to the camp and send someone to the Governor's Mansion to report the matter to the Governor's Mansion.
If this huge boulder blocks the way, if we want to use the old method to get rid of this boulder, I'm afraid it will take two or three months to do it.
But now, it would only take half a month at most for the cement official road to be built up to this point. If the delay continued like this, he couldn't afford it.
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The news soon reached the Governor's Mansion. When he heard that a huge boulder the size of a house was blocking the road, Cheng Chubi's mood suddenly fell to the bottom.
At noon, Cheng Sanlang crossed the river and arrived at the place where the accident occurred. He looked at the painfully huge boulder.
Listening to the rambling explanation from the Ministry of Works Director Zhang next to him, Cheng Chubi couldn't help but feel a toothache.
There is no way to solve such a huge boulder, but the solution is very slow, which is to burn the stone first to make it hot.
Then pour cold water vigorously and use the principle of thermal expansion and contraction to peel off the boulders bit by bit.
Cheng Chubi waved his hand to indicate that this person did not need to explain in detail.
"How long will it take to get this stone?"
"This boulder is so big that it would be impossible to build it without two or three months.
Moreover, when burning rocks and watering, you must always pay attention to the danger, otherwise..."
After hearing this, Cheng Chubi immediately rejected this approach.
"Two or three months... No, it's a waste of time."
"But if we don't do this, then this official road will have to be rerouted in advance.
But if we change the route, I'm afraid it will take longer, and that alternative route is nearly thirty miles longer than this one."
Looking at the huge boulder, Cheng Chubi smacked his lips and shook his head.
"There is no need to change the route. Let's just continue to supervise the road construction first, and I will find a way to deal with this stone."
"Cheng Changshi, are you sure?" Chief Zhang stared blankly at the boulder in front of him, then looked at Cheng Sanlang, and then hesitantly said after a long time.
"Don't worry, I know it in my heart. Just leave it to me. You can continue to do your job."
Cheng Chubi stopped talking nonsense and climbed up the hillside himself, heading up. He had already been on this road before.
The terrain here is not steep, but there is an exposed stone wall above. I didn't expect that I would come sooner or later, just when I was building the official road.
The stone wall actually rolled down and blocked the road.
However, such scenes were also familiar scenery on the Great Southwest Highway in the past.
Especially in the past, when highways were not yet connected in all directions, roads around mountains often encountered this painful situation.
Sometimes it's mudslides blocking the road, and sometimes it's just huge boulders rolling down and blocking the road.
If it were a mudslide, it would be easier to deal with, but for such a boulder, tsk tsk... there is no other option except blowing it up.
After finally climbing to a higher place and taking a closer look at the terrain, Cheng Chubi felt that it was time for gunpowder to be used in people's livelihood projects such as road construction.
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After Cheng Chubi hurried back to the Governor's Mansion, he first informed Li Ke of the rather unpleasant news.
Before the ugly-faced Li Ke could speak, Cheng Chubi continued.
"If you use the method of burning the stone with fire and then watering it to cool it down and break it into pieces, it will be fine for small stones, but for such a big boulder.
It must weigh at least hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of kilograms. If you try to use that old method to solve it, it will take too long and be dangerous."
"So my suggestion is to use gunpowder to blow it up."
"..." Li Ke and Fang Jun looked at the serious Brother Chu Bi in front of them with dark expressions on their faces, always feeling that he was bragging.
"Brother Chu Bi, please wait a moment, although I also know that the gunpowder is really powerful.
But it doesn’t seem powerful enough to explode a rock the size of a house, right?”
After hearing this, Cheng Chubi immediately laughed out loud, narrowing his eyes dangerously as he looked at these two guys who dared not believe him.
"You mean you don't believe me?"
"No, no, no, brother Chu Bi, I think if you want to explode such a big boulder, how much gunpowder will you need?"
"Just like the ones you brought, brother, they are simply not enough." Li Ke pointed his finger in the direction of the house where Cheng Chubi lived.
It was very clear that Brother Chu Bi would definitely feel uncomfortable if he didn't carry 17 or 18 explosive-grade firecrackers on his body.