Chapter 1378 Excavation of the Grand Canal

Da Jiang has a boat!

After the first building ship was built, the subsequent ships were built quickly.

And the size of the ships was also adjusted to "small boats" more suitable for sailing on the East River.

The boat is about ten meters long and two to three meters wide. It only takes three or five people to step on the rotating paddle under the boat to travel against the current.

Of course, these ships were also equipped with soft sails, which made them sail faster when the wind was favorable.

The opening of the Donghe River to navigation made the whole Djiang people excited.

You can easily reach the vicinity of Longlong City by going downstream from the East River.

In this way, the iron and iron ore from Dragon City can be smoothly transported back to Dragon City and other cities along the way by ship.

Compared with horse-drawn carriages on land, the speed of ships is undoubtedly much slower, but the volume of transportation is greater!

Once the East River waterway opened, the happiest person was Chi Lei, who was responsible for guarding the Dragon City.

Because the biggest problem in Qianlong City now is railway transportation!

When he learned that boats could arrive at Longcheng from the East River outside Longcheng, Chilei immediately wrote a letter to Longcheng, stating what Helongcheng would need to do if it was transported by water. Helongcheng would definitely cooperate!

Dajiang's second river port was built in the shortest possible time in Longcheng.

Chi Lei used almost all available power in the Longlong City.

Because the problem of transportation iron was solved, he, the city lord, was "liberated" and could concentrate on other things.

This news naturally reached Mu Feng's ears.

He was very pleased with Chi Lei's reaction.

Because the tribe's cognition has obviously improved with the progress of Da Jiang.

Some people have begun to realize the importance of water transportation.

So he struck while the iron was hot and held a meeting on the edge of the river port near Baishuyuan.

Attending the meeting were Yu Li, Luli, Ke Wuji, Li Hu, Jiuzhu and others.

Among them, Jiuzhu was called back from the seaside overnight.

Yu Li, Luli, Li Hu and others had just returned from a boat trip.

Everyone knew what the chief wanted to say. They looked at the large and small ships parked in the port and listened attentively.

Mu Feng said: "You have all seen recently that Dajiang has a new means of transportation.

This tool is different from the current carriages and mounts of our tribe.

It travels in water and can not sink in deep water. Although its speed is not very fast, it can carry heavy people or things!

In this way, things can be transported along the river bank.

For example, transporting iron from Longcheng to Longcheng.

Although a single trip is very slow and takes one to twenty days.

But in detail, transporting the same weight of iron on land will either consume a lot of manpower and material resources at the same time, or it will take more time!

So next, two river ports need to be added along the East River, one in Wukesong and one in Zhulong North City.

The grain harvest in these two places is very good, and it can be transported here by large ships, and then the grain is transported to Longcheng. "

Li Hu asked a question: "Great Chief, I have tried the ship, and it transported a lot of things.

But there is a problem, such transportation needs to be done in a place with water.

In this way, it seems that we can only transport things by water from Dragon City to Dragon City! "

Mufeng shook his head with a smile and looked at Jiuzhu: "Jiuzhu, come and tell him!"

Jiuzhu nodded with a smile, stood up and said: "Leader Lihu, not long ago I was choosing a site to build a port on the seaside of Dongfang Jinwu City.

Farther to the east there is a sea so vast that the edge cannot be seen.

My big Jiang's territory goes as far as the seaside, where more and bigger ships are needed.

The most important thing is the news from the Golden Crow tribe. They discovered an island across the sea. There are many wild sheep on the island.

Not to mention anything else, these wild sheep alone are worth building a boat to capture! "

"Island?"

Li Hu, Yu Li and others were puzzled.

This was the first time they heard this statement.

Mu Feng smiled and explained to them.

Only then did a few people suddenly realize.

Mufeng smiled and said: "There are wild sheep on the island. Using the island as a base, you can also carry out deep-sea fishing. You can get sea fish, seafood, etc. in large quantities.

In this way, we can feed more people! "

Several people's eyes were bright.

Li Hu frowned and said, "But that's further away.

What to do in Da Jiang’s existing territory?

What should we do about places like Black Bear City, Wild Wolf City, Wangxi City, and even Kuaiwei City further away? "

Mu Feng nodded: "This is the purpose of why I asked you to come today.

You already know the usefulness of river transportation. Do you find it convenient? "

Li Hu nodded: "Convenient!"

Several others nodded.

Mu Feng smiled and said: "That's it, so next I'm going to build the water road while Dajiang is building the dirt road!"

"Building waterways?"

"yes!"

Mu Feng said: "There are several considerations for building waterways:

First, there are several existing rivers, such as Lishui River and Black Bear City, which can actually be connected through waterways.

The river north of Black Bear City can be dug directly to the north. Along the way, you can pass through Shandao City, Heji City, Goshawk City, and even further to the northwest.

transportation.

Similarly, heading west from Wild Wolf City, passing through the old land of Iro and the old land of Shiratori, there are rivers in these places not far apart.

It can be connected by digging trenches.

Second, you all know the situation of this summer's harvest. Except for a few old cities and well-established water conservancy ditches, the harvests were good, while the other cities' harvests were very small.

The foreseeable harvest of spring corn is not very good. Now we can only look at the harvest of yellow potatoes and autumn.

In case this happens again in the future, ditches will be installed in the fields of each city to store water..."

Before Mu Feng could finish speaking, someone immediately raised a question: "The ditch is easy to dig, but where does the water come from?"

Mu Feng looked around and saw that it was still Li Hu.

Lihu seems to have always had a lot of problems.

This may have something to do with the fact that he is Da Jiang's "big housekeeper".

Mufeng said with a smile: "This is what I want to say, digging ditches is connected with the development of waterways, digging canals!"

"Dig a canal?"

"good!"

Mufeng smiled and said, "In addition to connecting several existing rivers, I also hope to divert the water from several large rivers in Dajiang territory to other places. For example, the water from the East River can be introduced into Baishuyuan nearby to solve the livestock problem. Or is it possible to pass through Baishuyuan, go west to Black Bear City, and then connect to the Lishui River, all the way to the Goshawk City area."

"this!"

Several people were shocked.

How dare the Warchief think!

In this way, if the river is wide enough and the water is deep enough, without going ashore along the way, you can take a boat from Zhulong City and go north, then west, and then northwest, which is equivalent to running through the territory from southeast to northwest of Dajiang!

Only the chief can think of such a thing.

Of course, once this "canal" is built, the water source problems of the cities along the way will seem to be solved at once!

The lecturers benefited more than half of Jiang's city.

Wanting to understand this, several people responded: "Great Chief, we have dug such a canal!"