Chapter 1497: State Affairs, Civil Affairs, and Jianghu Affairs

The Yellow River has been flowing for more than 100,000 years and has been diverted countless times. It has always been used and feared by humans.

No matter how future generations call it the Mother River, it has nothing to do with the Mother.

The way of heaven is constant. It does not exist for Yao and does not die for Jie.

At dawn, many people gathered at Sanmenxia.

The new canal was built, bypassing the most dangerous Sanmen.

The river is still mighty, but there are fewer rapids and reefs. Fishing boats use long poles to explore the bottom of the canal again and again.

The people carrying the load shouted loudly to sell breakfast. Most of the people watching chose to drink porridge and eat steamed buns. The ones with meat fillings are one penny more expensive than those with vegetarian fillings, and the ones with vegetarian fillings are half a penny more expensive than those without fillings.

In addition, there are people carrying the load of wontons. One end directly carries a pottery stove, sets up a pot, and burns charcoal.

Since Lijiazhuangzi gave the charcoal production technology, many people have used it. The heat supply per unit time is not large, but the time is long and it is resistant to burning.

The trackers feel the new plank road. They participated in the previous construction, and no one knows better than them how to repair it best.

There are too many places on the rock wall next to the plank road where you can use iron pins to hammer in, and then nail dry wooden wedges.

Nailing several small wedges at a time will expand when encountering water, and there will be squeezing force between each other, and it is not easy to crush the rocks next to it.

The plank road without wooden frames will have stone bumps and shallow pits on the road, and try to grind them smooth. This is hand support and foot stepping.

Trackers in dangerous places are not allowed to wear shoes or gloves. Once they fall off, the whole team will face danger.

There is also a winch next to it. As long as the rope is a little loose in the front, it can be wrapped around the winch at any time, and everyone can take a break.

There is an extra slide on it, with a buckle going down, and each tracker has a knot between the waist and legs.

The front of the knot is a live buckle, which can be opened by pulling to prevent the knot from harming people in certain situations.

In addition to the dredging of the artificial canal, a set of equipment costs 100,000 strings of cash a year to maintain.

The people do not understand the economy. They only think that it is a grace from your majesty. Digging the canal has saved many people from dying in Sanmenxia.

There is also assistance for the boatmen. The boats travel faster and the water flows more smoothly. If people want to sell something, they can ask people to row a small boat to deliver it.

"Good technology." Envoys from other foreign countries have come here since the construction. Today, the envoys from Japan praised it.

"It's money." The envoys from Tubo next to them only have money in their eyes. A lot of steel and concrete are used on the plank road.

The ropes used by the boatmen are no longer hemp ropes, but cotton and linen blended ropes. The hemp is all fine linen, which is stronger.

The cotton production technology of the Tang Dynasty is many times better than the white folds sold elsewhere before. The cloth is dyed after weaving.

White is not easy to wash. If it is a little dirty, it can be seen immediately.

How to wash cotton cloth? Lijiazhuangzi invented the washboard.

Clothes made of fine linen are beaten with sticks, and those made of silk are washed in water.

Cotton cloth is easy to be damaged and cannot be washed clean, so washboards were invented.

Washing linen with washboards hurts the hands, and rubbing yarn with washboards damages the yarn. It seems that it was invented only for cotton.

"Shipping is convenient, isn't it because of money?" The Japanese retorted to the Tibetans. Since the two sides were not close, they did not need to give face to the Tibetans.

If you have the ability, come and fight me, Japan. Come, swim over.

"What does it have to do with money?" The Tibetan envoy was stupid.

"The faster the sailing speed, the more goods circulate, and the tax revenue will naturally increase.

It is said that the annual maintenance cost is 100,000, and the extra money earned far exceeds the maintenance cost.

Infrastructure investment drives economic development. Not only does the financial situation of the Tang Dynasty increase, but the people along the coast also live a good life."

The Japanese envoy studied it more thoroughly and was very smart.

"I heard that Li Yi is not in Chang'an. He has gone out to sea and landed in Haizhou on his way back."

The Tibetan envoy was despised for a while, pretended not to be angry, and said Li Yi.

"You Tubo want to ambush? Can we help?" The Japanese envoy lowered his voice.

"No, it's just a saying. Why ambush? Li Dongzhu has been very kind to my Tubo." The Tubo envoy gritted his teeth.

He didn't trust the Japanese. What if he agreed to it and the other party reported it?

Just as the other party showed, he knew that his Tubo couldn't beat it, so he didn't have the slightest respect for Tubo.

If there is a big ship, land and attack your Japan.

The Japanese envoy smiled slightly and stopped talking. He really wanted to report it.

He didn't know that the Tubo envoy was considering landing to attack him, otherwise he would laugh to death.

If it were the current Tang Dynasty, that Li Yi said that he would send troops to fight, and he might be afraid, but Tubo... hehe!

Other small foreign countries connected to the Tang Dynasty by water, just to watch the fun, they don't want to be enemies with the Tang Dynasty at all.

As for assassinating Li Yi, they still don't want to, for fear of failure.

Li Yi can fly. If he didn't kill him once and let Li Yi run away, his place would probably be barren.

What? Sending assassins to assassinate, but not admitting it after being caught? Li Yi was beaten, who needs to admit it? Did Tubo and Turks admit it before? Did they have to pay compensation later?

How long has it been? Li Yi is not ready yet.

Now Li Yi has a solid foundation, and he can fight whoever he wants. With the newly made musket, a child can kill the enemy in two days.

A seven or eight-year-old child can shoot a gun while lying on his stomach, and he will not be at a disadvantage when fighting against an experienced archer at a distance of 100 steps.

How long does it take to train a good archer? It only takes a few days to train a gunman. Anyway, if there are enough of them, the enemy can be defeated.

The people of the Tang Dynasty who were eating breakfast did not think about national affairs. A newly built waterside post had just been repaired, and everyone came to drink soup.

The wonton seller was depressed. Wontons are delicious because they have soup!

Why is free soup available on the first day?

"Wonton seller, ＵU看书 www.uukanshu.net put out your fire, cover it with soil, pour the water in the bucket into the pot, and I will sell wontons for you."

The people guarding the post station are from Lijiazhuang. They need to find out the situation here and report back.

The water for cooking wontons is ordinary river water. Just boil it. Add a little salt and wild vegetables to the bowl. If there is chopped green onion, put chopped green onion.

They can't put pickled mustard and shrimp skin.

The soup at the post station is chicken bone soup today, not pork bones.

People who eat steamed buns and porridge can choose not to drink porridge, but steamed buns must be eaten, although steamed buns are darker, whole wheat leavened buns.

"I won't be able to sell anything after you come." The wonton seller put down his carrying pole and looked for sand and wet mud to cover the charcoal.

"You expect to sell food to ordinary people here, which is a waste of the advantages of this place. You can make special snacks and row the boat to deliver food to the boats waiting for towing."

The farmers in Lijia Village helped to think of ideas from the other side's perspective.

The boats that need to be towed are not one after another. It depends on how many boatmen there are. If there are many boats arriving at the same time, you have to wait.

How can you cross the canal just by arriving at a place? Queue up.

"What's the special feature?" The wonton seller took down the wonton skin and the stuffing bowl and used a chopstick to pick up the stuffing.

He picked it up, moved the chopsticks and the fingers of the other hand back and forth, and a wonton was ready.

He glanced at the people in Lijia Village, meaning: How is it? Is it neat?

The farmer also took a chopstick, weighed the wonton skin, and started to operate.