Hearing that people from the Li Family Zhuangzi were here, Zhang Jiuling didn't have time to eat. He stood up and said, "Quick, take me to see them."
He knew which Li Family Zhuangzi was from the Li Family Zhuangzi. If it was another Li Family Zhuangzi, it would be someone from the Li Family Zhuangzi.
There could be many families in Zhuangzi, but there was only one place in Zhuangzi.
He walked over, and a large group of people came over.
In addition to the people, there were also many cars, which were still protected by the Winged Knights.
"Mr. Zhang, I am Xun Xin, the second steward of Zhuangzi. I am here to deliver things to the road under the orders of my Dongzhu. I also have something to discuss with you."
Xun Xin came over. There were more things and more people. He needed someone who could manage things to lead him.
"Thank you, Doctor Li. We are eating now. Today, to celebrate the opening of the road, we stewed meat and bones."
When Zhang Jiuling heard that there were things to repair the road, the smile on his face never disappeared.
The local people gathered around to watch the show. The people from the Li Family Zhuangzi were here, and there were so many cars.
"We brought 20,000 bamboo canned chestnut chicken, 1,000 hand gourds, 300 wheelbarrows, and 50,000 coins."
Xun Xin shouted to the people around him. The canned food was for … eating. The hand gourds were convenient to carry things down from the mountain.
The road had just been opened, and it was still very narrow. It needed to be widened, and people had to go up and chisel the stone wall.
The wheelbarrows were assembled. It was easier than carrying poles and poles, and the speed was faster.
There was no need to talk about money. This time, there were 50,000 coins. How much meat could they buy?
The people thought of this, but Zhang Jiuling thought of other problems.
"Everyone, eat first. Give more meat and bones to the people from the Li Family Zhuangzi." Zhang Jiuling called everyone to eat.
The person in charge of getting the food specially picked the bones with more meat and easier to eat.
The others felt that it was right, and they were embarrassed.
It was said that the people from the Li Family Zhuangzi ate good meat every meal. They were tired of eating mutton.
Now, these pork bones were nothing to people's eyes.
In reality, they were wrong. The Zhuang family and the Winged Knights had rushed all the way here, so they didn't get to eat anything good.
Sometimes, they couldn't eat a hot meal for two or three days. They could only eat a few dry biscuits or hardtack and drink river water, well water, or spring water to make up for it.
With the warm bone broth and rice, everyone ate with relish.
Zhang Jiuling and Xun Xin sat next to each other on two large rocks. There was no table or chair.
"Doctor Li, do you think this section of the road is not enough?" Zhang Jiuling grabbed a bone and asked Xun Xin.
Xun Xin had just eaten a mouthful of rice in bone broth. There was still a vegetable at the corner of his mouth. He nodded.
After he finished chewing and swallowing it, he said, "Shaozhou, from here to Shaozhou, there is actually a road.
After this section of the road was finished, the busy farming season would begin. Next year, during the slack season, the road from Shaozhou to Guangzhou would be repaired.
With Zhang Gong handling this matter, it will definitely be better than anyone else. Next year, at the same time, the road from here to Luoyang will be repaired.
We need to cross the Yangtze River. As long as it is connected to the Yangtze River, the value of this road will be great. "
Xun Xin repeated Li Yi's words. If the land road was repaired, resources from various places could be transported to Guangzhou through the Yangtze River.
Similarly, the goods at Guangzhou's docks could be quickly transferred on land other than by sea.
Otherwise, they could only load and unload goods at the seaside. They would have to be transported from inland to the seaside.
Zhang Jiuling nodded slightly. He had thought about it before. Repairing the current road did not require so many tools and money.
From here to Shaozhou, there was a road that could be passed through.
It seemed that it was not enough. It had to be made flatter and wider.
"Next year, the road to Guangzhou will definitely be repaired." Zhang Jiuling also wanted his hometown to be rich.
Goods were transported back and forth. The people in his hometown did not need to participate in the trading of goods. They only needed to provide food and a place to sleep to earn more money.
After eating, the commoners did not rest at all. They directly worked and fought against time.
The canned food was first put aside. The tools were brought over and the cart was assembled.
The belt on the cart was hung around the neck. A person could easily push two to three hundred catties of goods and jog.
The hand gourd was placed on a shelf and prepared to be built from top to bottom.
The other people of the Li Family Zhuangzi accompanied by the Winged Knights looked for the locals to buy things.
When they came, they had a car. When they went back, the car would be empty. They needed to load the goods.
When they arrived at the Yangtze River, they could send the goods to the other side by boat. They could sell them on the other side and buy things from the other side and continue to go north.
When they reached Luoyang, they would sell again and buy things from Luoyang back to Chang 'an.
Along the way, they would buy and sell things to earn back their travel expenses. Some good things would always be left in the car and sold at a high price in Chang 'an.
It would take two to three days to prepare, so no one was in a hurry.
Xun Xin stood at the construction site and looked for a while. He said to Zhang Jiuling, "I heard that Mr. Zhang's family raises pigeons?"
Zhang Jiuling nodded, "There are flying slaves."
Now, there were people in the Tang dynasty who raised pigeons. Some could be called back and forth, and some could be used to deliver letters from afar.
Zhang Jiuling was one of the best. When he sent letters to the elders in his family, he used pigeons when he could.
When he was on the road, if he had pigeons, he could tell his elders about his situation.
However, the elders could not pass the news to him.
Some records said that he and Han Yu had a good relationship. The two of them tried to use pigeons to send messages and even gave the pigeons a name.
Then, a hundred miles away, he asked the pigeons to bring a message home, and the pigeons flew back.
This was pure nonsense.
Han Yu and Zhang Jiuling were not people of the same era. When Zhang Jiuling died, Han Yu was not even born.
How did the two of them come to play together?
Besides, it was impossible for pigeons to fly back and forth.
Carrier pigeons were raised in one place. Then, they were put into cages and brought to other places.
If they needed to send news from other places, they would release the pigeons, and the pigeons would go home.
If they wanted to release pigeons from two places, they had to raise them at the same time and then transport them to each other.
The transport process was troublesome. They had to feed the pigeons and travel.
Therefore, in terms of military use, no one was active.
For example, in Tubo, Chang 'an Road, pigeons were raised in both places. After a long journey, the pigeons were transported to the place.
Every time a pigeon was released, there would be one less pigeon.
Unless it was a very important piece of information, who would be willing to release the pigeons?
When Zhang Jiuling went to Chang 'an to take office, he did not bring any pigeons. He could not afford to raise them.
"My Dongzhu wants to ask Mr. Zhang to raise a group of pigeons while you are here. When they are raised, you can bring them to Chang 'an. If there is anything important in Chang' an, you can release the pigeons here."
Xun Xin asked Zhang Jiuling to raise as many pigeons as possible. Anyway, he would only bring them once.
Zhang Jiuling thought for a while and said, "But, the news here cannot be sent by the pigeons raised here."
"My Dongzhu knows. My Dongzhu will also raise pigeons in Zhuangzi next year and send them to Guangzhou."
Xun Xin gave an answer.
"Doctor Li knows how to raise pigeons?" Zhang Jiuling was surprised. He did not expect that Li Yi also knew how to raise pigeons. He meant that he could raise both pigeons at the same time to save time.
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