After settling down the legalists, Meton turned his eyes to Li Xin.
"Young master!" Li Xin immediately sat up straight, feeling uneasy. Li Xin was in charge of the transportation department of the Mo Family Village. It used to be a fishing team, but it gradually expanded. Now Li Xin's transportation team was busy with the transportation and delivery of goods in the Mo Family Village.
"Although the transportation team has done well this year, it's still not enough." Meton's first sentence made Li Xin's heart sink. "With the full supply of carriages and horses, the scale of the transportation team is now limited to the two routes from the Mo Family Village to Chang 'an City and from Chang' an City to Luoyang City. It's a little overcautious."
"Young master, you're right!" Li Xin lowered his head and reflected.
"Actually, it's not that Li Xin is overcautious, but that after the goods of the Mo Family Village reach Luoyang City, most of them pass through the Grand Canal. The transportation team is laying out the Grand Canal. Once it succeeds, the products of the Mo Family Village will definitely be sold to the north and south of the river." Xu Jie exculpated Li Xin.
Speaking of laying out the Grand Canal, Li Xin immediately showed a complacent smile. The function of the Grand Canal was known to the whole world. There was a continuous flow of goods from the north and south of the river. It could be said to be extremely busy. Once the transportation team of the Mo Family Village laid out the Grand Canal, the benefits were self-evident.
Many people of the Mo Family Village immediately showed satisfied smiles. They could not help glancing at Li Xin, especially Li Yi, who immediately looked at his son with a gratified expression.
However, Meton's face darkened, and he commented, "You're putting the cart before the horse."
Immediately, Li Xin's complacent face collapsed, as if a basin of cold water had been poured over it.
Everyone looked at Morton in surprise. There was no need to explain the importance of the Grand Canal. It was known throughout the world. What Li Xin did was not wrong! Why did he not praise him but blame him instead?
Among the crowd, only Han Zheng seemed to be thinking about something. However, he had just arrived at the Mo Family Village, so there were some things that he would not comment on.
Meton said resentfully, "The Mo's Village started with four-wheeled carriages. Carriages and horses are the advantage of the Mo's Village. You don't make use of the advantage of the Mo's Village but go to the Grand Canal. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? Are you saying that we are familiar with boats and can control them?"
Li Xin immediately lowered his head, and everyone else was silent.
"What's more, the Cao Gangs are everywhere on both sides of the Grand Canal. They have been operating for more than ten years and are deeply rooted. If the Mo's Village joins them rashly, how can it benefit us?" Meton shouted.
Only then did Li Xin come to a realization. With a face full of shame, he said, "Young Master, Li Xin knows his mistake."
Now that he thought about it, when he was setting up the Grand Canal, he was also beset with difficulties and was repeatedly obstructed. This could not have been the resistance of the Cao Gang on both sides of the river.
Meton waved his hand and said, "Withdraw all the arrangements in the Grand Canal immediately. In the future, if the products of Village Mo need to go through the Grand Canal, subcontract them to the Caobang."
"Yes!"
Li Xin immediately felt a sense of pity. It was really a pity to give up the Grand Canal that connected the north and the south just like that.
"There's nothing to pity!" Meton snorted and said, "The Grand Canal is indeed important, but it's not irreplaceable."
"Young Master, are you talking about a brick road?" Xu Jie said in realization.
Meton nodded and said, "Yes, although the waterway can carry a large amount of goods, it's fine if it goes with the current. Once it goes against the current, it can only rely on the strength of the Boaters. After the brick road is built, the advantage of the four-wheeled carriage will be obvious. In the future, the transportation will be mainly by land. "
Everyone nodded in agreement. Anyone could see that the Tang Dynasty would not stop building brick roads. The news of the end-of-year imperial court meeting had already spread to all levels of society. The concept of the Longhai Line was a hot topic of discussion among the people of the Tang Dynasty.
"In the future, the transportation team of Village Mo's Village will be further expanded. The brick road will be the focus. Where will the brick road go? Where will the transportation team of Village Mo's Village extend to? As for the carriages, the transportation team doesn't need to worry. The four-wheeled carriage will be given priority to the transportation team. Iron Crow horses will be delivered continuously. "Meton waved his hand and said.
"Further expansion?" Li Xin was overjoyed and nodded heavily. If the transportation team of Village Mo's Village continued to expand along with the brick road, the transportation team of Village Mo's Village would develop into a giant when all the ten brick roads of the Tang Dynasty were connected.
"As for the transportation team, I have one request, and that is to be fast!" Meton said seriously.
Li Xin immediately straightened his body and said proudly, "Young Master, don't worry. The transportation team of Village Mo's Village is the fastest in Guanzhong."
Meton shook his head and said, "It's far from enough. With the construction of the brick road, the transportation between Chang 'an and Luoyang will definitely experience a big boom. And Luoyang happens to be at the intersection of the Longhai Line and the Grand Canal. Goods from the east, west, north, and south gather here. It will definitely usher in a great opportunity. "
Regarding the importance of Luoyang, even Hua Yuan, who paid no attention to politics, nodded in agreement. With the construction of the Longhai Line, Luoyang's status in the future might surpass that of Chang 'an.
Meton said proudly, "So, the next focus of Village Mo's Village is Luoyang. The transportation team needs to open a passenger train from Chang 'an to Luoyang in a day."
"A day?"
Everyone was shocked. When the brick road from Chang 'an to Luoyang was opened, the Ministry of Works had just started the empty train experiment. But Meton actually asked the transportation team to do so.
"Young Master, the horses have to rest after running for 100 miles at most. Otherwise, the horses will be damaged. Chang 'an is 800 miles away from Luoyang. Unless there are post stations along the way like the imperial court. "Li Xin said with a wry smile.
Unexpectedly, Meton nodded and said, "That's right. We are going to build post stations, no, service stations."
"Chang 'an is 800 miles away from Luoyang. Village Mo's Village only needs to build a service station every 100 miles. There are provisions and horses stored inside. Every 100 miles the carriage reaches the service station, the horses will be unloaded and replaced with new horses. When the next transportation team passes by, the horses will be replaced with rested horses and set off again. In this way, it is not impossible to reach Luoyang in a day, even if the carriage is fully loaded with goods. It will definitely reach Luoyang in two days. "Merton said.
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. Morton's plan was indeed feasible. This way, the horses would be able to rest and save a lot of time. Their efficiency would increase by several times. The only drawback was that it was too costly.
"Young Master, do you want to enter the transportation industry?" Li Xin asked carefully.
Village Mo shook his head and said, "No. Since Village Mo's Village produces four-wheeled carriages, it is naturally not suitable to enter the transportation industry. It is just that it is too slow to travel from Chang 'an to Luoyang. This time, let Village Mo's Village be a catfish again!
"Slow down!"
Everyone's mouth twitched. They all knew about the catfish effect! However, when the official road was built, it took at least five days to reach Luoyang from Chang 'an. After the brick road was built, it had been increased to two days. This was already considered fast in everyone's eyes. Unexpectedly, in Meton's eyes, it was still too slow.
Meton, who had experienced the baptism of highways and high-speed trains in the future, naturally looked down on the slow carriages now. Meton had no choice but to follow the idea of service stations in the future. He just changed the refueling into changing horses, which was barely passable.
Xu Jie agreed and said, "This will work. There are many rich people from Chang 'an to Luoyang. If it can save a day, many people will be willing to take it even if it costs twice the money."
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