I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Chapter 141 [3 More] 141

After pointing out this place, not only Jiang Chong, but even Huo Guang felt a headache.

He said earnestly: "Your Highness, this place is not suitable, not to mention the desolation, the desert is fragile, how can we build a palace?"

Liu Tan smiled: "Back then, you thought the Western Regions couldn't build a city. How is it now?"

This example was so powerful that for a moment no one knew how to refute it.

But the question is why does Liu Tan leave good places behind and why does he always compete with himself?

In fact, Liu Tan also had a certain idea in choosing this place. If you go east, the geographical location is too close to Qusou Xi'an and Yangdu, even closer than Shuofang City. Where will it be considered the capital of the country?

The choice of the Hetao Desert was actually not a whim on his mind. He had also checked some information before, and the climate and environment of the Hetao Desert was not too bad.

Although it is called a desert, it is basically still in the form of Gobi. For the records here, there are still some records in the early Shang Dynasty. At that time, it was not as dry, cold and windy as it is now.

Liu Tan speculates that climate change may have started recently.

Of course, this recently also refers to the Warring States period, and natural changes are basically short in units of a hundred years.

If this is the case, the current Hetao Desert can actually be saved, because it has not formed a real desert, although people have begun to call it the Hetao Desert.

However, if the deforestation continues at the Shuofang side, it will be very easy to form a real desert.

Liu Tan wants to save the Hetao Desert mainly because he wants to increase the cultivated area, or increase the diversity of vegetation here. If there are more natural resources, there will be more ways out. We can't just rely on minerals.

There is a quantity of minerals, what will happen after mining is over?

Liu Tan chooses the palace here, and he has a legitimate reason for what he wants to do in the future—isn't it okay to beautify his family environment as a prince?

He can openly build water conservancy facilities and divert water from the Yellow River.

Yes, the reason why this place is called the Hetao Desert is because this desert is next to the Yellow River!

These explanations are difficult for Liu Tan to say, but he just said: "The available area in those places is too small, and this place is big enough! My palace can't be smaller than Shi Heyuan, right?"

Huo Guang: ...

All right, this reason is too strong, even Huo Guang can't refute it.

The area circled by those places is indeed the bottom line specification of the palace of the princes and kings.

But the problem is that Huo Guang thought that Liu Tan didn't care about the size of the palace!

Just now Liu Tan was not even that interested in the construction of the palace.

For a while, Huo Guang felt that Liu Tan was more difficult to deal with than his father, because Liu Che still had a set of logic in doing things, as long as he could straighten out this set of logic, basically there would be no problem, but the problem was Liu Tan's logic... …no one can make sense of it!

When you think he has this idea, he may not know where to jump.

Huo Guang said expressionlessly: "I understand, I will give orders now."

Liu Tan suddenly asked, "Shuofang... is there any place that produces limestone?"

Huo Guang was stunned for a moment, and immediately didn't know how to answer, so he finally said: "I...I don't know..."

He thought he had made sufficient preparations, but he was still asked.

Seeing that his mood was a little off, Liu Tan said, "I haven't seen any information mentioning it before, but it's okay, limestone is not a precious thing, it should be easy to find, and I will ask someone to look for it later."

Quicklime is the foundation of his infrastructure construction. This must be found and more should be found, and the direction to find it is naturally the Yinshan Mountains.

But thinking of mountains, Liu Tan suddenly thought of a very important thing - bricks.

Bricks are more regular and easier to use than stones, but bricks need to be fired with clay, and are generally found in relatively humid areas, so the production in the south is relatively large.

Shuofang should be said to be dry here, and it is indeed dry, but the terrain and climate are more complicated.

First of all, there is the Yellow River, so the water resources are actually not very lacking. Secondly, there is the entire Yinshan Mountains here. The climate of the Yinshan Mountains is different from west to east. The west is relatively dry, and the Daqing Mountain in the east is much humid.

However, it is six or seven hundred miles away from Shuofang City. Hey, it is not obvious from the map. Now Liu Tan realizes that his northern border country is really big and boundless. Human brain pain.

There is no way, Liu Tan can only ask people to look for clay near the nearest Wolf Mountain.

Of course, when it comes to clay, many people must not know what it is, but clay has another name-Guanyin clay.

It is the soil that is often used by people to satisfy their hunger during famines, but Buddhism has not been introduced at this time, so it is more appropriate to call it kaolin at this time.

After Huo Guang wrote down all of Liu Tan's requests, seeing that Liu Tan was about to open his mouth, he couldn't help but said, "Your Highness...wait...wait."

Liu Tan looked up at him: "What's wrong?"

Huo Guang coughed lightly and said, "We didn't bring many people. Your Highness already has too many things to do. Let's take our time."

In just such a short meeting, Liu Tan has done so many things.

The things to look for are purple-red rock, kaolin and limestone, and then the palace needs to be built, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

In terms of material resources, there is no need to worry about it. Regardless of Liu Tan's own wealth, the palaces of princes and kings are actually built with money from the imperial court.

According to how much Liu Che felt sorry for Liu Tan, no matter how much money Liu Tan needed to build the palace, he would probably give it to him, let alone Chen Ajiao who kept giving money to his private house.

But the problem is that there are not enough people to conscript everyone to build the palace. Although there is little arable land in Shuofang, it is not without it. If everyone comes to build the palace, who will plant the land?

What's more, according to the local climate, it won't be long before the autumn harvest. At that time, the people may be too busy with their own family affairs. Huo Guang is worried that the people will riot.

After listening to Liu Tan, he also felt that there seemed to be a lot of things. He pondered for a while and said: "The purple red rock is the most important thing. If this is found, it can solve a large part of the problem, and then there is the palace... Let's build a foundation first, don't worry. , wait until it is confirmed that there is enough limestone and kaolin in the northern border before moving, if it is not possible, first expand the county mansion and make a living."

Huo Guang was a little surprised, he didn't expect Liu Tan to put that purplish red rock that he didn't know what to do with in the front.

After Liu Tan finished speaking, he looked at the sky and said with a smile, "Let's stay for dinner tonight."

Of course, everyone wanted to decline. Liu Tan said directly: "I am very sorry to let everyone come with me to endure hardships and hardships. How can I not even care about a meal? I will not say anything else here. The dishes are still good. I will cook for you later. Ordering work meals will also make you more motivated."

Needless to say, this motivation is really strong. Liu Tan doesn't have many special dishes here, but every one of them will make people dream after eating.

Even Sang Qian began to think after eating this meal, should he learn from Huo Guang, what if he continued to make small moves and was discovered by the King of the North, and he couldn't eat such a good meal?

Liu Tan probably couldn't have imagined that a very ambitious young man, a court official who wanted to make things right, would just be bribed by him for a meal.

The only thing he cares about now is the coal mine... can it be found?

However, the coal mine, which he paid too much attention to, has yet to be seen. Wei Buyi, who is in charge of the construction of the palace, hurried over and said out of breath, "His Royal Highness, great joy, great joy!"

Liu Tan raised his head and looked at him inexplicably: "What happy event makes you so happy?"

Wei Buyi was very excited: "Your Highness, when we were digging the foundation pit just now, we discovered a copper mine!"

Liu Tan:? ? ? ? ? ?

Wei Buyi looked at Liu Tan with a look of admiration: "No wonder His Highness insisted on choosing the location of the palace in the Hetao Desert. It turned out that he had foreseen it a long time ago!"

Liu Tan: I'm not, I'm not, don't talk nonsense!