Fengmen Mountain is located on the border of Jinchuan and Linxian County. Starting from Xihewan, it takes almost a day to reach Fengmen Mountain by horseback riding.
If you walk, it will take several days.
Although Iron Hammer and others were all riding horses, because there were carriages pulling the baggage, the team was not moving very fast, just a little faster than walking.
Even if I didn't sleep well last night and slept on the carriage all day, it would be difficult to reach Fengmen Mountain.
"Sir, how long have you been asleep? You have to ask Runniang. I'm not in the carriage, how do you know?"
Seeing that there was no one around, Tie Chui winked and smiled at Jin Feng.
"Go, go, go!" Jin Feng kicked the hammer away angrily and looked up at the sun.
The sun was overhead at this time, so it should be noon.
Tie Zhui knew what Jin Feng wanted to ask, so he patted his butt and came closer, smiling and saying: "This time we took the No. 7 official road. We can bypass the Liangshui River and save more than a day's journey."
"Has the No. 7 official road been cleared?" Jin Feng asked in surprise.
If you want to be rich, build roads first.
Building bridges and building roads has always been a major work-for-relief project. Jin Feng’s investment of energy and money in this project was second only to water conservancy projects.
Jinchuan is located in the northern part of Sichuan and Sichuan. It is connected to Sichuan and Shu in the south and Qindi in the north. Because there are many factories and an endless stream of merchants, Jinchuan has always been a key development target when Jiu Gongzhu planned the bridge and road construction project.
There are many mountains in northern Sichuan. In order to open up the passage between Jinchuan and Sichuan, the Ninth Princess ordered people to plan a new official road based on the previous mountain road.
After the construction of the Xinguan Road, walking from Jinchuan to Xichuan can save at least ten days, and it will be faster if you ride a horse.
The biggest problem in building No. 7 Official Road is that it has to cross several canyons. With the level of infrastructure before Dakang, it would be very difficult to build stone bridges over these canyons.
That's not to say it can't be completed, but the cost of erecting a stone bridge will be very high and the construction time will be very long.
But the suspension bridge built by Jin Feng on Heifeng Ridge gave Zuo Zhiyuan inspiration.
Drawing on that suspension bridge, Zuo Zhiyuan and Liu Buqun designed suspension bridges for several canyons.
Because airships helped transport supplies and pull wire ropes, the construction progress was much faster than expected.
According to the plan, the No. 7 official road will not be completed until this fall, but it will be officially opened after the year.
"good!"
Official Road No. 7 is a major artery connecting Jinchuan and central Sichuan. It is of great significance in politics, military, economy and other aspects.
With this official road, Jinchuan's control over Sichuan and Shu can be improved to several levels.
Jin Feng couldn't help but praise loudly.
"Wuyang and Tie Shixin really didn't even tell me about such an important matter."
"Sir, don't be surprised. You got into the laboratory as soon as you came back. Even if His Majesty and Master Tie want to report to you, they have to have a chance."
Tie Chui said: "Besides, our Sichuan and Sichuan provinces are changing every day. If I have to report to you such trivial matters as the passage of official road No. 7, then you don't have to do anything. You go to the Imperial Study Room with His Majesty every day to read the memorial.
Bar."
"That's true," Jin Feng nodded.
When Ninth Princess talks to him, she always picks out the important ones.
If there is a problem with Official Road No. 7, Princess Ninth may tell him. If it is completed as scheduled, there is no need to tell Jin Feng.
In fact, the Ninth Princess may not even know about this. It is possible that the memorial was sent to the Privy Council, but was classified as unimportant by Tie Shixin and sent to the Ministry of Industry.
In order not to disturb the normal traffic of the official road, the escort team found an open space on the roadside to rest.
The merchants passing by saw the armed escort standing on the edge of the road. Instead of being afraid, they all gave him a kind smile.
Jin Feng jumped off the carriage and looked at the merchants coming and going on the road, and his mood improved a lot.
When another wave of merchants passed by, Jin Feng suddenly spotted two girls in the crowd.
The two were pushing a flatbed cart, with hatchets hanging on their waists. They were dressed like other merchants. If it weren't for their bulging breasts, Jin Feng wouldn't have noticed that they were girls.
"Tie Hammer, are these two girls also businessmen?" Jin Feng asked.
Tie Zhui took one look at it, nodded and said, "Looking at the attire, that's what it should be."
"Now there are girls working as traders?" Jin Feng was a little surprised.
In the feudal era, women were expected to adhere to the three obediences and four virtues, and were not allowed to show up at will.
Many young ladies from wealthy families hardly leave their backyards until they get married in their teens.
Although children from poor families are not so particular, being a businessman is not as simple as going out to the front mountains and backyards to pull grass and cut firewood. Businessmen have to travel far away, meet many people, talk a lot, and may encounter bandits on the road, so gold
Feng had never seen a female trader before.
"My boss, I usually ask you to go out more often, but you don't want to and insist on hiding in the laboratory. Are you dumbfounded now?"
Runniang came over with a tray and said with a smile: "Actually, last autumn, some girls went to the village to buy cloth."
"Are there many girls who are merchants?" Jin Feng asked again.
"Not many. After all, no one would want to let the girl run around if she could do something about it."
Runniang replied: "I once talked with several girls who buy cloth. They all have no men at home, and the wages they earn through work-for-relief are not enough for the family, so they have no choice but to start business."
Although the work-for-relief policy is a policy to benefit the people, it is not simply charity. In order to prevent people from cheating and cheating, the work-for-relief policy also adopts a payment method of more reward for more work.
Women are born with less strength, so it is not a big problem to support themselves through work-for-relief, but it is a bit difficult to support one more person.
However, due to the military conscription in recent years, many men in the family were recruited to be young men, and only girls were left in the prime of life.
If a girl wants to support her family, she can't do it even if she works to death on a cash-for-work construction site.
Although being a businessman requires traveling here and there, the work intensity is not as intense and the earnings are more than on the construction site, so some girls who really can't survive choose this path.
Jin Feng couldn't help but sigh after hearing Runniang's words.
"Master, don't put too much pressure on yourself. You've done a good job."
Runniang found that Jin Feng was a little depressed, so she put the tray on the carriage, took Jin Feng's arm and said, "Don't talk about others, just me. If I hadn't met the boss, I would have died of starvation long ago.
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"Don't talk about the past anymore." Jin Feng rubbed Runniang's hair.
Runniang has always had a lower self-esteem than Guan Xiaorou, because strictly speaking, she is a widow and is not even qualified to be a maid for Jin Feng.
So Runniang was usually kind to everyone, and she was even more obedient to Jin Feng. One time, Jin Feng fell asleep with her legs on her legs. Runniang was afraid of waking Jin Feng, so she didn't move all night, so she sat leaning on the bed.
After one night, he couldn't even walk the next day, which made Jin Feng feel bad.