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A month flies by in a hurry.

In the northwest military camp, there were still victorious military newspapers sent to Xianyang every day, and several consecutive issues of Daqin Metropolis Daily also published war news sent back by military reporters, and this great victory once again stimulated the mood of the people of Xianyang.

But these victories, which had long been expected, Chen Xu did not have much interest in paying attention, and his main energy was still on the construction of the Eastern Road.

As more and more businessmen signed formal contracts, large sums of money were also issued from Huaxia Qianzhuang, and the businessmen who got these large loans began to prepare for their own construction teams, recruiting troops and horses to seize the opportunity to recruit people to build horse-drawn carriages and buy cattle and horses.

It seemed that in an instant, the entire Central Plains region was noisy and lively, and a large number of caravans rushed back and forth on the soon-to-be-built Oriental Road.

And with the continuous and extensive publicity of Daqin Metropolis Daily, the news of the construction of a new Oriental Road has spread all over the world of Daqin, and countless remote counties and counties also have a large number of businessmen who rushed to Xianyang after getting the news, one is to see the cement this magical building material known as immortality, and the second is naturally to participate in a piece of the pie, if the cement is true, then it will inevitably monopolize the entire construction industry in the future, the cement formula can not be obtained, and you can also negotiate with those authorized businessmen about the mining and supply of coal, iron ore, clay, limestone, ah, Being a material supplier can also make a fortune, otherwise you can also cooperate with the businessman who got the contract of Dongfang Road to build roads, be a small contract foreman, and grab a few mouthfuls of food from this huge investment project of tens of millions of stones.

Chen Xu didn't have the leisure of the past, although most of the things were handled by Yang Kun, Sun Shujiong and Fan Caiying, he still needed to keep repeatedly telling and urging those businessmen who had signed contracts to start preparing as soon as possible.

Under his repeated oppression, good news also came one after another, and the merchants of Hedong, Hanoi, Sanchuan, Shangdang, and Nanyang, which were close to Xianyang, which had been prosperous and wealthy since ancient times, took the lead in making preparations for the construction of the cement plant along the Dongfang Road, and the supervisors of the experimental plant, Zhang Wen and Gong Sheng, also sent a large number of craftsmen who were familiar with the construction of cement kilns and the pouring of large iron mills to command everywhere.

At the end of August, the autumn harvest has come to an end.

It is true that this year's grain production in Guanzhong has been somewhat reduced, but it is not as serious as imagined, and the grain within the scope of the Inner History Office is about the same as last year's harvest, according to the statistics, the output has been reduced by less than one percent, and the autumn grain tax is also beginning to enter the warehouse one after another.

And with the end of the autumn grain harvest, news of recruiting people began to appear everywhere.

"Long-term recruitment of a large number of people, strong and strong people are preferred, and a subsidy of two dollars a pound of food is taken out every day......"

"Don't miss it when you pass by, the Qiu's engineering team of Sanchuan County recruits workers, one pound of grain a day, and a subsidy of three yuan ......"

"Hedong Cement Factory recruits a large number of people, men and women are not limited, men and women are five yuan, and the ...... is settled in person every day"

"Buying a lot of wood, woodworking is urgently needed, and the price is negotiable......"

"Sand and gravel, a large number of worthless sand and gravel, the number of stones and gravel is not limited......"

Almost at the same time, the counties, counties and towns near Xianyang and along the Dongfang Road gathered manpower construction teams everywhere, and a large number of idle civilians could not resist this temptation, and set off to work in cement factories and construction sites with clothes and dry food, and a subsidy of two or three yuan a pound of grain a day, which was nearly 100 yuan a month, and an income of thousands of yuan a year, which was definitely a huge temptation for all farmers who worked weekdays but did not have much income.

And the merchants threw a lot of money to recruit people, and the effect was immediate, many places along the Oriental Road began to gather a large number of people and craftsmen, sand, gravel, wood and other materials soon began to accumulate, cement factories in addition to the construction of large kilns, coal, stone, iron ore, clay and stone are also transported to the factory in an endless stream of vehicles.

In mid-September, almost when the two armies of Li Xin and Jiang Hu jointly strangled the Xiongnu entrenched in the northwest corner of the Hetao, after more than a month of preparation, the first cement kiln of the Weinan Cement Plant, which was closest to Xianyang, was officially put into use.

At this time, the entire Taiyi Mountains are dyed with forests, and the autumn is deep, the mountains are full of red and yellow, and the colors are colorful and gorgeous, just like a pair of colorful brocade.

But all the people involved were not in the mood to enjoy the romantic scenery of autumn, whether it was businessmen or craftsmen, they were all immersed in the excitement and joy brought by this newly commissioned cement plant.

The commissioning of the cement plant not only indicates that all the efforts have begun to pay off, but also marks that the construction of the new Oriental Road has begun to be on the right track.

Moreover, the completion and operation of the Weinan Cement Plant has also given great confidence and enthusiasm to other businessmen who participated in the investment promotion and fund-raising, as long as this road is completed next year, it will bring a steady stream of huge wealth to all participants, and after ten or twenty years, everyone will make a lot of money just like the businessmen who participated in the three chapters of the law, and truly become a rich class that rivals the country.

And once this road is built on time, the law that suppressed merchants will be abolished, and merchants will usher in the spring of vigorous development.

Five days later, news came that the first cement kiln of the Xin'an County Cement Plant near Luoyang was also ignited and put into operation.

Then the good news continued, by the end of September, the preparation of the Dongfang Road along the road has been officially put into operation of seven cement plants, with the continuous rise of the kiln fire, cement this magical building material began to show its powerful power, with a stream of industrial smoke and dust, began to spread to the entire Great Qin Empire.

The first time that all the cement plants put into operation is to build the storage warehouse of the cement plant and the cement road to Dongfang Road, because in the next year, all the cement plants will inevitably run at full capacity, and they must continue to provide sufficient cement to Dongfang Road to meet the construction of the road.

Although the current cement plant is all relying on a loan of 10 million to support, but this money is enough for all the cement plants to support the completion of the construction of Dongfang Road, and even have a surplus, but as long as the road is repaired, the cement plant will inevitably start to make money, because when the time comes, with Dongfang Road as the backbone, it will soon form a road network connecting to nearby counties and counties, and officials from all over the country will make every effort to promote the development of this matter, because if the road is not built, it is estimated that a large number of businessmen are not willing to do business, and it is difficult to transport grain, and see the benefits of cement roads. The emperor will inevitably ask all localities to speed up the transformation of Chidao, because this project covering the whole country has long been in Qin Shi Huang's plan.

And the whole country alone is building and building tens of thousands of miles, enough to repair more than ten years.

Time flashed into October, and winter came.

It has long been icy and snowy outside the Saiwai and the northwest, and the weather in the Central Plains has gradually become cold.

However, with the progress of preparations for the Dongfang Road, with the Dongfang Road as the main line, the counties along the way from Xianyang to Qi County have become extremely hot.

After more than two months of surveying, the Oriental Road Building Department has collected all the survey data of the entire road and is ready to start planning the detailed project bid and construction method.

"According to the summary survey data, the new Oriental Road is still based on the previous Chi Road, the roadbed is basically intact, only a few sections of the road have been destroyed and collapsed to be repaired, and the previous roadbed is wide enough, so in order not to affect the traffic of goods in the process of road repair, our road only accounts for one-third of the roadbed width, the design width is two zhang, the concrete thickness is still one foot, but the roadbed must be tamped, and a layer of large gravel must be laid below, so that the road surface can withstand greater force......"

After a few days of discussion, Chen Xu convened a meeting of all the officials and craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences and the Dongfang Dao Engineering Headquarters, and personally explained in detail the distribution plan and construction rules of the bid section in the conference room of the Academy of Sciences.

Also participating in the hearing were Zhao Wei, the commander of the Shaofu Prefecture, and officials in charge of coordination with the six ministries of the three provinces, as well as representatives of businessmen who participated in the investment promotion and fundraising of Dongfang Road.

There is a huge sand table in the center of the conference room, three zhang long and one zhang wide, with sand as the ground, mud and stone as the mountain, black graphite powder as the river, and a thin hemp rope as the former Oriental Chi Road, and a rough sand table map is made against all the survey data. Chen Xu held a long bamboo stick in his hand, and as he spoke, he used the bamboo stick to point out the locations of several unavoidable bridges along the way.

"Everyone, please see, the current construction is more difficult to Bahe Bridge and Luohe Bridge, these two bridges are slightly smaller than the Weihe Bridge under construction, but the investment is at least more than 200,000 stones, in addition to some small bridges are not small......"

And Zhang Cang and the others all gathered around the sand table and listened carefully.

For this huge sand table, Zhang Cang and others can be said to be eye-opening, because thirty survey teams continue to return to the Academy of Sciences, but although these drawings have all kinds of data, but because there is no unified standard, even if all the drawings are put together, it is dazzling, so under the guidance of Chen Xu, several craftsmen created this sand table under the guidance of Chen Xu.

Although Chen Xu mentioned the scale problem, because the time was pressing, he could only roughly determine a scale according to the drawings and data measured back, and made this super huge sand table map with sand, soil and stones and other items.

But even this sand table, which looks so rough in Chen Xu that it is more than five cents of the special effects of five cents, also makes everyone in the Academy of Sciences admire the five-body throw.

Because on this sand table, everyone can see all the general details of the entire project at a glance. (https:)

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