After Zhao Ran showed his unwavering confidence in reforming the clan system in front of Lu Xixing, Lu Xixing said: "Don't worry, I will suppress the group of sub-sect monks in Chaotian Palace, and I will never let them come to you to make trouble." ”

Zhao Ran said: "Then thank you Senior Brother Lu." However, speaking of which, I also have something wrong with this matter, forgetting that the sect monks are under the jurisdiction of Chaotian Palace, and it stands to reason that I should have communicated to Senior Brother Lu earlier. ”

Lu Xixing waved his hand: "There are too many things, and the third palace has just been restructured, so it is inevitable that there are things that cannot be taken into account, and they all understand." ”

Zhao Ran asked, "How many monks in Chaotian Palace are from the clan now?"

Lu Xixing said: "Thirty-eight people, the highest cultivation is no more than Jindan, such as Zhu Xianjian, King De and the like are all dead, some small fish and shrimp, can't jump." ”

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Ran said: "Having said that, Senior Brother Lu is the helmsman of Chaotian Palace after all, if you want the horses to run, you have to give the horses grazing, and if you want the clan monks not to cause trouble or even contribute to Senior Brother Lu, you still have to give them some sweetness." ”

Lu Xixing waved his hand: "It's okay, don't be embarrassed......"

"In this way, among the monks of the clan, if there is really a person who has made great contributions, he can restore his title and salary, and the greater the meritorious service, the higher the rank, and the descendants will also be demoted to the rank of knight. This is specially set up for the monks of the sect who are fighting for the Dao Sect and the Ming Dynasty, leaving an opening, so that Senior Brother Lu can control them more easily. One can be awarded every year, but it is not necessarily awarded, the key is merit, and we will discuss it together when the time comes. ”

Lu Xixing said happily: "Of course, this is the best, I will definitely strictly control the Heavenly Palace, and I will never make false reports, let alone indiscriminately fill the numbers." ”

After saying this, Zhao Ran saw that Lu Xixing was suddenly a little stumped, so he asked, "Senior Brother Lu still has something?"

Lu Xixing said: "My Chaotian Palace monk has been training quite well recently, and he has initially formed some fighting ability. In a few days, I plan to pull them out to Zhoushan and find a small island to actually practice the drill, but this requires a sum of money, and I have the cheekiness to ask Zhiran for help. ”

Zhao Ran smiled: "What else should I do, didn't you tell Senior Brother Lu earlier? ”

Lu Xixing said: "If it can be solved, I will solve it at home, this time it is really difficult, the drill is my temporary intention to be held, I want to be closer to the actual battle, I need to consume a lot of talismans and magic weapons." The amount is not small, Lei Xiao Pavilion gave a sum of five thousand taels, but it is still a lot worse. ”

"How much worse?"

Lu Xixing handed over a list, listing more than 500 pieces of more than 10 kinds of talismans, roughly estimated, more than 8,000 taels of silver.

Zhao Ran pondered for a moment and said, "Well, I'll give you double copies of the same talisman, and my batch of students from the Architectural Monk Training Class will also participate in your actual combat drills, okay?" ”

There are a large number of talismans collected from the upper three palaces in the secret vault of the Jimingguan treasure house, and taking out a thousand zhangs is not worth mentioning to Zhao Ran, but it can improve the cooperation consciousness of the students of the architectural monk training class, why not?

Lu Xixing immediately said happily: "Of course you are welcome! The drill is scheduled for the fifth day of the first month of March, and I want to do it for three days, and then let Du Yangchen take your students, and let's conduct a confrontation drill." ”

Zhao Ran said: "Okay, don't forget to submit a request paperwork, I'll go through the account." ”

"Of course!"

Because of Wang Zongyi's request to see, Lu Xixing didn't talk to Zhao Ran anymore, and sent Lu Xixing out of the rooster view.

Although Wang Zongyi is only a nominal waiter of the Ministry of Works, he is now a celebrity in front of Zhao Ran, and his words in the Ministry of Industry are becoming more and more important, especially after Zhao Ran is preparing to build a bridge, he basically communicates with the Ministry of Industry.

"Abbot, the Department of Camp of the Ministry of Industry has brought the drawings. ”

Zhao Ran invited them to sit in front of Jingyang Tower: "It's hard work Wang Fuyin, who are these two?"

First, a green-robed five-grade official bowed down: "Zheng Xujia, the battalion of the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Labor, knocked on the abbot." ”

An eight-rank green-robed official behind him also bowed down: "Lu Zhongqing, the master craftsman of the Xiaguan Camp Division, knocked to see the abbot." ”

Zhao Ran waved the sleeves of his robe lightly and held the two up: "Zheng Langzhong and Master Lu, please get up and sit." ”

Zheng Langzhong sat diagonally next to Wang Zongyi, but Master Lu didn't dare to sit and stood behind the two.

Zheng Langzhong took out two scrolls, opened one first, and spread it out on the stone table, with a slightly embarrassed face: "According to the abbot's instructions, the camp division has made two kinds of sketches in the past few months, please take a look at the abbot, this is one of them." ”

The picture is a long bridge, the biggest feature of this bridge is that there are many piers, densely packed with all bridge piers, probably counted, there are nearly 50 bridge piers standing in the river alone, and the average is a bridge pier every more than ten zhang. Each pier is only about two feet above the river.

Between every two piers, there is a hole stone arch bridge body, one hole after another, more than 40 hole stone arch bridge body, is more than 40 waves. With such a bridge span, it is obvious that it is impossible to pass large ships, and it is difficult even for ships with more than 100 materials.

In the middle of the bridge, there are two ultra-high piers far beyond their peers, separated by 30 zhang. Each of the two piers is chained to a suspension bridge in the shape of a city gate suspension bridge.

Zheng Langzhong explained that this design is to be able to pass large ships, and when it is necessary to cross the boat, the suspension bridge is pulled up, and when people pass, the two suspension bridges are lowered and engaged with each other through the wooden tenon structure at the front end, and the wooden bridge is also pulled by the power of the sling.

Zhao Ran frowned and said, "Do you need so many piers?

Zheng Langzhong said: "The Anji Bridge that the abbot said, the span is already the largest, but it is only about 12 zhang, and if it is longer, I really don't know how to build it." ”

Zhao Ran sighed, his heart is really like this, it seems that it is difficult to take the low-consumable environmental protection path of stone arch bridge. Unless the Great Sage Nanyan Palace is asked to refine the entire bridge body into a magic weapon, but its cost is so high, Zhao Ran can't afford it anyway.

I have to admit that the Ministry of Industry still has two brushes, and it is already remarkable to be able to come up with a plan for the suspension bridge to pass the big ship. This solution is also the easiest to implement from a technical point of view. But it also has two headaches for Zhao Ran.

One is that the cost is too high. Don't look at the fact that each pier is much shorter, but it is too dense, and the cost must be very amazing, and the cost is probably at least a million taels of silver.

In addition to the cost, there is also a big problem, the passage of the waterway will be greatly restricted. The river near Yingtian is the busiest waterway in the Ming Dynasty, and the number of navigable ships with more than 100 materials is in the hundreds, and it can reach thousands in many times. The use of suspension bridges to restrict circulation has a very large impact, and it is extremely difficult to dispatch, and the use value of the bridge is not high.

In addition, Zhao Ran felt that it was ugly and not spectacular, and the catalytic effect on credibility was definitely not as shocking as the long-span high-rise bridge piers.

Putting this one away, Zheng Langzhong spread out another scroll.

Nineteen piers are arranged on the river, and the piers are separated by 30 zhang between the piers, and the beams between the piers are made of stainless steel, and the tensile force problem is solved by cable-stayed cables from the top of the piers. Then paved with green bricks and asphalt.

This is the cable-stayed bridge that Zhao Ran envisioned, the difficulty lies in refining the iron cable of the magic weapon, and the cost and difficulty are also staggering. But the benefits are also clear: spectacular, convenient, practical, and conducive to a massive explosion of credibility.

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