Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1104

But Wei Wu is different. He is not even from this era. He is cruel and cold-blooded, and he doesn't care what labels are put on him.

Zhu Biao needed to consider the evaluation of him in later historical books, but Wei Wu had no psychological burden at all.

He is a modern man, why should he care about the evaluation of history books? Just write whatever he wants!

The First Emperor, who was scolded for a thousand years, and Bai Qi, the God of Killing, are still liked by a large number of people in later generations.

Anyway, as long as we can get back the real benefits such as land, territory, resources, etc., it will be enough to benefit future generations of Chinese people.

As long as he achieves his goal, Wei Wuneng will face everything calmly and let future generations judge his merits and demerits!

So after talking about the manpower issue, Wei Wu did not give Zhu Biao a chance to speak and went straight to the next one.

"The next issue is land. Building railways and laying tracks will inevitably involve land, and the gentry will certainly oppose forced expropriation."

"But now the Ming Dynasty is implementing the land tax system. Once it is implemented nationwide, land expropriation will not be a big problem."

"Then there's construction. If you want to build a railway, you're bound to face the limitations of the terrain and environment. You can't just try to avoid them."

"Otherwise, the workload will have to increase several times or even dozens of times. Unless there is absolutely no other way, it is best to build roads through mountains and bridges over rivers."

Wei Wu pondered for a moment before looking up at Zhu Biao again and said:

"If we encounter a mountain, we can use gunpowder to blow it up. It will just cost more, but it's better than building a long way around."

"As for waterways, the craftsmen who built cement roads during this period have also accumulated a lot of experience in building cross-water bridges."

"We can now cross distances of 100 meters. With more research and more experience, solving the train traffic problem shouldn't be difficult."

In fact, apart from material issues, the biggest difficulty in bridge construction is the structure, which is related to the stability and load-bearing capacity of the bridge.

Fortunately, there were several books on civil engineering and structural engineering in Wei Wu's system warehouse, so he gave them to Song Zhong to study.

He likes this kind of structural design, so while he is learning the knowledge, let him learn more about mortise and tenon structure.

Then build a few bridges in a practical way, find ways to optimize the structure, and learn from the failures.

After hearing what Wei Wu said, Zhu Biao nodded in agreement, and then he asked another question.

"Xiao Wu, I understand all the other difficulties you mentioned, but the one about interests, whose interests are you referring to?"

“Grain transport!”

Wei Wu did not keep the question secret and immediately gave the answer, then continued:

"Grain transport is the main transportation of the Ming Dynasty. There are 120,000 grain transport troops alone, not to mention the civilians involved in grain transport."

"The emergence of railways will inevitably have an impact on grain transport, which is a blow to the lower-class people who rely on grain transport for their livelihood."

Zhu Biao also understood that what Wei Wu said was true, and that grain transport was indeed the main mode of transportation in the Ming Dynasty.

There are many people who make a living in this industry, so after a brief moment of contemplation, Zhu Biao looked at Wei Wu and said with a smile:

"Xiao Wu, you should have thought of a solution to the canal transportation problem, but I also thought of one."

"Why don't we talk about it together and see if we think alike?"

Hearing this, Wei Wu also laughed, raised his eyebrows, and responded:

"Okay! Then let's talk about it together."

Then they both counted down to three.

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

After the countdown ended, Wei Wu and Zhu Biao both uttered two words at the same time.

"Bidding!"

After hearing each other's answers, Wei Wu and Zhu Biao both laughed, and then Zhu Biao spoke first.

"Are you planning to get those wealthy businessmen who made their money from the canal transport business to participate in the railway construction, just like you did with the road construction bidding?"

"Yes."

Wei Wu nodded in response, and then began to explain: