"You just said that the new Dahe Ferry in Puyang collapsed shortly after the construction of the new Dahe Ferry in Puyang?" Chen Xu suddenly interrupted a middle-aged businessman.

"Yes, this is what happened in January. The Dahe Ferry was originally built in winter and was completed during the dry season. Both sides of the river were made of stones and reinforced with reinforced concrete. However, after the beginning of spring, the river thawed, and a large amount of steel, coal, stone and grain accumulated on both sides began to cross the river and transport it. As a result, the newly built wharf collapsed in less than half a month. It is said that several ships were overturned, countless people fell into the water, and a large number of goods fell into the water... Alas, the losses were heavy!" The merchant sighed and shook his head after explaining.

"Xianyang has never heard of this. Could it be that the construction team cut corners during the construction of the wharf?" Chen Xu's face looked a little ugly in an instant.

"Mr. Marquis, it's not that the construction quality of the wharf is poor. A friend also suffered cargo losses in that accident. I went to see it after hearing it. The steel and cement at the wharf were sufficient. I heard that the local officials revealed that it might be because the wharf was not completely dry, solidified and solidified, and it started to use it. There were too many cargoes and heavy. Hundreds of helpers were transported and trampled on the ship for several days. The wharf was overwhelmed and collapsed more than ten feet. The ships and civilians who were loading and unloading were instantly affected..."

"How can I enable it if I didn't do it?" Chen Xu frowned even higher.

"Mr. Marquis, you don't know how much cargo is piled up on both sides of the river now. The steel, coal, stone, fur and wool in the north, and the grain, salt, babupi, tea, wine, and porcelain in the south have long been piled up at various docks on both sides of the shore. It is difficult to get out of the way in winter. Therefore, after the beginning of spring, all the cargo merchants can no longer wait to get off the ship and want to sell it at a good price. There are incidents of collapse of the docks and overturning the cargo ship every year. I have heard of the bigger accidents many times. This time it is not particularly serious, so the Marquis doesn't need to be angry!" Shui Hong quickly spoke to comfort Chen Xu.

"The head of the Shui family is right. The marquis doesn't need to be angry. This happens every year. It's just that these people are not alive!" Another businessman shook his head and agreed.

"Then the officials think there is a way to solve this accident?"

When Chen Xu heard that this kind of thing happened every year, he thought about it and realized that even the two wharfs outside the south gate of Xianyang often heard about the collision and overturn of cargo ships. It is not uncommon for people and goods to fall into the water without knowing where to end. Those who die can only blame their fate, and those who have damaged the cargo can only admit that they are unlucky.

In this era, no one will be responsible for these things, and if something happens, everyone will have to leave it to fate.

The merchants at the table slowly put down their wine glasses and chopsticks, looked at each other or pondered each other, and then a middle-aged man in his forties broke his silence and said, "Marty, in fact, the best way to solve this problem is to build a bridge..."

"Building a bridge, this matter is absolutely impossible!" The middle-aged man was interrupted before he finished speaking.

"Yes, the big river is not tributary of the Wei River and Ba River, so it is completely impossible to build a bridge!"

"Of course, to build a bridge, you must find a wide area where the river is flat and the banks are wide. However, when the river reaches summer, it will flood and all the water and drought docks will be submerged. Brother Xu has forgotten that the river broke into the east of Qi and over ten counties six years ago. The river surface becomes wider as it goes downstream. Not to mention the bridge repair, it is not enough to build a dock..."

"What Mr. Fan said is right. The current big river is almost unrecognizable from the situation where Emperor Yu controlled the flood. According to the history of Zhou, the largest big river diversion occurred in the fifth year of Dingwang. The flood took the river from Suxukou and went east to Luochuan, and went to Changshoujin and diverted it from Luochuan. The Zhang River in the north was merged into Zhangwu and entered the sea. This new river was south of the Yu River. It was diverted for hundreds of miles. Six years ago, the big river that flooded more than ten counties in Qidong led to the big river moving south for more than ten miles. Faced with such a wandering river, how can it be built? Maybe the river has already run away again..."

Almost all of the merchants who attended the banquet were large clans in the Central Plains for a long time, and they also traveled in the seven countries all year round to conduct business. They were especially familiar with this river, which was known as the mother river of China, so they almost opposed the suggestion of building bridges in unison.

Because this is a problem of not being rich, it is a problem of technology and current situation.

From everyone's perspective, first, it is impossible to build a bridge on a big river. The span is too large and it is almost impossible to complete this amazing project. Second, the river channel is not fixed. Faced with such a big river that you can run, the consequences of building a bridge are unpredictable.

"It's really too difficult to repair a bridge..." Chen Xu couldn't help but shake his head.

Building a cement steel bridge across the Yellow River, let alone the present, even if it is ten or twenty years, it will not be able to achieve the technology.

I won’t mention the diversion of the Yellow River. After all, the Yellow River is so long, there are always some places where the river sections are relatively fixed. Most of the diversions are downstream areas, and the middle reaches are relatively stable, but the span of the bridge is too large when it is the biggest difficulty.

Without large concrete construction machinery, how to repair the piers is an impossible task.

According to the current bridge construction level, at least one hundred bridge piers alone are needed. Chen Xu thought about the scene. Although he was still looking forward to it, this idea was soon revealed by two villains in his mind and directly sacrificing the gossip formation to suppress it.

When Chen Xu also rejected the proposal of Xiuqiao, the middle-aged businessman just now bowed his head and stopped talking with a shameless expression.

"The bridge repair is not good at the moment. To solve this problem, we still need to find a solution from the dock. In this matter, we need to arrange officials from the Ministry of Works and Academy of Sciences and craftsmen to check and then make plans..." Chen Xu did not know the specific situation, so he could only put this matter temporarily.

"Did the Marquis say that there is a way to build a bridge on the river?" The middle-aged businessman suddenly looked up in surprise.

"Yes, we open roads when we meet mountains and build bridges when we meet water. This is how our ancestors of China slowly opened up traffic roads from the wilderness, and finally slowly gathered into the current situation of our China so prosperous and prosperous..."

"All things are planned and not planned, and they will be abandoned. Since the river is so difficult to cross and seriously hinders the transportation between north and south of China, then building a bridge is definitely the best choice and the last inevitable choice. Since this is the case, we should also start planning in advance, and just wait for the time to be ripe to complete this feat that has never been seen in history..."

"Is there any difficulty in the world? If it does it, it will be easy. If it does not, it will be difficult. If it does, it will be difficult. If it does, it will be difficult. If it does, it will be difficult. We live in this magnificent era, and we must have someone to determine the ambition of conquering the heavens. The wild waves of the sea tie up the blue dragon. How can we retreat because of a mere river..."

"The big river is not our goal. Soon after, you will know another huge plan of this marquis, which is to conquer all the rivers in the territory of the Qin Dynasty, and this is only the beginning. As a proud Daqin man, our goal of conquering is to conquer the five continents and all seas..."

"Even the sun, moon, and stars!"

Chen Xu's expression was calm, and the audience was silent. Everyone was seriously looking at each other. At the same time, everyone felt their hearts beating constantly, and their meridians were shaking.

They all understood the bridge repairs. No matter how difficult it is, they must be repaired in the end. But what is the goal of conquering the entire river of the Qin Dynasty and conquering the five continents and the four seas?

And conquer the sun, moon, stars?! Then... wouldn't you all become a god...

Since Chen Xu's shocking and incomprehensible words, the atmosphere at the entire table has become particularly strange. Everyone has become cautious in discussing and speaking. When they look at Chen Xu, they dodged their eyes and dared not look directly at it as if they were beginning.

In particular, Fan Yong, Shui Hong and others have been dealing with Chen Xu for seven or eight years. They think they know Chen Xu quite well, but when they are having dinner together, they find that the gap between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger.

When all the businessmen were still struggling with how to discuss business such as steel, cement, spinning and weaving to Chen Xu this time, they suddenly realized that Chen Xu's eyes were no longer on the three-point land of Daqin.

Is this the thin black boy who opened a Qinghe shop and raised funds to prepare for the Huaxia Money House in Wancheng?

Eight years have passed, Fan Yong has become older, with a snow-white hair and aged face, showing the dusk aura, which is completely different from the momentum when he first met Chen Xu eight years ago.
Chapter completed!