Chapter 331

"Is this the way to imitate the clay embryo? I once heard that when people build houses, straw will be added into the clay embryo, so the clay embryo will be particularly strong." a master of the Ministry of work wondered.

As soon as their eyes lit up, they immediately applauded the case and said, "the Mohist school is really different from ordinary people. Straw and mud are the common method among the people. The world uses them to build houses. How could they ever think of using this method to build roads.

"As for the method of paving roads with sorghum straw, although it has never been tested, according to the folk method, this method must be very good. If Mohist Zi's move can succeed, it must solve a big problem for the Ministry of work to build roads." Duan Lun nodded.

In fact, sorghum straw bedding is the most primitive geotextile. Compared with various professional fabrics in later generations, the effect is naturally poor. However, it has been an advanced method in the Tang Dynasty.

General Zuo's face suddenly sank. He didn't expect such a reversal.

"As for lime paving, this is a good recipe. As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it was recorded that lime mixed with soil paving can solidify the road surface and make the road not easy to muddy. However, another official of the Ministry of works smiled bitterly.

Everyone knows that this side is really good. There is still one biggest disadvantage, that is, it costs money.

The price of lime is not a problem of one car and two cars. There is a large amount of lime needed to build roads.

"It's said that mojiazi built official roads in the south of the city and bought all the lime in Chang'an city." the Shaofu supervisor said softly.

All the officials immediately smacked their tongue, which was a lot of money.

Many officials of the Ministry of work have a sudden change of mind. Among the three provinces and six ministries of the Ministry of work, only the Ministry of work has the smallest right, and most of them use corvee.

Although the Mohist road building method costs money, they don't use their own money to build roads. They can apply to the imperial court for funding. In this way, the money and power controlled by the Ministry of works must be doubled.

All the officials of the Ministry of work turned their minds and secretly planned.

"Seeing is better than hearing. The official road in the south of the city is not far. It's not too late for us to check after the Mohist school has built the road." Duan Lun, the Minister of industry, said with an urgent mood.

If the Mohists really built an official way that satisfied all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the work department can naturally follow the trend, otherwise the work department will have nothing but joy.

Under the attention of Chang'an City, the road construction of Mojia village was carried out in an orderly manner, ploughing the road, laying the bottom with sorghum straw, mixing ash and flattening. Just when most of the people in Chang'an City returned from corvee, the road construction project of Mojia village came to an end.

"This is the road built by the Mohists?"

He Jiazhuang's children, who returned from the corvee service under the leadership of villa leader he, were shocked to see eight horses pulling a huge iron shoe to flatten the official road in the south of the city.

"How much effort does it take for the Mohist village to repair the whole official road?" villa leader he's son couldn't help but lower his head, touch the white soil mixed with lime and smack his tongue.

"I'm sure I'll offend the Mohist village this time!" villa leader he couldn't help looking pale, because he took the lead in suing the Mohist village and asked the Mohist village to build this official road. Now the Mohist village costs so much, how can the Mohist village not resent him.

The young and strong of other villages also returned from corvee one after another. When they saw the road construction of Mojia village one by one, they couldn't help but be awed.

Many villages in the south of the city immediately walked around all night and hugged each other to prevent revenge from Mojia village.

Outside the south gate,

Merton accompanied Duan Lun, the Minister of the Ministry of industry, walking on the extremely flat official road and proudly said, "Lord Duan, how about this road?"

Duan Lun was shocked to see the iron roller pulled by eight horses and compacted the road back and forth. He didn't know how much faster it was than rammed earth.

"Yes, it's really good. Mohist craft is really unique in the world." Duan Lun sighed.

The previous official road will be potholes, but the soil will be directly filled and compacted. The whole official road is like a patch, which is very unsightly. The newly filled place does not fit well with the original, and it is easy to be damaged again.

When Mojia village renovated this, not only the potholes and potholes have all disappeared, but also the whole pavement is like a whole, which is extremely beautiful.

"It's really nice to put on airs, but I don't know whether it's useful or not." will be the young supervisor said strangely.

When Merton saw that he would be a young supervisor, he immediately sneered. He would be a supervisor under the Ministry of work. When he was fighting drought years ago, he wanted the secret of Mohist steelmaking, but was rejected by Merton. Therefore, the Mohist village was hostile and would be a supervisor. Unexpectedly, he was so narrow-minded that he took the opportunity to retaliate.

"Little supervisor, you can rest assured that Mo made a military order for this road in the county. In the future, the corvee will be contracted for this road every year. If there is any damage, Mojia village will bear it." Merton said proudly.

Duan Lun immediately said with a smile: "if you want to be rich, build the road first. I believe that the mojiazi who can shout such slogans will not be slack in building the road."

"Thank you for your trust," Morton said to Duan Lun.

Duan Lun looked at the official road in the south of the city and couldn't help admiring it. What satisfied Duan Lun most was that the original official road was set up with mounds every other mile along the road, named Hou. Now, Mojia village has flattened Hou and replaced it with a milestone with words.

"East Luoyang, West Fufeng! Nanmojia village."

"There are still fifty miles from here to Mojia village."

The bright signboard is much more beautiful than the original tuhou, and it has the function of pointing. I don't know how much better it is than the original tuhou.

Will be a young supervisor. He was cold in his heart. He wanted to criticize Merton for changing the official signs of the Tang Dynasty without authorization, but he had to give up when he saw Duan Lun's great appreciation for the road signs.

"Just... Why is this road much lower than both sides?" Duan Lun hesitated.

What did he think? How did he think that the subgrade of the official road was lower? In this way, I'm afraid it would be muddy in rainy and snowy weather.

"Shangshu, you have a good eye. This road is still far from the last step." Merton nodded.

"Still a step away?" Duan Lun frowned. Except that the subgrade of this road is slightly lower, the others are perfect. Even if it is accepted by the Ministry of work now, it is not impossible. However, in the eyes of mojiazi, it is only a semi-finished product.

Suddenly, many officials of the Ministry of works looked at them one after another.

Merton smiled and said, "you will know tomorrow."

A group of officials from the Ministry of works personally tested the strength and hardness of the official road and the road construction tools in Mojia village. They all watched with interest until the sun tilted to the West. They reluctantly returned to Chang'an city.

The sunset set and the gate of Chang'an City closed.

"Young master, it's ready!" Xu Jie whispered behind Merton.

At this time, no one found that Merton did not return to Chang'an City, but stayed outside Chang'an city.

Merton was busy all day, but he was not tired at all. Instead, he said excitedly, "there is no road in the world. If there are many people walking, it will become a road. Let the Mohists build an unprecedented road that shocked the Tang Dynasty!