With the addition of Tenzin Tsering, the team expanded to nine people plus two yaks. The addition of these two yaks completely liberated them, otherwise each person would have to carry nearly 20 kilograms of things into the mountains.
Now that they had these two hardworking yaks, they could entrust all the things they were carrying to these two yaks. The total weight was less than 300 kilograms, and the two yaks carried it with ease.
The direction of the Aqik River Valley is northwest-southeast. After leaving Tashi Tsering's house and walking about two kilometers along the valley, all the farmlands in the valley disappear. The width of the valley quickly decreases to about 50 meters, and the hillsides on both sides become steeper.
"Engineer Liu, can we build a road in such a narrow river valley? I mean, can a two-way two-lane highway be built?" Yang Jing asked Liu Changchuan as he walked and looked at the surrounding terrain. He is an engineer from the Highway Bureau, and it depends on his opinion whether a road can be built here.
Since we are going to open a jade mine here, the first problem that needs to be solved is the transportation issue in and out. Without good transportation, the jade mine might as well not be opened.
Liu Changchuan obviously knew what he was doing here. He had taken out his notebook from time to time and was writing and drawing on it. When he heard Yang Jing's question, he nodded and said, "The geographical conditions of this river valley are very good. It will be no problem to build a third-level highway. At least up to here, there will be no problem to build a third-level highway."
After a pause, Wang Changyou explained as he walked: "In our country, a third-level highway refers to a two-way, two-lane highway. The roadbed width of this type of highway is generally 7.5 meters, and the width of each lane is 3 meters. In addition, there are 75 centimeters of shoulders on both sides, which together constitute a 7.5-meter-wide roadbed."
"However, judging from the current situation in the valley, if we continue to move forward, it may be difficult to repair the third-level highway. Even if we forcefully repair it, future maintenance will be a big problem. Mr. Smith, if possible, could you consider the fourth-level highway?"
"Class IV highway? The one-lane highway?"
"Well, to be exact, it should be a two-way single lane. The roadbed of this type of highway is narrower than that of a Class III highway. The standard width of a Class IV highway is six meters, and the lane width is 3.5 meters. However, in special areas, this standard can be appropriately relaxed. For example, we can reduce the width of the shoulder and the lane width. However, this will make it difficult for vehicles to meet each other, and we need to build a meeting point at a certain distance to ensure safe meeting."
Yang Jing nodded slightly and said, "Don't jump to conclusions for now. Let's keep going and see what happens. I mean to build a standard third-level highway as much as possible. If it is really impossible, we can consider reducing the width of the roadbed."
Liu Changchuan nodded and said nothing more.
The westernmost edge of the area that Yang Jing chose when he was flying in the air that day was only a few hundred meters away from the Aqik River Valley. However, within these few hundred meters, there was a mountain with an altitude of more than 2,500 meters.
Therefore, if you want to enter the target area from the Aqik River Valley, you must go around both sides of this mountain.
At this time, two large mountains appeared in front of us, causing the originally straight river to bend, and the degree of bending was quite large. However, after passing this 1.5-kilometer-long curved river, the river valley in front became narrower, but it became straight again.
Liu Changchuan stayed near this winding river for a long time, writing and drawing on his notebook for a long time, and then he found Yang Jing and said, "Mr. Smith, if the highway is to pass through this river valley, we must build a winding mountain road. Unless we dig a tunnel from this mountain, we can only go over this ridge through the winding mountain road."
Yang Jing asked: "Is it difficult?"
"It's not that difficult. The slopes of this mountain are relatively flat, so building a winding mountain road is not a problem. It just increases the mileage of the road."
"Well, as long as the road can be repaired, adding a little mileage won't matter."
In this way, Yang Jing and Liu Changchuan talked as they walked, and they cooked their own lunch in the ravine. Fortunately, these people were well-trained, and this level of mountain climbing was not difficult for them.
As the sun gradually set in the afternoon, they had already reached a location about ten kilometers from the entrance of the Aqik River Valley. At this time, Yang Jing pointed to the mountain on the left and said, "We need to climb over or bypass this mountain to reach the target area. Should we continue walking today, or rest here tonight and continue tomorrow?"
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