After Li Zhi handed over the government affairs to Wu Zetian and Li Xian, he focused all his attention on the Medical College and the Imperial Hospital. Not only did he provide a large amount of financial support, he also arranged many Xuanwu Guards to go in.
Li Zhi knew everything about these two places, but unfortunately, although there was no shortage of people or money in the two places and a lot of results were achieved, they still couldn't find a way to cure him.
Li Xian thought for a moment and said, "Why doesn't your Majesty summon Dr. Sun to Chang'an?"
"We did. We not only sent people to look for him, but also asked his disciple Liu Shenwei to wait for him at his residence."
Li Zhi said helplessly, "But we can't find him. He said he went to Mount Zhongnan to collect herbs. It's been two or three years, and there's still no news. He's so old, and I don't know if something happened to him."
Sun Simiao was over a hundred years old at this time, and it was normal for people of this age to have any problems.
Li Zhi naturally hoped to find Sun Simiao, but Mount Zhongnan was so large and the terrain so complex that even if he sent countless people in, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
After listening to Wang Ping'an's introduction, Zhang Xin asked curiously: "Aren't we in Yuzhou good at using water power? Since there are deep valleys, there must be rivers. Why doesn't Junior Master dredge the river?
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Wang Pingan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "That's not how it works. After all, the river still needs a wharf and roads to connect it, and the radiation range of the river will be greatly limited.
Wang Pingan smiled and continued, "In fact, with our farming skills in Yuzhou, there are so many ownerless wastelands that we will not lack food at all. As long as we open up a small area, we can basically meet our needs.
The little girls looked at each other. They had never imagined that "starting from scratch" would actually be like this. A light word in the book suddenly became as heavy as a mountain once it was put into practice.
It is impossible to spend all the money on road construction, and there is also the issue of construction time. After all, it takes much longer to dredge a river than to build a road. "
Therefore, we did not choose those plains as the places to build roads. After all, it is not possible to make much money by farming in the Tang Dynasty now.
Wang Zheng smiled, patted his son's shoulder and consoled him, "From the word '筚路蓝缕', we can see that it is never an easy task to open up wasteland, but we have to go out, and this kind of thing is inevitable.
During the dry season, all the rocks in the river are exposed above the water surface. During the flood season, the flow rate is too fast, and the height difference is too large, so there is no condition for dredging. Dredging a river is more difficult than building ten roads. "
The most dangerous time was when we encountered a landslide. We lost more than a dozen people that time, and none of their bodies were recovered.”
Our main target is still on various minerals. Generally, we first look for mineral deposits, and then build a road to them after confirming that there are rich mines worth mining.
The two chatted for a while, and Li Xian saw that Li Zhi was exhausted, so he persuaded Li Zhi to go back to his room and rest.
Speaking of transporting grain, it is really something that people don't want to recall. Starting from Lingqu Canal and transporting it into the mountains, generally speaking, out of 300 kilograms of grain, less than 100 kilograms would be left at the end.
After more than two years of development, we are now basically self-sufficient, unlike in the beginning when we always needed to transport food from outside.
"Unlike the plains in Guanzhong and the hills in Yuzhou, Nanzhao is mostly covered with high mountains and deep valleys. Even some small plains are basically surrounded by mountains. If you want to open up those small plains, the first thing is not to open up the land, but to build roads to connect with the outside world."
Several girls nodded at the same time, agreeing with Wang Ping'an's point of view.
Chen He thought for a moment and said, "The transport capacity of one river is greater than that of ten roads. By comparison, dredging the river is more cost-effective than building roads, right?"
At this time, Wang Zheng's family had just finished their meal. Although they had just been introduced and interacted with each other, Zhang Xin and the others still looked at Wang Ping'an with curiosity, and the girls exchanged their feelings from time to time.
If our generation works harder, future generations will have an easier time, and this will benefit future generations.”
Then we will reclaim wasteland along the way and develop agriculture and animal husbandry to meet the needs of craftsmen who mine the minerals. Of course, just in case, we will definitely arrange more people to farm.
Wang Ping'an nodded, "I know, I gave them generous compensation, and the Ba people didn't blame us, but I still feel a little sad when I think about it."
Wang Ping'an said with a lingering fear, and continued: "Moreover, the mountain road is difficult to travel. At the beginning, due to limited conditions, the road we built was only a five-foot path. If it is sunny, it will be better. Once it rains, the people transporting grain will even be in danger of their lives.
This is because we transported half the meat, and we also transported it with wheelbarrows. Otherwise, we might not be able to transport a single grain of food.”
Besides, there is a huge difference between taking out 10 million strings of cash at one time and taking out 1 million strings of cash at one time.
I think dredging the river is definitely faster than building roads, and water transport can transport much more goods than horse and carriage transport. "
The reason why Wang Zheng asked Wang Ping'an to explain these things to them was to let them know more things beyond the books, and not to think that Chang'an was everything.
This is because Wang Zheng discovered that after these girls followed Xiao Yuehua to do business, as their wallets became fatter and fatter, they actually became a little slack in their studies, just like Xiao Yuehua.
This is unacceptable. Wang Zheng still cares about these friends around his daughter. After all, it was their company that made Xiao Yuehua become sensible in the beginning.
Life not only requires good teachers, but also good friends. It is actually much easier to make progress together than to figure it out on your own, so Wang Zheng wanted to spur them on.
"Many things cannot be explained clearly by a few sentences in the newspaper. The actual situation is often more serious. So, you still need to study hard. Only with more knowledge can you avoid more disasters."