Logically speaking, the road to return is always faster than when I went, but Chen Mu was not very lucky.

On the way back to Panama City from Qilin Guard, Chen Mu and his party caught the rain. The road that was not easy to walk became even more south. It took him ten days to return to the other side of the isthmus.

The humid air made Chen Mu feel irritated. The first thing he did when he returned to Panama City was to burn hot water and take a good shower.

"This ghost place is definitely not the Ujing of the Ming Dynasty. The Ujing of the Ming Dynasty should be in Mexico City, not here."

When he heard that Chen Mu was back, Deng Zilong rushed to the military residence in Panama City as soon as possible, but he didn't expect to push open the heavy Western-style gate with complex religious patterns. What caught his eye was Chen Mu sitting cross-legged on the Ottoman carpet with bare back and rubbing his arms constantly, his whole body was red like steamed prawns.

His face was hysterical, very much like the desperate crazy believers Deng Zilong had seen in Haojing. He kept muttering words, as if he wanted some god to give him strength.

When Chen Mu noticed that Deng Zilong came in, he stopped his movements, supported his elbows and turned his wrist meaninglessly, as if he wanted to grab something. After gritting his teeth, he said with some fatigue and unknown embarrassment: "I'm just a little annoyed."

Deng Zilong lowered his hands and said speechlessly. He picked up Chen Mu's mid-lane robe on the back of the seat and handed it out. Then he asked: "You have seen Panama."

Chen Mu nodded one after another, took the short robe and draped it on his body, and had no intention of getting up. He supported his chin and said in a dim voice: "I have been soaking in the rain for two days, and the smell of stinking all over my body. This is different from what I imagined."

There are two problems before Chen Mu. First, it is where Youjing is located, and secondly, it is to build a canal. Both of these two things are different from what he imagined.

"I know that the Westerners have built roads here, but I don't know that they built roads on the ridge, with hot, rainy and miasma everywhere. I originally wanted to build a city in the middle of the isthmus. As the court's Youjing, it was sixty or seventy miles away from the coast from north to south, and I planned to lay wooden tracks on the road... It was all bullshit. There were highs and lows in this place, and there were forests and peaks that could not be seen everywhere, and nothing could be built."

"And the canal, your report."

Chen Mu looked up at Deng Zilong, raised his hand and pointed at the table with a thick stack of letters, saying, "Are we going to dig a mountain?"

The entire Panama region does not have the possibility of having a large city at this stage. Although there is an isthmus that can bring extraordinary commercial transportation, and although it connects the two oceans of the north and south, it is only a possibility of prosperity close to both ends of the coast.

There is no possibility of building a city in the middle of more than a hundred miles.

This issue can be explained by the report submitted to him by Deng Zilong's troops after mapping the near-terrain of the road.

You can imagine the entire isthmus as a mountain. To the south of the mountain is Panama Bay in the Pacific Ocean, to the north is the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean. The mountain is very high in the middle. This road leads from the south of the mountain to the north of the mountain. There is no too much rotation and turn, basically climbing up to the top of the mountain from the foot of the mountain, and then walking down from the top to the foot of the mountain to the north of the mountain.

However, because the terrain is lengthened and the altitude of the mountains is not very high, people do not realize that they are climbing the mountain during the climbing process. They only feel that they are tired and slower than usual, but in fact they are climbing the mountain.

But this mountain is made up of small hills. The mountains in front are only a little higher than the mountains behind, but these are accumulated little by little, much higher than the sea surface.

Chen Mu thought that digging canals was just building canals. Wu Zixu was the first canal in the world two thousand years ago. The Spanish had a good idea of ​​building canals, but until now, Europe has not dug any canals or canals that can match the Xu River. Chen Mu did not think that he could not do anything that the Spanish could not do.

As a result, you told me that I am not building a canal, but digging mountains?

The Panama Isthmus is very close to the north and south. Digging a river like this is not a big problem even for the current Eastern Military Palace, let alone the Ming Dynasty behind the Military Palace.

The Mesopotamian Basin has nurtured a splendid Chinese civilization, but the Dahe has no mercy in the mouths of his ancestors. It has flooded day and night. The first person who controlled the Dahe became the founding monarch of the Xia Dynasty. His achievements have convinced the public and made China from a tribe into a country.

They have the most water conservancy experts in the world and the richest experience in water conservancy construction in the world. Is it difficult to build a canal with a total length of up to 200 miles in Asia?

Deng Zilong's report explained to Chen Mu that it was really difficult.

Because the earth is uneven.

If the difficulty of building a canal in the plain area is one and the project volume is two, then the difficulty of digging a canal here is ten, and the project volume is between two hundred and five hundred.

Chen Mu was discouraged by such a huge project and shook his head to Deng Zilong and said, "I'm afraid there will be only land here in the future. As for Master Xu, let him come back."

"I really want to let him come back? Seven days ago, he sent someone to send back the news at Dahu west, asking me to dispatch a few carpenters to him, and also sent someone to send a message to the magistrate Changsheng, asking him to transfer a few skilled pearl pickers from the people."

Deng Zilong sighed, then smiled relaxed, and said, "No matter what, Panama is a place that must be fought for by military strategists, even if there is no canal, why not let him try it?"

"Pearl picker?"

Chen Mu pondered and thought, the pearl picker was a poor person who dived into the sea and took pearls for a living. The probability of this profession being unexpected is very high. Sometimes people disappeared without getting up in one breath. Xu Zhenming wanted a carpenter and a pearl picker, and also pointed out that he had strong diving ability, and the person was next to the lake.

Then his purpose was about to come out for Chen Mu.

He wanted to build mountains and embankments in Yazhou like Dayu in ancient times.

Chen Mu shook his head slowly and said, "This canal is not something that must be repaired, at least it is not something that is now. Even if we really want to do this, it will be difficult for our generation to see that the canal is completed. Without a canal, the interests of the Ming Dynasty will not be much damaged. XCMG is very old..."

Before Chen Mu finished speaking, Deng Zilong continued: "He wants to do this now, maybe he can only do this in his life."

"Xu Gong can serve His Majesty for another ten years? What status will he have in ten years? Or will the Minister of Works or the Minister of War? Perhaps it will be the end of the process from the Beiyang Branch to the Ministry of Works in three to five years."

As he spoke, Deng Zilong changed his mind and saw no regrets. Instead, he was excited and said: "Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of people who have made great achievements in contemporary times and benefited the future!"

"I don't understand water control, but there is a chance that Deng can seize the opportunity to become an official. Not to mention a ten-year, even if he has a hard time, Deng will not want to miss it. - at least one or two years, he will be able to measure all the terrain, terrain, water, and mountains. If there is no other way, it will not be too late to recall him."

Chen Mu pondered for a moment. He was not a short-sighted person, and he knew better than anyone else what Panamatho would bring after leaving the canal. But after knowing the difficulties and the rapid increase in engineering volume, he did not think he had to rush to do this.

He has limited resources, but there are many roads. He can walk well, and it will not be broken, and the rewards will be faster than building a canal.

However, Deng Zilong was right. Before Xu Zhenming found out all the situation, he didn't need to invest too much in it. He could have asked Xu Zhenming to try it out.

"If a person can really do something well in his life, it's worth it. Let him try it."

Chen Mu grinded his chin, and he had to do one thing with the same spirit: "I, I have to think of a way to embrace Mexico City in Daming's arms."
Chapter completed!