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Chapter 37 The Power of the People

Starting from the next day, groups of people gathered across the river in Beicheng City of Tianqi City. These people will enter the northern mountainous area in batches to carry out construction.

The first batch of common people lined up on the main road in the north of the city under the management of officials, just like the usual military training. The difference was that this time there were no weapons in their hands, only various tools.

Hoes, drills, sledgehammers, wheelbarrows and other various tools are all provided by the people themselves, and the territory only needs to take care of the food.

As the first ray of sunshine from the east hit the earth, this group of people began to set off.

These people will be divided into multiple teams, each team is responsible for the construction of a section of the road, and multiple sections will be carried out simultaneously, which will speed up the progress of the project.

Fortunately, this passage only needs to be leveled by the common people, the pits that need to be filled in, and the pits that need to be widened are widened. Finally, it is rolled and compacted with big stone rollers and it is completed.

In addition to the construction of the passes, there are only a few rivers that need to be bridged, which is the most time-consuming aspect of the entire project.

As for the cement road, I can only think about it now. The construction of the pass is expected to use up all the cement production in the territory.

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Wang Da was a worker in the arsenal and the foreman who led a group of civilians. He had previous experience in building the bridge outside Beicheng, so this time he was appointed as a group of more than 100 foremans.

"Wang Da, how many days do we have to work?" said a person next to him. This person is his neighbor and a worker in the arsenal. His name is Li San. This time he is assigned to a team as his deputy.

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"Li San, you don't want to do this anymore, you've only been here for a day!" Wang Da was a little dissatisfied with Li San. He usually likes to sneak around at work and has no formality.

"Wang Da, Foreman Wang, why don't I want to do it? Isn't this a break?" Li San held the hoe with both hands and put his chin on the back of his hands, looking leisurely.

"You boy, I don't know you yet. Work quickly. There is a hole over there. You go over there and dig some soil to fill the hole!" Wang Da frowned and pointed seriously at a person behind Li San.

Xiaokeng said.

"Okay, you are the foreman and you have the final say!" Li San stood up straight slowly with a look of reluctance on his face, picked up the hoe and walked slowly towards the digging place.

"I'm asking you to be lazy!" Wang Da couldn't bear it anymore and kicked him. Li San just happened to notice him, dropped his hoe and staggered forward two steps. One of them was unsteady, and the other fell down.

"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you kicking someone!" Li San stood up, holding his chest with a face full of pain, while complaining to Wang Da: "If you have something to say, talk to me."

"Hahaha..." When other people working nearby saw this scene, they laughed one after another.

"What are you laughing at? Why are you laughing? Just do your job!" Li San is also an old fool. Hearing everyone laughing at him, he shouted angrily to everyone around him.

Wang Da said at this time: "Why are you yelling? Go dig the soil quickly. Do you want to get kicked by me again?"

When Li San saw that Wang Da was really angry, he picked up the hoe and went to work.

Wang Da looked around and saw that this section of the road was almost finished, and said: "Zhang Er, you go and hitch the horse to the big stone roller behind. When it is completed, let's start grinding!"

"Okay, Foreman Wang, I'll go right away. I'm not that kid like Li San. I'm very diligent, huh!" Zhang Er replied, even sarcastically making fun of Li San.

After hearing this, everyone laughed again. Wang Da said to Zhang Er: "Stop saying a few words and go quickly." Then he turned to the others and said: "Stop laughing, finish your work early and rest early!"

As for why such a naughty Li San became the deputy, it is because although Li San is a bit naughty and not formal, Li San has a flexible mind, knows a lot of techniques, and is not confused about important matters. Just like this time when the territory mobilized the people, he

He was one of the first people to respond.

After a while, two horses dragged a round boulder with a tow rope and rolled it over. After Wang Da saw it, he said: "Those who have finished the work are not finished, and those who have nothing to do can go to the side to prepare.

The road pressure has begun!”

The common people sped up their actions one after another, and soon they all packed up their tools and stood on both sides.

"Start paving the way!" Wang Da shouted, and Zhang Er led the horse towards this section of the road.

The boulder was rolled all the way, and the soft part of the road was instantly sunken. After the boulder passed, the people waiting nearby poured the prepared gravel and soil into the sunken place.

In this way, the boulders are repeatedly crushed, and the road becomes stronger and stronger. When there are no problems, this section of the road is considered to be repaired!

A construction team of more than 100 people can repair one or two kilometers of roads in one day. There are nearly a hundred such construction teams in total. After all, more than 100 kilometers of roads can be repaired in one day!

This is a very scary figure. You must know that the entire passage has now been discovered, and it is only about 200 kilometers all the way to the passage mouth in the mountains!

As long as this speed is followed, the construction of this section of road can be completed in two or three days, but the actual situation is not so ideal. People are human and will get tired, and after completing one section of the road, it takes a long time to rush to the next section that needs to be repaired.

Times of Day!

So, after doing the math, it actually takes about ten days to complete the road construction! The bridges were taken out separately. Now all the river crossings pass on the pontoon bridge built by the forward camp.

The people didn't complain about anything, and they all sped up the progress of the project spontaneously. Even some people who were in weak health were tired.

After Yang Song learned of this situation, he asked Li Ji to formulate a perfect work schedule. Work when you should work and rest when you should!

Yang Song was very touched by the diligence and simplicity of the people. It has to be said that Chinese people have always been like this. Their diligent work has created a lot of wealth, but these wealth are often ruthlessly harvested!

Yang Song secretly warned himself not to be dazzled by power and status, but to always keep his goals in mind, never forget his original intention, and firmly remember why he is so dedicated to developing his territory now!

Just as it was said in the system mission, he must shine the dazzling light of the greatness of Chinese civilization in the new world!

The greatness of civilization is based on the happiness of every common person. If the common people are not happy, how can we talk about greatness?

For this project, Yang Song was very satisfied with Yang Zhong's logistics management capabilities, both in terms of material transportation and personnel deployment.

Li Ji is only responsible for the specific construction, the location of the bridge, etc., and will be equivalent to a chief engineer.

As for the other common people, in addition to three meals a day, they also received appropriate monetary compensation, which was equivalent to the territory making these people perform paid corvee service.

In fact, both Yang Zhong and Qian Liang suggested that it would be enough to just show their intention, but Yang Song knew that the people's kindness must be compensated, otherwise it would be fine once or twice, but if it happens too often, the people will sooner or later wear out their kindness.
Chapter completed!
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