The most arrogant in history

Chapter 482 Ambition of the Starry Sea!

The salinity of seawater is more than 3 percent.

Salt can be produced very quickly without refining.

However, the mile-wide road that Ding Ding mentioned is really scary, and Ye Kun probably can't afford it.

Ding Ding said:

"I have calculated and tested it. For the initial project, we only need to open up a road ten steps wide. The amount of sea salt required is not very large. One mile, about 500 kilograms of sea salt.

After the road is opened, we can continue to spread salt on both sides and set fire to the mountain, and the speed will be very fast. "

Ye Kun asked: "According to what you said, how much sea salt is needed to make a road ten steps wide and unobstructed?"

"The area where salt needs to be spread is at least a thousand miles, so we need 500,000 kilograms of sea salt."

"No problem." Ye Kun calculated the output and said:

"I will notify the Yizhou Salt Mine to produce a batch of unrefined crude salt. Then let Song Poliu and others refine a large amount of sea salt. We will work together from north to south and connect the two in the middle."

As for Tintin's plan, it is indeed feasible.

First, a guide team was sent into the mountains, leading more than a thousand people, to spread salt along the way. When encountering a big tree, they would cut a circle around the root, sprinkle salt on the blade, and sprinkle salt on the tree roots.

As long as there is enough salt, the grass and trees will wither within three months.

If we light a fire at that time, we can burn out a passage.

It saves a lot of effort than cutting down trees directly.

Moreover, it will be difficult for grass and trees to grow on the route where salt is spread, so it is a permanent solution.

Of course, refining and transporting salt requires a lot of labor, but when you think about it, it still saves more labor than cutting down trees.

Tintin added: "We have already started burning the forests in the south. We first cut wood, dry it, and then bring the dry wood into the forests and set it on fire.

But it is easy to operate only after November and before February. At other times, the effect is very poor and the wood cannot be burned thoroughly.

Another problem is that it is impossible to burn it completely. In just one spring and summer, weeds and thorns will grow wildly.”

"Yes, wildfires cannot be extinguished, and spring breezes will bring new life."

Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "Just do as Junior Sister said. For the old forests and special roads that are the most difficult to develop, sprinkle more salt until there is no grass left."

Tintin walked to the map and asked:

"Brother, since we have large sea vessels that can directly enter the Bay of Bengal, why do we have to go through so much trouble to open a land route?"

Ye Kun said: "I want to leave an outlet to the Bay of Bengal for my descendants. At the same time, to control the entire Jiaozhi Peninsula, we must advance by land and sea.

The Ancient Tea-Horse Road is also an important trade route. Once it is successfully expanded, it will prosper the southwestern economy and strengthen exchanges. In the future, with further exchanges, Nanhuang and Jiaozhi will be completely absorbed.”

In the previous dynasty, the First Emperor led an expedition to the south to conquer Baiyue and Jiaozhi with an army of 500,000. They stayed there and also conscripted many women from the interior to send them over.

This changed the situation in the south and increased the Chinese bloodline.

However, the South did not complete its complete sinicization.

Ye Kun hopes that during his lifetime, he can make progress by both land and sea so that the South and China can become one solid entity and never be separated.

Even if we cannot conquer the Indian Peninsula, we must firmly control the Bay of Bengal so that future generations can face the Indian Ocean directly and realize their ambitions of reaching the stars and the sea.

In fact, the southern part of Myanmar is flat.

The most difficult part of road construction is the Million Mountains at the border between Yunnan and Myanmar.

Ding Ding's idea is to proceed with the north and south at the same time and merge them in the middle. In this way, the speed will be greatly increased.

In another year, the expansion of the Ancient Tea-Horse Road will be completed, and it will be able to transport troops and food and allow large armies to pass through.

In another three years, most sections of the road will be open to traffic.

There are large rivers and streams in the mountainous areas, and we need to build ferry crossings and ferries.

Permanent stone bridges can be built over small rivers.

Calculated in this way, the project is still very large, even larger than the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Only Ye Kun dares to do this, because he has the support of the coal and steel industries, the support of China's granary, and the support of guns and artillery.

Ding Ding said, "Brother, let me be responsible for the road construction in the south. Ye Qingyang and I have signed a military order, and there are still two years left. We can't delay."

Ye Kun sighed, "Junior sister, Pang Jia and Sun Yi's scientific and technological team have moved to Zhuo County. You should go there too, take a rest, and take a look at our scientific research results over the past year, which may be used in road construction. After you have rested for a while, we can talk about road construction."

"Okay, I'll go to Zhuo County to see Senior Sister Gongsun, as well as Pang Jia and Sun Yi."

Ding Ding nodded and left.

Gongsun Erniang was in Zhuo County, supervising and planning the construction of the capital, which was also very hard work.

The sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

Ye Kun officially left Xuchang and headed for Zhuo County.

This time, the team was huge, with tens of thousands of people.

Before this, many institutions and personnel had already moved out.

The highway from the Central Plains to Zhuo County was well built. There were loess roads, stone roads, and some sections were made of cement.

The team was large, so they moved very slowly, covering more than 40 miles a day.

Jiang Yourong and her wives all rode in a large carriage, admiring the scenery on both sides as they moved forward.

During the relocation, we encountered a heavy snowfall.

Madam Hongyun rode her horse and ran on the snow. She was so cold that her nose was running, but she was as happy as a child.

Ye Kun accompanied Jiang Yourong, sitting in a large and luxurious carriage, warming themselves by the fire while talking about the climate characteristics of the Zhuo County area.

Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "It's too cold here. I'm afraid people in the south are not used to it. I think Chengdu is the best."

"Chengdu is indeed nice, but living there, it's easy for people to become lazy, lose their fighting spirit, and just get by day by day." Ye Kun said with a smile:

"Considering the overall situation of the country, Chengdu cannot be the capital, but can only be used as a rear base. The greatest threats to the nine provinces of China are in the north, from the Xiongnu, Goguryeo, and the Western Qiang."

"Why is the North a threat?"

"Because the climate in the north is too cold, the grasslands cannot grow food. In Liaodong and Goguryeo, some areas can grow food, but only once a year. When the population grows too large, there will not be enough food there. If there is not enough food, the northerners will move south and rob the Han people of their food and livestock.

So China built the Great Wall hundreds of years ago to stop the northern grassland people from moving south."

"Then, when we live in Zhuo County in the future, do we still need to build the Great Wall?"

"My queen, the people who are now renovating the Great Wall are the Huns."

Ye Kun laughed and said, "They should build a Great Wall to prevent me from attacking them."

As for the Northern Huns and Goguryeo, Ye Kun hesitated and did not launch a large-scale war.

The main reason was that the Central Plains had just been stabilized and productivity needed to be restored.

Ye Kun also needs to establish his prestige and needs to take a breather.

The purpose of establishing the capital in Zhuo County is to completely conquer the Northern Huns and Goguryeo, and not give up an inch of land. It’s either you or me!

Ye Kun’s cannon is not very effective against the grassland people.

Since they have no city, their cannons are useless.

However, rapid-fire muskets, telescopes, wire defenses, high-strength armor, and high-strength swords, guns, and bows and arrows were the Huns' nightmare.

Faced with the technological gap, the Hun cavalry, who came and went as fast as the wind and lightning, could only watch helplessly as they were beaten.

As they were talking, Tan Bamao came to report:

"Godfather, I received an urgent report from General Guan Yong. Our 60,000-man army has completely recaptured the entire Yinshan Mountains, captured more than 30,000 people, and seized nearly one million cattle and sheep. We have driven the Xiongnu cavalry to the north of Yinshan Mountains!"