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"Chief engineer, this is the last sound, you can detonate it." The aged Cui Junsu straightened his waist and passed the detonator towards Li Chengxun. His trembling hands showed that the old man was quite restless at this time.

Li Chengxun took the detonator, looked back at the thousands of skinny and dark technicians behind him, and those Japanese slave laborers guarded by the army behind him, then turned around and looked up, staring at the not thick mountain wall in front of him , a sense of pride welled up in his chest, and he yelled: "The way of Shu—pass!"

Then he pressed the detonator in his hand, and there was a roar a few hundred meters away, and then the rocks flew three meters away and the mountain wall collapsed, as if a paradise had been opened, and the dust settled. From this side, Fan Yang Lu Shixiu could directly see people on the road.

ah!Success!Huge cheers came from the mouths of the skilled workers on both sides, followed by the Datang defenders, and even the slaves who built the road followed suit.

The corners of Li Chengxun's eyes were slightly wet, and he murmured to himself: "Ninth brother, have you seen it? From now on, Shu people will no longer have to walk on the plank road when they go out of the mountains."

"Come here, quickly report the news of the completion of the Shu Road project to the imperial court!"

In Chang'an City, after Li Er received the telegram, his mood of gloom for many days was swept away. The good news is that the natural danger Shu Road has been conquered and penetrated in his own generation.

"Send the order and get ready. In three days, I will go to the Shu Road to inspect it in person."

After saying this, Li Er suddenly thought of something, and told the servant Gao Gao: "By the way, quickly tell the Jin Palace the good news. I must have heard this. The happiest thing is my sister-in-law." Bar."

Li Er's deduction was correct. When the news reached Jin Wang's mansion, the 50-year-old Jin Princess Zheng Guanyin was overjoyed. The first thing she did was not to send someone to call Jin Wang back to the mansion, but to send someone to pass on to the wives of each family. Madam Hou, the wives of various countries, was invited to a banquet at the Jin Palace for nothing but one thing, and that was to choose a good wife for the third son, Li Chengxun.

When the road construction started, Li Chengxun was already 17 years old. Now, eight years have passed, and he is still single at the age of 25. He has no wife, not even a concubine. This concubine of Jin did not lose her son-in-law Bai Fan, so Bai Fan avoided his mother-in-law all these years.

In Zhongnan Academy, Bai Fan heard that his apprentice had finished building the road, and His Majesty was going to inspect it, so he also summoned the students from the Academy's School of Architecture to witness the completion of the Shu Road.

Among them, Mr. Li Chun, who is Li Chengxun's mentor, must go, and Bai Fan is at most Li Chengxun's enlightenment mentor.

However, when Bai Fan's wife Li Wanping heard that her mother had summoned someone to give her younger brother a blind date, her heart was moved, and she also rushed to the academy to look for Bai Fan.

"Husband, the third brother finally succeeded in building the road. I heard that my mother is calling the noble ladies in Chang'an to introduce a suitable daughter-in-law."

Bai Fan smiled as if he was relieved: "Okay, this news makes my husband happier than listening to the road to Shu, so I don't have to hide from my mother-in-law in the future, so you don't have to say that I have no filial piety.

Haha, Chengxun has been single so far, presumably it is not enough to marry only one this time. According to the temperament of the mother-in-law, I guess at least three, madam dare to gamble with the husband? "

Li Wanping scolded with a smile: "My husband just likes to mess around, and he hasn't been in shape since then.

Why are you so slow to hear this news? I came to you today for this matter. "

"What? Mother-in-law sent you here? Could it be that she wants me to be the master of ceremonies for Chengxun's blind date meeting? That's no problem, I agree. After all, I'm also my brother-in-law and apprentice, so it should be."

Li Wanping was so angry that he directly punched Bai Fan twice with his Xiu Quan, "I mean, for the third brother's marriage, it's better to allow our third sister to him. As a brother, why don't you know how to worry about it at all?"

"What did you say? Third sister?" Bai Fan was stunned.

It's true, it's really easy for me to ignore the important matters of my younger sisters, and basically my wives help me to worry about them.

Speaking of the three younger sisters, Bai Fan remembered that three years ago, because of the Tubo Li Mingxin incident, the third younger sister was all in vain, and was heartbroken at the end, and never mentioned marriage and love again. When the madam asked, she almost forgot that the third sister was not young, and if she didn't find a good match to marry, it would be difficult.

"Well, it's really that I'm not good at being an older brother, but fortunately I have a wife who is a good wife.

Before you came, did you ask our third sister if she hadn't gotten out of Li Mingxin's haze for three years, and would your mother-in-law be picky and say that our third sister once fell in love with others and disagreed? "Bai Fan said cautiously.

Li Wanping smiled and said: "You don't stay at home all year round. Of course I have to take care of the family. The third sister's situation is not bad. I can tell from talking with her that she has let go of Li Mingxin. It's just that she feels inferior to herself and has no intention of going out. It's just a family, it doesn't mean that you don't want to get married and have a relationship.

As for my mother's level, hehe, I'm afraid you don't know yet. She is much more pragmatic than my father. As early as when the eldest brother married our eldest sister, the eldest sister became a blockbuster, and my mother saw us. The four sisters in the family are not ordinary people, so I encouraged me a long time ago, saying that no way, my brother and younger brother will take all the four sisters in our family, and she would like to marry them all as daughters-in-law. "

Bai Fan didn't spit out a mouthful of old blood, what a tough mother-in-law, I'm just these four younger sisters, you Jin Wangfu wants to take it all together?But I have to say that you have a good eye. Many nobles look down on my younger sister who was born as a beggar. I am afraid that only Jin Wangfu, who has seen through the world and people's hearts, knows that a daughter-in-law's personal strength is sometimes more reliable than her family background.

"Okay, since that's the case, this time I'll go to the Southwest with His Majesty, and I'll secretly bring you and Third Sister, Chengxun probably wants to start a family in his heart, anyway, let's get close first, we can't let other families take the lead, right? "Bai Fan was thinking.

Li Wanping covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my husband. I have seen many women in the city, not to mention appearance, but in terms of talent and virtue. I am afraid that no one can compare with our sisters. Moreover, the third brother and the third younger sister went to the academy. We knew each other when we were in school, it’s easier to talk, and we have a great chance of success.”

The husband and wife finished their discussions and went to prepare separately. Bai Fan personally went to the tractor factory to arrange and supervise the production of a batch of more than a dozen large diesel-powered buses. Travel ceremonial vehicles.

Chapter 9 and One: Shu King Li Chengxun

Starting from the southwest of Chang'an, the Qinling Mountains were directly opened up and blasted into a straight line. The road is 20 meters wide and the ground is all cemented. The reason why it is not an asphalt road with stones and asphalt is because Datang now has oil The industry is not mature enough, and there are not many places where oil is exploited and used in the country. Without the consumption of vehicles, the oil industry cannot be driven at all, so the output of asphalt is insufficient.

However, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, it was all about the era of horse-drawn carriages. The road surface does not need to be too luxurious. The hardened cement road is far superior to the official roads in various places, because those official roads are basically dirt roads, which are muddy when it rains. It's not all flagstones, either.

So now the Shu road is a flat road with all cement, which can be said to be the most luxurious road in Tang Dynasty today, a highway. In ancient times, there was no such thing as card toll road maintenance, so this highway is purely free. Things are estimated to be absolutely impossible in later generations.

Sitting in the luxurious frame provided by Bai Fan, Li Er was in a good mood, and he kept praising the ministers along the way. I am afraid that this kind of vehicle that can run without a horse is only available in our Tang Dynasty.

"In short, what is the maximum speed of this vehicle? I saw that the road surface is extremely flat, and people sitting on the car can't feel the slightest bumps. Why doesn't this speed seem to be equal to [-] miles plus a fast horse?" Li Er asked.

Bai Fan explained: "Let's put it this way, the function of this thing is actually the same as the folk iron ox, except that one is used to drive the plow, this one is used to carry people, and the core power is hidden in the belly of the car.

If you want to ask about his top speed, on this road, regardless of pedestrian accidents, it is about 120 miles per hour, and he can run about [-] miles in a day and night. "

Pfft, the wine glasses in the hands of Li Er and all the ministers fell to the ground, and the fine wine they just drank from their mouths also spurted out.

How many?One thousand and five?Are you sure this is not a joke?Luoyang is only [-] miles away from Xi'an. If your car can travel [-] miles a day and night, wouldn't it mean that you can go to Luoyang in a day?

And how far is the straight-line distance from Chang'an to Jiange in Shushu?Calculated according to the newly repaired Shu Road, it is only [-] miles, so it can be reached in less than a day at full speed?

No one dared to believe it. Only some military generals who had used tractors knew that this thing could work day and night without eating grass or food, but only burning oil.

This is Bai Fan's seldom said. The large trucks of later generations are powered by diesel engines. When driving on the highway, the speed limit is [-] kilometers per hour, and they can run [-] kilometers in one day and night.

"Okay, pass on the order, the convoy will drive at full speed, and I will enter Sichuan in one day." Li Er waved his big hand and sent an order to the front of the car.

At this time, the driver at the front of the car reported back: "Report to Your Majesty, this is already the highest speed, and it is expected to reach the central section of the Shu Road tomorrow evening."

Um?Li Er's expression froze in an instant, and he looked back at Bai Fan with a strange look in his eyes. Is this what you said, one thousand and five a day and a night?Are you kidding me?

Bai Fan suppressed his smile and coughed a few times, "Ahem, Your Majesty misunderstood. The kind of car I mentioned can only be realized after the car-making technology matures. Today's car is for safety reasons. I will control the maximum speed at A hundred miles in an hour, otherwise, it may be dangerous if you go fast. After all, there are pedestrians on the road. If you hit someone or roll over, you will be in danger.

This thing is not as flexible as a horse, so be careful.

And we don't go on night walks at night, and we have a break for lunch or something, so we can only arrive tomorrow. "

Having said that, Li Ercai calmed down, and many people also joined in, and it was not a lot of a hundred miles in an hour, and it was still possible to travel to Luoyang in a day.

In the middle of the Shu road, Li Chengxun and others had been waiting in line early. Hearing the roar of approaching vehicles in the distance, everyone felt a little excited. Eight years of hard work were all here, and they could be recognized by the court and go down in history. It is worthwhile to have this thing in this life.

"That's that? That's His Majesty's car? Why isn't it a royal chariot? What kind of car is this? Where's the army guard? Where's the guard of honor?"

It is not easy for the ancient emperors to travel, they must be accompanied by a large army, so the general emperors do not go out, because it is inconvenient, so when you Emperor Wu of Han once sighed that he was just a bird bound in the palace, the palace It's a permanent prison.

"All the road construction personnel of the Shu Road, welcome Your Majesty."

Li Er took all the civil and military officials out of the car and walked up step by step. Li Er went up to help his nephew himself, as well as Cui Junsu of the Cui clan of Qinghe next to him, and the patriarch of the Lu clan of Fanyang.

"Okay, okay, the construction of the Shu Road will benefit future generations for thousands of years, on behalf of the people of the world, I thank you!" Li Er gave everyone a deep bow to the end.

"Come here, declare the decree!"

The servant Lao Gao straightened his chest and stood up, announcing the order in a loud voice.