The most arrogant in history

Back then, many people died while building China's Grand Canal.

The vast majority are foreign laborers.

Building a canal in the desert today, with the hot climate and difficulty in supply, I am afraid even more people will die.

Ye Kun sighed and said, "The Suez Canal is a world-class and historic project. Casualties caused by construction accidents are inevitable. However, I will try my best to ensure the safety of the workers."

In fact, Suez is not long, only two hundred kilometers.

The length is far shorter than China's Grand Canal.

The difficulty lies in the fact that it is a desert and uninhabited area, making supplies difficult.

It can only be repaired section by section and supplied by sea.

Ye Kun estimated that the construction of this canal was more difficult than the Yunmian Highway built under the supervision of Tintin.

When the Yunnan-Mianyang Highway was completed, opening up a direct outlet from inland China to the Indian Ocean, more than 100,000 people died.

However, in the construction of the Yunmian Highway, Tintin used the method of spreading salt to destroy the forest and used tens of millions of kilograms of crude sea salt.

What method should be used to build a canal in the desert today?

Thinking of Tintin, Ye Kun asked his subordinates to send all the survey reports of the Suez Canal to Tintin for her reference.

Unexpectedly, Ding Ding called back the next day.

Tintin said: "Building a canal in the desert is not difficult, excluding climate and supply issues. We can recruit a large number of camels and build desert sleds, also known as dry land boats, to transport sand.

Taking the canal channel width as an example, if it is one kilometer wide, the excavated sand needs to be sent three kilometers away, and a sand-proof wall needs to be built to prevent the desert from flowing back.

In key areas, docks and ports are set up to enhance the river channel..."

Ye Kun was overjoyed when he received the call, and convened a technical meeting for everyone to study Ding Ding's opinions.

Bao Sheng smiled and said, "This desert sled and land boat is quite creative. There are also many camels here, so they are not rare. I think we can implement it immediately."

Lu Qiangguo said: "With 60,000 people building the canal, they can build one mile a day, right? A canal of more than 300 miles will be completed in about a year!"

Ye Kun smiled bitterly: "According to this calculation, it is indeed very fast, but it cannot be calculated this way. Engineering is like fighting a war, and we must consider the supply issue.

In fact, half of the 60,000-strong team is responsible for logistics.

In addition, the number of cubic meters of sand in a kilometer of river channel must be calculated and measured. In some places, the terrain is high, and even if there are 100,000 people, they may not be able to advance the canal one mile in a day. "

Lu Qiangguo said with a smile: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we are just like Yugong moving mountains, we can take it slowly."

Ye Kun nodded and instructed everyone: "When the Grand Canal project begins, a lot of food will be needed. We still need to speed up the construction of our granary in the Oil Peninsula. The agricultural technicians and supervisors assigned to various indigenous tribes need to be alert."

Everyone nodded and arranged their work.

Just then, another group of immigrants arrived.

Ye Kun selected three thousand soldiers to be responsible for the vigilance and public security issues during the construction of the Grand Canal.

In addition, 3,000 construction technicians and 1,000 medical personnel were selected to be responsible for the construction of the Grand Canal.

The Roman Empire, Huangfu Lin and Ye Shusheng all participated in the construction of the Grand Canal and contributed manpower and resources.

Ye Kun personally appointed two Grand Canal commanders-in-chief and four deputy commanders-in-chief.

According to the original plan, it was built at both ends and converged in the middle.

March gradually arrived.

The construction of the Oil Peninsula is also taking shape.

Some unpleasant things happened between the local natives and the Han people, and they were all settled by Ye Kun.

Bingbing said to Ye Kun: "Your Majesty, it seems that there is nothing going on in the Oil Peninsula that requires Your Majesty to deal with it personally? Have you considered when to return to Zhuo County?"

"You've only been here for a year, why are you in such a hurry?" Ye Kun shook his head.

"The large-scale migration to the Oil Peninsula and the Mediterranean has just begun. The Oil Peninsula is also an important transit point, and there are many things to do, so I naturally cannot leave.

If you miss your hometown, I can let you go back."

Bingbing waved her hands hastily and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I will accompany you..."

Ye Kun stopped talking and asked the assistant beside him:

"Princess Liu took the prince and Xiao Dequan to the largest island in Africa. There has been no telegram recently. I guess they are full of resentment towards me. Send a telegram and ask them, just say I want their report."

It has been two years since Xiao Ruliu took the prince to Madagascar.

Madagascar is now also renamed as Madagascar.

At the beginning, they called Ye Kun to ask for people and supplies.

Ye Kun also sent her several thousand people and several batches of supplies.

But during this period, there were no telegrams.

The assistant sent a telegram asking Xiao Dequan to report the situation as soon as possible.

The next day, Xiao Dequan received a telegram, crying to Ye Kun about his difficulties.

According to Xiao Dequan's telegram, half of the more than 30,000 immigrants he brought with him in several batches died.

Although a base was established, it developed slowly due to lack of manpower.

There are indigenous people on the island hiding in the rainforest, and Xiao Dequan finds it difficult to control them.

One of the two princes fell ill and almost died, and is still sick now.

Xiao Ruliu also fell seriously ill and is now very thin.

Ye Kun sighed and called back: "I'm in the Oil Peninsula. Send someone over and I'll give you another batch of ships, 10,000 immigrants, and some supplies and technical materials."

Xiao Dequan was overjoyed and said he would send a ship over immediately.

Ye Kun urged Prince Ye Feng to continue to increase immigration efforts.

Ye Feng and Zhuge Hong called back and asked to speed up the process as much as possible.

A month later, Xiao Dequan personally brought several large ships to the Oil Peninsula to meet Ye Kun.

Because there was no shipyard on Xihua Island and there were not enough workers and technicians, Xiao Dequan's ship had become dilapidated due to lack of maintenance.

However, Xiao Dequan is in good health!

When they met, Ye Kun smiled and said, "King Wu, you found the elixir of immortality overseas, didn't you? How come you are in such good health?"

Xiao Dequan should be over 65 years old this year.

Still strong and healthy!

"It's all thanks to the Emperor."

Xiao Dequan smiled and said, "I think I can live for a few more years. As long as the emperor supports me, I will turn Xihua Island into a well-known Chinese place before I die."

Ye Kun nodded and asked about the health of Xiao Ruliu and the princes.

Xiao Dequan acted pitifully, crying and sobbing.

Ye Kun sighed and said, “I’ll give you another 10,000 people, 20,000 mosquito nets, 5,000 pieces of cotton cloth, and other supplies, and I’ll give you 10 large ships, and you can take them back in batches.

Tell Concubine Liu and the princes to be more cheerful and things will get better and better.

The Great Island of Xihua will be forever conferred upon the two princes, as long as they nominally submit to China from generation to generation."

Ye Kun is really not interested in that big island.

Even in the later intelligent industrial era, it was still one of the poorest regions in the world.

Ye Kun also didn’t understand why Xiao Dequan didn’t choose the African continent but chose Xihua Island instead!