Next to the Dadu River, on the shallow where everyone landed last time, Zhu Qizhe was staring at the hillside on the shore in a daze.

It is really not suitable for building a city, but the dock where the wheel boats docked must be built here, because it is too difficult to find such a smooth water flow in the Dadu River Basin. At least there is no middle and lower river sections they pass through. Even if there is one upstream, it will not work, because the water is too shallow, so the wheel boats cannot drive over.

Alas, no matter how bad the terrain is, you have to find a way to build a city. Otherwise, after the dock is expanded, there will be no place to store the materials transported there, so you can only place them on the hillside, not to mention the sun and rain, but also the risk of being stolen or even robbed.

He was secretly feeling that a bunch of chieftain soldiers under Gao Jitai suddenly carried bundles of rattans and rushed out of the forest not far away. Then, he spread the rattans on the hillside and quickly woven them.

The things they woven are quite strange, not like vine baskets or Teng Shields, but like a huge rope.

Zhu Qizhu couldn't help but say curiously: "What are they planning to make up?"

Gao Jitai, who was standing beside him, quickly explained: "They are weaving a rope."

It turns out that we are weaving ropes. The question is, why are weaving ropes such a big ones used?

Zhu Qizhuo asked, "Why are you knitting such a thick rope?"

Gao Jitai said without hesitation: "If you use crossing the river, if the next batch of young and strong men arrives within half a month, they have to cross the river nearby, so we have to use ropes to build a overpass first."

Overpass!

What?

He was sure that the overpass that Gao Jitai mentioned was definitely not the kind of overpass that later generations.

Zhu Qizhu looked up at the sky and said in confusion: "What is the overpass you are talking about?"

Gao Jitai pointed to the cliff not far away and said, "The overpass is the vine cable bridge across the Dadu River. Look there, there are steep cliffs on both sides of the river, and the middle is only ten feet wide. We just need to weave two vine cables about ten feet long to tie them to the big trees on the cliffs on both sides. People can step on the vine cables below, hold the rope above, and walk across horizontally.

Well, this way of crossing the river is too weird!

Zhu Qizhuo really didn't expect that they would use this method to cross the river.

How can I say this method? Without a bridge, it is really not a solution.

However, this is too dangerous. If anyone falls off accidentally, he will probably lose his skin even if he doesn't die.

Moreover, this method can only pass by people, but horses cannot pass by.

Zhu Qizhu couldn't help but say curiously: "General Gao, this method can only be passed by people. How did you transport your horse across the river last time?"

Gao Jitai said without hesitation: "We took a detour to drive horses across the river to wade through the river in a shallow upstream. However, it is too far away from this place. It will take at least twenty days to go around it. This time it is tight, so I want my young master to come from the overpass first. As for the tens of thousands of war horses, I am afraid it will take a month to get there."

I was so fainted that I went around for about twenty days and went upstream to wade across the river!

Zhu Qizhe couldn't help but say in surprise: "Did you cross the river like this when the tea and horse market was not closed before?"

Gao Jitai nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, it was the same before. If it was urgent, build an overpass to cross the river. It would be fine if you built this vine-line overpass for one or two months. You can use it several times when you set it up. If you don't have a hurry, we will detour upstream to wading across the river. However, it is usually the time to transport horses. Therefore, we usually choose to transport horses in the dry season of autumn and winter every year, because it is easier to wading across the river at that time, and the water in the upstream is not as deep as the horse's legs."

Well, it's too troublesome to do this?

In the future, the scale of tea and horse markets will definitely become larger and larger. Moreover, in order to strengthen the control of Kang District, this land passage must not be blocked by the big river. Otherwise, it would be too late to support the Changhe Xiyutong Ningyuan Xuanwei Department. After all, the Tianquan Liufan Zhidao Department's residence is still at Zishi Pass, so it is unrealistic to let them all move to the mountains and ridges on the Dadu River.

So, how to connect land?

Zhu Qidiao looked at the chieftain soldiers who were woven into wicker ropes, and then looked at the cliff where Gao Jitai just pointed, and couldn't help but have an idea.

He pointed to the chieftain soldiers and said, "General Gao, tell them not to weave rattans first. When the next batch of young men comes, the ships that transport food, grass and supplies should also come. At that time, you can just ask someone to build a temporary dock opposite. Four thousand people, and arrange dozens of ships to pull them over in a few trips."

Gao Jitai also looked moved when he heard this. He thought for a while and then said carefully: "Master, can you leave more than ten ships to ferry here after the opening of the Tea-Horse Market? After all, it is quite troublesome to build a bridge."

When Zhu Qizhu heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "What else can I do in the future? I will order someone to go back and notify the workshop in Chongqing later to create more than ten long iron cables to transport them. At that time, just pull the iron cables and then cover the iron cables with thick wooden boards. There is no problem of passing people and horses."

Upon hearing this, Gao Jitai couldn't help but bow with excitement: "The emperor is wise. If this iron chain bridge is built, it will be much more convenient for us to cross the river."

What a wise thing? There is already an iron chain bridge here.

Well, it seems wrong to say that, it should be said that there was an iron chain bridge here in later generations.

Zhu Qizhe waved his hand slightly and said, "Okay, okay, hurry up and order someone to repair it. The iron cable will probably be delivered soon."

When Gao Jitai heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Can the iron locks more than ten feet long, and there are more than ten, can they be built soon?"

Do you think the workshop I mentioned is your small iron shop like you!

Zhu Qizhe said lightly: "Don't worry, it's only a few days to build an iron chain. Within twenty days, the iron lock will definitely be transported here. By the way, there is no need to take a detour to those tens of thousands of war horses. Just let them go directly to the other side."

Of course he was not bragging. The workshop at Shizhu Xuanwei Department is not comparable to that of an ordinary ironworking workshop. Moreover, the wheel boats are as fast as the current, and the speed of the wheel boats going down the current is amazing. It will only take three days to send orders at most, but the wheel boats going upstream and transporting goods is slower.

In less than twenty days, more than ten iron ropes more than ten feet long were ready to be sent, and even the iron piles used to fix the iron ropes were cast and sent.

With the order of Zhu Qizhu, hundreds of people carried the iron pillars and climbed up the cliffs on both sides. They buried the iron pillars in two rows of deep pits that had been dug, then shouted in unison, pulled the iron chains up with thick hemp ropes, stretched them straightened them, and fixed them. Then they laid the thick wooden boards that were prepared in advance like rafts onto the horizontal row of iron chains, and the iron chain bridge was almost ready.

Immediately afterwards, Zhuqiuzhu ordered people to move out the rattans that had been prepared and weave the guardrails on both sides like weaving a net, so that the iron chain bridge could pass safely.

Seeing the group of war horses passing through the iron chain bridge, Zhu Qizhu couldn't help but smile.
Chapter completed!