The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 410 Volume Zhuge Liang, a genius!

When Zhuge Liang came to the palace, Liu Xie also got the various costs listed by Zhang Ji.

“The biggest cost of building materials is wood.”

Liu Xie handed the document to Zhuge Liang.

"Today, most of the palaces and houses of the Han Dynasty are built using the 'raised beam' method."

"Using this method to build a house, the amount of wood consumed is really too terrifying. No wonder millions of taels of gold can't stop it."

Today, the vegetation in Guanzhong is far inferior to that in the pre-Han Dynasty.

The south side of Chang'an City during the time of Emperor Wu of Han was not the barren "Longshouyuan" as it is today, but the famous "Shanglinyuan"!
But after hundreds of years of logging, there are actually very few trees left in Guanzhong.

In Zhang Ji's plan, the timber for building Chang'an would either have to be transported from Hanzhong over the Qinling Mountains, or it would have to be transported from Shu to Xiangyang by water, and then slowly transported to Chang'an...

"Outrageous! Too outrageous!"

Not to mention the consumption of building materials.

The transportation costs alone would probably add up to one million taels of gold!
and so……

After reading all the details, Zhuge Liang looked up at the emperor and already had the answer in his mind.

"Your Majesty, do you want to abolish the wooden and stone structures and use brick and stone structures to build Chang'an?"

"Kong Ming is still as smart as ever."

Although he guessed what the emperor wanted to do, Zhuge Liang's eyelids still twitched.

The Emperor...he really never stops until he makes a shocking statement!

"Tiles" have actually been widely used in today's residential buildings.

However, "bricks" have not been used on a large scale.

It’s not because the quality of today’s “bricks” is not good, but with the current level of arithmetic of the Han people, there is actually no way to solve the “dome” technology.

Today, most of the "bricks" are actually used to build tombs.

Because there are tunnels on the left and right sides of the tomb chamber, the "arch" technology can be used to convert the vertical pressure of the top building materials into lateral pressure applied to the walls at both ends. Even without beams supporting the roof, the arch can create a closed indoor effect.

However, when constructing buildings on the ground, because there was no "large-span arch" technology, bricks and stones had no support in the left and right directions, so they could not bear the pressure brought by their own weight, and naturally such houses could not be built.

That is to say...

If we wanted to do away with expensive wooden buildings and adopt cheaper brick and stone ones, we had to solve the most basic geometric problems.

"hiss……"

The emperor always likes to give others some difficult problems!
When facing Zhuge Liang, the problem posed by the emperor was even more serious!
But Zhuge Liang knew that once this problem could be solved, he would be able to solve the problem of millions of taels of gold for the country!
Not only that.

This is just the cost saved in building the city of Chang'an.

The emperor can spend the money saved on other things.

For example, promoting trade, or improving the military.

And once Zhuge Liang solves this problem, it will undoubtedly bring huge benefits!
Because if ground brick and stone construction is feasible, it will definitely promote the Han Dynasty's construction industry to a new level!
The sales volume of the brick factory alone will see a surge!
Not to mention……

The use of brick and stone structures essentially reduces damage to trees in Guanzhong and soil erosion in the entire upper reaches of the river.

If we could preserve this golden waterway of the river to future generations, it would be a wealth that cannot be measured by money!
Therefore...

Liu Xie helped Zhuge Liang complete the Northern Expedition.

Zhuge Liang now also has to help Liu Xie to solve the problems that he cannot solve now!
Zhuge Liang fell into deep thought.

Obviously, even someone as smart as Zhuge Liang would not know how to solve this problem in a short period of time.

But Zhuge Liang knew that once this was accomplished, it would indeed be a great event that would benefit the present and future generations!
"Your Majesty, I will do my best to resolve the problem."

"good."

Liu Xie knew that this matter would not be difficult for Zhuge Liang.

"Kong Ming, if you succeed, I will give you 100,000 taels of gold to buy the patent."

Zhuge Liang suddenly started coughing violently!

Even with his magnanimity, he was still shocked by the emperor's generosity!
Zhuge Liang quickly returned the greeting: "Your Majesty! I am doing these things as my duty, how can I..."

"Kong Ming, don't say these things to me in the future."

The emperor, who had always been very patient with Zhuge Liang, interrupted him rarely.

"You have to do your duty. It's your business."

"It is my business to set the price."

"Kong Ming is well-read, so he must have heard of the story of Zigong redeeming a man, right?"

After hearing what the emperor said, Zhuge Liang's eyes finally showed a look of enlightenment.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Lu had a law that if a Lu citizen became a slave in a foreign country, anyone who could redeem him could pay the ransom to the state treasury. Once, Confucius' disciple Zigong (Duanmu Ci) redeemed a Lu citizen in a foreign country, but refused to accept the state compensation after returning home. Confucius said, "Ci, your approach is not a good one. From now on, Lu citizens will no longer redeem their fellow countrymen who have become slaves."

This is also the significance of the emperor rewarding Zhuge Liang with a huge sum of money.

Not everyone has such noble sentiments as Zhuge Liang.

Not everyone is like Zhuge Liang, who had a smooth life under the care of Liu Bei and the emperor and did not have to worry about money.

What's more, both the emperor and Zhuge Liang knew that once the technical problem of "large-span arch vault" was solved, the national fiscal savings would definitely far exceed the 100,000 taels of gold!
Zhuge Liang no longer refused, but bowed to the emperor and said: "I am ignorant and I do not understand your majesty's painstaking efforts."

"Your Majesty, these one hundred thousand taels of gold are probably a hundred or a thousand times more useful than the 'Kongming Lantern' that I released in Taibai Academy!" When he said this, Zhuge Liang suddenly felt a little ashamed.

"Your Majesty, if I come up with something next time, can you please not name it after me?"

"Yuanrong Liannu" was changed to "Zhuge Liannu".

"Flying lantern" was changed to "Kongming lantern".

If this "large-span arch" problem is solved, given the emperor's bad taste, it is very likely to be named "Zhuge Structure" or something like that...

When Zhuge Liang thought about his surname being everywhere in the streets, he felt a little ashamed...

"Hey? Kong Ming is shy?"

Liu Xie seemed to have seen something new and said sarcastically: "It is good to be humble, but what we are experiencing now is a great change that has not happened in thousands of years!"

"Kong Ming...your name is "Liang" and your courtesy name is "Ming". You might be born to be a beacon of light that guides the way! So even if you want to be humble now, I won't allow it! Just light the way for future generations and don't think about hiding. Do you understand?"

Zhuge Liang was even more embarrassed at this moment: "Then why doesn't Your Majesty do these things yourself?"

"With your majesty's wisdom and the note you gave me back then, it shouldn't be difficult to solve these problems!"

Zhuge Liang always believed that being a guide should be done by the emperor from beginning to end, not by himself!
Liu Xie didn't expect that Zhuge Liang had actually considered this!

But it doesn't matter, because Liu Xie is the emperor! He can turn the table over!

Immediately.

Liu Xie stood up and walked towards the back room. "I am tired, and I can't hear some of the words clearly! Anyway, everything is handed over to Kong Ming! Kong Ming better solve this matter as soon as possible! Do you understand?"

Zhuge Liang:......

……

Seven days later.

Zhuge Liang presented a plan:

Regarding the "large-span arch", Zhuge Liang proposed two solutions: "indoor tie-rod arch and underground tie-rod arch" to solve the horizontal pressure of the arch structure.

The vertical pressure is borne jointly by the roof, ring beam and eaves board, so that the vertical structures such as columns and walls under the arch foot do not bear the pressure from above.

In addition, based on some residential buildings that are not easy to build at a high cost, Zhuge Liang also proposed using "inclined column piers" and "ground arches" to solve the problem!

……

genius!

What a fucking genius!
Undisputed genius!
Damn!

Liu Xie immediately called Zhang Ji over and asked him to re-evaluate the price!

This time, the budget for building Chang'an City was directly increased from 8 million taels of gold to 4 million taels of gold!
It’s half the price!
What does "knowledge is power" mean!
What does "knowledge is money" mean?
After calculating this number, Zhang Ji thought for a moment that he had made a mistake.

But after re-calculating three times, Zhang Ji found that... he was not wrong!
You got it right!

Just a few simple formulas and some simple arithmetic saved the Han Dynasty four million taels of gold!

"Damn!"

Zhang Ji couldn't help cursing at this moment, and then he looked up at the emperor -

"Your Majesty, this money... is enough!"

The news is out.

After hearing this, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Jia Xu was stunned for a long time, and then decisively continued to read the "Lun Heng" in his hand.

After hearing the news, Shangshu Ling Xun Yu sighed.

"I understand how Jia Wenhe felt when he resigned a few days ago."

When the Minister Sima Yi heard this, he became inexplicably irritated and closed his eyes. After opening his eyes, he threw all the documents he had not finished processing to Yang Xiu, who was still standing and working.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to go to Kong Ming's place and read some books... I've been busy with so many trivial things lately that I realized I haven't studied hard for a long time!"

Yang Xiu was surprised and asked, "You all went to study, what about me?"

"You better get your butt healed first!"

Yang Xiu: ...

Even the high-ranking officials were shocked, not to mention other common people!

They don't quite understand the meaning of this "Zhuge structure".

All they heard was that the emperor rewarded Zhuge Liang with 100,000 taels of gold!
One hundred thousand taels!
Oh my God!
What does it mean that there is a golden house in books?

For a time, there was no need for official guidance, and Wang Chong's "Lun Heng" directly became a prominent school of thought in Guanzhong!

As for the connection between heaven and man?

What's the use of that thing? How much is it worth?

Such a sudden change made some traditional Confucian scholars burst into tears.

The emperor...didn't let them go after all!

(End of this chapter)