Chapter 484 – Little Rain on the Sky Street

Xue Mu was holding a technical discussion meeting, the expert sent by the Divine Mechanic Sect was an old acquaintance, the Old Jade Head who had been mobilized by Ji Wu Yu to besiege Xue Qingqiu at the beginning, in addition to Curry Night who was also present, as well as the laborer from the Lingzhou City Construction Division.

Xue Mu didn’t care about the old jade head’s matter at the beginning, he was also acting under orders and had nothing to say, and his apology was also very sincere when he arrived here, and he also took the initiative to ask for Li Yingqing’s order to come, and his intention to make amends was very strong. Now is the time of cooperation, but also to catty about it is too no measure.

“Urban drainage has always been a difficult problem, our technology is already considered quite good. The ground is slimy and horizontal, and the water seeps down directly from the cracks in the stone slabs of the road surface, and there are also gadgets set up to channel the water at the drainage outlets on the roadside. Even so, once the road surface is uneven and the silt plugs the mouth, there is still often stagnant water that is difficult to eliminate.”

“Sewage are discharged to where?”

“Discharged straight into the river ……”

Xue Mu frowned.

Old Jade Head said, “I know Marquis Changxin’s intention …… but ruling the river is another difficult problem ……”

Xue Mu sighed and pinched his head with a bit of a headache.

It was a typical manifestation that martial arts sects couldn’t govern places, no matter if it was the kind of Questioning Sword Sect that was bent on questioning swords, or the kind of Nature Sect that had research involving species, there was absolutely no way that they would consider the things that Xue Mu was considering nowadays.

Even the Divine Mechanism Sect wouldn’t consider this, this was something that only people from the Ministry of Works’ Urban Construction Division would consider, the Divine Mechanism Sect would at most provide technical support, and this was still a major deviation from the Divine Mechanism Sect’s technological direction.

This world will form a similar feudal court system, really is the social needs of the decision, too many things are force can not be replaced.

Curry Night raised his hand and said, “To make the river water clear and the filth separated, it can be done with formations.”

Xue Mu’s eyes lit up, “Can such a formation also be set up at the center of the drainage system? Then each passes through a pipe, the sewage and filth are separated, and people are made to clean it regularly.”

Curry Night thought about it, “As long as there really is such a hub place, it can be …… certainly not the current one, there are ditches everywhere, it’s a mess, who can set up a formation everywhere.”

The man from the Urban Construction Division thought for a moment, “That is, changing the underground layout …… might be possible. But then the underground might not be able to rely on ditches alone, according to what the City Lord said, the need for pipelines to be laid will work.”

Xue Mu looked at Old Jade Head.

Old Jade Head said, “If the demand is for large steel pipe laying …… we can do it, and quality is not a problem. Quantity is also not a problem if we only supply the land of Spirit State …… But if we intend to spread the world, steel is bound to be insufficient.”

Speaking of this, Xue Mu asked, “How is the steam engine research?”

“It’s already in sight, I’m afraid it’s almost ready.”

“Can it be produced?”

“Can’t …… After developing the first one, we will consider the mold and try to see if we can mass produce it then.”

It seems that this world is only individual sects of cutting-edge technology prominence, and does not have a large industrialization base, or need a long-term process …… this kind of up to can’t beat the individual society, there is no group imitation of the cultural soil, I’m afraid that the life of the years will not necessarily be able to see the real industrial revolution, the advent of the steam engine does not represent anything. The introduction of the steam engine doesn’t mean anything, unlike Earth, which has an epochal significance.

Xue Mu pondered for a long time, shook his head and lost his smile, what the heck, he can make use of this technology is enough, was not an engineering man, is not interested in the implementation of the industrial revolution, let the world’s own development is. His proposal was more just for his own territory, not so lofty ideas for the world.

“Whatever, I’ll take care of my Ling Zhou first. If you pave the road with cement, the stagnant water will mainly drain to the left and right, and the drainage outlets are well fitted. I’ll trouble Wang Siwei to take the trouble to design a new drainage system and underground flow map.”

Still a bit hesitant, Wang Si Min asked, “Is cement pavement really feasible?”

Old Jade Head said, “Nearly a hundred miles of the Lingzhou section of the capital has already been paved, and so far it seems to be working well, and the carriages are speeding along to test it out, and it’s very smooth and swift. In the future, if the steam locomotive is successfully developed, I’m afraid that we can also do away with running horses and pulling carts.”

After the meeting was adjourned, Curry Night pulled on Xue Mu’s coat corner, “Dad, I’ve been researching formations for the past few days, and I have some new ideas.”

Xue Mu bent down to pick her up and laughed, “Aren’t you studying the self-control virtual reality formation’s center of gravity protection? Thought of something else?”

“Well …… it’s just that there’s a void and a reality, and there’s a main and a secondary …… If the large formation that envelops Spirit State can be reduced to a rouge workshop, why does our Star Luo Formation need to be so big?”

Xue Mu’s eyes widened in horror, “You …… say that again?”

Curry Night said seriously, “The Star Luo Formation can be reduced and turned into a small formation …… And maybe we can add the Star Luo of the full sky again, not limited to a few large formation eyes to use ……”

Landline takeoff? Xue Mu was so happy that his voice trembled a little, “Curry Night you’re amazing.”

“The benefits that the Star Luo Formation brings to us are too great, Curry Night knows that father values it.” Curry Night proudly pointed to his face, “To be rewarded.”

Xue Mu heavily pursed a large chunk of his cheeks and gave it a hard “Boo”, lifting Curry Night and spinning it around in the sky, “You’re marvelous! The biggest contributor to this Sect’s leap is you!”

Curry Night giggled in the sky, “The biggest contributor is daddy. Curry Night is the one who follows behind and pulls on the coat tails, wherever dad goes, Curry Night goes.”

Xue Mu’s mood was really good. Ruling greed or city construction was just for the sake of the place, to put it even more exorbitantly it was just for the sake of accumulating popularity and making it easier to rule. And the development of the Star Luo array is their own strength to take off, this year the Star Moon Sect how many things to do in front of other people let a face, all the credit of information, not to mention his entertainment industry layout especially rely on the transmission of information, see the Star Luo array is about to be streamlined into a real fixed-line system, how can Xue Mu not let the joy of the world?

Turning the world into a village, and bringing Qiankun into the palm of his hand, everything seemed to already be taking big strides in this direction.

Spirit State City soon began to be remodeled.

Old Jade Head brought in a large amount of cement and first started paving several main roads. And the cement pavement brought about a change in the drainage pattern, which could no longer leak through the stone slabs, and a whole new drainage system began to be designed and remodeled.

In the first few days, the people of Lingzhou had quite a lot of complaints. The road surface was overhauled, making it inconvenient to travel, and going to the adjoining streets to string up a door had to be a long detour, and the martial artists who were used to the wind and fire were even more cursing. An Sifang, who led Department Six to maintain order in the city, was also anxious, and in his heart, he was also cursing Xue Mu, who was hiding in his mansion.

Your old man is hiding in his mansion watching a little girl dance, we can be busy with your political affairs and still get scolded.

In fact, even An Sifang and these people do not quite understand what Xue Mu is doing, always feel that the people hurt the money, effort is not good, but also invite people to complain. After politely talking to Xue Mu a few times, Xue Mu only said: give the brothers of Department Six a bonus.

Door six brothers greedy you that bonus? An Quartet can’t help but laugh and cry.

The limitations of the times are here, not anyone is Xiahou Di. In fact, the court big brother have many people think, paving the official road can still see some benefits, but what is the meaning of paving the city? Originally, the city is not suitable for traveling, the road surface to make very smooth so what? Tossing the chicken and dog jumping also led to the whole drainage system changes, Lingzhou one year, I’m afraid that all the financial loss into, do too reckless.

In the midst of a clamor and incomprehension, after nearly a month of paving and drying, Lingzhou’s first main cement road finally took shape.

The curses within the city suddenly disappeared into thin air.

Looking at the clean and tidy streets, the peddlers dragging their handcarts ran around the city with one hand, the carriages entering the city were leisurely, and there was no longer the shrill sound of the wheels grinding and crushing the stone slabs.

Spring drizzle sprinkled in the city, willow green on both sides of the road, vibrant and refreshing. And the avenue is not stained with dust, with the lake surface of the general charm of the beauty of the light, the water guide mouth gurgling lead trickle, trickle convergence to the left and right, did not enter the willow roots, immersed in the ground, the road surface even a puddle, in the sunrise under the sunshine is like a rainbow in the sky.

The lord of the city, Xue Mu, personally inscribed a poem for the completion of the main road, and a plaque stood on the street: “The light rain on the sky street is as moist as crispy, and the color of the grass is nowhere to be seen in the distance. It’s the most favorable spring of the year, absolutely winning the smoke and willow full of imperial capital.”

No one is going to say that Xue Mu is treasonous, writing poems, for the sake of rhyming face can not be. The key thing is, in the hearts of the people of Lingzhou, this place is really not worse than the royal capital.

Do you have one? This kind of sky street?