Chapter 1200 Zipline
Sun Shan stared at the huge pit with his eyes wide open, all he could see was money.
The people of Yuanlu County can ensure a good life by selling bird droppings.
Of course, all this is based on the premise that wealth is evenly distributed.
Sun Shan looked around and saw that there were mountains one after another, and it would be difficult to find a place to build a "guano factory".
He frowned and asked, "Everyone, the location here is very inconvenient. If we want to build a workshop, where should we choose?"
When building a factory, we must consider transportation, geology, environment and other aspects.
Of course it would be best to build it next to a guano pit, but here we are on a mountain.
If we want to build here, we have to bulldoze the land. It's a huge project and it's going to take a long time if we rely solely on manpower.
After hearing Sun Shan's question, everyone looked at the surrounding environment.
It took them so much effort to climb up here, it would be even more difficult to transport them out.
This is not the point. The point is that there are mountains everywhere here. It is very difficult to build a workshop on the top of the mountain or halfway up the mountain.
Everyone frowned along with Sun Shan.
At this time, Teacher Deng suggested: "Sir, when we came here, we passed a flat land not far from here."
After a pause, he added, "It's not far from the Big Bird Village. If we set up the workshop there, we can open a new road from the bird droppings pit to the Big Bird Village."
Starting from Da Niao Village, walk for half an hour and you will come across a flat area.
It takes half an hour to walk from this piece of land to the guano pit.
This piece of land is right between the Big Bird Village and the bird droppings pit.
Sun Shan looked at Teacher Deng with admiration. It was exactly what he thought.
That place was flatter than the surrounding area and was the only one suitable for building a workshop.
Turning bird droppings into fertilizer requires not only raw materials but also a lot of other materials, such as quicklime and so on.
In order to transport the guano from the guano pit, materials need to be transported from outside, and a new road is needed for both round trips.
Sun Shan continued to ask: "What do you think?"
Not only the main officials of the yamen but also the main leaders of the six departments were present on this trip.
The reason they were brought here was not only to see the guano pit, but also to give advice.
Selecting a site for building a factory is a very big issue. Choosing a good location will facilitate future operations.
County Magistrate Wang looked around and was now on the top of a mountain.
If a workshop is built under a guano pit, it is convenient, but there is no space, and it is not convenient to transport other materials in or transport finished products out.
But it would take a long time to transport the bird droppings to the flat place that Teacher Deng mentioned.
First, pull the bird droppings in the pit to the top of the mountain, then transport them down from the top of the mountain, and then walk some distance to reach the flat ground.
The round trip transportation takes a very long time and requires a lot of manpower and resources.
Instead of offering suggestions, County Magistrate Wang raised a number of questions: "Sir, if we build a workshop on the flat ground below, it will be a big problem to transport the guano away."
Not only County Magistrate Wang thought so, but others also thought about this problem.
It is so difficult to go up and down the mountain. Even if we build the road now, it is still difficult.
The road is not built in a straight line, but is built around the mountain to make it easier for vehicles to move.
Judging from this, it is likely that bird droppings will not be produced before the spring plowing next year.
Emma, this won’t work. The government has already issued a notice that bird droppings must be used before spring ploughing.
Breaking one's promise is not illegal, but it will damage one's reputation.
Inspector Liang suggested: "Sir, why don't we just build a workshop next to the guano pit, produce the guano, and then transport the finished product. As for the materials needed, they will not be more than the guano, so we will save a lot of effort in transportation."
Everyone looked around the guano pit to see if there was any place to build a workshop. It was not that there was no place, but the area was small. If they really wanted to build a workshop, it would be a small workshop, which was not what they had in mind, and it was even more unfair to the amount of guano in front of them.
How much guano fertilizer can such a small workshop produce?
When will their plan to get rich be realized?
Sun Shan carefully checked the terrain, then called the worker in the workshop and asked, "Do you think it would be possible to use a flying rope for transportation?"
Whether from the mountain to the foot of the mountain or from the foot of the mountain to the mountain, using pulley ropeways for transportation is the most convenient and fastest, saving not only time but also manpower.
However, due to the limitation of current materials, only simple transportation is possible at first. Eventually, it will still be necessary to build roads around the mountains and rely on manpower to transport more goods.
The workshop was a department in the government responsible for engineering construction.
For this kind of engineering construction, Sun Shan would definitely look for him.
The worker was stunned for a moment, looked at the distance between the mountains, and asked, "Sir, do you want to pull the guano up from the bottom of the mountain using a zipline, and then pull the guano down the mountain using a zipline?"
Sun Shan nodded and said, "Pull a few more flying cables from here, and transport some of the guano via the flying cables and some via human-powered carts. This way, the speed will be much faster."
Human resources are not valuable, so it doesn't matter if you hire a few more people to do the work.
The two modes of transportation are used in parallel to ensure that enough fertilizer is produced before the spring plowing next year.
The rest will be dealt with later.
The worker looked around and when he saw many big trees, his eyes lit up.
He said confidently: "Sir, there are many strong trees here. We can use the flying rope to transport by tying these trees."
Cableway transportation appears in many places. For example, we take the cable car to the scenic spot, the pulley cableway set up in the temporary house, or the construction project in the middle of the mountain, it is best to use the slideway for transportation.
Sun Shan said to the worker, "I'll leave this to you. Find out if it's suitable. Build a few simple flying ropes to transport the guano out first."
Find two trees on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain that are strong and sturdy. Measure the distance between them, tie a steel wire rope or thick hemp rope to them, hang a pulley on top to transport the things, and then hang it on the rope.
By pulling things back and forth with manpower, things are transported from the bottom of the mountain to the top, or from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain.
Sun Shan discussed this with the official for a while, and finally said, "Do this as soon as possible. I will arrange for someone to discuss this with you."
There were two people responsible for building the factory, one was Mr. Wang and the other was Sun Dingnan.
Sun Shan asked the two of them to discuss the matter with the workers.
The worker glanced at Sun Shan secretly. He hadn't even thought of flying rope for transportation, so how come Lord Sun thought of it?
From the discussion just now, it can be seen that Lord Sun is knowledgeable.
Everyone said that scholars understood the affairs of the world, but the official had received some education and scoffed at this.
I think these things cannot be found in books. They are the result of words and deeds passed down from our ancestors and practiced from generation to generation.
There is no detailed description of zipline construction in the book.
But how come Lord Sun knows more than him?
Mr. Sun knows about farming, that's not surprising at all because he comes from a peasant family.
Lord Sun is not a craftsman, so how could he understand engineering construction?
Emma, this Lord Sun seems to know a lot of things!
No wonder he could become a Jinshi in two examinations at such a young age.
The worker couldn't help but stare into stars, feeling that Sun Shan had become taller.