Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1721 Famous forever?

One thousand five hundred and twenty nine chapters

Fang Xuanling frowned slightly, looked at many injured civilian husbands who were still being treated, and asked, "What happened?"

Pei Xingjian sighed, and said in shame: "Because the supervisor was in a hurry to catch up with the construction period, he failed to check and strengthen the ropes on the boom in time, which caused the ropes to loosen and the boom collapsed, and a stone weighing a thousand catties fell from mid-air... It's all a humble job Negligence caused such a catastrophe just now, I am really ashamed, and I ask the house minister to punish me."

Fang Xuanling looked at the bloodstains on the ground, and the injured and dead civilian husband beside him, with a solemn expression, slowly shook his head and said: "The top priority is not to pursue accountability, but to remember the lesson, and we must not let similar accidents happen again. In addition, regardless of death or injury, there must be generous pensions."

"Here!"

Pei Xingjian responded.

Wang Xuance pleaded guilty to Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, and walked aside to direct the treatment of the casualties, while Pei Xingjian stayed with them.

Li Jing put his hands behind his back, raised his head, looked at the square tower base in front of him, which was ten feet wide and about seven or eight feet high, and asked, "How tall is this lighthouse expected to be?"

Pei Xingjian said: "The total height is 49 feet."

Li Jing wondered: "The number of Dayan?"

"Book of Changes" has a cloud: Dayan's number is fifty, and its use is nine out of forty.

This sentence is the essence of "Book of Changes", and it hides all the secrets behind "Book of Changes".Why not use the empty one? This is an eternal mystery that the masters of Yi Xue have been thinking about for thousands of years.However, although no one has been able to give an incisive answer, it is generally recognized that this sentence is the basis for the operation of the "Book of Changes" and is the way of heaven and earth.

This unprecedented magnificent building has taken such a number as its size, which has a good meaning.

Pei Xingjian nodded and said: "This is just one of the reasons, and there is another reason. According to the merchants of the big food countries, there is a port called Alexandria in the far western ocean. There is a tallest lighthouse in the world, which is forty feet high. So Erlang felt that since he wanted to build it, he would naturally surpass it and become number one in the world.”

Li Jing was speechless...

Even if he doesn't know the art of civil engineering, he also knows that the higher the building is, the more difficult it is to build, especially after reaching a peak, the difficulties faced by every inch of height may be unprecedented, and it will take a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to solve it.

He couldn't help adding another item to Fang Jun's opinion: rich, very willful...

Fang Xuanling at the side didn't know what to say.

The prodigal son didn't use the public money of Huating Town, and paid for it all out of his own pocket, so there was no hidden danger of being impeached by the official censor.However, even Fang Xuanling, who is indifferent to fame and wealth and treats money like dung, is a little dumbfounded when faced with the astronomical figure of "60".

How big is this project?

After thinking about it, I couldn't help but asked, "How long will it take to build this lighthouse, and is it durable?"

Pei Xingjian was in charge of this project, so he was familiar with all kinds of situations, and said, "Actually, this lighthouse looks tall and majestic, and it is not difficult to build. We have cement as the adhesive, and various suspenders and pulleys for loading and unloading." Stone materials, the construction speed is very fast. It’s just that the entire lighthouse is built with stone materials, which requires a lot of stone materials. There is no natural quarry near Huating Town. The ones transported from the mountain are directly loaded on the ship after mining, and transported by water to this point does not require much manpower. As for the degree of sturdiness, the most important thing is of course, according to Senior Yuming’s estimation, as long as there is no major earthquake and no artificial demolition, this A lighthouse can stand for more than a thousand years. Erlang's request is that it must stand for at least 400 years..."

Fang Xuanling and Li Jing were both stunned.

Generally speaking, this number should only be an approximate estimate, and everyone will use an integer when they say it, such as 100 years, 1000 years, and 2000 years.

But this "one thousand and four hundred years" is a bit strange, obviously inconsistent with the usual habits, is there any deep meaning in it?
One of them is extremely resourceful and the other commands thousands of troops, but they want to break their heads, and they can't figure out why Fang Jun came up with such a number as "400 years"...

Fang Xuanling sighed helplessly: "Even if the court didn't spend money, it would be useful after completion, but this kind of project is too huge, and casualties are inevitable. If many people die because of it, how can you feel at ease?"

Pei Xingjian didn't take this very seriously. He said solemnly: "Now there may be many people who don't know much about Erlang's actions, don't know what they mean, and think they are just grandstanding and willful actions. But if you think about it further, if this If the lighthouse can really stand for a thousand years, how many fishermen and merchants will benefit from it? The nobles in Chang’an like to build pagodas to accumulate merit, but in the eyes of humble officials, ten thousand pagodas are no match for one such lighthouse!"

Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. If such a lighthouse stands for a thousand years, how many people can be saved from the danger of getting lost or hitting the rocks?

Pei Xingjian looked at the casualties over there, and said: "The boats transporting stones under the island, and the folks who participated in the construction here, in fact, many of them were spontaneously organized by the surrounding people. The construction site only provides meals and accommodation, and there is no penny. It’s not that we don’t give it, but they don’t want it. Because they know how such a lighthouse is built, it will protect their children and grandchildren, so even if they are injured or dead, so far, no family members have cried .”

Fang Xuanling and Li Jing remained silent.

Everyone thought that Fang Jun built this lighthouse just for fun, but unexpectedly there was such a profound meaning in it.

Fang Xuanling asked, "Do you have any blueprints?"

His emotions towards this lighthouse ranged from anger, disdain, helplessness, to seriousness now, because he also saw another use of this lighthouse besides guiding navigation.

Pei Xingjian said: "Of course there are, please follow the humble position."

As he spoke, he led the two of them to a row of simple houses on the other side.

The interior of the house is very simple, with no extra decorations, but there is a large wooden table in the middle, with some thick drawings placed on it.

Pei Xingjian said: "Erlang only proposed the construction of this lighthouse, but the design and drawings of the entire construction all come from the calculations of more than a dozen children of the Yuming family."

Fang Xuanling and Li Jing stepped forward and flipped through the pages one by one.

The whole lighthouse is composed of two floors. The first floor is the base, a square structure with multiple rooms, large and small, which are used as fuel storage for lighting the lights and the residence of the staff. The second floor is an octagonal tower. There are up and down spiral stairs in the middle, leading directly to the light room on the top of the tower.

Fang Xuanling flipped through the blueprints and felt the magnificence of this yet-to-be-built lighthouse, and became more and more sure of his guess.

It looks like a simple lighthouse, but if it can really stand for a thousand years without collapsing, it is not as simple as a lighthouse, it can even become a symbol, a totem, standing at the junction of the Yangtze River and the sea, so that all ethnic groups in the world Everyone can see the greatness of the Han people!
Li Jing flipped through the blueprints, frowned and said, "This lighthouse is entirely made of stone, without even some copper or iron utensils?"

Pei Xingjian nodded and said: "Yes, Erlang once specifically told him that there must be no copper ware, because in extreme cases, that may be the reason why this lighthouse was demolished artificially."

They are all smart people, Fang Xuanling and Li Jing immediately understood Pei Xingjian's cryptic words.

What are "extreme circumstances"?
It's nothing more than a change of dynasty. There is no navy stationed on this island, and there is no time to guard against it...

People are greedy, if there are some copper and iron objects on the lighthouse, maybe someone will come up to dismantle it, which may lead to the collapse of the lighthouse.And all of them are stones, so there is no need to worry about this. The island is surrounded by seas and cliffs. If you want to dismantle these stones and transport them away, you will need a lot of manpower and material resources.

The question is, who would dismantle a pile of stones and take them home when they are so idle?
Man-made disasters basically do not exist. If there are no more natural disasters, even if there is a change of dynasty in Shenzhou, this lighthouse will still stand here. Despite the wind and waves, I look at the mainland of China coldly, and I will not move!
Li Jing was full of envy and jealousy. He patted Fang Xuanling's shoulder and said in admiration: "As long as this lighthouse does not fall down, the name of his Fang Jun and your Fang family will be passed down forever. There are countless descendants who read the grace of this lighthouse, and it will last forever."

motherfucker!

This mallet seems to be out of tune in everything, and it looks very reckless, but why does it always get the biggest incredible effect in the end?

Sighing again, Li Jing sighed and said: "Look at our kid, and then look at this one of yours, having a son is like a wife's last love..."

(End of this chapter)