parentshiftbook Chapter 477: The Poor Road Environment In Ming Dynasty [Please Subscribe, Please Subscribe In Full]
Chapter 477: The Poor Road Environment In Ming Dynasty [Please Subscribe, Please Subscribe In Full]
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, all got on the carriage directly.
Then they went directly from Yingtianfu to [Wanmin Agricultural College] and [Wanmin Medical College], without paying attention to the road they took.
Until now, under Yan Changqing's prompting.
They suddenly realized that the road from Yingtian Mansion to [Wanmin Agricultural College] and [Wanmin Medical College] that they had walked dozens or hundreds of times was hugely different from other roads!!!
That is: no dust, no bumps, very smooth and smooth!!!
And this is completely different from today’s Ming Dynasty path!!!
Today, there are three main types of roads in the Ming Dynasty: dirt roads, gravel roads, and stone roads.
Among them, stone pavement has the highest construction cost, so it has the least application and the smallest scope of use.
But the advantage is that there is no dust, not many bumps, and overall it is smoother.
Generally, only high-ranking officials such as the royal family, civil servants and generals, noble marquises, and local gentry and wealthy landowners can afford stone roads.
In Yingtian Mansion, in addition to the paved stone roads in the palace and the homes of dignitaries such as civil servants, military generals, and noble marquises, there are only a few imperial streets that are paved with stone pavements.
Roads like stone roads account for at most one thousandth to one percent of all roads in the Ming Dynasty.
Compared with stone roads, the cost of gravel roads is relatively lower.
At the same time, there was no dust, but it was quite bumpy, and overall it was barely smooth.
In some regional streets that cannot be paved with stone paving but are relatively important, gravel roads will be paved.
The proportion of gravel roads among the roads in the Ming Dynasty is probably about 5% to more than 5%.
Finally, there is the dirt road which is the cheapest in cost and has the most applications and the widest range of use. It can be said that more than 90% of the roads in Daming are dirt roads!!!
Even within Yingtian Mansion, most of the roads are still dirt roads.
Moreover, the shape of the dirt road in this period was different from that of later generations. It was high in the middle and low on both sides, like a gentle convex slope.
The sidewalks on both sides account for about one-third of the road area, and the corridor in the middle accounts for two-thirds of the road area.
In addition, most of these dirt roads will be paved with a thick layer of loess. Once a strong wind blows or a horse-drawn carriage rushes by, they will be covered with dirt.
Even if there is dust, the passers-by will be covered with dirt on their bodies and faces.
If it rains, it will be even worse, and the dirt road will turn into a dirt road.
At the same time, rainwater mixed with soil turned into mud, and part of the sand entered the moat with the rainwater, raising the bottom of the river, causing the water in the moat to overflow and flood the surrounding areas.
Another part of the sand turned into mud and silt, which gradually blocked the underground ditch, causing it to be dug out and blocked every year.
Moreover, due to the blockage of underground ditches, the rainwater on both sides of the corridor cannot be drained out in time, and even pours into residents' courtyards, causing trouble and inconvenience to people's lives.
The worst thing is that the dirt road that originally looked flat will turn into a muddy road full of potholes after a heavy rain.
For example, the dirt road in Yingtian Mansion is a little better, at least it is under the emperor's feet, and it still costs a little bit of face.
When the dirt road in Yingtian Mansion turns into a mud pit road, the prefect of Yingtian Mansion will still organize the people to pick up loess and fill it back.
But loess roads in other places do not have such good treatment.
Normally, unless the loess on a certain loess road has been blown away by rain and wind, the relevant local officials will organize the people to pick up the loess and put it back again, otherwise most of the time they will ignore it.
So under normal circumstances, those loess roads are likely to be full of potholes, large and small.
The carriage driving on it can be said to be very bumpy!!!
And it is even more difficult and uncomfortable for people to sit in a carriage!!!
If we compare it to a similar experience, it is a bit like the children's bumper cars of later generations.
Every time someone bumps into you, it's like a bumpy ride on Huangbei Road.
If it is a short period of time, then it is not bad, the endurance will pass.
If it is for a long time and a long distance, such as one or two thousand kilometers, and lasts for ten days or half a month, it may really kill people.
Think about being bumped into by people with bumper cars for ten days or half a month, and you still can't hit them back!!!
Just thinking about it can make people so depressed that they explode!!!
So in this era, the so-called "tired work" is not a polite word, it is really tiring, and it is still very tiring.
However, the cement road laid by Yan Changqing from Yingtianfu to [Wanmin Agricultural College] and [Wanmin Medical College] has none of the shortcomings mentioned above.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately looked up at Yan Changqing and asked eagerly:
“What kind of road is that?!!”
"How much does it cost?!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was quite keen on building roads, discovered that the section of road between Yingtianfu and [Wanmin Agricultural College] and [Wanmin Medical College] was completely different from ordinary dirt roads, gravel roads, and even stone roads. back.
Even if you realize the huge benefits of building that kind of road!! 973!
If all parts of the Ming Dynasty built such roads uniformly, then people traveling in the future would no longer have to suffer from dust and bumps!!!
Before Yan Changqing could answer, Chu King Zhu Zhen on the side replied with an uncertain tone:
"That road seems to be called a cement road, right?!!"
“Because the name of the material used to build the road seems to be cement, so we called it a cement road.
Qi King Zhu Bo, who was sitting next to Chu King Zhu Zhen, also followed suit and said:
"In terms of construction cost, it doesn't seem to be very expensive. It's roughly the cost of building a 100-foot-long cement road, which is equivalent to building two or three 100-foot-long dirt roads.
As early as two years ago, when Yan Changqing built [Wanmin Agricultural College], cement had already been used.
At that time, Chu King Zhu Zhen and Qi King Zhu Shu happened to be punished by Zhu Yuanzhang to plant potatoes at [Wanmin Agricultural College].
Since they stayed in the Agricultural College all day at that time, Chu King Zhu Zhen and Qi King Zhu Su were watching, and they knew more or less ten points of relevant information about things like cement.
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