After hearing Luo Chong's plan, Lu Guangzhu quickly found people to discuss it with. They then drew up a blueprint, dug pits in the ground for simulation experiments, and only after that finally settled on the construction plan. They immediately found a site and prepared to begin work.
As for the sluice gate Luo Chong had mentioned, they planned to build one directly out of wood. Luo Chong thought it over and decided there was no problem with that. If they used iron, setting aside the issue of its weight, it would probably take one or two months just to make the sluice gate. Wood, on the other hand, was plentiful here, and it was somewhat lighter and easier to open.
Luo Chong thought it over and agreed to their plan. After watching the work for two days, he went straight back.
Watching a group of people dig pits with shovels was really boring. He did not even know when the Han Tribe would be able to manufacture an excavator or loader.
This thing was actually extremely useful, especially for infrastructure construction. It would be perfect for manufacturing all kinds of engineering machinery.
The only problem was that the Han Tribe did not have an internal combustion engine. Of course, there was no major difficulty in making a simple internal combustion engine now. The most crucial issue was that the Han Tribe had no liquid fuel like gasoline or diesel. That was the real key.
Power was a major problem.
That was not to say steam engines could not be used to make automobiles. Rather, steam engines were too large, their heat was unstable, and they had to be constantly fed coal. Someone had to tend the furnace, whereas liquid-fuel engines were not nearly so troublesome.
Moreover, Luo Chong vaguely