Introduction to the work
Chen Dachui, who has been a contractor for 20 years, has a background as a bricklayer and is full of charlatanism.
When he opened his eyes, he became a dying citizen who was repairing Zheng Guo Canal.
In the eyes of others, this is hard labor, but in his eyes, this is Da Qin's first project payment.
Sanhe soil improvement, segmented construction, wooden pile foundations, caissons and sand penetration - others rely on brute force to build canals, but he relies on settling accounts. Cost accounting is a knife, and quality comparison is a sword. From dying civilians to Zheng Guo's appreciation, from snatching projects from the hands of local tycoons to Ying Zheng's answer in front of the emperor, he only does one thing: let everyone know that he, Chen Dachui, built the Daqin projects best, most economically, and fastest.
Zhengguo Canal, Dujiangyan Irrigation System, Ling Canal, Qin Zhidao, Mausoleum of the First Emperor, and the Great Wall—the six major landmark projects have experienced ups and downs over the past forty years.
He discussed water with Li Bing, built roads with Meng Tian, fought with Zhao Gao, and discussed a century-old plan with Ying Zheng. He worked all the way from Mujizi to the first contractor in Da Qin. Every brick he built was engraved with his name, but what he witnessed was Da Qin going from its peak to its collapse.
When the world was in chaos and the empire collapsed, he hid in the mountains with his unique skills. The craftsmanship of building the Great Wall, the account books for managing projects, and the formulas for controlling floods were not buried with the violent Qin Dynasty after all——
Two thousand years later, every immortal project on the land of China contains the fire he left behind.
A contractor, half of the history of Da Qin Engineering.
