Chapter 57 Building Roads
Xu Guangqi cried so happily with Huang Ling's imperial edict, and he wanted to snatch the title of the world's number one crying god with Meng Jiangnu. Zhu Cheng looked around. There was no Great Wall, and there was a section of the city wall defending the Huangzhuang Management Center. Thanks to the construction of the city wall, the workers did not cut corners, otherwise Mr. Xu would have become famous after crying.
Zhu Cheng did not disturb the crying god. After half his life, he finally reached the third grade. Why didn’t this unlucky ghost feel excited? Zhu Cheng did not disturb Xu Guangqi, and did not mean that others did not disturb him. There was a series of inappropriate coughs next to him.
When Zhu Cheng saw that the person who was coughing was the eunuch who was sent to the emperor, he had been waiting here for a long time. Xu Guangqi's crying performance was not very interested in watching, but he could not go out empty-handed, especially when he came to a wealthy place like the imperial village in Jingxi.
Zhu Cheng understood it and took out five silver coins and handed it over. The eunuch's cough stopped and he quietly turned around and left.
"It's been fifteen years, fifteen years, and the court finally remembered me. I can finally show my knowledge and seek welfare for the people." Xu Guangqi said while crying.
Zhu Cheng blunt Xu Guangqi's fantasy without hesitation: "It's not that the court thinks of you, it's that someone Zhu thinks of you."
"Oh, how can you explain this?"
Zhu Cheng told Xu Guangqi what happened in the court yesterday.
"Then why did the emperor let me be the Minister of Works?"
"The first is to ask you to supervise the construction of cement roads, and the second is to ask you to mix sand for the Donglin Party."
"Well……"
Seeing Xu Guangqi's face unhesitation, Zhu Cheng remembered that Xu Guangqi was from Songjiang Prefecture and belonged to Jiangnan. Could it be that he was from Donglin?
Seeing Zhu Cheng showing a suspicious look, Xu Guangqi smiled and said, "Young Master Zhu, don't be suspicious. I have always advocated that gentlemen are not party. Although the Donglin Party is powerful, it still cannot crush me, Xu."
"It's so good. Lord Xu just let go and don't care about other people's partying. I'll do everything."
It was strange that the bold words of such a twelve-year-old child made Xu Guangqi feel very at ease. The practical man immediately talked about building a road with Zhu Cheng: "It is a disaster relief period, and the road should serve disaster relief, so I suggest that the road should be built from Tongzhou to Shaanxi. Most of the grain transported from Jiangnan and north to Jiangzhou can be accessed very smoothly through the Beijing Airlines Grand Canal. The journey from Tongzhou to Shaanxi is closer than from Jiangxi to Shaanxi. In addition, the coal production in Shaanxi can be transported to all parts of the country through the Tongzhou wharf to help Shaanxi get rid of its economic difficulties."
"You are the Minister of Works, just be the one who takes the initiative to do this. I will tell the emperor after looking back." Zhu Cheng said, "But there are two things to pay attention to. First, this official road was built by me and the emperor. It is a private road and costs a fee, so you cannot use the roadbed of the official road, and you need to start a new stove. However, there is no need to design it, just be parallel to the official road. Build waist walls on both sides, plant green trees tightly, and prevent abnormal vehicles and horses from entering. Second, try to circle the post station next to the road within the range of the road, and help the post station to repair the house."
Xu Guangqi was a little surprised. Why did Zhu Cheng care so much about the inn that wasted the national food and salary? But how could Zhu Cheng tell him that the culprit of the destruction of the Ming Dynasty was now a big soldier at the inn, named Li Hongji. If the inn had a lot of profits, Li Hongji would make positive contributions to the upload and release of the Ming Dynasty information, and there was no creativity to change his name to Li Zicheng and rebel.
"You can take all of the two scientific madmen of Tongle Academy of Sciences - Sun Yuanhua and Wanhu, and you can promote these two people if you have the opportunity. However, Sun Yuanhua and Wanhu can only be promoted in the Ministry of Industry and must not be placed in other departments."
When Sun Yuanhua heard that Zhu Cheng said this, he was a little unhappy and said, "Young Master Zhu, why can I only stay in the Ministry of Works, and not be a chief in the local area, and a herdsman in the Destiny?"
Zhu Cheng said: "Who in the world can make cannon casting skills better than Sun Chuyang? You can destroy an additional group of Jiannu with every cannon. However, although the cannon you cast can make great contributions to the elimination of Jiannu, I am an unknown hero, and the unknown hero is equally heroic. I believe that Sun Chuyang is not a person blindfolded by false reputation."
Chuyang is Sun Yuanhua's name, and Zhu Cheng called Sun Yuanhua's name, which shows that he is very respectful to him.
When Sun Yuanhua heard Zhu Cheng admired his cannon casting technique so much, he said with gaze: "In this way, then I will be the name of this unknown hero and strive to cast high-quality cannons for the Ming army as soon as possible."
Wanhu said: "I don't have the art of casting cannons, why do I have to stay in the Ministry of Works?"
Zhu Cheng rolled his eyes and said, "You think I'm willing to let you go. I've said that you are the future general of the air force of the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid that which army you enter will be killed in any battle. At that time, who will I ask to compensate my general of the air force. However, you and Sun Yuanhua are good friends. After Sun Yuanhua is promoted, you will definitely be unbalanced. Why don't you be proud. After my air force comes out, no matter what department you are in or what position you hold, I will take you out as general of the air force."
Wanhu giggled for a while, and suddenly took out a cylindrical object from his arms and handed it to Zhu Cheng.
Zhu Cheng glanced at it and said happily: "Typescope."
As he said that, Zhu Chengxi picked up the telescope and looked at the scenery in the distance.
Seeing that Zhu Cheng was very skilled in adjusting the focal length, Wanhu asked, "Have you seen this kind of thing?"
"No."
"Why are the adults so skilled?"
"I'm probably very smart." Zhu Cheng boasted shamelessly, "Mr. Wan, you can only leave the imperial village if you build ten telescopes."
"It's been done long ago, I'll ask someone to send it later."
Cui Chengxiu's actions were quick. He had arrived in Shaanxi and recruited some victims and sent them to Xu Guangqi's residence.
Zhu Cheng was accompanying Xu Guangqi to discuss the road construction matter. Seeing that the victims had arrived, he came out to greet him.
Seeing the victims' appearance, Zhu Cheng couldn't help but feel deep in his heart. The victims' faces were pale and thin, with their eyes blank, as if they were completely desperate for the future. It seemed that the disaster in Shaanxi had been seriously beyond his imagination.
Zhu Cheng waved his hand and the chef carried out baskets of steamed buns and buckets of meat soup from the kitchen. Seeing that the food was right in front. If the Jinyiwei hadn't maintained order, the victims would have rushed forward to grab the food.
Zhu Cheng stood on the stool, there was no way, the short man was sad.
He asked loudly, "Do you want to have a meal?"
Of course, no matter how loud Zhu Cheng's voice was, he could not let all the thousands of victims hear his voice. Fortunately, he brought 25 loud speakers from the imperial village, which were the 25 Jinyiwei who had a very loud voice and a little decisive.
Seeing the food in front of you, the victims were like injecting chicken blood, and their voices became much louder: "I want to!"
"Do you want to eat meat?"
"Think!" The voice became louder, almost scaring Xu Guangqi.
"Then let me work hard for me, I will not treat you badly. The 800-mile Qinchuan, the mountains and rivers are all heroes. Mizhi's wife and Suide's Han are famous all over the world. So if I want to recruit workers, I will recruit men from Shaanxi. Don't think you are temporary workers, and after this winter, you will go home to dig soil. I want to build roads across the country. You are the road workers of my master, and you can eat delicious food with me. Of course, if you want to go home and dig soil, you can only see others who are delicious food with me. Among you, those who have married their wives can take their wives to the construction site to work together in a few days. It doesn't matter if you don't marry a wives. After working for a few months, you will pick up girls with your wages. If you are not Mizhi, you don't want them."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Zhu Cheng continued: "For the first time you have been to my official, you should have invited you to a meal of sausage wine. However, you have been hungry for too long and eat too meat, so your stomach can't stand it. Therefore, for these meals today and tomorrow, each person can only receive two steamed buns and a bowl of broth, and you can only eat it after the day after tomorrow. By the way, I will eat three meals a day, and each meal is done."
Zhu Cheng jumped off the stool and asked the victims to line up to receive the meal. The victims originally thought that this time they came to Zhu Cheng to do a vain job, and at most they had two meals. Unexpectedly, there was such good food and wages to receive. And according to Lord Zhu's words, the wages seemed to be quite large. The victims' discipline suddenly improved, and they didn't see anyone who was in the line.
Zhu Cheng ordered the victims to divide them into several parts after they had finished their meals. Some were responsible for firing cement, some were responsible for quarrying and gravel, some were responsible for transporting, some were responsible for digging, some were responsible for raising livestock, and some were responsible for defending... Anyway, most of the craftsmen in the imperial village have learned to manage, and with them, Zhu Cheng has been much more relaxed.
The work of paving the road was on track. Cui Chengxiu sent several batches of victims, and Zhu Cheng accepted them all, which surprised him. He looked at it in person and found the busy scene of the construction site. He couldn't help but nodded secretly. It turned out that it was someone who Eunuch Wei liked, and he had a few tricks.
Two months later, a cement road about a hundred miles long had been repaired. Unexpectedly, the cement road had very good benefits. Although it was only a short section, merchants of all sizes were willing to spend money on the cement road because the official road was too bumpy. Moreover, for merchants, time is money. If you arrive at the destination earlier, you will make money earlier. What is this travel fee?
Zhu Cheng specially escorted the tolls he received during this period to the capital to show Emperor Tianqi to Emperor An's heart. After all, using the emperor's money always makes him worried and worried.
When the road was built to Mizhi, he finally met the controversial figure in history.
Chapter completed!