The season when wheat is ripe always gives people hope.

The grain output in the south this year is estimated to be twice that of the same period last year!

This is exciting news.

The imperial court allocated a huge sum of money on Jingdong Road and Hebei Road to start rebuilding towns after the flood. At the same time, a large amount of grain was transported along the river to Jingdong Road and Hebei Road.

Under the order of the emperor, the court began to rebuild Qizhou and Puzhou, and in just a few months, a large number of labor positions were released.

In addition, Qizhou and Puzhou began to build large ferries.

In the fifth year of Jingkang, the imperial court's strategies against Qizhou and Puzhou drove the basic industries of these two places.

The large number of house reconstructions have given birth to many trading companies. Businessmen organize teams to cut down trees, and civilians need to eat. Some specialized people have seen such business opportunities and began to provide food uniformly.

The main source of food is in the south, and a group of southern merchants made a lot of money this time.

These merchants saw the food gap in the north, and also received support from the court's policies and began to transport large quantities of food.

This year, the money collected from the imperial court's official road was obviously several times higher than in previous years.

The imperial court saw this financial source and his enthusiasm for building the road increased.

At the same time, merchants also reduced costs from convenient transportation and made more profits in disguise.

When the profits are high, the commercial tax will naturally increase, which is a completely win-win situation for all parties.

The people seem to be in good shape.

However, seeing the current progress of cement road paving, the emperor was still not satisfied.

The cement road has been paved for more than two years, but it has not even been connected to Tokyo City from Jiangling Prefecture!

The emperor was furious and scolded Xu Churen, Tang Ke, Qin Hui and others in the court.

They were confused by scolding.

Logically speaking, this matter is no longer slow. After all, private trading companies are recruiting to complete the paving of cement roads.

Moreover, this project is different from building a city. When the city gathers together, all the materials can be transported to that place.

However, the construction of cement roads is completely different, and the location of the construction site is different in each period!

The emperor scolded the Zhengshi Hall, of course Liu Yanzong was the happiest person. He also sprinkled a handful of salt on the wounds of the Zhengshi Hall.

But strangely, this was originally just a matter of the Political Affairs Hall, but the Censorate was disturbed.

The Chief Censor He also came out and said, "I think I can't blame Xu Xianggong entirely at this time!"

The emperor had a gloomy face, becoming more and more majestic, and he spoke a few words coldly: "Why did the Censor say this?"

"Your Majesty, I remember that three years ago, when Xu Xianggong submitted a plan to lay cement roads to His Majesty, there was a plan to produce straight steel as molds. However, because the demand for this type of mold is too large, the Academy of Sciences and Military Equipment Supervision need to assist in creating a new way of refining. However, in the past two years, this aspect has been completely stagnant!"

As soon as He Ye said this, the personnel from several sides immediately understood.

Han Gonglian, who had nothing to do with this matter, had his eyes rapped hard.

He Zhishi directly told the emperor that the biggest responsibility for the delay in the construction period of cement roads is his Academy of Sciences!

There is also a military weapon supervisor!

Han Gonglian and Chen Gui, who were hiding in the crowd and were honestly shot, couldn't stand it.

The scheming Xu Churen immediately understood the emperor's purpose.

The emperor was not dissatisfied with the pace of laying cement roads. In fact, the laying of cement roads, as far as the current technical conditions are concerned, has reached the upper limit.

The emperor knew very well about this.

What the emperor was actually dissatisfied with was that the technology and related facilities had not been improved for two and a half years.

But the emperor's idea was that he would never get angry or blame the people of the Academy of Sciences.

Everyone knows that the Academy of Sciences and the Military Equipment Supervisor are the treasures of the emperor.

The emperor was filled with an almost paranoid fanatical love for fortifications and investigations.

It’s not because of the Academy of Sciences and the Military Equipment Supervisor, but the Political Affairs Hall can only take the blame.

But we can't be too wronged by the prime ministers, we can only express the emperor's voice through a humble voice.

Liu Yanzong, who understood the emperor's thoughts, couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This emperor is so scheming!

The emperor stopped talking, and he looked at the ministers below, as if waiting to see the good show of tearing each other.

But seeing that everyone stopped, it was obvious that the few people in the Political Affairs Hall were unwilling to offend the emperor's treasures. Xu Churen and Tang Ke both lowered their heads, as if they were planning to let Qin Hui take it.

Qin Hui thought for a while, thinking to himself: I was obviously sent by the emperor to the Political Affairs Hall to cause trouble for Xu Churen and Tang Ke, but why did he suddenly become a clutch with them?

The emperor was unwilling to say anything when he saw this, so he asked, "Tang Ke, tell me the reason!"

Tang Ke originally counted on what Qin Hui said, but he didn't expect that he was named by the emperor. Obviously, the emperor wanted him to tear the Academy of Sciences!

Tang Ke had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works has indeed not received any drawings and blueprints from the Academy of Sciences."

"You must receive the drawings and blueprints from the Academy of Sciences before you can make progress?" Zhao Huan scolded him very harshly, "Is it feasible to increase the manpower?"

"Your Majesty! I dare to make the manpower saturation. If you increase the manpower, not only will it not speed up, but it will become bloated and slow down. The only thing you can do is to improve the equipment! Therefore, I think that the crime is not on me!"

Seeing that the emperor forced Tang Ke to fight, Xu Churen was too disrespectful to the emperor if he didn't speak.

He said: "Your Majesty, if the mold is improved under the current conditions, the cement laying speed will be greatly improved!"

Han Gonglian hurriedly stepped out: "Your Majesty, the mold has been adjusted twice!"

Chen Gui also said: "Your Majesty, the mold minister who paves the cement road has been adjusted twice!"

Xu Churen said: "Two times are no different from the first time, and they are of no use at all!"

Chen Gui blushed for a moment, and he said, "Xu Xianggong, according to the strict standards of the military weapons of the Song Dynasty, the two improvements have significantly improved the texture!"

"But it has no effect on the speed increase." Tang Ke took over, "I'll do some calculations for you. Take this Jingdong Road flood as an example. Within three months, Jiangling Prefecture transported 30,000 stones of grain to Jingdong Road, selling 30,000 stones of grain, and the transaction amount reached 60,000 coins. This is the limit of transportation. If the cement road between Jiangling Prefecture and Daming Prefecture is completed in January this year, the number will double! It will reach 120,000 stones!"

"Of course, the affected areas do not need so much food, but it is enough to spread the entire Hebei Road and Hedong Road to solve the problem of urgent food shortage there."

Regardless of Han Gonglian's ugly expression, Tang Ke continued to say in the mood of a dead fellow Taoist, "Ten hundred and twenty thousand stones, 30,000 stones, a total of ninety thousand stones. Calculated according to two jin of each stone, the transaction of 180,000 coins and the profit is calculated at 60%, and there are still ninety thousand coins and ninety million coins!"

"According to the latest commercial tax law of the Song Dynasty, more than 10,000 trump cards will be paid in taxes based on a hundred and twenty dollars!"

"The taxes in the court's affairs were 18,000 yuan apart!" (The Song Dynasty was about 465 yuan)

Tang Ke raised a smug smile on his lips. He was worthy of being the boss of the Ministry of Commerce. He was about to catch up with the Zhou Dynasty, the three officials envoys.

Before Han Gonglian could speak, Tang Ke continued: "This is just a grain transaction, and it is not included in silk, fabric, salt, iron, spices, etc. transactions."

People who have done business have a feeling that it is okay to not settle some things, but once you calculate the accounts, you can scare yourself.

Now Tang Ke settled the score for everyone in the court, which is not good. After calculating, everyone took a breath, and even Tang Ke himself was secretly shocked.

Zhao Huan was even more bleeding. Because the construction period was slow, the losses caused were indeed a pity.

No wonder in later generations, when the United States rose, it was a time when a large number of railway tracks were laid across the country. Transportation was really important to a country's strategic rise.

The same is true for Japan in the 20th century. Japan's domestic transportation planning reached its peak and rose rapidly to become a major power second only to the United States on the basis of previous industrial development. There is also a reason why it was quickly becoming a major power second only to the United States at that time.

The same is true in China in the 21st century. The years when the economy took off were taking off, when domestic high-speed rail, aircraft and highways rose strongly.

When Zhao Huan thought of the backward transportation facilities in the Song Dynasty, he was a little anxious.

He never knew that the reason why the cement road paving speed has been very slow in recent years is due to technology limitations?

But there is nothing we can do!

The failure of steam engines to be developed means that combustible raw materials cannot be used and heat cannot be converted into power, and everything still has to be built by people.

Just say that the steel molds on cement roads are still hand-made by people from the Song Dynasty Military Arts Supervision, which is very low in efficiency.

Once the steam engine is started and the steam engine is used as the starting point to create various devices, the human production method will undergo qualitative changes.

The reason why Zhao Huan took out the paving of cement roads in the court was that he wanted to use this matter to immediately force the Political Affairs Hall to find ways to improve efficiency.

The only way to improve efficiency is to improve technology, and the only way to improve technology is to find authority such as military weapons supervisors and the Academy of Sciences.

Only by forcing the desired result is directional and purposeful creation.

Only in this way can everyone realize the root of the problem.

Military weapon surveillance was originally a place where weapons were produced, but now the emperor has given another mission to Military weapon surveillance.

From the moment the emperor began to reorganize the military weapon supervisors and establish the Academy of Sciences, it meant that they would shoulder the important task of setting the Song Dynasty's industrial revolution.

The court was silent, and Han Gonglian's forehead was sweating.

If everyone sit down and talk more about reasoning, we can't blame Han Gonglian and Chen Gui for this matter.

After all, in recent years, the military and political affairs of the Song Dynasty have been in full swing, and almost all the military equipment has been improved.

Moreover, the research and development of firearms took a lot of time for the Academy of Sciences and military weapons supervisors.

By level, firearms are the highest level, which is what the emperor calls for, and every time he improves, the emperor will lock his time very hard!

The Military Arts Supervision and the Academy of Sciences work almost all night long, and even those who are on the New Year's Day are still struggling to work in their own positions.

However, everyone is now an important official of the court.
To be continued...