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Chapter 430: They’re afraid they won’t be able to see that your contribution is too great (Third update)
Chapter 429

"I'm afraid the fee is quite a lot?" Wang Yang couldn't help but snapped his tongue.Wang Yang remembered that it would cost 12 guan to build the Royal Street, but to build a road that is three feet wide and more than 1000 miles long, they would need to use five armies, which is 1 yuan. More than five hundred people.

I am afraid that it will cost 30 to [-] guan in any case.Wang Yang remembered very clearly that those courtiers were crying for poverty every day. Even Gao Taotao was aware of the maintenance and renovation of the Imperial Street, and moved it with reason. draw money.

"Of course it's a lot. I've also read the memorial they submitted to the imperial grandmother. It seems to cost about 26 guan."

"The Ministry of Household Affairs did not show any concern at all. It was said that for the sake of the people of the world, they would definitely try to raise enough money and food for the Ministry of Works to build this important road." Having said this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but smile coldly.

"It is said to be for the people of the world. In my opinion, they are afraid that Wang Wushan will not realize that you have done so much, so they might as well rush in first and take over this job on their own initiative. What's more, with your lessons learned, as long as They will do what you do here, and with so much labor, there really won't be too many problems in two years."

Wang Yang didn't expect that those guys would be so ruthless, and directly resorted to a move to drain the fire. Originally, Wang Yang planned to turn the supervisor into an infrastructure maniac, and he would do Bianliang and Chang'an, and Chang'an and the border areas.

The cement straight road appeared on the land of China more than 1000 years in advance, but now, my side has just started to go on the road. Then, the Ministry of Industry jumped out with a posture of bravery, but they thought they would do it. ?
Don't forget, it is you who invented cement, and you are the first to apply cement to buildings, and they can only make political achievements at most.

The important thing is that they used the soldiers to do this, which coincided with Wang Yang's own idea.

"Your Majesty, don't you think this is a good thing?"

"Huh? Why did Mr. Wu Shan say that?" Zhao Xu was standing by Wang Yang's side, complaining wildly to those old party officials. He didn't expect Wang Yang to say such a sentence, which really caught people off guard.

"Your Majesty, think about it. There are three disadvantages in my Song Dynasty, redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses. The reform of the military system was also thought about when Emperor Shenzong was there. Unfortunately, it has never been implemented. I don't want to. These old A senior member of the party is the first to reform the military system..."

"...You mean, they turned the soldiers into labor?" Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment, and soon realized that, right, isn't that the reason?
Xiangbing was originally the most important part of Song Dynasty's bloated and lack of combat effectiveness. In the past, the emperor always wanted to change, but he couldn't find a suitable way.

But now, Wang Yang has used the soldiers of the First Army, and Ning Shangshu needs to use the soldiers of the Fifth Army, although the number seems to be small.

However, using them to build roads is tantamount to turning their military pay into wages, and there is no need to spend additional money to hire craftsmen.

"And in the future, road maintenance, as well as construction and garrison stations, can be done by these soldiers. In addition, if we can build this kind of solid concrete road on the main roads of our Great Song Dynasty, then when the time comes I still have a lot of good things to present to His Majesty."

"Sir, what good thing is it?" Zhao Ji couldn't help asking.

"Eight-wheeled carriage." Wang Yang glanced at Zhao Ji, then thought for a while and explained. "An eight-wheeled carriage can be pulled by four horses. If it travels on a straight concrete road, it can cover more than 200 miles a day. It can carry fifty travelers with luggage, which is more than enough. If horses and horses can be changed midway, If we change the driver, it is possible to travel four to five hundred miles a day."

"Doesn't that mean that it only takes three days to get from Tokyo to Xijing?" Zhao Ji couldn't help but gasped.

"Well, for example, the distance from Kaifeng to Pingxia City is only about 2000 miles. If it is replaced by this kind of concrete straight road that is hard to penetrate by rain and will not be muddy, if there is a warning, it will be like four days. , you can send an army to Pingxia city..."

Hiss... In the private room of the restaurant, there was a sound of gasping, and everyone looked at Wang Yang in front of him with an unbelievable expression, as if this guy was releasing a blue whale in the sea into the sky.

"Xu Zhao...you are familiar with the art of war, and you have a long history of education, so please tell me your opinion." Zhao Xu moved his neck a little stiffly, and said to a guard standing behind him.

This bodyguard, Xu Zhao, who was beaten by Wang Yang on the Royal Street, is currently serving as Youban Dianzhi, that is, the emperor's bodyguard.

"Qizou Your Majesty, Pingxia City is about 1000 miles from Chang'an, and Chang'an is about 50 to [-] miles from Kaifeng. If the carriage can travel four to five hundred miles a day according to Mr. Wang's words, in four or five days, It can be rushed there. However, if a carriage can only carry [-] people, if [-] troops are dispatched, how many carriages will be enough?"

Xu Zhao's eyes fell on Wang Yang, and he said with a bit of provocation. "At least two hundred vehicles are needed, and if it is not a wartime, then these vehicles would be vacant. This is a waste of the court's taxes."

"These carriages and horses can naturally be used for transportation on weekdays. For example, in the past, if merchants wanted to sell goods from Chang'an to Kaifeng, they would have to take a boat for more than ten days, or travel for almost 20 days."

"And if we have been delayed for so long along the way, we may have missed the business opportunity or something urgent. If we can only spend four or five days to get from Chang'an to Bianliang to do business, it will be much easier." If you were earning ten days’ worth of money, what would you choose?”

Wang Yang talked leisurely, but directly made Xu Zhao dumbfounded and speechless.

"Two hundred cars may seem like a lot, but in fact, it's not that much. If you think about a straight cement road with a length of one or two thousand miles, and two hundred cars are placed on it, I'm afraid you won't see one even if you drive for ten miles. Are there many?" ?”

"...It's really not much."

"What is that? It's just that I'm a little worried. According to the ancestor's family law, four horses and one car will cause problems... because it doesn't seem to conform to the ancestor's system..." Wang Yang glanced at it and then listened. The bright Zhao Xu laughed dryly afterwards.

After Zhao Xu thought for a while, he curled his lips: "Could it be that the gang of old party members are allowed to do the first grade of junior high school, so I can't do the fifteenth grade? Mr. Wu Shan, I'll leave this matter to the supervisor, you do it first An eight-wheeled carriage comes and let me see if it is really as you said, on this straight concrete road, it can gallop like the wind."

Wang Yang opened his mouth and didn't say much in the end. Well, since the emperor likes it, let's do it. Anyway, there are countless inventions and creations in his mind. Edison can have one or two thousand inventions in his life. Could it be that he, an excellent time traveler? Why not?

To be honest, the eight-wheeled carriage is really not a difficult thing, at least for Wang Yang, it is just a problem of ordinary physical components.

What he cares more about is not these things. These things that can improve the production and living standards of the people of the Song Dynasty can be made and handed over to others for promotion. What he really wants to do is to establish a farming civilization An industrial system far away from nomadic civilization.

Only by allowing agricultural civilization to enter the advanced gunpowder era can we truly leave nomadic civilization far behind and no longer need to fear the iron hoofs of those nomadic civilizations.

It's a pity that Zhao Xu can't take power yet, and now he is thrown into prison and is responsible for rebuilding toilet ditches. As for the old lady Gao Taotao, although she seems very kind, in fact, she is also a standard Old school.

(End of this chapter)