Malicious Medical Princess of the Marquis House

In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the sun is hot in the sky.

The atmosphere in Beijing, just like the weather, is lively!

From the court to the folk, it is lively.

The court is fighting a lawsuit again, and the people are watching it.

In fact, these two things, in the final analysis, are one thing, the cement road.

Gu Jiu provoked the hustle and bustle of the people in the court, and the cement road that turned out has refreshed the people's understanding of the world in the capital.

Oh! How can this road be repaired like this!

It's flat and smooth. It rained heavily the day before. I walked on the concrete road, and there was no mud on the upper.

Really? That's good. When the roads in the city are also paved with cement, it won't be so difficult to go out in the rain.

Outside the South Gate, the official road.

The road is split in the middle, and half of it has been built as a concrete road. In a few days, it has been repaired five or six miles away. This is still delaying the construction period, and it will be repaired so slowly.

The other half of the official road is still the same, with yellow mud paving the way. On a rainy day, the legs are full of yellow mud. On a sunny day, as soon as the carriages and horses passed, the dust flew up and people could choke to death.

Why does the emperor have to spread loess and sprinkle clean water wherever he goes out of the palace?

The purpose of laying loess is to level the road and fill in various potholes on the road.

Sprinkling water is to press down the floating soil and avoid the chariots and horses walking and the dust flying.

Think about it, the emperor walked through a piece of flying dust and bumped into a pit from time to time. The picture was too beautiful to look at.

Gu Jiu asked the engineering team to build half a concrete road outside the South City Gate, taking it as a model road.

Because of this cement road that turned out, the people of the capital have recently added a hobby. They go out of the South City Gate and walk back and forth on the cement road a few times.

Really strong, really flat, really clean.

If the other half of the official roads were also built into cement roads, the road would be even cleaner.

A carriage came over, driving steadily on half of the concrete road, not bumpy at all.

There is the hawker who carries the load, and as soon as the carriage passes, he steps on the cement official road from the yellow mud road.

Bring all kinds of dust by the way. Hey, this road is more comfortable than the yellow mud road.

The hawker held his head high and his face was shy.

There are rural farmers who come to the Dahuashu market outside the Nancheng Gate with agricultural products on their backs to set up stalls, and take a look at it.

They didn't dare to step on the concrete pavement, for fear of breaking it. Still walking on the other half of Huang Niba's official road.

Come on, go up, take the cement road. It's a comfortable road.

The old man smiled and shook his head, still insisting on the muddy road. Just look at the oddity, how valuable the cement road is, how can you just walk around.

The kids in the capital are the most excited, calling friends and friends, walking back and forth along the cement road every day.

The cement road has been repaired to Shili Pavilion!

I heard from the steward that if Chaotang agrees, the road can be repaired to Luozhou next year.

My God, how much does it cost to repair to Luozhou?

The steward said that when the road is officially built, many people will need to be recruited. Two meals of dry food are included every day, plus ten copper plates for wages. Anyone who is willing to suffer this hardship should go to the big locust Bazi outside the South City Gate to sign up. If If you are willing to learn technology, the salary can be higher.”

real?

The steward of Sihai Road and Bridge Business said it himself, of course it can't be false.

What is the road and bridge firm that you just said, what is it?

All roads and bridges are under the control of Luqiao Firm. Anyone who has a doorway and wants to sell goods can also go to Luqiao Firm.

People have cement, what can we sell?

Selling meat, vegetables, snacks, and ready-to-wear, you can sell anything. Those who build roads must follow the road and bridge business to build them all the way. After getting the money, can't you buy something to eat? The clothes are broken, so you can't buy two decent clothes. Are you wearing them? Your shoes are worn out, so you can't sell a new pair of them?

Is that so?

Hey, the eldest son of the Li family runs out every day, and I didn't expect to gain some insight.

Li Dalang smiled proudly. After laughing, I was a little worried.

Seeing that he was running diligently, the steward of Sihai Road and Bridge Company gave him a chance.

If he can organize a road construction team of thirty people, let him be a small leader.

As long as he does a good job, the Four Seas Firm can sign a ten-year contract with him, and he can earn twenty or thirty taels a year at least. You can also buy a house at an inside price.

The work of the Four Seas Firm is an excellent choice for those who cannot pass the imperial examination without the talent for reading, and who are unwilling to be a soldier for food and wages.

Li Dalang is fighting for his future this time.

He approached the neighbors and spoke eloquently, saying how good the road is and how the future will be.

Little did they know that the neighbors in the neighborhood had served corvée in the early years, built city walls, built roads, dug ditches and opened mountains.

How hard it is to build a road, they have a clear door.

This pain is not something that ordinary people can eat.

In the early years, when the imperial court was unstable, it was not bad to catch up with that time to serve corvée, and go out for 100 people, and it would be good to be able to return 50 or 60 people.

Those roads, rivers, and border town fortresses were all filled with the lives of the common people.

Now the common people in the capital, every household is doing a job. Every year, they would rather take money to redeem the corvée than do the corvage in person. Where can you be fooled by Li Dalang, follow him to build the road.

Li Dalang spent a few days, but no one was willing to follow him to build the road.

He was disheartened, depressed.

It was his father who couldn't see it, and gave him an idea.

People in the city have a living, so naturally they won't go with you to build a road. If you go to the countryside, the more remote and poorer places you make a few trips, let alone thirty people, three hundred people can be brought here.

Li Dalang looked at his father eagerly, Can people trust me?

Stupid! In Gyeonggi area, who doesn't know about Sihai Trading Company. Tonight, you live outside the city, get up in the middle of the night, and stop people at the door of Sihai Butcher's Store in Dahuashu Market. You are familiar with those people from the remote countryside. , how many people are needed to build the road, they can help you.

Li Dalang was ordered and jumped three feet high.

After packing my luggage, I went outside the city and opened a large shop to rest.

Li's mother asked Li's father, You can think of any way, but Sihai Commercial Bank can't think of it? Don't go to the end, Dalang is busy with work.

Father Li smiled, Sihai Commercial Bank wants to build a road, how can they find no one, I'm afraid those muddy legs in the countryside will go there.

I've been thinking about it for the past few days, and I guess that the reason why Four Seas Commercial Bank gave up the opportunity is to give everyone a way out.

If Dalang can really take care of things after going through this, maybe he can really be a small manager in the Four Seas Trading Company. Anyway, Dalang also knows a few words.

The Four Seas Trading Company is so good? It also took the initiative to give people a chance.

Hey, you don't understand this. I heard that the cement road is going to be repaired to Luozhou. The Four Seas Commercial Bank made its fortune in the capital. When they arrive in Luozhou, the strong dragon can't beat the local snakes. It will be taken care of by the local wealthy people in Luozhou. The hard work and hard work has become a wedding dress for others.

According to what you said, Sihai Commercial Bank wants to pull people from the capital to Luozhou Township?

I guess that's the reason.

Father Li still has some knowledge. Of course, in practice, of course, it is not as simple as he said.

A group of road construction workers, what kind of place can they control.

The real people in the market are naturally the local tyrants in Luozhou.

Gu Jiu recently spread no less than 500 invitations in Beijing and Luozhou.

Many people in Luozhou are officials in the capital. These people hold their own identities and are not willing to deal with commercial firms. But they didn't mind having the family send someone over to attend Gu Jiu's business tea party.

Considering that it would take ten or twenty days for those people to set off from Luozhou to the capital, Gu Jiu tentatively scheduled the tea party on the fifth day of the sixth lunar month.

By then, the quarrel in the court should almost have an outcome.

Privately, the Household Order of the Shaofu and the Minister of Household contacted officials from Luozhou to build momentum for this road.

Officials outside Los Angeles are mostly opposed to road construction.

In fact, they are not really against it.

The half-built concrete model road outside the city, the civil and military officials all sneaked a trip, and sat in the carriage to feel it.

Is this road good?

it is good!

very good!

Fast and steady. Once repaired, the time it takes to travel from Luozhou to the capital by horse-drawn carriage can be shortened to five or six days.

Why still object?

Some people have a crooked buttocks, and they oppose it for the sake of opposing it.

Part of it is a conflict of interests, and they are not willing to build roads in Los Angeles. Why should the bastards in Luozhou be cheap?

Can't we go to Hedong, Hexi, or build a road to the northwest? Dare to love everyone is raised by stepmothers, but Luozhou was born by her own mother?

As a result, Chaotang has never been able to build a cement road, or let a private person pay for the road to set up a toll station, and they have been arguing about whether to go to Luozhou to build a road.

People who are officials these days have a strong sense of place.

In fact, in modern society, officials also have a strong sense of locality.

The advantages of cement roads can be seen by anyone with eyes.

Therefore, everyone wants to build a cement road from the capital to their hometown.

Even people from Jiangnan, Lingnan, southwest, and central and southern regions came to join in the fun.

They didn't even think about how far the capital was from their place, how could they repair it in one breath.

However, it does not prevent everyone from winning over these southern officials to oppose building the road from the capital to Luozhou.

For this matter, the court went up and down, arguing for ten or twenty days.

When the news reached the local area, countless local officials became excited and wrote memorials one after another, begging to build a road from the capital to them.

In fact, these local officials have not even figured out what a cement road is.

They just have an idea, since it is a good thing, since it can shorten the travel time, then they should fight and snatch.

Watching the fun is not too big of a deal.

Even if Emperor Wende was upset, it would not be their local officials' turn to punish a few people.

Local officials are far away and are easily forgotten by His Majesty the Emperor. This is bad.

The advantage is that the risk of being an official is lower than that of a Beijing official, and the income is higher than that of a Beijing official.

Parents and officials in one place, if they have a little bit of money on hand, it is enough to support the family and save a sum of money for pension.

If you are cruel, you can make a fortune by being a local official for a few years. Lay a solid foundation for the family to become a giant one day.

From the capital to the local area, there was a lot of noise because of the road construction, and it was too lively.

Buzzing, buzzing, there are all kinds of buzzing sounds in Wendedi's ears every day.

Seeing that June is about to come, Gu Jiu's business and fundraising tea party will be held soon, Emperor Wende coughed lightly, and the hall immediately became quiet.

Emperor Wende said unhurriedly: I know that you all want to build a road to your hometown. But I have to remind you that the Ministry of Household has no money to build a road for you.

The road from Beijing to Luozhou is entirely funded by the private sector, so toll stations will be set up. All the costs of building the road, the court does not have to bear a penny, and they have the best road in the world. Such a good thing, can I object? Can you object?

If you want to build roads, it’s not impossible. If anyone can spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, I can now approve the construction of a cement road from the capital to your hometown.

If you can't get it out, stop talking nonsense. If you have the ability, you can persuade the private sector to contribute money and build a road to your hometown for you, I will also be happy for you.

The officials looked at each other.

Finally someone stood up and said, Your Majesty, the private sector has invested in road construction and set up toll booths.

Other officials chimed in.

Since then, the problem has returned to the original point, and it has begun to argue whether the Four Seas Commercial Bank is qualified to invest in road construction and toll booths.

Some people are willing to pay to build roads, but in fact everyone agrees with a hundred.

The only thing I don't agree with is setting up toll booths.

Set up toll booths, it is too ugly to eat.

Majestic wife, do you want to be so greedy for money?

Although no one has said it, everyone knows that the owner behind the Four Seas Trading Company is Gu Jiu.

When everyone was tired, Emperor Wende sneered, causing the courtiers to shudder.

Emperor Wende had a smile on his face, but what he said was sarcastic, every word poking his heart, The face of the imperial court? The household storeroom is so poor that it runs away from mice, does the imperial court still have any face to speak of?

Some people spend millions of dollars in one go to build roads for the imperial court, shouldn't it be necessary to set up several toll booths?

You guys, it's too ugly to eat. They tell the horses to run, but they refuse to let them eat grass. According to your eating patterns, this road will not be built for a hundred years.

Your Majesty, don't you want a decent court?

Emperor Wende took a sip of tea, Turn left when you go out, go to the street and ask the people, is the decency of the imperial court more important, or is a concrete road important? Can the decency of the imperial court be eaten as food and worn as clothes?

Your Majesty, how can you do this?

How can you talk like a rogue in the market, and lose face.

You are the Son of Heaven!

What about the system?

Decent?

The dignified emperor, making such a philistine appearance, the face of the ancestors surnamed Liu was disgraced.

Emperor Wende didn't care at all, and the words he said were like a knife, slashing everyone's cheeks.

Did I say it wrong? If you say that you have the decency, you can not eat or wear clothes. It is better that starting today, the imperial court will no longer give civil and military officials a penny of salary, not a grain of rice, and you will pay for it. Shops are also not exempt from taxation, all go home and eat by yourself.

Anyway, as long as you have the decency, you can discard everything next to it. What to eat, clothes, money and so on, how tacky. All the officials are of high moral character, and they can deal with clothing, food, money, and grain, but beware of losing their decency.

Civil and military officials: MMP, what should I do if I encounter an emperor who turns his face faster than a book, and who is stinky and shameless?

Tired!

A mouthful of old blood almost spit out.

Your Majesty, you can tell the truth and know the etiquette. Food, clothing, housing, and transportation are not opposites.

Emperor Wende laughed, Since it's not antagonistic, why can't you Aiqing hold a cement road? In your hearts, you can't even hold a road, can I expect you to do something else?

Your Majesty's forgiveness!

You are not guilty, but I am guilty. I am incompetent, the household is so poor, and I can't even get the money to build the road.

Your Majesty's forgiveness!

How can you Aiqing be guilty? You are all thinking about the dignity of the court, and I have to reward you. Come, each Aiqing will give you a sip of tea.

I dare not wait.

Where can I dare to drink water in the Golden Palace, what should I do in case of urgency?

One must be rewarded, and a group of people must refuse.

Let it come and go, and the road-building quarrel is over.

Emperor Wende sighed, as if he was saying: You people don't understand my heart.

Civil and military officials: 嘤夤嘤, ministers and others are not concubines in the harem.

Two days later, the imperial court issued an official document, allowing the Sihai Commercial Bank to build a cement road from the capital to Luozhou, and to allow the Sihai Commercial Bank to set up a toll booth every 50 miles.

With this official document, it is equivalent to getting a road and bridge license.

Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

As soon as the tea party opens and enough funds are raised, construction will begin.

Representatives from major families in Luozhou and powerful representatives from all over the country arrived in the capital one after another.

Everyone was staring at the tea party at the beginning of June, but they didn't know that it had dragged on for more than half a year, implicated the Cai family, and the Tucun case 20 years ago had already been sentenced.

Those who ordered the slaughter of the village back then, and those who participated in the slaughter of the village, counted as one, and all of them were sentenced to beheading.

A full thousand people, a thousand heads.

In addition to General Cai, the Cai family, several of his brothers were not spared.