The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

In the autumn of this year, the eldest prince was stripped of his status as a prince and demoted to a commoner. He was imprisoned in the palace and could not leave the palace for the rest of his life.The eldest prince's mother and concubine Chen Guifei was thrown into the cold palace.Within a few days of this incident, Chen Miao, the father of Concubine Chen, was found guilty of embezzlement and bribery. The evidence of the crime was convincing, and the Chen family was confiscated.

Countless officials were involved in this matter, most of them were those who originally supported the First Prince's faction. They were either dismissed or demoted and transferred out of the capital. These officials probably would never return to the capital in their lifetime.

At this point, the First Prince and the officials supporting the First Prince's faction are all down, and there is no chance of turning around.

Since ancient times, the battle for the throne has been so cruel. The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit. It is embarrassing.

A lot of things happened in the court recently, Li Wen didn't intervene in these things, and he didn't have the ability to take care of them.After the business meeting and investment promotion meeting, there are still many things waiting for them to arrange and deal with.The trade market in the West District began to operate, and shops inside opened up one after another. Merchants and goods gathered here, and many large-scale transactions were concluded here.

The Ministry of Commerce has a management office specially set up here to maintain the management and order of this market. If there is any problem between these merchants, you can ask the people from the Ministry of Commerce to mediate and deal with it.

The business in the food street at the back is booming. Vendors who have made money from doing business over the years have started to rent a shop here. The shop is not big, and the rent is within the range they can afford. To do a small business, you don’t have to bring a small car to the wind and rain. Running in the rain made money easier.

Merchants with a shop here do not need to pay a stall fee, and hawkers without a shop have to pay a stall fee every day.

"It's better now. Since Mr. Li issued these regulations, no one has come to trouble us." These vendors chatted in their spare time, and they all thanked Li who brought them these things. grown ups.

"Well, yes, now we only need to pay a few booth fees every day, and we can set up a stall here for nothing." If the business is good, they can earn money in their pockets after a day's business. Quite a few bucks.Seeing that their fellow vendors who used to set up a stall with them rented a shop, these hawkers all felt envious, "When I save a little more money, I will also rent a shop to do business."

"Haha, okay, okay, that's my plan too. If the business is going well, I'll hire a few more people to help."

Seeing that those who used to set up stalls with them had shops, and they still pushed a small cart, it was inevitable that there was a gap in their hearts.People still have to have a goal, and if they work hard towards this goal, they will achieve it one day.

In the conversations of these traders, there is a longing for the future life.

This street is full of food business, and people who work nearby come to this street to eat, and when there are more people, there will be business.

However, they do eat here. From time to time, special personnel will randomly check whether the shops and stalls are clean. If they do not meet the standards, they must be rectified. The rectification is to meet the standards required by the government. Will be expelled from the food street and no longer be allowed to do business here.

Therefore, there is no need for government personnel to emphasize that these merchants and vendors are worried that they will be kicked out here, and they are diligent in cleaning up their shops and stalls.

This set of hygienic standards and food safety regulations is officially issued by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and it is stamped by the government.It was only implemented in the food street at first, but soon it gradually spread to the entire capital, requiring all catering businesses, including restaurants and restaurants in the entire capital, to follow this standard.If the hygiene standards are not up to standard, they may face fines and closure of shops.

During this period of time, Li Wen has been busy regulating the matter of food safety. If you go to the novel, you may just eat it to get diarrhea, and if it is serious, you may eat dead people, so can you not pay attention to it?It's just that the imperial court has never paid much attention to matters related to food safety, and there are no relevant laws and regulations. Unless it is eating a dead person and suing the government, it will be dealt with as a crime of homicide.

There are special personnel and officials in the west area, so there is no problem for the time being.

There are also issues about the development of several foreign trade routes after next spring, how to develop them, the arrangement of escort teams and personnel, all of which need to be communicated and handled by the Ministry of Commerce.The robbers and bandits along the way asked the government to send troops to clean them up, the reopening of water transport, and so on, these things are enough for Li Wen to think about how many hairs he lost every day.

There are also two roads that can connect the north and the south, and the Ministry of Engineering is responsible for the construction of roads.

Li Wen also spared time to chat with the old man Jia Ru, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. Jia Ru knew that nothing good would happen when he saw this kid coming. This kid likes to make trouble all day long. Jia Ru glanced at the smiling kid and asked, " Tell me, why did you come here today?"

"Master Jia, don't look like you don't welcome me." Now that he is familiar with the old man Jia Ru, Li asked

I don't take Mr. Jia's dislike seriously. This old man just likes to say what he doesn't mean. He says he dislikes him, but he doesn't mean it in his heart. Otherwise, why would someone lead him to see this old man as soon as he came?

The two sat down, didn't gossip much, and directly talked about the business.

Li Wen mentioned the problem of road construction and standards. Since it took manpower, material resources and money to build the road, the road must be repaired. He remembered that the concrete used in later generations was mainly cement and sand. Stones are mixed together according to a certain proportion, and concrete in later generations is widely used in civil engineering.

The materials used in cement are not complicated, but it is still a bit difficult to use cement widely at this time, so he mentioned the use of clay, which is actually a bit similar to the way people build houses with clay today. Upgrade on this basis and come up with a material that is more than a mixed type.

"As for the results, Mr. Jia has to arrange several craftsmen to try it several times to see which one is the best. The road we have built will take at least ten years without any problems." Like before The kind of bean curd dregs project, the carriage is full of potholes after running for a year and a half, so it's better not to repair it.

Li Wen made it clear that he was in charge of talking, and the hands-on work should be left to others.

After listening to Mr. Jia, he thought about it and felt that this method is feasible. He nodded in agreement, "You can give it a try. It's just that it will cost more money to build the road like this." He looked at it. Looking at Li Wen, the kid said.

Is silver really okay?Don't take out all the money in the treasury, but also repair these two roads.

"As much money as you want." Li Wen patted the purse on his waist, as if reassuring Master Jia.

Mr. Jia didn't even want to roll his eyes, so he started to chase people away, "Hurry up and leave your 0"

"Hey, I haven't finished my question yet." Li Wen still refused to leave, Mr. Jia stopped chasing people away, and heard that this kid had something to say, "You said 0"

"I thought, we can recruit villagers from nearby villages to participate in the construction of roads along the way, and the masters of the Ministry of Industry are responsible for knowing." In ancient times, bridges and roads were built by the government in the name of corvee. There is no enthusiasm for doing things, and it takes a lot of money to raise such a large group of people, so it is not as good as actually recruiting people to do it.

Therefore, Li Wen didn't plan to arrest strong men in the name of the government from the very beginning. He planned to recruit some villagers along the way to participate in the construction. They would work during the day and return home at night. The government would pay a certain amount of remuneration. Don't worry about no villagers coming to work.

Like this time, the construction of the Western District trade market was completed in just a few months. Although the money spent was a very large amount, but in the later stage of the market operation, this sum of money will be very considerable.

Now the roads they build are not free. When these roads are built and fully put into use, the government will be able to use the proceeds. Thinking about the highways in later generations, it is not known how much tolls they can collect in a year.

"...We are going to build post stations and post offices along the way. Wherever the road is paved, our post stations and post offices can be built." Li asked about the construction of post stations and post offices. Whether the wool comes from the sheep or not, There are money invested by businessmen from all over the place, and they use the money of these merchants, so the construction of the road actually does not require much money from the government in the end.

"You kid^" This time, even Jia Shangshu was secretly surprised. No wonder this kid can get so much money in just half a month. Great talent!

"All right, I've written down everything you said. Is there anything else you want to say?" Mrs. Jia said that if you are fine, I will issue an order to evict the guest.

"It's gone, it's gone, I'm leaving, Master Jia, let's have a meal together if you have time, I'll treat you." After finishing the business, Li Wen liked to tease this serious-looking little old man.Mr. Jia waved his hand, hurry up and go, I can't eat when I see you, I still eat!don't eat...

Mrs. Jia is arrogant again.

Li Wen waved his sleeves without taking away a cloud, "Master Jia, then I'm leaving."

"Hmm..." Master Jia hummed in his heart, this kid...

Seeing that kid Li Wen go out, Jia Shangshu hurriedly sent someone to find several masters from the Ministry of Works to discuss the matter of concrete.And within a few days, several masters from the Ministry of Industry prepared a kind of high-quality concrete after repeated attempts. After some discussions, the Ministry of Industry determined that this kind of concrete will be used in the construction of roads in the future. soil.

When this kind of concrete was produced, Li Wen made a special trip to the Ministry of Industry to see it, and was extremely satisfied after seeing it.

Taking advantage of this time when the autumn harvest is over and there is a surplus of labor everywhere, they start recruiting workers to build roads.

The salary is not high, but it is paid on a daily basis. After finishing the work every day, you can go home after work.In the past, the government had to build bridges

Building roads is to recruit good people to repair them. Now the government pays money to recruit people to build roads. For some men who don't have much work, they are still willing to sign up to follow the road repairs. Do a day's work and get a day's money , after working for a month,

There is a lot of money in hand.

Originally, some people wanted to try it out to see if they would be paid every day. After they found out that this was the case, more and more people participated in it. Anyone can do it.

The road construction here is going on vigorously, and the road built is extending forward every day...