Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 224, the sky descends auspicious

In the imperial palace of the capital, Emperor Hongzhi was reviewing a mountain of memorials. As the emperor of this huge empire, his daily life was actually very boring.

However, he is a very responsible emperor who has to take care of everything big and small, but he does not have the body of his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang. He is only in his thirties and looks extremely old.

Gray hair, dim eyes, tired face...

"Xiao Jing, come here and read to me."

Emperor Hongzhi took off his glasses, rubbed his tired eyes, closed them and said.

Since having this glasses, his myopia has improved a lot, and his eyes are not as tired as before, but reading memorials every day still makes his eyes very tired.

"Your Majesty, you have been busy for more than an hour, why don't we go out to the capital for a walk?"

Xiao Jing looked at the tired Emperor Hongzhi, and had to say that he was a good emperor and a diligent emperor, sometimes he, the eunuch who followed him, couldn't stand it any longer.

All the ministers of civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty were full of energy and in good health, but the emperor of Ming Dynasty was the only one who watched the emperor Hongzhi grow old day by day.

"Go out for a walk?"

"Alright, I haven't gone out for a long time."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he thought about it and nodded. Since the famine in the three northern provinces, he really seldom went out for a walk.

"Where's the prince?"

The habitual Emperor Hongzhi wanted to take the prince with him for a walk. This was the only entertainment between father and son. Every time he went out, he would habitually take Zhu Houzhao with him, and Zhu Houzhao liked it very much. Walk around in the capital.

"His Royal Highness heard that I went to see some concrete road repairs, which is the cement road from Tianjin to the capital."

Xiao Jing quickly replied that, as Emperor Hongzhi's 'secretary', he must keep abreast of the situation of those whom Emperor Hongzhi cares about, because Emperor Hongzhi may ask at any time.

"This concrete road was created by Liu Jin, right?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became interested.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this is indeed the cement road invented by Liu Jin. Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Zhang Mao also mentioned it in the memorial, saying that this cement is an artifact of the country, and it can make our Ming Dynasty permanent."

Xiao Jing thought for a while and quickly replied.

"Go and have a look."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't sit still immediately, and quickly got up and walked outside.

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To the east of the capital, on the official road only one kilometer away from the capital, a huge construction team finally built the cement road to the capital.

The construction of this cement road went very smoothly. Tens of thousands of victims started to build the cement road at the same time. The speed was beyond imagination. In less than ten days, the cement road was about to be built in the capital city.

The novelty of the concrete road also attracted the attention of the young and old in the whole capital in the first time, especially as millions of catties of sea fish are transported into the capital every day from Tianjin, everyone has long known that Tianjin leads to the capital. The official road in the city has long been changed, and it has become a spacious road built with cement.

So on both sides of the official road from the capital to Tianjin, there were crowds of people, all of whom came from the capital to watch the excitement. Zhu Houzhao was among them, surrounded by more than a dozen guards, followed by Liu Jin, a dog leg.

"Haha, it's finally built in the capital. It will be much more convenient to go to Tianjin after that. I heard from Lao Liu that this whaling ship has been built, and I must go to the sea to hunt whales in the future."

Zhu Houzhao came to the brand-new official road, stomped hard on the hard concrete road, still obsessed with going to the sea to hunt whales.

When Liu Jin behind him heard this, he was immediately terrified. If this Zhu Houzhao went out to sea to hunt whaling, he would not want to live. How long has it been since he came back to the capital, and he finally shifted the attention of this young master to other things. I didn't expect to think about whaling.

"Well, Old Liu had the foresight to build this concrete road so wide that I can then transport the whales I caught to the capital to present to my father."

While gesturing on the spacious concrete road, Zhu Houzhao seemed to be calculating the size. He was very satisfied with the two-way six-lane concrete road, which was wide enough.

"Young master, let's go back, or if the master finds out, I will definitely be punished."

Liu Jin was crying. Now that they have come forward, their titles have also changed. There is no doubt that this master is worthy of being Emperor Hongzhi.

"Don't worry, go back and make sure you're okay."

Zhu Houzhao didn't take it seriously, and continued bouncing up and down on the spacious concrete road.

"It's really hard enough, just like paved with a whole block of stone. This cement is really useful. If we build this cement road on the grassland in the future, and then build a castle based on the cement road, the grassland can be easily covered. Get eaten away."

Zhu Houzhao touched his chin, already planning the future in his mind.

Don't look at him as careless and foolish, but he still has his own opinions when it comes to right and wrong. He worships Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, and since he was a child, he has always dreamed of being able to be a wolf and living in Xuxu, so he has been learning for this reason. Now that I saw this cement, I was thinking about encroaching on the grassland in the future.

Zhu Houzhao is studying the cement road with great interest. On the other side, Emperor Hongzhi finally came to the construction site after changing into ordinary people's clothes.

"It's very lively~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the sea of ​​people in front of him, and then looked at the construction team of tens of thousands of people on the official road. The whole scene was very lively and busy, but everything was in order and orderly.

The construction team of tens of thousands of people has a very clear division of labor. The four-wheeled carriages responsible for transporting cement and sand and gravel have formed a long queue on the official road. The trenches were neatly dug, and cement was also used to build them.

The cement road that has been built farther away is very spacious, and the green belt in the middle separates the two sides. All the carriages and people walking are all on the right side, like two rolling torrents heading into the distance.

"Is this concrete road any good?"

"It must be easy to use. Two days ago, I went to Tianjin through this concrete road. It is very flat and there will be no bumps in the carriage. It only takes half a day to arrive in Tianjin."

"Blow it?"

"It's more than a hundred miles from the capital to Tianjin. How can it be possible to reach Tianjin in half a day?"

"If you don't believe me, you can try it yourself, how could I lie to you?"

While watching the lively scene, Emperor Hongzhi also listened to the people around him constantly discussing this brand new concrete road.

"Can you get to Tianjin in half a day?"

Emperor Hongzhi was slightly moved. It only took half a day to travel hundreds of kilometers. He was too clear about what it meant.

"If this official road can be cultivated throughout the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty, it will be very convenient to mobilize grain, grass and troops. It will not take a few days to allocate grain from the south to the capital."

Emperor Hongzhi thought silently in his heart, and then walked towards the cement road that had been repaired.

Soon, he came to the concrete road that had been repaired and opened to traffic. Like countless people who set foot on the concrete road for the first time, he couldn't help stamping the hard concrete road with his feet.

"It's really as hard as a rock."

Emperor Hongzhi immediately showed a smile on his face, and when he looked at the flat concrete road, the smile on his face became even wider.

"True is the artifact of the country~"

Xiao Jing, who was following Emperor Hongzhi, looked around in all directions, as if he was looking for something. Soon he found not only Zhu Houzhao, but also Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang, three elders, so he hurriedly Went to Emperor Hongzhi's side and gently reminded him.

"Are they here too?"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled, and then asked Xiao Jing to call these people over.

Soon, Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian hurriedly came to Emperor Hongzhi's side, wanting to salute, but Emperor Hongzhi waved his hands, indicating that there is no need to be too polite.

"What do you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the cement road that meandered to the end of his sight, and asked with a smile.

"This is an artifact of the country. With this cement, our Ming Dynasty will have no foreign troubles."

Liu Jian couldn't help sighing and said.

"Your Majesty is holy, the heavens are auspicious, and we can expect a prosperous Ming Dynasty."

Xie Qian also gave a very high evaluation, and evaluated the cement as auspicious.

"Haha, I've said long ago that this thing is a divine weapon, you guys believe it now, right?"

Li Dongyang stroked his mustache proudly. When he returned to the capital, he had already told Emperor Hongzhi and others about the cement, and compared the cement to a magic weapon. At the beginning, Liu Jian and Xie Qian still didn't believe it. , expressed doubts, but now he is fully convinced.

As for Zhu Houzhao on the side, he pouted and seemed unhappy. After finally coming out to play, he was caught by Emperor Hongzhi unexpectedly. He was thinking about whether he could sneak to Tianjin, and then figured out a way Get into the whaling ship and go out to sea to hunt whales.

Now this plan had to be aborted. With Emperor Hongzhi by his side, he would never even think about going to Tianjin, let alone going to Tianjin to go out to sea for whaling. Emperor Hongzhi would never allow it.

"What do you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi naturally noticed Zhu Houzhao's expression, and asked with a smile.

Since Zhu Houzhao came back from Tianjin, he felt that Zhu Houzhao had grown up a lot, and he would ask Zhu Houzhao about many things to see what he thought of himself.

"Cement is good, but since ancient times there have only been thieves for a thousand days. There is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days."

　La la la, I updated,
　　
　
(End of this chapter)