behind me is the earth.

Chapter 193. 191. Building Roads and Bridges
Hongye Mountain is named after the maple trees on the mountain.

Whenever autumn comes, the mountains are full of red leaves, slowly like fire.

It, together with Mount Mang in Northern Anhui, belongs to the remnants of Wuwang Mountain, and together with the Yinshan Mountains in Yinshan County in the north, it forms a barrier between Yuntai County and Northern Anhui.

If not, there was no need for the Northern Anhui rebels to use Fengtai County as a springboard to attack Yinshan County.

"Sir, is this road newly built?"

After leaving the city, Si Nian was riding on a horse, looking at the neat bluestone road, Ren Pingsheng asked curiously.

When she came from Le County, the official road outside the city had not yet been paved with bluestone slabs.

"Correct."

A group of more than [-] riders, the horseshoes fell on the bluestone road, making the sound of "click, click".

When going out to play, Ren Pingsheng was not in a hurry, he walked in front, next to him were Xiaowan, Si Nian, Qingyin, Siqi, Wangshu, and Ruhua four maidservants, in addition to some attendants.Behind them was Chen Dachui with a team of guards to protect everyone's safety.

Ren Pingsheng looked at the winding road ahead.

The road is smooth, and even the edges and corners have been carefully polished by hand. Every stone slab has been inspected and there are no sharp or rough edges.

This is because he has very high requirements for roads. Although there are no conditions to pave asphalt roads and concrete roads, in the plan, these bluestone roads will also run cars in the future. Goods or people, it is very convenient.

"This time we fought against the rebels, and the more than 5000 people captured were used to build roads.

Within the county, the roads to each market town must be built into flat stone roads.

Right now, the priority construction is in sections, from Chengguan Town to Qingcheng Town, from Chengguan Town to Hongye Mountain, from Chengguan Town to Beibu Town, and from Beibei Town to Nanmen Town of Yunlong County. Build a three-foot-wide flat stone road.

In addition, four stone bridges will be built on the Qingshui River to facilitate the travel of people and Yuntaiwei. "

Ren Pingsheng raised his whip and pointed to the road ahead, and introduced the road construction projects in Qingshui County.

Whether it is to mobilize troops to the battlefield more quickly, or to facilitate the factories in Qingcheng Town to mobilize resources more quickly, it is necessary to build roads.

Road construction will play a very important role in the development of the next five years.

Moreover, Ren Pingsheng's plan is that under the condition that the taxation and population can afford it, wherever the war advances, where the territory is fought, the road will be repaired.

However, road construction is extremely costly in terms of manpower, material and financial resources. The captives of more than 5000 people have to divide part of them to dig and polish stones in the quarry on the other side of Yunlong Mountain, and part of them have to divide the polished green Stone slabs were transported everywhere, and more people built bridges and roads in various sections.

With just these 5000 people, not to mention all the road construction plans in the county, even these four strategically important roads will definitely not be completed this year.

Moreover, in the case of forced labor, these captives have to ensure their food supply as much as possible as labor, otherwise, during the road construction process, the loss of labor will be very high.

Although there is no need to pay, the daily consumption of grain and grass alone is about 5 tons. In one month, it is 150 tons, which is equivalent to 30 catties of grain and more than half of a granary.

It can be said that it is a matter that requires a huge cost.

"Moo~"

A team of bullock carts came from the direction of Yunlong Mountain.

The ox cart was piled up with stone slabs, all of which came from the Yunlong Mountain quarry. They were transported all the way here, and the cow was so tired that he was out of breath.

And behind the bullock cart, there are hundreds of people pushing small carts with one wheel, each of which is stacked with high stone slabs.

Although it has entered late autumn, these laborers are all sweating profusely.

Going further, I soon saw the construction site where the road was being repaired.

"Damn it, stare at me, work hard and reform! If anyone dares to steal and play tricks, don't even think about asking me to score points for you!"

The supervisor held a notebook and a fountain pen in his hand, and rode a little black donkey, strolling along the roadside of the construction site.A pair of eyes patrolled the workers.

"The supervisor on the construction site managed to subdue these captives with just a notebook and a pen."

Si Nian was very surprised.

In her impression, when the government collects corvee, there must be supervisors with swords and whips to ensure the progress of the project.

"Most of these captives are ordinary people who were coerced by the Northern Anhui rebels. Those who came from bandits and bandits, who committed the most heinous crimes, have already been punished by the law from the very beginning.

And to control these captives, there are only two simple methods.

One is food distribution.Everyone registers and registers, and every hundred people are organized into groups, and the food is distributed according to the group.The fast-drying and well-drying group has sufficient daily food quota.And the group that does it slowly and with poor quality gets its quota cut.In this way, in each group, everyone supervises each other, and no one dares to be lazy.

The second is ideological transformation.These prisoners have to go through half an hour, or two quarters of an hour, of ideological education after dinner every day after work, to establish correct and positive thoughts for them.After undergoing labor reform and ideological education, the captives can be registered and divided into households and land, and become the people of Qingshui County, and they can also join the army to protect their families and people. "

Ren Pingsheng explained to her.

He wants to keep Si Nian to work for him. Although she is a woman, she is very skilled, and she knows very well about aliens, cultivation, monsters, etc. If she can keep her, it will be a big deal for him. Just a big helping hand.

Si Nian praised and said: "Mr.'s ability to govern the world is admirable."

In addition to the supervisors on the construction site, she also saw some young people in blue gowns and black hats pointing on the construction site and directing the prisoners to work.

She saw that there were eight or nine hundred people here, some were stirring sand and lime, some were digging soil, and some were leveling the roadbed. They were busy and coordinated with each other.

Even the captives are working seriously, and there is no common numbness on their faces. Instead, they are full of seriousness, occasionally smiling, and their faces are bright. Such people are often full of life. hoped for.

In her opinion, Qingshui County is really a paradise-like place!

She saw it in her eyes, and couldn't help admiring in her heart: "Mr. Ren is really a minister capable of governing the world! Such a person is trapped in a small Qingshui County, what a waste of talent!"

Everyone bypassed the construction site, and the road turned into a dirt road that was uneven with ruts.

At 01:30 in the afternoon, everyone came to the foot of Hongye Mountain.

Looking at the Red Leaf Mountain in front of him, Ren Pingsheng felt emotional.When he just crossed over, he spent more than two months wandering around in the Red Leaf Mountain.

And now, more than a year later, he has established a large family business in this world.

(End of this chapter)