Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

"But, I have conditions!"

Zhu Di looked at the happy officials below and said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, do you still have any conditions?"

Yu Xin looked at Zhu Di blankly, his eyes full of question marks.

On the side, all the officials also looked puzzled.

Your Majesty actually negotiated terms with them?
  The sun is out in the west!

"The straight road from the capital to Shaanxi was built with all our internal funds. We want all the management rights of this straight road!"

"Administration?"

Yu Xin and other officials couldn't help but look surprised.

Immediately, he became full of vigilance.

Yu Xin slightly cupped his hands and said, "May I ask Your Majesty, what is the management power?"

"TOLL!"

Zhu Di said.

"TOLL?"

Yu Xin, who is the Minister of Household Affairs, couldn't help but be even more vigilant.

"May I ask, Your Majesty, how to charge?"

Zhu Di smiled lightly, "We are building such a long straight road, and we are also responsible for the later repairs. In addition, we have to build stations and inns on both sides of the straight road.

For such a big expense, we have to collect tolls and make up for it!

All merchants and pedestrians who use this straight road must pay tolls.

Pedestrians and horses are charged according to the number and length of travel, and carriages and goods are also charged according to the number of carriages and length of travel!
  These tolls belong to our internal funds, and you are not allowed to interfere or object! "

"Your Majesty wants to compete with the people for profit?"

Yu Xin's eyes narrowed and he looked at Zhu Di nervously.

On the side, all the important officials looked at Zhu Di with vigilance.

"When did I compete with the people for profit?"

Zhu Di glanced at the courtiers coldly, "I used my own internal funds to ask the prince to form a road construction team and let them spend millions of taels of silver, or even tens of millions of taels of silver, to build such a straight cement road. , and will be responsible for repairs later, why can't we collect some tolls?

Could it be that the money in your household is money, but the money in our internal funds is not money? "

"If you don't want to, you can also pay half of the money, or even all of it. I will never say a word!"

Hearing this, Yu Xin couldn't help but smile.

All the officials, on the other hand, kept silent.

They know better than anyone how beneficial the cement straight road is to Daming.

And now, how could His Majesty manage to do the calculation after finally using the money from his own funds?
  Thinking about it, Yu Xin raised his hand towards Zhu Di and asked, "May I ask, Your Majesty, what is the cost?"

Zhu Di said calmly: "We just want to recover the cost. No matter how much goods or people are loaded on a carriage, starting from the capital to Xi'an, the maximum charge is two hundred coins!

And a horse costs one hundred cents!

The specific situation depends on how far he walked! "

"Two hundred Wen?"

Hearing this, Yu Xin and all the ministers were shocked.

It’s not that it’s expensive, it’s that it’s too cheap!

You know, from the capital to Xi'an, which is more than two thousand miles away, a carriage only costs two hundred coins. It's so worth it!

Zhu Di continued: "For the safety of pedestrians, I will arrange for cavalry to patrol the straight road every day to guard against thieves seeking wealth and life!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Yu Xin agreed directly.

How could you disagree with such a good thing!
  As for fees?

Those who can travel so far are either merchants or gentry. As long as they can take a smooth road, they will definitely be willing to spend such a small amount of money!
  Moreover, they even felt that with such a small amount of tolls, His Majesty would not be able to make back the money spent on paving the cement straight road within a hundred years.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The Minister of Hubu agreed, and the remaining important ministers also nodded in agreement.

When they heard about the small toll, they didn't say anything.

Only Nie Zishi and Zhu Fu frowned slightly. They always felt that this matter would not be so simple!
  However, I can't figure out what's wrong!

Simply, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, after so many years of experience, Your Majesty has not lost a single thing caused by that Marquis of Dinghai!

But none of them will harm the people!

In less than a day, this matter spread to the ears of all the noble officials in the capital.

"Your Majesty is actually willing to spend so much money to build such a long concrete straight road!"

"Without ten million taels of silver, how can this straight road be paved?" "...Tolls? For two thousand miles, a carriage only costs two hundred cents. How many carriages does your Majesty need to collect tolls before you can recover it?" That ten million taels of silver?"

"hiss……"

"Can't this take hundreds of years?"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Yes, you can't imagine how flat and spacious the concrete straight road is! Once such a straight road is built, the people on both sides of the straight road will be blessed!"

"..."

Regarding the discussions outside, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi just smiled lightly and didn't pay much attention to them.

Lose money?

How could you lose money yesterday?
  Suddenly remembering something, Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaochi curiously: "I heard that Jin Zhong's wife is pregnant?"

Zhu Gaochi quickly replied: "Back to Dad, Mrs. Jin Zhong is indeed pregnant! This matter also caused a small commotion in the capital!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Speaking of which, Jin Zhong is about to realize his destiny this year. After so many years of suffering, he finally has a blessing!"

Zhu Gaochi said quickly: "Dad, it's all thanks to the teacher that this happened!"

"Marquis Dinghai?" Zhu Di couldn't help but look strange.

Zhu Gaochi quickly explained: "Dad, as early as the Yan Kingdom, the teacher asked Jin Zhongduo to find a doctor for diagnosis.

At that time, Jin Zhong also listened to the teacher. However, it has been fruitless for many years.

When they returned to the capital, they went to Dinghaihou Mansion to see their teacher. The teacher mentioned this matter and directly said that Jin Zhong was not sick and would have an heir.

Jin Zhong came to beg the child and asked the child to ask the imperial doctor Dai to go to the Jin Mansion and prescribe some medicine for Jin Zhong. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Jin Zhong became pregnant in just a few months! "

"I see!"

Zhu Di's eyes flashed and he said: "No wonder, someone petitioned for impeachment, and Jin Zhong openly brought many valuable gifts to Dinghaihou Mansion to give gifts!"

"Someone actually impeached this matter?"

Zhu Gaochi's face became angry and he said, "Dad, this thief deserves to be punished!"

"Oh?"

Zhu Di looked strange, "Why is this?"

Zhu Gaochi said hurriedly: "Dad, the teacher asked Jin Zhong, who knew his destiny in recent years, to have an heir. Jin Zhong is so grateful to the teacher. You should understand this!"

However, the teacher remembered that Jin Zhong's family did not have much money, so he only received two pieces of jade from Jin Zhong, gave Jin Zhong a few jade pendants, some nourishing medicine, and some money as gifts! "

"It turned out to be so!"

Zhu Di's eyes turned cold, "We know about this!"

"Yes, Dad!"

Zhu Gaochi didn't say anything more.

Zhu Di continued: "However, Jin Zhong is also a veteran of our Prince Yan's Mansion. We should also congratulate him on such a happy event happening in the Mansion!"

Zhu Gaochi's face lit up, "What do you mean, dad?"

Zhu Di said: "Bring a thousand taels of silver and two dragon and phoenix jade pendants to Jin Zhong, so we can congratulate him on finally having an heir!"

"Yes, Dad!"

Zhu Gaochi responded quickly.

then.

That afternoon.

Zhu Gaochi showed up at Jin Zhong Mansion with his people!
  Jin Zhong was so grateful for the jade pendant and silver given by Zhu Di that he even called His Majesty the Holy Ming!
  at the same time.

A certain censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate was sent to inspect Sichuan by an order!

Bashan Chushui is so desolate!

As for the whole story of this matter, only some thoughtful people know the reason! But they also kept silent and dared not speak nonsense!
  ……

then.

A few more days passed.

At the gate of the capital, a notice appeared, the road construction team was recruiting craftsmen and laborers!

The craftsman gets seven taels of treasure money every month to take care of food and housing!
  Li Yi gets four taels of treasure money every month to take care of food and housing!
  However, whether you are a craftsman or a laborer, you are required to work all year round, and there is no day off for farming!

Under the notice are the names and seals of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Marquis Dinghai!
  Immediately.

The whole capital was in a sensation!

In the capital, there are many people, and there are also many idle men.

Especially families with many sons and few fields!

Of course, there are also many people who have no land!
  This kind of work is great news to them!
  In less than a few days.

The road construction team hired more than [-] people!
  ... (end of this chapter)