The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 660 Sun Chuanting

In the chilly spring, Lan Caier and Bai Mudan received a task from the head of the family to build a "high-speed road" with a small-scale public offering.

The starting point is Weihai Port in Tianjin, and the end point is Guangqumen in Jingshi. The total mileage is about 350 miles. The total cost is 150 million silver coins.

The expressway is fully enclosed and managed, and the width of the design is enough to run six carriages side by side.

Set up a post station every [-] miles, which is similar to a highway service area. There are enough horses in it for the passing four-wheeled carriages to change horses, and the four-wheeled carriages must always be kept moving at the fastest speed.

There are fierce oil street lamps along the expressway, and the four-wheeled carriage can travel day and night, and the horses are changed every [-] miles, so that the speed of passenger and freight transportation can catch up to [-] miles.

It also means that twelve hours is enough to run at a speed close to six hundred miles.

The successful construction of this road will greatly increase the efficiency of troop projection, and will make the cost of food transportation plummet.

The soldiers of the Huang family landed from Tianjin Port and could reach the capital within a day.In the future, it will be easy to pick up officials from the capital to escape or to go ashore from Tianjin Wei for reinforcements, and it will also lead to a sharp reduction in food transportation losses, making it more convenient and faster.

Huang Sheng is trying to build a toll road this time, and raised funds by raising funds. Once successful, he will have experience in issuing "Huaxia Road and Bridge" stocks on a large scale in the future.

Caier brought Bai Mudan into the palace for public relations, and soon Queen Zhang Yan and Queen Zhou learned that Bai Mudan was going to raise shares to build bridges and pave roads.

Road construction is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. The two kind-hearted beauties were attracted, and they led a group of women to listen carefully to the ins and outs.

It's just that they are a little confused, because the road construction behavior this time is completely different. Cars and horses cannot walk freely on the completed road, and they need to pay money to walk on this road, and pedestrians are not allowed to walk on this road.

Caier and Bai Mudan explained the benefits and operation process of the "high-speed road" to the two empresses and several concubines. Of course, Huang Sheng copied the operation mode of toll highways from later generations.

Emperor Chongzhen was blown into the pillow wind by Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian, ​​knowing that the king of Qiongya County had another moth, so he had a whimsical idea, and asked everyone to contribute money to build roads by selling stocks.

Everyone is happy to build bridges and repair roads, and they all think that this is doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, and the court does not need to take money. Of course, the emperor hopes to promote such a good thing.

Chongzhen was a little dumbfounded, and the king of Qiongya County was too whimsical.

I have said all my good words, and I can't get money even if officials and honorable officials take out money to solve the country's problems. Will these people be willing to spend money to build roads?

Emperor Chongzhen was very curious about how the king of Qiongya County would create a big road with nothing but white wolves.

He summoned Lan Caier and Bai Mudan, agreed to their plan, and gave the imperial edict.

In order to facilitate the work, the emperor made a high-profile canonization of Bai Mudan, the sixth-rank female official in charge of road construction.

Unexpectedly, the following developments surprised the emperor. Just three days after he issued an order to agree to build the "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway", the project started vigorously.

The rapid development of the Huang family system is due to the emphasis on efficiency. China’s speed is not as simple as talking about it. Resolute action is a must-have style for the Huang family workers, and of course they will do what they say.

Huang Sheng had already planned to build this main road, and the material preparations had been arranged in advance. With the support of the emperor, of course, the construction started immediately. The seagoing ships continued to deliver cement and steel bars to Tianjin Port.

The yellow sand and crushed stones are made locally, and there are countless laborers in Beizhili. This time, all the strong laborers are recruited to work. On the construction site, huge stone rollers are combined with iron and steel manpower to compact the mixed soil foundation, and then pour three inches of soil on it. Reinforced concrete will suffice.

Because the "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway" under construction is not comparable to the "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway" of later generations, and the speed of later generations of expressways is [-] kilometers per hour, so the requirements for the road surface are of course high.

As the name suggests, this road is just a horse race and a carriage. The speed limit is more than [-] kilometers per hour. This speed is actually similar to riding a bicycle at full speed. The requirements for the road surface can be imagined.

The stock of "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway" was sold for ten silver coins, and it was sold out in less than half a month, and the construction funds of 150 million silver coins were all in place.

This is because the stock sale of "China Development" has stimulated many wealthy businessmen, and many people can't understand the operation of the "Beijing-Tianjin Expressway".

But they blindly followed Qiongya County King, and they didn't care about 21, and they rushed to buy it directly, because this stock was cheap, so they bought it for one or two thousand silver to see.

Just like that, he took a look at you, and 15 shares were sold just like that.

Under the command of Huang's engineering and technical personnel, the construction site was full of flowers, and [-] strong laborers were divided into [-] sections to construct at the same time. The project progressed rapidly, and the road was extended every day.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, "Nanhua Island" increased its population again, and many of them came from Fengyang Mansion in Nanzhili. Among them, [-] to [-] well-dressed people were not refugees from Daming who had no food and clothing. "Investors sent by shareholders to buy real estate.

The shareholders really responded to the chairman's call to introduce talents. Too many skilled craftsmen and well-educated people came to work in the Huang family system with their families, and there were too many people to introduce them one by one.

Huang Sheng is very concerned about talent introduction, and every month he listens to Concubine Hexiang introduce the specialties of these recruited talents and the corresponding positions arranged according to the roster.

One day in April, Huang Sheng, who was leaning on the soft couch with his eyes closed and listening to He Xiang's introduction, suddenly stood up and clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Sun Chuanting? Is he Sun Chuanting from Wuwei in Daizhou Town? How did he come to Nanhua Island?" ? "

Seeing that the prince was happy, He Xiang also said cheerfully: "I know that Sun Chuanting used to be a doctor of Ji Xun Qing Li, the fifth-rank official department of the imperial court, and I sent the military intelligence department to investigate this person. The intelligence confirmed that he has been idle in the village for ten years. , coming to 'Nanhua Island' is entirely a personal act and not appointed by the imperial court."

"Hahaha, what will happen after Sun Chuanting comes to the 'Nanhua Island' emperor?"

He Xiang was confused and didn't know why.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, Xuanda was established as a slave soldier, and he was very close to Sun Chuanting's hometown. After Jiannu retreated, Sun Chuanting heard that his former friend Li Zhongzheng was serving as a military officer in Datong, so he went to visit.

Sun Chuanting likes to study the art of war, and when he learned that Li Zhongzheng won the first victory in the "Zhubokou Great Victory", he talked with him about the formation of troops.

Sun Chuanting admired Li Zhongzheng for defending Yiyang against the bandits and Zhubokou against Jiannu.

Sun Chuanting and Li Zhongzheng had tempers, and they were hard-nosed ministers with integrity that were rare in the late Ming Dynasty. When they met, they naturally had a thousand words to say.

Li Zhongzheng was a moral gentleman, he didn't take any credit at all, he talked a lot about how the "God of War" loved the people, how good his subordinates were at fighting, and grandly introduced General Zuo Shouquan.

(End of this chapter)