Datang: Eight-year-old general

Chapter 544

The generals looked around.

Only then did he turn his gaze to Zhao Yun at the same time, signaling for him to introduce to Li Yi the current situation in Xiahai Town.

Not only is Zhao Yun their main general, but it is more appropriate because Zhao Yun came to introduce them.

"General, let's start with the current situation first."

Seeing the gazes of the generals, Zhao Yun knew what they meant, so he stood up and said without hesitation, "After the first battle yesterday, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the White Robe Army were still chasing and killing the remaining Dongdao warriors."

"General Guo Ziyi's infantry are also searching for escaped Dongdao warriors in the forest. According to the general's prediction, it will take three days to completely wipe out the remnants of Dongdao."

"Now our army has 30 soldiers, of which [-] are the Nu Navy (Navy Division), and the rest of the soldiers are of different abilities. We can select [-] soldiers and join the Nu Navy."

"Previously captured 700 large warships on East Island, each of which can accommodate 130 soldiers, 100 medium-sized warships, each of which can accommodate [-] people. [-] two small warships, each It can accommodate [-] people."

"It is absolutely possible to carry our army and fight towards the Eastern Island Country!" After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun bowed respectfully and sat down.

Waiting for Li Yi's inquiry.

"Since the army has not returned, let's put aside the expedition to the Eastern Island Kingdom."

"On the way to Xiahai Town, I saw that the original road was muddy and tortuous due to the anger of the sea. I don't know what you can do to solve it?" But after Li Yi heard the words, he did not make any move to divide the troops and divide the ships, but It leads the topic to the road.

He already understood the situation in Mingzhou.

But it's not a particularly urgent matter. We have to wait for the return of the soldiers who had wiped out the remnants of the East Island, so Li Yi is not in a hurry.

At this moment, Xiahai Town has already established an angry sea division.

For Li Yi, this will be his first step in overseas operations.

But to develop overseas and conquer overseas countries, no matter it is the transportation of troops or materials, it is necessary to follow his footsteps.

Otherwise, it would take a lot of time to wait for the arrival of troops, and a lot of time to wait for supplies. It would be very difficult for Li Yi to open up overseas.

Besides, restoring Xiahai Town and building Xiahai Town into a large port will require many people to join in.

Count the bits and pieces.

Li Yi thought that it might take him more than ten years to do all this, and it was a headache for a while.

So he had to speed up the progress.

The only way to speed up the speed is to rebuild the roads to shorten the original transportation time by one-third.

Only in this way can he complete his overseas combat plan within a few years.

In Li Yi's heart, he didn't just want to destroy the island country and be done. He wanted the banner of the Tang Dynasty to be planted all over the world.

Realize the true unification of all nations.

"This..." After Zhao Yun and others heard this, they all showed surprised expressions, and they didn't dare to answer Li Yi easily.

come when they want.

Repairing roads is nothing more than recruiting civilians, filling soil and burying stones to build roads.

But this is not something that can be done in a short period of time.

According to the distance from Fenghua City to Xiahai Town, it will take at least half a year to complete the dredging and reach the previous state.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun and other generals showed embarrassment.

"Little brother, you should report to His Majesty about repairing the road, and let His Majesty order all the state capitals to send civilians here." Li Yuniang said with a slight frown while sitting on Li Yi's hands.

After all, Li Yi is the commander in chief of the world, so there is no need to be distracted by the road.

This is only a matter for Mingzhou officials.

"No." Li Yi shook his head and said, "It is not only the responsibility of His Majesty, but also the responsibility of everyone in the Tang Dynasty to repair the road and benefit the country and the people."

"And I didn't want to leave this matter to His Majesty."

In fact, Li Yi thought very simple.

Letting Li Longji handle this matter will definitely complicate the matter, and his bank balance will also become huge, resulting in corruption and bribery.

After all, it is the suffering of the people.

"But little brother, you don't have so much time to take care of road construction. Aren't you planning to go on an expedition to the Eastern Island?" Li Yuniang was confused.

Could it be that Li Yi changed his mind and didn't want to conquer the Eastern Island?

"I'm not free, but Shou Wang is free." Li Yi smiled mysteriously, staring at Shou Wang Li Mao on his left side with piercing eyes.

"Ah?..." Li Hao, the somewhat absent-minded longevity king, saw Li Yi mentioning himself and looking at him, and immediately raised his finger to himself in confusion, "Me?"

"Yes, it's you." Li Yi nodded and said, "I am going to hand over the road construction to you."

"If anyone stops you from building the road, kill him!"

"Gudu..." Shou Wang Li Mao swallowed his saliva in shock at Li Yi's word "kill", and said with a sad face, "Tang Wang, this kind of joke is not allowed, Xiao Wang has this ability, and that person probably would also object."

"This king didn't make fun of you." Li Yi's face became serious, "That one will also agree, he doesn't dare to violate this king's wishes now, just let go and do it."

"Even if this is the case, Xiao Wang doesn't understand?" Li Mao was horrified when he heard the words. What Li Yi said was a bit outrageous.

But he didn't dare to pursue it.

"It's okay, I'll teach you." Li Yi seemed to be convinced of Li Mao, and waved to Caiyue not far away.

Caiyue understood what she meant, took out a booklet from her sleeve, walked towards Li Mao, handed it to him and said, "His Royal Highness, please read it."

"Okay, thank you." Shou Wang took the booklet in a daze, looked at the big characters on the cover, and was even more dumbfounded.

The method of building cement roads.

After reading a few pages, what kind of cement is ground and mixed with limestone, clay, and iron ore powder in proportion, and then calcined.

The calcined product is ground together with gypsum and mixed in proportion to form cement.

Then mix sand and stones to pave hard cement roads and so on. I am confused and puzzled.

beyond his cognition.

Looking at Li Yi involuntarily, he smiled wryly, "King Tang, I can't understand any of these."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I will send someone to help you, you just need to follow the booklet in your hand." Li Yi knew that it would take a while for Li Mao to accept the new knowledge.

So I am going to send the refiner from the Refining Pavilion to help.

After all, when he was in the old farm, he explained to Qige how to make cement roads, and let them experiment.

The reason why Li Yi asked Li Mao to come forward was because he took a fancy to his status as a prince.

Whether Li Longji likes it or not is not a problem.

"Xiao Wang will do his best." Seeing that he couldn't escape the job, Li Mao bit his bullet and took over the road repair job.

"King Shou, don't worry too much." Li Yi, who knew that he designed Li Mao, said with some embarrassment, "For road construction, you should first use Mingzhou as a pilot, and start laying and producing roads on the basis of the original road conditions." Good concrete."

"And you can also take the opportunity to build cement factories in various places, recruit people to work, let the cities and towns in Mingzhou contract their own roads, and give them a certain amount of money."

"As for the money for road construction, the king will pay half of the money, and let the government of each city in Mingzhou pay half, and the people are not allowed to collect taxes, otherwise the spies hidden by the king will know and return the queen, no matter what the reason is. , cut them all!"

"Let the governments of all cities improve the people's livelihood and economy by themselves, so as to obtain money!"

(End of this chapter)