The king behind the empress

Chapter 320 Construction Plan
In addition to reforming the official system, Mo Zizai originally wanted to reform the land system, but was discouraged by Shi Zhipei.

What Shi Zhipei meant was that because of Mo Zizai's prestige at this time, all the places dare not come out to make trouble for the time being, but if land reform is proposed, even if it is only implemented in Nanjun, it will stimulate the sensitive nerves of those aristocratic families.

Now that Nanjun Chuping, it is really inappropriate to go to war again, so if Mo Zizai has any ideas about the land system, he can quietly implement it in Nanjun, but don't reform the system with great fanfare.

Mo Zizai thought about it for a while, and felt that what Shi Zhipei said made sense. Anyway, the officials in Nanjun had undergone a major change. No matter what decisions they made, as long as they did not endanger the people or their interests, they would definitely not refuse. Yes, so there is no need to reform the land system with great fanfare, causing the rebound of the aristocratic families from all over the Zhou Dynasty.

After figuring it out, Mo Zizai directly asked Shi Zhipei to take charge of the land distribution. The good land he had confiscated from the aristocratic family before may be difficult to support the people of a county after all the land is divided, but it is not a problem to feed more than half of the county.

It's just that the harvest days have passed, and you can't fill your stomach with the fields alone, so after the fields are divided, Mo Zizai asks Shi Zhipei to start a work-for-relief, and let the people of Nanjun participate in road construction.

Mo Zizai let the people from the Ministry of Industry tinker with cement, and the difficulty of road construction was greatly reduced compared to before. In addition to the cement road, Mo Zizai also planned to build a railway.

After this expedition, Mo Zizai felt more and more that trains are really important to this era.

This time the army went out, in fact, it was just a battle, and it was basically settled in a day, but a huge amount of food and grass were consumed on the road, and most of them were eaten by auxiliary soldiers transporting food. The consumption of food and grass is really too big.

Therefore, Mo Zizai decided that no matter what, the train must be built first, otherwise, if he went back to fight, the food and grass consumed on the road would drag Da Zhou down.

It's just that although he has made a decision, Mo Zizai has been troubled by the matter of what material should be used for the railway.

In this day and age, the people are going crazy, and the price of steel is so expensive. If Mo Zizai dares to use steel as the track, it is estimated that as soon as the pavement is laid here, the people there will dismantle it for you and sell it for money, so It certainly won't work with ordinary steel.

But for something as heavy as a train, if steel is not used, other materials will not be able to support it.

So Mo Zizai, who didn't come up with a good idea after thinking about it, had to summon the officials sent by the Ministry of Industry to Nanjun to ask their opinions.

As a result, the officials of the Ministry of Industry did not think much about it at all, and gave an answer, that is, to use black iron.

Although black iron is relatively precious, the output is not small at all. The reason why it is precious is that it is too difficult to make and has too little use, so many people do not mine it.

Now that the Ordnance Bureau has initially tinkered with the steam engine, it may not be possible to use that thing to make things that are too fine, but it is still no problem to make things like rails.

And the most important thing is that black iron has an advantage that other materials can't match, that is, the common people don't use it at all, and there is no such thing as buying and selling among the people.

So even if Mo Zizai bought the black iron on a large scale, causing the price of the black iron to rise, there is no need to worry about someone stealing the black iron rails for sale.

After all, ordinary craftsmen can't do anything about black iron, let alone ordinary people. Even if people steal it back, they can only sell it with the rails.

And as long as Mo Zizai can legislate to protect the railway tracks, no matter what he buys or sells, as long as he is caught, he will be severely punished. Then even if some people dare to steal, no merchant will dare to accept it. The case of people stealing railroad tracks.

"It's doable!"

Mo Zizai nodded, looked at the officer from the Armament Bureau sent by Tao Qiong with some satisfaction, and said approvingly: "If the railway is rolled out, you will do a great job!"

"What I said is common sense. It's just that the prince doesn't deal with ores very much, so it's unexpected. I really dare not take credit for such a trivial matter."

The official of the Weapons Bureau is Zhan Ju. Facing Mo Zizai's compliment at this moment, he is not complacent, but replied modestly, but after saying this, he looked at Mo Zizai hesitant to speak, It seems that there is something to say.

"It's a small matter for you, but it's a big deal for the railway. You don't have to be too modest. If the railway is really useful after the railway is completed, you will definitely be rewarded."

Mo Zizai shook his head, made a promise to Zhan Ju, and seeing his hesitant expression, he couldn't help but smile and said, "If you have anything else to say, let's talk about it together. This king is in a good mood, as long as you don't If it's too much, this king can promise you."

"Thank you, my lord!"

Hearing what Mo Zizai said, Zhan Ju was overjoyed. After thanking him first, he said with some embarrassment: "It's like this. Before I was dismissed from office, I was in the Ministry of Industry. Many of them were planned and built by subordinate officials.”

"So, for the railway from Nanjun Road to the capital city, I wonder if I can let the lower officials preside over the construction? The lower officials promise that there will be no problems. If there is a slight mistake, the lower officials are willing to come and see."

This is the first railway in the world. Zhan Ju, who knows trains very well and has built roads all his life, knows better than anyone what the abbot’s construction of this first railway means.
So after asking this sentence, Zhan Ju immediately stared at Mo Zizai, lest he reject him.

"Of course it's okay."

Hearing that Zhan Ju made this request, Mo Zizai couldn't help but laugh a little. When he was asking Tao Qiong for someone, he had already mentioned the possibility of building the railway, so Tao Qiong sent him, probably because he intended to let Tao Qiong He presided over the construction of the railway, so he didn't need to mention it, and Mo Zizai would leave it to him.

So at this moment, after hearing Tao Qiong's request, Mo Zizai immediately agreed, "Of course it's no problem to hand it over to you. All the laborers in the entire South County, including those recruited from the sect, can be handed over to you."

"My king has only one request, and that is, before the new year next year, I want to see the railway from Nanjun reach the capital. If you can do it, I will leave this matter to you."

"Next year's New Year?"

Hearing Mo Zizai's request, Zhan Ju did not rush to agree, but now he has calculated the time in his mind. From now to next year's Chinese New Year, it will only take three or four months. The time is a little tight, but the manpower Enough.

Nanjun now implements work-for-relief, working for the court. If it is heavy work like road construction, three meals a day are provided, and they are paid. The people of Nanjun are almost crazy and eager to go. , at least one hundred thousand.

With these people, together with the warriors recruited from those sects, and the unlimited cement provided by the Ordnance Bureau, as long as the overall planning is good, it will definitely be more than enough to build the railway to the capital in three months!
Thinking of this, Zhan Ju no longer hesitated, nodded heavily, and promised: "Before the Chinese New Year next year, I will definitely build the railway to the capital!"

(End of this chapter)