Gu Nanxi and others did not sit for a long time. Once the cold air was gone and their bodies warmed up, they thanked Li Fugui and others and said goodbye.
The next day, Yan Tongchu went to work on spring plowing. Gu Nanxi called Wang Buxi and went to Wuchuan Town to visit Pu Chang.
Wuchuan Town is more prosperous than other towns, with people coming and going on the streets. Many merchants traveling from north to south will stop here briefly when passing through Wuchuan Town.
"Madam, we meet again!" Brother Jun was riding a tricycle. He saw Gu Nanxi and others from a distance and greeted them warmly.
“Brother Jun, you got up and set off so soon?”
When Gu Nanxi saw Brother Jun and Brother Yong, it was as if she saw two brats Su Xuanming and Su Yunting. She didn't know if they were having fun or not!
Brother Jun kicked hard a few times and stopped in front of Gu Nanxi: "Who are you looking for, madam? We often come and go in Wuchuan Town, so we are quite familiar with this place."
< br>Gu Nanxi smiled warmly: "I want to go to the armory."
"I'll show you the way!" Brother Jun handed the tricycle to Brother Yong and walked beside the carriage.
"Madam, do you have the identity card of the arsenal? The arsenal is very strict and no one is allowed to enter or leave casually."
"There is an acquaintance there. I'll go visit him. I wonder what this arsenal is for?" Gu Nanxi asked.
Lu Mei rolled her eyes at the side. The master was in a mood to amuse the children.
Brother Jun hurriedly whispered: "Madam, please don't inquire about the armory! Be careful of being caught as a spy! Both those in the south and the north like to inquire about the armory. If you are caught, Get up!”
Gu Nanxi had never heard Qin Bohuai mention this matter, so he probably solved it himself.
There was a young man making fun of us, and the originally boring journey seemed to have become much shorter.
After Brother Jun sent Gu Nanxi and others to the place, he turned around and ran away without waiting for Gu Nanxi to thank him. After running far away, he waved goodbye from a distance.
Looking at the back of Brother Jun who was as excited as a rabbit, Gu Nanxi said with a smile: "Did I meet a good person?"
Gu Nanxi patted the hem of her clothes and prepared to go to the military industry Square.
The armory is similar to a military camp, with a dedicated person guarding the entrance.
“In the important land of Yunzhou, idlers stop!”
Before Gu Nanxi even got close, the soldiers at the door shouted a warning.
Wang Buxi took a step forward and raised his voice: "We are here to visit Pu Chang. Please tell us that Wang Buxi of Woye Town is visiting!"
A thin soldier heard this and slipped away. He walked towards the armory.
Not long after, Pu Chang and the old Taoist priest walked out slowly. When they noticed the figure next to Wang Buxi, they first opened their eyes in disbelief, and then walked out of the camp. run.
"Sir! Why are you here?!"
Gu Nanxi: "Wait a minute, I just came to see you."
Being blocked by the gate, Pu Chang was so anxious that he urged the gatekeepers: "Quick! This is the general! Let the general in quickly. ! "
The soldiers guarding the gate trembled. In Yunzhou, the title of general only belongs to one person! That is Gu Nanxi, the governor of Yunzhou!
This kind and beautiful girl in front of me is the general who makes the grassland frightened and deeply respected by everyone in Yunzhou? !
"General, General! I didn't know it was you!" The soldiers trembled and opened the door of the arsenal, stumbling to explain, wanting to see but not daring to look at Nan Xi.
Gu Nanxi and others successfully entered the weapons workshop.
Seeing that the gatekeepers seemed to have made a mistake and wanted to shrink themselves into quails, Gu Nanxi paused and praised: "You have done a good job! The Arsenal is related to our Yunzhou and even the entire country. You are the important line of defense for the future of the Arsenal! You have done your duty and you will do the same in the future!"
"Obey!" The soldiers who defended the city did not expect that they would be praised. They were all excited. no!
After this episode, Gu Nanxi and Pu Chang, the old Taoist priest, came to a small courtyard.
This is the research and development center of the Arsenal, surrounded by dozens of soldiers patrolling in three shifts.
"Sir, please take a seat." Pu Chang served tea and water, providing one-stop service.
Lu Mei took Pu Chang's teapot and said with a smile: "Master Pu, leave these to me."
Pu Chang didn't like these red tapes at first, so he naturally followed the rules.
Gu Nanxi untied her cloak and explained the reason for her visit: "The official road in Yunzhou has been in disrepair for a long time. I want to repair it. I wonder if Pu Langjun has any suggestions?"
Pu Chang was a little dumbfounded. It was just road construction. If you had money, you would lay more gravel. If you didn't have money, you would compact the dirt road. What's worth studying?
However, the general never said useless words, could it be...
Pu Chang asked cautiously: "Please give me some advice."
Gu Nanxi: "I once wrote in an ancient book I have seen something called cement, which is made of lime clay or slag. The road surface is hard, not afraid of rain, not afraid of high temperatures, and is extremely smooth!"
Pu Chang and the old Taoist looked at each other. Never heard of this at all.
But since the general said there is such a thing, then there must be such a thing!
It's just that I and others are ignorant, so they don't know.
Gu Nanxi: "If cement is successfully made, please inform the governor's office as soon as possible. We will vigorously promote it in Yunzhou, not only to build roads, but also to reinforce the ditches of barrel trucks!"
When Wang Buxi heard that this piece of cement could actually solve his big problem, his eyes gleamed and he immediately expressed that he would stay in the arsenal and fight with Pu Chang and others!
After Gu Nanxi left, Wang Buxi and others went to find Wang Ziting of the Za family.
Wang Ziting spent the whole winter playing with mud, teaching people how to make a fire bed and studying the ratio of mud, enjoying himself very much.
After listening to the narration of Wang Buxi and others, Wang Ziting said in surprise: "As expected of a general, he even knows about soil and cement!"
"Brother Wang, please tell me carefully!" Wang Buxi asked diligently. Wang Ziting brushed the chairs clean.
"This soil cement is improved from Sanhe soil. Sanhe soil made of lime, clay and fine sand can build the strongest earth wall."
Wang Buxi and Park Changdu Listen carefully.
Wang Ziting recalled it and then said: "I heard someone talk about this soil and cement when I was walking on Hexi Road. I have never seen the real thing, and I am not sure whether the method that person said is correct. .”
Pu Chang: "Brother Wang, just say it! Just give me an idea and leave the rest to our workshop!"
Wang Ziting was not secretive at all: "The man said, soil and cement, The main raw material is loess, and there are also 10% to 20% of slaked lime, and less than half of semi-hydrated gypsum. "
Slaked lime is also hydrated lime, which can be obtained by adding quicklime to water. Every 100 kilograms of soil and cement are only 100%. Ten or twenty pounds of hydrated lime is needed, and the amount is not particularly large.
As for semi-hydrated gypsum, you can also buy natural gypsum and process it. This is simple, just control the heat a little and burn the solid gypsum into powder.
Pu Chang breathed a sigh of relief, both of these things are available in the arsenal! As for loess, there is plenty of it here in Prince Court! Without saying a word, the group of people pulled a lot of yellow mud back from Wang Ziting and started experiments immediately!
Now that we know the raw materials, all that remains is the ratio. After several experiments, soil cement was successfully made!
"You did a great job, thank you for your contribution!" Gu Nanxi was very happy when she saw the finished product.
The next work is road planning and bidding.
Building roads is not a simple matter. Where do the people come from and where do the money come from?
Especially this time a lot of lime will be used!
In Dazhou, lime can only be sold in pharmacies, and the price of plaster is about fourteen or five cents.
The price is not expensive, but the quantity is small.
These gypsums are born to last forever. If they are in good condition, they are used as medicine. If they are in bad condition, no one wants them on the roadside.
To build roads in Yunzhou this time, a large amount of gypsum will definitely be needed. Mining and transporting gypsum will require a lot of manpower, which can be regarded as new jobs.
Gu Nanxi must have wanted to build roads that extend in all directions, but Yunzhou has only been under construction for a few years and is stretched everywhere.
Seeds, bobbin carts, keel waterwheels, tricycles, agricultural tools... these are basically paid for by the government. Some are provided to the village for free, and some only require a small amount of rent.
What is this rent enough for?
"Lu Mei, how much dowry do I still have?" Gu Nanxi flipped through the account book and frowned.
Lu Mei paused while holding the snacks, and said without changing her expression: "It's less than 10% done, and most of it is Kyoto's commercial street."
As for Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, it has been sold long ago!
The rent charged by the commercial street is high, and I have been reluctant to move.
If Gu Nanxi hadn’t bought a bunch of houses in Kyoto at low prices, at this rate of spending, she would have gone bankrupt long ago!
Gu Nanxi stood up: "Tell me, if I sell the commercial street to Munir, how much can he ask for?"
"Don't think about it, Munir is a pure A genuine businessman will definitely lower the price if he learns that you are in a hurry for money!”
Munir established himself in Kyoto through the Dashi Commercial Street and got to know many dignitaries.
He has much less contact with Gu Nanxi, and he is not as attentive as before.
This time, he didn’t even send a letter about his master being granted the title of Marquis of Zhongyi.
Lu Mei curled her lips in disdain, this is a foreign businessman! Only money is my closest thing!
I think that when he was in Kyoto, he had heard the news a long time ago and knew that the relationship between his master and the Holy Emperor was not good, so he stayed there to avoid suspicion.
Gu Nanxi pinched her eyebrows. She was too anxious just now and didn't think carefully. She couldn't move the house in Kyoto until the last moment! This is the money left for Yunzhou to keep the bottom of the box!
“Oh, take your time!” Gu Nanxi gave up on taking too big a step and decided to repair the official road with soil and cement.
As for the funds, the government will pay part of it, and another part will be raised from the private sector!
“What?! Monument of Merit?!”
The latest issue of "Yunzhou Weekly" was sold out as soon as it came out!
Because the front page of this issue is about the plans and measures related to Yunzhou's official road construction!
The literacy rate of the people in Yunzhou is not as high as that of the people in Kyoto, so many people like to go to teahouses or go to school children to help read newspapers!
In Huaishuo Town, people were coming and going in the Xia family restaurant.
Due to the promotion of Brother Wanhui’s parade and the Cuju competition, the number of guests coming to Xia’s restaurant has increased by several percent.
Shopkeeper Xia took over the two shops on the left and right, and then opened them up. Even so, the tables were still full.
After school, Xia Yi'an would come to the restaurant to read the newspaper whenever he had time.
"This time there are ten official roads, starting from Woye Town in the west, to Yuyi Town in the east, to Wuchuan Town in the south, and all the way to Shuozhou..."
Xia Yi'an hasn't finished reading yet. He was interrupted by anxious guests: "Are we going to collect corvee again? How about spring plowing?" What should I do?”
“What’s the hurry? The general will definitely not delay the spring plowing!” You can also make money by working with soil and cement.”
The guests were relieved: "What is this earth and cement? Why should we replace it?!"
Xia Yi'an: "I have never seen it before, but this time all the official roads are made of earth and cement. Come and repair it! I heard that in Woye Town, when building a barrel truck, the ditch will be filled with soil and cement. Apply a layer and it will be reinforced without water leakage."
"It's so amazing! The cost must be high!"
Xia Yi'an ignored the exclamations of the guests, because he His eyes were firmly attracted by the following paragraph.
"Xia Xiaolangjun, why don't you continue reading?" the guests urged.
Only then did Xia Yi'an come back to his senses, closed the newspaper, and yelled out of control: "Dad! Dad! Come on!"
Hearing that Xia Yi'an, who had always been steady, was panicking, shopkeeper Xia hurriedly ran away Come over: "Son, what's wrong?"
"Quick! Go to the county office!" Xia Yi'an broke out in a sweat.
Such an abnormal reaction naturally aroused concern among regular customers: "Xia Xiaolang, don't be anxious! If you encounter any problems, tell us and we will solve them together."
Xia Yi'an took a deep breath. In one breath, he handed the newspaper to a regular customer, took shopkeeper Xia and ran out.
"The newspaper said that an official road will be divided into several sections according to the topography of the village. Regardless of the status, each section of the official road will accept donations, and the donors will be engraved on the merit monument! At the starting point of each section of the road, merit will be established Monument! "
Shopkeeper Xia shuddered!
Official roads last forever. Even if dynasties change, official roads are rarely abandoned because building a road is too expensive!
When I think that my name will be engraved on the merit monument, everyone who passes through the official road can see it. Even ten years later, a hundred years later, and a thousand years later, someone will still see me Xia Donghai famous name!
What is the difference between this and a single page genealogy? !
Who can resist such temptation? !
Xia Yi'an obviously knew that this was a great good thing, and he became upset: "I came back too late. I wish I had read the newspaper earlier!"
Every day from Baichuan Academy After five days, rest for two days.
"Yunzhou Weekly" is published every Monday. Xia Yian thought that since his family would buy newspapers anyway, he was not willing to spend money to buy another one!
I never thought that this frugality would miss a big deal!
This donation is as of today!
Shopkeeper Xia let go and ran to the county government office: "Son, you go back and get the money first, and then come to the county government office to find me!"
Waiting for shopkeeper Xia to run to the county government office out of breath! At that time, the county government office had been completely surrounded!
The official roads in Huaishuo Town are divided into twenty-one sections!
The cost of each section is written on the wooden board for your reference.
But now, all twenty-one pipes have been claimed!
A bolt from the blue! !
Shopkeeper Xia took Zhu Bo's hand and prayed: "Sir, are there any other official channels that I can claim? Money is not a problem!"
Zhu Bo shook his head regretfully: " You’re too late!”
“I beg you for your convenience, is there anyone willing to transfer it?”
Zhu Bo said regretfully: "Who would give up such a good thing that will last forever?!"
If the family could not afford the money, Zhu Bo would have to participate. (End of this chapter)