Datang's free and easy concubine

Chapter 529

However, what caused a huge commotion in Chang'an City was not that the emperor was going to hunt, nor was King Jing Li Yuanjing slapped severely, but that the concrete official road from Chang'an to Luoyang was finally completed!

There is an endless stream of officials, caravans, and pedestrians traveling from Chang'an to Luoyang every day. Looking at the flat and wide concrete road, they can't help but imagine walking on such a water road one day.

Especially when it rains, the dirt road is muddy and difficult to walk, but the cement road is not muddy at all, and is still flat and hard.

This is so amazing and so exciting.

Under the expectation of Xu Jingzong and others, the tailoring ceremony finally began.

On the outskirts of Chang'an, Xu Jingzong led all the employees of the construction company to line up in a neat queue, waiting quietly.

The emperor's royal driver left the palace in a mighty way, accompanied by a group of important court officials.

Li Shimin got off the carriage, and when he looked up, he saw the neat queue over there, and then the wide and flat concrete road that stretched far away.

At the beginning of the cement road, there is a majestic cement archway, which is blocked with a red silk.

Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction, he looked pretty good and presentable.

"Very good, very good!" Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded in approval.

The surrounding officials also praised it. In fact, the concrete road outside the city is no longer a secret, and everyone can see it when they go out of the city.

What amazed them was the speed at which the cement road was built!

In less than a year, such a wide and smooth concrete road has been built!

This is incredible!

Especially Wei Zheng and other direct ministers in the court have been watching. They were afraid that the emperor and Su Cheng would impose large-scale corvee for road construction, but they did not expect that there was no corvee at all.

There was no corvee collection, nor the use of the imperial court's finances, the road was repaired so quickly!

Even the most picky Wei Zheng didn't say anything, instead he was very excited. He knew in his heart how beneficial such a smooth and hard concrete road would be to the people and the court.

Su Cheng had a saying, which he thought was very reasonable, to build roads before getting rich.

Now that the road has been built, the time from Luoyang to Chang'an has been greatly shortened. If the imperial court transports materials from Luoyang to Chang'an, or from Chang'an to Luoyang, saving time means saving a lot of loss.

Su Cheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to go up and say a few words?"

Only then did Li Shimin realize that a platform half a person's height had been set up over there, and there was a horn in front of the platform.

This arrangement is rather novel, Li Shimin said with great interest: "What are you talking about?"

Su Cheng smiled and said, "Just say a few words of affirmation to boost morale."

Li Shimin nodded with a novel look on his face, "Okay!"

Su Cheng walked up to the high platform quickly and stood in front of the horn.

"Everyone, be quiet. Today is the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of the Luoyang-Chang'an cement road section, which means that starting today, the cement road will be officially open to traffic."

"This is a day of special significance, and today, we are honored to have invited His Majesty the Emperor and important officials in the court to witness all of this."

"Next, let us have a few words from His Majesty Qing!"

"applaud!"

Crackling applause!

Xu Jingzong and the others clapped their hands vigorously, the excitement in their hearts is self-evident, and they have worked so hard for so long, isn't it just for today?

When Su Cheng stood up to speak on the stage, Changsun Wuji and others in the audience were stunned, can they still play like this?

This is too good at playing!

After Su Cheng finished speaking, he stepped back from the high platform, and then Li Shimin stepped onto the high platform amidst loud applause.

"At the beginning, when Su Cheng proposed to set up the Royal Construction Company, I had high hopes for it, but you did not live up to my expectations. I didn't expect that you could build the cement road in such a short period of time. I am very disappointed Glad and pleasantly surprised.”

"Let me say something from the bottom of my heart, you have worked hard..."

Li Shimin's cadenced voice echoed through the loudspeaker, Xu Jingzong and others were all excited, even their eyes were wet with excitement.

At first, Su Cheng listened very seriously, but Li Shimin smacked his lips and said he was addicted, standing in front of the loudspeaker, urah ulah endlessly.

After a while, Su Cheng began to feel sleepy and drowsy.

However, Xu Jingzong and the others were full of energy and excited when they heard it.Even Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others listened with gusto.

If you want to ask Su Cheng how he feels now, it's regret.

I am very sorry.

If he had known that Li Shimin was still a chatterbox, he shouldn't have engaged in these forms.

In fact, the reason why he came up with these forms is also for the employees of these construction companies, in order to reward them for their hard work day and night for so long.

To be honest, Su Cheng still feels a little guilty. He set up the Royal Construction Company at the beginning, but he left them all behind.

So he invited the emperor Li Shimin to reward everyone. So far, the effect is still very good.

"I will never forget your contributions! I hope you will continue to work hard and strive to pave the entire Tang Dynasty with concrete roads one day!"

"Okay!" Su Cheng cheered up, and immediately took the lead in applauding, and the thunderous applause immediately rang out.

After the applause subsided, Su Cheng immediately went up to him: "Your Majesty, is it time to cut the ribbon?"

Li Shimin still had some thoughts, nodded and said: "Well, let's cut the ribbon!"

In the thunderous applause, Li Shimin stepped down from the high platform, surrounded by Changsun Wuji and others, and came down to the archway.

Su Cheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there is still a plaque missing on this archway. I would like to ask Your Majesty to name and inscribe this road."

After speaking, Su Cheng was still a little nervous, for fear that Li Shimin would name it Zhenguan Road with a wave of his hand.

Li Shimin nodded happily and said, "Let's call it Changsheng Road. After I return to the palace, I will write an inscription for the archway!"

Li Shimin took the scissors from the silver plate, and cut the red silk with everyone's expectation.

There was thunderous applause.

Su Cheng felt a little regretful, but it was a pity that he didn't have a camera, otherwise it would be perfect.

Cutting the red silk means that Changsheng Road will be open to traffic from today.

Li Shimin looked around and said with a smile: "Today, let's walk this wide concrete official road together. This is the first cement official road in our Tang Dynasty!"

After all, Li Shimin got into the carriage with great interest, and the carriage slowly drove up the concrete official road. As the attendants kept waving their whips, the carriage moved faster and faster, but it was still very stable.

Li Shimin picked up the curtain of the carriage and looked outside with a look of enjoyment. At this moment, he had made up his mind to repair the cement road!

At the beginning Su Cheng tinkered with so many things, cement was the least mentioned thing, but now it seems that it is the most useful thing for ordinary people.

(End of this chapter)