Datang Longya

Chapter 610 Paving the Way
The old man who spoke first nodded in agreement.

Li Shimin, who was sitting on the side of the road resting not far from the two old men, also nodded and smiled happily.

It was the imperial court's autumn harvest ceremony. After a busy morning, he decided to go out to the imperial court's field to see how the people's autumn harvest was going.

So, accompanied by a group of people, Li Shimin got out of the field surrounded by the army, and quietly approached the two old men not far away.

Li Shimin, who came to the autumn harvest, did not wear gorgeous clothes, but wore the same linen clothes as the common people, and his hair was tied up casually with a wooden stick. In addition, his face and hands were covered with small cuts made when breaking corn. No one could recognize him as the emperor.

After pouring two jugs of wine into the thick jar, Li Shimin moved over with the jar.

"You two uncles, would you like a drink?"

Relying on the wine, Li Shimin inserted forcefully into the topic of the two old men.

One of the two old men is surnamed Zhang, and the other is from the same family as Li Shimin.

The old man Zhang took a sip of his wine and said in surprise: "Isn't this the spirit of Tianxialou! You are a prodigal, the younger generation. The spirit of Tianxialou is something ordinary people can drink?"

Li Shimin bowed his head to be taught: "What uncle said is that I was also given this by a friend, and I usually dare not think about it."

Well, anyway, it was Leng Feng who ordered takeaways for civil and military officials for free, so it's okay to say it was a delivery.

For ordinary people, there is almost no chance of drinking spirits, and a jar of wine was quickly drunk by two old men.

Drinking people have short mouths, so the two old men can be regarded as knowing all the answers to some questions asked by Li Shimin.

"It's like this. Although the family can eat enough now, they still wear linen clothes and live in mud houses. I can't help being envious when I see what the big families and businessmen wear! When can we Living in a concrete house, it would be nice to have heating.”

Li Shimin nodded, the wishes of the people are still so simple, after the food and clothing are settled, it is natural to live.

"Then why don't you let the younger generations of your family go to work in the cement workshop? Well, at least the cement workshop builds cement houses for the employees for free."

The old man Li shook his head: "The cement factory is so easy to enter? Now who doesn't know that the industry of Gong Guogong is good for employees. Working for a year makes more money than farming. Everyone wants such a good thing, but it's too late. Ah, the first ones to enter are already full-time employees, and they won’t change easily.”

Hearing what old man Li said, Li Shimin couldn't help looking at Leng Feng who was playing with the soil behind him.

Covering half of his face, Leng Feng turned his head and said to Li Shimin: "I'm useless. The cement workshop needs so many people. If it is built again, no one will use it, and a lot of cement will be piled up. So if these people want to work, they have to start from the factory. Find a way elsewhere."

Leng Feng had to cover half of his face. Compared with the more mysterious emperor, he was easier to be recognized by people who had built temples.

Hearing what Leng Feng said, Li Shimin couldn't help thinking, the common people want more money, it's impossible to do business, since they all go into business, who will farm the land?Therefore, the only way left is to work, but if you want to work, you have to build a workshop. What workshop can be expanded now?

Old man Zhang suddenly laughed and said, "Man, I just don't have enough. Even if I have enough food and clothes, I can't enjoy it in eight lifetimes. How can I live better!"

Old man Li also laughed: "That's right, it would be nice to live in a dirt house without getting caught in the rain!"

Hearing the teasing of the two old men, Li Shimin couldn't laugh.

In his opinion, after people have enough food and clothes to wear, their desire to "live well" is still so simple. As the emperor, he has the responsibility to find a way for this.

Li Shimin clasped his hands to the two old men, and said, "I still have land on my side, so I'm not worthy of chatting with the two uncles."

Looking at Li Shimin, Leng Feng and others who left, Old Man Zhang said: "This young man is interesting, he is still learning and knowledgeable."

The old man Li was surprised and said: "Do you think the tall and thin man who is following him looks like Duke Xing?"

The old man Zhang stared at the past, just in time to see Leng Feng who turned his head and revealed half of his face when he was talking to the emperor, and nodded: "You really are the Duke of the Kingdom of Jin! Then who was talking to us just now?"

Thinking of that possibility, Old Man Zhang and Old Man Li couldn't help shivering together.

Emperor!It can only be the emperor!Now go home and talk to your neighbors!We chatted with the emperor for a long time, and even drank a jar of wine!

After getting into the imperial land surrounded by the army, Li Shimin said: "Mr. Xi, I remember you said that the country changes, after agriculture, it is business, but there is still a stratification in the middle. The stratification you mentioned should be" Let's work!"

Leng Feng nodded: "That's right, it's work. People who want to get rich in the commercial society have to do work besides doing business. However, at present, we don't have much industry in the Tang Dynasty."

Datang can now be called a factory, only the glass workshops and cement workshops under Tianxialou, as well as the saltworks and smelting plants of the imperial court.The rest are just small troubles, not at the level that can be recruited at all.

Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "Build more, the cement is useful. Before that, only the main pass was built with cement walls, and the rest of the pass were not. Besides, the grasslands of North Jingbei Road have not been closed. It is not bad to build a city."

People in the Central Plains are like this. Without city walls, they always feel unsafe.

Although building a city on the grassland was neither fish nor fowl, at least it was useful for resisting the Turks. Leng Feng did not object to Li Shimin's idea.

Building a city requires more cement than building a house, and the cement workshop can be expanded by then.

"In fact, not only cities, but also cement can be used to pave roads, just like Chang'an to Tianxia Manor."

"Cement paving? That would be too wasteful!"

As long as Changsun Wuji heard the topic of spending money, he would come and intervene.

"It's not wasteful. Think about it, what do the people need in life? Food, clothing, housing and transportation. After the housing problem is solved, isn't it a problem of transportation? What's more, cement paving can also promote traffic, which is beneficial."

The development of commerce is inseparable from transportation.

Changsun Wuji still said: "No, no, it's too wasteful. There are more than 1 million roads in the world? If they are all paved, that is an unimaginable number!"

Li Shimin smiled: "So what if the road is tens of millions? As long as we pave it for a period of time every year, one day it will be fully paved. Yugong can move mountains, but we can't pave the road?"

Fang Xuanling and the others all bowed and saluted to show that they were taught, only Leng Feng propped his chin and was thinking about other things.

It seems that the material of modern road paving is sand and gravel and the residue of oil extraction, and oil is the current stone paint, if gasoline is extracted on a large scale.
(End of this chapter)