The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 71 Master Ye's Arsenal, Emperor Hongwu was Shocked and Scared
Zhu Yuanzhang and the transport team escorted dozens of trucks of iron ore with extremely high iron content, all the way to the arsenal.

In fact, it is tiring when loading and unloading goods manually, and it is not particularly tiring during the actual transportation. After all, the carts are pulled by pack horses rather than people.

People only need to ensure that the iron ore in the horse-drawn cart is firmly bound at all times, and the other is to push it behind when going uphill, and help control the speed when going downhill.

Looking at the black and flat official road unique to Yanmen County, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded again in satisfaction and said, "If you are pulling such a heavy iron ore and walking on a dirt road, it will not be so easy!"

"If all the official roads of Ming Dynasty can be built into this kind of black road, the deployment of troops and supplies will be much faster."

Hearing this, Mao Xiang, who was always on the side, also nodded and said: "Master is right."

But at this moment, Lao Liu, the captain of the team who had just chatted with him, immediately smiled and shook his head: "This is impossible."

Zhu Yuanzhang just rolled his eyes at the cold-blooded old Liu and said, "Why is it impossible?"

"Isn't it the black tar that you call asphalt? In my Ming Dynasty, Yanmen was not the only place to have it."

"If all the roads in so many cities are built like this, it will definitely not be possible. The natural asphalt is simply not enough."

"But we believe that it is enough to build all the north-south arteries into this kind of road."

Old Liu still shook his head, sneered and said, "Naive!"

Having been ridiculed by Li Fu twice in a row, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was somewhat uneasy.

Although he came from a humble background and was willing to mingle with ordinary people during private visits on Weibo, after all, he has been a master for many years and still cannot tolerate being ridiculed by ordinary people again and again.

Of course, it doesn't mean to get angry, but he is going to start getting serious.

"Old Liu, come on, tell us, why are we so naive?"

Old Liu also lost his temper all of a sudden, he just talked about it, he insisted on giving a lesson to this criminal officer from the capital who was sent over.

Yes,

Zhu Yuanzhang made a reasonable explanation for his southern accent when he was getting close to Lao Liu.

He said that he offended the emperor and was sent by the emperor to suffer.

Although Lao Liu is not a prisoner of reform through labor, he is just the most ordinary commoner, so how can he see through Zhu Yuanzhang's lies.

Besides, what Zhu Yuanzhang said along the way is indeed like a good official who is worried about the country and the people even though he angered the emperor and was assigned to the border.

Because of this, Lao Liu firmly believed in his identity as a criminal official!

While supporting the horse-drawn cart, Lao Liu said in a teacher's tone: "Master Guo, do you think the black road under our feet can be built with asphalt?"

"No one in this world knows the core engineering technology except us, Mr. Ye!"

"I heard from the supervisor of the road construction that the filling material below is not a simple matter. It cannot be repaired by laying asphalt on the layer of stones on the surface."

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he simply said a few words perfunctorily, and he didn't take what Lao Liu said at all.

He just built the road yesterday. From what he saw and the process he took part in, it was just smoothing the stones and laying asphalt on it.

How much technology is needed for such a simple thing?
Also the core engineering technology?
He didn't believe it anymore, a road that a seventh-rank magistrate could build, but an emperor couldn't build it?

At this moment, he directly made up an idea, and after responding to Tian, ​​he will start with a way!

He has already thought about which road to build first!

Just build the road from Tongji Gate, the south gate of the inner city of Yingtian City, to the upper gate of the outer Guocheng, that is, build the Qinhuai River road connecting the inner city and the outer Guocheng into such a black avenue.

It can be said to be an experiment, or it can be said to use Ye Qing's craftsmanship to support his situation.

You must know that business travelers and officials from Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo and other places all entered Beijing by that route.

Of course, supporting the scene is only one aspect, the most important thing is to prove that Ye Qing can do this kind of black road, and so can Zhu Yuanzhang.

Besides, he also has a Ministry of Industry under him who eats professional food!

No matter from which point of view, there is absolutely no reason why Ye Qing can do it, and Zhu Yuanzhang can't!

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind, the convoy drove to a section of road with a mountain backed from the sun.

Lao Liu immediately asked everyone to rest where they were, which meant that it was time for people to eat dry food and horses to graze.

After a brief lunch and a short rest, they continued on their way. In less than half an hour, they had a panoramic view of the entire Yanmen Arsenal from a commanding position.

At this moment, they only need to go downhill for less than one mile to reach the gate of [Yanmen Arsenal].

But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang, Mao Xiang and a dozen guards all came to the cliff.

Just because they saw the tip of the iceberg of the arsenal for a moment when they were walking downhill!
It was precisely because of seeing the 'tip of the iceberg' that they rushed to this excellent viewing location where they could have a panoramic view of the entire Yanmen Arsenal.

under the sun,

In a wide Pingchuan basin surrounded by mountains, a river that is not too wide, but definitely not a house, runs from north to south.

And beside this river, there are twelve buildings as wide as a hall!
This large building built along the river with a "two-six" layout is called a "workshop" in Zhu Yuanzhang's cognition!
But every building is much longer, wider and taller than the workshop in his cognition!

If you add exquisite decoration, it can really be used as a hall!

The three walls with a height of one foot, together with the river, directly surrounded the twelve workshop-style buildings.

Of course, there are not only the twelve workshop-style buildings inside, but also many five-story buildings.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that these five-story small buildings were where the craftsmen lived and stayed!
Just looking at these five-storey buildings, Zhu Yuanzhang can estimate that there are no less than a thousand craftsmen who call the factory their home.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes started from the gate again, and once again he had a panoramic view of the Yanmen Arsenal, which was much larger than the Arsenal under the Ministry of Industry's Weapons Bureau!
Seeing this, even Zhu Yuanzhang, who knew well that his emotions and anger should not be shown outside, had such a hint of shock in his eyes.

"It's just outrageous!"

"How dare you build such a huge arsenal in this top-secret place surrounded by mountains!"

"Fortunately, we found out early!"

"If he is re-elected for one more term and this arsenal is allowed to produce for another three years, the consequences will be disastrous!"

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Thinking of this,

The look of shock in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes immediately turned into an imperceptible look of fear!
(End of this chapter)