Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

The middle-aged man narrated the experience of his own people. He originally cultivated wasteland by himself, but after he finally turned the wasteland into mature farmland, a wealthy gentry in the county took a fancy to his land. He initially wanted to buy the location at a low price, but he was unwilling to sell it. The wealthy gentry simply said that this was his land and seized it arbitrarily.

The middle-aged man was not very popular and had sued the officials, but because the rich gentry was very powerful in the local area and the officials favored the rich gentry, he was never able to get the land back.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard these words, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart:

"How are the lives of other people in your county? Are they as poor as you?"

"Of course they are poor. Even if their fields are not seized, grassroots people get low-grade fields. They work hard to make a living. The good fields are occupied by the big families, and the canals in the county are only built for them. It is difficult for the people to irrigate and the harvest is very low.”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned gloomy when he heard this middle-aged National People's Congress complain. How could he not know now that he had been deceived by this magistrate of Yizhen County before!

What made him even more annoyed was that he also praised this guy and gave Wenqi treasure money!

"Mao Xiang, go and kill the magistrate of Yizhen County, right away! Peel off the last grass! And that rich gentleman!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed in the direction of Yizhen County with trembling fingers, and squeezed out these words from between his teeth!

"Yes!"

Mao Xiang took the order and led a group of cavalry to rush towards Yizhen County.

Seeing the emperor's anger, the middle-aged man was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and did not dare to make a sound. Zhu Yuanzhang took a few long breaths and it took a long time to calm down.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Yuanzhang said to the middle-aged man: "We will take your land back to you, and we will punish those corrupt officials and evil gentry. You can go back."

When the middle-aged man heard this, he hesitated and did not agree immediately.

Zhu Yuanzhang was suddenly confused: "Why, don't you want to go back?"

"The common people don't dare, the common people will go back now!" The middle-aged man kowtowed quickly.

"Let me ask you, why don't you want to go back? Tell the truth!"

"Yes, the common people heard that Li Qingtian came to Yangzhou. He not only punished corrupt officials, but also bought raw land at a high price of three times. Moreover, the servants also received salary, so the villain thought..."

This middle-aged man did not dare to disobey, but from the bottom of his heart he still wanted to go to Yangzhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly after hearing this. He didn't want these people to run around, as that would easily cause trouble!

"We understand, Yizhen County will be like this in the future, you go back!" Zhu Yuanzhang said softly.

The middle-aged man kowtowed and agreed, and then took his family back to Yizhen County along the original road.

After driving the common people back, Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a long time. It seemed that these things had to be promoted by Li Wei.

After finishing the matter in Yizhenzhi County, the army set off again, and finally entered Jiangdu County, where Yangzhou Prefecture is located, just as the sun was setting.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the dragon chariot and swayed gently as it moved forward, thinking sadly about what he had seen along the way. At this time, the dragon chariot suddenly knocked and interrupted his thoughts, and then stopped shaking.

"Why did it stop suddenly?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked as he opened the curtains.

Then he was surprised to find that the dragon chariot did not stop moving, it just stopped shaking!

"Your Majesty, we have entered Jiangdu, and we will reach Yangzhou Mansion in another ten miles."

Mao Xiang rode to the dragon chariot and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After Li Wei finished building the city, he extended the cement road for more than ten miles. Originally, he wanted to build it directly to the other side of Yingtian Mansion, but he was afraid of delaying the busy farming season, so he had to stop and let the people harvest the crops before continuing. Come and do it.

Now the people are very motivated to serve in the army. If he hadn't forced a shutdown, these people would still be unwilling to leave.

Agriculture is the foundation. Even if we want to build industry, agriculture cannot be delayed. Before agricultural machinery is built to save manpower, we still cannot mobilize labor on a large scale to work in agriculture. We can only use the time of the agricultural shutdown to build roads and bridges.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the road under the dragon chariot and saw that the gray road was as smooth as if it had been carefully polished. The dragon chariot was driving on it without any bumps. He felt that even if he was drinking and drinking tea on the dragon chariot It won't spill out either!

"Is this the cement road built by that boy?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed.

"probably."

Mao Xiang said a little uncertainly. He had only seen this kind of cement road from intelligence, but had never really seen it.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, then softly stopped and stepped off the dragon chariot.

Standing on the cement floor, I squatted down and touched it. I felt that the ground was as hard as stone. It seemed smooth, but it was a bit rough to the touch.

"Bring a knife!" Zhu Yuanzhang said softly.

Mao Xiang quickly took out the knife and handed it to him.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the steel knife and struck it on the concrete pavement with one swing.

Clang!

The sound of gold and stone colliding was heard, and if the steel knife struck the hard rock, it would only leave a shallow white mark.

Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately overjoyed and praised: "Okay, this road is well built!"

This cement road is so solid and flat. If the army marches on this road, the horses and carriages transporting grain, grass and baggage will definitely save a lot of energy, and the army will naturally march much faster.

Of course, this is not without its shortcomings. If the iron hoofs are flying, this kind of hard road is not suitable. However, the horses will not be allowed to fly when the army is marching, except when scouts and cavalry are engaged in battle.

The main benefit of cement roads is that they facilitate vehicles to transport goods.

"Let's go, speed up, and get to Yangzhou as soon as possible." Zhu Yuanzhang put away the steel knife and ordered Mao Xiang. He couldn't wait to see what the new city built by Li Wei looked like.

After the patrol team got on the cement road, their speed accelerated a lot, and they finally arrived at Yangzhou Mansion before the sun set.

Zhu Yuanzhang went on a public tour, and Li Wei naturally got the news and led people to greet him outside the city early.

When the dragon chariot stopped, Li Wei took Tian Qing, Ji Gui and Wu Yong, his personal guards, to pay homage:

"See Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stepped off the dragon chariot and gently raised his hand: "Forgive me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Wei and others stood up.

"That's the new city you built over there?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at the new city wall that was obviously much higher to the east of the old city of Yangzhou.

"Yes, Your Majesty, but the houses in the city have not been built yet, so it seems relatively empty."

"It's okay, come with us to see it." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"Yes."

Li Wei accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang and walked towards the new city.

Before entering the city, Zhu Yuanzhang was attracted by the large billboards on both sides of the city gate.

After the land became popular, Li Wei did not remove the billboards along the streets and canals, but carried them forward and listed advertisements for chambers of commerce and banks.

Selling the house is not the end of the real estate business. The subsequent real estate business is a long-term business. From now on, the advertising space throughout the city, whether it is used by the chamber of commerce for its own use or sold to other businessmen, can make another profit.

Zhu Yuanzhang withdrew his eyes from the two billboards and walked with Li Wei into this new city full of later generations' style.

There are straight concrete roads all over the city, and there are underground ditches on both sides of the road. Zhu Yuanzhang saw an iron rainwater grate and asked curiously: "What is this?"

"Oh, this is for drainage. There are drainage ditches below. When it rains, the accumulated water on the road can be drained through these underground ditches to the canals and Haoli outside."

Li Wei explained softly.

After listening to his explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately understood. At the same time, he also noticed that the middle of the cement road was actually slightly higher than the two sides.

In fact, other cities also have underground ditches for drainage, but it is different from Li Wei's. Moreover, his underground ditch is reinforced with cement, which is much stronger than ordinary drainage ditches.

"Well, this is good. When we get back, you can transform it into this in our capital."

Zhu Yuanzhang said softly.

"Okay, Your Majesty." Li Wei nodded in agreement.

In fact, he not only dug drainage ditches for the new city, but also left underground trenches for cables. When electricity develops in the future, cables can be run directly through them.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Wei walked side by side, followed by Mao Xiang, Tian Qing and other officials.

Every other section on both sides of the road, there is a pole, hanging on it is either an advertisement from the Chamber of Commerce or a bank, and occasionally there are some unremoved land sales advertisements.

At this time in the evening, the sky was getting dark, but there were still many people and businessmen in the new city, busy building their own houses. Although it was hard work, smiles appeared on their faces from time to time.

Although the new building is not completely completed, it is already beginning to show its prosperity.

"How much food will it cost to build your cement road?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked as he walked.

"Oh, well, it takes about a few hundred strands to repair one mile. Cement is mainly made of clay, lime and iron ore powder, so the cost is not too high."

Li Wei said.

When he heard that the price was not too expensive, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ignored it and said directly: "Then build all the roads in the capital like this! There are also official roads, and they will be built with this kind of cement in the future."

"Okay." Li Wei nodded lightly, this was part of his plan.

After everyone walked for a while, they arrived at the city gate. Li Wei accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang on the city wall and looked back at the entire city from the city gate tower.

The criss-crossing gray roads in the city seemed to draw the whole city into a chessboard. Li Wei kept introducing his plan to him, where was the commercial area, where was the residential area, as well as schools, hospitals, etc.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were full of excitement when he heard this, and he couldn't help but feel regretful in his heart. If only this boy had come earlier, he would be able to leave the construction of the capital to this boy.

While listening, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up what he could use, and said, "We want it too," and tried to buy as many good things as possible in the capital.

Li Wei didn't take it seriously and gave him a general introduction to the situation in Xincheng.

It was not until the sky got dark that Zhu Yuanzhang reluctantly climbed down the city wall and returned to his residence in the old city with Li Wei.

Now that the new city has just been built and there are no houses to live in, Li Wei still lives in the old city. (End of chapter)