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Chapter 268 Concrete road, persuasion to become king

The red lady said without hesitation: "He was a chubby ball when he was born, so let's call him Tuanzi."

"The group?"

Isn't this one of the common names for children in later generations?
Liu Sheng's mouth twitched slightly after hearing this, feeling that the red lady was even more useless than him.

Fortunately, it's just a nickname, so it's harmless.

After all, big shots also have weird nicknames: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was nicknamed Zhi'er; Cao Cao was nicknamed Ah Ma and Ji Li; Zhao Kuangyin was nicknamed Xiang Haier; Genghis Khan was nicknamed Temujin, which in Chinese is translated as Tiedan.

In comparison, the name Tuanzi is quite normal.

Then Liu Sheng became concerned about the red lady's body and called several doctors who were good at gynecology and women who were good at postpartum care to inquire.

Only then did I realize that it turns out that a woman can get out of bed half a day to a day after giving birth normally (natural delivery), and that appropriate indoor activities can also help her health.

As for the time of confinement, it is generally 30 to [-] days. The better the health, the shorter the time required for confinement.

Because in the final analysis, confinement is because a woman’s body loses Qi and blood after giving birth and needs a certain amount of time to recover.

Liu Sheng was relieved when he heard from the doctor that the red lady was in good health and that she would no longer have to undergo confinement in about ten days.

The red lady felt warm in her heart when she saw Liu Sheng caring so much about her...

Liu Sheng stayed in Queshan County for three days before returning to Tianmu Mountain.

Zhang Kuang was also taken along.

In fact, when leaving Hubei, Liu Sheng considered taking Du Yinxi with him.However, as Du Yinxi served as the prefect of Hanyang, he had a lot of things to do, and he had surrendered to the Wei tribe, so Liu Sheng gave up the idea.

Zhang Kuang was quite curious when he learned that Liu Sheng was going to Tianmu Mountain.

He heard that Liu Sheng started out as a bandit in Tianmu Mountain last year, but he didn't understand why Liu Sheng would abandon his wife and go to the mountains at the end of the year when the Wei tribe now occupies one and a half provinces.

Along the way with Liu Sheng, Zhang Kuang discovered that there was a market or village almost every ten miles, and they all had inns, restaurants, wine shops, etc. beside the official road.

It should be noted that although the snow stopped the day before yesterday, the snow was still a foot deep and the wind was gusty. It was definitely not a good weather for traveling.

But there are many cars and horses on this road, and you can encounter a team from time to time.Either going to Queshan, or going to Ruyang, or going to Tianmu Mountain from somewhere else.

In various markets and villages, local people and foreign traders and footmen were all busy and busy, and the excitement was no less than that of some market towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

In addition, Zhang Kuang also found that the official road under his feet was very well maintained, with gravel as the foundation and cinders as the road.

Even if the snow melts, it will not sink deep into the mud.

When we reached the foot of Tianmu Mountain, it turned into a strange and seamless stone road!

He had seen this kind of stone road in Queshan County. Although he was curious at the time, he didn't think much about it and just thought it was Mrs. Hong's extravagance.

Now that I saw that there was one on Tianmu Mountain, I realized something was wrong.

He looked at Liu Sheng.

But Liu Sheng got off his horse and went to stamp on the roadside. Then he smiled and said, "This cement road is well built!"

Zhang Kuang immediately took the opportunity to ask: "Concrete road? Could it be that the Kuang tribe has mastered a special road construction method?"

"Mr. Zhang is really smart. Yes, this cement road construction method is indeed unique to our tribe. What do you think of this road, sir?"

Zhang Kuang also stamped his feet a few times, and even found a stone from the roadside and smashed it on the road. Then he exclaimed: "The whole road is as solid as one, but it is as solid as a rock. It's incredible!"

When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but ask: "Isn't it easy to build this cement road?"

Liu Sheng said: "Cement roads are built with cement. As long as the cement production keeps up, it will not be difficult to build. It will only require two or three more procedures than the previous official road."

In the novels Liu Sheng read before, it was always said that building cement roads was easy, but in fact they were all misunderstandings.Because cement roads also require a foundation, they cannot be repaired by just spreading cement on the ground.

Even if the quality requirements for cement roads were lower in ancient times, the procedures for building cement roads were more numerous and complicated than those for official roads.

Of course, it is much easier and cheaper than building a stone road.Best of all, cement roads were very durable in the days before big trucks.

Due to limitations in cement production, the Ministry of Agriculture has only built dozens of miles of cement roads from Liujiazhai to Dashuipingzhai and at the foot of Tianmu Mountain.

Because now, a lot of animal skins, wood, salt, salted fish and some sea freight arrive from North America every few days and are shipped out of Tianmu Mountain for sale to other places.

Mountain roads are not conducive to cargo transportation, so cement roads have to be built.

Liu Sheng came here with his bodyguard regiment. At this time, he went up the mountain with only one battalion, and the rest stayed in the Guards barracks at the foot of the mountain (the old Cavalry Guards barracks were expanded).

Although the cement road in the mountains is rugged, it can still be used by carriages and horses, and the speed is not slow.

Within a few minutes, Liu Sheng, Zhang Kuang and others returned to Liujiazhai.

This place has been expanded and renovated repeatedly last year. With the use of cement and masonry, Liujiazhai, Iron Works and Junzhai in the south have been connected together to form a small mountain city.

Zhang Kuang was even more confused when he saw Liu Jiazhai now.

After walking into the stronghold with Liu Sheng, he couldn't help but ask: "The commander-in-chief built the city here because he discovered gold mines in the mountains, or did he want to use this place as a retreat?"

In fact, in Zhang Kuang's view, even if there were gold mines in Tianmu Mountain, it would not be necessary to build such a city.

If this place is used as a retreat after a defeat, it will be even more confusing - which one of Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain is not more suitable than this small Tianmu Mountain?
Liu Sheng smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang's guesses are all correct, but none of them are correct."

"Why did the commander say that?"

"Mr. Zhang will know later."...
After half an hour.

Zhang Kuang was sitting in the political hall of Huachu County, still unable to recover for a while.

He never expected to have such an experience today.

Then a thought came to mind: Could this Liu Sheng really be the banished immortal, the real dragon emperor?Are you here specifically to save the world?

"Mr. Zhang?"

The call from Gao Xiucheng next to him made Zhang Kuang come back to his senses and subconsciously responded: "What's the matter?"

"Should we arrange for you to stay and have a rest first, or should we show you around the town first?"

But it was Liu Sheng who brought Zhang Kuang to the Political Affairs Hall, introduced him to Liu Dachuan, Yan Yuanshan and others, and then asked Gao Xiucheng, the director of the county propaganda department, to receive him.

Liu Sheng himself went back to the villa to see Li Xiangyun.

Zhang Kuang felt that he needed to take a breather, so he said, "Let's stay and rest first."

"Then please come with me."

The compound where Huachu County's political affairs hall, military affairs hall and other government buildings are located is next to the Huachu County government office compound.

The temporary residence that Gao Xiucheng arranged for Zhang Kuang was a side room in the county government compound - sometimes other town officials and camp executives would stay here for a night before leaving at dawn when they were late to discuss matters.

Zhang Kuang lived in Huachu Town.

In the next few days, he was either led by Gao Xiucheng or followed Liu Sheng, traveling to various towns and camps in Huachu County, and even followed Liu Sheng to Huilong Bay and Longshou Bay.

As the New Year approaches, immigrants in North America have also stopped busy and are in full swing preparing for the New Year.

The atmosphere is similar to that of Daming, but different.

If Xinyang County and Queshan County under the rule of Weibu made Zhang Kuang see the scene of peace in the past, then what Zhang Kuang saw in Huachu and other places was that they were prosperous, full of vitality, and the sun was rising!

Most importantly, the atmosphere of life here is completely different from the other side.

Han culture was mixed with a new idea, new culture and a little native culture, forming a wonderful and simple living atmosphere that fascinated Zhang Kuang.

It should be noted that he was born into a wealthy gentry in Huating, Songjiang. Not only was he outstanding in talent and learning, he was also a wandering son who liked to travel around when he was young.

But as he got older, many of the scenery in Ming Dynasty, because of some people and things, were full of decay in his eyes.It was this discovery that led him to join officialdom.

In places like China, he felt the joy of traveling around when he was young.

Time soon came to December 28, and Liu Sheng was going back to Queshan.

When asked, Zhang Kuang was unwilling to leave.

Liu Sheng said with a smile: "Didn't Mr. Zhang say that he wants to see everywhere under our rule? We haven't gone to Ruyang, Nanyang and other places yet. Why don't you want to leave?"

"You can tell the whole story by looking at one spot. The commander-in-chief can relocate hundreds of thousands of refugees and create this paradise-like place in the wild overseas. The governance of other places will definitely be good."

Zhang Kuang said, bowed his hands deeply to Liu Sheng, and said very formally: "Kuang is willing to follow the commander-in-chief to bring peace and prosperity to the world!"

"Hahaha!" Seeing Zhang Kuang's official declaration of surrender, Liu Sheng laughed happily, and then helped Zhang Kuang up, "With Mr. Zhang, our tribe will definitely be more prosperous!"

Zhang Kuang, however, looked ashamed, "Kuang still has an unkind request."

"Mr. Zhang, please speak."

"Kuang hopes to move his family here and retire here in the future."

"What's so difficult about this? I agreed!" Liu Sheng said with a smile, "To be honest, before setting off from Jiangxia, I had already arranged for people to go to Songjiang. I only need a letter from Mr. and a token to send them. Come here."

"Thank you, handsome!"

Liu Sheng warned again: "Now our department is in short supply of talented people. Sir, you can't linger here. You will come out to work for me after the Spring Festival."

"This...is what it should be."

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The fifth day of the first lunar month.

When the dumpling was full moon, Liu Sheng named him Liu Rui.

Because it snowed heavily that day, Liu Sheng sent out the hope that "auspicious snow heralds a good harvest".

Taking advantage of the opportunity to celebrate the full moon of "Young Marshal" Liu Rui, Li Changwen, Liu Huan, Gao Douyuan, Peng Youyi and other important civil and military officers of the Kuei tribe who were able to escape also came to Queshan.

After everyone reported on the affairs under their respective jurisdictions, Li Changwen, as the head of the civil service, took the initiative to bring up a matter that everyone was most concerned about.

"Commander, if Li Zicheng becomes the king and establishes the system, the Wei tribe cannot fall behind, otherwise it may be nominally controlled by him."

Peng Youyi has become more stable as a division commander, but he is still relatively reckless at heart. Hearing this, he followed up: "Mr. Li is right - if Li Zicheng becomes king, you will still be the commander-in-chief, and it will not sound good if you say it out. People in this world are not happy. You know, I thought our rebelling army was worse than our attacking army."

Liu Sheng looked calm and looked at Liu Huan (Liu Zhenshi) and Gao Douyuan, "What do you two think?"

Gao Douyuan was a more radical person. He immediately stood up and held his hands in his hands and said: "I beg you, Commander-in-Chief, to become king, quickly bring peace to the world, and alleviate the sufferings of the people!"

Liu Huan also stood up and said: "It is justifiable to call the king an institution!"

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)