Datang: at the Beginning, Eat Fruit

　　"It looks very comfortable. I don't know what it will be like if the carriage runs on it." Li Erzan said.

　　"Try it later and find out." Lu Xiu said.

　　"Hey, if the entire Tang Dynasty can be paved with such a good stone road, what kind of scene would it be' ~." Fang Xuanling said.

　　"How could it be possible? If you complete the cultivation of hundreds of thousands of miles, I don't know how much manpower and material resources will be spent." Zhangsun Wuji shook his head.

　　You must know that in Huaxia, it took several decades to gather the strength of the whole country to make almost every village have a concrete road.

　　Although it is said that stone and stone fruits are very fast to build roads, unless they have thousands of abilities, it will take hundreds of years.And the people of Datang are currently less than tens of millions, and the labor force is too scarce.

　　"Let's consider repairing all the roads around Chang'an for dozens of miles." Li Er said.

　　Nowadays, the traffic in Chang'an City is very huge. In particular, merchants from various places often run back and forth, and there are many carriages going back and forth every day.

　　As the capital of the Tang Dynasty, there is a lot of traffic.Especially in the future, it will not only connect to Yangzhou, but also there may be redundant fruits to connect the entire Tang Dynasty to the south and the north.

　　The completion of the granite stone road once again attracted countless people to watch.The blocked road section has been released to the people today.

　　In the expectation of everyone, a carriage slowly appeared in front of the people.

　　Immediately, the people from both sides began to clear the obstacles on the road.A flat section of road that is as smooth as a mirror is displayed in front of everyone.

　　"It's finally repaired, National Teacher, hurry up and let the carriage run on it, hehe, I will drive it for you personally." Cheng Yaojin said excitedly.

　　"Don't worry, check whether the road is qualified first."

　　With Lu Xiu's signal, Cheng Chumo came out with a big hammer and slammed it hard on the slate road.

　　"Boom!" The huge hammer slammed on the ground with a piercing sound.

　　But everyone was surprised to see that the flat stone road was not smashed, but only a small pit was dented.

　　If it was replaced with the previous blue brick road or a dirt road that was slightly repaired with a hoe, it might have been smashed into a big hole.And the sturdy stone road is only slightly cracked when it is hammered down.

　　They knew very well how annoying it would be to get a carriage stuck in the mud after a rainy day, unable to pull it out, and sometimes had to get out of the carriage and push it behind.

　　"¨〃Not bad, it's a pass." Lu Xiu nodded with satisfaction. The hardness is no worse than the asphalt road, and the smoothness can be almost the same as that of the asphalt road!

　　The test of the flagstone road shows that the people around are interested in it. Such a solid and flat road is actually made of granite, and the carriage must run well on it.

　　Next, Cheng Yaojin excitedly rode the horse and pulled the four-wheeled carriage, which was finally about to test the voyage on the road.

　　Lu Xiu asked Cheng Yaojin to drive the carriage with all his strength to see how fast he could run on the flagstone road on a flat road.

　　The next moment, when Cheng Yaojin used the whip (Zhao's good) to whip the horse's back, a scene that made them unbelievable appeared.

　　The steed horse pulled the spacious and heavy carriage, galloping out like the wind, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. How could the carriage run so fast?

　　Compared with later generations, the carriages of the Tang Dynasty were only more than [-] kilometers per hour at most, and the horses pulling the carriages were easily tired.

　　But now it turned out that it would take about half an hour to travel from Chang'an City to twenty miles by carriage.Now it is very agile, and it has been galloping forward happily.

　　With the flat stone road, the distance of more than [-] miles was shortened to a stick of incense, and it even took more than ten minutes! .

Chapter 284

　　For the "slow" carriages of the past, the speed now makes them unbelievable.

　　After half an hour, the carriage finally returned.The journey of more than [-] miles back and forth, actually only takes one stick of incense.

　　Therefore, Fang Xuanling and the others were amazed, and wanted to run up and take a look on the carriage.

　　"Although I feel that the carriage can run so fast, it is largely due to the fact that it runs on such a flat road, so it is normal to be twice as fast as before." Fang Xuanling said with emotion.

　　"Yeah, even if there is no door fruit, if there is a Hetao from Chang'an to the north, maybe it will be much more convenient to travel back and forth from the Hetao to Chang'an in the future!" said Changsun Wuji.

　　Hetao to Chang'an, more than [-] miles away.

　　Even if it is [-] miles urgent, it will take more than three days.

　　But if the road is flat, you can run hundreds of miles a day on a horse-drawn carriage, and it won't take long to go back and forth.

　　The stone road in front of you is not only flat and durable, but also has almost no smoke and dust.

　　It is impossible to imagine the scene where the smoke and dust filled like a sandstorm after the carriage ran past if it was a muddy road before.

　　In any case, the stone road that took a few days to repair was finally officially opened today.

　　Originally, they were very curious when they saw the people. At first, no one dared to step on it, but after the first person, countless people walked on the road.

　　Soon, the people discovered the beauty of it.

　　Fortunately, the road section is wide, otherwise it will really be blocked.The carriage ran smoothly on the road without any bumps, and it felt more comfortable than the dirt.

　　"Well, except for the waste of stone, there is nothing else." Li Er said.

　　Thanks to those tens of thousands of slaves, it would be very hard to use labor.

　　"First, repair the road sections around Chang'an that connect several counties for dozens of miles, and then I will consider building other road sections. My plan is to build at least three straight roads in Datang."

　　A straight from Chang'an to Lingnan, a straight from Chang'an to Jiangnan, and finally a straight to Hetao.

　　The roads used now are basically straight roads built from Daqin, and they are rarely repaired all the year round, so they have long been uneven.

　　"But Your Majesty, with such a huge project, can Datang's treasury be able to support it?" Du Ruhui said dumbfounded.

　　The resources expended to build roads are much less than not fighting.

　　For example, the road from Chang'an to Yangzhou is not as good as that of Anping County. Although there is a rough dirt road outside Anping County, it has been repaired several times, and it is considered smooth.

　　On the road from Chang'an to Yangzhou, some mountain roads will be very rugged, and some terrain may even require bridges... So the difficulty and cost of road construction will undoubtedly increase a lot.

　　"Don't worry, Your Majesty is very rich now. Let's look at those two doors, you can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. Besides, you can make millions of dollars a year when you trade overseas in March." Fang Xuanling laughed thiefly. road.

　　There is no need to spend the tax of the national treasury, and the "extra income" earned is higher than the previous year's tax (cfae).

　　Moreover, using the ability of the stone fruit to build the road saves a lot of manpower.

　　With the tens of thousands of slaves in the Turks, there is basically no major consumption except for stone materials.

　　"Our treasury is abundant, but it would be great if there were more stone fruits." Li Er said.

　　"Haha, the ability to control the stone is really convenient."

　　If Qin Shihuang had stone fruits, why would so many farmers be killed or injured when building the Great Wall?

　　After seeing the ability of the stone fruit, they gradually realized that it can not only be used to build roads, but also bridges, cities, and even some coolies that require dozens of people to do.

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　　In the end, because road construction can benefit the livelihood of a large number of people, Lu Xiu, who came from modern times, understands the benefits of road construction better than anyone else, so Li Er received Lu Xiu's support, and he gave ten stone fruits.

　　Ten capable people are used to build roads, which can quadruple the efficiency of road building.

　　If only 16 kilometers could be repaired a day before, now basically [-] kilometers can be repaired every day.

　　Coupled with a door fruit to assist in the collection of stone ore materials, I believe that in less than ten days, all the roads around Chang'an can be covered with sturdy and durable stone roads.

　　The distribution of the remaining six fruits can be said to have made the officials snatch their heads.

　　They want to give it to their relatives and friends. Although it is very hard to build a road to obtain the ability, after the road is repaired, the ability of the fruit can have the ability to control the stone for a lifetime.

　　It's a pity that the distribution of stone and stone fruits was held by Li Er. In addition to the distribution to the Royal Forest Army, he distributed the rest to their Li family's clan.

　　The stone fruit is too powerful, unless it is given by Lu Xiu, Li Er does not want to release it for others to use. .

Chapter 285

　　In a blink of an eye, the roads around Chang'an City turned into expansive stone-paved roads.

　　As a result, the number of people who traveled to and from Chang'an City within a range of dozens of miles also began to become more frequent.

　　In Shikou County and Chang'an, there was a Weihe River more than [-] meters wide, but now a high bridge with a width of [-] feet and a height of [-] feet has been built.

　　More than a dozen stone pillars stand on both sides of the river, supporting bridges made of granite stones.

　　The people witnessed the ten-meter-high stone giants, resisting the huge stones, and building the bridge little by little, giving them an unprecedented visual shock.

　　Around the ten-meter-high tree, the stone giant can pull it out and throw it aside.They are infinitely powerful and incomparably brave.

　　"It's amazing!! If I could have that ability, I wouldn't have to worry about any heavy work, fetching water and cultivating the land, wouldn't it be very simple."

　　"It's a shame to turn into a giant of more than ten meters to carry water and cultivate the land. It's a shame that you can think of it. It's beautiful to use it to fight. A rock giant of dozens of meters will stand on the battlefield, and the enemy will not be afraid."

　　"Yeah, there is no war now, so the national teachers sent them to build roads and bridges. If the national teachers had appeared more than ten years earlier, my father would not have been sent to dig the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and died of exhaustion there."

　　If it wasn't for the National Teacher who sent people with stone and stone fruit ability, if the imperial court built roads, the people would have to be sent to serve in labor, and it was still them who suffered.

　　"So it is said that the national teacher is really God's TOEFL to protect our people."

　　"Yeah. For example, many people in Anping County have obtained the seeds of immortal grains given by the national teacher, hoping to spread them out as soon as possible. If they can produce several thousand catties of grain per mu, they will not worry about running out of grain in the future."

　　"Hey, I was lucky enough to meet the national teacher a few days ago. I will find a craftsman in the future, set up a longevity card for the national teacher, and put it at home for a good life."

　　In fact, among the abilities that Lu Xiu brought out, few of them could benefit the common people.

　　In the past year, among the eleven abilities given in the system.

　　Eating the fruit is the one that can exert the greatest ability, and can turn out seeds, followed by the door fruit.

　　The rest of the animal-based abilities are just to enhance physical fitness.It was naturally impossible for tens of millions of people to be able to share the fruit if it was copied by Lu Xiu alone.

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　　After the end of January, in the early spring of February, the plants around Chang'an City finally came back to life.

　　In early spring, the most important thing is spring ploughing.Including the officials who lived on Mingyu Island, they all brought their families back to Chang'an. They needed to prepare for the spring ploughing event of the new year.

　　Especially Li Er, who was thinking about the grain seeds that Lu Xiu gave with a yield of several thousand catties per mu.

　　"Kang Ming, has my [-] mu of farmland been cultivated?"

　　Li Er planned to plant the seeds given by Lu Xiu in the one million acres of royal fields around Chang'an City.

　　According to estimates, one million mu of land is just enough to divide.

　　His plan is to set aside [-] mu of land to plant white Diezi. Although it is said that he can go to Mingyu Island in cold weather, he still has to stay in Chang'an most of the time, and White Diezi is really good for keeping warm.

　　In the palace, only a few sets of white quilts were prepared, but they were not enough.