When he touched it in his hand, it was soft and silky and extremely comfortable. It really felt a bit like the thousand-leaf shoes his mother had made for him back then. He immediately took off his official boots with great interest and put the new shoes on his feet. He couldn't help but feel

Open your mouth wide, not too big or too small, just right for your feet.

"Who made this? How could it fit so well?" Chen Tianhua exclaimed.

He concluded that this was an acquaintance of his, otherwise it would be impossible for him to know the size of his feet so clearly.

But are there any such acquaintances in Hanyang?

"The guard asked at the time, but the woman covered her face and didn't say anything. It is said that there was a maid-looking person accompanying her." Feige explained.

After putting on his cloth shoes, Chen Tianhua jumped on the ground for a while. He really felt like Chen Tugen back then. "It's so comfortable. It's primitive and simple. It's a good thing!" He turned to Fei Ge and said:

"Since you don't know, forget it. Maybe this mysterious woman will come to the mansion in a few days. Then all the truth will be revealed. It's not too late to thank her then. It's great. These dozen pairs of shoes will arrive tomorrow and later.

I can’t help but worry about it in the new year, haha, wearing riding boots and official boots all day long is really hard on my feet. With these cloth shoes, they are comfortable to wear! "

Feige and Yu Yang, one of them curiously picked up a pair of shoes. They looked left and right and couldn't find that these cloth shoes were more comfortable than official boots. After looking at them for a while, they suddenly said in surprise: "General, the upper edge of these shoes is

Are you still embroidering the words?"

"Huh?" Chen Tianhua snatched it up and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, there was a very small line of words embroidered on the right shoe, "Red sleeves add fragrance to the face!"

"The red sleeves are fragrant and the face is like flowers?" Fei Ge asked curiously: "What does this mean, General? I thought it was this woman's name?"

Chen Tianhua also murmured in his heart, this sentence must have a meaning if it is placed here. He immediately picked up the shoes one by one, and sure enough, the same sentence was embroidered on the right foot of each pair.

"Red sleeves add fragrance" is an idiom, and the word "red sleeves" evoked Chen Tianhua's imagination. But that was in Shanghai, a ten-mile foreign market, and this was Hanyang. The two sides were separated by more than a thousand miles, so there was no such possibility.

While I was meditating, a guard stepped through the door, stood at attention and performed a military salute, and said: "General, Mr. Huo Shan has arrived in the front yard and said that he will go to the Daye Iron Mining Area with you for inspection today. Please ask your subordinates to ask the general what you want."

Time to set off?"

Chen Tianhua put down his shoes and said, "Now, we will leave soon. The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. Walking in the wild is refreshing. Today we will rest at Fenghuang Pier in Shuiyao Town and go to the mountains early tomorrow morning."

"clear…"

Chen Tianhua, dressed in Spring and Autumn Army civilian clothes, and surrounded by more than 20 personal guards and more than 40 iron factory armed guards, rode towards Daye County, Wuchang Prefecture.

From the dedicated wharf of Hanyang Iron Works to Fenghuang Wharf in Shihuiyao Town, Daye County, the Yangtze River water transportation is very smooth, and the team can completely go down by boat. However, considering that they will go into the mountains for inspection tomorrow, they must prepare horses. In addition, it is spring.

Chen Tianhua decided to walk slowly by land. Although it was slower, he could hear the local customs and customs along the way, and it could be regarded as a kind of spring outing.

Crossing the river from Hanyang to Wuchang Prefecture, after leaving the city, a wide official post road appeared in front of everyone.

The post road is made of Sanhe soil mixed with lime mortar, and a layer of gravel is pressed on top and fully compacted. This way, even in heavy rain and snow, it will not be muddy and difficult to walk.

There is no cement or asphalt pavement in the Qing Dynasty. There may be a section of Nanjing Road in Shanghai where foreigners have made asphalt pavement, but it is so rare that it has no promotion value in the Qing Dynasty.

Nowadays, all the official roads in Huguang towns are built using Sanhe soil plus lime mortar. This road construction standard is attributed to Chen Tianhua, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. He issued a "Qing Dynasty Ministry of Industry" more than two years ago.

,About official road construction engineering standards"

This is the national road construction standard of the Qing Dynasty. The road constructed is also called a national highway.

This is not only for the benefit of the people, but also for future military needs. With such a standard national highway, the speed and efficiency of troop mobilization, large equipment, materials, and grain transportation will be greatly improved.

This national highway leading to Daye was first built by Chen Tianhua, the first director of the Huguang Railway Administration, and Zhang Xiangshuai, the then governor of Huguang. It is a model road.

Not only does this model road pass through the entrance of the Huguang Governor's Palace, but it also leads to the Huguang New Army training base and military camp. A good road is essential.

There are green trees on both sides of the road, and trees have been transplanted a few years ago. Now that spring has begun, large holes are dug on both sides of the road from time to time, and trees are still being planted. This has become a beautiful scenery in Wuchang Prefecture.

The national highway is very wide, and it is very lively with people coming and going, mules, horses and oxcarts. When passersby see Chen Tianhua and his horse team approaching, they all quickly move to the side of the road and bow to salute.

In the evening, the group entered Shihuiyao Town in Daye County, where the military camp base originally built is now the headquarters of the Luo Erhu Brigade.

There are numerous military camps, military and civilian warehouses, and endless iron ore storage yards, with railway lines and deep-water docks on the side.

In the history of the Daye Iron Mine, in order to repay the high interest on annual loans from Zhengjin Bank to Japan, Sheng Xuanhuai supplied iron ore to Japan at a low price of two silver dollars per ton (cabbage price). There was one at the Phoenix Pier.

Japan Railways' dedicated Terminal 5 and cargo yard.

Due to Chen Tianhua's intervention, this shameful history was rewritten. After he accepted the Daye Iron Mine, he repaid all the loans from Zhengjin Bank in one go according to the contract. Now it is impossible for the Japan Railways Corporation to dictate to the Daye Iron Mine and purchase the iron ore.

The stone was settled at twenty-four silver dollars per ton and delivered at Phoenix Pier No.5.

For Phoenix Pier 5, Japan Railway signed a lease contract based on market conditions and paid the rent.

Although the internal military system has been unified, the external name is still the Huguang Road Mine Security Force of Fengzhong Group.

Seeing that Chen Tianhua had a strong security force here, the Japanese did not dare to act rashly. They could only follow Fengzhong Mining's requirements, otherwise they would get out of their own way.

However, Japan is short of domestic resources, especially high-quality iron ore. Steel is the foundation for a strong country and a prosperous people. Therefore, they have to lower their heads, break their teeth and swallow it.

Luo Erhu received the notice and went to the intersection early to meet the general and his party.

Luo Erhu, dressed in the uniform of a major general, personally stepped forward to lead Chen Tianhua's horse and entered the military tent with a smile.

Chen Tianhua casually asked about the surrounding situation. Of course, he would not miss the news from Japan Railway. Then he drank and rested without mentioning anything. The night was uneventful.
Chapter completed!