At this moment, Dai Wei on the side had read the entire account book, his face full of doubts.
"Your Majesty, I see what is written in this account book. During the construction of the martial arts hall, there were only 400 Turkic slaves, 300 craftsmen, and 200 soldiers?
In just three months, all six main buildings of the martial arts hall were built?"
"Wei Chen is very worried about this matter?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin just chuckled and looked at Li Chengqian aside.
"The prince will explain this to you!"
"yes!"
Hearing this, Dai Wei was startled, but he still raised his hands and quickly looked at Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian, who had just sat down and was ready to listen to the political affairs for two hours, couldn't help but be startled.
I felt inexplicably uneasy, I had been deceived!
However, he still said quickly: "Dai Shangshu doesn't know that these four hundred Turkic slaves, three hundred craftsmen, and two hundred soldiers are already the maximum number of craftsmen that the construction site of the Jiangwu Hall can accommodate.
These four hundred Turkic slaves were doing hard labor on the construction site.
Moreover, although these Turkic slaves have been working as laborers for a year, they are still strong and are guarded by two hundred soldiers. Seventy of these Turkic slaves supply one main building, which is equivalent to one hundred of our Tang Dynasty.
of people working.
In three months, with sufficient supply of cement, silt, and bricks, six buildings were built!"
After saying that, Li Chengqian looked at Dai Wei, "So, I wonder if Dai Shangshu understands?"
Dai Wei was confused when he heard this, and looked at Li Chengqian blankly.
After a long while, he opened his mouth and continued to ask: "Your Highness, what I'm asking about is that building a house is so time-consuming and laborious. Why can it be built so quickly?"
"this?"
Li Chengqian was also startled and looked at Dai Wei with a strange expression.
"Dai Shangshu, seventy Turkic slaves and fifty craftsmen build a building, three months is the normal speed!"
Hearing this, the corners of Dai Wei's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.
But he still had patience and continued: "Your Highness, I have supervised the craftsmen who built the palace and built a house of that size. With just these craftsmen, it will take at least half a year!"
At this time, Li Chengqian finally understood that this stubborn old man had been looking at building buildings with reinforced concrete instead of building palaces with wood!
This is what Master calls the generation gap!
Then, with a chuckle, he continued: "But Dai Shangshu, the house you supervised was built using wood. And this martial arts hall is poured with reinforced concrete!"
"If those Turkic slaves weren't sometimes clumsy and didn't know how to use those tools such as carts and jacking cranes, the construction speed would be even faster!"
"Is it much faster to build a house with reinforced concrete than with wood?"
Dai Wei asked blankly.
"It's natural!"
Li Chengqian chuckled, he was very familiar with these things, "To build with reinforced concrete, you only need to lay the foundation, make the formwork, tie the steel bars, and pour the concrete.
When building with wood, by the time the wood is transported thousands of miles away, several months have passed and the reinforced concrete building has already been constructed.
However, if you are building a small hut, it seems that wood is faster than reinforced concrete!"
After listening, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were all thoughtful.
As for Daiwei, his expression changed, and he sighed softly after a long time.
“I didn’t expect that building a house with reinforced concrete would be so convenient!”
"That's natural!"
Li Chengqian said with a sincere face: "When my village built a house last year, it only took half a year to build a courtyard and hundreds of two-story buildings!
If Shangshu Dai also wants to build a concrete courtyard, he must hurry up. Not only do these Turkic slaves not have to pay wages, they are also very strong!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Crown Prince!"
Daiwei arched his hands again.
As for what is going on in my heart, I don't know.
Later, he asked Li Chengqian again for a long time about the construction of the martial arts hall.
To this, Li Chengqian could only reply one by one.
Li Chengqian may not understand other political affairs.
However, when it comes to building houses with reinforced concrete, paving roads, or managing Zhuangzi, Li Chengqian can be said to be more proficient than anyone here!
In the end, although Dai Wei praised Li Chengqian's proficiency very much, he was still a little disappointed in his eyes.
However, on the next day, Shangshu Dai quietly came to the martial arts hall with his servants and a carriage.
"Dai Shangshu?"
Although the martial arts hall has just been built, it has not yet started recruiting students.
However, more than a thousand veterans from Jiangwutang Farm have arrived.
Li Jing and Qin Qiong also stayed at the farm all day.
As soon as Dai Wei got off the carriage, an old soldier quickly reported the matter to Li Jing.
"I've seen Duke Dai and Duke Yi!"
Dai Wei quickly raised his hands in greeting.
"I wonder why Dai Shangshu is here?"
Li Jing asked directly.
As for Qin Qiong on the side, a hint of vigilance flashed in his eyes.
Now, the martial arts hall is equivalent to their military camp, and they are very wary of any civilian officials who come.
"Going back to the two princes, they heard that the construction of the martial arts hall has been completed, so they made a special trip to observe it!"
Daiwei said with a gentle expression.
"There are only a few broken houses and more than a thousand hectares of wasteland, which makes Dai Shangshu laugh!"
Li Jing said slowly.
"More than a thousand hectares of wasteland?"
Upon hearing this, Dai Wei's expression changed.
He quickly raised his head and looked around.
Sure enough, as far as the eye can see, a large piece of wasteland has been surrounded by a fence.
At the same time, there are also straight cement roads extending into the distance.
"I dare to ask the two princes, what will these more than a thousand hectares of wasteland be used for?"
Since the martial arts lecture hall was run by Li Shimin specifically for martial arts disciples, only the generals in Chang'an City, such as Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Duan Zhixuan, and Hou Junji, knew the specific scale of the martial arts lecture hall.
Furthermore, there are a few people who often follow Li Shimin, such as Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji.
As for Dai Wei, although he was also a former minister of the Prince of Qin's Palace, as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he was either busy with the autumn harvest or busy with agricultural affairs in the newly established governor's offices of Shunzhou, Yuzhou, Huazhou, Changzhou, and Dingxiang.
All day long, my busy feet never touch the ground.
Therefore, I did not pay much attention to the martial arts hall.
In fact, not only Dai Wei, but also the other civil servants paid little attention to the newly built martial arts hall.
They don't look down on the school of martial arts dandies!
"Create farmland and build farms!"
Li Jing had no intention of hiding anything about Dai Wei.
"Creating farmland?"
Hearing this, Dai Wei couldn't help but widen his eyes, "If such a large wasteland is turned into farmland, how many people will be needed? And how long will it take?"
This stubborn old man, no matter what he faces, the first thing he thinks about is the process!
Li Jing and Qin Qiong have already adapted to this.
"Dai Shangshu doesn't know something. Although there are more than a thousand hectares of wasteland, not all of it is cultivated for farmland. It also breeds hogs, cattle, and sheep, learning from the Jin Dynasty King Lijiazhuang.
Moreover, thousands of disabled old soldiers have been recruited here, and these old soldiers will be able to do whatever they can do.
The rest is the work of those brats!"
"Learn from King Jin's Lijiazhuang?"
Dai Wei was distracted by Li Jing's words again.
"Those brats also want to participate in reclaiming farmland?"