Tang He and Li Wenzhong looked at each other, both of them a little undecided.
"What's wrong with you today? I've never seen you being polite to us before."
Seeing that the emperor had spoken, Tang He and Li Wenzhong got on Lao Zhu's carriage one after the other.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and the carriage continued to move forward.
The moment the wheel hit the concrete road, Lao Zhu's eyes opened slightly, and he clearly felt something different from before.
The roads in the capital are paved with stone slabs. There are always gaps between the stone slabs. It is impossible to achieve a perfect fit. There is always a slight difference in height between the stone slabs. Therefore, when the carriage drives on it, it bumps up and down and sways.
It became the norm.
But when the carriage drove onto the concrete road just now, Zhu Yuanzhang clearly felt that the familiar bumps and the sound of the wheels hitting the stone slabs disappeared instantly.
Calm and quiet.
If the scenery on both sides hadn't been receding, you wouldn't have felt the carriage moving at all while sitting inside.
Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the two people in front of him in a deep voice, "What do you think of this road?"
Faced with the emperor's question, Tang He quickly spoke, "Sir, this road is really well built. We just felt it down below. The road is smooth, and it feels like stepping on stones. This road is better than before."
Those dirt roads are much better, even better than the roads built with stone slabs.”
Zhu Yuanzhang had a smile on his face.
"Sir, who built this road? I heard from the people that this road was built in just a few days. How many civilians were used, who has such great ability?"
"Haha, what a big deal, he's just a young brat." Zhu Yuanzhang was tickled by Tang He and suddenly laughed out loud.
The people under him strive for success, and Lao Zhu, who is the emperor, also has face. In fact, this principle is similar to that in the workplace. The people under him can do things well, and the leader's face will be bright.
"Well, he spent 20,000 people building this road and it took three days."
After hearing this, Tang He's eyes widened, "Isn't this impossible? Is it so easy to build roads?"
But seeing Lao Zhu smiling and nodding at him, Tang He had to believe it. Maybe he would doubt it when others said it, but he always believed Lao Zhu's words.
It was too unbelievable to build thirty miles of roads in three days. Tang He was shocked and murmured to himself, "Twenty thousand people built thirty miles in three days. Then if we recruit 200,000 people, wouldn't it be possible in three days?"
Build three hundred miles? What about recruiting one million civilians? Build fifteen hundred miles in three days?"
Tang He said, looking straight at the emperor.
Lao Zhu looked stunned. He really hadn't thought about Tang He's calculation carefully, 'But according to Tang He's algorithm, it is indeed like this.'
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression changed. Building a road of 1,500 miles in three days was something he had never dared to think about before. As for recruiting millions of people, it was impossible... How could it be impossible? The Ming Dynasty
In the several Northern Expeditions to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, weren't hundreds of thousands of civilians recruited? Even if hundreds of thousands of civilians were recruited at one time, it was common.
Although it is difficult to recruit millions of civilians, it is not impossible if you work hard.
If you think about it this way, can you really build a road for 1,500 miles in three days? And then you can insert this sharp blade into the grassland so easily?
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head to get this unrealistic idea out of his mind, and sighed: "That's that easy. To build such a road, you need to use something called cement. Without cement, no matter how many civilians are recruited, it will be impossible.
It cannot be built even for a mile. And cement requires complicated skills to make. The amount of cement used on this road is not a small number. Although it only took three days to build the road, the boy made it.
The cement took eight days.”
"Cement?" Tang He was confused. He turned to look at Li Wenzhong and found that he was also confused. "Sir, what is cement? Why have we never heard of it?"
"That boy also made cement."
Tang He was surprised, "Oh? When did Ming Dynasty have such a handsome man? We want to meet him."
"Don't worry, you'll see it soon." Lao Zhu smiled, stretched out his hand and knocked on the frame a few times, signaling the driver to speed up.
"The relationship is so good..." Tang He nodded and put the topic down, and turned to chat with Lao Zhu about past battles on the battlefield.
The two of them exchanged words with each other, and Lao Zhu's hearty laughter spread along the carriage.
Han Du looked angry, and Magistrate Zhou smiled. The two of them were in a stalemate like a cockfight, neither giving in. The county magistrates next to them were either persuading or not, and this situation was even more impossible.
Then he left. Several people looked at each other and had to stand awkwardly aside.
When the two people were in a stalemate, they were broken by a loud shout.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
Why is the emperor here?
Han Du turned his head to look and saw Ming Huang's driver. He reluctantly let go of Magistrate Zhou's arm.
"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty."
"The common people pay homage to His Majesty..."
"Pingshen." Lao Zhu's voice came from the car.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Han Du and others got up and saw Lao Zhu getting out of the car.
Han Du was surprised when he saw that after Lao Zhu got out of the car, two more people followed him.
Who are these two people? They can actually ride in the same carriage as Lao Zhu.
But when Han Du saw clearly the prince's brocade clothes on their bodies, Han Du moved his eyes away knowingly.
This is a big boss, you can't afford to mess with him.
"Handu!" Lao Zhu shouted.
"I'm here." Han Du bowed.
"I am very pleased that you were able to build such a road in three days." Along the way, Lao Zhu has understood the convenience of cement roads from all aspects and is very satisfied with Handu.
"I'm scared. It's because Your Majesty's command is firm and I don't dare to take credit." At this time, Han Du still had a good idea of what he should say and what he shouldn't say.
Perhaps Lao Zhu had heard such words too much. After hearing this, the expression on his face did not change at all. He turned to several county magistrates and said: "You are indispensable for being able to recruit civilians to help with the construction. Thank you for your hard work.
I will ask the officials to discuss their merits and reward them."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will not give up even if I die."
Lao Zhu just nodded in greeting to the words of several county magistrates and said nothing more.
Turning back to Han Du again, he said: "Last time you said that building roads with cement would be very convenient and fast. I originally thought it was just a little faster. I didn't expect that the speed of building cement roads would be so amazing."
Is this amazing?
Lao Zhu, have you ever seen a more crazy infrastructure maniac, building a hospital with thousands of wards in ten days? Can you please understand?
Of course Han Du would not let Lao Zhu understand, and he did not dare to let Lao Zhu understand, otherwise although Lao Zhu would not beat him to death in anger, he would make his head fall to the ground.
Just when Han Du didn't know how to answer Lao Zhu, a man stood in front of him.
"Your Majesty, is this the boy you are talking about?" Tang He asked.
Lao Zhu nodded.
When Han Du saw that someone happened to come to the rescue, he was grateful and saluted quickly, "Your Majesty, Han Du, has met your father-in-law."
"This is Duke Xin." Seeing that Han Du didn't recognize him, Lao Zhu stretched out his hand to introduce him.
Xin Guogong, Tang He, this name is so popular among historical idiots like Han Du. Xu Da and Tang He are Lao Zhu's brothers through life and death, and their relationship is unparalleled by ordinary people.
In fact, it can be seen from Lao Zhu's attitude towards the founding heroes that Xu Da and Tang He are different from other founding heroes. Both of them died a good death, especially Xu Da, who was posthumously named
Be the King of Zhongshan.
It turns out to be this man, Han Du thought to himself. No wonder he was able to get out of Lao Zhu's car. Most people would be scared to death, let alone sitting in such a rough place.
Then what is the background of the other one? How dare he take Lao Zhu’s car?
Fortunately, Lao Zhu was considerate enough to Han Du and explained to him after changing hands, "This is Li Wenzhong."
Cao Guogong, Li Wenzhong!
Lao Zhu's nephew.
Han Du suddenly understood and saluted quickly, "Han Du, the lower official, has met Duke Xin and Duke Cao."
"Haha, no gift, no gift." Tang He smiled and gave Han Duxu a hand.
Li Wenzhong also smiled and nodded at Han Du.
"You are really capable, you built a road like this in three days. I heard that you also made something called cement? What exactly is it? Can you tell us about it?" Tang He was straightforward and patted Han Du directly.
asked over his shoulder.
Lao Zhu stood aside and watched with a smile. What he liked most about Tang He was his straightforwardness and what he said. Even after he became the emperor, Tang He was still the same as before in front of him, never beating around the bush.
Tang He just slapped Han Du on the shoulder casually, but how strong was the military commander? Han Du felt as if his shoulder had been burned with a branding iron, and countless needle-pricking pains instantly erupted on his skin.
Forced to hold back, Han Du gritted his teeth and stammered: "I trust the Duke, but if you have questions, I will tell you everything I know."
"Tsk, tsk," Han Du grinned and saw Tang He shook his head, sighing: "You are so young, but your body is not very strong. I think back when I was your age, fighting on the battlefield and clashing head-on with the enemy.
We are together without even frowning. If you keep going like this, what will happen?"
What does it mean that the body and bones are not good? Han Du was extremely depressed. What a man hates most is to be told that his body is not good. If someone else said this, Han Du would definitely fight him, but it was Tang He who said this.
He could only bury his depression in his heart.
After sorting out their thoughts, Han Ducai and Tang He explained: "Xin Guogong should know about lime, right?" Seeing Tang He nod, Han Du continued: "Actually, this cement is similar to lime, both are used to solidify sand and gravel.