Outside the city of Liangzhou, the sun is shining, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and all kinds of wild flowers are competing for beauty.

Standing on the city wall and looking into the distance, there is a patch of green, and there is grass everywhere, which makes people feel refreshed.

Some herdsmen from nearby tribes, unable to afford houses in the city, set up tents around the city walls, making this northwestern military town more prosperous.

Not far south of the city, several blast furnaces stand on the grassland, surrounded by a newly built workshop, where many people are busy inside and out.

Suddenly, a group of people and horses came in the distance, and hundreds of people on horseback drove a group of Hu people with numb expressions to move towards the workshop.

"Team, there are fewer and fewer tribes around here that can catch slaves, especially in the direction of Tuyuhun, which is about to become a no-man's land."

This group of people was none other than the slave hunters led by Dafei, who had obviously just returned from the steppe and sent the booty to the northwest trade workshop.

The people in Liangzhou City were not used to the existence of the slave hunting team at first, and felt that what these people did was really barbaric.

But the members of the slave hunting team, after entering Liangzhou City, all behaved, not to mention bullying, even if they didn't dare to speak too loudly, and soon the people of Liangzhou City got used to their existence.

Of course, these bloodthirsty team members can be so well-behaved, not only because of the strict orders of Dafei, but also because of the rules set by Li Kuan.

If the members of the slave hunting team dare to make trouble in Liangzhou City, they will be expelled from the team at the least, and they will directly send you to the vulture for dinner.

Left and right are just a group of restless elements from various tribes, and Ma Zhou is not soft at all when it comes to dealing with these people.

In addition, Dafei father and son both have strong traces of Northwest trade, which leads to their strict restraint on the behavior of the slave catchers.

"Tuyuhun is nothing to do, after being swept around by the prince's forward battalion last year, it is considered a waste. However, Ma Changshi asked us to go to the territory of the Western Turks more, and it seems that the Tang Dynasty will sooner or later take the Western Turks. ”

Da Fei is different from ordinary Hu people, his brain is very bright, and he has his own opinions on some wind and grass.

In fact, the Western Turks' control of the Western Regions is related to the stability and smoothness of the Silk Road, and no matter who is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, they do not want such a powerful country to control their foreign trade lifeline.

Even without Li Kuan's promotion, sooner or later the Tang Dynasty would have a war with the Western Turks.

"The Western Turks are much more difficult to gnaw than Tuyuhun, but as long as we find a single person to attack, we are not afraid of them."

"Well, I heard that those Tuyuhun people who surrendered were also organized by the Northwest Trade to form a new slave hunting team, these people have a blood feud with us, if we don't act according to the will of the Northwest Trade, maybe one day they will replace us."

Li Kuan didn't dare to really believe the Hu people, so the number of members of Dafei's slave hunting team was strictly limited to 1,500 people, and none of them could be exceeded.

However, to be honest, it is far from enough to rely on these more than 1,000 people to meet the demand for slave hunting in Liangzhou City and even in Datang.

Supporting a new force to come out has become an inevitable choice.

Balance, no matter where it is, is needed.

……

In the palace of the king of Chu, after Li Kuan received a letter from Ma Zhou from Liangzhou, he rarely took the initiative to enter the palace to ask to see Li Shimin.

"What, you have always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, what difficulties have you encountered today?"

Li Shimin glanced at it and continued to lower his head to review the folds.

"Your Majesty, on the contrary, Weichen didn't encounter any difficulties, and today is here to solve the difficulties of my Datang."

"Oh? What's so difficult about my Datang? How come I don't know? ”

Li Shimin put down the pen in his hand and raised his head to look at Li Kuan.

"Under the hard work of His Majesty, the territory of my Datang is increasing day by day, and from the frontiers to Chang'an City, the time for news transmission is getting longer and longer. Many times, when the news from Lingnan reaches His Majesty's hands, it has already been a month. This is very detrimental to stabilizing the rule of Datang, and it is even polite to say that this speed of message transmission has affected the foundation of my Datang's rule. ”

With Li Kuan's knowledge, even in the face of Li Shimin, the first emperor of the ages, he is not worried that he will be led by the nose when he speaks, but in a few words, Li Shimin became interested in his topic.

"It's a long way to go, it's not easy to get around. In recent years, the imperial court has been a little more relaxed, and all states and counties have been constantly renovating official roads. Li Shimin frowned, "What do you think?" ”

"Wechen can't help it, this problem will only get worse and worse with the expansion of the territory. But the transportation is inconvenient, which can be completely improved. ”

"Aren't I already improving?"

"Your Majesty, the current improvement is only an improvement. It only takes a heavy rain to plunge the official roads everywhere into mud, and even the official roads from Chang'an to Luoyang can't withstand the attack of several torrential rains. ”

Li Kuan was dissatisfied with the official way of Datang.

Although the core official road is quite spacious and reinforced with some gravel, it is potholes and cannot be avoided.

Not to mention the transportation speed of the carriage, it also hurts the car and the horse.

"Kuan'er, you don't have to go around in circles there, just say what you want to do!"

"Build roads, build concrete roads! Your Majesty, there is a saying that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. If this road is well built, it can not only speed up the transmission of information and stabilize the rule of the imperial court, but more importantly, it can greatly improve the living standards of the common people. ”

"Build a concrete road?"

Li Shimin gasped and felt that Li Kuan was simply in the Arabian Nights.

How expensive is the cement, if so many official roads in the Tang Dynasty are built into cement roads, even if the tax revenue of the household department is doubled, it is not enough, even if the Daming Palace is built, it is not so scary.

"Yes, the cement road in the Daming Palace, what is the effect, Your Majesty must be very clear. If the official roads from Chang'an City to Luoyang, to Taiyuan, and to Liangzhou can be changed to cement roads, it is absolutely significant. ”

Li Kuan didn't expect to become fat in one bite.

It is impossible to have a concrete road in every village like in later generations.

It is already an unsuccessful task to make the main state capitals and major frontier towns of Datang open cement roads.

But what's the solution?

Ma Zhou, the leader of the pit, received his letter and knew that after the construction of the cement workshop in Liangzhou City was completed, the broken system had not been moved for a long time, so he gave himself a task.

[Build 10,000 miles of cement roads!] 】

This is the Tang Dynasty, not the country of infrastructure madness in later generations, 10,000 miles of cement roads, which can only be built until the Year of the Ox?

There was no way, Li Kuan had no choice but to enter the palace to fool Li Shimin.

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