At the beginning of April, when the Ming fleet arrived in Portugal, Zhu Cihong and his party crossed the Tong Pass and entered Shaanxi.

For fear that someone would recognize him and repeat the events in Luoyang Mansion, Zhu Cihong deliberately asked Jinyiwei to change his appearance, and the group changed their appearance, as if they were going to do a big ticket.

Tongguan is a place where soldiers must fight since ancient times, and this place can attack the Central Plains and retreat to defend Sanqin.

In the Chongzhen Dynasty, the strategic location of Tongguan was crucial, Sun Chuanting and Hong Chenchou ambushed Li Zicheng in the southern plains of Tongguan, and Li Zicheng was almost killed, leaving his wife and children to flee to Shangluo Mountain with only 17 people.

After a long period of war, Tongguan was seriously damaged, and the previous Tongguan guards were basically inhabited by soldiers, and the economic development was slow.

Since Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, appointed Sun Chuanting as the governor of Shaanxi, implemented the new policy of Tianwu, and promoted the flow of the people and independent management, Tongguan, which has an excellent location, has developed into a prosperous small city, radiating strong vitality.

During Sun Chuanting's tenure, in addition to implementing the Tianwu New Deal to restore people's livelihood, he also rebuilt Tongguan City, as well as Huayin City, Xi'an City Wall, Hanjiang Shoal and other places, connecting the "point" of Tongguan with the provincial capital of Xi'an to prevent the recurrence of Li Zicheng's rebellion.

In Guancheng, Zhu Cihong and others walked into a car shop called "Shunfeng" and prepared to rent a carriage to go to Xi'an.

The car shop is close to the official road, and the square in front of the gate is flat and wide, and there are crowds of people, and all kinds of horse-drawn carriages and ox carts are parked.

Some of the carriages and horses are also erected with signs indicating the destinations they come and go, and most of them are long-distance transportation.

Next to the car dealership, there is a civil letter bureau, which shares a square with the hitchhiker dealership, and there are also many horse-drawn carriages parked in front of the door, and a large number of people are loading goods up and down.

The Minxin Bureau, also known as the private post office, began in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, initiated by the merchants of the Ningbo Gang, and its business includes the delivery of letters, goods, and foreign exchange, which is very common in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the Tianwu period, as the people live and work in peace and contentment, the business is increasingly developed, the scale of the civil letter bureau is expanding day by day, and there are royal group shares, there are thousands of large and small civil letter bureaus in the Ming Dynasty, and the institutions are all over the country and Asia where overseas Chinese live, forming three classifications of inland letter bureaus, merchant shipping bureaus and overseas Chinese letter bureaus. (The Overseas Chinese Information Bureau specializes in serving Nanyang expatriates)

The largest civil information bureau in the commercial center of Shanghai set up another store, all provinces and state capitals have branches and agency stores, the joint operation and cooperation between the civil information bureaus, constitute the Ming civil communication network.

Traveling and transporting goods is a hard demand of the military and civilians, and no one can avoid it.

Around the car dealership and the civil information bureau, there are inns, tea shops, restaurants, warehouses, horse dealers and other livelihood projects, which are specially designed to provide services and commercial goods transportation for passing guests, forming a distinct industrial chain.

At this time, before the hitchhiker, the carriages and horses came in and out, and Zhu Cihong was in one of the carriages, and they went all the way west along the official road.

Inside the carriage, Zhu Cihong looked out of the car from time to time, and sighed in his heart that the development of Shaanxi is still good, far better than he imagined, all thanks to the former governor Sun Chuanting. (Sun Chuanting was transferred to the Western Protectorate)

However, there are also things that make Zhu Cihong dissatisfied, such as this official road.

Due to the potholes on the road, the carriage bumped up, and Zhu Cihong couldn't help frowning and said, "How did this magistrate build the road?" ”

The coachman's ears were tipped, and he heard it in front, and he smiled: "When Sun Futai was in office, this road was flat and flat, and it was very good to run, and now, return to the Chongzhen Dynasty and suffer from it!" ”

There are very few locals living in Tongguan, and most of them are the descendants of garrisons and generals from other places, so the people of Tongguan are very straightforward and heroic, and they rarely beat around the bush when they speak.

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong's heart moved, moved his body forward slightly, and said to the coachman: "Brother, what is this saying?" Don't the current officials build roads? ”

According to the assessment of the imperial court, road construction is one of the main criteria for local officials to evaluate their political performance.

"Repair is repair, but repair is too frequent!"

The coachman whipped and shouted at the carriage, and said, "Damn, these new eternal roads (cement roads) are not as good as the old dirt roads!" ”

He added: "The imperial court allocated funds to build the eternal evergreen road, and when it arrived at the place, it was divided layer by layer, and it would be good to have two or three percent of it used to repair the road!" ”

Tofu slag project?

Zhu Cihong was surprised: "How did my brother know?" Is it a guess or is there any reliable information? ”

The driver's voice suddenly raised: "Do you still have to guess?" These dilapidated roads repaired by the government were very bright and smooth when they were just repaired, and our people beat gongs and drums to celebrate, and also raised money for the official merit archway! ”

As he spoke, the coachman had already scolded: "As a result, in less than half a year, the merit archway has not been built, and the road has been ruined and has become potholes, and even the donkey cart can roll the road out of a big hole!" With this kind of quality road, if the officials are not greedy for money by cutting corners, who will believe it! ”

Zhu Cihong was silent, he worked hard to formulate policies in Beijing and the cabinet, how could he change his taste as soon as he got down!

The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, can't the imperial court restrain here?

Seeing that the young man stopped talking, the coachman said again: "Guest officer, you don't know, ten years ago, during Sun Chuanting and Sun Futai's tenure, many of the roads built are still complete!" ”

Zhu Cihong suddenly said: "According to the understanding below, this kind of eternal evergreen road can be used for at least ten years, it stands to reason that the road that Sun Futai built at the beginning should only be seven or eight years old now, why are some roads also rotten?" ”

The coachman smiled and said: "Our Xi'an Mansion is the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, I don't know how many nobles are buried below, sometimes the road is repaired, and some treasures are dug inadvertently, and then the road is repaired to dig pits to find treasures, and no one fills them, some official roads have been destroyed, and there are potholes everywhere!" ”

Zhu Cihong was curious: "Doesn't the local government repair these roads?" ”

The coachman waved his whip, shouted, and continued: "Repair, of course they repair, this is the way for people to make a fortune, how can they not repair it?" ”

"But the road repair of the official is a symbolic filling of two shovels of sand, even if it is repaired, after a few heavy rains, this kind of road will be "washed away by heavy rain" without accident, and the officials and lords can naturally ask the court for money to repair the road......"

The coachman snorted twice and sighed: "This road is a fat poor, there is no risk, but it is hard to fish, and it is often broken and often repaired, and the silver ...... constantly in all seasons."

After Zhu Cihong heard this, he was so angry that his lungs hurt, these corrupt officials raised by bitches! Dogs can't change eating!

He decided to go to Zhang Tongchang, the governor of Shaanxi, and ask him face-to-face how the governor did it!