In the palace of the capital, Emperor Hongzhi is reviewing the notes of the mountain, as the emperor of this huge empire, his daily life is actually very boring, and he has not much time to go out to relax.

It's just that he is also a very responsible emperor, he has to ask about all things, but he doesn't have the body of his ancestor Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang, he is only in his thirties, and the whole person looks extremely old.

Gray hair, dull eyes, tired face......

"Xiao Jing, come here and read it to me."

Emperor Hongji took off his glasses, rubbed his tired eyes, closed his eyes and said.

Since he got this glasses, his myopia has improved a lot, and his eyes are not as tired as before, but his eyes are still very tired when he looks at the music every day.

"Your Majesty, you've been busy for more than an hour, why don't we go out to the capital for a walk?"

Xiao Jing looked at the tired Emperor Hongzhi, I have to say that he is a good emperor and a diligent emperor, sometimes he, the eunuch who follows him, can't stand it.

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are all energetic and healthy, but the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he is watching the Hongzhi Emperor grow old day by day.

"Going for a walk?"

"It's good that I haven't been out for a long time."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he nodded after thinking about it, since the famine in the three northern provinces, he really rarely went out and walked around.

"What about the prince?"

The habitual Hongzhi Emperor wanted to take the prince to prepare to go out for a walk, which was the only entertainment between their father and son, every time he went out to walk, he would habitually bring Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao also liked to walk around the capital.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard that he went to see what to build a cement road, which is the cement road leading to the capital from Tianjin."

Xiao Jing hurriedly replied, as Emperor Hongzhi's 'secretary', he must always keep abreast of the situation of the people that Emperor Hongzhi cares about, because Emperor Hongzhi may ask at any time.

"This cement road was made by Liu Jin, right?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became interested.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is indeed the cement road invented by Liu Jin, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Zhang Mao also mentioned it in the song, calling this cement an artifact of the country, which can make my Ming Dynasty eternal."

Xiao Jing thought about it and hurriedly replied.

"Let's go, let's see."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately couldn't sit still, and quickly got up and walked outside.

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To the east of the capital, on the official road only one kilometer away from the capital, the huge construction team finally built this cement road to the capital.

The construction of this cement road is very smooth, with tens of thousands of victims at the same time to start building this cement road, the speed is beyond imagination, in less than ten days, this cement road is about to be built to the capital.

The novelty of the cement road also attracted the attention of the old and young masters of the whole capital in the first time, especially with the millions of catties of sea fish transported into the capital every day on this side of Tianjin, everyone has long known that the official road leading to the capital in Tianjin has long been changed and has become a spacious road built with cement.

Therefore, on both sides of the official road leading from the capital to Tianjin, there are crowds of people, all of whom are rushing over from the capital to see the excitement, and Zhu Houzhao's figure is also among them, surrounded by more than a dozen guards, followed by Liu Jin, a dog.

"Haha, it's finally repaired to the capital, it's much more convenient to go to Tianjin in the future, I heard Lao Liu say, this whaling ship has been built, and you must go to the sea to hunt whales in the future."

Zhu Houzhao came to the brand-new official road, stomped the hard cement road, and still wanted to go to the sea to hunt whales.

When Liu Jin behind him heard this, he was immediately frightened that the six gods had no master, if this Zhu Houzhao went to sea to hunt whales and had three long and two short or something, he didn't want to live, how long did he come back to the capital, and finally shifted the attention of this little master to other places, but he didn't expect to think about whaling.

"Well, Lao Liu still has the foresight, this cement road is so wide, and then I can transport the whales I caught to the capital to present to my father."

Zhu Houzhao was gesturing on the spacious cement road, as if he was calculating the size, and he was very satisfied with the two-way six-lane cement road, which was wide enough.

"Childe, let's go back, otherwise the master knows, and I will definitely be punished."

Liu Jin cried with a sad face, this has come forward, their titles have also changed, this old man is undoubtedly worthy of Emperor Hongzhi.

"Don't worry, go back and make sure you're okay."

Zhu Houzhao didn't care, and continued to bounce on the spacious cement road.

"It's really hard enough, just like a whole stone paved, this cement is really useful, if you build this cement road to the grassland in the future, and then rely on the cement road to build a castle, you can easily eat away at the grassland."

Zhu Houzhao touched his chin, and he was already planning the future in his mind.

Don't look at him with a big grin, he looks like a hanger, but in terms of right and wrong, he actually has his own opinions, he worships Huo Quai, worships Wei Qing, and has been thinking about being able to seal the wolf Juxu in the future since he was a child, and he has been studying for this reason, and now that he sees this cement, he thinks about encroaching on the grassland in the future.

Zhu Houzhao was studying the cement road with great interest, and on the other side, Emperor Hongzhi finally came to the construction site after changing into the clothes of ordinary people.

"It's very lively~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the crowd in front of him, and then looked at the official road, the construction team of tens of thousands of people, the whole scene was very lively and busy, but everything was in order and orderly.

The construction team of tens of thousands of people has a very clear division of labor with each other, the four-wheeled carriages responsible for transporting cement and sand and gravel are lined up on the official road, and the front leveling and opening up road team is constantly expanding on the basis of the original official road, and the ditches on both sides of the road are dug neatly and neatly, and cement is also used to build.

The cement road that has been built further away is very spacious, and the green belt in the middle is separated on both sides, and all the walking carriages and people are all on the right, like two rolling torrents driving into the distance.

"Is this concrete road any better?"

"It must be easy to use, two days ago I also went to Tianjin through this cement road, it is very smooth, there will be no bumps in the carriage, it only takes half a day to arrive in Tianjin."

"Blow?"

"There are more than 100 miles from this capital to Tianjin, how can you get to Tianjin in half a day?"

"I don't believe you can try it yourself, how can I lie to you?"

Emperor Hongzhi watched the lively scene, and at the same time listened to the people around him constantly discuss this new cement road.

"Can you get to Tianjin in half a day?"

Emperor Hongzhi was slightly moved, it only takes half a day to reach hundreds of kilometers, what does this mean, he knows too well.

"If this official road can be repaired throughout the thirteen provinces of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, it will be very convenient to mobilize grain and grass and troops, and it will not take a few days to transfer grain from the south to the capital."

Emperor Hongzhi thought silently in his heart, and then walked towards the cement road that had been repaired.

Soon, he came to the concrete road that had been repaired and opened to traffic, and like countless people who stepped on the cement road for the first time, he couldn't help but stomp on this hard concrete road with his feet.

"It's as hard as stone."

Emperor Hongzhi immediately had a smile on his face, and when he looked at this flat cement road, the smile on his face was even greater.

"The artifact of the true country~"

Xiao Jing, who was following Emperor Hongzhi's side, his eyes were looking in all directions, as if he was looking for something, and soon he not only found Zhu Houzhao, but also found Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang, the three elders, so he hurriedly went to Emperor Hongzhi's side and reminded gently.

"They're here too?"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled, and then asked Xiao Jing to call these people over.

Soon, Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian hurriedly came to Emperor Hongzhi's side and wanted to salute, but Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite.

"What do you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the cement road that had been winding to the end of his line of sight and asked with a smile.

"This is the artifact of the country, with this cement, I will have no external troubles."

Liu Jian couldn't help but sigh and said.

"Your Majesty, the sky is auspicious, and I can expect a prosperous Ming Dynasty."

Xie Qian also gave a very high evaluation, and evaluated this cement as auspicious.

"Haha, I said a long time ago that this thing is an artifact, so you can believe it now."

Li Dongyang touched his mustache proudly, when he returned to the capital, he had already told Emperor Hongzhi and others about cement, comparing this cement to an artifact, Liu Jian and Xie Qian still didn't believe it at the beginning, and expressed doubts, but now they believe it all.

As for Zhu Houzhao on the side, he pouted, he didn't seem to be happy, and he finally came out to play once, but he didn't expect to be caught by Emperor Hongzhi, and he was thinking about whether he could sneak away to Tianjin, and then find a way to sneak into the whaling ship and go out to sea to hunt and play.

Now this plan has to be aborted, with Emperor Hongzhi by his side, he doesn't want to go to Tianjin, let alone go to Tianjin to go to sea to hunt whales, Emperor Hongzhi will never allow it.

"What do you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi naturally noticed Zhu Houzhao's expression, smiled and asked.

Since Zhu Houzhao came back from Tianjin, he felt that Zhu Houzhao had grown up a lot, and he would ask Zhu Houzhao about many things to see what he thought.

"Although the cement is good, since ancient times, there have only been thieves for a thousand days, how can there be a reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days."