After entering the carriage, Liu Ruyan pulled off the heavy crown ornament on his head with some impatience, stripped off the Xia curtain outside, half lay on the soft couch in the carriage, pulled a pillow and supported it under his armpit, and looked at Li Ze opposite with wide eyes.

"What do you think, woman?" Seeing the other party's look of eagerness to ask his own questions, Li Ze also immediately said playfully.

"It's not particularly pretty, it's just dignified." Liu Ruyan said with a smile: "But in the end, it was raised by everyone, and the cultivation background is very good." When I was her age, I was far inferior to her. ”

"For this kind of woman from a family, appearance is not the key at all." Li Zedao. "As long as you don't get too ugly, you can always marry a good husband."

"Xiang Lan is also a practitioner!" Liu Ruyan: "Although she is trying her best to cover this up, but who is your daughter-in-law, she just held her hand twice and tried it." In the future, you must not be deceived by her pitiful appearance, whether it is wrist strength, arm strength, or waist strength, this woman is very good. ”

Li Zeha laughed, and the scene in front of him couldn't help but remind him of many years ago, Xia He told himself that Liu Ruyan had a good kung fu, and before that, he was indeed deceived by Liu Ruyan. At that time, I couldn't have imagined that the soft-spoken, delicate eldest lady really wanted to fight, and she could suppress the fact that she could suppress herself.

And this has been confirmed many times after marriage.

Fighting face-to-face with Liu Ruyan, if it is hand-to-hand combat, he can still take advantage of a man's physique, but as long as he gets his hands on the weapon, he is the one who is hanged.

Li Ze smiled, Liu Ruyan also seemed to realize something, her pretty face flushed, and she immediately changed the topic: "This carriage is good, it's not as bumpy as before." ”

"Of course it's good. This is what they just made as a supervisor and slaughter tiger, and the shock absorber I told you about before, they finally figured out some doorways, and this is the first one that was built. ”

"In this way, it can be mass-produced in the future." Liu Ruyan said happily: "When I go back, I will ask Tu Hu to send one to my father, so that he can also enjoy it." ”

"Mass manufacturing is not possible for the time being." Li Ze shook his head and said: "Don't look at these small shock absorbers, the cost is too expensive, they all catch up with the price of a carriage." And the wear and tear is particularly fast. If he makes the shock absorber more flexible and durable, it is something they need to continue to study, wait for a while and then send it, now you give them one, and the money to replace the shock absorber in the future will be a big drain. ”

"I see!" Liu Ruyan was a little disappointed. "Now this carriage is getting bigger and bigger, such a big cart, two horses can afford to pull it, and the speed is not bad, it really took some effort to be a prisoner."

Li Ze smiled: "You are all focused on military affairs, so naturally you don't care much about it." Don't underestimate this carriage, there are a lot of new technologies in it, just like the carriage we sit in, but the use of bearings, connecting rods, gears and other technologies has greatly reduced the burden on the horse, not to mention dragging two of us, that is, dragging twenty people, there is no problem. ”

"What are you talking about?" Liu Ruyan was a little dazed.

"I don't quite understand, anyway, I'm going to get the prisoner out."

"You said that these are made of steel, why didn't you hear those ugly sounds?" Liu Ruyan leaned into his ear for a while and said.

"Did you know we've been working on Fierce Fire Oil?"

"Of course I know, isn't this the most lethal and terrifying weapon in our army right now?" When it comes to military affairs, Liu Ruyan is very clear. "The latest fire bomb distributed to the right Qianniuwei is about twice as powerful as before. But it's also more difficult to keep. To be honest, I was a little apprehensive about these things in the barracks. ”

"Obey the custody rules that will be issued by the superintendent, and nothing will happen." Li Zedao: "In the process of researching this, I found a lot of other things, lubricating oil is one of them, after rubbing this lubricating oil, the wear of gears and chains has been greatly reduced, and their service life has been enhanced." ”

"Although shock absorbers cannot be used on a large scale, the emergence of these will also make us a big leap forward in the transportation of troops, right? The transfer of soldiers and materials will be greatly accelerated, right? Liu Ruyan said with great interest.

"Of course." Li Ze smiled and said: "A new industry will emerge in Wuyi next, and this kind of carriage will be the main force." ”

"What business?"

"Public carriage!" Li Zedao.

"Huh? What is this for? ”

"Transporting people." Li Zedao: "Wuyi is getting bigger and bigger, but in the city, the walking of horses and carriages is controlled, and ordinary people are not allowed to drive or ride horses in the city. Ordinary people travel, it is still very troublesome, in the past Wuyi, from this end to the end, a pillar of incense kung fu can be, but now, a day may not be able to go to the end. So, after this large carriage came out, the Ministry of Industry was ready to put it into public transportation. A carriage can tow away 20 to 30 people, and it can be completed in an hour from one end to the other, which can greatly facilitate the travel and errands of the common people. ”

"It's good governance." Liu Ruyan smiled: "There must be a charge, right?" This time it was the Ministry of Industry that presided over the matter? Such a lucrative business, Wang Mingyi doesn't come to earn it? ”

"This time, we'll leave it to the private sector to operate." Li Zedao: "Wuyi is divided into different routes, and each line will be officially auctioned to the private auction for the right to operate, and tomorrow's weekly report, you will see the announcement about this auction." ”

"Xia He came up with a new trick to make money?" For Xia He's technique of accumulating money, Liu Ruyan still admires it very much.

"It's really not Xia He this time, it's Guo Fengxiao who came up with it." Li Ze shook his head and said: "It is divided into four lines, and the operation right is auctioned every three years, and the starting price is 50,000 yuan." ”

After thinking about it in her heart for a while, Liu Ruyan exclaimed: "It's so cheap? I'm afraid I'll break my head. ”

"This is only the starting price, Xia He estimates that the final transaction price should be between 200,000 and 300,000 yuan for each line." Li Zedao: "Not only that, but the person who obtains this business also needs to order a large number of such carriages from the general supervisor, which is another large amount of income. ”

"Is it limited to Wuyi?"

"Now Wuyi runs for half a year to a year!" Li Zedao: "Next, we will open long-distance transportation from Wuyi to the surrounding Dayi, such as Yizhou, Zhenzhou, Shenzhou and other places, and now these places are being done." As you know, the roads in the original Chengde area, after we have been continuously building over the years, are already very good, far more than other areas. If all of them run smoothly, Xia He estimates that the taxes and fees paid by himself and the surrounding industries will increase the revenue of millions of yuan for the treasury every year. ”

"That's a lot." Liu Ruyan said happily.

"There's not enough money to spare." Li Ze shook his head: "This time we loosen the control of grain, it will inevitably have a certain impact on the entire economy, especially for those remote areas, in order to stimulate the economic improvement of these places, the imperial court is ready to release 10 million yuan to the outside world for the construction of roads, water conservancy facilities and other large-scale livelihood projects in these places." ”

"I've spent all my money, what if there is a sudden war?" Liu Ruyan was a little worried: "Now the north is calm, but in the south, the signs of a big war have come out." ”

"This money is not spent in vain." Li Ze said with a smile: "In fact, at this point, our competition with the pseudo-Liang is more about the potential of the war, and if we want to decide the outcome in a battle, there is basically no such possibility." In such a situation, it depends on who can hold out longer. And insisting more, to put it bluntly, is just to see who has more resources, who is richer, and who has more support from the people. ”

"So the pseudo-Liang is now desperately expanding to the south." Willow like flue.

"Zhu Wen has adopted a predatory method, using plundering to maintain the operation of the whole country, and in a short period of time, it will indeed be strong, and it seems that it will even surpass us. But over time, it will inevitably decline. In addition, now that Xiang Xun is rising in the southeast, we have begun to dig pits for them in Yangzhou and other places, and his predatory management will be more difficult the further it goes. We are different, we are digging potential, don't look at the construction of roads, water conservancy these investments are huge, but to put it bluntly, this is a manifestation of the potential of war, roads can enable us to mobilize troops and horses faster, transfer materials, and the smooth flow of roads for economic development is a great stimulus. There is a saying that I don't know if you have heard, it is called if you want to be rich, build roads first! ”

Liu Ruyan was stunned, shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it." ”

Li Ze laughed, "Think about it, isn't this a reason?" For example, melons are abundant in Lingzhou, and he is really not worth much money locally, but if the transportation is convenient, he can transport them to our Wuyi to sell, what price will it be? The Lingzhou melons you eat are all transported non-stop quickly, on the market, have you ever seen them sold? These melons are in Lingzhou, you can buy one for a penny, and when you get in front of you, one is worth almost the same money. ”

Liu Ruyan covered her mouth: "It's so expensive, I won't eat it in the future." ”

"If you want to eat, you don't eat, and some people have no income, our family can still afford this money!" Li Ze smiled and touched Liu Ruyan's head. "For those who have money, I always encourage them to spend their money, as long as it is clean, it doesn't matter if they are poor and extravagant. If they hide their money and keep it unused, that's a bad thing, and if they use it, someone will benefit from them, right? ”

"I've never heard of this before!"

"Another example is that we build water conservancy, you have also seen that this year's drought, although our grain production has decreased, but it will not hurt the muscles and bones, resist this wave, and when it comes to the autumn harvest, it will be able to reverse the decline, but on the side of the pseudo-beam, the situation is very different!" Li Ze said: "Guanzhong will starve to death this year." ”