By the time Zu Mingjun rushed to Luoyang City and stepped on the brick road, there was already a four-wheeled carriage that had been prepared waiting for him.

"But Young Master Zu! The little Mo Er was ordered by the young master to wait here. "Mo Erdao.

"Thank you!" Zu Mingjun replied that he had seen Mo Er in Mofu, so he naturally recognized it.

Zu Mingjun stepped into the carriage, and Mo Er immediately began to drive.

"Drive!"

Four horses led a four-wheeled carriage along the straight brick road towards Chang'an City, and after a short time, Zu Mingjun suddenly noticed that the carriage had stopped, and couldn't help but stretch out his head to check.

"Young Master Zu, wait a minute! After the toll booth, the carriage can continue to travel. Mo Er explained.

Zu Mingjun nodded, and when he saw the carriages queuing up to pay the toll in front of the toll station, he couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Mo first advocated the brick road, the world is puzzled, not to mention the rest, Chang'an Luoyang line, the daily wealth is rolling, and it will definitely be able to return to the capital in less than ten years, which is enough to make the world no longer have doubts, Brother Mo's vision is admirable!." ”

Mo Er suddenly said proudly: "Young Master Zu doesn't know, now this brick road is two thousand miles long, from Luoyang to Lanzhou, it has been paved with brick roads. ”

Zu Mingjun was shocked in his heart and said in surprise: "It's already been built?" ”

Mo Er nodded and said, "News has come from Chang'an City, the Ministry of Industry is rushing day and night, and it has been fully laid five days ago. ”

Longhai line from Lanzhou to Luoyang this section is the best paved section, there is no large river at all, the construction difficulty is very small, and the brick road is laid simply, as long as the red brick is enough, the manpower is sufficient, multi-line construction, finally in March the whole line was laid to complete.

Zu Mingjun nodded solemnly, no wonder Morton was in such a hurry to recruit him, as soon as the brick road was opened to traffic, I am afraid that the western expedition will begin.

At the west gate of Chang'an City, Li Shimin led a group of civil and military officials to gather at the west gate, and looked into the distance towards the brick road outside the west gate.

"Hurry up, report it quickly, the test drive carriage has arrived at Baqiao." Duan Lun saluted Li Shimin respectfully, but there was a smugness on his face that could not be concealed.

When Mojiazi built the brick road in the south of the city, it can be said that it caused a sensation in Chang'an City, and now the brick road has been repaired from Chang'an City to Lanzhou.

Baqiao is Li Shimin's blessed land, when the Weishui Alliance, Li Shimin was in the Baqiao to block the Turkic 100,000 iron horsemen, for the Tang Dynasty to win a respite, Duan Lun estimated that the mention of Baqiao, I am afraid it is to curry favor with Li Shimin.

Li Shimin nodded, took a deep breath, it cost a lot to build the brick road through the imperial court, and now it is finally time to see results.

Just when everyone was about to wait impatiently, suddenly a four-wheeled carriage came galloping.

"It's coming!" Duan Lun's eyes lit up.

"See Your Majesty, see your Excellency!" The priest jumped down from the carriage and saluted Li Shimin and the civil and military officials.

This matter should have been done by someone else, and in order to grab the sacrificial wine in front of Li Shimin, he took the initiative to ask Ying to drive in person.

"Wechen set off from Lanzhou County through Dingxi, Tianshui, Chencang, until Chang'an City, it took only three days, and the brick road is really the only one seen in Wechen's life." Will be the priest of the wine said with excitement on his face.

In order to reach Chang'an City as quickly as possible, he kept changing the horses at the post station along the way, and killed more than ten horses, just to behave well in front of Li Shimin.

"Good!" Li Shimin didn't know this, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but say excitedly.

Lanzhou to Chang'an is a full 1,500 miles, but it only took three days, which is probably the fastest speed ever.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, from now on, the Northwest will be determined!" The ministers congratulated. The brick road was so fast, and the imperial court's control over the northwest was greatly strengthened.

Li Shimin's face was proud, but he said humbly: "To pacify the northwest, I'm afraid we still need to win Tuyuhun." ”

"Your Majesty, as the saying goes: the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and now that the brick road has been built, the grain and grass may have to be prepared in advance." Hou Junji, the squire of the military department, gathered on the side to help.

Li Shimin nodded, and said to Dai Zhou behind him: "Dai Aiqing, you come to arrange the grain and grass for your Aiqing to go west." ”

Dai Xuan said: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the usual practice, each officer in the army needs three and a half catties of grain for three days, and thirty-five catties for a month, and the number of people in the imperial court's westward expedition is 200,000, which is seven million catties of grain for one month." ”

Dai Xuan is also a learner of Merton now, and likes to list and use detailed data to make people convinced.

"Seven million catties of grain!" Everyone couldn't help but wonder how much wealth it would be if it were exchanged for money, and now it was all going to be used on the western expedition.

"If before, it was necessary to recruit 50,000 people, 10,000 cars and horses to ensure the grain road, it took nearly a month, and more than half of the loss could be transported to the border pass, and now the brick road has been built, plus the weight of the four-wheeled carriage is as high as 5,000 catties, only 1,500 coachmen are needed, four horses per car, and five days are enough to arrive, and the loss is insufficient and one percent." Dai Xuan said excitedly.

"Delivered in five days, the loss is less than 10%!" Li Shimin was suddenly happy in his heart, although the cost of building the brick road was distressing, but the effect was immediate.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the grain route is unblocked, and the Tang Dynasty will win this westward expedition." The hundred officials immediately congratulated in unison.

Not long after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, these old ministers had experienced wars, and naturally knew that once an expedition, the most loss was not the rations of the soldiers, but the loss on the road.

I think that when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty went on an expedition to Goguryeo, it was a huge loss that dragged the huge Sui Dynasty down little by little, and now the brick road has been built, from Chang'an City to Lanzhou, the loss of grain is only one percent at most, which is nothing in the eyes of everyone.

Dai Xuan continued: "This is a month's grain, and the westward expedition will take at least half a year, and the imperial court needs to prepare six months' grain and grass. ”

One month is seven million catties, and six months is not 42 million catties of grain! Everyone immediately gasped, but this moment was a critical period for the Western Expedition, so naturally they would not say anything more about this matter.

"And this is only the need from Chang'an City to Lanzhou County, after the army enters Tuyuhun, there is no benefit of brick roads, I am afraid that the loss will skyrocket, in the view of Weichen, at least 60 million catties of grain are needed to be foolproof." Dai Guanyu reported.

Li Shimin nodded, turned his head and shouted, "Where is Su Dingfang!" ”

"Weichen Su Dingfang knocks to see Your Majesty!" At the end of the generals, Su Dingfang came out in response.

"I ordered that Su Dingfang be responsible for requisitioning the carriage and escorting Taicang grain and grass to Lanzhou first." Li Shimin shouted.

Taicang is the granary of Chang'an City, responsible for supplying the grain of the entire Chang'an City, and there is a lot of stock, but this western expedition may directly empty Taicang.

"Wechen obeys." Su Dingfang shouted.