"Weichen is still selfish!" Merton said proudly, looking confident.

Li Shimin couldn't help but twitch his cheeks, how thick should this kid be, he was so shameless.

"Since ancient times, all the rich places without exception are all places with intensive water and land transportation, Yangzhou is the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River, the center of Yizhou and Shuzhou, the roads extend in all directions, Luoyang is the center of the Grand Canal, water and land are combined, Chang'an City is a road leading to Chang'an. …… This shows the importance of roads to the city. Merton analyzed.

Li Shimin and Baiguan thought about it carefully, and then found that sure enough, some big cities have established convenient transportation.

Morton spread his hands and said: "But Mojia Village is adjacent to the mountains in the south, and there is not much good transportation, so what should I do!" ”

"If you want to get rich, build roads first!"

Li Shimin's heart was shocked and blurted out.

Merton said: "Yes, if you want to get rich, build roads first." With the increasing development of Mojia Village, there are many carriages and horses, and the original rammed earth official road can no longer meet the needs of Mojia Village, and Mojia Village needs a road that can carry the weight of a four-wheeled carriage and can still walk even in rainy days. ”

In front of the hundred officials, Merton did not shy away from talking about the selfishness of Mojia Village, and it could even be said to be ambition.

Baiguan couldn't help but look solemn, the Mo family's slogan of building roads and getting rich, they didn't take it to heart at first, they just laughed at it as a limerick, but they didn't expect that the Mo family didn't just shout empty slogans, not only analyzed in an orderly manner, but also practiced it truthfully.

"Wait, you're saying it can be opened even in the rain." Cheng Yanjin suddenly exclaimed.

Merton suddenly said proudly: "That's nature, you have all walked on Suzaku Street on a rainy day, but you have encountered a little mud. ”

Baiguan shook his head suddenly, Suzaku Avenue is naturally the façade of Datang, all of which are paved with bricks, even if it is raining heavily, it still does not affect normal walking.

"In the past, every rainy day, the road was muddy, business travel was cut off, and even the interruption of more than a month was a common thing, Mojia Village mixed with white ash to solidify the soil, and paved the road with green bricks, even if the rainstorm was like a note, even the cloudy moon did not affect the walking." Merton explained.

Duan Lun suddenly understood the reason why Modon spent a lot of money to immediately mix lime and lay bricks.

Baiguan is also a calculation, this brick road from Mojia Village directly to Chang'an City, from now on Mojia Village will definitely enter a period of rapid development, and the wealth will be rolling.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first." Baiguan chewed this sentence carefully, and couldn't help sighing, it can be said that although Mojiazi spent a huge price to build the road, it can ensure the development of Mojia Village for ten years, standing in the position of Mojia Village, this brick road is the road to get rich in Mojia Village is not an exaggeration at all, no wonder Mojiazi cut first and then played, regardless of the huge discussion, built this road overnight, resulting in the established facts.

Wei Zheng also wanted to understand the truth in this, and his accusatory tone couldn't help but weaken by three points.

"Wow!"

A four-wheeled carriage rushed along the brick road, straight to the south city gate, and when they were about to reach the city gate, the hundred officials saw clearly that it was Qin Huaiyu and the three who were driving.

Cheng Yanjin suddenly shouted angrily: "These three stinky boys are actually riding horses on the street, seeing that the old man doesn't skin them!" ”

At present, all the officials are here, and the three of them are on the street, wouldn't they fall into the hands of others, and Cheng will lose his face.

Qin Qiong and Yu Chi Baolin were also furious, looking like they hated iron but not steel.

Merton hurriedly dissuaded: "Don't blame the three uncles, this is the road test being carried out in Mojia Village, and the three brothers took the initiative to ask for a speed test on the brick road, and all the intersections are guarded by the children of the Mo family, clean up the road surface, ensure the safety of pedestrians, and there will be no trouble." ”

Qin Huaiyu and the three of them saw that Merton was building a brick road, and even they hid it, and they came to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, and Merton had no choice but to hand over the brick road speed test to the three of them, and the three of them immediately rushed away excitedly.

Cheng Biting Jin fixed his eyes and found that there was indeed a special maintenance order under the city, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

The brakes sounded, and the carriage slowly stopped under the South City Gate.

Qin Huaiyu and the three of them jumped down, lifted a huge hourglass from the four-wheeled carriage, and saw that there were still a lot of sand grains just now, and immediately cheered loudly: "An hour and a hundred miles." ”

Baili Mojia Village is just the mileage to and from Chang'an City, and a four-wheeled carriage can go in an hour, with an average speed of fifty miles per hour, which is naturally nothing in later generations, but it is a remarkable speed in this era.

"An hour and a hundred miles!" Baiguan was also taken aback, Chang'an City is only eight hundred miles away from Luoyang, if the brick road is paved, it will not be morning and evening.

Li Shimin's mind turned sharply, and his eyes were erratic.

However, this did not end there, and soon a second carriage followed, but this one was a four-wheeled wagon.

Mo Si jumped off the carriage, opened the carriage, revealing a cart full of bricks, and said proudly: "The two-horse four-wheeled wagon, carrying five thousand catties, one hour and fifty miles." ”

"Carrying 5,000 catties, an hour and 50 miles." Li Shimin's eyes burst with light.

"Li Aiqing, how many miles is Chang'an City from the land of Longyou!" Li Shimin asked Li Jing.

"Back to Your Majesty, nearly fifteen hundred miles." Li Jing replied.

"How long does it take for the grain and grass escort to arrive at the land of Longyou from Chang'an City." Li Shimin asked again.

Li Jing said bitterly: "At least in January, if there is rainy weather, it is impossible to estimate. ”

Li Shimin suddenly looked up at the official road in the south of the city, and his mood fluctuated. Fifteen hundred miles, it takes more than a month, and the official road in the south of the city is fifty miles an hour, except for eating and resting, walking for twelve hours and six hours a day, that can also travel three hundred miles a day.

Fifteen hundred miles, that's only five days, and even if it rains like a torrential rain, it can arrive as scheduled.

The ancient march to war, the soldiers and horses did not move, the grain and grass first, it is conceivable that the importance of grain and grass, and the loss of grain and grass in the transportation is extremely serious, 10,000 quintals of grain from Chang'an City, transported to the right place of Longyou, in addition to the expenses along the road, can be left five achievements good. It is also common for military planes to be delayed on rainy days. It can be said that grain and grass are the key to determining the outcome of a war.

If there is such a brick road from Chang'an City to Longyou, coupled with the large load capacity of the four-wheeled carriage, it can be guaranteed to be delivered on time in five days, and there is no loss along the way.

"The last general implores Your Majesty to build a brick road to the land of Longyou!" Li Jing suddenly came out of the queue.

His eyes are extremely vicious, and he can see at a glance how important an unimpeded logistics line is to the Tang military.

"The last general implores His Majesty to build this road." A group of military generals also immediately understood the significance of the brick road to the military, and they made suggestions one after another.

Wei Zheng suddenly shouted angrily: "Merton, I'm afraid this is your real purpose, when you build this brick road, you must have calculated it to this day!" ”

Everyone knew that Merton was obsessed with eliminating Tuyuhun, and even did not hesitate to sacrifice the secret technique of snow salt, in Wei Zheng's view, Merton threw the brick road must have been to lure His Majesty to build a brick road and solve Tuyuhun in one fell swoop.

Mo Dun laughed and said: "Lord Wei, I underestimate Mo a little, how can a brick road be pursued by Mo, the brick road of Datang is vertical and horizontal, and the ten roads of Datang are connected, this is the purpose of the kid." ”

Baiguan was suddenly startled, and looked at the ambitious Merton in disbelief.