Half an hour later, Chen Xu's carriage appeared in front of a large mansion in the west of the city, and the plaque on the gate read Feng Fu in two big characters.

After the soldiers at the door were cleared, a man in his thirties hurriedly greeted him with a group of people, it was Feng Jing, the eldest son of Feng Quji.

"I don't know if the Marquis of Jingyang is here, please ask for forgiveness for your late arrival!" Feng Jing saluted respectfully.

"It's okay, Ben Hou didn't tell me, please ask Feng Xiangke in the mansion!" Chen Xu smiled and nodded.

"Back to Jingyanghou, my father hasn't returned to the house since the dispersal of the court, but I think it's too soon, Qinghe Hou, please enter the house for a while, and I respectfully arrange for someone to go to the Yatong family!"

Chen Xu looked at the sky, it was indeed about to eat, so he nodded and followed Feng Jing into the right minister's mansion, drank tea in the living room and waited for less than a quarter of an hour, Feng Qujian really returned home, heard that Chen Xu was visiting, and hurriedly changed into household clothes and rushed to the living room.

"Haha, why did the Marquis of Qinghe suddenly have the leisure to come to the cold house today, the old man has just returned to the house and has not been far away, forgive the sins...... "Feng Quji laughed and bowed before he entered the room.

"Feng Xiang works all day, unlike Xu who is lazy, he came rashly today to disturb Feng Xiang's rest!" Chen Xu also got up again and returned the salute with a smile.

"Qinghehou What are these words, you are much busier than the old man on weekdays, I have always wanted to invite you to the house for a banquet but can't find leisure, don't leave in a hurry when you come today, today the old man is Dong Weng, you must have a good drink and feast!"

"Asahi is better than obeying his fate!" Chen Xu agreed without the slightest excuse.

The guest sat down, and after a while of tea and greetings, Feng Quji asked Chen Xu about the reason, Chen Xu handed the bus company plan he wrote to Feng Quji, "Feng Xiang, please see, this is Xu has recently come up with a plan to help the people of Xianyang travel conveniently at home with nothing to do, and it is feasible to come to ask Feng Xiang for advice?" ”

Feng Qujian took the plan book in confusion, his face was still very relaxed, but the more he looked at his face, the more surprised he became, and saw that his beard and eyebrows were shaking lightly at the end, and it took more than ten minutes for Feng Qujian to finish reading the plan, and after reading it, he turned it over and looked at it again, and after being silent for a long time, he looked up at Chen Xu with his beard, as if looking at an alien.

"Right Minister, how is Asahi's plan? If it is feasible, I will report to His Majesty tomorrow to start the implementation, which naturally needs Feng Xiangding's support! Chen Xu put down the teacup and asked.

"Qinghe Hou, this is the strangest book that the old man has seen so far, if it is implemented, it will naturally provide countless conveniences for the people of Xianyang, but the four-wheeled carriage you mentioned may not be able to drive on the street, and once it encounters a turn, it will inevitably get stuck in the rut and cannot move......"

It seems that everyone knows about the disadvantages of the four-wheeled carriage, from the princes and princes to the peddlers and pawns, everyone knows that the four-wheeled carriage cannot turn.

In response to Feng Quji's doubts, Chen Xu smiled and comforted: "Feng Xiang's worries are naturally reasonable, but Xu has arranged for the people of the Academy of Sciences to solve this problem, and in a few days, a new four-wheeled carriage will be manufactured, which can turn flexibly......"

"Has the Academy really solved the problem of turning the carriage?" Feng Qujian stood up excitedly.

"Feng Xiang rest assured, how can Xu be unsure of what he is not sure about, and when the car is manufactured, we will do a driving test on the road, Feng Xiang will know at a glance, if the problem of turning is solved, then the four-wheeled carriage can be perfectly driven on the road!" Chen Xu smiled and nodded.

"Good, good!" Feng Qujian couldn't help but stroke his palms excitedly, "At present, although the two-wheeled carriage is flexible in turning, it has a small load and is easy to overturn, if it can create a four-wheeled carriage with flexible turning, it can solve the problem of transporting bulk goods, this year's two wars in the northwest, just to transport grain and ordnance and horse harness, it is enough to use tens of thousands of cattle, horses and livestock, thousands of carts, and nearly 10,000 prisoners, and it takes a total of several months before and after...... ”

As the big boss who controls the six departments, Feng Quji instantly thought that this kind of four-wheeled carriage that can flexibly turn will show its skills in transporting goods, and will greatly solve the bulk cargo transportation of the court in terms of military supplies, and the consequence is to greatly save transportation capacity and reduce consumption.

Historical records: Qin attacked the Xiongnu and began to transport grain from Qi County (now Shandong), and it took 30 minutes to transport 1 stone, that is, 23,340 catties at the time of departure, and only 120 catties were given to the front-line army, which was 200 times the cost. The expedition of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also took about 15 minutes to transport 1 stone, that is, 11,670 catties to give 120 catties to the front line, and the cost was nearly 100 times.

Therefore, a stone of grain is transported from the granary to the northwest military camp, and at least 100 stone of grain must be consumed on the road, and the farther away the greater the consumption, this is the current situation, the consumption of these grains is basically manual and animal power, and there is no way to save it, because Daqin has already customized, and the prisoners have a pound of coarse grain a day, and the rations of the people can not be deducted in the slightest, and the cattle and horses are not fed, so the consumption of grain and grass is the largest, which is also the reason why Daqin's grain seems to be sufficient but still feels insufficient everywhere, no matter what, As long as you start with a steady stream of food, you have to consume a lot of food.

Now there are 300,000 soldiers in the northwest, and nearly 40,000 new-style horses have been built, and tens of thousands of war horses with great consumption have been added, and in addition to the emperor's mausoleum close to Xianyang, 700,000 prisoners and tens of thousands of soldiers and craftsmen consume nearly 100,000 catties of grain every day, and the whole country is continuing to repair and maintain Jianchi Road on a large scale, and it is also hundreds of thousands of people, so Daqin's daily food consumption is like flowing water, and it feels like a bottomless pit to fill the dissatisfaction.

Feng Quji, as the prime minister in charge of the six ministries, overwhelmed the officials of the household department just because of the consumption and allocation of food.

Food consumption is still secondary, transportation is the biggest trouble, a man can only pick one stone at a time, a cow and horse can only carry four stones at a time, the carriage pulls more, about ten stones, but the livestock groom and escort personnel also have to eat, drink and Lazar.

Fortunately, the process of conquering Henan and raiding Hebei this time was completed in more than a month because all of them were horse pawns, and the horse pawns were fierce and attacking, basically they were all on the enemy, and they basically relied on slaughtering the cattle, sheep and horses of the Huns all the way to feed, but when they came back after conquering the Huns, all the horse pawns looked like they had been hungry for half a month, and many of them were about to lose weight.

Soldiers and horses go first before they move grain and grass, which is the first priority in fighting a war.

Therefore, Sun Tzu said: Wisdom will eat the enemy, eat the enemy for one hour, and be my twenty bells; One stone, when I have twenty stones.

Being able to grab the enemy's food is the best general, and it is also the best way to fight.

Chen Xu said that he had solved the problem of flexible steering of the four-wheeled carriage, although Feng Quji had not seen it with his own eyes, but according to Chen Xu's usual peculiar attributes, this statement must be proper and there would be no change, otherwise Chen Xu would not have come to him.

And although this planning book Feng Qujian felt very whimsical, it was also in line with the characteristics of Chen Xu's huge brain, so Feng Qujian didn't care too much after being surprised, and sat down with a smile and said: "Qinghehou plans to open this bus company, and it is naturally a good thing to facilitate the travel of the people of Xianyang, I don't know what the old man can do to help?" ”

"One is the nature of this bus company, one is operated by the Inner History Office, and the other is purely as a business model, operated by business......men," Chen Xu did not beat around the bush and raised the most important questions.

Before Chen Xu finished speaking, Feng Quji frowned, rubbed his beard and shook his head: "I'm afraid that the Inner History Mansion will not be able to operate in this matter, Qinghe Hou expects this investment to reach at least four million yuan, even if the Inner History Mansion has money, he doesn't dare to spend it in this place, don't say that His Majesty will not agree, and the old man will not agree!" ”

Chen Xu smiled slightly and said: "This is the primary reason why Xu came to Feng Xiang, if it is put into businessmen to operate, then how should the Inner History Mansion be managed?" What is the tax geometry? After all, millions of funds are invested, not only to solve the employment of countless idlers, but also to greatly facilitate the travel of the people, this investment in a short period of time to rely on the income of one or two dollars to recover the capital of several years, and the weekday expenses are also extremely huge, Xu can operate this matter, but Feng Xiang needs to help me coordinate these things, to give the bus company some tax exemptions and convenience in operation! ”

"Well, since it is the Marquis of Qinghe who speaks, the old man naturally wants to help, this recital will be proposed by the Marquis of Qinghe in the court when the time comes, and I will ask the officials of the six ministries to sum it up and ask Your Majesty, and Li Xiang should not object!" Feng Quji's face was calm, and his beard was twisted.

"Hehe, then Xu thanked Feng Xiang first." Chen Xu smiled and arched his hand, "As long as this recital passes, then you can start to prepare for operation, now I have handed over the method of building a four-wheeled carriage to the head of Shaofu and the factory outside the city to study and produce, and then the manufacturing method of the four-wheeled carriage will also be handed over to the Ministry of Industry to distribute to the whole country, which can greatly solve the problem of transportation capacity, if a flat cement road from Xianyang to Qi County can be built next year, then Xianyang and the southeast counties will be more closely connected, and the products of the rich land in the southeast and the Central Plains will continue to supply Xianyang." , the world's freight is smooth, my Daqin will inevitably be more prosperous, and the country and the people are just around the corner! ”

"In the past, the Marquis of Qinghe said several times in the court that many state affairs can be put into business, and the old man has not understood it very well, but since the third chapter of the law, the old man thinks more and more that the Marquis of Qinghe is reasonable, a few days ago, His Majesty in the court is still asking to discuss the Xianyang direct road to Qi County to change into a cement pavement, and I want Shangshu Province to speed up the establishment of a joint agency with the Academy of Sciences to solve this matter, the old man thought about it for a few days, and was about to consult the Marquis of Qinghe, but I didn't expect the Marquis of Qinghe to have a whimsical idea today......"

Feng Qujian looked at Chen Xu with a warm face: "The old man wants to know where these incredible ideas of Qinghe Hou come from?" Could it really be taught by Taiyi Immortal Venerable? ”