Chapter 21: The Stunned Ministers

Three days passed in a hurry, and the capital became more and more lively.

In the past few days, from time to time, groups of people with dishes and insensitive expressions, like refugees, have been escorted into the capital by eunuch squads.

As soon as these people entered the capital, they were placed in a artisan area composed of dozens of mansions.

After a while, several female officers came over with a convoy of motorcades.

These convoys were loaded with all kinds of daily necessities, as well as a large amount of food supplies.

The artisan families were forced to bathe and change their clothes, and after being refreshed, they were led to a huge canteen to eat.

Looking at the fragrant rice, white-flour steamed buns, and hot broth placed in front of them, almost all of these artisan families cried.

They cried and ate and drank desperately until their stomachs became round, and they all wanted to have another one!

As a result, he was naturally stopped by the cook on the side.

Just kidding, these craftsmen are all talents that the emperor fancies, what if they are supported to death?

In this way, within a few days, at least hundreds of thousands of people gathered in this artisan area.

Of course, most of them are family members of artisan households.

However, in this era, the crafts of craftsmen are all passed down from family to family, and the half-grown teenagers in those craftsmen's families have basically learned the crafts of their fathers, and they can be called half craftsmen.

And that's just the beginning.

According to Xiao Xuanzi, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in the next month or two, there were at least two or three million artisans who arrived in the capital one after another!

This is not surprising either.

At this time, the craftsmen of the country were the most miserable group of people.

They have been artisans for generations, and they have no land, not to mention making all kinds of armor and equipment for the government, and they are just taking care of food, and they have no wages.

As the armament of the imperial court became more and more relaxed, there was no place to manage food, and it was a problem for the craftsmen to even eat.

And what can barely support them to survive is to undertake some chores on their own, so that they can survive for a long time.

These artisans, who are not valued at all in the country, can casually get rid of them all in the face of the money offensive of the CIA clerks.

However, this is estimated to be the last time Zhu Youxiao can easily get a large number of people, especially these artisan households.

After a period of time, the news of the great changes in the capital spread, and it is known that Zhu Youxiao will definitely become the public enemy of the world!

At that time, it was inevitable that all aspects would blockade Zhu Youxiao's forces.

At that time, there is a possibility of more than ninety percent, and those big families, local tyrants and inferior gentry will definitely support a Zhu family royal family to ascend the throne and become the emperor!

That's for sure.

The whole world is against it, and after Zhu Youxiao slaughters all the civil and military ministers in the capital, it will definitely happen.

"Your Majesty, if you continue like this, the capital will be overcrowded! Today's homeless people have no place to live, not to mention, I'm afraid they can't even live in the craftsman! ”

Xiao Xuanzi looked at Zhu Youxiao, who was smiling, and said worriedly.

"Huh!"

Zhu Youxiao was not the slightest worried, "Last night, Yan Yingyuan came to report that the super avenues outside the gates of the capital have basically extended for thirty miles!" ”

"On both sides of the avenue, there are almost a few farms ranging from 10,000 mu to 100,000 mu that have been completed."

"I issued an order this morning to summon all the ministers of civil and military affairs to go to the scene to check!"

"In a month or two at most, our royal super farms will have at least a few hundred or thousand! The Super Boulevard will also stretch for hundreds of miles! ”

Zhu Youxiao said excitedly, "There are so many big farms, even if 3,000 families are housed in each one, a few hundred are millions of people!" ”

"When the time comes, how many displaced people will not be able to settle down?"

"Humph!"

Zhu Youxiao clenched his fist with his right hand and waved it suddenly, "I can eat as many homeless people and craftsmen as there are!" The more the merrier! ”

"The more you come, the better! Xiao Xuanzi, you have to increase your efforts, take advantage of this golden time, send tens of thousands more people out, and collect as many craftsmen and displaced people as possible to come to the capital! ”

"Don't let even the boatwright, the gardener, etc., go!"

"Our food, even if we are allowed to eat, will be enough for a year!"

"From next year, we will never run out of food and meat again!"

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At three o'clock, a huge team came to the Guangqu Gate in the east of the capital.

This team of thousands of people, except for Lu Jiude, who had heavy military affairs and couldn't come, all the big and small officials in the capital came.

Even more than 1,000 cadets from the Royal Council and the Royal Army Academy all arrived.

In addition, most of the prisoners of the Hanlin Academy and the Guozijian also came.

These lifters and jinshi, after being cleaned up by Xiao Xuanzi, all became very well-behaved, and they no longer dared to boast and wantonly attack the emperor.

Speaking of which, most of the cultural people who can be admitted to the Juren and Jinshi are smart people.

They watched the capital for half a month, experienced the earth-shaking changes in the capital, and said that it was impossible to say that there was no idea.

Especially after seeing the formation of a total of 700,000 recruits, and then thinking of the current emperor's amount of money and food, just thinking about it makes me tremble!

Most of these scholars who escaped the catastrophe are children of small and medium-sized families, and they all know how unbearable the armament of the Ming Dynasty is today!

With the actions of the current emperor, after a year at most, the recruits will be trained and pushed out horizontally, who can resist it?

Therefore, both the Hanlin Yuan and the Guozijian sent representatives to express their goodwill and sincerity to the emperor.

Therefore, there is a scene of one or two thousand talented people from the Guozijian and the Hanlin Academy following the emperor out of the city today.

"Wow!"

"It's huge! It's so wide! ”

"This ...... Is this still official? ”

"It's just ...... I can't describe it! ”

As soon as they walked out of the huge and heavy city gate, everyone saw the indescribable super avenue, spreading all the way to the end of the sky!

Neat street trees, lined up on the side of the avenue.

The pavement of the 30-zhang wide avenue is paved with green bricks.

The sturdy roadbed looked like it had been crushed by heavy stones.

On both sides of the avenue, there is a large ditch, which is also reinforced with bluestone and bricks.

In order to provide a large number of green bricks, blue tiles, and lime, Zhu Youxiao ordered the construction of a large number of brick and tile kilns and lime kilns at the foot of some hills along the Super Avenue a few days ago.

Moreover, wherever the avenue is built, the brick kiln and the lime kiln will be built with it.

From the beginning of the construction of the Super Avenue to today, it is only seven days, and the huge construction team of millions of people, with the support of unlimited materials and money, has created this miracle.

What's even more surprising is that on both sides of the avenue, there are more than a dozen huge estates, at least starting from 10,000 acres.

Each large manor is surrounded by a huge wall about two feet high, the wall is painted white with lime water, and the top is covered with blue tiles, which is very neat and beautiful.

The amazed people walked slowly into the nearest large farm, and as soon as they walked through the gate, they stopped one after another.

In front of me are square-shaped fields neatly divided by ditches, and there are large deep wells on the east and west sides.

In each of the two deep wells, a large water wheel is slowly rotating on its own, and a steady stream of well water is constantly being poured into the ditch next to the well.

The small stream of water flowed along the ditch, scattered in all directions, and finally poured into a large pond to settle down.

Part of the water in the large pond covering an area of several hundred acres will slowly soak into the ground, reduce it into groundwater, and continue to be lifted up by the big water wheel in the well, forming a perfect water source circulation.

Nearly 10,000 displaced women are working in large farms, loosening the soil, planting winter wheat, or tending to vegetable patches, and some digging pits in orchards to plant some easy-to-grow fruit trees.

There are even some women with small children, feeding chicks and ducklings on the grass.

There are also dozens of fat pigs, wandering around the edge of the big fish pond......

The small houses are basically three bedrooms and two living rooms, including bathrooms and kitchens, and each house covers an area of about 200 square meters.

The houses are composed of blue bricks and blue tiles, neatly arranged on the side of the square wall of the large farm, and there are blue brick paths in front of the door, which are extremely reasonable and chic.

If you wait until next spring, this is the poet's pastoral ink painting, which is absolutely beautiful, and people will unconsciously feel a sense of tranquility in their hearts......

Thousands of people seemed to be stunned, and the scene was silent......