Chapter 587: The Emperor's Inspection
The palace people did not have a holy decree in their hands, it should just be a message from the emperor, and they went to the south of the city, although Chen Xu was a little inexplicable, but he could only hurry up and let people prepare the carriage and horses, and at the same time told Shui to take care of several princesses and Meng Wan gently, and before leaving, he called the housekeeper and a few stewards over and told them carefully, and then he got into the carriage and went all the way to the south of Xianyang City.
Yu Wuya followed closely with sunglasses and an iron sword riding a horse, and a group of guards also wore black leather armor and crossed the long knife in front of the front and back, passing all the way, many farmers carrying baskets on the fiefdom stood respectfully on the side of the road and saluted, and then watched the Hou Ye's chariot and horse leave before they left.
Since the Hou Ye moved to the Qinghe Annex, just in the past few days, the collection of lychee seeds to make cold powder has made a lot of profits to the nearby villagers, and hundreds of people in the Qinghe Courtyard have to consume a lot of food, vegetables and meat every day.
Since Chen Xu moved to the other courtyard, he not only personally inspected the situation on the fiefdom, but also arranged for the steward to lead a team to investigate all the farmers in the fiefdom, formulate different tax policies according to the family situation, and send money and food to the families in particular difficulty, arrange doctors to diagnose and treat the sick, and give special care to the old and young and widows.
Because it has long been rumored that his own Hou Ye is a disciple of Taiyi Immortal Venerable.
A few days ago, the beautiful divine thunder fireworks in Xianyang City were the immortal spells released by the Hou Ye, and the fiefdom was blessed by the disciples of the immortal family, and the five grains and six animals would be prosperous.
Chen Xu sat on the crunching carriage and looked at the Daqin Metropolis Daily that had just been delivered.
It's the last newspaper of June, and autumn is just a few days away.
There is a lot less news about disaster relief on the front page of today's newspaper, because with the distribution of disaster relief materials and money and food, the situation in the disaster area has been calmed down, and the victims have begun to produce to save themselves. At the same time, it is also an action that newspaper reporters are interested in.
All the expenses of the newspaper reporter outside are paid by the newspaper, and the expenses of money, food, clothing, carriages and horses are all included, and even Chen Xu said that the little lady who goes to sleep in the garden will also be reimbursed, but the only requirement is that everyone must write a detailed and vivid and specific interview manuscript, so that the people of Xianyang and the emperor can understand the real situation of the southeastern counties.
Although the content of these collections has not yet been published, it is estimated that there will be more or less some in the next issue.
Today's issue of the newspaper is selling very well in Xianyang City, but Chen Xu doesn't know it.
At this time, although it was close to noon, several newspaper mobile sales points and more than a dozen newsstands were still overcrowded on weekdays, and they were crowded by countless Fang family warlocks, one by one, holding coins and shouting to buy newspapers, but even if the newspaper office had been prepared, the first batch of 20,000 copies was printed, but it was still not enough to sell.
There are more than 100,000 literate people, and nearly one-third of the literate people in the country gather in Xianyang City, and 20,000 newspapers on weekdays will certainly not be enough to sell, but it still takes almost a day to be digested, because many people buy a copy and pass it to each other, which saves money for many people who are not well-off.
But today, this newspaper cannot be robbed, because the newspaper announced that the long-prepared history writing hall and bookstore have finally been completed, and the official recruitment of wise men and famous scholars is going to be officially recruited, and all those who have bought the newspaper have gone home to hide and study.
"After the completion of the construction of the History Writing Museum, we sincerely invite five editors who are familiar with the ancient history to form an ancient history compilation team; We sincerely recruit one editor-in-chief of Xia History, two editors-in-charge, and five editors to form a Xia History compilation team; One editor-in-chief of the history of investment promotion, three editors-in-charge, and ten editors to form a business history compilation team; We sincerely recruit five editors-in-chief of Zhou History, 20 editors-in-charge, and 100 editors to form a compilation team of Zhou History. In addition, 300 enthusiasts who are familiar with historical records are recruited to serve as the scribes of the history museum, and at the same time collect all ancient books and historical materials from the people of the world, regardless of region, age, or authenticity. ”
"The inheritance of the Chinese Hundred Thousand Years, the three emperors and the five emperors through ancient times, through the Yuxia to my Huanghuang Daqin, the rolling Yangtze River East passing water, the waves of gold rush heroes, the green mountains are still there, several degrees of sunset red, the deceased has passed away, the heroes are ancient, but we want to use pen and ink to record the course of the ancestors, so that future generations will always remember their legends, the history museum sincerely invites celebrities from all walks of life to join, and the history of the same generation, the inheritance of all generations, the first day of July, the Marquis of Qinghe will personally welcome the arrival of the monarchs in the history museum!"
"The bookstore has been completed, and now we sincerely invite all famous people to join, from the beginning of King Wu's war, King Wen's change, eight hundred years of the Great Zhou gave birth to a splendid civilization in China, and a hundred schools of prosperity gave birth to countless sages, Huang Lao Kongmo, Confucianism and miscellaneous, poetry, calligraphy, etiquette and music, stargazing and divination, animal husbandry and weaving ......"
"We are literate and inherit the classics of the sages, and we should have a righteous spirit, establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations. The bookstore sincerely invites celebrities from all over the world to join us, write books and biography for the sages in your mind, compile the collection of poems and books into a book, and use pen and ink to create my Chinese glory...... The world is out of my generation, the book is now sincerely recruiting hundreds of celebrities to compile a hundred subsets, recruiting 300 celebrities from each family, recruiting 500 writers and scribes, compiling and sorting out any sage records such as poems, books, scriptures, righteousness, rites and music, regardless of region, age, inheritance, authenticity and ......"
"Special note, all those who wish to join the History Museum and the bookstore should write a resume and attach a copy of their own policy, the submission address: Daqin Metropolis Daily, the list of those who passed the policy will be published outside the newspaper street, and then report to the government office with the identity card!"
This is destined to be an inexplicable piece of news that makes the disciples of the hundred schools excited.
Although the two government offices of the History Museum and the Bookstore only recruited more than 1,000 people, the information revealed was very clear, that is, only 100 celebrities were recruited, and all those who thought they were all celebrities naturally refused to give up this opportunity and were willing to give in.
This policy is a stepping stone, and if it is well written, it will naturally be favored by the Marquis of Qinghe, and it will naturally get the opportunity to enter the two mansions, which can not only promote the theory of the school, but also leave a name in history, why not.
Moreover, these compiled books had to be given to the emperor for viewing in the end, and if his own theories were taken by the emperor, the compilers might also be appointed as doctors and doctors, and from then on, they would rise to prominence.
In addition to recruiting personnel for the History Writing Museum and the Book Company, the newspaper also published an article entitled "On Domestic Demand" written by Chen Ping, the general affairs secretary of the newspaper.
The distance of twenty miles of road, most of the hour, when the carriage arrived outside the south gate of Xianyang City, Chen Xu had almost finished reading the content of this issue of the newspaper.
At this time, from the city gate to the wharf by the Wei River, all of them were densely guarded by the black-armored forbidden army.
Under the scorching sun, the black flag hula is waving in the wind.
The trees are densely packed like bamboo forests, shimmering with a cold glow in the sun.
Qin Shi Huang's car was parked at the gate of the city, and there were hundreds of carriages with four and two bridles parked around more than ten zhang, all of which were driven by officials of the six ministries of the three provinces and princes and ministers.
Qin Shi Huang, wearing a dark dragon robe and a crown of heaven, was slowly walking on the cement road leading to the dock at this time, accompanied by Zhang Cang and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.
No one opened an umbrella under the scorching sun, the emperor, Li Si, Feng Quji, Meng Yi and other officials of the six departments of the three provinces all had oily shiny on their faces, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down their cheeks, but everyone did not feel tired at all, but they were full of interest and spirit, and the identities of the three princes and nine kings could not suppress their surprise, sometimes the officials with gray beards jumped up and stepped on them with their feet, and sometimes the marquis in a brocade robe squatted down and dug the ground with his fingers, Many people also got together to mumble about how the pavement that turned to stone overnight was built.
"Report, Your Majesty, the Marquis of Qinghe has arrived and is waiting for the decree at the city gate!" A Xuanwu guard strode over and knelt down on one knee to report.
All the civil and military ministers who were touching and trampling and muttering and communicating stopped at the same time, and Qin Shi Huang also stopped and turned his head, and waved his big sleeves: "Hurry up, please!" ”
"Huh~" Xuanwuwei left quickly, and soon escorted Chen Xu over.
"Your Majesty!" Chen Xu saluted to Qin Shi Huang, and greeted a group of civil and military officials who followed him, and after a salute, Qin Shi Huang pointed to the straight cement pavement under his feet that led to the city gate leading directly to the riverside wharf and said: "Aiqing's cement that turns mud into stone has long been developed, but it is so bitter to hide it, this pavement is still mud yesterday, and today it is as hard as stone and integrated, it is really worthy of being a fairy means!" With this kind of cement, Aiqing said earlier that he would build a highway to the whole country, and he must start planning, and I will build this kind of cement pavement all over Daqin County......"
Qin Shi Huang was very excited, and felt that he couldn't control his emotions.
And a group of accompanying civil and military officials also nodded together.
At present, all the roads in Daqin are built with mud and sand, although they look good, but there will be two deep ruts under the pressure of the carriage, and for the safety of driving, all the carriages can only move along the ruts, and the sunny day is fine, but when it comes to rain and snow, the wheels will be deep in the ruts and it is difficult to turn, and when encountering steep slopes or silt sections, it is basically difficult to move an inch, and the damage to the wheels is also particularly bad.
In order to change this situation, Qin Shi Huang also placed sleepers and wooden rails on the built gallop road, which were two parallel wooden troughs as wide as the axles, and the two wheels of the carriage were just placed in the wooden troughs, so that the wheels would not be deeply sunken and unable to move due to rain, snow and mud and sand, and they could run quickly under the traction of horses.
(Note: Although the principle of the gallop road built in the Qin Dynasty is somewhat similar to the railroad tracks of later generations, the difference is still very large, that is, the sleepers are sparse and buried in the ground without emerging from the ground, and the two wooden rails are half-sunk in the soil, so that the horses pulling the carriage will not have accidents because of kicking the sleepers, and many people speculate that if it is really similar to the rails, how to run on the wooden rails with the horse-drawn carriage and not kick the sleepers, and even some people speculate how the carriage should stop slowly, in fact, after seeing the rails, I want to fork, Only two parallel wooden troughs can be seen on the gallop road, and the sleepers are invisible. )