After everyone left, Wang Can finished handling government affairs and returned to the harem to accompany Cai Yan, Diao Chan, Da Qiao and other women. Although Wang Can has been proclaimed emperor and is the supreme of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, Wang Can does not like the feeling of being alone, and he does not like cold days.

He prefers to be more lively.

Wang Can did not snub anyone to the women around him, and treated them equally. Counting up, the women in Wang Can's harem are actually not many, and they can basically be flat with a bowl of water. After some excitement, Wang Can and several girls slept together in the evening, and got up early the next day for morning exercises.

This is Wang Can's habit for many years.

Practicing Sanfu in summer and Sanjiu in winter is good for your body and can ensure Wang Can's physical fitness.

At the end of the morning exercise, Wang Can washed up and had breakfast, and then came to the position where the cement was made of slate. He crouched down and reached out to squeeze the slate, a smile on his face. At this moment, the slate made of cement has solidified and is extremely hard.

With cement, Shu has another thing that benefits the country and the people.

The production of cement is also income.

At this time, the chamberlain came to report that Cheng Yu, Ma Jun, Guo Jia and others jointly asked to see him. These people also pinched the time and came early, ready to take a look.

Wang Can commanded, "Let them in." ”

"Whoa!"

The chamberlain received the order and immediately went to inform him.

After a short time, led by Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Li Ru, Guo Jia and others followed, hurriedly walked in front of Wang Can, and bowed respectfully to Wang Can.

Wang Can smiled and said, "Don't be polite, look at it, the cement has been completely hardened." ”

"The old minister wants to give it a try."

Cheng Yu lifted his robe and squatted down to touch the slate. He pressed hard, felt the hardness of the slate, his eyes widened, and his face full of folds had a shocked look, and he sighed: "It's really hard, hard as iron, it's incredible." ”

Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others touched it, and they were all shocked.

After Cheng Yu stood up, he couldn't wait to order: "Fengxiao, you are young and strong, you can give it a try." You pick up your sword and slash, and test the hardness of the slate. ”

"Okay, I'll do it."

Guo Jia took off the sword at his waist and drew it out of its sheath.

The crowd stepped aside and stood aside.

I saw Guo Jia shouting, and he slashed down with his sword.

"Bell!"

The long sword slashed at the stone slab, cutting an inch into the stone slab, and only a few fine pieces of sand and stone burst out, and it could not go any further. Not only that, Guo Jia was also shocked by the force of the anti-shock, and his palms were numb.

"Shhh

Guo Jia gasped, rubbed his sore palm, looked at the gap in the slate, and said with emotion: "The slate made of cement is really hard. ”

After Cheng Yu saw it, he was completely convinced.

He bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister believes it." The cement produced by the Ministry of Industry is indeed a great achievement. With cement, the walls were built in various places in the future, and the people built houses, which became stronger. ”

The rest of the people congratulated one after another.

Wang Can also had a smug look on his face, and said unhurriedly: "The role of cement can be used to build city walls and houses, but in my opinion, building roads is the key. ”

"The official road leading to various places is easy to get along when it doesn't rain. Once it rains, the roads are muddy and it is difficult to move forward. Just imagine, if the main roads in all parts of the world are made of cement, whether it is a horse-drawn carriage or a war horse, no matter what the weather is, it will be extremely easy. ”

"The speed of rushing has also been greatly improved."

Wang Can said: "It can be said that this material merit is in the community, and it is beneficial to the country and the people. ”

Cheng Yu frowned.

In Cheng Yu's view, once a large-scale road is built, it is equivalent to a large number of constructions, and the impact will be very large. Because such a thing will cost the treasury countless money. Especially when building roads, it is necessary to levy the people, and increase the excessive forced labor, which is easy to put the people in trouble.

Cheng Yu advised: "Your Majesty, to build a road, the old minister thinks, do what you can." Conquering the people to build official roads can easily increase the burden on the people. The world has just stabilized, and we can't make a big move. ”

Wang Can laughed.

Cheng Yu looked puzzled and asked, "Why is Your Majesty laughing?" ”

Wang Can replied: "Zhongde Gong, there is no need to allocate money from the treasury to build roads, and there is no need to levy the people. In my opinion, this can increase the income of the treasury, and it will also benefit the people, so that the people can earn money to support their families. ”

"What do you mean by that, Your Majesty?"

Cheng Yu was a little stunned.

He believed that the construction of rivers and canals and roads were extremely huge projects that would cause a great burden to the people. It is true that these projects are beneficial to the people, the country and the people, but the slightest carelessness will put the people in trouble and increase the burden on the people.

Wang Can explained: "To give a simple example, if I arrange this section of the official road from Tiger Prison Pass to Luoyang, I will not take the lead of the imperial court, nor will I conquer the people, but will gather the rich merchants of Luoyang and let them pay for the right to build the road on this official road. ”

"Impossible!"

Cheng Yu didn't think about it, and answered directly.

Jia Xu stroked his beard under his chin and said, "Your Majesty, businessmen are not stupid. They know that this is His Majesty's arrangement, and maybe they will grit their teeth and buy it if they sell His Majesty's face. ”

"But in the world, there are so many official roads, it is impossible for businessmen to take out money to buy the right to build roads."

"Especially once the road is to be built, the project is huge, and without the conquest of the imperial court, they have to use money to buy materials and cement, and they have to use money to hire people to work, which is too costly."

"The imperial court built roads and opened mountains, it was to conquer the people, and it was apportioned to the people in the form of forced labor, and it would not cost money. But merchants are different, they ask people to build roads, and they all have to use money. ”

Jia Xu said: "The minister also thinks that the merchant will not agree. ”

Guo Jia, Li Ru and others agreed.

Wang Can smiled and continued: "After listening to me, it is true that it costs a huge amount of money to buy the right to build the official road. Even building roads and employing people in the later period required a lot of money. ”

"However, they can make money."

"I promised that I would give them the right to sell cement within the scope of this journey, and that they would be the only merchants who sold cement. They can make money by buying cement at a low price and selling it. ”

"In addition, I allow them to set up checkpoints for a fee for a certain period of time after the official road is repaired. Ordinary people do not bring commercial goods to pass through the customs, and no fees are charged. Merchants are allowed to charge a suitable fee for carrying goods through the customs. ”

"Just imagine, there are countless merchants from all over the world, all of whom have to be involved in the transportation of commercial goods, as long as they pass through official roads, they can make money. Whether it is the sale of cement or the charging of goods, it is profitable. ”

Wang Can said: "What do you think? ”

Cheng Yu pondered carefully, and in his cloudy eyes, a fine light flashed, and he had already figured it out, and said convincingly: "Your Majesty's dexterous mind can be described as extremely exquisite, it doesn't cost the court a penny, and it doesn't increase the burden on the people, you can build roads, and the old minister admires it." ”

Jia Xu said: "The minister understands. ”

Guo Jia and others are extremely smart, and after Wang Can mentioned it, they all understood and admired Wang Can's methods one by one. According to Wang Can's proposal, this is definitely feasible.

Wang Can smiled and said, "I am just a proposal, a general direction. In this, there must be some places that are not fully considered, and there must be loopholes. In accordance with this direction, you will start to prepare, starting from Chang'an and Luoyang, and rolling out in turn. ”

"Obey the order!"

Jia Xu and the others bowed down.

They hurried out of the palace to discuss the matter.

Wang Can looked at Ma Jun and instructed: "Ma Qing, the Ministry of Industry should increase its efforts and make more inventions." I hope that the Ministry of Industry will be able to make more good things like cement. ”

"The minister will live up to His Majesty's high expectations."

Ma Jun should get down and leave as well.

Wang Can returned to the hall and thought about the next step. Before he went south to crusade against the Japanese state, he had to straighten out the affairs of the country, and then he could lead his troops to battle with peace of mind.