On the first day of the second month, Zhao Hongrun, who had already arranged everything, left the royal capital Daliang with his daughters.

There are many women who went to Shangshui with him this time, such as Miss Su's master and servant, the two sisters Mi Jiang and Mi Rui, as well as Una and the little girl with a sheep's tongue and apricot, only Princess Yulong had a different itinerary because she had already made an appointment with Zhao Yuanli, the uncle of the six princes, so she did not go with Zhao Hongrun.

As a guard force, Zhao Hongrun only brought a hundred Su Wangwei in addition to Shen Yu and other Zongwei, after all, he was in the palace of Daliang, as well as the shop of "Su Chujin", he needed to be taken care of.

Starting from Daliang to Shangshui, it is naturally the fastest by water, so Zhao Hongrun and others came to Xiangfu Port on the south side of Daliang at the first stop.

The predecessor of Xiangfu Port was an ordinary county town called Xiangfu, and a small port that was once used by the girder to load and unload goods, but now, Xiangfu County and Xiangfu Port have been merged into one, turning into the most prosperous county town or port around the royal capital, comparing Yuanyang, Huangchi and other cities and counties.

The "Xiangfu Port Expansion Project" is also a 10-year project of the Metallurgical Construction Bureau, with the ultimate goal of building Xiangfu Port into one of several important ports connecting Yingshui water transportation.

After all, Yingshui County, to be precise, Yingchuan North County, is the largest county land in the current land of Wei, at least forty percent of Wei people live in this land, and it is the most populated county land in Wei State. "Note: The reason why it is called "Yingshui North County" is because there is also a Yingshui County under the rule of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, and in order to distinguish it, the latter is called Yingchuan South County."

Because of this, Zhao Hongrun naturally prioritizes the development of this land.

In Zhao Hongrun's plan, the Metallurgical Manufacturing Bureau will spend ten or even twenty years to join hands with the Ministry of Industry to select several cities near the river in Yingshui North County to build river ports and promote the prosperity of Yingshui water transportation.

The preliminarily proposed cities are: Yangcheng, Zheng, Xiangling, Changshe, Yanling, Yangzhai, Fenchengsai, Changping, and the current terminal of Yingshui water transport in the south, Shangshui County.

Starting from Xiangfu County and ending in Shangshui County, the development of several cities in Yingshui County by the river is Zhao Hongrun's plan for Yingshui County in terms of water transportation.

Of course, the plan also includes asking the Ministry of Industry to be responsible for digging and widening the rivers in Yingshui, and it is no exaggeration to say that those officials and craftsmen in charge of this matter may have enough in the past 20 years.

At about three o'clock in the morning, Zhao Hongrun and his party arrived in Xiangfu County by carriage.

At this time, Cheng Lin, the official of the Smelting Bureau who was in charge of the "Xiangfu Port Expansion Plan", had already led several scribes to wait about ten miles outside the north gate of the county seat.

It can be seen that although Langguan Cheng Lin was also a little nervous and in awe when he saw Zhao Hongrun, it was definitely much better than Chen Tang, the Langguan of the Smelting Bureau who was in charge of Bolangsha, at least Cheng Lin was not like Chen Dan, who stammered in front of Zhao Hongrun due to nervousness, and sometimes even made mistakes, which made Zhao Hongrun very helpless.

However, Zhao Hongrun can also understand, after all, technical officials like the Smelting Bureau and the Ministry of Industry are not as eloquent as the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, and they are all eloquent and talkative about any issues, and many people are silent and hard-working doers.

Sometimes such officials take off their official uniforms and go into battle themselves, working in muddy water like the craftsmen, so covered in mud that you can't tell that it is actually a court official.

Of course, it was precisely for this reason that the officials of the Ministry of Works had been looked down upon by the other five ministries, jokingly calling the former "plasterers in official skins".

It wasn't until Zhao Hongrun took charge of the Smelting Bureau and affirmed that such officials who went into battle in person were "models of Great Wei officials" that the officials of the other five ministries did not dare to say anything gossip.

"His Royal Highness King Su."

When meeting with Zhao Hongrun, Cheng Lin arched his hand at the former and respectfully asked him if he wanted to take a look at 'Xiangfu West County'.

The so-called Xiangfu West County refers to the original Xiangfu County, compared with the past, in addition to some households living in nearby mountain villages moved here, adding a lot of county residents, that is, there are more private facilities such as inns and taverns.

In addition, there is actually nothing to see, after all, Cheng Lin has no spare energy to transform this side, and his main energy is still in Xiangfu East County, that is, Xiangfu River Port.

"Let's go directly to East County." Zhao Hongrun commanded after thinking about it.

Cheng Lin arched his hand, rode his mount with several scribes, and did not enter Xiangfu County, along the dirt road in the suburbs outside the county, leading Zhao Hongrun and his party straight to Xiangfu Port.

During this period, Zhao Hongrun, who was sitting on a horse, looked around.

Naturally, he was not looking at the scenery, but at the local road conditions.

Since it was not an official road, this country road was undulating, and the carriage in which the women rode was bumpy all the way.

There is no way, the main roads in Wei are generally yellow mud roads, because no gelatinous substances were added when building the roads, and once this kind of yellow mud roads encounter heavy rain, they will become soft, and then potholes will appear.

Therefore, in such a place, the carriage must slow down, otherwise the wheels of the carriage, the wooden wheels, will break due to the jolting.

This is not unusual.

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

Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly.

It's not that he doesn't want to improve the road condition of domestic roads, but it's really that the cost of maintaining this kind of yellow mud road is too great, for example, on some roads with large traffic, almost every one or two months, he has to send people to maintain and fill potholes, how can this be bearable?

You know, if you keep an eye on this side, then the Metallurgical Bureau and the Ministry of Industry don't have to do anything else.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun selectively ignored the road construction and instead developed water transportation, after all, although the development of water transportation is extremely costly, it is better than not need to maintain it across the mountain.

As for road transportation, Zhao Hongrun did not plan to develop until the Metallurgical Bureau discovered limestone and tuff, the raw materials for mixing cement, or before the discovery of natural asphalt, a better paving material.

After all, the main purpose of the official road is to quickly mobilize troops from other places to support the front line, which cannot be delayed.

About half an hour later, Zhao Hongrun and his party finally came to Xiangfu Port.

Before entering the county seat, Zhao Hongrun instructed Cheng Lin: "After entering the city, don't call me King Su, call me...... Hmm, Su Gongzi. ”

Cheng Lin glanced at the Zongwei and the Su Wangwei who followed Zhao Hongrun, and saw that they were not wearing armor, but were wearing ordinary clothes.

By the way, in fact, Zhao Hongrun has a pseudonym called "Jiang Run", which he used when he went to meet Miss Su in the Water Pavilion, but somehow, the surname Jiang he chose at random, like Zongwei and Su Wangwei, always think of Mi Jiang, and then muttered something behind his back, "His Royal Highness and Lord Mi Jiang must have a leg" or something like that.

Zhao Hongrun felt wronged by this, after all, when he used this pseudonym, Mi Jiang didn't know where he was.

In order to avoid Miss Su's taste, Zhao Hongrun simply changed his name to "Su Gongzi", and this idea came from the "Su Chujin" shop opened by the little girl with a sheep's tongue and apricot.

Moreover, although 'Su' is a rare surname in the Wei State, it is not uncommon.

When entering the city, Zhao Hongrun and his party were divided into several batches, after all, there were about 120 people in their group, in addition to Miss Su's master and servant and Yangyu Xing, the rest of Mi Jiang, Mi Rui, Una, as well as ten Zongwei and 100 Su Wangwei, all rode mounts, like this into the city, which is too conspicuous.

There are more than 100 mounts, and the selection is still excellent military war horses, and the vast majority of nobles in Wei do not have such pomp and circumstance as Zhao Hongrun.

In order to hide people's eyes, Zhao Hongrun only took Mi Jiang, Mi Rui, Una, as well as the carriage of Miss Su's master and servant and the little girl with a sheep's tongue and apricot, plus Shen Yu and other ten guards, only these people entered the city together.

As for the hundred Su Wang Wei led by the Wei Commander Cen Chong, they were divided into several batches and entered the city in turn.

These people are all veterans of the Junshui Army, and Zhao Hongrun is not worried about what will happen to them.

Xiangfu East County, located on the east side of the original Xiangfu County, is located on a former wasteland, remember a year ago, it was just an overgrown wilderness, but now, the city has gradually flourished.

Zhao Hongrun saw from a distance that there were buildings in front of him that had not yet been completed.

"According to King Su...... Well, the drawings drawn by Su Gongzi will be the port city of Xiangfu Port in the future. ”

Along the way, Cheng Lin introduced the building complexes of Dongxian to Zhao Hongrun one by one, and Cheng Lin was most excited when he mentioned "Hong Kong City".

Because anyone in the Metallurgical Bureau knows that the "port market" is the most direct embodiment of the prosperity of the cities and counties driven by Yingshui water transportation.

When the "port market" of Xiangfu Port is completed, it will become a place for merchants from all over the world to gather, flooding with goods from all over the world, and at that time, it will undoubtedly become the most prosperous area of Xiangfu Port.

Bolangsa was also built according to this model.

During Cheng Lin's introduction, Zhao Hongrun nodded frequently, but in the end he did not forget to tell Cheng Lin: The city wall of Dongxian County cannot be ignored and must be built as soon as possible.

This problem cannot be ignored, after all, although there are fewer thieves in the Wei State, it is not nothing, if there is no city wall, Xiangfu County, which will develop in the future, will definitely become the target of those thieves and robbers.

Subsequently, they found a newly opened inn opened by locals in Dongxian County, and Zhao Hongrun and his party ate something in the store, and then boarded the transport ship belonging to the warehouse under the jurisdiction of the household department.

When the fleet set off slowly, Zhao Hongrun stood at the stern of the ship he was on, looking at Xiangfu East County and Xiangfu West County from a distance.

Generally speaking, he is quite satisfied with the Xiangfu County that Langguan Cheng Lin is responsible for, and he can increase Xiangfu Port to this scale in less than a year.

Although it seems that the work of building a city wall has not yet been implemented, and the population in the city is obviously insufficient, it is not difficult to see that after the completion of Xiangfu Port, it will become a relatively rare twin city in the Wei State and become a residential port city.

In terms of prospects, it will not be inferior to the Bolangsha River Port.

"Next stop...... Shang Shui. ”

Looking at Xiangfu County, which was gradually getting smaller in his eyes, Zhao Hongrun felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

After all, Xiangfu County, which has changed greatly, appeared precisely because of his appearance. (To be continued.) )