After a night of mourning, on the morning of the second day, under the escort of the palace guards and Dong Bu's cavalry battalion, Zhu Pingjian, who had a white and bright pimple on his lips, embarked on the arduous journey again with Liao Daheng.

In winter, there is little rain, and the dry dirt road is trampled by countless iron hooves, raising the sky full of smoke and dust. Zhu Pingjin marched in the middle of the cavalry guards. He changed out of his fancy and exaggerated outfit, a light half-worn gray cloth placket jacket, a wing crown, a pair of thick cotton gloves, a cavalryman's standard red cloth mask, and a damp mask wrapped around his mouth and nose to cover the ashes. Liao Daheng was not forgiving in his age, and he also made people accept the governor's guard of honor and change to a more comfortable carriage to follow.

Hundreds of people walked more than 100 miles before they came across a construction site that was building a road. This is the road between Huaikou Town and Huima Town, which is under construction by the Sichuan Road Bureau. As soon as this road is completed, there will be a high-speed and fast passage between the two ferries of Tuojiang River and Fujiang River.

The shareholding structure of the Sichuan Road Bureau is similar to that of the Machinery Bureau, and Huitong Qianzhuang remains its largest original shareholder. However, due to the large investment in road construction, the prospect of return on investment is unclear, and the toll roads and toll bridges in the prospectus have not been endorsed by the local government, so the IPO is not very smooth. Even Luo Yuhong was not very enthusiastic, and only approved the investment of 30,000 taels of silver in Huitong Qianzhuang, and the price of three years of labor for 1,000 captives in the palace was 20,000 taels, a total of 50,000 taels. His wife's non-cooperation forced Zhu Pingjin to come forward in person and invest 10,000 taels of private money in a big way, which drove some popularity in the Sichuan investment community.

The chief steward of the Sichuan Road Bureau did not go out from Wangzhuang Wangdian, but the eldest son of Ning Chuanwei commanding He Zhutou, the future commander Xiao He.

He Zhutou heard that the Road Bureau had a large construction business, and together with Xu Papi of Chengdu Guard, he decided to abandon his previous suspicions, work together to create a better tomorrow for the Guard, and take over the big business of the Shu Wangfu together.

Ning Chuanwei and Chengdu Defender are large engineering teams that dominate the Chengdu construction market, and they are all too familiar with the construction business. In Zhu Pingjin's father's Fuwai Courtyard project, Ning Chuanwei is the largest construction contractor. There are a large number of registered sergeants in the two guards, and even if they no longer go out on the streets to arrest people, the human resources are still sufficient. In addition, a large number of prisoners of war will definitely be used in the construction project, and the guards carry guns and bricks, and the management of prisoners has a unique advantage. Therefore, as Party A and Party B, Zhu Pingjin and the original shareholders put Xiao He to the forefront. Of course, the money of the Shu Wangfu cannot be earned by them in vain. Nearly 100,000 acres of public land in Chengdu Liuwei were taken away by Zhu Pingjin, and only 10% of the rent was left to cover the bones.

Xiao He is in his twenties and is strong. has a round and big head, quite a father's charm, and inherits his father's familiar character. Wu Tai, who was standing in front of him, had already informed Xiao He Shizi and Liao Fu of the news that they were about to pass by, so he stopped the project early in the morning, gathered the soldiers, and lined up to greet him. Wait until the guests arrive, beat gongs and drums, serve tea and water, and it is not lively.

Zhu Pingjin took this opportunity to inspect the road works.

The road was newly built and the original roadbed was not used. Because of the straightening of the bend, the total length of the new road is nearly 20 miles shorter than that of the old road. The road is two zhang to two zhang and five feet wide, which is equivalent to the two-way two-lane road in Zhu Pingjian's previous life. The roadbed pad soil is compacted, and the stone is flattened. Drain as high as possible on flat land, and dig drainage ditches on both sides of hilly land. The material of pavement is slag from small coal kilns or clay mined on the spot, mixed with hydrated lime and river sand.

According to Xiao He, there are three subcontractors on this road. Ningchuan Wei did a section, Chengdu Guards did a section, and Pengxi Zhixian and the local gentry joined forces to do a section. Each section is about six or seven sections, each section is ten miles. The three were closed, and more than half of the road from Huaikou Town to Huima Town was repaired.

The big wooden bridge on the Fujiang River is a separate section, built by a family of bridge-builders in Tongchuan Prefecture. By the beginning of February next year, most of the work here will be halted. There was a lot of rain in the spring, which was not conducive to the compaction of the Sanhe soil, and the sergeants had to go home to farm, leaving only a thousand captives to guard and repair. So they are desperately rushing to work, trying to complete a few more sections before the shutdown and get some more ICBC.

"There should be lantern poles on the side of the road, so that horses can gallop at night!

A white line should be marked with lime in the middle of the road to prevent vehicles from crossing the road!

In the past, the roads were built along the river, but now there is no river on the side of the road, and the problem of drinking water, eating and feed for people and horses needs to be solved!

Thorny fences should be planted on the side of the road to prevent unauthorized use of the road without paying!

Those who damage road facilities will be fined if they are caught. If you can't pay the money, you can go through the streets!

As for drinking water and eating, it is also a business opportunity, and you can build a service area every dozens of miles. Integrate horse shops and food stalls! ”

Seeing that Xiao He's subordinates were all holding small notebooks and memorizing them, Zhu Pingjin lost no time in instilling his modern traffic management concepts. Finally, he emphasized to Xiao He:

"Quality matters! If there is a problem during the three-year warranty period, if you come to repair it again, the extra money will be spent! Now it's mainly military, and the charge is secondary. The road is rotten, the military plane is mistaken, the battle is lost, and there is nothing! ”

This Xiao He is clever. Seeing Zhu Pingjian's serious face, he hurriedly patted his chest and assured that the quality of Ning Chuanwei was improving, as evidenced by the major projects of the Shu Palace. Besides, this time Ning Chuanwei is the general contractor, his father is a hereditary officer, and he himself is the chief steward of the Road Bureau, so there is absolutely no possibility of escaping responsibility, so please let the son of the world put 10,000 hearts.

"Thou shalt not mistreat the sergeant, keep the captives close!" Zhu Pingjin was even more serious, "There is a mess on the construction site, I want to ask you about the head of the He family!" ”

"Ouch! You don't know: now that the sky has changed, these sergeants are the masters, and the little ones are a minion! Now don't talk about abusing them, the little ones don't even dare to say anything serious! Xiao He suddenly became bitter.

It turns out that the recent manpower is not good, and even the best move of the guards in Chengdu - catching the homeless people outside the city has completely failed. The reason is very simple, the royal palace "Sichuan fills Luzhou" and transports about 100,000 displaced people at one time. The stabilization of the situation in central Sichuan and the introduction of preferential measures for land reclamation have eliminated an important source of displaced people in Sichuan. The rise of the tea and horse trade, the rise of industrial enterprises such as the Sichuan Machinery Bureau, the Weaving Bureau, and the Soap Bureau, absorbed a large number of rural surplus labor. Comparatively speaking, the recruitment of the Shang and Zhuang teams and the desertion of the Ningchuan and guard sergeants were not the main factors in the shortage of human resources in western Sichuan.

Xiao He Dao, I hope that the prince can catch more prisoners for them when he goes on this expedition. These captives did not have to pay wages, did not have to pay for burning silver, did not have to go home to plant and plant rice, and one captive could be two or three sergeants, and was the best worker. If they have enough manpower, they can complete the road by April next year.

The elimination of displaced people also eliminated an important source of local rioters, which Zhu Pingjin liked to see. However, the excessive strain of human resources will bring excessive salary costs, which is not conducive to the development of industry and commerce.

Zhu Pingjin thought about it for a while, and then said to Xiao He with a smile, Feng Ruhu recently captured 8,000 prisoners in the two counties of Dazhu and Linshui in northern Sichuan, of which about 3,000 were strong men. These 3,000 strong men can be converted into shares and transported here to build roads. The farmers around the road project are very poor, have few ways to earn money, and have little to do during the off-season. If they wish, they can come to the construction site to help the short-term workers, which is the method of "cash for work".

If you want to get rich, build roads first. At present, the road construction plan in Sichuan is very large. The road from Huaikou to Huima is just a small test. Back to the road from Shunqing to Guang'an, Quxian and Dazhou; the north-south passage from Mianzhou to Jiading and Yazhou through Chengdu; Chengdu Prefecture passes through Zhongjiang, Tongchuan, Nanfang, Langzhong to Guangyuan, Bazhou, Baizhangguan of North Sichuan Avenue; Chengdu through Longquanyi through Chongqing, Liangshan to Wanxian, Kuizhou Sichuan East Avenue will start construction one after another. In the future, it is necessary to build all the roads in Bashan and Shushui, so that the counties and counties can be connected to the avenues, and the towns and towns will be connected to the small roads. In short, wherever the Protector Army fights, roads and bridges must be built.

It can be seen that one or two road teams, one or two years, and one or two thousand prisoners are simply not enough. The Sichuan Road Bureau cannot be weakened, but must be vigorously expanded. The work should not be stopped easily in the spring, and the sergeants should be persuaded to stay and act as foremen to watch over the labor.

Zhu Pingjin also promised that when he returned from the expedition, he would strive to replenish the Road Bureau with another 35,000 prisoners. The quality of the Sanhe dirt road is good, but the construction efficiency is too low, and it is necessary to think about improving it in the future, such as paving the road with cement?

The words of the son of the world naturally made Xiao He overjoyed. Shizi said that wherever the Protector Army hits, roads and bridges must be built. With the growing strength of the Protector Army, it is likely to mean that this road and bridge will be repaired outside the province in the future!

The jargon of the construction industry: the grass house on the silver road of Jinqiao. Building bridges and roads is a more lucrative business than building houses. Xiao He felt in his heart, and suddenly felt that for a large project of tens of thousands of miles, the manpower of the two military guards was too thin, and maybe even the manpower to take care of the prisoners was not enough! Xiao He immediately decided to write a letter to his father, asking his father to mediate and bring in the remaining four guards and even the direct troops of the capital division in Chengdu!

If you have money, everyone earns it, and we still earn the most! If you want to get rich, build roads first, and the words of the prince are clearly aimed at my He family!

Leaving the noisy and busy construction site and the smiling Xiao He, Zhu Pingjin and his party continued to hurry, and finally arrived at Huima Town when it was dark. The magistrates and gentry of Pengxi and Shehong counties in Tongchuan Prefecture all knelt on the side of the road to greet them, and there were three people from afar in the welcoming crowd:

The chief and deputy stewards of Shunqing Wangzhuang, Jiang Dingzhen, Li Sixian, and the Zhishi patrol of Xichong County pressed the imperial history Li Wan.

The three of them came precisely for the rebellion in Xichong County.

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Sichuan is located in the west, although the self-proclaimed literary style is prosperous, but in fact there is still a considerable gap with the place where Jiangsu and Zhejiang meet. The reason for this is not because the heads of Sichuan people are better than those of Jiangsu and Zhejiang papaya, but because Sichuan is much poorer than the vast and wealthy people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Under the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty, the elite was selected at all levels, from the child to the two lists, from the county to the Taixue, and there was no one hundred and ten taels of silver who could not feed a Jinshi. The vast majority of Sichuan scholars are often trapped by the embarrassment of their families' finances and are forced to stop before showing off their talents and fame. The imperial examination system, which is ostensibly fair competition, has instead become the institutional root of the solidification of interests. The imperial court's narrow concept of civil and official selection further restricted many poor scholars with potential and ability from becoming officials.

"Chao is Tian Shelang, and Twilight is in Tianzitang" and "Knowledge changes fate". Without the support of silver, the slogans of two different eras are also reduced to one beautiful soap bubble.

Because of this, in a county-level area in Sichuan, there can be multiple senior officials at the same time, from an economic point of view, it must be a small probability event

And Xichong County is such a special county.

Xichong County is located in the northwest of Nanchong County, Shunqing Prefecture, and is also a county directly under the Central Government of Shunqing Prefecture. The county spans the watershed of the Jialing River and the Fujiang River, and the territory is densely covered with hills and ravines, but most of them are low mountains and shallow hills.

Xichong County is a traditional water-scarce area, and there is hardly a decent river in the county. The creek hides in the ravine, as thin as a shoelace, if there is nothing. There are also few large tracts of land in the prefecture that are easy to cultivate. The long strips of paddy fields are distributed in the valleys and rely on tunshui and mountain springs to cultivate rice. Such natural conditions, compared with Nanchong County, which has a large impact plain on the side of the Jialing River, are heaven and earth. In this not rich county, there is a place where a family of imperial examinations can appear, that is, the Li family in Huaixigou in Phoenix Mountain.

The ancestor of the Li family is surnamed Pu, and because he became the son-in-law of the Li family, his descendants have changed their surnames to Li. Li Wan, the word Guangyue, the second year of the Apocalypse, the official to the two Huai patrols. His father, Li Youbai, was born in Suigong, and served as a magistrate in Shiqian Prefecture (now Shiqian County) in Guizhou. His younger brother Li Zhao, the word can be seen, and his brother Li Wan is the same branch as the scholar, and the official is the right servant of the household department.

The Li family once worked with the Ma, Liu, and He families in Xichong County, and was known as the four major families of Xichong Science Field. Now the other three families are declining, but the Li family is in full swing, a brother, and two scholars in the same department, which can be called the glorious lintel.

The Li family produced two high-ranking officials, and according to local rules, they were naturally the largest landlords and the most influential gentry in the local area. Such a heavyweight gentry came to visit overnight, and it was jointly introduced by Jiang Dingzhen and Li Sixian, which must be more than just a courtesy visit.

Zhu Pingjin pushed down the posts of Shehong Zhixian and Pengxi Zhixian on the pretext of being tired from the journey, and asked them to go to meet Liao Daheng first. Li Yunyi of Hongzhi County was attached to all parties, and his character was unbearable, but he could be used by Zhu Pingjin, so Zhu Pingjin did not hesitate to reward him, and reported him for the great victory of Changping Mountain, and let him be promoted to Qiongzhou Tongzhi and Pujiang Zhixian, and buried a chess piece between Qiongmei and Qiongmei. Although Zhu Yunluo, a native of Jiangxia in Pujiang Zhixian County, had no contact with the Shu Wangfu, his official reputation was good, and he was reappointed as the richest Qianwei County in Jiading Prefecture.

After a brief dinner, Zhu Pingjin was served by Cao Sanbao, who had returned to the team on the order of his mother, and changed into his official prince Panlong regular clothes, and Xuanjiang Dingzhen, Li Sixian and Li Wan met with them.

The three of them worshipped, but it was reported by Li Sixian first. As soon as the previous little eunuch said that the matter was rough, Zhu Pingjin pondered. He connected the recent events in his mind one by one, trying to sort out a clear context.

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