As soon as I entered July, the scorching heat finally showed a hideous face, and I felt a wave of heat coming when I went out early in the morning, and I woke up in the morning without hearing the rooster cry but was woken up by the cicada first.

Jin'er's room would have already opened the window for ventilation, if it weren't for Xiao Zheng's insistence, Xiao's mother wouldn't want to open the window, saying that she was afraid that the mother would catch a cold during confinement, and if she didn't open the window, everyone would have to cover the smell.

When the weather is hot, everyone is uncomfortable, and when I went to the palace to attend class, I asked Lou's mother to make a set of vest shorts for each of the children, which was shamelessly stolen by Li Shimin after seeing it.

Now I have taught one more child: Li Ke, Li Shimin means that you are good at teaching and educating people anyway, anyway, one is leading, and the two are also in a hurry, and this one is not bad. I watched a few babies hold back for too long today, and took a few children to the construction site of the road construction site to take a look while there was no sun on a cloudy day.

Half a month ago, all the state capitals along the official road, including some large villages and towns, posted notices that Datang would recruit people on a large scale because of the rebuilding of the official road. This is a free registration, each person with the road to the construction site to report, the labor to work is 20 yuan per month, seven days a salary.

Some people were very happy when they heard this, and the food they bought back was enough for a family of five to eat for a month, so they didn't do anything.

In addition, there is a notice is to solicit people who like to study the arithmetic of things to sign up for the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Chang'an, and the notice says that if you are selected to pay five times a month, the main thing is to calculate the materials for road repair, and it doesn't matter if you can't choose it, you will be given a round-trip home fare.

At the beginning, there were really a few officials in the prefecture and county who resisted the construction of the road, and issued a statement that it was strictly forbidden for the people under their jurisdiction to do the work called to work, and these officials who did not open their eyes and blocked the car were dismissed and punished by the angry Li Shimin, and others had no longer dissented.

In just half a month, 200,000 people gathered along the official road from Chang'an to Luoyang, working hard day and night.

When they arrived at the construction site with their children, more than 100 people ran back and forth pulling huge stone mills, countless people were carrying baskets of soil, and people pulling stone bars in ox carts stacked polished stones on the side of the road.

When the money was distributed, these people found that all the new copper coins given by the court made people feel two more joys, because everyone was full of enthusiasm to collect money, and the road along the 700 miles became a noisy construction site.

Gao Lansheng is still busy with more than 100 medical officers on the construction site along the line, Xiao Zheng told Gao Lansheng to prepare more heatstroke prevention decoction on a hot day, and the water must be drunk with boiled water, not only that, but even the livestock that the people take to work have veterinarians check every three or five times.

Because of this project, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry joined forces for the first time to do things, and the new drawing method of the supervisor made everyone in the Ministry of Industry shine, and it turned out that the drawings could be drawn like this.

Whenever they saw these workers supervising the craftsmen, the people in the Ministry of Works respectfully called out to the master before daring to ask questions. It's Xiao Gong's great ability, since he learned these things, he has changed from a coolie in a shack to a respectable master everywhere, and now he walks on the construction site with a drawing box on his back and feels light and light.

Taishi Ling Fu Yi was temporarily transferred to the Development Agency by Xiao Zheng, at first Fu Yi was not happy, when Xiao Zheng told him various volume calculation methods and the operation rules of curve trigonometric functions, and then said that now you use these calculations I taught to build roads, and when you are familiar with it, it can be of great use in your stargazing calculations, and this guy immediately happily took over this work.

Fu Yi saw that Xiao Zheng was teaching himself without reservation, and he also brought talents who came from all over the world to like arithmetic to count all kinds of data on the construction site and summarize them, and soon the arithmetic level of these people has been greatly increased in engineering applications.

The application for money and grain for the project handed over by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Civil Affairs has also made everyone in the three provinces refreshed, and the reports are half a month for a stage, and the materials consumed in the project are clearly written. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and Development Agency also used the report to check the things, and the verification of the imperial history and the Taisi Mansion also used the form to report to the three provinces, and the three heads were reconciled to the next payment, which made people feel at ease and understand that everyone had nothing to do with each other and had no contact, and they were clean.

Yuan Tiangang has now become Fu Yi's follower, Xiao Zheng found that this guy's talent in arithmetic is no worse than Xiao Changning, and his learning and memory ability is even better, which makes Xiao Zheng greedy.

After seeing Wang Yuanzhi, he said: "Old Dao, can you bring Yuan Tiangang to me, I will teach him arithmetic."

"No! How can such a good seedling of my Taoist be poached away by you, and in the future, Lao Dao will still point to him to inherit the mantle, unless you are willing to take refuge in my Taoist disciples."

"You dream and go, don't go! Do you think I'm like you, take a peach stick and play a few times and sell a few black broken pills to trick people into money, my son was born, you made a piece of paper to fool over, and you didn't send some real money, you are too picky, even I can't afford to lose anyone for you" Xiao Zheng looked at Wang Yuanzhi and said with a smile.

"Fart! Why did the essence of my Taoism get to your mouth, you are so unbearable, and then talk nonsense and let me accept you as a demon in Sanqing Dao, and I can compare to you in terms of pit people and money?! Wang Yuanzhi was so angry that his beard pouted and jumped to his feet and scolded.

Walking on the road, I saw Wei Zheng walking over with several tents of Taifu Temple, and I saw this guy's face tanned from afar, and it seemed that he was running around on the road. After Wei Zheng saw Xiao Zheng and the others, he came over to give Li Chengqian a salute to the three brothers, snorted and left, this guy is quite vindictive.

All of this is quietly changing to a greater or lesser extent under the influence of this path.

"I'm strange, what are you going to do with so many people who are proficient in arithmetic and who like to be good at things? How are you going to arrange them after this road is built? Du Ruhui asked.

Xiao Zheng didn't look back, and a little bird on the branch that looked through the window said, "What are you doing?" Do you Lord Du think that after repairing this road, these people will be fine, this is just the beginning. The sprouts that have just emerged from my Datang are still very weak. As a doctor, I know that a weak body must have good medicine to strengthen the foundation and cultivate the yuan, and there is no medicine in the world that can cure all diseases. The same is true for governing the country, the way of Confucius and Mencius can stand up but cannot enrich the country and strengthen the army, do you think that the words of Confucius and Mencius can still cure all diseases? ”。

"You can just say this in the house, if you really take it outside or above the court, no one will be able to protect you as soon as you say it, be careful!" Du Ruhui said worriedly.

"That's why I'm summoning my Datang arithmetic and Gewu talents, because they are too powerful for me to contend with."

"Who are you up against? Who is too powerful?" Du Ruhui was confused.

"Lao Du, just listen to it, just let me fart. In any case, these people are definitely better than those who read the books of sages in building roads and bridges and water conservancy, and I am using road construction to cultivate some talents in arithmetic," Xiao Zheng said with a grinning face.

"I don't deny that."

The two were talking, and the doorman came to report that it was someone from the Ministry of Industry who asked to see him, and after a while, two officials in their thirties pushed the door in, and the two of them bent down and saluted after seeing Du Ruhui and Xiao Zheng, and said: "Yan Lide, Yan Liben, the young secretary of the Ministry of Lower Officials, has seen Du Shangshu and Lord Xiao."

It turned out to be these two brothers, only to see Yan Lide said: "Xiaguan and his younger brother have been building water conservancy in Hanzhong, and a few days ago I received an order from Li Shangshu to transfer over to assist Lord Xiao to supervise the construction of the official road.

Since it's an assistant sent by the Ministry of Works, you're welcome.

Xiao Zheng said to the two brothers: "Since both of them are experts in architecture, I don't need to say much. A few days ago, I heard Li Shangshu say that the two are also leaders in the construction industry, and this road was also wanted to let the two of you preside over the construction, you can directly go over and arrange matters with other colleagues on the construction site, and the on-site personnel and scheduling should also be subject to your Ministry of Engineering. I'm a lazy person, and if you need me to come forward, just ask."

The four of them were noisy for a while, and Yan Lide was about to leave, but he didn't expect Yan Libenlai to stay in place and not move, and his eager eyes looked at Xiao Zheng's scalp a little numb.

Seeing his brother's direct eyes at him, Yan Liben looked at Xiao Zheng and gritted his teeth and said, "Yuguo Gong, there is still something I want to ask my lord for advice."