Ruda is back, the sailor is still on the ocean, and the main elites under Ruda are stationed in various places to build cities. But these things do not need to be watched by Ruda in person, and each ministry has its own chief officer to decide the affairs of each place.

Ships coming and going from north to south will bring back countless letters. The ships that went out of the country also carried a large amount of supplies and weapons. Among them, weapons are the main, muskets, artillery and the like. In particular, muskets have been manufactured in Hangzhou, and mass production has begun to support the defense of the maritime communication hub.

After Luda went ashore in Hangzhou, he confessed some errands and went straight north by boat. Nowadays, this ship is really the main means of transportation, whether it is a domestic river or a coastal waterway. There is no faster or more comfortable way to get on the road than a boat.

Even Ruda, a man who grew up in the northwest since he was a child and has never taken a boat, never gets dizzy when he gets on the boat now.

Hejian New City is getting bigger and bigger. The cement roads are extremely wide, and the construction of the new city is also very neatly planned.

The new city also has many different advanced features, and sewers in the true modern sense have also been built with the development of cement. There is no longer a need for a lot of people in the city to do the things that carry manure along the streets.

There are even water pipes in the city, which is a novelty that has never been seen before, although it is only a few places that have been tried.

Ruda always came to the river once or twice a year, but this time it took more than a year to come again. The cityscape between the rivers is really changing with each passing day. With cement, coupled with the increasing production of steel. There are already relatively high-rise buildings on the streets, which is also an architectural attempt, and in the past, high-rise buildings, mainly towers and the like, are now residential areas, and similar buildings have appeared.

In the imperial city, there were not many people participating in a banquet. Lu Da, Shi Jin, Lao Hu, Zhu Wu, Wu Yong, Seed Master, Li Gang, Lin Chong, Pei Xuan.

The oldest is the planter, who is already in his seventies, and he is really old, but his steps are still relatively steady.

Lao Hu, sixty years old, looks older than the breeder, with a wrinkled face and gray hair.

Wu Yong and Luda also had a little gray hair on their heads, but Pei Xuan looked a little less energetic, maybe he was too tired. Zhu Wu became fat instead, and he looked like a rich outsider.

Only Shi Jin and Li Gang look younger.

Today, Zheng Zhi is not wearing a dragon robe, but a big green cotton jacket and a plush hat on his head. This big green cotton jacket has been worn by Zheng Zhi every day since the beginning of winter, and he is dressed very kindly. In fact, it is the appearance of the military coat of the later generations.

It is the plush hat, just like the big cotton hat used by the military in later generations. Nowadays, soldiers in cold regions also wear this kind of hat.

Wine and food are abundant, and now this country seems to have some luxury. The people have the luxury of the people, big fish and big meat with big wine. The rich have the luxury of the rich, and pursue a kind of refinement in food, clothing, housing and transportation.

It's just that the luxury of this royal banquet is less exquisite, but the scene of big fish and big meat. It is also these soldiers that when they marched and fought in the past, the supply of military rations was based on the convenience of carrying and preservation. So the main food is all kinds of bread.

This is also the reason why military men eat meat as long as they have the conditions. Up to now, there has been progress in the supply of military rations, and all kinds of dried meat have begun to be supplied in large quantities, and even melons and fruits will be packed in iron boxes to make canned food.

Canned melons and fruits, the ocean-going fleet is the most in need of this kind of thing. In this era, scurvy was the greatest hazard to the ship's personnel, and the consequences of vitamin deficiency were extremely fatal.

The production method of canned food is actually very simple, which lies in cooking, sterilization and sealing. Tin cans with threads can already achieve this.

The thread, in fact, is also an important invention, the principle is very simple, but the scientific and technological progress brought by it is huge. From industrial screws to bottle seals, the role is important.

Screws, in fact, are the basis of all modern industrial products.

Zheng Zhi, who was wearing a big cotton jacket, sat on the cushioned Taishi chair with his head shrunk, and there was a brazier under his feet to keep warm. The winter in the river seems to be a little colder than in the northwest, and I don't know if this feeling is because Zheng Zhi is now older and can't keep out the cold than when he was young. In the era when there is no heating, the winter in the land of Yanjing between the rivers is cold and cold, and the land in the northeast is even more unimaginable.

"The days go by so fast, year after year, busy, and in the blink of an eye, the year is coming to an end." Zheng Zhi raised his wine glass, looked left and right, and spoke.

Several people in the field have different personalities, and they can hear Zheng Zhi's words and react differently.

The seed master just smiled and nodded, Li Gang was polite and courteous, neither humble nor arrogant, and he also raised his glass. Wu Yong, who has recently been compiling the "History of the Song Dynasty", is even more respectful, and even has some flattery.

Shi Jin's face was full of smiles, and there was a sense of satisfaction in his smile. It is also Shi Jin's attitude towards today's life, government affairs, Shi Jin never asks, and Shi Jin has always been strict in matters in the army. Even Shi Jin couldn't even recognize the main officials of the major yamen, and there was nothing to move between Shi Jin and the major yamen, the only thing was to sign and seal the official receipt when receiving food and salary.

Maybe Shi Jin was also instructed by others, or he understood many things. As the commander of the Gyeonggi garrison, he commanded more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and his status was too important. When interacting with anyone, you can keep your distance, even unkind. Whoever comes to make friends, Shi Jin is thousands of miles away.

There are also some factional differences between the DPRK and China, and Shi Jin is not unaware, but he has never ignored them. Even Shi Jin deliberately kept a distance from Zheng Kai. As for the other two young princes, they have never seen each other.

Only Luda heard Zheng Zhi's words, and immediately continued: "Damn, in the blink of an eye, the Sprinkle family feels that he is much older, and he can't get up when he sleeps in the morning." ”

Zheng Zhi also laughed when he heard this: "You guys eat well and sleep well, which is a blessing." Recently, I woke up before dawn and walked around, and I couldn't sleep for a day. ”

Today's Zheng Zhi seems to be gradually less kind in the past, more of a straightforward face to handle official business, and most of the time he looks unkind.

It's not that Zheng Zhi's personality has changed much, it's just that this country is now a key turning point in history, everything is in ruins, and everything is starting. Zheng Zhi has too many things on his mind, from administrative reform to the promotion of science, from national expansion to strategy formulation. Zheng Zhi did his best in everything.

Only Zheng Zhi roughly knows everything in this country and where to go. So Zheng Zhi has been angry a lot lately, and he has been angry more and more often. But whenever Zheng Zhi's order does not achieve the expected effect, Zheng Zhi will be furious.

Zheng Zhi thinks far-reaching, just because of different visions. The people of this era have the limitations of this era after all. For many of Zheng Zhi's orders, the essence cannot be thoroughly understood.

Just like at the beginning, Zheng Zhi issued an order that no slaves should be kept in the country. There are also people who don't care, or think that it has been like this for thousands of years, and it is normal to have some slaves at home.

Zheng Zhi naturally has Zheng Zhi's information channel, so he is furious, and even kills people to stop this matter.

After that, there were still people who did not realize the seriousness of the matter, and did not allow the Han to slave, so they enslaved those who came from abroad, even though the law did not allow any slaves. For those yellow slaves and black slaves, some people think that no one should care. In many places along the coast, there are many such laborers who do not cost money.

Zheng Zhi was furious again. After two thunderstorms, there are still people who think they are smart, Penghu Island, Qiongzhou Island, and the emperor of Tiangao are far away, and a large number of slaves have also gathered.

Zheng Zhi was thunderous again. It is too difficult to govern this big country, and a trivial matter like this has killed people and demoted officials. But it took seven or eight years before this matter was completely implemented.

Zheng Zhi is also a novice in governing the country, and he has many attempts. From a pleasant face to a thunderous ball. Zheng Zhi finally discovered that he could never govern the country with a pleasant face. Commands spoken with a smile on their faces are often less effective than those spoken with a black face.

Good words and persuasion are not as good as thunderball.

It's so hard to be the leader of a country. Zheng Zhi didn't really understand why Zhao Ji, a kind person, or even a person with a lot of moral character, would let the country go to ruin.

Zheng Zhi used to think that Zhao Ji was too simple, too naïve, and too playful.

Now there is another answer. is Zhao Ji, the emperor, who is too easy to talk to, too passable, no Son of Heaven is angry and bleeds thousands of miles, only to be kind to people and listen to it.

Governing the country is not the emperor's business alone. When someone succeeds in perfunctory work for the first time, perfunctory will become the norm in the future. Perfunctory will become the way to be an official.

The most difficult thing for Zheng Zhi is to constantly verify whether he is perfunctory, which will become a kind of anxiety.

From the registration of household registration, to the repeated inspection of taxes, to the corruption of customs.

From the system of equal division of land, to the intervention of the government in the trial of cases, and then to the evaluation system for the promotion of officials.

From the matter of military ration supply, to the supervision of the chain of interests, to the implementation of military training and drills.

。。。。

Everything is an anxiety. I'm anxious about this great opportunity, whether it will be because I messed up.

Under anxiety, it is more and more easy to get angry and unkind. The long river of history is still moving forward, Zheng Zhi will only be a passerby on the long river of history, and Zheng Zhi is just a wave in the thousands of years of China. Whether this wave can bring real change, Zheng Zhi is very anxious.

This kind of anxiety is completely different from winning or losing a war. When I was fighting, I only cared about winning or losing, and compared to now, it was really a simple feeling.

Ruda smiled when he heard this: "Haha... The Sprinkle family eats a lot and sleeps for a long time, but a medical officer said that the Sprinkle family will not live long like this, and their bodies will be sick in the future. How can the Sprinkler family believe him, how can they live for a long time if they have food and drink? You will starve to death without food or drink. ”

Luda smiled extremely purely, and now, only in front of Zheng Zhi, Luda would laugh like this.

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he looked at Luda's growing belly, and said with a smile: "Don't believe this truth, if you eat and drink so much, you will really live for a short time." It is still necessary to diet and drink less and exercise more. ”

When Ruda heard this, he didn't care, just smiled and shook his head, picked up a piece of beef in front of him, put it in his mouth and took a few bites, swallowed it, and went to get the wine to drink. Above the complexion, there is contentment.

Zheng Zhi just shook his head helplessly and smiled. Shi Jin saw Luda like this, and also said: "General Lu... You are dead, and you should be a full ghost. ”

Shi Jin is naturally not as good as Ruda, with chopsticks in his hand, he is not like gobbling up when he eats. Maybe Shi Jin is from a different background from Luda, Shi Jin is from a rich family in the second generation, but Luda is a child of the Northwest Army, and he has been running for a mouthful of food since he was a child.

Shi Jin said a word, and everyone laughed left and right.

Zheng Zhi drank a cup with everyone, looked at Shi Jin and suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Da Lang, your master has been dead for several years, do you still have a few nephews in Kaifeng?" ”

Shi Jin nodded when he heard this: "There are a few nephews, not the descendants of my father's brothers, but the descendants of my cousins, and a few of them have also come to visit, most of them are not in the climate, one or two are five big and three rough, and there are a few martial arts." ”

When Shi Jin spoke, he was a little sad, Wang Jin didn't stay, after he died, the tablets were all in Shi Jin's house, and the incense was also burned by Shi Jin.

Zheng Zhi nodded when he heard this: "Choose two juniors of the Wang family to go to the military academy and comfort your master's spirit in the sky." ”

Shi Jin nodded when he heard this, it was also a trivial matter, so it was not a problem.

I heard Zheng Zhi say again: "Choose a hill near the river, build a place to worship the martyrs, and name it Lingyan Pavilion according to the law of the Tang Dynasty." The people who have made great achievements and the martyrs in the army must set up tablets in the Lingyan Pavilion for future generations to worship and pay respects. In addition, the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain is invited to send people to station here, burn incense and pray every day, and this must be the case for generations, and the incense must not be broken. If there is not enough space, it will be expanded, and this matter will be done by pedantic. ”

Wu Yong's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he hurriedly got up and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will definitely do a good job in this matter." ”

After compiling "History of the Song Dynasty" for more than a year, Wu was thinking about a comeback every day. When I heard Zheng Zhi have something to tell me about this, I was overjoyed in my heart, and I just wanted to do this thing beautifully and satisfy Zheng Zhi, so that I could take power again.

When Ruda heard this, he said, "Well, this is a very good thing, and when the Sprinkler family dies, he will lie down there." ”

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he was inspired, and also said: "The head of the former minister also asked about the mausoleum, and in the future, the royal family will not build a mausoleum, and they will all lie down in Lingyan Pavilion." Just open a small place next to Lingyan Pavilion, bury it there, and put the tablet there. ”

When the seed master heard this, he hurriedly spoke: "Your Majesty's move is slightly inappropriate. Since ancient times, there have been mausoleums in the royal family, how can they be so casual. ”

The emperor's repair of the mausoleum is not an evasive remark. Zheng Zhi is still young, and he directly talked about this problem in the planter. It's not that the breeders don't know what to do, but it's been like this since ancient times. When the emperor was alive, the construction of the mausoleum was to be started, and the construction was not stopped until the emperor died. They will even start to repair when the emperor ascends the throne, and there are those who have been cultivating for decades.

Zheng Zhi naturally didn't pay attention to these things, and only said: "There is no need to talk about this matter anymore, just lie down in the Lingyan Pavilion, so as not to spend too much." Recently, Boji is formulating a law on official roads, and all state capitals across the country must pass standard official roads and cover them with cement. It's when the cost is huge, and it's important to be economical. ”

Zheng Zhi didn't care what grave he lived in when he died. The smooth flow of official roads has too many benefits for the whole country, whether it is business or official correspondence. Efficiency will increase exponentially.

In the past, although the official roads were smooth, the remote places were often isolated from the world. Even on official roads, there are many places that are difficult to pass and difficult to walk, the roads are uneven, it is good to say on foot, and the frame passes, and there are often problems.

Building concrete roads is what really brings the country together. Although horses gallop on concrete roads, there will be damage to the hooves and knees. But it will also save the horse's effort and make the speed faster. There are pros and cons. But for people, of course, it is more advantageous.

The supply of horses is now increasing, and many pastures have been set aside for raising horses throughout the grassland. There are also more and more farmers raising livestock abroad. Horses will slowly become consumables, not luxuries.

History goes back, and in the future, this official road will also have other functions, and it will no longer be just a horse race. It also lays the foundation for the passage of mechanical vehicles in the future.

Now the martial arts school has begun the development process of the steam engine, and the oil is also beginning to try to refine. This is also the advantage of Zheng Zhi's foresight. Zheng Zhi pays attention to the progress of things every day.

"Okay, Your Majesty will also go to Lingyan Pavilion, and the Sprinkle family will also go. That's to die together, do you want to go to Lingyan Pavilion to lie down? "Luda doesn't understand the etiquette system among the seed masters, but he thinks it's so good.

Shi Jin smiled when he heard this: "It's too early to die, I have to live for a few more decades." ”

Ruda also smiled: "It's still early, it's still early, eat wine, eat wine first." ”

After speaking, Luda took the wine glass and signaled left and right, it was a booze.

Wu Yong saw this situation, and also wanted to say a few words. After all, he was interrupted by Ruda's words of eating and drinking, and he didn't say anything. Perhaps Wu Yong also wanted to lie down in the Lingyan Pavilion and listen to the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain chanting the scriptures every day.