After the early dynasty was dispersed, Yang Reform was pondering one thing again.

According to Liu Mao's homework, it talked about the problem of the road, the road repair has become a difficult problem in front of Yang reform, the road is divided into the city and outside the city, not to mention the outside of the city for the time being, just the road problem in the city, Yang Reform is difficult, but also caused another big problem, there are more carriages, the problem of horse dung, cow dung, must be considered, if you let the horse dung and cow dung scatter everywhere, in this dry climate conditions like Beijing, the wind blows dry, Beijing people have to eat these dung, the resulting disease problem, is a headache, Therefore, if you want to build roads, you must consider the corresponding drainage, sewage, road cleaning problems, only solve the cow and horse manure brought by the carriage is definitely not enough, it must also involve the problem of urban life sewage, to transform this, it is necessary to overhaul all kinds of ditches and sewers, to dig quite a lot of ditches, but also involves the problem of houses and shops on both sides of the street, which leads to a larger project, urban management and renovation problems, demolition and real estate in the Ming Dynasty......

This series of problems are intertwined, and Yang Reform is very dizzy, which was originally a simple matter, but now, it has become a super complex project.

"Omato, is the yamen in charge of managing the roads and ditches in this capital?" Yang Reform was dizzy, in the face of such a huge system project, felt that this was even more difficult than planning a war, after thinking for a long time, Yang Reform even if it was a headache, but did not begin to understand this aspect of the things in depth, no matter what, all this must be solved, the road must be repaired, therefore, Yang Reform began to ask who was in charge of the streets and sewers in the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, but who is in charge of the streets and ditches?" Wang Chengen asked in some surprise.

"Yes, if I plan to build a road, I must be involved in these problems." Yang lamented that although he did not know much about the roads and ditches of the Ming Dynasty, he also knew that this must be extremely complicated and troublesome.

“…… Back to Your Majesty, there are the Ministry of Engineering who can manage the roads and ditches of the capital, the soldiers and horses of the five cities, the Jinyi Guard, the Imperial History of the Patrol City, and sometimes the internal officials also participate...... Wang Chengen replied honestly.

"Oh, so many yamen are in charge of this?" Yang Reform was surprised, and asked a little unsurprised, not surprised that this matter was troublesome and had been expected, and there were too many people in charge of this matter, and it was different from his original estimate, originally Yang Reform thought that Shuntianfu could manage the streets and ditches of Beijing, but in fact, Shuntianfu could not manage this.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, the head of the Ministry of Industry, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is responsible for the actual dredging, the Jinyi Guard, and the Imperial History of the Patrol City have the responsibility of supervision and supervision, such as the management of ditches, and sometimes they will send civil and military officials or lieutenant officials." Wang Chengen replied affirmatively.

"In this way, summon the chief officials of these yamen to meet me." Yang Gai said with a headache.

"Obey," Wang Chengen said.

Wang Chengen went out to deliver the message.

Yang Reform sat in a daze in the warm pavilion, this promotion of the carriage followed by the road, along with the road is the ditch, sewage system, which includes epidemic prevention and sanitation, followed by the transformation of the road, the management of the city, this simple matter is more and more complicated, it is no longer a simple carriage problem, it is the best annotation.

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"Your Majesty, everyone has arrived." I don't know how long it took for Yang Reform to hear Wang Chengen's shout.

"Oh, it's coming soon? Let them all come in. Yang Gai fell into deep thought, not feeling the passage of time at all.

"Obey, Your Majesty" Wang Chengen agreed with some surprise, is this still fast? It's been more than half an hour, and it's fast? Could it be that the emperor still has the slightest feeling for most of the hour? …,

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"Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers, see Your Majesty"

"The commander of the minister's brocade and the guard makes the same knowledge to see Your Majesty in the sunrise"

“……”

A few people who came, saluted one after another, Yang Reform was also exempted from courtesy one by one, Li Changgeng Yang Reform was the most familiar with the Ministry of Industry, and he was often met, Yu Risheng of Jinyiwei, Yang Reform also had an impression, after all, it was common to face, the command of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Yang Reform had no impression, and Yang Reform was also not impressed.

"You have been summoned today, do you know why?" Yang asked Gengai.

In addition to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Tongzhi was relatively calm, the people who patrolled the city and the soldiers and horses of the five cities were all very nervous.

"Returning to Your Majesty, isn't it for the roads and ditches of the capital?" The official of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu was the largest, and the leader replied that the emperor had summoned so many people, and some clues could be seen from the official positions of these people, and these people were all responsible for the same thing, that is, to manage the roads and ditches of the capital.

"Yes, Li Gongbu said well, I ordered Liu Mao to operate the carriage a few days ago, Liu Mao said the problem of the road, saying that this carriage is a lot, this horse manure is a problem, to develop the carriage, this horse manure must be solved, otherwise, the wind blows, the people of the capital will not have a good life, there is more horse manure, followed by a frequent epidemic, therefore, today I brought you here, just to understand the situation, you can tell me everything you know...... "Yang Reform said.

"Back to Your Majesty, there have always been many carriages, ox carts, and mule carts in the capital now, and the climate in this capital is dry, and these cow and horse dung on the road is really a big hazard, and it is also ......common for the wind to blow the soil and eat the dust," replied Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works. [This situation is true, for example, in the New Dragon Gate Inn, there is that kind of hat brim hanging yarn, which is common in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, especially on gray days. 】

"Hmm, that's it......" Yang Gengai listened, nodded, and looked at the next one.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this is indeed true, the capital has always been sunny and dusty, and the rain is muddy and difficult to walk, not only horse manure, the road is mostly mud roads, and when it rains, it is even more difficult to walk, and the mud can be splashed on the waist......" Jinyi Wei commander Yu Risheng saw the emperor look at himself, and also said some road problems.

Yang Gengai nodded in the same way, and looked at the next one.

"Returning to Your Majesty, in addition to the dung of cattle, horses, mules and other livestock, there are also filthy things of the people in the city, many people in the city often dump the feces and filthy things at will, and there are even those who are convenient on the street, this wind and dust ...... together" The rest of the people also began to tell the emperor about the dust eating in Beijing.

“…… Your Majesty, it is not only the excrement of the cattle on the road, but also the filth in the ditches, which are often clogged with filth, and when it rains, the ditches are full and the sewage overflows into the streets......"

“…… Your Majesty, the ditches are clogged, and in addition to the filth and cross-flow, there are sometimes waterlogging, which can cause the houses to collapse......"

Officials, big and small, began to introduce the roads and ditches of Beijing City to the emperor one by one, seeing that the emperor asked the truth, and also mentioned Liu Mao, what about horse manure, therefore, everyone also thinks that the emperor knows the many problems of the roads and ditches in Beijing, and is not afraid of what horse manure, so it is true, what horse dung, cow urine, human feces and so on have also come out, what ditches are stuffed with dung water overflowing into the streets, what windbreakers are dry, these are flying again, everyone has a share, and they can be said to be sound and shadowy, and the description is true.

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After saying it, Yang Reform almost vomited out, usually he is in the deep palace, the environment is okay, and there are people to serve everything, but I don't think there are many problems, even if it is the horse manure problem mentioned by Liu Mao, although Yang Reform feels dirty, but he does not go to his heart, after all, if you want to implement the carriage, there will definitely be a horse manure problem, but today, these Yamen officials who manage the roads and ditches in the capital tell themselves the actual situation, but it is really beyond Yang Reform's expectations, used to seeing, used to it, and used to listening to the luxurious objects and words of Yang Reform, to these"Filthy" words and descriptions are so bad that I want to vomit. …,

Yang Gai was nauseous for a while, but he felt more comfortable, fortunately it was not time to eat lunch, fortunately, breakfast was almost digested, otherwise, he would have to vomit.

When the ministers saw that the emperor looked like he was about to vomit, they blamed themselves one after another, why did they tell the emperor about this? But the emperor asked like that, who knows......

After rinsing his mouth several times, Yang Gengai felt that the taste was gone.

"I only heard about it, and I had such a reaction, so unbearable, thinking about the people who live in these places all day, how embarrassing is I?" Yang Gengai sighed, that is, he had to sigh, the poor sanitation of this Beijing city was beyond his expectations.

"The minister dares to ask Your Majesty, but Your Majesty wants to repair roads and ditches?" Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly asked.

"The Qing family thinks it's okay not to renovate?" Yang asked rhetorically.

"Back to Your Majesty, now this ditch has indeed not been repaired for some years, and it is indeed time to repair it, before that, my dynasty also had to overhaul it every few years." Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said.

"Oh, that's the case, so how long can Beijing City be overhauled at one time? When was the last time it was fixed? Yang Gai was still a little disgusted in his heart.

"Back to Your Majesty, about three or five years, if you repair it thoroughly, maybe you can manage it for seven or eight years, ten years smaller, the last major repair of the ditch was in the first year of the first emperor, when it took a lot of manpower and material resources to dredge the ditch, and now, there are eight years, counted, it is indeed going to be overhauled...... "Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said.

"If you cultivate thoroughly, you can manage it for seven or eight years? How is this fixed? Uh......, what is the condition of the ditches in the capital now? How long is it? How many places can be managed? And how are the ditches repaired? And how are the roads built? Yang Gengai simply asked together.

"Back to Your Majesty,...... Is Your Majesty talking about the situation when the first emperor built the ditch? The minister vaguely remembered that a lot of people and craftsmen were mobilized at that time, and I am afraid that there were no less than 100,000 people, and the specific ministers could not remember clearly, and they needed to be investigated in detail to get ......" said Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

"So how long are the ditches in Beijing today, and how are they repaired? How high and how wide should you build? How big can it be? Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, this ...... Now there are more than 30,000 zhang of big ditches in the inner city, and 100,000 zhang of small ditches in each lane, as for repairing it...... Li Changgeng began to try his best to say what he could remember, these things that the emperor asked were too professional, and he couldn't remember many numbers.

"In other words, nowadays, the ditches are mainly complete in the inner city, and there are very few in the outer city, basically none?" Yang Gai listened to it for a while, and heard some famous questions.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is the way it is estimated, the construction of ditches, the cost is too much, and the ditches are mainly culverts, if the ditch is repaired, the culvert must be repaired, if the culvert is repaired, the big ditch must be repaired six feet six inches high, five feet four inches wide, all of which are framed with masonry, and the top must be paved with granite to ensure long-term ......," said Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

"It's complicated." After listening to this, Yang Gengai knew that repairing sewers is not a simple problem, and the investment must be very huge.

"What about the road conditions? And how? Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, the roads in Jingshi are mostly dirt roads now, and only a small part of the roads are paved with bricks and stones, so there are muddy situations on rainy days." Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said again.

"Oh, then, if we all put granite on the road, how much granite would it take? What if it's bricks? Yang Gai listened for a while and was pessimistic. To completely solve the problem of roads and sewers in the capital, it seems that it is really not something that can be solved with a little money or two.

"Ah, all paved with granite? Your Majesty, the minister can't imagine that if they are all paved with granite, how much granite will this Jingshi need, how much conscription will have to be levied, and how much silver will be required to do it......" Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said in surprise. …,

"Oh, I know, since it's time to overhaul the ditch, let's start preparing to repair the ditch, but before repairing, I have to plan well, and it's best to repair the outer city. ......" Yang Gai looked at the surprised Ministry of Works, and he couldn't care about it so much, even if it was troublesome, he had to do it, and things were always difficult at the beginning.

"Minister's Decree...... The minister dared to ask His Majesty, is it necessary to plan for the outer city? Do you want to repair ditches too? If it is repaired in the city, then outside the city, will the Jiumen River Canal be repaired? The Ministry of Industry Shangshu agreed, and asked again.

"Yes, the inner and outer cities should be overhauled, try to solve the problems that you said, such as what ditches are blocked, and the sewage is overflowing, by the way, there are roads, but also take into account, and the manure of livestock should also be taken into account, try to keep the roads clean and clean, in addition, there is also the problem of the people in the city dumping feces at will, and the problem of toilet difficulty, must also be solved, these are not solved, my people in Beijing, like living in a dung pit, there must be epidemics, It's best to find a way to do it once and for all......" Yang Reform couldn't care about disgusting, and said these things in one go.

Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, looked at the emperor and didn't know how to answer, this project is too big, the emperor's heart is good, but how much silver does it cost? Even if the emperor has money now, it will not be so easy to complete this huge project.

"The minister dares to ask Your Majesty, do you have to take all these into account? This is too much, the cost is too much, Your Majesty, according to the ministers, it is better to dredge the ditch first......" The Ministry of Industry Shangshu kindly proposed, he is not an imperial party, and he has no habit of obeying the emperor.

"Don't worry about this, you plan these first, accommodate what I said as much as possible, and try to think of all feasible ways to do this well, as for when the construction will start, let's talk about it then......" Although Yang Reform was shocked by the complexity of this project, he knew that he had to do this matter, no matter how difficult it was, he had to face the difficulties.

Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, could only promise that although if this matter was started and let him do it, he would have a lot of silver, but he was still not optimistic about the emperor's move, and there was almost no way to complete such a project.

The others also looked at the emperor dumbfounded, it was hard to imagine that the emperor would think like this, this project is too complicated.

Sent away this group of city managers, Yang Reform had a headache, while wiping his forehead, while turning out Shi Kefa's homework, Shi Kefa in the operation, but also in the construction of a new Shanghai and planning, which also involves a lot of roads and ditch problems, which mentioned a lot of data, although Yang Reform has seen it before, but at that time there was no feeling, besides, Shanghai is still relatively small, the temporary amount of work is not large, and there is no need to even demolish, but this Beijing, the problem is obviously much more complicated, all kinds of data on those roads and ditches, Yang is finally getting some sense now.

After turning over Shi Kefa's homework, and turning over Liu Mao's homework, Yang Gengai gasped, these urban construction, renovation projects, and all kinds of building materials needed can only be described as massive.

brick, lime, granite, wood, terracotta pipes, these building materials......

Yang Gengai pondered for a while, and then picked up the pen, and corrected the homework for Sun Yuanhua: "I am now thinking about the problem of building the road, I look at the road built by Sanhe soil, it is acceptable on a sunny day, it must be muddy on a rainy day, and it must be deformed after rolling for a long time, I feel that the road of lime to build Sanhe soil is too soft, not hard enough, and afraid of water, it is used to build roads, which is not ideal, if the road made by Sanhe soil can be comparable to granite, it will be more perfect, hard and not afraid of water, I also know that this is almost impossible, but, There is no absolute, since you can burn lime from the stone, the Qing family might as well try to burn a material comparable to granite from other stones, in place of lime, as for how to burn, I think, it is nothing more than to try all the stones in the world, I don't believe that there is no such thing, one kind of stone can't be burned, then use two, three kinds of burning, in short, to burn out, no other, exhaustive, I wait for the good news of the Qing family......" ......,