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"Whatever method you use, you have to get wood. We will have no problem attacking Manila and taking Luzon, the focus will be on dealing with the subsequent counterattack of the Spaniards. Therefore, in the next year and a half, the Navy must form three more sub-fleets. Geng Jingzhong's face was very stern, this is not a happy thing.

Looking at Wang Zhenbang, Geng Jingzhong continued: "Old Wang, the shipyard has been moved to the island, and the recruits will also be on the island, so the burden of your navy is heavier. In the next time, the navy will not go around the ocean-going sea area again, and must guard several important places to the death, and not leak a little news! ”

"Don't worry, Shizi, this matter is on me!" Wang Zhenbang also put away his smile and replied sternly.

"The prince doesn't need to be in a hurry, presumably Shang Zhixin will have a reply soon. No matter how high the conditions he offers, they won't be high. The dockyard of the new shipyard is under construction, and once it is built, it is estimated that all the timber will be in place. Moreover, the new shipyard is under the noses of the Pingtan Military Port garrison, and the naval fleet patrols non-stop every day, except for our own people, only seabirds can fly in! Seeing that the atmosphere was a little strict, Li Guangdi smiled softly and said.

Geng Jingzhong nodded, understanding that what Li Guang said was also the truth. It's useless to be anxious about this matter, just wait patiently. "There's no other way, let's get ready!"

The official roads between the prefectures and counties in Fujian have basically been completed, and the overall effect is very good. After that, I set off from Fuzhou to the starting point town. You don't have to take a sea boat anymore. Follow the main road. The total distance is only 300 kilometers. It takes only a day and a half to get there by horse-drawn carriage. It is too much to take the sea route, and the time will be one more day.

In the past, when the road was not repaired, it took at least eight days to travel from Fuzhou to Longyan by land, and three days by sea. Half the time. But now the situation is quite the opposite. The main roads in various places are smooth, making it no longer difficult for people to travel. In the past, dirt roads and mountain roads were rugged, and it was even more difficult to walk an inch on rainy days. On average, the average person walks a maximum of 60 miles a day. The carriage was faster, and it could travel a hundred and fifty miles. And if you ride a horse and gallop, you will have to walk more distances in a day. It can reach 400 miles a day, and under normal circumstances, it is only 200 miles.

Now the mainland is cultivated. The road is smooth, and the road ahead is smooth. Follow the signs, and you can reach your destination very easily. It was possible to walk an additional thirty miles a day, and the carriage had increased by fifty or sixty miles, reaching two hundred miles away. This is a lot faster overall. If you want to talk about the happiest, you have to count the merchants everywhere. For after the road is repaired, it is they who will benefit most. Ordinary people usually don't go far away, but they often run on the road.

The big trucks, pulling heavy goods, walked on the hard, flat road, and the speed was not slow at all. If this had been left in the past, the speed of the big car would be similar to that of ordinary people walking, and sometimes, where the roads were bad, no one could walk fast. If it's a rainy day, it's even worse, just stop, or you'll have to fall into a mud pit! And now, it's completely different, even if it's a rainy day, it doesn't have much of an impact on them. Cover the cart with a rainproof cloth, and you can still set off, unless the rain is too heavy and it is really unacceptable! The predicament of the past will never exist again!

There is nothing to do on Mawei's side, everything that needs to be done has been ordered, and the generals have already begun to prepare. With Li Guangdi here to make overall arrangements, there will be no chaos. So, Geng Jingzhong returned to Fuzhou City again. Although this Fuzhou City is not far from Mawei Military Port, Geng Jingzhong only goes back once in ten days and half a month to see his family. It's been busy again for a while, and it's time to start building the road.

Before the Mawei fleet set out for the Wa Kingdom, the main roads in most areas had been completed. With this completion, the roads in various places have been improved, but a new problem has arisen. When people return home with nothing to do, they have no income, or their income is greatly reduced. For a man who is a breadwinner, such a day is unbearable on his own. In particular, after life has improved somewhat, there will be pressure to be beaten back to the way it was.

Some smart people, while working, have already started to develop fruit groves or breeding at home, this thing is now not worrying about sales, can bring a lot of income to the family, but this is only a small part of it. There are also many who have begun to venture into the eastern cities, hoping to find something to do and earn enough to feed their families. Geng Jingzhong received a report on this situation a few days ago, so the matter of building the road again must also be put on the agenda immediately.

Fuzhou City Ocean Trading Company Headquarters, Conference Hall.

The heads of the large and small families near Fuzhou City were found by Geng Jingzhong and gathered together again, and the main members of the Fuzhou Road Administration Company were also these people. The rich and the rich often get together, and the rich will never be able to enter this circle. A few years ago, some of the smaller families were not able to bid for the shares of the ocean trading company, which was already a great regret for them, and when Geng Jingzhong proposed to let various local road management companies be formed to build roads at the beginning of last year, these family owners could no longer sit still and strongly asked to join. You may not make much money in the short term, but it is better in the long run, and this is also a great good deed, and you can use it to climb the big tree of the prince of Jingnan.

"Hehe, everyone is coming!" Geng Jingzhong walked into the conference hall from the back hall, took the lead in speaking, and said with a smile.

"See the Son!"

"See the Son!"

"See the Son!"

On both sides of the long conference table, twenty-six heads of large and small families stood up almost at the same time and greeted in unison.

"Sit! Sit! Don't be polite! With that, he came to the front of the table, pulled out a chair and sat down. Immediately, the heads of the families also sat down. "I'm calling you today. There's just one thing. You are all shareholders of Fuzhou Road Administration Company. I am very grateful to you for building the roads around Fuzhou! Now it is much easier for people to go out. Such a good deed will definitely be rewarded, congratulations to all of you! ”

"Hey, the prince is too polite!" The Gu family master and the Wang family master were sitting closest to Geng Jingzhong, so the Gu family master took the lead in speaking. "If there is no guidance and support for this matter, we don't have the ability to get things done, and we can't think of doing it. Right now. Every day in Fuzhou, there will be a lot of people chattering, saying that we are good! This is indeed a great merit, and the son of the world should be the first to take the lead! ”

"Not bad! The son of the world has the greatest credit, let's just help to get started! The head of the Wang family immediately agreed.

Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but be happy, these two guys do have a set of sycophants, and they react quickly enough. "Forget it, net sycophants. If you also collect money from ordinary people, see if anyone thinks about your goodness! ”

"Hahahaha!" The crowd burst into laughter. After the road was repaired, only the passing carts and horse-drawn carriages were charged, and everything else was allowed to pass. If not. Building this road has only brought back a bad reputation!

"Alright, let's get down to business. I'm not here to pat you on the back and laugh, but I still have important things for you to do. This matter is still to build a road, but it is not the previous road, but a township road. To build these small roads, the road administration company cannot set up a card to collect money. ”

"What's going on?" The heads of the houses below immediately whispered to each other. In Fuzhou, between towns and towns, between towns and cities, how many roads have to be built, and how much will the cost be? If you can't collect money, it's not a net loss of money! That's a lot of money! For a moment, there was a loud buzz below.

"It's all quiet! I'm not done yet, what are you anxious about! You don't need to pay for the road construction this time, and all of it will be paid in advance by the Jingnan Palace. After the construction of the road was started, how much money would be spent every month would be collected at the palace. Geng Jingzhong stared straight at these family heads and watched their reactions. Many of them breathed a sigh of relief. Only a few of them did not change their complexions, and even their eyelids did not blink much.

"Shizi, this is a lot of money, and it may be almost the same as the cost of building these roads!" The head of the Wang family kindly reminded.

"Huh!" Geng Jingzhong didn't speak, just smiled softly. "The road administration company has been building roads for more than a year, and must have accumulated a lot of experience. The trails built below should be said to be familiar with the road. The road to be built this time also has uniform specifications. The main road is ten meters wide, and this is just a small road between the towns, and it is enough to build a four meter wide. The thickness of the road can also be removed by five centimeters. The road built in this way must be enough for the villages and towns! ”

"The son of the world thinks about the people in everything, and he is really a bodhisattva in the mouth of the people, and he is a living bodhisattva. My royal family is willing to follow the prince and offer 500,000 yuan to help the prince build roads! ”

"My Gu family is also willing to follow the son of the world and give 500,000 yuan to help the son build the road!"

"My Lin family will give 200,000 yuan to assist the prince in building roads!"

"My Li Family"

There was one person who started, and the people below followed suit, whether they wanted to or not, and endured a painful and heavy bleeding.

"Hahaha! It's good that you have this heart, but I won't bother you this time! As long as you urge the people below to repair the road for me, it will be the greatest help to this son! Geng Jingzhong was still very happy about everyone's pledges, but he was really not ready to ask them to donate money. If you keep doing this, people will think that he is insatiable, which is very bad.

"Shizi, this is also our heart! We also want to do something for our hometown, and ask the son of the world to be fulfilled! This recalled the head of the family who spoke first. In fact, there are a few small family owners below, who are already scolding in their hearts, if you have money and are willing to donate, it doesn't mean that other people are also willing, besides, you don't have a family background like yours, and you can't stand the toss.

"Forget it! Say no, you don't need it! Geng Jingzhong said to everyone with a smile on his face. If you really want to, build another road in the town where your house is located. In this way, it is not only convenient for others, but also for yourself, and it can also bring you a lot of good reputation. This time, the road construction project is huge, and it will cover every prefecture and county in Fujian. The total cost was more than 20 million taels of silver. However, this money is not taken out all at once, but as much as you use every month. ”

"Everyone must know the results of the last expedition. The Wa Kingdom compensated thousands of taels of silver. It was also agreed to open three new treaty ports. Other words. Our trade income will also be doubled, and I will use all this money to build roads for the benefit of the whole of Fujian. I hope you can help me as much as you can! ”

"Definitely!"

"Definitely! By all means! ”

"What the son of the world has done is really impressive. To be honest, the development of Fujian has changed with each passing day in recent years, and this is all due to the sons of the world. From ancient times to the present day. No one in a position can care so much about the people. This time to build the road, our road administration company will go all out to assist the prince to complete this great cause! ”

"We will do our best to assist the prince in accomplishing this great cause!" The remaining twenty-five family heads said in unison, and everyone's hearts were boiling

As soon as the meeting ended, the people in charge of the road administration company quickly began to get busy. Since several major shareholders of Fuzhou Road Administration Company are also major shareholders of Ocean Trading Company, their focus is usually on the side of Ocean Trading Company, and the main things of Road Administration Company are completed by the head of a small and medium-sized family.

People who had been at home for two or three months were once again receiving the message. Immediately packed up a simple bag and came to the road administration company to report. Due to the large scale of this road construction. Multiple roads were started at the same time, so many people could work not far from their homes, or directly from the villages and towns where their homes were located. In this way, the people are more enthusiastic, this is to pay less wages, and they are willing to do it, but they have had enough of the hardships of the road!

Like Fuzhou is quite good, it is located in the Fuzhou Plain area, there are not many mountain roads, and further in, inland prefectures and counties, many places are mountain roads, high and low, the road is not easy to repair. There are several major roads that have not been repaired so far, because some places have to excavate rocks, which has delayed a lot of time, and these roads are also the most expensive, including a lot of money subsidized by Geng Jingzhong.

Geng Jingzhong came out here and immediately ordered to convey the road administration companies in various places. Like the Fuzhou Road Administration Company, the spirit of this meeting was conveyed to other places completely unchanged. With the Fuzhou Road Administration Company taking the lead, presumably other places will also dispel doubts and strive to help complete this great cause. Geng Jingzhong and Li Guangdi have also calculated that this project is expected to cost 20 million taels of silver, which may be slightly more, but not too much.

Just this stroke has shocked many owners in Fuzhou. How much money do you have in this life! is the 10 million taels that are removed from the compensation of the Japanese country, that is also 10 million taels, and the accumulation of most families for hundreds of years is not more than this half, large-scale, really generous!

But as soon as this matter was announced, the happiest people were the people everywhere! One is that many of them have jobs to do for a long time and can get a lot of wages because of this large-scale construction of roads. In addition, the roads in villages and towns have been repaired, and they will be convenient in the future. Even the output from the mountains and fields can be transported outside to be sold, so you don't have to watch them rot anymore.

At this time, the hearts of the vast majority of the people in Fujian have all recognized His Royal Highness the prince. Many ordinary people have Geng Jingzhong's immortality at home, praying for God's blessing on Geng Jingzhong. The reason why the people are like this also proves that Geng Jingzhong has done the right thing in recent years. In the past few years, in addition to developing commerce and trade, whenever there is a famine, Geng Jingzhong will immediately send people to provide relief. Workshops in various places have recruited a large number of jobs and solved the food and clothing of many families. Every prefecture and county in Fujian has a future school set up by Geng Jingzhong, one hundred and fifty, all over Fujian, of course, the deep mountains are not covered. There are nearly 40,000 children in 150 schools, and how can the people not be grateful for letting them go to school for free!

In the past two years, with the continuous construction of roads, it has become very convenient for people to travel, and commerce and trade in various places have become more and more prosperous. Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery have made great progress in various places, and the fruits planted by the people are not worried about not being able to sell, and the overall living standard has improved a lot. The most obvious thing is that the beggars everywhere are almost invisible!

The road administration companies in various places responded quickly, and within a few days, each company sent the person in charge to come to the palace to pay homage to Geng Jingzhong. Geng Jingzhong was impatient to meet one by one, so he chose a day to get the heads of the six road administration companies in Bafu together and hold a mobilization meeting again. The spirit conveyed by the whole meeting is still the same as before, and there is no need for the road administration company to pay for it, and it is completely borne by the Jingnan Palace. This road construction is not in vain, and there is also a lot of profit in it. Of course, this is in later generations, but it is a national project, and the construction businessmen of later generations like to earn money from the country, which is a lot of money.

But not in Geng Jingzhong's case, the profits of the road administration company should be guaranteed, but not too much. The shareholders of various road administration companies are also measured, and they dare not make too much money in this world! The six major road administration companies are moving, and the movement is also very large. More than 200,000 workers have been summoned throughout Fujian to devote themselves to this project, and cement factories, stone quarries and other places everywhere, in order to be able to fully supply the needs of road construction, also recruit workers, expand the site, and expand the site, all of which are increased to the maximum power for production. (To be continued......)

PS: Today's chapter, more than 5,000 words, the younger brother will definitely not change it. I originally wanted to split it into two chapters, forget it, I can't slap a swollen face and become fat!