Li Jiancheng looked very happy, and then Zhou Ming came up cautiously and said, "Your Majesty just has one more thing... This concrete road is not conducive to running carriages, I'm afraid it won't be long before it's full... In the opinion of Lord Xu and the villain, it is... Can the road behind this be repaired with materials of general specifications? ”

Zhou Ming boldly expressed his worries, in fact, this is the common worry of him and Xu Guangqi, what the two of them are most afraid of is that the emperor will insist on going his own way, and it will be a joke to build a road that cannot be used!

But Li Jiancheng heard it and said, "No! Concrete roads can't be stopped! As soon as these people surrendered to me, I shrunk the original plan, and where did you put my future prestige on the line! ”

Li Jiancheng's words were a bit serious, Zhou Ming was scared into a cold sweat, it was not easy for a person like him to be able to go straight to heaven, if he annoyed the emperor, it would be a crime to die.

Originally, his words should have been said by Xu Guangqi, but at this time, he broke through the courage to say it himself, he was no better than Xu Guangqi! Although this emperor is younger than him, the emperor can cut him when he says it, and what this little emperor has done since he ascended the throne is not a major event beyond everyone's expectations, through some things that the emperor ordered him, he has a very deep understanding of the emperor's intelligence! Naturally, he didn't dare to say anything to fool the dominant emperor.

Zhou Ming immediately knelt down and said: "The villain deserves death, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Li Jiancheng saw that he was scared, so he smiled and said, "You get up first!" Actually, I really appreciate your courage, and I need a talent like you! Not formalistic and ambitious! That's a good thing, but you're still not brave enough. The reason why I asked you to assist Mr. Xu is also considered. Although Mr. Xu is rigorous, he is too conformist! I asked you to go just to make up for Mr. Xu's shortcomings! ”

"I have never had any prejudices against people, I don't care what kind of businessman you were born in, what I care about is your mentality and ability to do things!" Li Jiancheng then said!

Zhou Ming listened but kowtowed silently and said, "The villain can be appreciated by His Majesty in this life." It is really a blessing that the villain cultivated in his previous life, and the villain is determined to bow down and die after His Majesty! ”

"Hehe, I won't want you to die, you get up first! I don't like people to play this kneeling thing! ”

"I already know about the road, the cement raw materials for the road are all produced by my factory, and the whole road is calculated, in fact, I just spent some staff costs. So in this way, the cost of all the projects of these three sections of the road is less than five million taels! Now that the five million taels have been earned, I have won these cement roads for nothing without spending a penny! And it's not that this cement road can't be used, so you don't have to worry! It's already like this anyway. Why don't I make some investments to build two more carriage roads next to the concrete road, and add the railroad road I mentioned! You estimate the input! ”

Zhou Ming also suddenly realized when he heard this, he thought for a while and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, if that's the case." Then it won't cost much. Before the roadbed was repaired when it was sorted out very wide, the road did not need to use cement, only the original roadbed was paved with Sanhe soil (a major building material in the Ming Dynasty), and it would not be much more to build, and the cost of adding more than three sections of the road would not be more than two million taels of silver, but the villain of the railway road did not understand, and I don't know how to calculate the road! ”

Li Jiancheng's calculations really have no problems, and all the workshops are in his hands. The bill for the public is by no means an actual bill, and what Li Jiancheng spends is really just employee fees and food expenses! From all the construction teams to the logistics. To the cement sand and gravel factory, etc., the final number of people is full of 30,000 people, each person is counted as a penny of silver (that is, 100 Wen) per day, and 30,000 people are only 3,000 taels a day!

30,000 taels is enough for ten days, 300,000 taels can be used for 100 days, 3 million taels can be used for 1,000 days, that's three years, that is to say, the faster Li Jiancheng's road is built, the less money he will use, a total of 600 kilometers of road 30,000 people are busy, a day is only two kilometers to advance, how can it be repaired in a year, one million taels is completely enough! So in fact, before Li Jiancheng's road was completed, he had already earned more than four million taels of silver in vain! In this way, the cement road is given away for free, and there is no reason to stop!

The two million taels mentioned by Zhou Ming are the actual cost price, and it is completely the work of the same group of employees when calculated into the employees! So it's basically not money! What's more, there are less than 310,000 people doing these jobs now, and 30,000 is Li Jiancheng's final estimate of the saturated number! And he, Li Jiancheng, calculates the minimum wage of 30 yuan per employee per day, and the food expenses plus some benefits are calculated separately, so it will not be used to use 70 yuan, and one dollar is still a lot more, and this number can be reduced by half! So the real situation is that he, Li Jiancheng, released the news that he invested 10 million taels to build roads, but in fact, he didn't invest a penny, but he made 5 million taels and nearly half of them came back! Li Jiancheng, who has calculated this account clearly, is emotional, no wonder those who are engaged in real estate development are getting richer and richer, it turns out that this is how the money comes from! So Li Jiancheng, who made money, naturally made a decision without hesitation, and he opened the city! Because it's so inspiring!

The snowball of capital is to roll up like this, this is the road has not been repaired, and when it is repaired, it is playing two hands to attract more merchants to join, and he Li Jiancheng is confident that the 10 million will be recovered!

Therefore, Li Jiancheng resolutely does not use the money from the treasury to do these things, as long as he still holds the money bag, the country will still maintain his dictatorship!

Li Jiancheng said to Zhou Ming with a smile: "So after you go back, you should try to stabilize Mr. Xu and calculate these accounts with him, so that Mr. Xu can rest assured and do it boldly, without any burden!" Do you understand! ”

After Li Jiancheng's suggestion, Zhou Ming also figured it out, and he also said encouragingly: "Yes, please rest assured, Your Majesty!" ”

After solving Zhou Ming's matter, Li Jiancheng continued to guide the construction of sergeants in the barracks! The previously formed literacy brigade has also expanded to hundreds of people, and now all of them are in the army! Every day, after the morning training, the soldiers have to gather in the afternoon to learn the knowledge and writing of simplified Chinese characters!

The first thing to start with is their name! Here I want to say that Li Jiancheng's new military uniform has been put on by everyone!

All the brown and green modern style military uniforms, all the soldiers have changed into this kind of clothes, compared to ancient costumes, modern clothing is naturally more conducive to action. The sergeant door is also the first time to come into contact with such ready-to-wear clothes, and Li Jiancheng also specially issued them underwear, because there is no rubber warp, they can only use the tethering method! Whether these people are willing or not, Li Jiancheng let them wear them!

Li Jiancheng himself also changed into a military uniform, a dark black and blue military uniform, a leather boot belt, and five gold stars on his shoulders, indicating his position as the supreme commander. Of course, no one recognizes it now.

Now these soldiers, dressed in modern military uniforms, are also taking a cultural lesson!

"Hehe, it's good that my father gave me a name of just two words, and it's not that difficult!" The soldier named Song Nian said to the buddy beside him!

Chen Shaojie looked at him helplessly, this guy didn't consider the feelings of the people around him when he spoke, there was a buddy named Liang Xiongying next to him, not to mention how depressed he was! Originally, the eagle eagle was a very good meaning, and this guy had been boasting about his good name before. But at that time, he didn't know how to read, but even if it was his eagle, even if it was simplified, it was mostly strokes!

However, Chen Shaojie also sighed a lot, it is rare that Song Nian did not have such a big personality and did not meet learning to write and flirt, but found happiness from others, which is also a good thing! This time, he and Song Nian were both promoted to privates, and the two steels on their shoulders were one, and everyone else was one, and if they could master these simplified characters within three months, then they would have three steels, and they would also be the first to receive non-commissioned officers! Chen Shaojie has a calm personality, he has had the dream of studying since he was a child, but his family is poor and has no choice but to come out and work hard. And if you can take this opportunity to become an officer, you will really be satisfied!

Li Jiancheng watched the sergeants outside in their new uniforms to class, and felt that he was one step closer to the modern world! It's just that how can this modern soldier not have guns?

When it comes to guns, we have to say that Li Jiancheng's metal bullet meter was drawn before! The big problem with this plan is the amount of copper! Now even if the copper-shelled bullet is made, it can't increase the production at all, and the front bullet is not a lot of things used at that time, not to mention that the accuracy of the metal bullets made now is not high!

This plan can only be postponed, but it is rare for Li Jiancheng to modernize the army, how can he just keep delaying it? So Li Jiancheng could only retreat first and settle for the second, he decided to make a paper shell bullet out first!

Paper shell bullet is the earliest bullet that was born before metal bullets, combining low fire, medicine priming, and warhead. Needless to say, the invention of low-fire was only seventy or eighty years earlier than now, and the thunder pump was not very difficult to do.

So he decided to produce a batch of modern paper shell rifles to use first! At least it's much stronger than the current rigidity, and in addition to a rifle, you can also make a shotgun, which is not difficult! In addition, the conscience cannon (a weapon invented by the Eighth Route Army is a dynamite pack launcher, which can launch the dynamite pack to a distance of 200 to 300 meters, and is a weapon used against tanks. This weapon can be described as a cannon without a caliber. The Eighth Route Army uses gasoline barrels to make cannon barrels, and the caliber of the launch is the size of a gasoline barrel! The mortars that this weapon currently uses for short- and medium-range fire suppression are also very good, and these weapons are not too difficult!

Now Li Jiancheng has ordered their military factory to start experimenting with the production of these things! (To be continued......)

PS: Sorry for being late, my eyes hurt today because I feel uncomfortable, woo